I'd say make it something like Enkidu's Enuma Elish.Originally Posted by RoydGolden
I'd say make it something like Enkidu's Enuma Elish.
Speaking of the Irish, I was always tempted to make a Saber version of Fionn mac Cumhaill in the same vein as how Diarmuid got a Saber form, but with Fionn using Mac an Luin in its true unrestrained form of a sword.
I never did get around to it. Mainly because I couldn't think of a way to differentiate the Saber form enough to where it'd be interesting. Oh well...
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Someone should do a Berserker Fionn. He could have an NP based on how he accidentally created the Isle of Man by throwing giant freaking boulders at another giant.
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So if anyone cares, I just gave my Archer Tugarin a new Skill called Unnatural Body that reflects how his body-constitution was so extraordinary he was mistaken for a dragon despite being a human knight (at least until gaining his transformation trinket). Somewhat inspired by the comment Shiki-pon made about his incredible size and girth.
Mainly I added it because I'm just finishing up my Alyosha Popovich sheet now and he has like five Skills, so I wanted to buff Tugarin a bit more so they'd be more worthy rivals.
Added another new Skill to Tugarin. Also expect a History section soon when I finish writing it up. Shiki was right that it was sorely necessary given how much my take on his backstory diverges from his "canon" legend.
I want to see Tugarin have an eating competition with Artoria. Hungry dragon knight vs hungry dragon knight, the duel of the year.
I kind of want to try and do a Sir William Gull version of Jack the Ripper, but I'm insecure of how to set him apart from the other two.
My first idea for the character, as he was a medic and loyal follower to the Duke of Clarence, was for him to have a Skill of sorts that makes him more effective against Servants of humble origins, but much less so against those of regal backgrounds, as long as those are human and not divine in nature. 'Servant of the Crown'...?
There is also a story that says he faked his death and had his grave being filled with the body of a local pauper, so perhaps another of his skills might involve pretending his death upon receiving damage, as to fool the enemy into stopping attacking? And you'd need a high rank of Eye of the Mind to see through it, or something like that.
He also was actually quite the remarkable physician, so maybe a skill to heal allies might be logical for him to have? A truly ironical capacity for an Assassin to have...
This is quite ironic too in light of his fame as a suspect of the Jack murders, too:
Otherwise, as a nod to Apo Jack, I think the Information Erasure would make sense for him to keep, and obviously Assassin is pretty much the only Class fitting him.In late Victorian Britain, women were not encouraged to enter the medical profession. Sir William Gull spoke out against this bias and led efforts to improve the prospects of women who wished to pursue careers in medicine. In February 1886, he chaired a meeting at the Medical Society in Cavendish Square to establish a medical scholarship to be awarded to women. This was the Helen Prideaux Memorial Fund, named after Frances Helen Prideaux M.B and B.S. Lond, a gifted University of London medical student who had died from diphtheria the previous year, having previously won the exhibition and gold medal in anatomy and gained a first class degree.
Gull was reported as saying that her academic achievements answered any objections to the involvement of women in medicine; and expressed the hope that the scholarship would lead to a liberalisation of attitudes and greater recognition of women across the profession.
It might be an ambiguous situation, where even the profile isn't sure if he really was ever a killer at all or he's just going with the role the legend assigned him now he's been summoned through it? His lines to Apo and Strange/Fake Jacks might be nods at that uncertainty, where he basically doesn't mind them; if he wasn't the killer, he has no reason to be jealous of them stealing his infamy, and if he was, he wouldn't want anyone to be sure of it anyway, so they can take the claim if they wish so.
An affable, kind man, but sometimes a degenerate, vicious side to him peeks out. Is that his real nature, or does he just play the impression he's supposed to leave every so often?
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On one hand, you can just chalk it to a nasty case of Innocent Monster.
The Act of dozing off in the afternoon is a luxury indeed.
Coffee would be nice, though.
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I can't believe I went with both the "incredible appetite" and "dragon" traits and didn't even notice the commonality. If I ever write up a Relationship section for Tugarin, she'll definitely be the first one I include.
