Create-a-Servant

[Neir]

I am going to make Harry Pearce. And he will be AWESOME.

[mewarmo990]

What Servant category would modern heroes fall under anyway?

Caster aside (in Nasuverse there could be magical heroes but not IRL), it's pretty much Archer or Assassin, right? Since no one brings swords to a gun fight except in the movies, and modern tactics consists of shooting the other guy without him seeing you...

[Milbunk]

I've had this one on me for some time now but I figure now is a good time to show it:

King Midas

Class: Caster
Alignment: Lawful Good
Gender: Male

Strength: D
Endurance: C
Agility: C
Prana: A
Luck: A
Noble Phantasm: B

Class Skills:

Territory Creation (C+): Capable of producing magical workshops, albeit not at a very high level. Also capable of creating powerful bounded fields.

Item Creation: Rank (C): This skill is not very applicable to King Midas, and is instead more an aspect gained from his renowned gold touch. He is however, very skilled in the creation of complex guards and knots, evidenced by his creation of the Gordius Knot.

Personal Skills:

Golden Rule (A+): In his life, King Midas was born poor, but throughout his life he was eventually crowned king of Pessinus and earned his city a prosperous wealth of gold. At this rank, Money problems are completely unknown, and one is so wealthy they may be able change the values in entire economies.

Divinity (C): In some versions of the myth, King Midas is regarded as the son of the goddess Cybele. This qualifies him for this low rank of Divinity.

Riding (C): Known for riding the early version of the war chariot/wagon, Gordius Wheel, this skill has mostly dropped due to having abandoned it in his early days to his duties as the king.

Noble Phantasms:

“The Incurable Curse” – The Golden Thumb(B): The thumb on King Midas’s right hand. It is made of pure gold and has the power to turn anything it touches into gold, excluding King Midas. Using his thumb he can essentially enchant any object into a gold version of itself, equivalent to a D rank noble phantasm, and increased durability. Any entities with a prana ranking of C and under shall be turned completely into gold with physical contact. B and A ranks result in partial corruption and a rank down in physical parameters, and only a high prana ranking with a high magic resistance can fully resist it's effects. Also, objects turned into gold can be turned into Broken Phantasms. This Noble Phantasm is always active, and costs no prana.

“The All Healing Waters” - Pactolus (B): A special bounded field that Midas can produce. Out from it, rushes the holy waters of Pactolus, capable of instantly undoing curses and enchantments, although stronger ones will take some time. While this Noble Phantasm is activated, the Golden Thumb cannot be used. The water of Pactolus are also completely immune to any alteration.


“The Unsolvable Knot” – Gordius Wheel(B+): Since Midas was the original owner he can summon the body of this chariot. However, it lacks the divine bulls of Zeus, and is not as modified for becoming a war chariot. It still possesses the ability to shock people with the divine lightning of Zeus and fly, but is instead piloted by two, well trained horses, and thus is much weaker to frontal attacks.

[Neir]

What Servant category would modern heroes fall under anyway?

Caster aside (in Nasuverse there could be magical heroes but not IRL), it's pretty much Archer or Assassin, right? Since no one brings swords to a gun fight except in the movies, and modern tactics consists of shooting the other guy without him seeing you...

Well, depends how modern you're talking. Berserker is always an option, as is rider. Saber and lancer are tougher, yes. But cqc specialists could fit the bill there, in a pinch.

[Mcjon01]

Having a gun-user show up as a Saber for some reason seems about par for the course.

[Milbunk]

I feel if I don't ask it might get swept up in the current discussion, what did you guys think about Midas? Is he too broken or was he well balanced? Also it was surprising to me to find out that he was the one who gave Iskander Gordius Wheel.

[mewarmo990]

Request: Someone create SCP-182 as a Rider.

That made me think of a fun idea -- write a SCP entry for Nasuverse things! It would be perfect!

[Sunny]

Edit:
Midas seems pretty neat. I wonder how he'd work in combat, since he has to touch things to actually get his NP working though, so I have a hard time actually imagining his fighting style as a Caster. The gold touch sounds like it'd work like Lancelot's Knight of Honor, but without the ability to actually exploit it directly due to Casters having a hard time getting in close or really fighting.

...Then again, all he has to do is touch you and most Servant classes bar Saber are done, so maybe that's for the best.

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Hrm... I've been trying to get this one right for awhile. I'm still not sure I'm happy with him, but hopefully he's appropriately slippery. I'm not sure if I should drop Battle Continuation or not; it's thematic given how he dies, but I don't want to skill overload him.

