King Cosmos

THΞ UNIVΞRSΞ [Ready Player One inspired RP]

@CaptainSully to what extent is this based on Ready Player One? Just the fact that it's a kind of dystopian future where people use a virtual world as a form of escape, or does The Universe function like the Oasis? Are the items in the game based off of other media?

Fate/Secondary Genesis

Berserker

True Name: Harald Wartooth

Class: Berserker

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Appearance:


Parameters:
STR: A
CON: A
AGI: C
MGI: D
LCK: A

Class Skills:
Mad Enhancement C: Although sane enough to become King of Denmark and rule unopposed for 50 years, he fought like a madman on the field of battle, charging in the ranks of his enemies without armour and wearing only his royal insignia. This skill is drawn from that wild style of fighting, ranking up all of Harald parameters by 1 except MGI and LCK and robbing him of his ability to speak and be reasoned with.

Personal Skills:
Unwounded A: “He went before the armed battalions and gave the raging dangers of war a chance. Yet the spears flung at him could no more harm him then if their blades pointed backwards. When others saw this fighter's woundlessness, they were taken aback and shame spurred them to attack him still more fiercely. Harald, unwounded, killed them with his sword or sent them fleeing."

A variant of Battle Continuation that allows Harald to not only continue fighting after taking mortal injuries, but to appear unwounded no matter how much damage he sustains. This skill is equivalent to Battle Continuation A and allows Harald to continue fighting even when afflicted with deadly injuries and can remain alive as long as one does not receive a decisive fatal wound. Additionally, enemies who attack Harald and who see that their attacks seemingly did no damage will receive a minus modifier on their strength parameter (if a physical attack was used) or any Noble Phantasms at rank A or below (if Harald was damaged by them).

Berserk B: A true berserker in life, a Viking warrior who forwent armour in battle, charging recklessly into the enemy and fighting without fear or concern for his life. No weapon could harm him, no enemy was brave enough to face him, even his own swords could not withstand his strength.

A composite skill of Bravery and Mad Enhancement. Grants the user the ability to negate mental interference such as pressure, confusion and fascination. It also has the bonus effect of increasing melee damage.

Military Tactics C: Before battles it was said that Harald would receive guidance from Odin himself about how to win his battles; often this just amounted to forming his army in a wedge shape and charging into the heart of the enemy army, but as these tactics led to Harald conquering all of his enemies you can’t really argue with results. In his maddened state this skill is not suitable to be used to lead troops into battle, but still provides Harald with a boost to the power of his Anti-Army Noble Phantasms as well as being better able to defend against his enemies Anti-Army Noble Phantasms.

Regeneration C: It is said that Harald earned the name “Wartooth” during a battle against Veseti, the Lord of Scandinavia, during which Harald’s two front teeth were knocked out only for them to grow back instantly. Harald will heal from injuries faster than most other Servant’s and at a reduced mana cost for his Master.

Weapon: Two heavy oak clubs, sturdy enough to be wielded by Berserker without breaking

Noble Phantasm(s):

Name: Grav Varer
Title: Final Tribute to a Fallen King
Rank: B+
Type: Anti-Army
Range: 2-50
Maximum Number of Targets: 250

Description: Upon realised that Harald had been killed during the battle of Bråvalla his opponent, the King of Sweden Sigurd, brought a stop to the fighting and order that Harald’s body be found. The two armies searched for the rest of the morning and eventually found Harald’s body under a pile or corpses piled high enough that a wagon couldn’t drive over it. Sigurd constructed a funeral pyre and placed Harald’s body on it, along with his horse, and bade Harald to ride straight to Valhalla and secure lodging for those who had perished. Thereafter, all the chiefs walked around the pyre throwing weapons and gold onto it.

This Noble Phantasm is an manifestation of the final tribute paid to King Harald on his funeral pyre, a collection of weapons and other items burnt alongside his body and sent to Valhalla with him; the sheer size of that final battle means that thousands of weapons were paid in tribute to the fallen king, many of which were wielded by warriors worthy of being sent to the Throne of Heroes themselves. Grav Varer allows Harald to summon this vast armoury to the field; sword, spears, axes and even shields and pieces of armour.

