Rakhsh, the heroes’ eternal companion – B+
The mount of Rider a horse with the strength of an elephant (has physical abilities on par with an average level servant (C in strength and endurance, B in agility)), humanlike intellect, and unbending loyalty. When working alongside Rider (rather than deployed separately (more than 100 feet apart), Rider and Rakhsh’s Strength and Endurance parameters rise by 1 rank.
Due to a blessing upon it Rakhsh’s life will not end until Rider himself dies (however if he is harmed or “killed” he will de-manifest and have to be summoned again and this will drain Rider’s master’s mana). Also of note is that Rakhsh is very intelligent and can and will act on his own at times, should Rider’s life be in jeopardy (whether Rider is aware of the current danger or not), so long as Rakhsh (who has superior senses to Rider) notices it, he can and will forcefully summon himself to protect Rider even at the cost of allowing himself to be injured (note that this cannot happen if Rider’s master and rider lack the energy to allow it).
Anti-Unit
1 person
The armaments of the Hero, the gifts born of 7 labors – C to A
Offers a series of 7 noble phantasms Rider is able to utilize, with each one corresponding to a labor Rider completed in life. Although only 1 can be used at any given time (though they can be used alongside Rakhsah, and if destroyed they aren’t usable again until repaired. This task being difficult as it must be done manually and is rather difficult to do for most magi due to the materials needed and the mystery in the objects overpowering their own (although it would be easier for caster class servants).
However, these two restrictions aside the 3rd and final restriction on these items makes their use rather difficult to achieve, namely as Rider is one of the first cases of the Hero's Journey and the inspiration behind a certain hound in Ireland, he must do a noteworthy deed in order to earn the use of a noble phantasm (he initially starts with 0 from this skill), and can only use them once against any given foe he faces (and even then they are at a higher mana cost than normal).
The deed he must do to earn a noble phantasm by use of this noble phantasm varies, but at minimum it can be nothing less than “something worthy of song and praise” such as felling a phantasmal beast, facing and defeating a mighty foe (like a dead apostle, or another servant at least as strong as knight class foe), outsmarting or surviving a hopeless scenario (living through an instant death attack), risking death for the sake of another, etc. (these cannot be cheated with the use of a command seal or one of his 3 arrows). Even then the noble phantasm he gets as a result of it is randomly drawn from the 7 within, of which he notes that 3 of the 7 he finds fairly useless and another 3 are fairly situational for their best effects.
The throne of Kāvus (click for full text)The throne of Kāvus – C
A noble phantasm Rider recovered after rescuing the Shah of Iran when he rode this craft to China and then crashed. The throne allows for A level movement throughout the sky, however the vehicle can only be used for so long at any one time, or the eagles which propel it will get tired and the speed will dramatically slow or if too long, and cause it to crash into the ground. Also of note is that if the eagles are killed (they are monstrous beasts, but they still are rather vulnerable to servant’s attacks) then the throne cannot continue flying on its own and will crash.
Anti-unit (self)
1 person
The Mace/club of Nariman (click for full text)The Mace/club of Nariman, The death of the mad – C++
A noble phantasm which takes the form of a mace/club with a stone head, whose power and weight increases with the max being just over 2000 kg. The difference between this weapon and a certain valkyrie’s spear is that while that spear draws strength from feelings of love which are said to overcome evil, this mace draws power from the bravery of men, the small to stand against the great, and the will of people to stand and fight, however fruitlessly against evil and insanity of this world.
As such it derives strength not only from the scope of the conflict or the nature of one’s feelings but how powerful is Rider compared to his foe (in terms of the amount of destruction and damage his foe can inflict), how large is he compared to his foe (physical size difference), if his foe is insane and evil (insane and evil from the eyes of the human collective unconsciousness). In general, this attack is rather lacking against human foes as they often don’t have enough of a size difference to be notable, or enough of a physical ability difference to make a difference, and even then their destructive ability may not exceed riders own nor may their mindset be inhuman enough to qualify for a bonus.
But against the likes of a rampaging beast or mad god, whose reasoning lies far outside humanity’s own, and whose size, destructive ability, and strength far exceed Rider’s own then in such a hopeless fight this mace’s power would shine at its greatest. In that fight it would boast a power just below that of an A+ rank noble phantasm and would truly be a mighty manifestation of its nature of the mystery of an underdog, able to even topple the likes of a divine beast. But at the same time this would cost a large amount of mana being the truest form of a final assault and the costs of this attack not being enough would almost certainly spell death for Rider.
This weapon and a certain valkyries spear are noted to both be of great power and seem to have root in a deeper and older mystery. The legend of the underdog, and the ability to derive strength from the feelings and convictions in one’s heart seem common between the two, this combined with their similar effects imply a common prototype, which they differ from in terms of how they achieve the same effect. Perhaps the answer to where their prototype exists lies in the nature of the idea of an underdog itself, it was said that the giant of Cedar forest, one tall enough to reach the heavens was felled by two mere mortals. So perhaps much like Zeus felled Typhoon or Lugh felled Balor, it is a case of a warrior hopelessly facing off against a force of nature who exists beyond what could be considered human as the origin of the concept of the underdog. In that case perhaps that giant and shepherd have something to do with it.
