UNKNOWN01
Nobody knows me... I feel lonely!
- Location
- Nowhere
- Pronouns
- He/Him
3-4 generation tops, but they are an scion of another, older family.
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Fate/Lone Fragment
- Thread starter UNKNOWN01
- Start date
- Location
- Germany
[X] A smiling Kouhai...
[X] Some Mana-filled gems...
[X] Some Mana-filled gems...
So what's the plan if we don't pick a catalyst? Do we end up with a predetermined compatability summon, or something else?
UNKNOWN01
Nobody knows me... I feel lonely!
- Location
- Nowhere
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Mostly, what will happen is that I will give you a choice when the summoning begins.
Using the EXTRA Servants as an example:
A sword wielding woman... (Saber)
A man in red...(Archer)
A woman with... fox ears?(Caster)
These won't be exactly the Servants I will use, but take it as an example, the Classes won't be mentioned though.
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- Location
- Germany
Sure.
So given this, I don't think the catalyst option is particulary worth it. A low roll means the result isn't going to be that amazing and people might vote for one of the other options anyway, and a high roll might give us someone that's technically great, but that we can't actually afford in mana upkeep. It'd likely be better with a starting option that got more magical energy to spare, but that isn't us at this point.
About Mana Upkeep
UNKNOWN01
Nobody knows me... I feel lonely!
- Location
- Nowhere
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Well, talking about Mana upkeep, I think it's time for me to disclose a little about it!:
...
Rules:
A Servant upkeep depends heavily in factors like their power, if it's in middle of combat, if it's making things like eating, sleepig, ect. To reduce the strain on their Master.
But in general, a Servant's strain in their Master should be at least 20-15 MU (Mana Units) outside of combat (Which can be reduced by the already mentioned activities), Servants like Assassin or Caster have a lower upkeep. (Assassin by their lack of brute power, and Caster by tapping in the local Leylines and the ambient mana, so their upkeep is reduced to 10-5 MU.)
Inside combat, the upkeep depends of how much their skills are being used, but a Servant during combat should burn at least 40-50 MU in general (Assassins and Casters can vary between 20 to 30 to 40 MU burned).
Now, about the Mana stat of a Servant, it includes terms like their potential for magic, and their own reserves, A Servant using their Noble Phantasm should burn at least 200-300 MU, which obviusly will be paid from their own reserves rather than from their Master's one's (Casters and Assassins are much varied in their Noble Phantasms, so it's far harder to say).
By choosing the Mana-gems you will have to pay less for the upkeep of a Servant, roughly by half, but you can also upgrade a Servant's Parameters with them.
(I'll make clear that the Mana-gems will upgrade Parameters no matter what, but you can sacrifice some upkeep for upgrading their Parameters some more. There is bound to be limits, of course, but in general a class like say, Caster, could be upgraded to have a C-B in strenght, while still paying the same amount of Mana than usual, the problem will be make sure that they are actually able to use that strenght, as Casters aren't known for being frontline fighters).
If you choose the Magic Crest, your reserves should be upgraded by 50-80 MU extra, with the perk of having the knowledge that resides within the Crest (If your Circuit Quality had reached a higher rank, this Magic Crast would also been affected).
...
And that should be everything... I'll will edit if I forget something!
PD: So, does anyone has any opinions about this system? It's the first time I do something like this, so I would like some opinions about it!
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Fate/01 - To the begining
UNKNOWN01
Nobody knows me... I feel lonely!
- Location
- Nowhere
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Before I'm able to leave the building—
"Seeenpai~!"
I hear a voice, a voice which promises ruin and suffering for my poor self.
…But sadly, I can feel that malign presence already has gotten too close to my position for me to hide.
Without other options, I turn to the voice's direction, ready to face my fate, even if I only see darkness in that future.
"There you are Senpai~!"
There she is, with her devilish smile, in all her purple glory.
Sakura Matou.