As a Berserker Harald does not have much control over this Noble Phantasm, which if anything makes it more dangerous, and using it causes hundreds upon thousands of weapons, shields and pieces of armour each of which is on the level of a D or C rank Noble Phantasm themselves, to rain down from the sky. However, even though they are summoned as part of his Noble Phantasm, these weapons are not owned by Harald and therefore cannot be wielded by him as Noble Phantasms themselves.

Name: Ubøjelige Egetræ
Title: Weapons Strong Enough to Withstand the Kings Might
Rank: D
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 1
Maximum Number of Targets: 1

Description: Berserker’s strength in battle was so great that any sword he tried to wield would break upon his enemies. No blacksmiths in his employ were able to create a weapon which would last more than a few battles in his hands and he would often find himself fighting hand-to-hand or searching for discarded weapons to use. It wasn’t until he picked up these heavy oaken clubs, little more than thick, sturdy wooden bludgeons, that he found a weapon which would not break under his strength.

While nothing more than simple heavy oaken clubs in truth, these weapons favoured by Berserker took on a legend of their own among his men and his enemies for being the only weapons he ever wielded, aside from those sword which he died holding, which he did not break in battle. These weapons are synonymous with the image of Berserker in battle and as such became Noble Phantasms when he was summoned by the grail; unable to be broken by any test of strength or powerful impact.

Personality: While most of what once was of Berserker’s personality has been taken away from him by his madness, hints of the king he used be can still be seen during quieter moments. Although in battle he will charge wildly into combat, screaming in rage as he disregards strategy or finesse in favour of brute force, outside of combat he will appear calm, even serene. Robbed of the ability to speak he will simply sit and stare into the distance, seeing something no-one else can see, quiet and contemplative and some of the old cunning of a king can be seen in his eyes.

Legend: Harald was a Scandinavian king who lived in the 8th century, who conquered all of Scandinavia, Denmark and parts of Eastern England. The son of a Norse princess, Auor the Deep-Minded, and Hroerekr Ringslinger, King of Zealand, Harald was therefore the heir of two royal families; his grandfather on his mother’s side, King Ivar of Scania, Denmark and Sweden, killed his father and forced his mother to flee, only to later take his own life after a dream prophesised his death. Upon hearing this, Harald returned to Zealand to claim the throne and was accepted as king.

At fifteen years old, the newly crowned King of Zealand, went to Scania where his grandfather had rules where he was well received and was given much support. He then sailed to Sweden to claim his inheritance; however, many petty kings had reclaimed the lands taken from them by Ivaf. These kings thought Harald would be easy to defeat due to his young age, however he was able to successfully reclaim his grandfather's domains, so that in the end he owned more than his grandfather had, and there was no king in either Denmark or Sweden who did not pay him tribute or was his vassal. He subjugated all the parts of England that had belonged to Halfdan the Valiant and later Ivar. In England he appointed kings and jarls and had them pay him tribute.

Ruling unopposed for many years, once Harald realised he was approaching death at the age of 150, he suggested to the King of Sweden Sigurd Hring, one of his vassals, that a battle should be fought between them. For Harald wished to die a warrior’s death in battle and be taken to Valhalla, rather than die ingloriously on his deathbed and be taken to Niflheim. Both sides prepared their forces for seven years, mustering armies of 200,000 men, whole forests were cut down to build enough longships to carry them and when gathered together the ships were thick enough together to form a bridge from Zealand to Scania.

When the battle began, Harald stayed back to observe at first, watching as many notable heroes of the age fought and died in battle with each other. Eventually Harald had seen enough and entered the battle himself, kneeling on his chariot as old age did not permit him to stand, holding a sword in each hand he rode into the thickest part of the battle, slaying many warriors on either side of him. Watching him the entire time, when Odin had deemed him of having earned a worthy death, the Skyfather struck Harald in the back of his head with an axe and killed the king.

