Slabhraí Óir Ómra
Twofold Chains Of Eloquence
: B
Type: Anti-Unit, Anti-Mind
In iconography, Caster is always depicted with chains emerging from his smiling mouth and affixing to the ears of his followers, binding them in blissful servitude. This symbolizes Caster's status as a god of eloquence and power to bind others to his words.
In its sealed state,
Slabhraí Óir Ómra merely takes the form of twin piercings, amber and gold, on Caster's tongue. But when he recites its true name, a pair of matching chains shoot out from the piercings. The chains are each tipped with a large, sharp arrowhead. Caster can manipulate these chains by thought alone, making them twist through the air at bizarre angles or extend to impossible lengths to pursue the opponent unrelentingly.
While sharp, the chains don't leave normal wounds. Instead, upon cutting the opponent they inscribe glowing purple words in Gaulish script along their body where a wound would've been. Through his
Silver Tongue Skill Caster can then convert the wounds they would've received into mental openings. The more damage the opponent takes, the more susceptible they become to believing Caster's words. The equivalent of a mortal blow would destroy the victim's will entirely, rendering them a slavish thrall of Caster.
This Noble Phantasm embodies Caster's twisted philosophy, as he believes killing is wrong so it's better to persuade opponents to be his "friends" (i.e mentally break them to his will). Because in Caster's eyes it's an "invitation to friendship" rather than an attack, even possession of an "invulnerable body that pushes aside any attack" offers no defense against it.
His victims regain their will if Caster himself is slain, though they might be confused about while they did while under his thrall.
Hercules Gallico
Strength, Inhabit My Body
: A
Type: Support
A Noble Phantasm acknowledging Caster's nature as the "Celtic counterpart" to Heracles. When truly pushed into a corner Caster may invoke its true name, trading away all his persuasion and eloquence abilities for pure overwhelming strength like that possessed by his demigod counterpart. His body swells out, rippling with grotesque muscle as his hair becomes much longer and untamed, giving him a barbarian look. Lastly he gains false versions of Heracles' own mythic armaments; a large olive-wood club materializing in his left hand, a giant bow in his right and the Nemean Lion's pelt draped over his shoulders.
In this form all of Caster's physical stats are buffed to A-rank. He can use the club and bow as D-ranked lesser Noble Phantasms, while the Pelt is a C-ranked Phantasm that rejects attacks from manmade weaponry ranked D or lower. However in return for garbing himself in Heracles' legend Caster also embraces the legend of his counterpart's madness. Upon invoking this Noble Phantasm the equivalent of B-ranked
Mad Enhancement befalls Caster, making him unable to think of anything but crushing all obstacles in his path.
His
Silver Tongue, first Noble Phantasm and both Class Skills are sealed while he's like this, as Caster lacks the presence of mind to use them. His
Rune Magic (Ogham) is actually still active, albeit Caster in his maddened state can only employ it for the simplest spells like reinforcing his body and granting a
Magic Resistance equivalent.
This transformation becomes permanently active once triggered, in effect Class-changing Ogmios into a Berserker-Classed Servant. However a Command Seal can still be used to disengage this Noble Phantasm, forcibly returning Caster to his normal self.
Caster firmly believes that eloquence is the ultimate power, and those who'd forsake it in favor of strength are merely brutes and beasts. For how it goes against his beliefs, Caster utterly loathes this Noble Phantasm and refuses to use it normally. Only if truly backed in a corner by opponents who continue to reject his ideals for a "better world" and defy him, will Caster give in to his rage and deploy this forbidden trump card.
Originally Posted by WhiteFrenzy
Apologies for being kinda away lately. Life is happening. BUT I've been reading our latest sheets and gagging over the quality of them! I still have a long way to adress all of them properly, but I suppose I should start from somewhere huh...
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