Create-A-Servant 2

[RoydGolden]

So I just came across this quote (about President Johnson's impeachment trial) and thought it'd make a pretty hilarious basis for a Servant.

“Travelers and astronomers inform us that in the Southern heavens, near the Southern cross, there is a vast space which the uneducated call the ‘hole in the sky,’ where the eye of man, with the aid of the powers of the telescope, has been unable to discover nebulae, or asteroid, or comet, or planet, or star, or sun. In that dreary, cold, dark region of space, which is only known to be less infinite by the evidences of creation elsewhere, the great author of celestial mechanism has left the chaos which was in the beginning. If this earth were capable of the sentiments and emotions of justice and virtue which in human mortal beings are the evidences and pledge of our divine origin and immortal destiny, it would heave and throb with the energy of the elemental forces of nature, and project this enemy [President Johnson] of two races of men into that vast region, there forever to exist in a solitude eternal as life or as the absence of life, emblematical of, if not really, that outer darkness of which the Savior of mankind spoke in warning to those who are enemies to themselves and of their race and of God.”

Foreigner-Class Andrew Johnson, anyone? Hey, it wouldn't be the craziest thing we've gotten as a Servant in canon...

[Bugs]

Brutal.

[Shiki-pon]

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Alternate Classes: N/A
True Name: Manfred von Richthofen
Alignment: Lawful Good
Origin: Germany (20th century)
Armament: Pistol

Parameters:
STR: E
END: D
AGI: D+
MANA: E+
LUCK: A
NP: A

Skills

Class Skills

Magic Resistance - Rank -: Grants protection against magical effects. Differing from the Resistance effect that merely rejects Magical Energy, this ability cancels the spells altogether.
As Rider is a young Heroic Spirit, he possesses no Mystery and thus lacks resistance to magical energy.

Riding - Rank A: A Class Skill of Rider and Saber class Servants, denoting the ability to ride mounts and vehicles. Rider-class Servants will typically possess a high rank. It is said that dragon type mounts are an exception, requiring a different ability other than Riding.
All vehicles and all creatures but those of Phantasmal Beast and Divine Beast-rank can be used as mounts.

Personal Skills

Marksmanship - Rank C+: A Skill representing all-round shooting techniques, which includes quick drawing and trick shooting by means of small arms.
Though decently skilled with ordinary firearms, Rider’s true forte lies in the guns of his plane. With them, he is able to perfectly hit even the fastest targets. Bonus effect of reducing the effect of maneuvers on accuracy.

Silver Cup - Rank A: A unique Skill referencing the user’s habit of creating memorial cups to celebrate their victories. Whenever the user emerges as the winner of a battle, they receive a silver cup as a token of their victory. Should the user be damaged, a token can be sacrificed to negate a significant part of the damage. The cups do not need to be carried by the user in order to receive their effect, but break upon being used.
Rider was reputed to possess a collection of close to 60 silver cups, one for each foe he had shot down. Though he does not acknowledge it, this habit is equivalent to crowning himself as the holder of the ‘golden cup’, as the winner of those battles.

Calm and Collected - Rank B+: The quality of a calm and observant nature that does not get confused in any kind of situation. The user suppresses their emotions and calmly observes their surroundings, guiding them towards optimal tactics.
Grants a plus modifier to mental resistance, with a greater resistance against confusion and impatience.

Noble Phantasms

Steed of the Red Baron

Albatros

Anti-Machine, Rank C+

Rider’s primary Noble Phantasm, allowing him to summon his famous plane to serve him once more. Rather than his more famous triplane, Albatros takes the form of an Albatros D.III biplane, superseding more famous depictions due to Rider’s own insistence and familiarity with the aircraft.
Being far more agile than it was in life, Albatros is a superb fighter, though it has also received functions to allow it to attack targets on the ground more effectively. Armed with a pair of heavy machine guns, Albatros renders Rider into a force on the battlefield due to its speed and maneuverability.
As he was never an enemy of progress, Rider can also summon Albatros on top of an existing aircraft. In such a case, the Noble Phantasm’s appearance would be altered to partially match the underlying vehicle, mainly by assimilating whatever technological advancements it might contain. Depending on the reputation, age and advancedness of the aircraft serving as a ‘base’, Albatros’ rank may change.

The Baron’s Traveling Circus

Richthofen Zirkus

Anti-Army (Self), Rank D

A Noble Phantasm representing the famous force that Rider left in life. A ‘flying circus’ moving from place to place, parading bright colours, Richthofen Zirkus allows Rider to pass this talent to a group of allies.
When activated, Richthofen Zirkus greatly increases the agility of all allies, equating to a double plus modifier, for a short time, as well as granting a bonus to damage when working together.
… Or that is how it would normally work.
Due to some reason, Richthofen Zirkus has instead taken on the function of representing the arsenal of vehicles at the squadron’s disposal. It allows Rider to ‘improve’ existing, material vehicles, outfitting them with weaponry fit for combat and improving their capabilities.

Description

Likes: Developing military technology, patience
Dislikes: Thunderstorms, glory hounds
Talents: Seriousness, aerial combat
Natural Enemy: Magni

Rider’s true identity is Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron.