Upon seeing the chariot without its rider, the King of Sweden called an end to the battle and sought out the body of King Harald. Laying it on a funeral pyre along with his horse, Sigurd bade Harald ride straight to Valhalla and secure lodging for those who had perished. Thereafter, all the chiefs walked around the pyre throwing weapons and gold onto it.

Summoning Catalyst: One of the heavy oaken clubs the king used in battle

THΞ UNIVΞRSΞ [Ready Player One inspired RP]

Potentially interested. I've got too many RP's on my plate at the moment but since this is apparently not starting for a while I'll still put my name in, in case I'm available when it starts.

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

As soon as he had spoken the words to spend his skill points, three new messages appeared in front of the Sprite to inform him of his new skills. Keen Sight and Minor Heal All were more or less exactly what he expected them to be, though he had thought the former would simply improve his vision rather than require activation. The ability he was most interest in was Spiritual Awareness; the description seemed reasonable enough in theory, though what it meant in practise would remain to be seen.

Would he be able to see ghosts and the spirits of the departed that no-one else could? Did ‘spiritual’ in this case have something to do with the afterlife and the other side of the veil? Or were there spirits of nature, spirits of things most would consider inanimate, a hidden lifeforce that he would now be able to interact with? He had been hoping for the latter, to become more in tune with nature rather than to become a medium, but either represented interesting opportunities even if communing with the dead likely wouldn’t help with what he had planned.

After the skill messages however was another message; or an alert. His Alert skill was being triggered by something, and sure enough as he read it he could feel a chill run down his spine and goose bumps spread across his skin as some deep, instinctual part of his mind told him to run and cower and hide from what was coming.

The wind picked up around them, a sudden and powerful gale nearly knocking him flag as violent black clouds formed over their heads. Directly over their heads in fact. A red light flashed at its centre and unconsciously he activated Keen Sight to get a close look, revealing it to be a diagram or sigil of some kind. He used Magic Analysis on it, assuming it to be the beginnings of some kind of spell.

Before he could read the results however something fell from out of that light and crashed down in the centre of their camp, shattering rocks and deafening him with the sound of its arrival. The dust cleared slowly and in time Oberon began to make out the figure at its centre. It looked like a knight, clad all in black armour and carrying a huge sword. It looked a lot like a Final Fantasy boss. He activated his Analysis Fusion Skill as the knight began to speak.

Zawisza raised his sword, and the world became fear. The Sprite felt himself wasting away just under the pressure of the knight’s presence, felt himself growing weaker as the blood pounded in his ears, the light dimmed in his vision and his breathing grew laboured. And all the while he couldn’t look away from those golden eyes.

The sword came down, their death coming with it, only for nothing to happen. The pressure disappeared, everything returned to normal minus one mountain top, and Zawisza gave them one final glance and some parting words before preparing to leave. Before he vanished, Oberon pulled himself together enough to notice the red crystal that was used to summon the diagram and managed to activate his Magic Analysis just before the knight shot upwards.

For the next few seconds everyone was silent, until Torrent turned on them. Someone had prayed to the Demon King, multiple people apparently, and he had sent that knight after them to send a message. Torrent was shifting colours, looking like she was ready to attack the first person who admitted fault as Ash threatened to torture the person responsible.

Well, if it isn’t either of them, it isn’t me and it isn’t Digbie, then that really narrows down the list of suspects.

“This isn’t helping. We shouldn’t turn on each other like this. No-one died. No-ones hurt, yet, and after what just happened NO ONE is going to try that again. Let’s just move on; we shouldn’t be trying to kill each other when there are enough things trying to kill us already.”

