@Amelia Abendroth Martelli 13:45
Girl:Irrisyana! Nice to meet you! What are you doing!
@Idaliseviel von Einzbern?:??
You make it back to your house with no major events.
Intuition check: 18 to realize how dangerous Harlow is and how you can use this knowledge to your advantage. (will send you info in a PM)
OK I'M TIRED OF WAITING I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GUESS WHAT CYPHER'S PLAN IS
@Elizabeth Craig ?:??
(please PM me what [REDACTED1] an [REDACTED2] are) (ooc: you are essentially asking Avenger if he is there every 15 seconds. Also there isn't really a point to hiding it so [homeless] is a girl named Arlem Merrdeh)
Arlem orders some tea and you two sit down for a long chat.
@Amelia Abendroth Martelli
Beast: About your earlier question...I have never heard of a servant class called Watcher before, but this wouldn't be the first time that a new~HNYAAAA!!!
???: FLUFFFYYYYYYY!!!!!!!
A strange girl with blond hair is clinging to Beast's tail which should be invisible to everyone but you.
@Idaliseviel von Einzbern
ooc: there is only one servant here that you can see. but everyone else seems to think Saber is the only person who is armed and dangerous even though Saber responded to Harway's servant's attack. In other words they don't see the sword or armor that Harway's servant is clearly wearing.
you suddenly come to a realization about Harway's servant.
Christopher Harway: Ah I see you have noticed Ruler's ability. No matter what Ruler does, as long as Ruler's Phantasm is in affect, no third party will be able to perceive anything abnormal about Ruler, including Ruler's appearance. It's quite handy for attacking opponents in broad daylight. (slightly louder) CUT! lets cut here for today and start again tomorrow. we'll look at the film we have so far and shoot again. We don't want to get too many people involved after all.
Bystander 1: Oh it's just a movie.
Bystander 2: I thought it was something like that.
Ruler: But Master!
Christopher Harway: Enough Ruler! It would be a waist to continue fighting in this location. Besides I don't mind leaving strong opponents for the end. I wish you luck miss Einzbern. Have a good day. Please do your best to entertain me.
Harway starts to leave. You can tell he is ending the battle to save the lives of the bystanders who should normally be killed for seeing a servant.
@Idaliseviel von Einzbern
you suddenly realize that trying to keep bystandards from getting involved in the fight is mut, if they realize there is anything supernatural going on they have to be killed. by allowing people to see the fight you will have already got them involved.
@Irrisyana or Eric Craig
ooc: I still don't know what conversation happend between [homeless] and Craig I would like to be filled in.
@Damian
You feel as though a hot liquid is being pumped through your body. Its not painful, and you can't sense anything negative about it.
Your body feels light, you're senses are extremely sharp, and you feel full of energy. Your mind is clear, and you perceive the things around you far better than a normal person would. In fact, you wonder if a human could feel this sensation at all. You feel overpowering.
@Amelia Abendroth Martelli
Beast: Master that's great Information!
Servant: You aren't wrong, yet you aren't right ether...It was an amusing attempt.
@AkaiNeko
Boy: No that would be highly out of character for the Harway family. They generally leave people alone unless they are considered a threat to the family.
Avenger: You should be fine, I did sense a servant or servant like thing, but it appears to be moving in the other direction. That's a really strange aura though...
actually it's the other girl's rout that leads to the Berseker you're thinking of.
hair die only lasts about an hour in a homunculuc's hair due to their body being composed of Magic circuts. their white hair comes from the large concentration of magic destroying the pigment in their hair unless the color is magic somehow. (some things are different or assumed about this universe that you may be missing) Also you knew the Harway family has a mansion in town, it's been there for the past 16 years.
Ah PLOT CHANGE ON DM!!! this was originally supposed to be someone else, but that will be postponed till later.