So I finally got around to writing up a History section for Tugarin. Not sure about it since I had to fictionalize like 90% of it (actual Tugarin's legend is pretty damn sparse), but at the very least it paints a clear picture of how I imagined him. Y'all feel free to check it out if you want.
"Servant Assassin at your service. Now, shall we stain our hands in blood for the sake of justice? Ahaha, I'm just joking Master..."
Assassin of Kiev:
Appearance:
Source is here
True Name: Alyosha Popovich
Alignment: Lawful Good
Alternate Class: Saber
Armament:
In addition to his dagger Kinzhal Drakona, Assassin also wields an ordinary, nameless longsword. Assassin normally opens battle with his sword, only bringing out the dagger against an opponent who proves their strength.
Strength- C
Agility- B+
Endurance- D
Mana- C
Luck- C+
NP- B
History
Personality
Class Skills:
Presence Concealment- D
The capacity to obscure one's presence as a Servant. However, the efficacy of this Skill drops sharply the moment one prepares to attack. At this rank, Assassin can only weakly hide his presence from others. Suitable for spying as long as no sudden movements are made. Assassin was never famous for making himself undetected, so he only has a low rank in this Skill.
Instead, Alyosha's qualification for this Class stems from his sneaky nature. In life, he bested countless opponents not through superior strength or technique but by tricking and outsmarting them. Even his defeat of the dragon Tugarin came about through treachery. This penchant for sneak attacks and subterfuge makes him more compatible with the Assassin Class, as opposed to the Saber Class that possesses connotations of honorable knighthood.
Personal Skills:
Protection Against Flying- B
A Skill deriving from the prayer of St. Peter that brought the haughty magus Simon crashing to earth. By reciting that prayer, Assassin can establish a Bounded Field extending for ten feet around him in all directions that denies the very concept of magical flight. Anyone flying through magical means (like levitation magic, using magic to grow wings, propelling oneself with fire or wind, etc) within the Bounded Field will be suddenly stripped of their means of flight and sent hurtling to the ground. Because of how quickly Assassin can recite this spell, it's effectively an absolute counter to any enemy who relies on magical flight.
In Assassin's final battle with the dragon Tugarin, he was initally unable to reach the latter who was flying with his wings. Desperate, Assassin prayed to God and the Mother Mary, who sent rain down on the battlefield. The rain soaked Tugarin's paper-like wings, rendering them useless and making the beast crash to the ground. His Skill Protection Against Flying is a conceptualization of those feats.
Merciless Heart Of Justice- A+
Is the sublimation of Assassin's unique unwavering mindset as a knight. Regarding himself as a sword that only exists to sever evil, he doesn't let any emotion or ideology stand in the way of fulfilling his objective. This Skill allows Assassin to block out any kind of mental interference like confusion, fear or provocation that would impede him from the target. In effect a kind of self-hypnotic trance that Assassin places on himself every time he fights, preventing his emotions from wavering.
In battle the usual laid-back and joking young man disappears and an unfeeling machine of slaughter emerges. He'll use every means necessary to win, trample over the enemy's ideals and even brutalize their body, all while smiling an innocent and serene smile that doesn't admit even the slightest hesitation.
However, this Skill only works if Assassin is serving a cause he believes to be just. If his emotions waver to the point where Assassin comes to doubt his own ideals and the reason why he fights, this Skill would be forcibly sealed until he can reconcile that contradiction within himself.
Silver Tongue- C+
The ability to speak persuasively and charm others with deft words. In Assassin's case, a + modifier is applied while devising insults. Assassin can calculate the perfect insult to enrage his opponent in any situation, even in the middle of heated battle. While this might appear to be a useless Skill, when used strategically it allows Assassin to provoke the enemy into leaving an opening he can exploit.
When Assassin first met Tugarin at a banquet hosted by Prince Vladimir, he ridiculed the dragon-knight's boorish table manners by comparing him to a cow that overeated to the point its belly burst. This taunt enraged Tugarin to the point where he immediately attacked the hero. Later, the two became fast friends.
