Create-a-Servant

[terraablaze]

You should make Tower of Babel a Gate of Babylon, but for summoning Gods/Demigods/Heroic Spirits.
The Nasuverse version of the Tower of Babel was built to facilitate the descent of Gods.

And shouldn't Unified Language just grant him Charisma Rank EX?

Been meaning to ask you for the source on this.

[food]

It was in KnK, the part where Touko talks about Kurogiri Satsuki and how he was at the door of Akasha, but never stepped through it.

She talks about the Nasu version of the Tower of Babel.

[terraablaze]

See, that's strange because it never showed up in the translation we got. Is it the fault of the reprint or the translator?

Edit: yep, all God with a capital G. Here's what we got.

“No one truly knows what Godword’s real name is, and even those who
knew him in his Collegium are limited. Few ever see him in person. But his
face and magic are known to all who claim allegiance to the traditions of
the London Ordo Magi. You see, Godword’s Art is fairly obvious to derive
from his title: he speaks the high speech, the mythic Adamic language. The
words still hold power over reality, and they tap a consciousness embed-
ded in every human being, rendering it comprehensible by anyone. There
is no word he does not know, no dialect he is not privy to. Though he hears
himself as only speaking one single language, anyone who hears him hear
it how their paradigm manipulates them to. Even you must know the story
of the Tower of Babel, Kokutō.”
“Yeah, the same thing that Pieter Brueghel painted, right? A tall, spiral
tower almost reaching heaven, where they planned to build a temple on
top so that God could talk to them easier. But God saw that as hubris and
struck down the tower, and so men could never repeat the same thing,
he created the confusion of tongues which scattered people all over the
Earth.”
“Indeed. The old Babel story from the Bible. Other extant sources
point to similar stories, and there is always what they call the ‘confusion
of tongues.’ God made to scatter humanity, but not through the complex
physicality of skin or race, but through simple language. After all, the larg-
est difference you notice between Japanese and foreigners isn’t the color
of the hair or the eyes, but simply the constructions of our grammar and
words, correct? It forms a continual barrier of understanding. The reason-
ing of God goes that because of this barrier, mankind will never again build
such a towering edifice. But over time, mankind grew, and prospered, and
globalized, and eventually, the barrier of language became somewhat lax.
“What now for the confusion of tongues? Such a judgment was made in
the time when humanity still felt their gods, in the mythic ages. This was
a time when our mysteries were not yet mysteries, and the Art was the
consensus, and therefore common, and when mighty sorcerers wielded
great powers from the occult phases of the moon, and the jealous tides
of stars, which made the world overflow with mana. So it was taught to
us, at any rate. Godword is a constant reminder of this. Before the confu-
sion of tongues, there was but one, formless, high speech, through which
everyone understood all, and when men spoke to the anima mundi and its
creatures as surely as they did each other. Then God gave us the debased
tongues, stealing from us the promise of wisdom he had once so readily
granted. Godword is the only known one able to reproduce this universal
language, and work his Art through the high speech. He communicates to
all men, a channel through which that demiurgic force, that ultimate origin
passes through. That his lack of talent for magehood prevents him from
truly using it dangerously is a blessing for us.”

[food]

Paste the part in the translation, I will go find the runes.

[terraablaze]

Already did, see my edit. It's in part six of Oblivion Recorder, after a couple of sections or so.

[food]

「―――はあ。ブリューゲルの描いた、ラセン状のおっきな塔の事ですよね。たしか……高い塔を建てて、その 頂《いただき》に神殿を作って神様が簡単に下りられるようにと人間は考えたのだけど、神様からしてみれば人 が天に近付く事は傲慢で、塔を壊し、人問が一つにまとまってこういう事を繰り返さないようにって、言葉を乱 して人々をバラバラにしたっていう」

"--- ahhh, you mean the spiral tower that Bruegel painted. Indeed... From men's perspective, building a tall tower and set up a shrine on top would facilitate the descent of Gods. However, from the Gods' perspective, men attempting to reach the heavens demonstrated their hubris, thus the Gods struck down the Tower. To have men not repeating this again, the Gods disrupted the language of men and caused them to drift apart."