Action Report

Used 'Magic Analysis' on red diagram (far away)
Used 'Fusion Skill [Analysis]' on Zawisza
Used 'Magic Analysis' on red crystal and diagram (up close)

@Gardevoiran@Kangutso@Old Amsterdam@Rune_Alchemist@floodtalon@Zeroth

Murder for Fun and Profit: Mercenaries in London

Arriving not long after the others did, practically right on the heels of Monica, Chris approached the woman with the clipboard as she was exiting the building and introduced himself. She marked something down on her notes after checking something and Chris wondered if she actually had a roster of everyone who signed up or just a headcount; probably the latter, since she didn't ask his name, though he really hoped that the CDA was smarter than to just let anyone with a gun into their base just because they answered 'yes' without a proper vetting process.

She ran her ID through the scanner and the door opened to allow them access. He followed her down the corridor to a reception area where some people were already waiting. While the woman filled out the relevant information, with some input from Chris where necessary, he took a closer look at the mercenaries he would be working with on this assignment. Both women, both heavily armed of course, one with a belt-fed machine gun that she was currently field stripping and the other with some kind of rifle he didn't recognise. He didn't recognise either of them either, but given his lone operator style of doing things he was more likely to recognise the Pale Horse mercs than his own side.

Finishing with the computer the woman with the clipboard turned back to him and held out a plastic lanyard for him to take. "Wear this at all times so the guards know your supposed to be here. Wait here with the others and we'll begin the briefing once the rest of the mercenaries arrive."

Taking the badge with a short 'thank you' Chris took a seat a few places down from the other mercenaries before leaning his head back and closing his eyes. Might as well try and get some rest while he waited.

Fate/esoterica

Standing near the window, far enough to the side so as not to block the light entering the apartment and staring out at the city beyond the dingy pane of glass, Rider too was deep in thought. He was preoccupied with the events of last night and the two Servants he had encountered, so it was apt that his Master should ask him about them now.

“The Assassin is not what I expected; her swordplay was superb and her speed extraordinary.” Better than his own, definitely. Not to mention he was certain that she had been holding much of her strength back during the fight; neither of them had brought their Noble Phantasms to bear after all. “During our battle I never got the impression she was looking for a chance to slip away like I would expect an assassin to, though I didn’t have time to discern her full strategy. I would believe she is a swordswoman through and through where it not for her given class suggesting otherwise.” If Kazamyr hadn’t overheard the young girl call her Servant Assassin then he would have assumed she was a Saber.

“I can defeat her, depending on what tricks she has hidden away. I have ways of nullifying her advantage of speed should we face each other again; if I were to take away her agility then I believe I could best her in combat.” His strategies were based on incomplete information however and depending on the nature of his opponents Noble Phantasm could fall apart. Lancer all but giving away his identity and therefore his trump card didn’t help either.

“As for Lancer… I am certain I would lose should I try to face her. I know almost nothing about her other than her class, but I know a powerful opponent when I see one.” She had known who he was at a glance, which didn’t sit when with the father of strategy. It bothered him immensely as a matter of fact. “That and I seem to have annoyed her during our brief encounter.”

@Anza

Fate/Secondary Genesis

I'm feeling good about Wartooth's chances against this mystery Saber.

Fate/Secondary Genesis

Saber will be up soon! He's a canon, but a reclass. Brownie points if you can guess who~~

@Demonic Face

I'm guessing Sasaki or Cu Chulainn.

Fate/Secondary Genesis

@Epsir mostly the first with a little of the third. The main effect is that the weapons and other objects rain down over an area, stabbing, slicing, piercing or just bludgeoning everyone in its AoE. The weapons do stick around for a while afterward and I suppose could be picked up an used, though what I've been told in the past is that because they don't belong to Berserker they would just effectively be normal weapons so they'd be less effective than his clubs.

It's basically a really ghetto version of the Gates of Babylon.

Fate/Secondary Genesis

@Epsir Well here's the first character sheet.

I might want to add a second Noble Phantasm at some point but I can't think of any that would fit. If anyone has any ideas please let me know.