Master Of Disguise- A
The talent to obfuscate one's physical appearance through mundane means, like altered clothing and body language. At this rank Assassin can disguise himself so perfectly that even if the target were familiar with his real appearance, it would be almost impossible to discern his true identity. He can even impersonate the identity of other Masters and Servants in the Holy Grail War.
Assassin was famous for assuming various disguises on his adventures to beguile his foes (and sometimes friends). One time he disguised himself as a deaf pilgrim to lure Tugarin into approaching him without caution. Later, after defeating the dragon, he played a prank by returning home wearing Tugarin's multicolored cloak, tricking his squire into thinking Tugarin was coming to Kiev as the victor.
Noble Phantasms
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So I finally got around to writing up my Alyosha Popovich sheet I'd been talking about. I'm quite proud of how he turned out, especially personality-wise.
For his first NP, it was just a dagger Tugarin threw at him that he caught and later used to kill him in the legend. That was kind of boring, so I decided to make it a dagger reforged from one of his own broken scales instead (keeping the concept that it was something originating from Tugarin that was used to defeat him, but making it more interesting than just a generic dagger). As always, feel free to drop by with comments and criticisms. Thanks for reading.
Last edited by RoydGolden; August 7th, 2019 at 07:14 PM. Reason: Added History
Nice sheet overall, and I really need to research these Slavic heroes because I know nothing about them at all. For the Relationships section, I think a bit with EMIYA would be good, considering Alyosha would likely have something to remark about EMIYA's eternal burden and his broken ideal.
Added it. And I'm glad you liked the sheet!
Update: So I just added a History section to Alyosha to flesh him out a bit more, and rewrote part of his Silver Tongue Skill and first NP to fit better with my version of his lore. Comments are welcome.
Hyuu. Here, then. It was an interesting plot bunny if a bit rough mechanically.
Servant: Berserker
Alignment: Lawful Mad
True Name: Queen Margaret of Anjou
“I can hardly be patient in such extremes.
Were I only free to do so, I’d prefer as a maiden to wait and see…
But if I must again lead, then I’ll reluctantly do so from the front.”
Parameters:
Strength: C (B+)
Endurance: D (C+)
Agility: B (A+)
Mana: C (B+)
Luck: C (C)
Noble Phantasm: B
Background:
Born the second eldest daughter of the King of Naples, Margaret of Anjou was groomed as a political wife from childhood, bethrothed to King Henry VI in the fifteenth century and a central figure in the dynastic dispute and civil war that would come to be known as the War of the Roses. Married at the age of fifteen, even then she was considered a passionate and strong-willed woman, expected to vigorously assist her husband in retaking French territory. But Henry was not a strong king - raised under the watchful eye of protectors and regents, and prone to bouts of instability and weak-willed madness.
It was Margaret who led his affairs, shaped his aspirations, and defended his crown against political intrigue and gamesmanship, playing the game of politics as well as any other. More than her husband, she was regarded as the "champion of the crown," an acting queen in role if not title. She ruled in his stead for ten years before the pressure and inability to conceive a rightful heir led to a full breakdown in Henry.
At the same time, an ambitious challenger arose in Richard of York, a nobleman appointed the Lord Protector of England in Henry's stead during his breakdown. A duke with a credible claim to the throne rivaling Henry's own, he won the favour of many as protector, despite Margaret's efforts to curb his influence and popularity. Their enmity and rivalry grew, festered, and it is unclear exactly when he began to genuinely aspire towards the throne, but it is known that the spark that set off the flames of war occurred when Margaret convened a grand council to plan against the King's enemies - and pointedly excluded all from the House of York.
Hostilities quickly flared into armed combat, then outright war between the two powerful houses: the War of the Roses, as it would come to be known, between the white roses of York and the red roses of Lancaster, to determine the rightful king of England. The war would drag on for over thirty years, ravaging the ranks of the nobility in England and leaving untold dead, including both Richard and Henry. All the men of both houses would ultimately lose their life in the conflict, leaving a relative of the Lancastrians to found the Tudor dynasty in their place.