[terraablaze]

wait, so the difference is it's plural? Oh, and the facilitate the descent part. I feel I need an explanation here.
How do you know it's plural, but not "him" (gender unknown).

[food]

The plural is just a habit of mine, and in this case it is not right, lol.

It just says "神様", or generic "God".

The descend part just means, the men thought if they build a high tower, God can walk down from the heavens easier.

[Mcjon01]

It's not like there's really a clear dichotomy where "kami" refers to multiple gods and "kami-sama" refers to the supreme big cheese, anyway. People assume it's like the "God/god" thing in English, but it's really not.

[food]

But It Is Fun To Capitalize Letters. I Love It.

[MssrNeko]

Philoctetes, Bearer of the Herculean Bow
Class: Archer
Alighnment: True Neutral

Statistics

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

Skills and Abilities

Clairvoyance: B
Disengage: C
Independant Action: A
Magic Resistance: E

Noble Phantasm(s)

Hydra's Bane, Enrusted Gift
Type: Anti-Unit
Rank: B++ (C+)

The famed bow of Herakles, son of Zeus. Given to him in his youth, Philoctetes uses this bow as his chosen weapon. However, he cannot make full use of its potential so its power is lowered. With each pull of the string, prana is formed into the shape of an arrow and upon release, is fired at the target.

Four Lives, The Slaying Shot
Type: Anti-Unit
Rank: B+

The greatest ability that Philoctetes ever attempted with Hydra's Bane. By pulling back the string to its breaking point, Archer charges the notched arrow with an enormous amount of mana. Once released, the bow fires not one arrow, but four swirling lasers of pure prana at once towards the target. It is said that it was this technique that killed Paris, son of King Priam, during the sacking of Troy.

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At Herakles's funeral, Philoctetes was the only one who lit the pyre for the dying demigod. As reward for his service, Herakles entrusted the young man with his bow, the same bow that slew the Hydra. As the Trojan War broke out, Philoctetes went to join the Achaeans against the Trojans. But his journey was cut short as he took a snake bite to the ankle. Seeing no use for him, King Odysseus and the other Greeks exiled him. For ten years Philoctetes lived in exile until Odysseus and his men returned for the bow. It was prophesised that the war would edge towards Greek victory with the help of Herakles's bow. Obeying the now-deitified Herakles, Philoctetes rejoined the Greeks and his wound was healed as promised by the god. Soon enough he slew the son of King Priam and skilled archer, Paris. After the war, he parted ways with the Greek armies and settled in what is now Italy.

[Aiden]

Lilith, the Dark Mother
Class: Caster
Alignment: Neutral Evil (possibly Chaotic)

Statistics:
Strength: D
Agility: E
Endurance: B
Mana: A+
Luck: C+
Noble Phantasm: A+ (Support)

Skills and Abilities
Territory Creation: A
Item Creation: N/A

Seduction: A+
Measures how adept one is at drawing others into sexual activity
A+: Desired by most of creation; does not overcome sexual preference limitations on women with Magic resistance over rank D.

Timely Birth: B
Ability to alter time of gestation within one's womb.
B: Can decrease time needed to create children depending on its power through infusion of magical energy; can only give birth to males.

Fruit of Knowledge: EX
Unique skill of the first sapient humans, the origin of Alaya.
EX: The possessor's entire body is indistinguishable from their soul, a connection that goes both ways, permitting them to achieve unheard of levels of inherent magical feats without incantations or gestures. Draws energy from the will of humanity. Limited to spells that protect, immediately alter, or damage living or spiritual material. Limited to physical contact.

Noble Phantasms:
The Fruit of Life, Womb of the Demon Progenitor
Type: Support
Rank: A+

A smelter for human souls within Lilith's body that efficiently blends their accumulated energy with the collected essence of men. Permits her to grow demonic offspring of varying levels of power, depending on the quality of the semen collected and the quantity of the souls broken down for energy within her.

Quality of semen is determined by multiple factors from the father, including number and potency of magical circuits, physical condition, and lineage. The quantity of souls needed depends on the child's potency. She has to externalize the womb as a seperate object halfway through most pregnancies; she is prone to litter births for weaker demons regardless of their size, and larger demons of any level of power would kill her to gestate inside her body. Her children are loyal to her as their mother, barring excessive abuse.

