[quote=@Raineh Daze] Er, Excalibur's only notable strength is its ability. A fragile, breakable variant of a sharp sword is not actually that big a deal. Also, projecting said thing isn't an option outside of heroic sacrifices. Rho Aias is an extremely mana intensive shield against ranged attacks. So, it might shield people from an equally-powerful attack, but there goes most offensive ability. Caladbolg: so we're comparing it with actual artillery? In that case, I don't see the problem. It's nothing special in the RP. Exaggerating. [/quote] Don't try to pull that "fragile" stuff. Unless you're going to be counting hits left on the Excalibur, the only chance you're ever going to let the thing get broken is if someone else breaks it [i]for[/i] you. Again, we don't see very much use out of Rho Aias that isn't blocking super attacks from an immensely powerful Noble Phantasm, so we don't have a good idea of just how expensive it is to use. No, not every character has the ability to project a room-clearing missile. Almost every character has small, directed attacks that would only hit a couple targets at most. You still haven't touched upon the issue with the fact that you've got Noble Phantasms [b]and[/b] the laundry list of magical powers Ilya has and is proficient with. Are you going to actually describe a limit to these powers and keep track of Ilya's prana levels, or is this just going to be a "as I decide it" thing where you'll whip out Excalibur and Rho Aias and Caladbolg ad nauseum until the battle's over, and [i]then[/i] collapse from prana exhaustion? An infuriating number of people I've played with in Fate RPs decide to make Archer and then [i]completely[/i] ignore the whole "summoning Noble Phantasms is draining" aspect until it's most convenient for them.