A (Rather well endowed) Kouhai of mine,
"Ehehehe~ were you waiting for me, Senpai~? Such a shameless Senpai I have!"
…And a sadist without any shred of mercy for my poor soul.
Without any options, I smile, and say my piece—
…
[] "—But of course, Sakura-chan~" (You have done this many times in the past, today is no different. If she wants it that way, then so be it!)
[]"—Absolutely no" (You must maintain your composure; you shall not fall to her level. You have resisted for years, and you will keep doing it until she surrenders in this verbal duel youplay fight…!)
…
"—Is that so?" she cutely tilts her head to the side "But Senpai, look how late it is! Even my archery practice ended fifteen minutes ago!" She throws her arms over her head in an exaggerated way. "Senpai… don't tell me that you are doing something indecent!?" covering her mouth with one hand, feigning shock, she then points her other one's finger towards me, with an accusing intention.
…I cannot deny the statement that it is, indeed, really late, almost suspiciously so.
With my Kouhai looking at me with suspicion, I have no other choice but to concede defeat.
"I… may have fallen asleep in my seat." I scratch the back of my head in shame.
"Oh?" She stops her accusing glare, but now her eyes are full of mischief.
I'm not sure which is worse.
"Senpai~! You dummy! Don't you know that school is not for sleeping~?" She then adopts haughty expression, completed by a pose that reeks of smugness, and starts a lecture about 'the importance of respecting your school, your teachers and to listening and obeying your beautiful Kouhai~'…
'I'm completely sure that the last one isn't going to appear in any class about Law or Ethics—'
"Ehehehe~ you are so easy to tease, Senpai~!"
…refraining myself from answering that comment, I limited myself to only adopting a dirty look and sending it towards her.
And thus, here I am, asking myself how did I managed to become a friend of 'Honomura's Purple Devil"
(—It was when I was a 9 year-old during primary, I saw a purple-haired girl lording over a bunch of kids of my age (now I know it was because she promised to give them a 'reward' for that), and I was curious.
And thus, with the infinite wisdom of a 9 year-old kid, I decided to go there and ask about what was the girl with weird hair-color doing…
Long story short, she managed to cheat me into doing her biding for quite a while, and when she asked why do I decided to come back to her after yesterdays 'adventure' while the other kids learned their lesson, the only thing my 9 year-old self could answer with was—
"I believe in your inner goodness, because girls with cool anime hair can't be evil!"…
While my answer wasn't nearly as cool as I thought it sounded (And she made that very clear with her subsequent laughing fit), she saw me as someone interesting enough to keep her close.
And in the end I did learned my lesson… Late, but I did.)
"…Hey, Senpai?"
Realizing that I had let myself be lost in my thoughts, I moved my head to look at Sakura, which now was looking nervous, a rather rare expression for her.
"I need to ask you something…"
There was something about her tone that made me aware about the theme she was about to ask.
…
[]"—Do you know about the Holy Grail War?" (I revealed myself as a Magus to Sakura years ago; there was no way that she wouldn't ask me that question now that the eve of the conflict was so close.)
[]"—Have you noticed any strange things lately?" (I decided years ago to not tell Sakura about my lineage, it was simply too risky. Her family was one of the three founding houses, so even if she didn't want to fight me, she will have to for the honor of the Matou bloodline.)
…
After me and Sakura parted ways, I went straight home.
It was now or never.
I reached my lonely home when the sun had already set and the moon had now taken it's place.
It was a fairly big house, if I could say so myself.
It was in the more rural parts of the city, where the urbanization was still light.
It was a fairly western influenced house in design. It had 2 floors, at least 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 kitchen and a living room.
It came equipped with a basement, something simple, just five cubic meters perfectly square, which would be perfect for the kind of thing I was about to do.
There was a small staircase to the basement in one of corners of the living room.
Thus, mentally readying myself for the act, I descended into the darkness of the basement.
The only light in the silent room was a tiny window which allowed the moonlight to enter, there I was able to see it—
It was a summoning circle.
