Hah, was wondering if this one would see the light of day at some point. Has it changed at all since we discussed it in PMs? I don't notice anything substantially different, at least. Still, like I said when you first showed it to me, it's an inventive way of weaving together several different, occasionally conflicting, components and I think it has a real Nasu feel to it. Still good work!
And now, with this post, I claim the title of King of the Thread, as I finally overtake Five_X's post count to become Number One! For this special occasion, another special occasion: Servant #50! That's a lot of Servants! So here you guys go, happy number fifty!
Longinus
The Saint of the Divine Spear
Class: Lancer
Alternate Classes: Ruler
Alignment: Lawful Good
Parameters:
Strength: D
Endurance: D
Agility: B
Mana: C
Luck: A
Class Skills:
Magic Resistance
Grants protection against magical effects. Differently from the Resistance effect that merely rejects prana, this ability cancels the spells altogether.
- C: Cancel spells with a chant below two verses. Cannot defend against Magecraft on the level of High-Thaumaturgy and Greater Rituals
Personal Skills:
Aegis of Faith
A Skill possessed only by those who have sacrificed themselves for a religious view. Despite being a form of divine protection, it is not a blessing from a higher existence. It is only the absoluteness of one's body and soul, which is born from faith. But if it is too high, it causes abnormalities in the personality.
- D: Not the faith of a man who sacrificed himself for his religion, but rather suffered endlessly until his punishment was ended by his conversion to Christianity and repenting her sins. Provides a moderate level of protection against mental interference.
Honor of the Battered
In truth, the pain inflicted heightens the Servant’s combat focus, allowing him to tap into his full potential; by corollary, if he is not injured, he cannot fight at full strength. The notion that "one must first conquer the pain inflicted by the enemy to attain absolute victory" is a fundamental premise of the Servant’s tactics.
- B: An aberrant form of the skill, born from Lancer’s endless punishment of mauling by lion, followed by regeneration of the body to a pristine state each dawn. Lancer’s wounds cannot naturally be healed by any form of Magecraft. Instead, an hour before dawn each day is body will magically be flayed to the bone in a torturous and crippling “cleansing” of the body, before regenerating entirely as the sun rises.
Mystic Eyes
Possession of Mystic Eyes capable of interfering with the outside world.
- B: The blood of Jesus Christ not only restored Lancer’s sight but transformed his eyes into powerful Divine Constructs in the form of high-grade Mystic Eyes. They are Mystic Eyes of True Vision, allowing Lancer to be able to see regardless of any visual obstructions or conditions such as blindness, absolute darkness or concealment magecraft. Additionally, his eyes allow him to interact with the obstructions, “clearing” them away so that the truth may be revealed to others. In practise this allows for dispersal of illusions, illumination within darkness, transformation of walls into transparent windows and other similar feats.
Sainthood
Indicates being acknowledged as a saint. When summoned as a Servant, the ability of saint is selected one among "raising the effectiveness of sacraments", “immunity to curses & other corrupting elements", "1 Rank-Up to Aegis of the Faith and Honor of the Battered" and "production of a holy shroud is possible". May also act as Rank C Divinity as a blessed human.
- C: With an hour of dedicated prayer in isolation from all distractions the default benefit of this skill can be changed to a single other benefit. Once a second benefit has been selected the same period of prayer can be performed to revert to the default, but only those two abilities may be alternated between.
Divine Lance
The Spear Which Brings Forth Blood and Water
Type: Anti-Divine
Rank: B ~ EX
Range: 2-4 ~ 2-15
Targets: 1
Description: A spear transformed into a Conceptual Weapon by the blood of a Divine Hybrid, it is the original form of the Holy Relic Longinus, which would later become known as Black Barrel, the God-killing gun. Due to its nature as a Sacrament of extreme power it has become integrated with Lancer’s pious body, transforming into his right arm and sealed in this form by the Holy Shroud binding the arm, the Shroud of Longinus. When the bandages are unraveled Lancer’s arm transforms into a glowing red spear, the Divine Lance.
A Sacrament composed entirely of the Fifth True Theoretical Element, it imposes the concept of a natural life-span upon those who do not possess one through 「Refraction of Longevity」. Because it is transfigured by the healing blood of the Messiah the Divine Lance is able to heal anyone without Divinity with a single touch from his right hand. Prevents anyone with Divinity from healing the wounds it causes, and the wounded will leak increasing amounts of prana from the wound in the form of as the Divinity rank becomes higher.
An exhortation to God in the form of a specific religious utterance can transform this state into a gleaming red rifle-type cannon, the Crimson Calibre. In this form, it can fire spikes of brightest red that chase down Divinity and instead of inflicting unhealable wounds inflict Divine Interference, imposing Parameter Rank Down statuses and "spiritual static" clouding the senses of the people hit by these divine spearheads.
When the proper name is invoked Lancer's whole arm glows brighter than anything else before it, a blinding divine laser beam that transcends space and time to strike a target with Divinity, utterly removing them from existence. A completely undodgable and undefendable "Divine Killer", a ray of God's Divine Radiance that confirms the status of a divine individual as living or dead. As all Heroic Spirits have transcended the spacetime axis and sit outside of it in the Throne of Heroes, it is impossible to confirm life or death, due to their entire timeline being simultaneous in this form, just as when the test was initially rendered against the Crucified Messiah. A-Rank Divinity will remove the opponent for 3 days, B; 2 days, C; 24 hours, D; 8 hours and E; 3 hours. During this time they will appear to be completely dead, their contract severed and the Command Seals dulled as for all intents and purposes the Servant has been returned to the Grail. Upon reappearance, the contracts are completely renewed into the same state they were when first struck with the Divine Lance's God-Slaying Paradox Laser.