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Most of Lilith's mythology is an amalgamation of various Mesopotamian writings and Judeo-Christian apocrypha.

Big mess, haven't really worked it out into something coherent yet.

Came up with this stuff in maybe twenty minutes.

[Verg Avesta]

Hmm, might throw some stuff from the old version of Somnium Summer here. Let's start with the Lancer, the sore loser of the Heaven's Paradox. This guy was insufferable. Also the same guy who appears in that Pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne short story I wrote. He has been changed a little because of the new skills revealed.

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Lancer
Spirit: Cormac mac Airt
Master: Francesca Dubois
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Strength: C++
Endurance: C++
Agility: A
Mana: D
Luck: C
Noble Phantasm: B


Abilities:


Independent ActionThe ability to remain independent even when rejecting the prana supply from the Master. At the higher ranks it is also possible to remain for extended periods of time in this world without a established contract.

• C: Capable of remaining in this world for one day without a established contract.

Magic Resistance Protection against magical effects. Differently from the Resistance effect that merely rejects prana, this ability cancels the spells altogether. Important to note that the term "verse" seen below refers to a set of three lines. Thus, a chant of two verses is equivalent to a Six-Line incantation.

• D: Cancel Single-Action spells. Magic Resistance of the same degree of an amulet that rejects magical energy.

Details:

The greatest of the High Kings that ever ruled over Ireland, and one of the most valiant warriors associated with the Fenian Cycle.

Son of the High King Art mac Cuinn, Cormac's rise to the power and eventual demise was promised in a vision granted to her mother. After his father died in a battle, Cormac was raised by both a she-wolf and his mother, until the day came that he was taken to his father's foster-father.

After reaching adulthood, Cormac set journey to Tara. After resolving a situation that nearly caused a war between the people and the king, the current High King, Lugaid, gave up his throne in order to make the much wiser man the new High King. Or that much he said. In truth, the druids had prophesized that Lugaid would not live long if he opted to stay in Tara after Cormac had arrived.

Nevertheless, the new High King got immediately into trouble. The King of the Ulaid, Fergus Dubdétach drove Cormac into Connacht and abducted his throne. Swearing revenge, Cormac eventually, with the help of warrior known as Tadg, found the warrior who had killed his father, and as a pay for killing his father, made this warrior promise that he would bring him Fergus' head. With these newfound allies, Cormac marched into the battle against Fergus, in which all the members of Fergus' family, and the man himself, were eventually killed. After the gruesome battle, Cormac took his place once more as the High King.

After this, Cormac reigned as both good and ruthless king. He was fair to his people, but to those that would oppose him, he was merciless. Most of this could be attributed to the influence of his lover, the queen of the fairy-kin, Báirinn. In a sense, he acted to people just like they would act against him. Fair in the ultimate sense.

However, his one bad trait was his inability to accept loss. This became evident in his rivalry with Fionn mac Cumhaill, the Queen of Fianna. Many were the times that these two would oppose each other, as the band of heroes known as Fianna would not bow down to Cormac's rule. It was not until Fionn herself, and the daughter of Cormac, Grainné, were wed that did these two finally reconcile.

In the end, Cormac died as phrophesized, choking into a bone of a salmon. Some say that this was because the gods cursed him for accepting a foreign religion as his own.


Skills:


Animal Dialogue
Communication of intention with animals that don't possess words.

• D: Not talking in the strictest sense, but more akin to understanding each others' intentions. With this ability, Lancer can both ask for help of animals and read their reactions to the enviroment.

Charisma
Natural talent to command an army. Increases the ability of allies during group battles. A rare talent.

• B: Suitable for a king of a country.

Instinct
The power to "feel" the most favorable developments for oneself during battle.

• B-: Refined sixth sense that is limited because of the owner's true mortality. The highest rank of this ability that a normal human can possess, but cannot overcome predictions of the future.

Protection of the Fairies
A blessing from Elementals, the capacity to increase one's Luck in dangerous situations. Activation limited to only battlefields, where is possible to perform feats of arms.

