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Fate/illuminated histoire: A Narrative-Driven Holy Grail War RP

Evelyn and Elisabeth

"If you can't see anything, we should get going," Evelyn said, stubbing out the remains of the cigarette and standing up, "Being up here feels too exposed."

Although it seemed unlikely that anyone was watching them from up here, if they could get on top of a building so easily, what was to say that nobody would have some form of aerial surveillance? She didn't get the idea that mages were big on drones but if everyday people had a way to snoop on rooftops, mages had to have their own ways to do the same.

Elisabeth looked over at Orion, weighing whether it would really be so bad to just jump... except that yes, it definitely was too high to simply leap off. "Fine."

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Kintoki

Kintoki didn't seem the slightest bit deterred at his Master's lack of faith in his disguise, or maybe even he thought that blending in was too much to hope for as long as he looked more foreign and less like the legendary hero that he was. Not that Kintoki's bulging muscles would ever help there. "We're going out now? Alright!"

Whether or not Hitomi was entirely ready, she seemed to have set Kintoki in motion, being swept up under one arm and carried out the door immediately--only for the golden man to pause right outside the door and instead put her down on his shoulders. "So, Boss, where to?"

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@PaulHaynek Whoops, forgot to mention you.

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Tyaethe Radistirin - Candaeln

"Yes, all vampires need to have exceptional mana reserves whilst still alive and I don't know of a single exception. Unlike sapient undead, it seems to be a very consistent process," she answered, wondering if there was any point going into speculation about why that might be--not really, that was more a thing for the mage college and the details they wanted were out of her skillset, "Find someone with enough mana and all that matters after that is how determined the target is. I don't know why someone would have picked Damon Cal, but I seem to still be here because I tried to kill the one responsible."

Tyaethe turned around and started erasing her existing diagram, replacing it with a grid.


"I like to think you can categorise most vampires based on how long they've had to practice and how hungry they are. Someone who hasn't been a vampire for long won't have anything on their side beyond extra strength, so you could probably take them with a bit of caution," she said, turning around and putting her hands on her hips. "If they're an experienced warrior, they're more likely to avoid fighting when starved, but if you can force it then you just need to overcome the strength difference and any healing they can still do."

Now she seemed to be annoyed, frowning and pointing at the last column, "The problem is this lot. Charging a mage with that much experience and mana head on, or getting into some magical contest with them, is a bad idea even when stabbing them will be fatal. You can bank on some predilection towards blood related magic, since every vampire seems to have some affinity for it, but they could just as easily fill a corridor with a wall of blades. Unless you have some idea of what an unknown vampire can do or how old they are, rushing in could easily get everyone killed. You need to be prepared for magical retaliation."

Though the frown did seem to go away as she looked at the diagram again, "If you ever meet a vampire who's both a powerful mage and warrior instead of splitting the difference like Damon Cal: first, why are you near Talderia; second, don't pretend you like undead or don't mind, just be honest and try to kill her. You're more likely to live."

@ghastlyInc@Crimson Paladin

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Also this one has no specific right answer.

Fate/illuminated histoire: A Narrative-Driven Holy Grail War RP

Evelyn and Elisabeth

Travelling to Japan across the breadth of the world had been entirely uneventful compared to the runup, which had almost inexplicably--to Evelyn, at least--involved strange, hushed meetings with Church officials. Who was she, what did she want, who was putting her up to this? Despite Elisabeth's insistence that this was for her own safety, it had felt rather like she was being assessed for death. The later explanation that this was entirely true but still preferable to getting the information from an actual magus had been... disquieting. As much as she disliked her eyes, having them plucked from her head and her arm cut off as a key into this war was a step down from wearing a blindfold.

Once in Japan... well, she was a girl of limited means; there was no fancy catalyst for her summoning. All Evelyn could do was hope that whatever spirit most resonated with her was strong enough to have a chance at victory. So far, she seemed fortunate...? Orion was a legendary figure, the second most identifiable constellation and likely the greatest hunter to have ever lived. How that would translate into fighting other Servants, though, or if he was really all that... she couldn't say for sure.

For some reason, Elisabeth had taken a near immediate dislike to him and started arguing over nothing much in particular. Not enough to refuse his assistance in reaching their current position, though, as she begrudgingly stood beside the hulking figure and looked down at the city.

Evelyn, having no business standing near the edge of a skyscraper like those two, had instead seated herself cross-legged in the middle of the roof and lit up a cigarette.

"You really think you can spot a Servant from up here? They're probably hiding," Elisabeth said, doubting that anyone would do anything to reveal themselves so blatantly. "I'm telling you, we'd be better off checking with the Overseer. Last thing we need is to antagonise the Church."

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GOLDEN

"Yo, Master!" the Berserker said, uncharacteristically cheerful for... basically anyone summoned into that class, as he turned around to look at her. From somewhere else in the mansion, he'd managed to pull a full-length mirror and had, until her appearance, been admiring himself in it. That, at least, was something trivial for him to do. How the man had so rapidly acquired a change of clothes and sunglasses...? Well, his shopping ability was probably golden, too.

"Feelin' better now? My ol' costume ain't golden enough, so I got somethin' fresh that should fit in more."

Not that he really had any hope of fitting in. If there was one thing Kintoki wasn't, it was subtle. Or unobtrusive.

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@PaulHaynek@Crimson Paladin@ghastlyInc

Anyone else is free to respond if they want to be there, though.

TL;DR version: vampires and sapient undead are A) unageing, and B) by nature have huge amounts of mana to throw around.