I reached for a nearby table at my side, in the northern wall.
There lay Jewels, finely crafted and filled with Mana; those would have been worth a fortune to my father if they had come in the same state as they were now, filled with almost 20 years worth of Mana.
They would now be used for a single propose.
I took a deep breath, now of all times, asking myself if I was truly capable of going along with this.
I still had time to go to the church, to yield my clams as a Master, to take the safest choice, to—
Trait Interrupt! Survivors Will!
Die in a miserable and pathetic way, with me bedridden at the tender age of twenty-two years-old, and with my consciousness slowly fading until there was nothing, just a brain dead corpse of a miserable man that was never able to live his life because he cowed when his chance to survive was right in front of his eyes.
NO!
I refuse to die that way!
I want to live!
I want to see what life has to offer!
I don't want to end like that!
I want to be able to age!
I don't want to die!
...And my fight for my right to live—
Even if everything is against me!—
Begins now!
I WILL SURVIVE!
Once my eyes were open, I inmediately noticed a Figure in the middle of the Summoning Circle, basking in the moonlight that came from a tiny window close to me...
...
[] A man covered in a red cloak...
(So I'm a Caster this time around, huh...?)
[] A doll...
(My Lord...)
[] A woman with white hair and red eyes...
(This is my Master...)
...
The Figure stepped in front of me, and with all the dignity worthy of an [Heroic Spirit], the figure made a question for me to answer.
"I ask of you,—
Sword or Death.
Are you my Master?"
My hearth felt like it was about to explode, I could feel the Od leaving my body...
Which power do you hold in your hands?
I took a step foward, and made my answer known—
"Yes, I am your master"
Dancing Flames, Decaying Earth, Withering Ocean
...
And thus, The Holy Grail War welcomes a new participant for the right of making their wish come true...
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"Seeenpai~!"
I hear a voice, a voice which promises ruin and suffering for my poor self.
…But sadly, I can feel that malign presence already has gotten too close to my position for me to hide.
Without other options, I turn to the voice's direction, ready to face my fate, even if I only see darkness in that future.
"There you are Senpai~!"
There she is, with her devilish smile, in all her purple glory.
Sakura Matou.
A (Rather well endowed) Kouhai of mine,
"Ehehehe~ were you waiting for me, Senpai~? Such a shameless Senpai I have!"
…And a sadist without any shred of mercy for my poor soul.
Without any options, I smile, and say my piece—
…
[] "—But of course, Sakura-chan~" (You have done this many times in the past, today is no different. If she wants it that way, then so be it!)
[]"—Absolutely no" (You must maintain your composure; you shall not fall to her level. You have resisted for years, and you will keep doing it until she surrenders in this verbal duel you
…
"—Is that so?" she cutely tilts her head to the side "But Senpai, look how late it is! Even my archery practice ended fifteen minutes ago!" She throws her arms over her head in an exaggerated way. "Senpai… don't tell me that you are doing something indecent!?" covering her mouth with one hand, feigning shock, she then points her other one's finger towards me, with an accusing intention.
…I cannot deny the statement that it is, indeed, really late, almost suspiciously so.
With my Kouhai looking at me with suspicion, I have no other choice but to concede defeat.
"I… may have fallen asleep in my seat." I scratch the back of my head in shame.
"Oh?" She stops her accusing glare, but now her eyes are full of mischief.
I'm not sure which is worse.
"Senpai~! You dummy! Don't you know that school is not for sleeping~?" She then adopts haughty expression, completed by a pose that reeks of smugness, and starts a lecture about 'the importance of respecting your school, your teachers and to listening and obeying your beautiful Kouhai~'…
'I'm completely sure that the last one isn't going to appear in any class about Law or Ethics—'
"Ehehehe~ you are so easy to tease, Senpai~!"
…refraining myself from answering that comment, I limited myself to only adopting a dirty look and sending it towards her.