@Amelia Abendroth Martelli
From the way the debris is shaped you can tell both servants used bladed weapons. There are far too many slashing marks for only one sword. From their appearances last night, as well as Beast's senses, you know one has to be Berserker, and the other Caster. You can recall that Berserker's weapon was a DAIKATANA, roughly the size of his body. The marks that seem to be left by a blade that size appear to be smooth clean cuts as though the passed through with no resistance, but are wide and torn appart, as if the blade passed through the solid metal containers and ships like a knife through butter, and then they were blown apart by some internal force other than the blade. Perhaps the blade explosives after impact? On closer inspection the other slashes are much longer, shallower, and far more violent. Though they appear as if something violently lashed and slashed over the area multiple times, sawing through the materials as though with a jagged edge. Assuming this was Caster's doing, they could possibly be caused by some sort of long blade of wind, or maybe a flying saw blade?
???Servant: Did you find anything Interesting?
@Elizabeth Craig
Avenger: there is a person sneaking in through the back.
Waver Velvet eh. [Black] should be [REDACTED]assuming that's who I think it is. they should meet later after event. because we don't want the NPC's to beat the game for the players. this still works but use [Green] instead. since [REDACTED] is staying with [white]and [Justice]
@Matsuoka, Isamu
Berseker shakes his head to let you know he doesn't need anything.
@Elizabeth Craig
Police officer: I certainly am. There have been cases for the past few weeks. The killer kills everyone in the household. Women, children, animals. We can tell it's the same person, because the scenes are always a bloody mess. The only clue we have to go on is that the psychopath always uses old fashion European weapons, maces and ax's and stuff. Strange thing is he never takes any valuables... Well I have to take this report down to the station. Don't you go poking around in there.
@Idaliseviel von Einzbern
Servant: Insolence, my Master has never proposed such a cowardly strategy!
(you note this servant is more provoked by insults directed at his/her master)
@Matsuoka, Isamu
Berserker nods
did you figure out how to read Berserker's speech patterns?
@Amelia Abendroth Martelli
Beast: Don't worry about it. Caution is the better part of valor, if you feel you aren't prepared to fight you should run, but in the future, you should try to get something out of your encounters with enemies even if you aren't intending to fight them.
you see that much of the damaged materials have large gashes in them, that appear to have been created by a sharp edge. You also note many burn, sear, and crush marks. (Insight to see what these mean.)
@Elizabeth Craig
Police officer: hugh oh, the family in this house hold was hit by the serial killer that's been going around lately. You haven't heard about it?
Avenger{whispers}: I don't sense any servants near by
you know its technically not illegal to have more than one servant. you can have up to seven. Its just not usually smart without two masters because you divide your Mana by the number of servants.
@Elizabeth Craig
the crowd disperses as the police leave there is only one officer left, finishing up some on site paper work.
@Amelia Abendroth Martelli
Renie Millrose: Well if I knew that for sure I wouldn't be looking now would I. they probably aren't, but I'm looking for traces of their magic, or familiars, and they're not the ones buzzing around over head.
@Amelia Abendroth Martelli
Servant: Why would I be bothered my duty is to observation the masters and servants of the Holy grail war.
(from Intuition) yeah really why would she be bothered by it the worst that happens for her is she finds out something about you.
@Elizabeth Craig
You follow the trail to its end and find a house that is taped up with police cars in front of it. The source of the magic you felt is somewhere in the crowd.
@Idaliseviel von Einzbern
Servant: Indeed. I must admit to such. However I believe I will be quite adequate to deal with one such as yourself.
from his tone you can assume things didn't go poorly, but also didn't go the way he wanted.
Somewhere elseapproximately 8:00
two figures dart through a forest. near Fuyuki city. One is a young man, the other is an adolescent male.
Young man: You have no where to escape this time! Today I'll finish what we started those years ago!
Boy: Fool. If you could do so by your self, you would have already done it. It is imposible for one so weak as you.
Young man: We'll see about that!
The young man lands a deep slash into his adversary, who jumps away through the trees.
Young man: You're not getting away this time!...!!!
suddenly as he is chasing his enemy there is a roar and an explosion ahead of him. The young man stops in a tree branch just outside the clearing left by the crashed airplane. After surveying the wreckage and carnage before him he pounds his hand against the side of the tree he is crouching in.