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Tyaethe Radistirin - Candaeln

"Well, you're all right... sort of," she said, cutting off any more answers could come in, though from the expression she directed at Gillian, she wasn't entirely pleased with the long-winded explanation or the unnecessary detail. "The blue circle contains entities that have a soul, which is why anyone in these three groups is able to think and act independently. You can also think of this as 'people I will get arrested for attacking in passing'."

That look was directed at the Reonites. "If you somehow identify another vampire in passing, you can't stab them just for existing. _{We don't need another diplomatic incident with the Academy of Meridan...}"

She scratched her head, clearly trying to remember her train of thought. "Anyway, the red circle is undead, or beings animated by magic. Mindless undead are just puppeted by the magic animating them and most necromancers have no interest in using more to prevent the decay. You might find some that are well-preserved because they wanted to keep some combat proficiency, or whatever caused them to rise up is just oozing it, but in general they're going to fall apart.

"What sapient undead and vampires have in common is having so much mana that it replicates most of the functionality of the life-providing portion of the soul and keeps it anchored in place far beyond fatal injuries. Eating, sleeping, thinking, reflexes; about the only thing it doesn't emulate is growth or natural healing. Half alive, as it were, but never ageing. Sapient undead have the mana reactor Reynaud mentioned, vampires... well, it's something to do with intrinsic blood sacrifice. I don't know how, whatever necromancy did that happened before anyone except the gods remember."

"Well... probably. Some elves and undead are annoyingly old." Hearing this coming from someone over two centuries old but looking about nine wasn't all that reassuring.

"What these have in common," Tyaethe continued, underlining the sapient undead and vampires for emphasis before turning back, "Is that they always have a vast mana reserve before replenishment comes into it. All vampires did even before being turned. Even if a vampire is starving and can't possibly replace what they use, what does this tell you about the type of enemy you're going to be fighting?"

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Approximation of the diagram

Fate/illuminated histoire: A Narrative-Driven Holy Grail War RP

Golden

• Name: Sakata Kintoki
• Class: Berserker
• Appearance: Golden.
• Personality: A rowdy and insolent man, Kintoki unreasonably takes after the time and place of his summoning and dresses as a gaudy delinquent. A man that loves fighting, it would be easy to think he's just a violent barbarian hero, but he's an extremely heroic figure: opposing all things evil, adoring children, and bearing no ill will towards other enemies. Still, that doesn't mean that Kintoki is an incredibly complicated person: he adores strong things, flashy things, and especially anything golden. Weak to love.
  Fatally incompatible with an evil Master, but otherwise super easy to get along with, especially when one treats him as an equal. This is useful, because the Master's going to have to do all the hard thinking for them.
• Stats:
  
  • Strength: A+
  • Endurance: B
  • Agility: B
  • Mana: C
  • Luck: C
  • Noble Phantasm: B
• Class Skills:
  
  • Mad Enhancement: E. Kintoki normally doesn't benefit from the effects of Mad Enhancement but, in return, retains his normal ability to think (as not great as that might be). However, if injured, a luck check is performed and failure will cause Kintoki to go berserk and receive a rank-up to all stats except mana and luck.
• Personal Skills:
  
  • Animal Communication: C. Allows for communication with animals that can't speak. However, the intellect of the animals is no better than ever, so conveying complex or nuanced thoughts is still impossible. Despite this, and perhaps because of Kintoki's own mentality, they still arrive at a mutual understanding.
  • Divinity: D. The child of Raijin in the form of a thunderclap (or perhaps a dragon), which would normally result in high Divinity, and a mountain witch, which instead reduces it. Although low, it can sometimes activate as resistance towards the attacks of heroes descended from a thunder deity.
  • Monstrous Strength: A+. The child of Raijin as a dragon and a cannibal mountain witch, Kintoki possesses this skill at a very high rank despite not being a monster himself. Not only can it be activated with an extremely long duration, it allows for his already boosted strength to exceed human limitations and compete with monsters directly.
  • Natural Body: A. The possession of a perfect body since birth. Strength is always treated as rank-up and, no matter the amount of exercise or calorific consumption, his muscles will remain as brawny as ever and he won't put on any further weight. Could perhaps be considered cheating for sports competitions and insufficiently ridiculous for bodybuilding.
• Noble Phantasm(s):
  
  • Name: Golden Eater
  • Rank: B
  • Type: Anti-Unit
  • Appearance: Shiny.
  • Effects: An immensely heavy axe, unwieldable without Kintoki's level of strength, that contains the power of the thunder god. Loaded up with fifteen cartridges, its destructive power is raised with their detonation. It no doubt has a more appropriate and less flashy name, but Kintoki activates it using this.
  
  
  • Name: Golden Spark: Golden Shock
  • Rank: C
  • Type: Anti-Army
  • Appearance: Unreasonably golden.
  • Effects: By detonating three of the fifteen cartridges simultaneously, an anti-army attack can be activated that releases a flash of lightning to mow down surrounding enemies.
  
  
  • Name: Golden Huge Bear
  • Rank: A
  • Type: Anti-Army
  • Appearance: It's a giant robot.
  • Effects: An unreasonably large construct and... exactly what it looks like. Without somehow being provided with a weapon of comparable size, its only weapon appears to be its unreasonably huge left arm. Conversely, it's still a giant, armoured Noble Phantasm and every bit as dangerous as a mecha could be expected to be. Probably not its true name.
• Alignment: Lawful Good
• Changes: Being in Japan provides the missing Noble Phantasm.

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