• C: The blessing is completely dependant on the affection of the source, in this case, his former lover. As long as conditions are met, this ability will work as intended.

Noble Phantasms:

Name: Crimall
Title: The Howl of the Hills
Owner: Lancer
Rank: B
Type: Anti-Personnel
Range: 2-4
Maximum target: 1 person

A spear that adjusts itself according the condition of the target. Every time this Noble Phantasm scores a hit that draws blood from the enemy, it raises STR and AGI of the wielder. This effect is magnified by the condition of the enemy, from 2xSTR/2xAGI all the way to 7xSTR/7xAGI. In other words, the weaker the enemy, the faster you become stronger. Efficient Noble Phantasm as it powers itself by stealing the enemy’s mana with each drop of blood it drinks. Vampiric-lance, though, oddly enough, devoid of “curse” attribute.

Name: Croda
Title: The Adapter Blood Castle
Owner: Lancer
Rank: B
Type: Support
Range: -
Maximum target: 1 person

A Noble Phantasm created to work as a pair with Crimall. Acts as an emergency defense, raising END and AC stats every time enemy scores a hit on the wielder. Unlike in Crimall, the multiplier stays the same, but on this shield, there is no limit to how much the said attributes can be raised. Against Servants with simple Noble Phantasms that rely on melee, the worst nightmare. If played well by the user, Croda makes him nigh immortal. The defense ratings stack up, and are cleared only after the last turn of the battle. This means that if the wielder is healed in middle of the fight, he can preserve his physical condition, and add the boost given by Croda to it.

[ChronoReverse]

Heh, interesting servant. This is guy that can heal with water scooped in his hands right? Did that work on himself? Lucky he doesn't have it as a skill or else combined with the second NP, he could end up invincible lol.

I really like the second NP. In its application, it's superbly powerful but it's also a simple one to "reset". Particularly, servants with the "Disengage" ability would have a field day against it.

[SeiKeo]

That's some weird formatting you got there.

[rajieru]

True Name:???? King of the World, King of All seas
Class:Rider/Berseker/Ruler
Alignment: Chaotic Dumb

Statistics:
Strength: A++/A+++
Agility: B+
Endurance:A++(D*)/A+++(D*)
Mana: D+
Luck: A
Noble Phantasm: A+ (Support)

* D rank against sword or cutting weapons


Skills and Abilities
Monstruous Strenght: A
Voyager of the storms: E
Regeneration: D
Ambition the colors of the man: B/EX
Battle Continuation: A
Animal Dialogue: D
Riding: D
Poison Resistance:N/A


Monstruous Strenght: A
An ability possessed by monsters and beasts, temporary boost of the Strength parameter by one rank for a time limit determined by the ranking of this skill. In his case a special family trait that he trained during all his life of adventures, remais active all the time.


Voyager of the Storms: D
Incapable of issuing comands(actually his comands are simply refused almost all the time) but the crew has unwavering loyalty to him, can captivate theirs hearts and inspirate them to battle but wont be capable of effectively comand his allies.

Regeneration: D
A side effect from his noble phantasm, possessing a unique constitution he can heal from most wounds triple as fast and almost immediatly iff sufficient food is given to hin, the more grievous the wound more quantity(and not quality) of food is necessary to heal, this skill can't be boosted by expending prana or by any other means.

Ambition the colors of man:B/EX
Thi is a mysterious power that is found in every living being in the world. It is not that different from the normal senses. However, most people do not notice it or fail to awaken it. Broadly, there are two types of "Ambition" common to everyone, given the proper training; however, there is a third type that only a certain group of "chosen ones" are said to possess.In simple terms, It is an ability to sense spiritual energy and overpower enemies.

Since this skill is divided in 3 it has a separate ranking from each one
1- Color of Observation: B
is a form of the colors that allows the user to sense the presence of others, even if they are concealed from view or too far to see naturally. With enough skill, one can use this ability to predict an opponent's moves shortly before they make them, thereby making the attack that much easier to evade. This prediction appears to the user as an image or brief "premonition" of what the opponent will do in the user's mind's eye, and the damage the user will take if the attack actually "hits". It appears that the more killing intent the enemy has, the easier they are to predict.