Margaret herself survived, leading the House and its factions until the very last battle, and the death of her husband and only son. Only when she had lost everything, when she had nothing whatsoever to defend or fight for, did her spirit break and permit her exile until death.
Personality:
Her class notwithstanding, Berserker is a bright, passionate woman whose zeal reflects in everything she does after being summoned. She is inquisitive, intelligent, and energetic if a tiny bit prone to snap judgments and sometimes somewhat (or a lot) more territorial than a situation warrants. At such times she can be stern and inflexible, but she tries her best to lower her guard over time.
Once her guard is down, though, Berserker is quick to make promises of affection and camaraderie with her Master, those who join their cause, and his or her inner circle(s). However, she holds those promises dear, and endeavors to always hold true to them, in her own way. She will not abandon anyone who fights alongside her, fighting alongside them and leading their faction to the bitter end.
If she will admit to one flaw, it is this, and simply this.
She gives her whole heart to the cause she believes in and those who follow the same path alongside her. As queen consort, the welfare of her husband's line and the authority of the crown were charges the protection of which she embraced from a young age, upholding that duty even as it led to ruin for the entire House. Thus, Berserker gives her whole heart to the cause she believes in and those who follow the same path alongside her. And she cannot help but view any divergence from that path, any digressions from that conviction, any hint of unease or crossed purposes… as a betrayal worthy of the harshest of penalties.
“I do not, shall not, can not abide disloyalty.When Richard of York strayed from the path of Lord Protector, when even an inkling of his own aspirations or claim to the throne came into conflict with obedience to the crown and protection of the sitting king, Berserker resolved to see him and all who followed him dead, to the point of executing peaceful prisoners of war and ordering the decapitation of those who stood in her way.
You choose to oppose the king? Very well.
Tell me then, if you would.
..What kind of death shall you die?”
Once she is given a reason to doubt one’s commitment, while she will never abandon them, she will never again trust them, fostering her paranoia to a fevered pitch. Questionable allies may be exploited to their utmost. And everyone else? If you are not her ally, you are her enemy. And enemies deserve nothing, least of all mercy or their heads.
Class Abilities:
Mad Enhancement
Rank: EX
A skill that raises basic parameters and strengthens one's physical abilities in exchange of hindering mental capacities and/or in exchange for their sense of reason. At first, Berserker appears to exercise this skill at Rank E. Her parameters are unaffected and she retains her ability to think and converse with her Master. Over time, though, her parameters begin to rise, ranking up until they reach the equivalent of the highest echelon of Mad Enhancement. Yet her reason remains unaffected…?
Personal Skills:
Charisma
Rank: C+
A composite Skill consisting of a person's charm as well as the natural talent to command or unify an army or country. Increases the ability of allies during group battles. At this rank, while capable of leading a nation on her own, Berserker shines when taking over leadership positions from others.
Hollow Victory
Rank: -
Not a skill, but a curse of fortune that is inherent to Berserker’s Saint Graph as a leading force in the War of the Roses. In life, neither the Yorks nor the Lancasters won a decisive victory over the other, perpetuating a bloody civil war until the males of both lines were entirely wiped out. A curse that indiscriminately levels her fortune in warfare, providing plus parameter and advantageous checks when she has been losing, and acting against her when she has been winning. Those she regards as her enemies are likewise affected once swept into the current of her latest ‘war.’ Whatever Berserker gains, she will ultimately lose, as will her enemies, guaranteeing equivalency or mutual ruin unless outside forces intercede.
Synchronization
Rank: A
A skill that permits bilateral sharing and transference through sympathetic connection with another. Ordinarily, this skill would be limited to transference of energy or strength, be it physical or mental. However, the complementary union of this skill and her Noble Phantasm permits Berserker to go beyond that limit in a certain respect...