And thus, here I am, asking myself how did I managed to become a friend of 'Honomura's Purple Devil"
(—It was when I was a 9 year-old during primary, I saw a purple-haired girl lording over a bunch of kids of my age (now I know it was because she promised to give them a 'reward' for that), and I was curious.
And thus, with the infinite wisdom of a 9 year-old kid, I decided to go there and ask about what was the girl with weird hair-color doing…
Long story short, she managed to cheat me into doing her biding for quite a while, and when she asked why do I decided to come back to her after yesterdays 'adventure' while the other kids learned their lesson, the only thing my 9 year-old self could answer with was—
"I believe in your inner goodness, because girls with cool anime hair can't be evil!"…
While my answer wasn't nearly as cool as I thought it sounded (And she made that very clear with her subsequent laughing fit), she saw me as someone interesting enough to keep her close.
And in the end I did learned my lesson… Late, but I did.)
"…Hey, Senpai?"
Realizing that I had let myself be lost in my thoughts, I moved my head to look at Sakura, which now was looking nervous, a rather rare expression for her.
"I need to ask you something…"
There was something about her tone that made me aware about the theme she was about to ask.
…
[]"—Do you know about the Holy Grail War?" (I revealed myself as a Magus to Sakura years ago; there was no way that she wouldn't ask me that question now that the eve of the conflict was so close.)
[]"—Have you noticed any strange things lately?" (I decided years ago to not tell Sakura about my lineage, it was simply too risky. Her family was one of the three founding houses, so even if she didn't want to fight me, she will have to for the honor of the Matou bloodline.)
…
After me and Sakura parted ways, I went straight home.
It was now or never.
I reached my lonely home when the sun had already set and the moon had now taken it's place.
It was a fairly big house, if I could say so myself.
It was in the more rural parts of the city, where the urbanization was still light.
It was a fairly western influenced house in design. It had 2 floors, at least 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 kitchen and a living room.
It came equipped with a basement, something simple, just five cubic meters perfectly square, which would be perfect for the kind of thing I was about to do.
There was a small staircase to the basement in one of corners of the living room.
Thus, mentally readying myself for the act, I descended into the darkness of the basement.
The only light in the silent room was a tiny window which allowed the moonlight to enter, there I was able to see it—
It was a summoning circle.
I reached for a nearby table at my side, in the northern wall.
There lay Jewels, finely crafted and filled with Mana; those would have been worth a fortune to my father if they had come in the same state as they were now, filled with almost 20 years worth of Mana.
They would now be used for a single propose.
I took a deep breath, now of all times, asking myself if I was truly capable of going along with this.
I still had time to go to the church, to yield my clams as a Master, to take the safest choice, to—
Trait Interrupt! Survivors Will!
Die in a miserable and pathetic way, with me bedridden at the tender age of twenty-two years-old, and with my consciousness slowly fading until there was nothing, just a brain dead corpse of a miserable man that was never able to live his life because he cowed when his chance to survive was right in front of his eyes.
NO!
I refuse to die that way!
I want to live!
I want to see what life has to offer!
I don't want to end like that!
I want to be able to age!
I don't want to die!
...And my fight for my right to live—
Even if everything is against me!—
Begins now!
I WILL SURVIVE!
Fill, fill, fill, fill, fill!
My mouth Started moving.
Repeat Five times. But destroy each when filled.
'Please, anyone—
Let the silver and steel be the base.
I ask for a Hero to come in my aid
Let the stone and the archduke of contracts be the foundation.
My wish is to 'Live'
The ancestor is my great master, Schweinorg.
Is there somebody?—
Let us build a wall against the wind that shall fall.
That can hear my plea?
The gates in four directions close.
If its that so—!
Form the Crown, come forth, and follow the three-forked road that lead to the Kingdom
Then I ask of you to lend me your power!'
Then I propose.