Servant: Assassin
True Name: Ishikawa Goemon
Alignment: Chaotic Good

Statistics:
Noble Phantasm: D
Strength: C
Endurance: B
Agility: B
Magic: D
Luck: C

Legend:
The legendary outlaw of Feudal Japan, Ishikawa Goemon was a thief who pilfered from rich lords in order to return their riches to the poor. While documented as little more than a common thief in life, after his death Goemon became an incredible folk hero, with stories of his life attributing him the status of a samurai, a ninja, and even a wizard in folk tales and kabuki performances for generations to come.

However, the most famous tale of Goemon is the one that led to his death. Attempting to assassinate the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Goemon was overheard in the act and sentenced to a public execution along with his entire family by being burned alive in a boiling cauldron. It is said that Goemon held his son above the boiling water even as he died in defiance of his enemies, saving the boy's life at the expense of his own. Yet even that legend is inconsistent and may never have truly occurred - records disagree on everything from the date to the outcome of the execution.

Appearance:
A thoroughly disreputable figure, Assassin's black hair is messily tied into a ponytail, leaving the rest to hang over a scruffy goatee and lazy smirk. Even his clothing is mismatched: he wears an expensive (and likely stolen) dark violet haori over a pair of comparatively more common slacks and a tunic. Two swords are sheathed on opposite sides of his waist, but he almost always keeps one hand occupied by a silver kiseru pipe he constantly smokes, even in combat.

Class Abilities:
Presence Concealment
Rank: C
The capacity to hide one's presence as a Servant. This level is suitable for infiltration, but greatly decreases when any overt action is taken.

Personal Skills:
Disengage
Rank: C
The ability to break away from combat. This has the bonus effect of returning battle conditions to what they were at the beginning of the match.

Caricature
Rank: A
The measure of how exaggerated and distorted a Heroic Spirit's very identity has become. The higher the rank of this skill, the less certain which legends about a hero are "true" and the more malleable their Heroic Spirit becomes. Appropriate skills from his folklore with little historical basis such as Battle Continuation or Ninjitsu can be temporarily acquired at a rank of one less than the rank of this skill due to the belief that Assassin might have possessed them.

Subversive Activities
Rank: B
The talent to reduce the enemy forces in the preliminary stages, before going into battle. An expert of traps. However, the higher is the ranking of this Skill, the more one's spiritual status as a hero declines. It is possible to disable nearly 45% of a total military force before the enemy advances.

Noble Phantasm(s):
Kagebayashi - Cry of the Twin Dragons
Type: Anti-Unit
Rank: D (A)
Kagebayashi is a set of two strangely shaped katana. Normally recognized as a D rank Noble Phantasm with no unusual powers, the two blades are designed to work together in unison to briefly function as a Rank A Noble Phantasm. While no historical basis for this legend exists, Goemon has been depicted in folklore after his death as having stolen these twin swords, which were the treasure of the Ashikaga shogunate and thought to possess great magical power when combined.

Assassin normally chooses to fight with only one of the swords as his blade of choice, relying on his skill and elusive abilities to escape actual confrontation, but his true fighting style when pressed is to wield the blades in perfect synchronicity. The second blade resembles a blunt tuning fork, and striking a target with its blade causes the recipient to resonate at a particular frequency for a few seconds. Anything resonating at this frequency is treated as having a defensive value of zero and may be cut by the first blade at the level of a Rank A Noble Phantasm, allowing Assassin to easily cleave most defenses in a single successive attack after nullifying their guard with the second blade.

The name of this Noble Phantasm is derived from a Kabuki term for the "Hidden Orchestra" and is meant to reference both Goemon's kabuki background as well as being overheard in the act of his one failed assassination in life.

[Five_X]

I can no longer see Goemon as being a dude. God damn you, Eiyuu Senki.

[Sunny]

I would hold that against it, but from what I saw, it has just enough awesome character designs to counter-balance the silly ones.

Also I want that version of Sir Ywain to be canon as a Rider.

[mAc Chaos]

I'm surprised nobody made Beowulf a Servant.

[mewarmo990]

Did my Achilles get saved from the old forum? Spent a lot of time on that one.

Well, depends how modern you're talking. Berserker is always an option, as is rider.

Ah, you're right about Rider I guess. Berserker... drugs? Heroes on PCP? IS THAT THEIR SECRET

Saber and lancer are tougher, yes. But cqc specialists could fit the bill there, in a pinch.