Anti-Unit, Anti-beast
1 person
The Sepid bane (click for full text)The Sepid bane, the blessed dagger – D+
A blade/dagger that despite only being used a handful of times by Rider fairly significant power, particularly against those of an evil nature or demon/daemons/evil beasts (must be intelligent/sentient enough to recognize what they’re doing as evil) due to it being used to kill the Div-e Sepid, Arzhang Div, a dragon working with both of them, and a daemon associating with both, has anti-demon properties.
Anti-Unit, Anti-demon
1 person
The White Helm (click for full text)The White Helm, the beasts’ rule – C-
A helm which grants its user knowledge and the ability to utilize necromancy, summoning, familiar creation, and curses at the level of a highly skilled mage or a weak caster servant, at the cost of lowering the user’s luck and physical attributes by 1 rank when in use or while they have familiars or curses active.
Anti-Unit(self)
1 person
Babr-e Bayān (click for full text)Babr-e Bayān, the warrior’s guard – A
A set of 3 layered armor, carved from the skin of a dragon Rider slayed, this armor protects and nullifies against fire, water, and weapon based attacks less than A rank (excluding noble phantasms), unless they have a dragon slaying aspect to them, in which it’s effect is lower to only a B rank protection from said attacks. However, this armor offers no protection to projectile based attacks not based on fire or water, nor can protect against traps, or unarmed attacks.
Anti-Unit(self) (continuously active when summoned)
1 person
The Armor of Esfandiyār (click for full text)The Armor of Esfandiyār, the gift of the chosen – A
An armor crafted by the gods which grants innate divine protection (rank B) from harm from those without divinity (equal to rank C) or equally powerful divine protection. Even if someone using this armor is harmed the attacker will suffer a lingering decrease in their luck parameter in the form of a lingering curse upon them. If someone were to kill a person while wearing this armor, their luck would lower to E and a curse would beset them leading towards them and their allies' deaths through misfortune. In return the armor actually doesn’t have much defensive power save the ability to negate attacks from those without divinity or divine protection or power for a price of mana.
Anti-Unit (self) (continuously active when summoned)
1 person
The Chain of Zartosht (click for full text)The Chain of Zartosht, the great shackles binding the earth – B+
A mystical chain that is able to bind beings and drains energy from them to strengthen itself, the more magical energy the target has the stronger the chain becomes. In the case of binding beings like phantasmal beasts, demons, or mages this chain could be considered an inescapable prison. However, using magic which allows for the distortion of space or against targets of enormous size, strength, or little magic compared to their strength it could be broken and escaped from.
Anti-Unit
1 person
Anti-unit (self) (this is technically for The armaments of the Hero which gives him his other noble phantasms through its effect, the individual noble phantasms gained through this vary)
1 person
Arrows of the Simurgh, a prayer upon the heavens – EX
A noble phantasm which takes the form of 3 arrows (although the truly important part is the feathered fletching of the arrows) that when utilized nullifies all forms of divine protection less than A rank (including those that take the form of noble phantasms like Heracles and Achilles’ invulnerability) bestowed upon an individual, allowing them to be harmed. Alternatively, by burning one of the 3 arrows, Rider can summon the Simurgh and ask it a boon, but this is limited in that he cannot ask for the same boon twice. Rider can also only use this noble phantasm 3 times, after which he can no longer utilize it and it cannot be used if any other noble phantasm of Rider’s is active.
These boons vary from asking the Simurgh (a divine beast able to control fire and wind) to fight against foes (which it will until it is beaten), asking for knowledge (which can grant intimate knowledge about foes and their legends, identity, strengths, and weaknesses), or even the Simurgh’s tears (which as a subspecies of the phoenix can heal almost any injury (save those cursed to not heal due to how they were inflicted), cure any poison/venom below the level of a phantasmal beast (in which case it could still mitigate or weaken it), and when used briefly after death it can revive a person back to life at the cost of a large amount of mana (although this obviously doesn’t work if there is no body to use the tears on, so fire, heat, light, or strong enough physical attacks which rip a person to countless pieces or burn the body will prevent this from working)).
Varies (Anti-Unit, Anti-Unit (self), Anti-Wisdom, Anti-Army)
1 to 300 people
Originally Posted by Cataquack Warrior
Glad you liked it. Actually, your tip on altering the Flying skill last time helped a lot. I've started editing each Flying skill into a unique skill for each class. This in turn let me add new elements to the Jolly Roger noble phantasm with the wind gimmick; before that, it was just a basic flying ship summon.
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Magic Resistance: C
Riding: B
Loveable Scumbag: A
Better than You at Everything: B
Quirky and Random: EX