Richthofen is a detached and serious, almost dour man. Despite being heralded as one of the gallant knights of the modern era, he scoffs at such a description. He regards himself as merely a competent enough soldier, and trusts a methodical approach rather than the charge of a hotheaded glory hound. For battle, he wishes to secure whatever advantages he can get before ever engaging, and though he fights with honour, he is not above stooping to certain levels of ruthless pragmatism should the situation call for it.
He seems to avoid luxury, owing to the fact that someone fighting a war, between Servants or not, should not grow used to such things. In his thoughts, Richthofen sometimes wonders if this and his pursuit of nerve-wracking combat means that he enjoys misery, a thought that serves only to cause further worry.
Though Richthofen honors other warrior Heroic Spirits without regard for their character, gender or background, he possesses a very real dislike of Servants with the ability to manipulate weather, having had some bad experiences with an “omnipresent” enemy that can batter him from any direction. He also favours both those who gave their lives on the frontlines as well as those warriors heralded as exceptionally clever.
Richthofen’s discipline and sense of duty make him a model soldier, and as such a valuable and above all loyal Servant. He serves his Master’s orders faithfully, though his particular duty is not towards his Master. Rather, he fights because not doing so would be an insult to the other Servants fighting the war. This kind of “we’re all in this together” mentality also makes him easy to warm up in the case of forming alliances.
Richthofen has no real wish to the Holy Grail, and merely wishes to obtain the cup itself. As a holy, golden cup, he feels that it is the finest proof of a winner.

Lore

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen was born into an aristocratic Prussian family in Breslau in 1892. Son of Major Albrecht Philipp Karl Julius Freiherr von Richthofen, his education was in a succession of military schools and academies. An excellent athlete and horseman he was commissioned in the First Regiment of the Uhlans Kaiser Alexander III in 1911 and after the war started in 1914 served on both the western and eastern fronts as a cavalry officer. In 1915 he transferred to the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) and studied aerial tactics under the master German strategist, Hauptman Oswald Boelcke, flying his first combat mission after less than thirty hours of flight instruction. In spite of an indifferent start as a fighter pilot he nonetheless was invited to join Boelcke’s Jagdstaffel 2 squadron and soon excelled in combat following the Boelcke Dicta, which included approaching his enemy from above with the sun behind him, firing only at close range, always keeping his eyes on his target, and attacking in a group of four to six planes.
With the beginning of 1917 he had 16 confirmed kills, had been awarded Germany’s highest military decoration, Pour le Mérite, and was commander of a squadron, Jasta 11, of elite fighter pilots. In April 1917 alone he downed 22 British planes. Flying a series of Albatros aircraft his vanity led him to have each painted red. As the German ‘Freiherr’ was translated into English as ‘Baron’ it was but a short time until he was known to the world as ‘The Red Baron.’ His squadron was combined with three others to form Jagdgeschwader 1 which was widely feared as The Flying Circus. His younger brother, Lothar, was also a fighter pilot but far more daring than Manfred. Lothar had 40 confirmed kills and, ironically, survived the war.
In July 1917 The Red Baron crashed in Belgium after being attacked by Captain Donald Cunnell of The Royal Flying Corps, sustaining a severe head injury, likely a skull fracture. In spite of blurred consciousness and visual compromise he had managed to land his plane. Over several months he flew occasionally and had several operations to remove bone splinters from his head wound. He suffered headaches and a distinct change in his personality which persisted until his death. Against medical advice he returned to regular flying with his group in October of 1917 downing 18 planes until his death six months later. At the time of his death he had downed 80 planes in all. He was the leading air ace of WW-I followed by René Fonck of France with 75 confirmed kills and Billy Bishop of Canada with 72. Both Fonck and Bishop lived on long after the war, each dying in the 1950s.
Von Richthofen met his end on 21 April 1918 in somewhat unusual circumstances. While pursuing a Canadian pilot with little experience and at a very low altitude, he was chased away by another, more seasoned pilot who dived steeply and fired at him before climbing to avoid crashing into the ground. The Baron resumed his pursuit of May but shortly, facing concentrated fire from Australian troops on the ground, he made a rough landing in a field near The Somme River. The soldiers, who had fired on his plane from the ground, got to his wrecked red Fokker triplane quickly and may or may not have heard his last words which, allegedly, included the word kaput. Exact accounts of damage to his plane by gunfire - before it was dismantled by soldiers seeking souvenirs - are not to be found.

Notes

Richthofen’s abilities were actually first written for a fanfic-ish idea of mine, and his second NP is a representation of what he would’ve been doing there.
The idea was for his first NP to have used his historical plane as the underlying vehicle, vastly boosting his ability in combat. That would’ve gotten wrecked later on, and he’d default to stuff like heavily gadgeted spy-cars and other vehicles from that point on, generously provided by his wealthy Master.

[RoydGolden]

Servant Caster:

Appearance:

Source

True Name: Charles II

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Alternate Classes: Rider, Avenger

Armament: Royal scepter.

Strength- E
Agility- C
Endurance- D+
Mana- B
Luck- B
NP- B

Spoiler:

Cheerful and bombastic. Caster is a man who loves the finer things in life; delicious food and drink, artwork and of course, beautiful women. He has a particular fondness for the fairer sex and will often try to cheesily flirt with any pretty girl he comes across. But even a rogue like him has standards so while Caster will rely on his natural charm to seduce women, he won't try to force himself on one whose already spurned his affections.