Despite what Nyaruko would have you believe, CQC does not refer to melee combat.

However, I will allow them to go ahead and make a new class for Bruce Lee.

[Five_X]

Berserker... drugs? Heroes on PCP? IS THAT THEIR SECRET

Heroic Spirit Jim Morrison, Berserker.

Fuck yea.

[Apple]

Goemon? Raven? Is that you?

[G-Man]

I feel if I don't ask it might get swept up in the current discussion, what did you guys think about Midas? Is he too broken or was he well balanced? Also it was surprising to me to find out that he was the one who gave Iskander Gordius Wheel.

I liked him. I too did not know he was the one who gave Iskander the Gordius Wheel. That was a neat bit of trivia. My only complaint is that his physical stats seemed pretty high for someone who is a Caster and who probably hadn't fought much physically in his life. C Rank END and AGI? I'm not so sure if even Zero Caster had stats like that and he was an actual knight (and should have been summoned as such but Uryuu really botched his summoning).

*snip*

I like him too. But, damn, he really does have a lot of Personal Skills. My only real question is, what is his wish?

I would hold that against it, but from what I saw, it has just enough awesome character designs to counter-balance the silly ones.

Also I want that version of Sir Ywain to be canon as a Rider.

Sort of agreed. I think the silly designs far outn umber the good ones, but I do really like the good ones. Loli-Vlad is adorable.

Anything in particular worth mentioning about that version of Ywain/Yvain other than her being a loli riding a lion (I haven't played the game so I know nothing of her personality if the game even gives her much of one)?

However, I will allow them to go ahead and make a new class for Bruce Lee.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, they really needed a Class for unarmed heroes like martial artists. Just dumping them into the Assassin Class isn't fair to them. Even heroes who had legendary weapons also had feats of unarmed prowess that were just as impressive as anything they did with a sword or bow.

Maybe Servant Striker or Servant Grappler? Give 'em some barehanded equivalent of Eternal Arms Mastery as a Class Skill and some new Class Skill that boosts their physical stats when fighting an armed foe barehanded. Heck, Gilgamesh and Herc both have impressive barehanded feats, so they'd qualify just as much as martial artists (Gilgamesh wrestled that giant bull; and in at least one version of Herc's legends he defeated the Nemean Lion, with it's hide that was invulnerable to weapons, by grappling the thing and bear-hugging it to death; plus, that thing with him holding up the world for Atlas). Pretty sure Samson would qualify too (his NP would be ripping out his opponent's jawbone and beating the poor schlub to death with it; the cheater).

[Five_X]

Anything in particular worth mentioning about that version of Ywain/Yvain other than her being a loli riding a lion (I haven't played the game so I know nothing of her personality if the game even gives her much of one)?

Eiyuu Senki gives characters quite a lot of personality, actually. One of the most immediately notable things about Ywain is that she speaks Engrish a lot... and tends to swear a lot in English, too.

[Milbunk]

To G-man: Well the main reason I gave him such a high physical stat is mainly because I figured he was a king and would have had more physical training that way. Also from what I can remember from his legend I think he did hard work much like farming or that kind which is bound to give a body lot's of physical ability over time.

[Sunny]

I like him too. But, damn, he really does have a lot of Personal Skills. My only real question is, what is his wish?

Mmm, since it does come off that way to people, I cut Battle Continuation like I was debating to give him a more manageable amount. I mostly gave him that many because of his fame, but 4 is enough, especially when one does double-duty. I'm kind of writing him up as a Cuchulainn - he doesn't really have a wish of his own he's looking to grant. His desire in life really was just to honestly help people in the most need, even though he comes off as a shifty deadbeat. Thank you for the input.

Goemon? Raven? Is that you?

...And yes, I don't know why, but Raven is literally the only one I could imagine when picturing Ishikawa Goemon. He's just scruffy and loveable enough. ^^;

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Hrm. Beowulf is tempting, though unfortunate that Hrunting's abilities are already set by Archer.

[Lycodrake]

Servant Caster
True Name: Nyaruko

STR - D
END - C
AGI - C+
MGI - A
LCK - D

Territory Creation - B
Item Creation - A+

Noble Phantasm
Mindfuckery: Your Mind is Now Juice
Rank A+, Anti-Sentience

[thatguyfroma]

Class: Caster

Gender: Female
Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Stats:
Strength: C (B)
Endurance: D (C)
Agility: C (B)
Mana: A+ (A++)
Luck: D (C)
Noble Phantasm: B

Class Skills:

Item Construction: B+
Capable of producing Mystic Codes similar in power to lower-rank Noble Phantasms. Even though weaker than the average Noble Phantasm, they can more then compete with the Mystic Code's of modern Magi, save for those handed down through many generations.