Through your body, I embody Will
Through my body, you embody Fate
Abiding by the call of the Holy Grail,
If you choose to abide by this Fate, this Will, Then answer!
Hereby I swear,
I will become all the good in this world
I will slain all the evil in this world
From the seventh heaven, heed my call and come forth,
O', Keeper Of Balance!
A blinding light forced me to close my eyes, as it illuminated every corner of the room...My mouth Started moving.
Repeat Five times. But destroy each when filled.
'Please, anyone—
Let the silver and steel be the base.
I ask for a Hero to come in my aid
Let the stone and the archduke of contracts be the foundation.
My wish is to 'Live'
The ancestor is my great master, Schweinorg.
Is there somebody?—
Let us build a wall against the wind that shall fall.
That can hear my plea?
The gates in four directions close.
If its that so—!
Form the Crown, come forth, and follow the three-forked road that lead to the Kingdom
Then I ask of you to lend me your power!'
Then I propose.
Through your body, I embody Will
Through my body, you embody Fate
Abiding by the call of the Holy Grail,
If you choose to abide by this Fate, this Will, Then answer!
Hereby I swear,
I will become all the good in this world
I will slain all the evil in this world
From the seventh heaven, heed my call and come forth,
O', Keeper Of Balance!
Once my eyes were open, I inmediately noticed a Figure in the middle of the Summoning Circle, basking in the moonlight that came from a tiny window close to me...
...
[] A man covered in a red cloak...
(So I'm a Caster this time around, huh...?)
[] A doll...
(My Lord...)
[] A woman with white hair and red eyes...
(This is my Master...)
...
The Figure stepped in front of me, and with all the dignity worthy of an [Heroic Spirit], the figure made a question for me to answer.
"I ask of you,—
Sword or Death.
Are you my Master?"
My hearth felt like it was about to explode, I could feel the Od leaving my body...
Which power do you hold in your hands?
I took a step foward, and made my answer known—
"Yes, I am your master"
Dancing Flames, Decaying Earth, Withering Ocean
...
And thus, The Holy Grail War welcomes a new participant for the right of making their wish come true...
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And we begin!
...
This took me longer than expected, I'm feeling satisfied with the result.
I didn't went into much detai abour the residence because it was too much of a bother, maybe I'll do it later.
By the way, please vote using plan format, it makes the counting easier.
Ignore it, please vote by task/line(?)
...
This took me longer than expected, I'm feeling satisfied with the result.
I didn't went into much detai abour the residence because it was too much of a bother, maybe I'll do it later.
Ignore it, please vote by task/line(?)
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[X]"—Absolutely no" (You must maintain your composure; you shall not fall to her level. You have resisted for years, and you will keep doing it until she surrenders in this verbal duel you play fight…!)
[X]"—Do you know about the Holy Grail War?" (I revealed myself as a Magus to Sakura years ago; there was no way that she wouldn't ask me that question now that the eve of the conflict was so close.)
[X] A doll...
[X]"—Do you know about the Holy Grail War?" (I revealed myself as a Magus to Sakura years ago; there was no way that she wouldn't ask me that question now that the eve of the conflict was so close.)
[X] A doll...
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- Pronouns
- Male
[X] plan Caster
-[X]"—Absolutely no" (You must maintain your composure; you shall not fall to her level. You have resisted for years, and you will keep doing it until she surrenders in this verbal duel youplayfight…!)
-[X]"—Have you noticed any strange things lately?" (I decided years ago to not tell Sakura about my lineage, it was simply too risky. Her family was one of the three founding houses, so even if she didn't want to fight me, she will have to for the honor of the Matou bloodline.)
-[X] A cloak wearing man...
-[X]"—Absolutely no" (You must maintain your composure; you shall not fall to her level. You have resisted for years, and you will keep doing it until she surrenders in this verbal duel you
-[X]"—Have you noticed any strange things lately?" (I decided years ago to not tell Sakura about my lineage, it was simply too risky. Her family was one of the three founding houses, so even if she didn't want to fight me, she will have to for the honor of the Matou bloodline.)