Caster's jovial hedonism masks a deep awareness that life and its pleasures are fleeting, and so much be savored while they last. Having narrowly cheated death multiple times before managing to reclaim the throne, Caster recognizes that life is fragile and can come to an end at any moment. Instead of spurring paranoia this merely resolves Caster to enjoy his life as much as he can with the time he has.

Despite being a royal, Caster is far from arrogant and doesn't look down on ordinary people. In fact he's quite compassionate to commoners, out of gratitude to how they helped him escape from Cromwell's forces. He shows concern for their problems and does his best to make their lives better when possible.

Caster also believes passionately in religious freedom. In life he strove to pass laws ending persecution of Catholics in England, though his efforts were thwarted by an obstinate Parliament. This conviction fuels Caster's wish on the Holy Grail, which is to end religious discrimination and create a world where people of all faiths and beliefs can practice freely.

Caster regards his second life as a Servant as another chance to cut loose and enjoy himself, free from the responsibilities of kingship. He's fascinated by the inventions of the modern world and how far its advanced from his own era, taking delight in the simplest things like lightbulbs and soda. In his free time Caster can often be found simply exploring the city he's summoned in and seeing everything it has to offer. He enjoys buying fashionable modern clothes for himself and checking out places of fun and entertainment like movie theatres, arcades and amusement parks. At times Caster acts more like an excitable teenager than a king.

Likes: gaudy and expensive things, the common people
Dislikes: overly serious people, religious persecution
Talents: restoring tradition, indulging himself
Natural Enemy: Oliver Cromwell, Oda Nobunaga

Class Skills:

Territory Creation- A
The ability to formulate a territory advantageous to oneself as a Magus. At this rank, creation of a "Palace" on par with a Temple becomes possible.

Item Construction (False)- C
A talent to craft magical items. Having no anecdotes of inventing anything in life, Caster normally wouldn't possess this Skill. However, through the backup of his court retainers who continue to support him as a Servant, Caster can manifest various treasures he acquired in life. These include lavish works of art, delicious food and wine and even magical artifacts (since he also hired court magi as his retainers). Caster can use these relics to cast Magecraft, somewhat making up for his own lack of proficiency in it. Caster doesn't construct the items himself, instead he summons familiars in the form of his retainers who appear and provide them to him before vanishing.


Personal Skills:

Charisma- A
The talent to inspire others and command armies in battle. At this rank Caster can be said to have attained the highest level of popularity as a human being. Known as the 'Merry Monarch', Caster gained his people's universal adoration by his genial personality and natural good looks.

Restoration King- A+
Caster's crowning symbolized a return to traditional Monarchy after the tyrannical Republic of Oliver Cromwell. This Skill serves as a counter to Innovation. While fighting enemies with low divinity and mystery, Caster gains favorable modifiers to all his stats. This also applies against those known for rebelling against the social systems of their time.

Grace Of God- C
Possession of the greatest body and good looks, a Skill that denotes the "beauty of royalty". Caster was noted as an extraordinarily handsome and virile king.

Wastrel- B
The ability to spend money wastefully. Analogous to Golden Rule but instead of wealth, various kinds of high-end luxury are drawn to the Servant. Due to the holder's frivolous spending habits, money is actually lost due to this Skill. This Skill also increases Caster's vulnerability to charm and fascination type effects. However, as he sought out many works of art to purchase as well, Caster has a high chance of guessing the identity of Noble Phantasms that possess artistic anecdotes. Caster was somewhat infamous for increasing taxes to fund extravagant gifts for his many mistresses.

Noble Phantasms

Flight From Worcester

The King's Gallant Escape

Rank: B

Type: Anti-Unit (Self)

After Caster's disastrous loss at the Battle of Worcester, he was forced to escape into hiding, fleeing capture by Oliver Cromwell's forces. This escape took Caster on a several week-long journey across England where he got into many adventures. Much to his good fortune Caster ran into various commoners who sympathized with his plight and helped hide him from the Parliamentarian army. On one occasion Caster even had to hide up a great oak tree to evade detection by a passing search-party. Upon finding refuge Caster never forgot the kindness showed to him, showering gifts on the commoners who'd aided him in his escape.

These anecdotes crystallize into a Noble Phantasm that allows Caster to cheat death. By invoking this Noble Phantasm when he's about to receive a mortal blow Caster is warped elsewhere within a one-mile region and an illusion is substituted in his place. This illusion is totally lifelike, making it look like Caster was actually killed while the real Caster can hide out until he chooses to reveal himself again.

The destination he's warped to is random, though it's chosen to be a "safe" location which means Caster won't end up at the bottom of a river or in the hideout of an enemy Master. After invoking this Noble Phantasm, Caster gains Espionage at rank C for the following day, allowing him to disguise himself and better evade detection. This Noble Phantasm can only be called on once per week.

Those with a honed magical sense also might be able to discern something "off" about Caster's fake death.

Avenging Blaze

Flames Of Spurious Vengeance

Rank: C++

Type: Anti-Unit~City

A certain legend attests that Caster caused the Great Fire of London out of revenge for his father Charles I's execution. Though a mere idle gossip with no basis in fact, this rumor serves to manifest as one of Caster's Noble Phantasms. It allows Caster to summon and control a highly potent magical flame. Dyed purple by Caster's grudge and reeking of sulphur, it resembles the fires of Hell itself.

