Sorry, I didn't realise a week was considered an unreasonable time to put together two sheets.
It's not a matter of the time it's taking to put them together.
Please, don't try to spin the narrative. It's a waste of time.
The problem is: we asked you for an update. All you had to do was saying, "I'm working on them," or "I'm a little busy, so I need time," and everything would be kosher.
You know it. I know it. Everyone here knows it. So, save the victim play. It's not gonna work.
I don't need to see the sheets in the next hour, or even the next twenty-four, but I would like to know if I'll see them sometime this week. Simple as.
It's not really my place to say given I'm just a random player, but in my opinion a week is not that long of a time. Sometimes I'll be offline for days at a time even, not always checking the guild. I don't think it's that big a deal, until the RP officially starts and the cast really needs to be full. Though that's just my thoughts.
Actually this reminds me to bring up something I should have asked before, but what is the expectation in regards to posting? I see mention of paragraph expectation but no time? I'm still interested in playing with you all but I am admittedly a bit of a slow poster (usually about once a week actually). Is that okay or would you want a faster pace?
Admittedly, my overall issue with the statement isn't the time. It's the backseat comment. It comes of as unjustified, and I'm not in favour of that kind of unwarranted behavior. I am sure there was a better approach.
As for the posting expectations, I tend to cover that once an OOC is up. However, I'm always for the once a week pacing. I feel its the fairest, since people work, time zones exist, and shit happens. I try to maintain a Sunday to Sunday posting cycle, but it's flexible - especially since I RP with novella posters normally.
I do apologise for not dropping a comment, I hadn't actually noticed you'd pinged me. The only one I saw was Redzod's, and that one also annoyed me as it seemed very backseat GM-y. At the time I was thinking I might be able to have a sheet up that night, so I didn't feel the need to immediately respond to it, but then things got busy.
I admit, I haven't been paying much attention to the thread, because it's an interest check. These things tend to fizzle out pretty quickly, so I tend to not really prioritise making the sheets until the actual RP is up. I have been working on it, but it hasn't been something I've focussed on too hard.
Alright, we've dealt with the Servants, so let's dish about the Master.
I'll try to do this in generalized sections, but I'm a wordy sunnuvabitch, so just know now, it'll be long, but there isn't really anything overtly bad about her. Punch Mages are cool.
So, my gripes are, like with Robin Hood and Fu Hao, technical and nit-picks.
So:
Minor Magecraft: I really feel like you're missing out here. There's a lot of potential with your Attribute of Fortification. Something like Barkskin and Stoneskin from D&D to armor your skin as a weak armor that lasts for a while or a strong armor that burns out over time, as well as using it in the manner Emiya uses it to reinforce normal items into temporarily unbreakable states of hardness.
I can see Cass being the type to get into brawls wearing plastic gloves, because she knows she can fortify them, and reinforce their strength into a hard plastic.
Major Magecraft: This feels more fleshed out, and yet almost not, at the same time. This is going to sound odd, but I would almost suggest swapping Robin for Leo, based on [Blood] and [Barrier] alone - ironic, though, as Spartans has zero range offenses, lacking any form of traditional archery or even slingers.
Still, I'll give my reasoning.
[Blood]: I feel is better served as a 1/Singularity that just instantly activates for the duration of, as the Spiritron Particles of Leonidas are attracted to his descendant, and seek to defense her while inside a Singularity, which leads into [Barrier] with a significant modification.
[Barrier]: I suggest this change, solely because, the Phalanx was not just for blocking arrows, but soaking up all incoming damage and pushing forward as a crushing wall of thorns. So, accounting for Cass's background as a soldier, and Leonidas's Canon Saint Graph of Shielder, I would say to make it:
5/Singularity: Cassandra can generate three forward facing Shields of Leonidas, simulating a phalanx of her ancestor, before herself or an ally in need, that takes three hits from anything that isn't a Noble Phantasm, or at the cost of sacrificing her [Blood], Cassandra can defend herself and her allies for five Shields of Leonidas and/or defend against a single Noble Phantasm of Anti-Unit or Anti-Army.
So, like with Fu Hao, you can invoke one really cool moment, or pace out your smaller ones, and it plays into Cass's (from my point of view) defender nature. Plus, even if you lose [Blood], you still have your defensive Minor Magecraft to rely on and your combat skills, so you aren't going into the negatives.
[Odds]: I am pretty neutral-positive about this one. I like the idea of a "meathead" being secretly brilliant enough to defy the odds of fate itself, so I don't see much wrong with it as an escape option. It won't redefine entire combat scenarios, but it will open avenues.
And, the last bit. I, genuinely, feel that the spearhead fragment needs to do something, as a Mystic Code, as it's more of a trinket at its current state of writing. Maybe, something along the lines of giving her a temporarily mythical state of being - like the Rage of Sparta, if you will - that enhances her physical capability and mental acumen at the cost of a severe period of fatigue and migraine.
Her situation is unlike Michel's, where he's brand-new to actual world of magic, so he doesn't have a Mystic Code and has to use the CHALDEAS Rayshift Suit.
Just her being raised by, even a Minor Family, is enough to justify hers in the form of the spearhead.
Now, with all that said any done, I will be accepting Cass in her current state. I do recommend mulling over my suggestions, but they are only that and come free with a grain of salt.
If you like her how you've presented her, that's perfectly fine with me.
Same with Michael, I like her, and the idea of a less-conventional Master concept to balance out the party's personality is good.