Young man: Dam! the ***** jumped again!
At A small apartment in Fuyuki cityabout 9am ish
A woman is just about to fall asleep when she gets a phone call.
woman: What~is~it~? You know I *yawn* don't like to be bothered at this time of day.
???: we have a job offer.
Woman: don't care tell me about it tonight *yawn*
???: I think you will be interested in this one it involves (cencored)
sorry for the wait, I had sh** tone of work to do X(
that should have taken care of everyone who was waiting for me.
I'd appreciate it if everyone can post something once a week to let people know they are still playing but busy. So we don't start looking for a replacement for you while you're studying for finals. We'll give you warning, and this is optional, but yeah we like to keep our players playing.
@Amelia Abendroth Martelli
Renei Millrose: (cracking her knuckles)Sounds like fun. But that's also all the more reason I can't leave my non Magus colleges there unattended. You're welcome to give me backup if you'd like, but I won't force you.
@Elizabeth Craig
Eric Craig: Are you seriously listening to your self? I JUST SAID WE AREN'T DOING ANYTHING. If they are protected by the church that would immediately let us know they are connected to a master, which will narrow down the search for masters. You really think we are stupid enough to not be prepared for the church protecting them?
(You realize he's right. you've know him to be arrogant, temperamental, unfriendly, and stubborn, but not stupid. The only thing you're accomplishing here is making your frienemies more and more unhappy with you. By separating you from them and your information sources, enemies can't use them to find you. By having Walter personally higher mercenaries, 'of his own accord' Walter is the only one risking the loss of the church's protection, and thus the only one besides you risking his life. And since he's already contacted mercenaries, every second you spend here is a second those three girls and the people around them could be getting closer to death. If anything this plan has put time pressure forcing you to achieve results faster.)
@Idaliseviel von Einzbern
Christopher Harlow: That's quite an interesting theory, however, I do believe the Einzberns have only participated in the holy grail wars due to their role in the creation of the grail, not any current qualifications. By that logic, an individual who has participated for the past 3 wars, would be far more qualified than you.
(I probably haven't clarified well enough, but you need to get the Servant mad not Harlow, since Harlow is planning on using Assassin anyway)
Cries. First dead end and it's only day one, I need to be more careful with this stuff sobs. Sorry about my amateur skills on not noticing what to do but I was just... WAIT WHAT. When I saw the most recent post (should have trusted my gut feeling =3= )
Welp time to go back and be more aggressive, which I ultimately first thought that would provoke battle and be bad, but that turned a complete 180 on me.
Just like the VN hugh =3
Everyone should read the example just for the hoot of it and the Taiga dojo so If you ever get a DEAD END you can usually just undo your most recent post. or you may chose to go back to any save before that, which isn't followed by [SAVE CLEARED]
@Idaliseviel von Einzbern9:15ish
Servant: Insolent little girl. Did my Master not make himself clear? He does not need the Grail, but finds it quite continent.
Christopher Harlow: That's quite enough Ruler. Is it not a king's duty to hear the gripes of his subjects?
Ruler: Indeed, however it is also a king's duty to correct the follies of his subjects.
Christopher Harlow: Ah that is quite correct as well. Indeed it is as Ruler says I shall accomplish my goal with or without the grail. My conviction is far greater than you could imagine. This destiny is not one that was forced upon me by the universe, nor the Harlow family. It is one I took with my own two hands, and the blood of my brother.
[GAME SAVE 2]you may start at the first or second game save sections should you get a bad end. (you were supposed to make a will save to see if he persuaded you that he deserved the grail more than you, I will consider it as if you passed that check)
@Elizabeth Craig9:15
Eric Craig: haven't you been paying attention? I'm not going to do anything. Mercenaries will do all of that. If you are that insistent on saving them simply kill whatever master or masters are connected to the three of them and I will force the mercenaries to stop. Oh and by the way Walter has already contacted them "of his own accord" of course. I suggest you hurry or you If you want to be first.
