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Hellfire Knight and Blink Hiroki growled into her comms. She nearly took Blink up on the offer, keeping her weapons powered up and trained on the god for a moment before sighing quietly and setting them back to standby once again. "Fine," she said curtly. She was aware that she should probably attempt to be polite to Blink, but it was taking her a fair degree of her self-control to not take a few potshots at the other woman for her words. I could so take her if I was at full strength, I really could, I've come this far. . . but she's a god for a reason, right? She paced back and forth a few steps, metallic boots thumping the ground beneath her feet, waiting to leave the arena.

Hellfire Knight vs. Silent Requiem(?) The myriad guns hummed to life again as another mech appeared on the battlefield. Hiroki activated her communication system as her weapons swiveled along with herself to face the potential foe. "Who the hell are you?" she demanded, her voice squeaking somewhat and prompting an instantaneous mental self-berating: Damnit, keep control of your voice, no one is going to take a squeaky little girl seriously. "If this is another kind of trick, Silent Requiem, I swear on my life that you'll regret it as long as yours lasts!" The girl was actually trembling slightly inside her mech, not that anyone could really tell.

Hellfire Knight vs Silent Requiem Adam's answer was a cannon swinging through the air at where he would have been if not for gravity yanking him downward, followed up by a burst of plasma pellets and a wordless shout of anger from the girl. The assault lasted only a moment, however, as Hiroki shook her head and calmed herself, muttering a quick passphrase to her targeting system to put them into standby mode. No, no, I can't lose my head now, I'll lose and it'll all be for nothing, and then everyone will be right. Adam would have quite literally been in hot water, barring him catching the edge of the island as he fell. Hiroki, after she stopped attacking, simply leaned back and breathed for a moment.

Hellfire Knight vs Silent Requiem Hiroki shrieked in pain as Adam attacked her. Her confusion had spiked as the man ejected from his mech - was he outright suicidal? - and she'd nearly cut off her assault. Instead, however, she thrashed in agony, three of her limbs immobile as they were caught in the cold metal shell surrounding her. She couldn't think clearly; her mind was essentially filled with white noise at the direct assault. She reflexively clawed at her assailant with her remaining free limb, fist instinctively snapping closed around him before she flung it outward and Adam with it, tossing him against the interior of his own mech, in a desperate attempt to make the pain stop.

I goofed when I pasted in the template, there is no hard Phantasm limit edit: though you should attempt to keep the number of Phantasms low regardless, unless there's a good justification for having multiple

Hellfire Knight vs. Silent Requiem Hiroki looked at her enemy with confusion for an instant as he exploded out of the steam and headed directly toward her. It seemed he meant to intimidate her into making a mistake, but by this? He made himself an easy target for her vastly superior firepower, and he wasn't even trying to suppress her attacks with his own fire. Still, she didn't hesitate to seize the apparent advantage; half her wing guns shut down as she swung her cannon into place and squeezed her fist, sending a ray of incandescent plasma directly at Silent Requiem's center of mass as her shoulder cannons also focused on the now-easy target. Is he giving up, or does he have some kind of insane plan?