-[X] A cloak wearing man...
AkaneTz
Smooth Brain
[X] plan Caster
-[X]"—Absolutely no" (You must maintain your composure; you shall not fall to her level. You have resisted for years, and you will keep doing it until she surrenders in this verbal duel you playfight…!)
-[X]"—Have you noticed any strange things lately?" (I decided years ago to not tell Sakura about my lineage, it was simply too risky. Her family was one of the three founding houses, so even if she didn't want to fight me, she will have to for the honor of the Matou bloodline.)
-[X] A cloak wearing man...
-[X]"—Absolutely no" (You must maintain your composure; you shall not fall to her level. You have resisted for years, and you will keep doing it until she surrenders in this verbal duel you playfight…!)
-[X]"—Have you noticed any strange things lately?" (I decided years ago to not tell Sakura about my lineage, it was simply too risky. Her family was one of the three founding houses, so even if she didn't want to fight me, she will have to for the honor of the Matou bloodline.)
-[X] A cloak wearing man...
Tyrant_Rayne
Probably Not Evil… Maybe
- Location
- Canada
[X] plan Caster
-[X]"—Absolutely no" (You must maintain your composure; you shall not fall to her level. You have resisted for years, and you will keep doing it until she surrenders in this verbal duel you playfight…!)
-[X]"—Have you noticed any strange things lately?" (I decided years ago to not tell Sakura about my lineage, it was simply too risky. Her family was one of the three founding houses, so even if she didn't want to fight me, she will have to for the honor of the Matou bloodline.)
-[X] A cloak wearing man...
Since The GM wants us to vote by line,
[X]"—Absolutely no" (You must maintain your composure; you shall not fall to her level. You have resisted for years, and you will keep doing it until she surrenders in this verbal duel you
[X]"—Do you know about the Holy Grail War?" (I revealed myself as a Magus to Sakura years ago; there was no way that she wouldn't ask me that question now that the eve of the conflict was so close.)
[X] A woman with white hair and red eyes
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- Location
- Germany
Ah, I suppose it's to be expected that there's only one Sakura to follow Hakuno around. Let's hope it works out for him.
[X] plan shanagan
So just pointing this out, but given the vague hinting and assuming these are canon Servants, the second (probably Katou Danzou given the doll bit and usage of the term Lord) and third option (too vague for me to narrow it down with all the japanese Servants) should get bonuses from being summoned in Japan. Cu meanwhile, if that's who Caster turns out to be, has notably bad compatability with the place. It kind of makes him the least practical option by default.
Anyway, I'll be honest and say that I'm not too fond of the plan voting. It's just very restricting and asking for bandwagoning, which gets especially bad in votes like this one where one option is significantly more important than the others, so whoever votes for a given Servant first has a decent chance to determine the other two responses by default.
So just pointing this out, but given the vague hinting and assuming these are canon Servants, the second (probably Katou Danzou given the doll bit and usage of the term Lord) and third option (too vague for me to narrow it down with all the japanese Servants) should get bonuses from being summoned in Japan. Cu meanwhile, if that's who Caster turns out to be, has notably bad compatability with the place. It kind of makes him the least practical option by default.
Anyway, I'll be honest and say that I'm not too fond of the plan voting. It's just very restricting and asking for bandwagoning, which gets especially bad in votes like this one where one option is significantly more important than the others, so whoever votes for a given Servant first has a decent chance to determine the other two responses by default.
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- Location
- Germany
First of all, props for being able to course correct. I can relate to struggling with the clarity of votes. For what it's worth, the new descriptions do strike me as more clear. Still going to stick with the second option though. It's hard to beat a mecha ninja.
[X]"—Absolutely no" (You must maintain your composure; you shall not fall to her level. You have resisted for years, and you will keep doing it until she surrenders in this verbal duel youplay fight…!)