(you sense something that makes you feel very uneasy coming from the basement, but you cna't go investigate it right now)
@Elizabeth Craig9:15ish
Eric Craig: the possibility that it could be a trap is precisely why we shall do this. If and when someone DOES respond to our attacks. We will inform you, and you and avenger shall deal with them then. As for my safety, you should go to the church if you want more information regarding that. And I don't believe anyone ever said anything about using "my people" for this job... There are several decent mercenaries in the area.that will suit our purposes quite nicely. And if you still don't like it please feel free to defeat the enemy's servants before they are killed. If you do, I'll be happy to call off the hit, though I can't say how long it will take for these mercenaries to do their job.
@Amelia Abendroth Martelli
???: No, I'm fine...but what's a civilian doing in a place like this?
@Amelia Abendroth Martelli9:45
Luck=1d20 + 20 ⇒ (17) + 20 = 37
You run away form the dock sight.
Beast: Ah! Master wait!
As far as you can tell the servant is not directly following you out of the area, but it is watching you the whole time, tracking your movements.
Just as you are about to leave the area, *BAND*, you run into someone.
???: Ow ow ow ow... Whatch where you're going. Are you ok?
In front of you is a woman with long blond hair.
(Remind me of you intelligence network value)
[saves cleared]
@Elizabeth Craig9:15-9:30you decide in your next post
Eric Craig: (taking the pictures) Walter!
Walter: yes master Eric?
A butler enters
Eric Craig: Make copies of these then return them to Elizabeth. Send Tarrisa's group to investigate these spears to find their purpose. Tell them to be careful and not directly interfere with them. Also, have someone kill everyone in this picture.
If you are going to call him hypocritical read this reply and continue with what happens after you hear it:
Eric Craig: No not at all, I'm quite well protected. If you want more information, please feel free to ask the moderators at the church.
Re:@Idaliseviel von Einzbern9:--
so it's easier to find:
Christopher Harlow: Hmph. 'what do I think I am capable of.' I don't have to 'think' about what is already destined. I will become the the force that unites the world and steers it to a path of peace and security, with or without the grail. As I thought you have no right to posses the grail with such a lack of conviction, therefor I shall take it from you. To possess the grail is to posses absolute power, therefor it deserves one with the conviction to change the world. I will take control of this world and guide it to a better future without wars or suffering. This is the destiny of the Harlow family.
(Will check)
[GAME SAVE 2]
So sorry about the lack of posts recently, school's been keeping me occupied and will continue to do so for the next two weeks, I'll try to find time to reply but I'm catching up with both topics.
That format looks... really confusing I agree but the simplified forums Damian posted helps out a bit! I'll study it a bit more once I have time, I'm terribly sorry again!
It's alright. I'm just glad to hear from you again.
To the other people yet to respond. Even if you can't post, It's nice to get a discussion post of just 'high' or something so we know we aren't abandoned.
(I'll treat the perception as Intuition. Perception is used to notice important details about your surroundings and people around you that you aren't looking for specifically.)
(He's not intending to let you make a wish on the grail. He's ether paranoid or doesn't trust his underlings to bring him the grail after it's been won. Come to think of it you've never heard of a family being able to chose their representative before...ether way he doesn't seem to trust you (big surprise there))
Eric Craig: Rather than send one person at a time it's far more efficient to immediately send someone to organize multiple forces. This way we have the entirety of the head family's resources involved in the war immediately without having to resort to convoluted methods or such insecure methods such as telephones which can so easily be intercepted by magic. You know we just caught traces of someone monitoring radio waves with magic(you know who you are). Sadly we weren't able to track them. As for safety you are the master representing our family, so long as that is the case it is highly unlikely I will be targeted. So do you have any information regarding the war yet?
@Damian
???: It's risky to talk in too much detail over the phone meet me at [location] and I'll have some supplies for you too (will FB Conversation with you)
@Elizabeth Craig
Eric Craig: of course I'm here. This is the Holy Grail Wars. Did you really thing we would let you be in charge of it? Your role in it is merely to do the fighting for us.
