Raineh Daze

Fate/esoterica

Wait, does Magic Resistance apply against Maria the Ripper? Because it's a curse, but it just takes the form of physical damage...

@Feyblue

But why go for Saber? MR would apply, but I can't fathom targeting the Servant. There's also a question of whether MR applies to a curse-based NP at its actual rank or its effective rank as magecraft... Maria would be... what, A+++ or something as a normal spell?

@Blackstripe And here I was, thinking Rider would care about his Master having a pretty dismal fate. :P

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The honest question is whether Saber could do something about a curse. x_x

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Exit stage left.

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Johanna Faust

The mage climbed to her feet again, watching Rider dig out his Master. Something about the Servant's expression and shift in attitude were concerning... it wouldn't be past many heroes to only respect strength and nothing else. Of course, if Rider was somebody like that and split with his Master, from the Servant's observed combat ability it could only be to the benefit of the rest of them. The wise thing to do would be to encourage division and marginalise the vessel so that she could be eliminated from the war without putting the ability to complete the ritual at risk.

As a magus, as an Enforcer, she was supposed to put practicality and results before moral considerations. That was quite easy most of the time, simply keeping to the teaching and attitude her family had carried throughout the years. Even the threat that the Grail posed could be accepted simply by trying to ascertain its state before activating it. It seemed like the true cost of her training surfaced in situations like this, though--even after an attempt to kill her, she couldn't bring herself to just treat a child as a casualty so easily. Nor one to be left to suffer through the consequences of her birth without support.

"Rider," she said, standing firm at her full height. There could be no room for doubt, no wavering in her confidence. Not in front of a hero, not if she was to be listened to, "Your Master is just a child, a child burdened with a terrible fate. If you abandon her for any reason..."

"I will kill you."

She meant it. It was on the edge of impossibility, but wasn't that all that they did? There were other sources of power, other ways of equalising the balance if it came down to it... such a thing was doable. Backing down would not be an option. Yet it would be better to never have to make the attempt.

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Most likely doesn't mean likely. xD

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On the plus side, it seems like if anyone would be about to get hit with Maria, it's the Witch who's most likely to survive a curse.

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Assassin

Assassin nodded, following her Master out of the church, further down the hill... and waiting in the underbrush beside the road. Following the action was easy enough--though a weak Servant, speed was in her favour and precision too, cuts had to be exact... it would be wrong, wrong to make a mistake there. Yet... against these Servants, she could do little, the Berserker and the Rider both too strong to risk, both given too much of a range advantage. A single surprise attack would not do anything... and her trump card was useless there. The Saber, she... she would be vulnerable, more in line with something that Assassin could reach.

But all their Masters were easy pickings. Three girls, each. If Mother ordered it, two of the conditions were met. It was dark, the targets were female. The third she remembered, the choking, cloying smog, air thick with coal and muffled noises. The third was carried with her, always, and the first preparation that would be made if she had to strike. The chances of a human surviving her curse were slim.

People needed their guts. She knew, she'd seen them cut out before.

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

When in doubt, export a character from HotU and go redo stuff from the beginning.

Acquire multiple copies of Enserric.

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

@Crimson Paladin Oh hey, that unarmoured picture is from Neverwinter Nights.

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@Raineh DazeI'm just saying, I'm not sure horses that fly through the air without any clear means of propulsion are bound by Newton's Second Law of Motion. :3

@Blackstripe

F = MA? P = MV? What have they got to do with it? I'm pretty certain these horses aren't the Vimana and, despite being what they are, are still qualitatively horses with horselike traits. Including not reaching max speed instantaneously. O_o