Berserker

True Name: Harald Wartooth

Class: Berserker

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Appearance:


Parameters:
STR: A
CON: A
AGI: C
MGI: D
LCK: A

Class Skills:
Mad Enhancement C: Although sane enough to become King of Denmark and rule unopposed for 50 years, he fought like a madman on the field of battle, charging in the ranks of his enemies without armour and wearing only his royal insignia. This skill is drawn from that wild style of fighting, ranking up all of Harald parameters by 1 except MGI and LCK and robbing him of his ability to speak and be reasoned with.

Personal Skills:
Unwounded A: “He went before the armed battalions and gave the raging dangers of war a chance. Yet the spears flung at him could no more harm him then if their blades pointed backwards. When others saw this fighter's woundlessness, they were taken aback and shame spurred them to attack him still more fiercely. Harald, unwounded, killed them with his sword or sent them fleeing."

A variant of Battle Continuation that allows Harald to not only continue fighting after taking mortal injuries, but to appear unwounded no matter how much damage he sustains. This skill is equivalent to Battle Continuation A and allows Harald to continue fighting even when afflicted with deadly injuries and can remain alive as long as one does not receive a decisive fatal wound. Additionally, enemies who attack Harald and who see that their attacks seemingly did no damage will receive a minus modifier on their strength parameter (if a physical attack was used) or any Noble Phantasms at rank A or below (if Harald was damaged by them).

Berserk B: A true berserker in life, a Viking warrior who forwent armour in battle, charging recklessly into the enemy and fighting without fear or concern for his life. No weapon could harm him, no enemy was brave enough to face him, even his own swords could not withstand his strength.

A composite skill of Bravery and Mad Enhancement. Grants the user the ability to negate mental interference such as pressure, confusion and fascination. It also has the bonus effect of increasing melee damage.

Military Tactics C: Before battles it was said that Harald would receive guidance from Odin himself about how to win his battles; often this just amounted to forming his army in a wedge shape and charging into the heart of the enemy army, but as these tactics led to Harald conquering all of his enemies you can’t really argue with results. In his maddened state this skill is not suitable to be used to lead troops into battle, but still provides Harald with a boost to the power of his Anti-Army Noble Phantasms as well as being better able to defend against his enemies Anti-Army Noble Phantasms.

Regeneration C: It is said that Harald earned the name “Wartooth” during a battle against Veseti, the Lord of Scandinavia, during which Harald’s two front teeth were knocked out only for them to grow back instantly. Harald will heal from injuries faster than most other Servant’s and at a reduced mana cost for his Master.

Weapon: Two heavy oak clubs, sturdy enough to be wielded by Berserker without breaking

Noble Phantasm(s):

Name: Grav Varer
Title: Final Tribute to a Fallen King
Rank: B+
Type: Anti-Army
Range: 2-50
Maximum Number of Targets: 250

Description: Upon realised that Harald had been killed during the battle of Bråvalla his opponent, the King of Sweden Sigurd, brought a stop to the fighting and order that Harald’s body be found. The two armies searched for the rest of the morning and eventually found Harald’s body under a pile or corpses piled high enough that a wagon couldn’t drive over it. Sigurd constructed a funeral pyre and placed Harald’s body on it, along with his horse, and bade Harald to ride straight to Valhalla and secure lodging for those who had perished. Thereafter, all the chiefs walked around the pyre throwing weapons and gold onto it.

This Noble Phantasm is an manifestation of the final tribute paid to King Harald on his funeral pyre, a collection of weapons and other items burnt alongside his body and sent to Valhalla with him; the sheer size of that final battle means that thousands of weapons were paid in tribute to the fallen king, many of which were wielded by warriors worthy of being sent to the Throne of Heroes themselves. Grav Varer allows Harald to summon this vast armoury to the field; sword, spears, axes and even shields and pieces of armour.

As a Berserker Harald does not have much control over this Noble Phantasm, which if anything makes it more dangerous, and using it causes hundreds upon thousands of weapons, shields and pieces of armour each of which is on the level of a D or C rank Noble Phantasm themselves, to rain down from the sky. However, even though they are summoned as part of his Noble Phantasm, these weapons are not owned by Harald and therefore cannot be wielded by him as Noble Phantasms themselves.