This flame possesses a strong "Anti-Civilization" attribute, burning hotter and dealing additional damage the more history and glory the target has accumulated. Against an ordinary building or individual this Noble Phantasm merely has the properties of ordinary flames. But against a famous building that has a long history like the Parthenon, Big Ben or the White House, it will burn far hotter and at an unnatural rate, spreading to raze the entire structure to ashes in moments. This also applies against individuals who've performed great deeds that make them venerated by mankind, which includes pretty much all Heroic Spirits.

Caster can manipulate the fire, hurling it in blasts at the enemy or molding it into constructs like barriers and monstrous familiars. However, as this Noble Phantasm embodies an anecdote only loosely connected to Caster's true history his control over the flames is quite limited, and they can easily spread out of control if he isn't careful. Once created, the fire can't be dispelled by Caster's will and has to be extinguished through natural means, or by a Command Seal from his Master. That fact, and Caster's rejection of the rumors that fuel it, means that Caster dislikes using this Noble Phantasm and will only do so as a last resort.

[kiwi]

THE LONG-DESIRED CHILD

OTESÁNEK

Class: Berserker
Origin: Czech Folklore
Alignment: Chaotic Hungry
Armament: Clawing Hands, Gnashing Teeth, Bottomless Stomach

STR: C+
END: C+
AGI: C+
MGI: E
LCK: B+

"I am an eater, and have eaten some grits from a saucepan, a basinful of milk, a loaf of bread, my mother and father, and now will eat you too."

Lore

There once was a couple, a husband and wife, who were so poor they could barely manage to feed themselves. Though starving and without any wealth, they still longed for a child. They knew that, could they have a child, they'd be able to care for it despite hardly being able to care for themselves. Then, one day, the husband was digging out tree stumps when he came across the child they'd wanted for so long... a small root, shaped vaguely like an infant. Otesánek. After cutting some extraneous bits off with his axe, it was 'perfect'-- it had arms and legs, a head, a body, the only thing it lacked was a voice with which to cry. The husband declared Otesánek to be the son they'd been praying for, and brought him home to show his wife. The wife was elated, and dressed the 'boy' in swaddling clothes. As she rocked and sung to the 'baby', she made it a promise: "When you awake, my little boy, I will boil you some food."

Otesánek promptly woke up.

He cried out "Mother, I want something to eat!" His mother was so happy that she immediately went and made him food, more than any baby would need, and brought it to her new son. Otesánek ate it all. Yet still, he was hungry. "Mother, I want something to eat!" The woman reasoned, that as he'd only just come to life, he must be hungrier than a normal child would be. That would explain it. So she went and borrowed some food from a neighbor, which Otesánek ate just as quickly as the first meal, and still he screamed for more.

She was wondering how he could stomach so much, but still she wanted nothing more than to please her son. So, she went and got some bread, then left it on the table as she turned to prepare some soup. Otesánek left his crib and, growing too large to fit in his swaddling clothes, stripped down as he swallowed the loaf of bread whole. Again, he screamed "Mother, I want something to eat!"

She returned to find the bread missing. "Otesánek, surely you have not eaten the loaf of bread?"

"Yes, mother," answered Otesánek; "I have eaten it, and now will eat you too."

And so he swallowed her whole.

Soon, his father returned, surprised to see Otesánek having grown to the size of an oven. He wondered aloud where his wife had gone, and was told the truth by Otesánek. "I've eaten her, and now it is your turn." The father was swallowed whole. Still, though, Otesánek was hungry, and left their home to eat more in the village. Children, livestock, crops, none were safe from his ravenous gluttony. Until, however, he came upon an old woman tending to her cabbages. He ate the cabbages, then tried to eat her too. She wouldn't have any of that, however, and struck at him with her mattock, cutting his stomach open and killing him. Out poured all the food he'd eaten, from the bread to the people, as good as new. From that day on, the husband and wife never wished for a child again.

Character

Otesánek has one goal: To satisfy his hunger. He eats not because he needs to, as his body needs no sustenance-- indeed, he doesn't even digest his food-- but because he is just so unimaginably hungry. All he ever thinks about, all he ever wants, is to eat, more and more until he, hopefully, is no longer hungry. Sadly, this will never happen, no matter how much he eats. Were he to win the Grail, his wish would be simply to have enough food so that he never runs out.

He has no loyalty, not even to his Master, as he simply desires to eat as much as possible. Thus, he will work for a Master for only as long as they serve as a way to acquire more food. Otherwise, they may find themselves in danger of falling to his appetite.

The Berserker Otesánek is not particularly intelligent, he's smart enough to communicate and function in conversations, and follow orders, but he lacks forethought and common sense. He is, after all, a simple root, without a brain to think, motivated by hunger. He does display a frightening amount of awareness, however, in regards to acquiring food...

Skills

Class Skills

Mad Enhancement
Rank: N/A
Otesánek is not 'mad', nor does he become 'mad', instead, he is 'Hungry'. At all times, he is hungry. As such, his Mad Enhancement skill is replaced with Hunger, detailed below.

Magic Resistance
Rank: C
He's not human, but he's not a mystical creature either. Otesánek is something else, an embodiment of the foolishness of a young couple. He displays magical properties inherent in himself, but was slain by a common gardening tool. As such, he resists most forms of magic, but finds himself to be especially vulnerable to mundane sources of damage for a Servant.