Sixty years ago, a battle the likes of which few alive have ever witnessed raged in secret. A battle for something that could potentially place the fate of the world itself in the hands of the winner; the Holy Grail, said to grant a single, omnipotent wish to the one holding it. Seven mages summoned seven legends to their sides and fought to the death, but in vain. The vessel of the Grail was destroyed, the miracle lost - for a time. This had been the third war, and would not be the last. Now, the Grail has a new vessel, and once again men and women prepare in secret to fight for their miracle. . . Premise For those that don't know, this roleplay will be set in the Fate universe, at the time of the Holy Grail War. In essence, seven mages summon seven Servants and fight until there is only one Servant standing. Servants are a way for a Heroic Spirit to manifest into the world; Heroic Spirits are world famous heroes, real and fictional, virtuous and villainous, whose legends became new existences after their deaths. Players will take on the role of a Master, battling the other six for the Grail, or a Servant, summoned by a Master to do battle for them. This will be a combat-focused, player-versus-player RP; no player has any sort of plot armor or special protection from death beyond their own combat and intrigue abilities. If this bothers you, do not sign up for this game. Setting The Nasuverse is parallel to real life. This game happens in about 1990, with an appropriate level of technology. Magecraft is kept secret to everyone except other mages; anyone violating this secrecy is hunted down - though doing such a thing would be unthinkable to a magus. Magecraft is fairly low-power, relative to other settings; other than a few notable examples, it is not earth-shatteringly powerful outside of highly complex rituals, though it is by no means weak or useless. There are rules to what it can and cannot do, but for the most part the main rule for this game will be simply "keep it reasonable." Servants, on the other hand, are incredibly strong, and closer to traditional fantasy action heroes in power, with magical mounts, swords that fire blasts of energy, and cursed lances being commonplace among their number. More information can be found here.If you have further questions, feel free to ask. Servants are, as mentioned earlier, essentially larger-than-life versions of heroes real and fictional. They are divided into seven normal classes: The Three Knights, Saber, Archer, Lancer; and the Four Horsemen; Rider, Caster, Assassin, Berserker. These classes are separated by what the Spirit was known for in life, though an individual Heroic Spirit may qualify for several. They may also modify how the Heroic Spirit manifests; King Arthur as a Saber will have different abilities than King Arthur as a Lancer. There are also classes that may manifest outside the normal seven, but under typical circumstances they will not appear. PM me for details if you want to play one. Servants are usually referred to by their class names; revealing the true name of a Servant reveals their weaknesses as well, as Servants retain the vulnerabilities they had in life based on their legends, such as a weakness to poison. Every Servant has a Noble Phantasm. These represent the hero's legend, whether it is a famous armament, a powerful ability, or a crystallization of a great accomplishment of theirs, such as King Arthur's Excalibur, Siegfried's Armor of Fafnir, or Ushiwakamaru's Crossing the Seven Ships at Dan-no-Ura. They come in several varieties and are classed based on their overall power and nature, such as Anti-Unit or Anti-Army. Most Servants only have one or two; an exceptional Servant may have more. Examples: All Servants also possess Class Skills and Personal Skills, which further distinguish them from their peers. These are lesser abilities that heroes may have been known for, but not necessarily what made them famous. Regardless, they are incredibly important, and can turn a weak Servant into a powerful one. Finally, every Master in the Holy Grail War is given three Command Seals, which appear as a set of red tattoos, usually located on the back of the right hand. A Command Seal allows a Master to give an absolute order to their Servant, which most will find impossible to resist. A Servant resisting a Command Seal will feel a searing pain all over their body until they acquiesce or the order is dismissed. Once a Command Seal is used, it is normally impossible to replace. Examples For more examples of Skills and Noble Phantasms, please check the wiki. Parameters One important thing of note about the Holy Grail War system is that all skills, Noble Phantasms, and the base stats of Servants are ranked from E to A based on their overall strength, as well as the special EX category for abilities that are outside the normal parameter system. These serve mostly as a basis for comparing Servants rather than a hard measure, though certain abilities have effects based directly on ranks. Every Servant has six base parameters that any Master can observe, unless an ability interferes with the effect: Strength is the raw physical power of the Servant. Endurance is the ability of a Servant to take hits and keep on fighting. Agility measures the speed and dexterity of the Servant. Mana represents the overall amount of magical power possessed by the Servant. Luck is exactly what it sounds like, and reflects the Servant's ability to change their own fate. Noble Phantasm estimates the overall power of a Servant's Noble Phantasms, though it may not match the exact rank of any. For example, a servant with numerous low-rank Noble Phantasms may have a higher rank than any individual Noble Phantasm possesses. Additionally, a parameter may be Rank Up or Rank Down, usually due to some sort of skill effect. Rank Up is represented by a plus (+) and Rank Down is represented with a minus (-). Each plus is approximately doubling the base stat, with Rank Down being somewhat less well-defined. For a numerical representation of ranks, consider E to be 10, and every rank to be an additional 10 until A rank at 50, with a normal human's ability being at 1. Rules All forum rules apply to this RP. There may be descriptions of violence, but please try to keep graphic ones to a minimum. Sexual content will be treated similarly; please don't make me hand out warning points. Use discretion. Respect the host. I am doing this on my own free time, and ultimately it is my world. Feel free to debate my decisions, but do so in a reasonable fashion, and if I decide there will be no further argument, there will not be. Respect other players. There will be conflict, people will disagree on each other's capabilities and they may very well get upset over developments in the game. Please resolve these as politely as possible, and if you cannot, bring it to me. Anyone being excessively combative OOC will be warned and then removed if they continue. Use good roleplaying practice. Don't metagame; you are not your character, and your character therefore will not be aware of everything that happens at all times. Additionally, do not control another's character unless they have given you explicit permission to do so, including any NPCs they may introduce. Play to lose. You, as a player, are not here to win. You are here to tell a good story. Give people a chance to land hits on you, leave openings in your posts, that sort of thing. Following up with this. . . This game is not balanced. Neither is the source material. There are Heroic Spirits that are clearly more powerful than others, and trained assassins may end up fighting against teenagers. While more powerful Servants are almost always more taxing on the Master, it is not actually enough to be "fair." It's a war; war isn't fair. Now, without further ado, have a signup template. Masters: Servants: Note that I will be collecting Servants to form a pool from which to choose later. Canon Servants are banned, with two exceptions; if it is a Berserker form of a character that has not appeared as such so far, or a non-Berserker form of a Servant that has only appeared as such, they will be considered. I am looking for a character to represent each of the three great magus families: Einzbern, Matou, and Tohsaka. Note that the Einzberns and Matous rarely produce mages that are proficient in combat, so they may be represented by someone outside the family, such as a skilled mage killer hired to obtain the Grail for the family. There are 7 slots for Masters and 7 slots for Servants. One player may play both a Master and a Servant, but not a Master/Servant duo. If you are playing a Master using a catalyst, discuss it with the player controlling your desired Servant. Throne of Heroes Saber Nessie Lancer Honor Archer Rider Sindbad Red Riding Hood Caster Orpheus Charles Dickens Assassin The White Death Berserker Samson

It's a little corny but basically it's values I want to exemplify. Standing up for oneself and one's beliefs after everyone else has given up and fallen by the wayside.