He has enough skill to be considered above average, can't be used if summoned as berseker as it requires concentration.

2-Colors of hardening: B
allows the user to create a force similar to an invisible armor around themselves, this allows the user to defend against attacks that would otherwise cause them harm. Only significant physical force can overcome this defense; for example, a direct hit from a enraged heracles, or any other blunt atack with rank A+ or higher, however this skill is substantialy weaker against cutting atacks like swords, so it only offers limited protection against then, it would be able to nullify true assassins dagger, but it wont work against bersekers sword axe because his immense strenght, even sasaki would be able to bypass the damage reduction with some effort, completely useless against any ranked NP abe to cut.

It greaty amplifies attack power, but the strenght remains the same, cannot be used when summoned as berseker by the need to concentrate

3-Conqueror's Ambition: EX
A rare type of ability only one in a million can use which grants the user the ability to overpower the will of others, its mainly use is to intimidate and scare his foe's, but any legendary soul would be able to at least resist and endure its effects, a simple endurance check negates the effects, on a failed check the victim is rendered unconscious or absolutey scared of him, it can be controlled and directed, thanks to it he was able to befriend most animais and intimidade them with a glares, almost any beast can be turned afraid and tamed of him, dragons may be an exception, since he never encountered one in life he would likely want it to be his "pet".

Battle Continuation: A


Strength of vitality for predicaments. Also, the ability to withdraw from combat and reach allied territory alive after being defeated.

• A: Makes possible to fight even with deadly injuries and can remain alive so long as one does not receive a decisive fatal wound. Does not die until it is definitely killed, can survive the most gruesome wounds but will die if the core or the head ared destroyed and not simply damaged.

Animal Dialogue: D

Communication of intention with animals that don't possess words.
D: Since it's not like the intellect of the animals improve, very complex nuances are not conveyed, they understand the meaning of his words but not exactly what he are saying and can respond to it and he can understand their feellings and fears, but not the most complex ones, unusable as berseker.

Poison Resistance:N/A
High resistance to most of the poisons from his era.


Noble Phantasms:
Devil's Fruit: The Gum Fruit
Type: Support
Rank A+

Not an actuan Noble Phantams but more like a conceptualization of a legend, it was told that this was one one of the devil's fruit and whem eat it will turn the user's body permanently in rubber, eating this as a child he leanerd to control its powers with time, at this point he can use his entire body like a weapon of sorts, manipulating it as he see's fit, because it is rubber he is nigh invulnerable to physical damage and only the most strongest of the attacks would cause hin pain, but this will not help him against magical atacks or cutting atacks, it is always activated and doenst consume more prana than what he need to exist, it can be further activated in 2 different ways boosting either his Atack and endurance, or Agility and Atack.

Second Gear
Boost Attack, Attack power and Agility by 1 rank during a limited time and athe the same time it lowers his endurance by 1 rank, it quicly drains the prana he has stocked to augment his physical capabilities, he learned to better channel it allowing brief activation on a single body part without expending much prana, as his body is no longer suffers from the drawback from a living organism he can use it in more confortable ways but the cost is high.

It cannot be activated conciously as a berseker due to the need to concentrate, can be activated briefly by expending a comand seal.

Third Gear
Boost his Strenght by 2 Ranks, Attack power by 2 Ranks and endurance by 1 at the same time agility becomes D during the activation, by turning his body parts giant he can exerce more destructive power but this comes at the cost of impeding fine motor control, it has great prana cost but at a lesser rate of compsution, cannot be used as berseker due to the need to concentrate to activate.

It can be used as a one time move by expending a comand seal.

Both are capable of being active at the same time but the cost will be so high that it will drain all of his reservers after a few seconds, essentialy a spirit killer.



What do you guys think of him?

[rajieru]

Now it worked, sorry for double post

[Mcjon01]

Every single rank should be "D".

[TypeWannabe]

For Gomu Gomu Fruit, it really shouldn't be a NP so much as an ability. I'd go into further detail, but the exact wording is eluding me right now.

[terraablaze]

I smell power level belly aching ahead.