Additionally, his Magic Resistance becomes Rank EX in regards to magic that would stop, or even temporarily sate, his eternal Hunger. The only thing that can satisfy him for even the briefest moment is eating something, and there's no way to change that.


Personal Skills

Hunger
Rank: EX
In place of Mad Enhancement, Hunger serves as an ever-present debuff to his sense of reason and intelligence in exchange for the incredible power of his Noble Phantasm. Or, is it a 'side-effect' of his Noble Phantasm? Either way, it makes it so that Otesánek always feels as though he is on the verge of starvation, no matter how much he's eaten. In fact, the more he eats, the hungrier he feels, resulting in endless eating until there's nothing left for him to devour. In return, he gains minor boosts to all of his Parameters while actively pursuing a meal.

Noble Phantasm

Jed jsem, sněd jsem.

The Hunger of the Hewn-Out Child

Rank: EX
Type: Anti-Self

Not so much a 'Noble Phantasm' as an intrinsic part of the being that is 'Otesánek', this ability is truly frightful. Always active, from the instant Otesánek is summoned, this Noble Phantasm allows him to eat anything he can physically fit into his mouth, so long as he perceives it as 'food'. And, as his hunger grows, so too does his definition of 'food'-- eventually it may even reach a point where even other Noble Phantasms are 'edible'...

The primary effect of this Noble Phantasm, however, is the alterations it provides to his physiology. The more he eats, the larger Otesánek grows, and the larger he grows the more his Parameters increase, with no known limit. Eventually, if he eats enough he may even reach EX Rank in all areas, rendering him nearly unstoppable. By the time his Parameters have all reached A Rank, he'll have acquired the Independent Action Skill at A Rank... which is unfortunate for his Master, should they still be within eating distance.

Things that Otesánek swallows are kept pristine inside of him, in an inescapable prison of gnarled wood that is his 'stomach'. From the inside, his stomach is completely indestructible and impervious to damage, and those trapped within are considered 'dead' and 'eaten'. Truly, the only way to escape is to be freed from the outside...

[Shiki-pon]

FC Link
Alternate Classes: Berserker
True Name: Herodotos
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Origin: Greece (5th century BCE)
Armament: Reed pen

Parameters:
STR: E
END: D
AGI: B
MANA: B
LUCK: C
NP: A+

Skills

Class Skills

Territory Creation - Rank -: A Caster-class Skill. It is the Skill to build a special terrain that is advantageous to oneself as a magus, such as for the purpose of collecting mana.
Due to Caster’s wandering nature and tendency to attract negative attention, he is fundamentally incapable of creating a permanent territory for himself.

Item Construction - Rank -: A Caster-class Skill. It is the Skill to manufacture magical items, from implements of war to items for daily use. Also, this Skill requires time to gather components and manufacture items.
Item Construction has been lost in favor of Caster’s Noble Phantasm. He has little interest in material products, and is more interested in events.

Personal Skills

Storyteller - Rank C: A Skill that displays one's amazing eloquence with verbally narrating tales and legends. It is completely different from the written craft of literature, and adapts to the mood and mental state of the listener by selecting the most appropriate way of reciting the story, a storytelling ability specialized in improvisation. It is likely that Rakugo storytelling Heroic Spirits also carries this Skill.
Caster has a deep love of storytelling, but his talent in the art is lacking. As such, though otherwise compelling, his stories lack structure and can seem disjointed and confusing.

Era Observation - Rank A+: A Skill that observes not humans, but the flow of the eras, and incorporates it into their writing.
Due to his studies in life, Caster possesses generally accurate information on everything going on in the ‘known world’. As the umbrella of that term has greatly expanded since his own era, there is little that Caster cannot become aware of.

Mystery Keeper - Rank D+: The ability to preserve Mystery and prevent its degradation over the ages.
Caster is largely responsible for the recording and preservation of certain elements of Mystery. He has a limited capability of restoring lost Mystery in an object or a person for a short duration.

Noble Phantasms

The Father of History

Historíai

Anti-World, Rank EX

Caster’s Noble Phantasm, based on his travels and works in life. Historíai’s effect as a Noble Phantasm is based on the study of cause and effect in the creation of ‘history’, and though modern understanding of the field concerns human forces, Caster’s original beliefs lie partly in divine intervention as a major cause of history. This belief is responsible for Historíai’s functionality.
Just as it was when Caster wrote his original work, Historíai concerns history ‘in the making’, as it were. Through the Noble Phantasm, Caster can push a ‘cause’ he knows of into causing an ‘effect’. As he writes about an event, it becomes something close to an absolute ‘prophecy’, something that will inevitably occur. However, Caster can only use Historíai to affect causes he is aware of and understands. In addition, his control over events is limited, and should he designate a specific ‘effect’, there are bound to be unintended side-effects.
Using Historíai, it would be possible to provoke a feud between rival combatants, bringing them into certain conflict with each other. However, there is no guarantee of what exactly will be caught in the crossfire between the combatants. It would also be possible to cause a meteor impact or a natural disaster to occur, but the precision of such events would be low.

Description

Likes: Modern writing tools, different cultures
Dislikes: Propaganda, translation errors
Talents: Information gathering, being the subject of slander
Natural Enemy: Plutarch

Caster’s true identity is Herodotos, the Father of History.