Territory Creation: D
Enables the construction of an small intricate Magic Circle. When either the Caster her Master are within the circle, Prana is replenished. A few hours inside of the circle is capable of fully restoring one's Prana.

Personal Skills:

Protection of the Fairies: A
A blessing from Elementals; the capacity to increase one's Luck in dangerous situations.

Animal Dialogue: B
Communication of intention with animals that don't speak a "language of words". Despite the fact that the intellect of the animals does not improve, subtle, even complex nuances can be conveyed, due to her living her life only in the wilderness, having naturally learned the language of the animals, while the Goddess bestowed upon her the knowledge of humans.

Rune Magic: D
Capacity to use the Freyr's Aett Runes.

Noble Phantams:

Divine Aegis: Holy Raiment
Rank: B
Type: Barrier
Left to die in the wilderness shortly after she was born, a Goddess took pity on her. Clothed by the Goddess, who bestowed her blessings on the child, not permitting any harm to come to her in life. In truth the garment is a reflection that draws power from the Goddesses' own legendary scaled Aegis manifesting as a lightly scale garment that possesses powerful protective properties. Will block attacks of B rank or below.

Eden: Forest of Beginnings
Rank: B
Type: Reality Marble
A Reality Marble that projects the Caster's imagined Terra onto the world around her. Having spent the majority of her life there, the image of the Goddesses domain is forever ingrained within her heart. A massive forest is produced as the battle field, the one she is so familiar with. Aside from giving her the advantage of terrain, all parameters increase by one rank when inside the forest. Despite being a Caster, within her domain, she can match other most other servants in brute force alone. Consumes a massive amount of Prana, she is only able to maintain this Phantasm for 15-20 minutes before her Prana is nearly depleted. Any longer will cause her Parameters to drop back to where they were originally, and continue to drain her Prana.

Real Identity:
Abandoned after birth, left to die in the wild. A Feral Child that was saved from death due to the interventions of a Goddess. She was never given a proper name by the mother who abandoned her, and the Goddess saw no reason to give her one either. Adapted easily to the life of a non-human, she naturally developed the ability to communicate with animals, and, while having human knowledge imparted onto her from the Goddess, she chooses to rarely speak in the human's tongue. Not out of hatred for the species that abandoned her, but simply because she prefers her Animal tongue's instead.
Having to live under such conditions, her body naturally grew accustomed to it, and, while wild beast were forbade from harming her by the Goddesses decree, were one to do so, she could easily hold her own against any creature, with the exception of Phantasmal Beasts. She lived a peaceful life, in peak physical condition for many years, but the Goddess was slowly becoming aware of the outside world's increasing influence on the wilderness she reigned over, and predicted that the girl would eventually have to return to the humans, or perish in the Forrest. She began teaching the girl the magic inscriptions of their land, which, though the girl had little interest in, seemed to excel in.

Word of this Feral Child quickly spread to the surrounding human civilizations, and a certain group, while still in it's infancy, saw her as an interesting prospect for occult research. A team of warriors was sent into the forest, but were all quickly disposed off- having lost their way due to the Goddesses intervention, they fell to the girl's strength and knowledge of the terrain. The group was furious, none more so then the family who dispatched their elite guards to procure this child, and, in retaliation, burned the forest to the ground. Sacrificing herself, the Goddess poured the rest of her Magical Energy into the girl's garment, enveloping her with the sense of security and warmth only a mother would give her child. The garments, now even more resistant then before, made the searing flames around her little more then a bother as the thick summer heat was, and the girl was allowed to escape from her home, to parts unknown.

Legends persisted of this feral child throughout the region, garnering more attention, until it was exaggerated and tampered with, to where in the current age, the girl is made out to be a simple maiden from one of the villages neighboring the forest, who sacrificed herself to stop the raging flames.

An imperfect Heroic Spirit, accepted to the Throne of Heroes due only to the exaggerations of the humans who exiled her. It is unknown what her wish would be were she to obtain the Holy Grail, but perhaps, if she was given a kind Master, that would be made clear to her...

But that's Kouma Yon, darling. And I see you fixed the Luck stats. Much better now.