Amelia Abendrot Marelli Do you just leave? If so how.
???: You have quite the unusual master Beast.
Beast:...
@Elizabeth Craig
You arrive at location and are taken inside.
You see a familiar face that you both respect and despise
Eric Crag: Ah, our little master. What news do you have on the war. I'm certain you wouldn't come here otherwise.
@Amelia Abendroth Martelli I probably should have mentioned the bandages are clean but this is still a reasonable response
Servant: This as well is an unusual response. Or perhaps you have not realized the significance of my existence.
Beast: Stop joking around. What are you doing here?
Beast is uncharacteristically serious
Servant: Although premature, this was the sight of the first fight between two servants in this war. As per my role I have come to witness the results.
@.Damian: yes you can do ether but some people like having abbreviations so I gave a set to unify the chaos
and go ahead and post since everyone else seems to be lost. the important part has past
@Amelia Abendroth Martelli:
Most of what is above is correct, however I have changed some of the Auto win stuff specifically so Damian can't cheat. I will not be telling you what auto wins what so you can't cheat by looking at another players battle statistics.
Guarding would be Engage, Invite, or Strike while Dodge would be Zoning, Feign, or Invite (but again this are also ways to hit like Damian said above)
The only restriction on Skills and Phantasms is your Servant's Mana reserve they will mostly start using less and less expensive spells and skills as there Mana gets lower
Mad Enhancer limits the skills a servant can use. Independent Action allows the servant to change its mind about using or not using skills and Phantasms. this means your servant will use skills when it is most opportune, but also means you have no control and thus can't plan as well
Passives are all reflected in the results and damage. for example if your servant has Intuition, and they lose in a round they will sustain less of an injure than if they did not have the skill, like turning a fatal wound into a grazing cut.
I might as well also re explain servant fighting so you can learn it a little at a time.
Servants attack each other with 3 passes per engagement.
When you (or I) declare your servant attacks another servant, I will need the following
What you give me:
1*a-:<*b>(*c)
2*-:<*>(*)
3*-:<*>(*)
Init:1d20 ⇒ 18 Use:1d20 ⇒ 2 Vs:1d20 ⇒ 8 Power:1d20 ⇒ 1 (What each of these mean is explained in later sections)
*a section:
this is your "priority" it says how your servant tries to attack and defend. the priorities are
R=Rush:Make an immediate decisive attack, strong and fast enough that your opponent can't guard against it.
S=Strike: use rapid shallow strikes to distract your enemy until they make a mistake and get hit.
Z=Zoning:Distance keeping, positioning one's self where one's weapon is strongest, while your opponent's is weakest (this does not always mean staying far away, if your opponent was an Archer for example it might mean getting in close)
F=Feign:pretend to attack one way, but actually be using a second/hidden attack to hit.
C=Crush:Smash through your enemy's defenses with shear force
P=Pierce:Look for an opening in your enemy's defenses and exploit it with a subtle and/or fast strike around their guard.
E=Engage:this is simply your servant tries to lock weapons with the enemy ether to block or knock the weapon away to hit
I=Invite:intentionally leave an opening in your guard to trick your opponent into attacking, then hit them with a counter attack
(These have nothing to do with the weapons you use)
*b and *C:
You are allowed to specify certain details of the fight by adding these modifiers to the round
<NP>=Noble Phantasm: request that your servant use their Noble Phantasm this attack (If your servant has more than one you may specify by name should you wish)
<P>=Phantasm: request your servant use a peace of their Noble Phantasm, but not all of it. (ex: Gilgamesh using Gram is only part of his noble Phantasm.) These may give away only part of your servant's identity or just simply not be their ultimate attack like Fate/Zero Berserker's ability to use a telephone pole as a weapon.
<Sk>=Skill: this means you want your servant to use its Mana reserves to unleash "special attacks" or other abilities.(you will learn these as your servant demonstrates them to you and may request them by name later)
(St)=Strike: request your servant use Melee combat
(Ra)=Range: request your servant use Ranged attacks
(Mag)=Magic: request your servant use magic or a spell if it can
[]=support action: you are allowed to take one supporting action during these three rounds. they can include buffing or healing your servant with magic or items or crippling the enemy with the same.