Though an old man, Herodotos gives the impression of being full of energy, perhaps even in excess. He often stumbles while speaking, eager to correct both himself and others, and is very particular about the accuracy of his statements. As such, he hates the editing of history for the sake of a cause, regarding it as sacrosanct. Though a talented orator in other respects, he appears to possess no filter between his brain and his mouth, and thus his style of speech is prone both to long-winded speeches and odd tangents.
However, Herodotos is far from being some doddering old fool. He has a remarkably keen mind, being able to follow events accurately even on the basis of second-hand information and gleaning valuable information from the most minute of details. As such, it is possible for him to accurately gauge others and their probable future actions on the basis of a single encounter, even if he was not personally there to witness it. These traits, when coupled with his ability to essentially weaponize cause and effect, make him a very dangerous player indeed.
As those who become Heroic Spirits are a key element of human history, Herodotos is positively giddy at the thought of getting to meet several of them. However, he has more interest in interrogating his fellow Servants than fighting them. If possible, he would like to establish himself as a neutral party for as long as he could, offering his services and information in exchange for interviews with other Servants. He is particularly curious concerning those who have changed the course of history.
Due to his lack of interest in fighting and a disposition leaning towards neutrality, Herodotos is a poor match for any Master that wishes to actively fight in a Holy Grail War. He does wish to serve his Master as well as he can, though the destruction of valuable information is anathema to him. As such, he is bound to hesitate should he come close to defeating a Servant he does not yet know much about.
Herodotos’ wish is to be able to live a second life, so as to publish a sequel of sorts to his Historíai. He dearly wishes to make a comparison with the way the world and its past is seen now to how it was seen in his own era.

Lore

Herodotos was born in about 485 B.C. in the Greek city of Halicarnassus, a lively commercial center on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor. He came from a wealthy and cosmopolitan Greek-Carian merchant family.
In the middle of the 6th century B.C., Halicarnassus became a satrapy, or province, of the Persian Empire and was ruled by the tyrant Lygdamis. Herodotos’ family opposed Lygdamis’ rule and was sent into exile on the island of Samos. When he was a young man, Herodotos returned briefly to Halicarnassus to take part in an abortive anti-Persian rebellion. After that, however, the writer never returned to his home city again.
Instead of settling in one place, Herodotos spent his life traveling from one Persian territory to another. He crossed the Mediterranean to Egypt and traveled through Palestine to Syria and Babylon. He headed to Macedonia and visited all the islands of the Greek Archipelago: Rhodes, Cyprus, Delos, Paros, Thasos, Samothrace, Crete, Samos, Cythera and Aegina. He sailed through the Hellespont to the Black Sea and kept going until he hit the Danube River. While he traveled, Herodotos collected what he called “autopsies,” or “personal inquiries”: He listened to myths and legends, recorded oral histories and made notes of the places and things that he saw.
When Herodotos was not traveling, he returned to Athens; there, he became something of a celebrity. He gave readings in public places and collected fees from officials for his appearances. In 445 B.C., the people of Athens voted to give him a prize of 10 talents – a vast sum of money –to honor him for his contributions to the city’s intellectual life.
Herodotos spent his entire life working on just one project: an account of the origins and execution of the Greco-Persian Wars (499–479 B.C.) that he called “The Histories.” In part, “The Histories” was a straightforward account of the wars. “Here is the account,” the work begins, “of the inquiry of Herodotos of Halicarnassus in order that the deeds of men not be erased by time, and that the great and miraculous works–both of the Greeks and the barbarians–not go unrecorded.” It was also an attempt to explain the conflict–“to show what caused them to fight one another,” Herodotos said–by explaining the Persians’ imperial worldview. Most of what we know about the Battle of Marathon is from Herodotos. “The Histories” also incorporated observations and stories, both factual and fictional, from Herodotos’ travels.
Earlier writers had produced what Herodotos called “logographies”: These were what we might call travelogues, disconnected tales about places and people that did not cohere into a narrative whole. By contrast, Herodotos used all of his “autopsies” to build a complete story that explained the why and the how of the Persian Wars.

Notes

Don't really like how flat his personality turned out.
Oh well.

[RoydGolden]

That's a pretty interesting Herodotus sheet. His reality-warping NP could be pretty broken in his right hands, but I guess the drawbacks make it more manageable. Out of curiosity, do you have any thoughts on my Charles II?

[the god of world-0]

"Hey, Master, look at this! It's a automatic floating candy dispenser! Awesome right?"

Class: Caster
Alignment: True/neutral
Region: Greece
Height: 135cm
Weight: 31kg
Likes: inventing, testing inventions, seeing new things
Dislikes: arogant people, being still, theory without practice
Talent: inventing
Armaments: hydraulics
Natural Enemy: Julius ceasar, Thomas Edison

stats

Str: E
End: E
Agi: C
Mna: B
Lck: B
NP: B

Skills

class skills

Territory creation(A): Caster is capable of creating a Great Library that acts similar to a temple. It still not as great as the one she headed when alive, and as such falls short of being an actual Noble Phantasm.