Noble Phantasm(s):
Rose of Lancaster - Sweeping and Uniting Those Who Wear the Rose
Rank: B+
Type: Anti-Unit (Anti-Army)
It is said the red rosa gallica flower was the county flower of the county Lancashire and the heraldic badge of the House of Lancaster, dating back to the original gold rose badge worn by King Edward I and the red rose worn by his brother, the original Earl of Lancaster. During the war of the Roses, the red rose was worn by all who fought under Lancaster’s banner, a badge of allegiance in opposition to the white rose of the House of York.
As a Servant, this Noble Phantasm is a boon that Berserker may bestow upon any she deems worthy or useful. Should the recipient accept her red rose, they are enlisted to Berserker’s cause, recognized as members of the House of Lancaster for as long as they bear the rose upon their person. This blessing empowers the recipient, reinforcing them beyond their natural limits, to a maximum of a Servant’s rank E in all physical parameters as well as od generation, effectively converting her allies into low-ranking familiars.
By careful building of her forces and allies, Berserker may assemble a powerful fighting force, albeit one with their own will and loyalties. Berserker is quick to attest that they may break their pact at any time, should they deem it too dangerous or the cause no longer worth their while, as she wishes only for loyal friends and companions.
...However.
In concert with her Synchronization skill, Berserker may unilaterally share more than simply her favour. In addition to reinforcement, the Rose of Lancaster creates a bond that regards all who carry the rose as the “same identity” as Berserker, the House of Lancaster, and permits her to share even aspects of her Saint Graph and class container with them.
Unbeknownst to her allies, or her Master, Berserker may use this network of friends and confidants to distribute and disseminate her own ever-building Mad Enhancement, synchronizing her madness with them while keeping its reinforcement for herself. This manifests in increased recklessness, anger whether righteous or otherwise, poor judgment… and in the last stages, outright insanity not unlike that suffered by King Henry himself. The longer one fights under her banner, the less likely they are to choose to stop, or even realize they should, riled up into a riotously partisan and bloodthirsty mob.
While her friends fall, while her master loses his grip on reality, Queen Consort Margaret of Anjou shall remain coldly, nobly steadfast in pursuit of their shared goals, ever more powerful and sharpening her madness to an ever more fine point.
Notes:
A small chance exists that when the Rose of Lancaster is invoked, the rose it creates may bloom and blossom as a white rose of York instead, a phenomenon intrinsic to all whose fates are tied in the War of the Roses, guaranteeing that neither faction may grow unhindered. Should this occur, the recipient will be inexorably turned against Berserker, and may marshal or recruit others to their cause, including enemy Servants or Masters. The more roses she bestows, the more likely that this will occur, up to 50% probability at its maximum level and amount.
Berserker is well aware of this, and while she chooses not to let it inhibit or prevent her from allying with others, it is the seed of the ever-building paranoia that leads to her worst excesses as a Heroic Spirit, stoking her uncertainty and fostering the gradual increase of her madness. Should you wish to maintain her sanity, this maiden may only ever give one rose.
Last edited by Sunny; February 5th, 2019 at 08:46 PM.
Why tho.
I'm really sorry about my jokes
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Ah, don’t be, kya. I’m just anxious, no cause to feel bad and I didn’t take it to heart.
I’m just q-quite shy about the attention and more interested in what people think or criticism to learn from. ^^;
I like the idea of her Madness being spread across her followers and thus keeping her rational. Makes for a really interesting and unique mechanic
The idea of a Berserker who relies on scheming and tactics to fight instead of brute strength is always interesting (and something I can't recall getting in canon, despite the increasing abundance of Berserkers with EX-ranked Mad Enhancement still letting them speak and express themselves coherently). Her NP is really scary just in terms of the ripple effects it'd have in the world (also rather timely in today's hyper-divided political climate). I could easily see her throwing the country she's summoned in into a civil war or something.
Anyone have thoughts on my Alyosha Popovich sheet above? I'm curious to hear what people think of him, especially the rather unique (IMO) and fleshed out backstory I gave him.
Sunny, no! Don't let them bully you into withdrawing
I forbid it. As dictator and supreme general for life or until I get bored of the contest I rule that no-one is allowed to forfeit once they've entered.
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fwiw i liked your sheet
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