[X]"—Do you know about the Holy Grail War?" (I revealed myself as a Magus to Sakura years ago; there was no way that she wouldn't ask me that question now that the eve of the conflict was so close.)
[X] A doll...
(My Lord...)
[X]"—Absolutely no" (You must maintain your composure; you shall not fall to her level. You have resisted for years, and you will keep doing it until she surrenders in this verbal duel you
[X]"—Do you know about the Holy Grail War?" (I revealed myself as a Magus to Sakura years ago; there was no way that she wouldn't ask me that question now that the eve of the conflict was so close.)
[X] A doll...
(My Lord...)
Tyrant_Rayne
Probably Not Evil… Maybe
- Location
- Canada
[X]"—Absolutely no" (You must maintain your composure; you shall not fall to her level. You have resisted for years, and you will keep doing it until she surrenders in this verbal duel you play fight…!)
[X]"—Do you know about the Holy Grail War?" (I revealed myself as a Magus to Sakura years ago; there was no way that she wouldn't ask me that question now that the eve of the conflict was so close.)
[X] A doll...
(My Lord...)
Damn I was hoping for cu... oh well if the doll is kato then that works too. Assassins barely require any upkeep so we can put the gems bonus to parameters. Although it would do us well to remember that the assassin class works best when used to kill enemy masters. If we go for this then it is almost guaranteed that someone's blood will be on our hands.
[X]"—Do you know about the Holy Grail War?" (I revealed myself as a Magus to Sakura years ago; there was no way that she wouldn't ask me that question now that the eve of the conflict was so close.)
[X] A doll...
(My Lord...)
Damn I was hoping for cu... oh well if the doll is kato then that works too. Assassins barely require any upkeep so we can put the gems bonus to parameters. Although it would do us well to remember that the assassin class works best when used to kill enemy masters. If we go for this then it is almost guaranteed that someone's blood will be on our hands.
- Location
- France
[X]"—Absolutely no" (You must maintain your composure; you shall not fall to her level. You have resisted for years, and you will keep doing it until she surrenders in this verbal duel you play fight…!)
[X]"—Do you know about the Holy Grail War?" (I revealed myself as a Magus to Sakura years ago; there was no way that she wouldn't ask me that question now that the eve of the conflict was so close.)
[X] A woman with white hair and red eyes...
(This is my Master...)
[X]"—Do you know about the Holy Grail War?" (I revealed myself as a Magus to Sakura years ago; there was no way that she wouldn't ask me that question now that the eve of the conflict was so close.)
[X] A woman with white hair and red eyes...
(This is my Master...)
Sena Kumo
The Tenth Wandering Cloud
- Location
- Portugal
[X]"—Absolutely no" (You must maintain your composure; you shall not fall to her level. You have resisted for years, and you will keep doing it until she surrenders in this verbal duel you playfight…!)
[X]"—Have you noticed any strange things lately?" (I decided years ago to not tell Sakura about my lineage, it was simply too risky. Her family was one of the three founding houses, so even if she didn't want to fight me, she will have to for the honor of the Matou bloodline.)
[X] A cloak wearing man...
[X]"—Have you noticed any strange things lately?" (I decided years ago to not tell Sakura about my lineage, it was simply too risky. Her family was one of the three founding houses, so even if she didn't want to fight me, she will have to for the honor of the Matou bloodline.)
[X] A cloak wearing man...
UNKNOWN01
Nobody knows me... I feel lonely!
- Location
- Nowhere
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Tally Ho!
Alright, this is looking better.
I don't think I have to say this anymore, but I have made the Servants I dentities far more clear now.
So anyone who still has the "Cloak wearing man" vote if it's because they wanted Cu, then I'll ask once again to revise your vote to make sure this is the Servant you like.
With this said, the Caster has up until now 4 votes.
The Assassin (which at this point it has already been identified as Kato Danzo), has 3.
And the last Servant with white hair and red eyes has 2 votes.