Item Creation(False)(EX): As she is not actually a magi, Caster cannot produce magical items. However, through her skills in inventing, she can create mechanical tools and contraptions with capable of producing similar effects to magical ones.

personal skills

Librarian of knowledge(A): An ability that makes it possible for a clear recall of knowledge from memory with a successful Luck Check, even if the information perceived in the past was not consciously acknowledged at the time.

Single-Minded(C-): It displays the superhuman power of concentration by devoting oneself to a single thing. In Caster's case, it is the completion of her inventions. However, after the job is finished, the is a chance that that she will lose interest on it and leave it behind.

Automaton Production(A): Caster is capable of creating

Automata

Mechanical Servants

to act as her pseudo-Familiars. They can be design with numerous forms and abilities, with their strenght being dependant of the time invested in them, along with the complexity of the actions they can take.

Noble phantasm

Mighty Roarings With a Light Touch

Pneumatica Hydraulis

rank: anti-army, B

Caster's first noble phantasm, although it shares it's name and some mechanics with one of her famous inventions, it's design and utilities are wildly different because "It's not my thing to re-use old ideas".
It looks like a giant pipe organ on wheels, with pipes pointing foward and some armor plating to provide some little protection. However, this is far from a musical instrument, but is instead a type of high-artillery Armament.
The pipes are actually cannons and they are capable of shooting a variety of sheels, from one's that explode to piercing ammunition and even grenades that are capable of releasing clouds of chemicals.
The but vehicle is not perfect. Although considerably fast, it's big size makes it hard to maneuver and it's deffensive capabilities leave much to desire.

A Serious Mind in Overload

Memorabilia Clepsydra

rank: anti-unit(self), B

Caster's second Noble Phantasm. Her last resort and secret trump card, it is named after the intricated automatic water clock she invented, who was considered the most precise clock for over 1,800 years, and the supposed compilation of her work that was lost to time.
It takes the shape of small, round mechanism attached to her, hidden on the back of her head. It is a extreme body modification that integrates into her flesh and something that only a servant would survived.
By activating it, Caster can super-charged her brain to Accelerate her though process. This allows her to perceive the world in as if it is slow-motion, and even something as fast as a servant would appear as to move as through molasses. This allows her to use her intellect to analyse the situation and plot the perfect plan.
Although her mind speeds up, Caster's body stays the same, and there is no benefits to her actual speed stat.

Background

Caster's name is Ktesibis, but she is mostly famous as Ctesibius of Alexandria, the Father of Pneumatics. She was a genius inventor who lived between 285 and 222 BCE, and the first head of the great library of Alexandria.
She wrote the first treatises on the science of compressed air and its uses in pumps (and even in a kind of cannon). None of Caster's written work has survived, including her Memorabilia, a compilation of her research that was cited by Athenaeus.
Caster's most commonly known invention today is a pipe organ (hydraulis), on which the invention of the piano was later based, and the first automatic water clock.

personality

Caster is one of one persons who despite their obvious intelligence (or perhaps because of that) can't be understood by normal people.
She has an very eccentric personality. She will style her hair like cat ears because she is bored, give weird nicknames to people she is found of, randomly attempt to disassemble modern day electronics to know how their work, etc...
But in the end, it all comes back to her inventions. She loves to invent because she loves to see new ideas in action and loves them as her "Babies", even if people sometimes don't see their usefulness. This also means that someone with a lot of ideas would be Caster, attracting her attention easily.

[Shiki-pon]

That's a pretty interesting Herodotus sheet. His reality-warping NP could be pretty broken in his right hands, but I guess the drawbacks make it more manageable. Out of curiosity, do you have any thoughts on my Charles II?

Although I don't quite agree with all the ranks (the ranks of Grace of God and his first NP, mostly), the sheet looks good. If I'm not mistaken, Wastrel appears to be Eye for Art and Golden Rule's end results stacked together with the drawback of losing resources. That, however, somewhat clashes with the idea of Charles as a generous king, since he did do a lot of things for his people. The way I'm reading it currently is that Wastrel only really benefits himself. This might of course be due to the Caster class manifesting some of his negative sides, but I think that would be something his Avenger incarnation would have. In addition to this, his Item Construction might be made into (False) to make it clearer that these are stuff given to him or stuff he's otherwise acquired, unless of course he's a magus.
As it happens, I'd imagine Caster to be his most positive incarnation, as it would probably be him as a king rather than as the sort-of failure he was prior to the people growing tired of Cromwell's shit (assuming Rider would be his role as a commander and a king taking back his crown).

The second NP is also a bit off and would once again feel more fitting on an Avenger, gossip or not. Though the London fire is a good thing to focus on in terms of offensive NP ideas, from what I know, Charlie actually helped make London a bit less prone to devastating fires after that, so it could work as a Barrier of some sort. If it absolutely had to be offensive, he could maybe use it like a representation of the fire and then have Charles project defenses for his own camp while the enemy burns. Then again that sounds sorta similar to what I just pulled with Tuskaloosa's Mabila.

For some reason I'd imagine him being able to cast spells as a Caster, but not through his own ability as a magus. Rather, he'd just hire court magicians (essentially either real magi who'd be drawn to him through Wastrel's effects or Familiars able to cast minor spells) to do the casting for him. Or something along those lines.