Name: Ubøjelige Egetræ
Title: Weapons Strong Enough to Withstand the Kings Might
Rank: D
Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 1
Maximum Number of Targets: 1

Description: Berserker’s strength in battle was so great that any sword he tried to wield would break upon his enemies. No blacksmiths in his employ were able to create a weapon which would last more than a few battles in his hands and he would often find himself fighting hand-to-hand or searching for discarded weapons to use. It wasn’t until he picked up these heavy oaken clubs, little more than thick, sturdy wooden bludgeons, that he found a weapon which would not break under his strength.

While nothing more than simple heavy oaken clubs in truth, these weapons favoured by Berserker took on a legend of their own among his men and his enemies for being the only weapons he ever wielded, aside from those sword which he died holding, which he did not break in battle. These weapons are synonymous with the image of Berserker in battle and as such became Noble Phantasms when he was summoned by the grail; unable to be broken by any test of strength or powerful impact.

Personality: While most of what once was of Berserker’s personality has been taken away from him by his madness, hints of the king he used be can still be seen during quieter moments. Although in battle he will charge wildly into combat, screaming in rage as he disregards strategy or finesse in favour of brute force, outside of combat he will appear calm, even serene. Robbed of the ability to speak he will simply sit and stare into the distance, seeing something no-one else can see, quiet and contemplative and some of the old cunning of a king can be seen in his eyes.

Legend: Harald was a Scandinavian king who lived in the 8th century, who conquered all of Scandinavia, Denmark and parts of Eastern England. The son of a Norse princess, Auor the Deep-Minded, and Hroerekr Ringslinger, King of Zealand, Harald was therefore the heir of two royal families; his grandfather on his mother’s side, King Ivar of Scania, Denmark and Sweden, killed his father and forced his mother to flee, only to later take his own life after a dream prophesised his death. Upon hearing this, Harald returned to Zealand to claim the throne and was accepted as king.

At fifteen years old, the newly crowned King of Zealand, went to Scania where his grandfather had rules where he was well received and was given much support. He then sailed to Sweden to claim his inheritance; however, many petty kings had reclaimed the lands taken from them by Ivaf. These kings thought Harald would be easy to defeat due to his young age, however he was able to successfully reclaim his grandfather's domains, so that in the end he owned more than his grandfather had, and there was no king in either Denmark or Sweden who did not pay him tribute or was his vassal. He subjugated all the parts of England that had belonged to Halfdan the Valiant and later Ivar. In England he appointed kings and jarls and had them pay him tribute.

Ruling unopposed for many years, once Harald realised he was approaching death at the age of 150, he suggested to the King of Sweden Sigurd Hring, one of his vassals, that a battle should be fought between them. For Harald wished to die a warrior’s death in battle and be taken to Valhalla, rather than die ingloriously on his deathbed and be taken to Niflheim. Both sides prepared their forces for seven years, mustering armies of 200,000 men, whole forests were cut down to build enough longships to carry them and when gathered together the ships were thick enough together to form a bridge from Zealand to Scania.

When the battle began, Harald stayed back to observe at first, watching as many notable heroes of the age fought and died in battle with each other. Eventually Harald had seen enough and entered the battle himself, kneeling on his chariot as old age did not permit him to stand, holding a sword in each hand he rode into the thickest part of the battle, slaying many warriors on either side of him. Watching him the entire time, when Odin had deemed him of having earned a worthy death, the Skyfather struck Harald in the back of his head with an axe and killed the king.

Upon seeing the chariot without its rider, the King of Sweden called an end to the battle and sought out the body of King Harald. Laying it on a funeral pyre along with his horse, Sigurd bade Harald ride straight to Valhalla and secure lodging for those who had perished. Thereafter, all the chiefs walked around the pyre throwing weapons and gold onto it.

Summoning Catalyst: One of the heavy oaken clubs the king used in battle