(you're at the source of the second signature but the person there has already moved on)
dang you rolled good
Avenger shows up and at the same time you happen to spot the fading trail of residual mana that whoever was here has left. You can tell by the way they left it, that they are not intending it as a trap since the way it is left would be both too obvious and dissipate too quickly to be effective as a trap. So this magus must ether suck at concealing their mana, or have something forcefully drawing large amounts of mana from them that they are not used to.
@Elizabeth Craig around 4:45
You find a picture of some girl around middle school that is drenched in an insane amount of residual mana.
don't worry everyone is going to have to give away their stats sooner or later. And the one's you're showing don't exactly give away any weaknesses or advantages.
@Amelia Abendroth Martelli
A girl with long white hair, pail skin, and brilliant blue eyes walks out from some rubble. She is wearing a white dress torn and stained in blood. her Right arm, the right side of her face, her neck, and her left shoulder are covered in bandages.
You can immediately tell she is not human, nor Homunculus. She is without a doubt a servant.
Servant: That is quite an unusual reaction Master of the Holy Grail wars.
[GAME SAVED]
you know you can change what the spoiler says by changing the text after [Spoiler=<type text you want here>]
As far as you can tell whoever was there is long gone, but may have left some clues to their identity or a mana trail you can follow. Avenger lets you know that he lost track of ??? and is on his way to meet up with you.
(luck check)
FYI: I know no one wants to give away their stats but it's a real pain to look them up every time someone roles so for YOUR characters (not servants) please include your stat in the calculation (Paizo's messaging system sucks) and hide it under a spoiler called
Statistics:
Don't read other people's spoilers if they are titled this and put any in game data stuff I ask for here or send it as a PM to me.
this will make my ability to respond much faster when school starts back up again.
thanks
(If you don't give me your stat I might just consider it a 0+D20 depending on if Paizo lets me read your stat sheet which it doesn't always do)
@Idaliseviel von Einzbern9:--
Christopher Harlow: Hmph. 'what do I think I am capable of.' I don't have to 'think' about what is already destined. I will become the the force that unites the world and steers it to a path of peace and security, with or without the grail. As I thought you have no right to posses the grail with such a lack of conviction, therefor I shall take it from you. To possess the grail is to posses absolute power, therefor it deserves one with the conviction to change the world. I will take control of this world and guide it to a better future without wars or suffering. This is the destiny of the Harlow family.
(Will check)
[GAME SAVE 2]
@Elizabeth Craig
???: Well then I wish you luck with your search Ms. Elizabeth Craig.
and he is gone. His servant leaves your side after you are no longer able to track him
(you need to tell me your next move It is approximately 8:30 for you)
@Elizabeth Craig
???: Unfortunately this is the only lead I have. Since it sounds your target is the person person who poisoned the water, I propose we leave each other alone until he or she has been dealt with. They've caused me quite a few problems myself. well then if you'll excuse me
He turns to leave
@Amelia Abendroth Martelli
Beast: Any servant with any ability to sense magic would immediately know Berserker's energy. Since I specialize in magic it is easy to tell what classes were fighting here with such a large quantity of residual magic in the area
...This smell... It's...Familiar...I probably knew...Berserker...
Beast looks utterly different from her usual bubbly self. she is very serious yet beautiful.
Though there are several other types of damage, the majority of the attacks used appear to be slashes
just to clarify:
Amelia Abendroth Martelli
Etrius
Fujou Ishida (MIA)
Idaliseviel von Einzbern
Roger Archibald
Matsuoka, Isamu (MIA)
Matthew Swift
Ryder45
all ether have prompts in previous posts or have not given enough information to allow me to prompt them and need to DO SOMETHING please ^_^
hope everyone is enjoying their holidays
.Damian is supposed to be posting when people reach 12:00-1:00
and
Ryou Harlow is taken care of for now.