[RoydGolden]

Although I don't quite agree with all the ranks (the ranks of Grace of God and his first NP, mostly), the sheet looks good. If I'm not mistaken, Wastrel appears to be Eye for Art and Golden Rule's end results stacked together with the drawback of losing resources. That, however, somewhat clashes with the idea of Charles as a generous king, since he did do a lot of things for his people. The way I'm reading it currently is that Wastrel only really benefits himself. This might of course be due to the Caster class manifesting some of his negative sides, but I think that would be something his Avenger incarnation would have. In addition to this, his Item Construction might be made into (False) to make it clearer that these are stuff given to him or stuff he's otherwise acquired, unless of course he's a magus.
As it happens, I'd imagine Caster to be his most positive incarnation, as it would probably be him as a king rather than as the sort-of failure he was prior to the people growing tired of Cromwell's shit (assuming Rider would be his role as a commander and a king taking back his crown).

The second NP is also a bit off and would once again feel more fitting on an Avenger, gossip or not. Though the London fire is a good thing to focus on in terms of offensive NP ideas, from what I know, Charlie actually helped make London a bit less prone to devastating fires after that, so it could work as a Barrier of some sort. If it absolutely had to be offensive, he could maybe use it like a representation of the fire and then have Charles project defenses for his own camp while the enemy burns. Then again that sounds sorta similar to what I just pulled with Tuskaloosa's Mabila.

For some reason I'd imagine him being able to cast spells as a Caster, but not through his own ability as a magus. Rather, he'd just hire court magicians (essentially either real magi who'd be drawn to him through Wastrel's effects or Familiars able to cast minor spells) to do the casting for him. Or something along those lines.

Thanks for the in-depth feedback man. Fair point about Wastrel. I didn't think of that and I'm not sure how to improve it without scrapping the Skill altogether. I did take your advice about giving him a (False) variant of Item Construction that lets him summon stuff he acquired in life. I couldn't find any famous legends of Charles having court magi, so I don't want to emphasize that aspect too much, but I did include magical artifacts amongst the items he gathered. Also lowered Grace Of God to C. For his first NP, I didn't want to make it lower-ranked than Avenging Blaze since it's a much more famous part of Charles' legend.

Again, fair enough about the second NP. Having it as a barrier or something would probably make more sense, I'm just not sure how I'd do that right now. I mainly included that NP because I came across the anecdote of Charles starting the Great Fire in revenge for his father's death while doing research for my Robert Hubert sheet, and I thought that would be a fun detail to include. Agreed that it would be more fitting for an Avenger.

[RoydGolden]

Ktesibus: A pretty fun sheet all around. Steampunk is always cool, and her second NP is a creative take on her legend. I don't think Automaton Production as a Skill is really necessary though. Something like that would be better included as flavor-text in her Item Construction instead IMO.

[the god of world-0]

Thanks for the opinion.
The thing with Automaton Production is that it was actually the first skill i had come up with when i started writing and the sheet would focus way more on that particular aspect, but i end up changing my mind. I tried to change it for something else but couldn't think on anything, so it stayed as a kinda of relic.

[Dragolord09]

Does anybody have any ideas for a Hermes or a Hestia servant? They seem to be the only "big-name" Greek Gods that I haven't seen a sheet for either on here or elsewhere on the Internet.

[RoydGolden]

Does anybody have any ideas for a Hermes or a Hestia servant? They seem to be the only "big-name" Greek Gods that I haven't seen a sheet for either on here or elsewhere on the Internet.

Hestia might be a bit hard to write given from what I know her main role was tending to the hearth. Not really something that suits a "battle royale of legendary heroes". Hermes could work though. I could see him having his winged shoes as a main NP, and a secondary one representing his slaying of Argus that lets him summon the giant's hundred eyes as scrying familiars.

[the god of world-0]

There are several interpretations of Hestia's pacifism as a extension of her strong will, if the heart being immovable, so maybe she would be a very defensive and supportive character? Don't undermine the healers, man.

[Gray]

I just figure Hermes would have Godspeed at minimum of A rank.

Hestia, maybe have something about an inextinguishable flame?

[RoydGolden]

I just figure Hermes would have Godspeed at minimum of A rank.

Hestia, maybe have something about an inextinguishable flame?

I imagined Hermes would have an NP that's basically "instant transmission". By evoking his authority as a god of smooth travel, he can warp space to instantly bring himself to any destination within his line of sight (perhaps a certain range too, to make it less broken). Any obstacles in his way, react as if Hermes just dashed through them at the speed of light, with all the destructiveness that implies. Maybe a bit OP, but I think it'd be fitting for a full god like Hermes.

[Bugs]

Godspeed is unique to Richard.

[King of Padoru]

Update: Edited Foreigner Hassan in order not to break the standards. Basically just made her claim she's a Hassan instead of making her be one.

Hungry Boy: A simple yet interesting to read sheet. I wonder what would happen if instead of making a wish to the Grail, he just ate it.

Charles II: I also think the second NP would fit more an Avenger, tbh. If you're stuck with how it could work as a barrier, I can imagine it as a literal firewall that is wrapped around an already existing building and increases its defensive power while causing damage to those that touch the fire. It may not be the most accurate representation of the Great Fire, but I can't think of anything else.

[kiwi]

Hungry Boy: A simple yet interesting to read sheet. I wonder what would happen if instead of making a wish to the Grail, he just ate it.

Indegestion, honestly.

Also, when's the front page gonna get updated? Or does anybody have a list of all those "every 50 pages" summary posts?