Depends on the place. As a fantasy reader (and hopefully writer eventually) I can't really complain about it, and it does add its own unique flavor, but as with all writing tools and techniques it has its times when its appropriate and times it is not. One again, depends on the situation. The way a scene is described can give insights into the character pbserving; if it's flowery and somewhat excessive it gives a different impression than a short, crisp description of the same thing. It can also impart a sense of importance to the scene, but personally I'd prefer using shorter prose; purple prose can make situations less impactful than they should be. Hard to say, but I'd say TES: Morrowind, Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Dota 2, and Mega Man Battle Network 3.

Hellfire Knight vs. Silent Requiem "You know, for a person called Silent, you make a lot of noise!" She squinted through the steam, trying to locate the source of her irritation. The cannons on her armor continued to roar, the targeting systems having more than a little difficulty drawing a bead on the fast-moving orb. Her fingers twitched and she clenched and unclenched the fist not occupied by a cannon, waiting for a chance. He couldn't stay out there forever; eventually he'd have to try and assault her, and then she'd have him. She continued to shuffle about in place, her off hand coming up to brace her main weapon as she looked for the victim to unleash it upon.

Hellfire Knight vs Silent Requiem "I don't have to! Worry about yourself!" It was true, the immense amount of steam in the air was making it hard to get a lock on her opponent. However, the targeting software was a bit better at sorting out the noise, and while it was having trouble pinning down Adam's exact location, it did give her a general idea. She spoke another command to her mech: "Set pattern Artificial Sun!" The fierce glow emanating from her main cannon faded, while the rest of her guns flared to life. Her shoulder-mounted cannons fired short, intense bursts at Adam's predicted locations while her wing cannons peppered the areas around where the larger ones focused with smaller blasts. She swung her main gun around in an arc once again, sweeping another focused beam around the area.

The type quiz, actually.

Hellfire Knight vs. Silent Requiem Hiroki noticed the mic going oddly silent. Not so funny now, am I? Still, she hadn't managed to land a satisfactory hit quite yet. She gritted her teeth - It's not over yet! - and swung her main cannon in an arc, the beam of plasma burning continuously as it moved, kicking up more and more steam. The other mech's erratic movement had moved it into clear view (well, as clear as it could be with half the arena starting to boil) and the blast scythed into its path, Hiroki hoping to take advantage of the unstable maneuvers and score another hit. Patience, gotta be patient. He can't touch me from this far away, and I can hurt him really bad. I don't even have to move.

Uh, I have a neutral opinion about the meme. If you mean what I think of Trump: he's a clear racist, sexist, etc and I have no idea how anyone in their right mind could even consider supporting him as President. He's clearly shown himself to be inept at management, utterly incapable of tact, and prone to angry outbursts over relatively minor provocations. His performance so far is a sad commentary on the state of America and how we think of our representatives as a whole, that we've be willing to elect someone so obviously terrible simply because we're done with the status quo.

neat Also Acqui made a sprite for me:

Kind of a funny story, actually, I joined because I took the type quiz on the site, lol. As far as my favorite aspect of the community, despite some of the stuff that's happened recently, I love how welcoming and friendly everyone is. That and you're all a bunch of memers. 1. Puella Magi Madoka Magica 2. Fate/Zero 3. Fate/Unlimited Blade Works 4. Soul Eater 5. Dragon Ball Z I actually don't watch anime nearly as often as you might think, though.

you can guess the topic here

YOu have my interest.

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I'm not making any final decisions until I have an accurate gauge of interest levels.

So, as many of the older members know, we've had a few attempts at Fate RPs. As they will also know, all of them crashed and burned on the first or second in-universe day. Because I am apparently incapable of learning from the mistakes of myself and others, I would like to ask: is anyone else interested in giving it another shot? For people who don't know what Fate is: We could go a few directions with it: 1. We could follow canon Fate closely, making modifications to let people play as their own characters. This would start with the Fourth Grail War, located in Fuyuki as normal, but with different participants of course. 2. We could do something similar to the Fate/Reborn and Fate/Empty Vessel settings. An original setting that uses most of the same systems from the source material. This would let us play even more fast and loose with the rules than usual, but that's both a good and a bad thing. 3. We also have to pick the scale.

Hellfire Knight vs Silent Requiem Hiroki leaned over just far enough that she could get her main cannon to bear directly on the now sinking sphere as a small indicator on her HUD faded to gray. Another flickered along with a faint rising tone as her systems sought a target lock. "All auxiliary power to main cannon!" she shouted at her onboard systems, and clenched her right fist inside her metallic exoskeleton. Her visor darkened as a searingly bright ray lanced out toward Silent Requiem, water flashing to steam as it burned toward its intended victim. Water dampened her power, yes, robbing her attacks of heat, but there was enough energy behind the beam to push through and cause Silent Requiem a world of harm if it wasn't avoided.