I'll think I will close the vote early if things stay like this so...
Thanks for voting despite my earlier blunder, seriuosly, thanks guys!
Alright, this is looking better.
I don't think I have to say this anymore, but I have made the Servants I dentities far more clear now.
So anyone who still has the "Cloak wearing man" vote if it's because they wanted Cu, then I'll ask once again to revise your vote to make sure this is the Servant you like.
With this said, the Caster has up until now 4 votes.
The Assassin (which at this point it has already been identified as Kato Danzo), has 3.
And the last Servant with white hair and red eyes has 2 votes.
I'll think I will close the vote early if things stay like this so...
Thanks for voting despite my earlier blunder, seriuosly, thanks guys!
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- Location
- Germany
So just to see if I can manage getting a couple more votes for my prefered options.
As for Danzou, to give more of a reasoning than just gushing about robot ninjas, it's true that Assassins are best suited for taking down other Masters (which in and off itself is an interesting predicament given the desperation of Hakuno's situation), but thanks to her robotic body and integrated weaponry Danzou is pretty far up in combat strength as far as Assassins go. Add in stat enhancements from the gems and she should at least be able to hold her own in open combat somewhat. Not to the point where I think getting into a fight with the knight classes will be a good idea, but it still strikes me as the best trade-off between combat capability and magical energy cost we'll get. She also doesn't come with any complications like a Caster's reliance on their territory, having to work around other Servant's magic resistance and no chance of having to deal with weird time displaced suicide attempts. In all seriousness, having a Servant that's fully loyal goes a long way.
As for letting Sakura into the know, there's two parts to this. For one, she's going to find out sooner or later anway once the war starts, so I don't think keeping our involvement secret is worth much at this point. Especially so given that her finding out later on risks taking an unecessary hit to the social link, which could turn out ugly and violent. Nothing you want to deal with in a Grail War. (Amusingly enough, my preferred Servant, the Assassin, is the only option out of the three where I can see keeping her out of the loop as viable. Both because it's the one that allows us to operate secretly enough to keep us hidden from her and because as the Master of Assassin it might pay off keeping maximum secrecy to lower the risk of getting into a straight up fight. None of that applies to the other two options however.) For the other, having someone that we can go to for help is a pretty good thing as a fairly lackluster magus. It's not gonna last of course, but it's a good option to have for an emergency and gives us time to get our footing.
As for Danzou, to give more of a reasoning than just gushing about robot ninjas, it's true that Assassins are best suited for taking down other Masters (which in and off itself is an interesting predicament given the desperation of Hakuno's situation), but thanks to her robotic body and integrated weaponry Danzou is pretty far up in combat strength as far as Assassins go. Add in stat enhancements from the gems and she should at least be able to hold her own in open combat somewhat. Not to the point where I think getting into a fight with the knight classes will be a good idea, but it still strikes me as the best trade-off between combat capability and magical energy cost we'll get. She also doesn't come with any complications like a Caster's reliance on their territory, having to work around other Servant's magic resistance and no chance of having to deal with weird time displaced suicide attempts. In all seriousness, having a Servant that's fully loyal goes a long way.
As for letting Sakura into the know, there's two parts to this. For one, she's going to find out sooner or later anway once the war starts, so I don't think keeping our involvement secret is worth much at this point. Especially so given that her finding out later on risks taking an unecessary hit to the social link, which could turn out ugly and violent. Nothing you want to deal with in a Grail War. (Amusingly enough, my preferred Servant, the Assassin, is the only option out of the three where I can see keeping her out of the loop as viable. Both because it's the one that allows us to operate secretly enough to keep us hidden from her and because as the Master of Assassin it might pay off keeping maximum secrecy to lower the risk of getting into a straight up fight. None of that applies to the other two options however.) For the other, having someone that we can go to for help is a pretty good thing as a fairly lackluster magus. It's not gonna last of course, but it's a good option to have for an emergency and gives us time to get our footing.