Character Name: Diarmuid Ua Duibhne (Lancer) Canon: Fate/Zero Character Info: Greaser-coded ancient Irish hero proves chivalry isn't dead but it is being actively hunted for sport. For the unfamiliar, the Fate/ series is more or less about dickhead modern mages summoning the spirits of legendary figures to battle royale, and Diarmuid here is surprisingly myth-accurate considering the amount of creative liberties it takes elsewhere.
PLOTTING! Monster Ideas: Aiming for Fairy because I'm really keen on digging into all the ways it relates to him personally, but my backups are Harpy and Unicorn and I'd be thrilled to throw various changes on him temporarily as the situation permits.
Vehicle Ideas: The way I'd be failing this man if I didn't give him something classic, romantic, and fast.
Game plans: Good news! The magic that summoned him into the modern world also gave him enough of a sense of modern technology to drive and use phones, so you don't need to worry about helping grandad function. Bad news: he'll be arriving hot off the press of being lethally unpersoned and so, so angry about it.
Diarmuid is super equipped to cope with the road trip aspect of the game: Fate/'s Heroic Spirits are basically a planetary defense mechanism against apocalyptic threats (that the mages are hijacking...), its iteration of the Fianna operated with the specific intent to protect humanity from gods and monsters during the final transition from the Age of Gods into the Age of Man, and Diarmuid himself is just a ridiculously helpful person! So I'd be excited to let him do what he does best physically while seeing where CR and game developments take him emotionally.
I'm less anticipating body horror around his changes (big "well this might as well happen" energy, lol) than the possibility of them turbocharging some of the existential horrors he's already grappling with. Come with me 🎶 and we'll be 🎶 in a world of exploring the nuances of having your agency, personhood, and ideals compromised while you question the futility of struggling against an imperfect and ultimately painful fate. Jk unless...
If you're not excited to unpack all of that, don't worry! Neither is Diarmuid. Left to his own devices, he'll be doing his best to keep all of his emotions right here and then one day he'll die. Again.
Desired CR: All of it? I'd love to throw him at just about anything, but I've got hearts in my eyes already if you've got someone who'll share his enthusiasm for heroism, combat, the great outdoors, or high risk friendly competition. He's aggressively great-hearted, so he's bound to end up caring about people one way or another, and I'd be delighted for characters who are receptive to that as much as I would be for others who maybe only begrudgingly come around to it lol. Negative CR? I'm open to the possibility, though I'd prefer not to be surprised with it.
Other: At some point I should mention the whole face thing. He's got a magic beauty mark that causes women who look at his face to fall in love with him, which is 1) a major component in his tragic circumstances and 2) strictly opt-in regarding its potential impact on player characters, so I'll definitely have a link with more information on it and a means to do so by the time the tdm rolls around.
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Character Name: Diarmuid Ua Duibhne (Lancer)
Canon: Fate/Zero
Character Info: Greaser-coded ancient Irish hero proves chivalry isn't dead but it is being actively hunted for sport. For the unfamiliar, the Fate/ series is more or less about dickhead modern mages summoning the spirits of legendary figures to battle royale, and Diarmuid here is surprisingly myth-accurate considering the amount of creative liberties it takes elsewhere.
PLOTTING!
Monster Ideas: Aiming for Fairy because I'm really keen on digging into all the ways it relates to him personally, but my backups are Harpy and Unicorn and I'd be thrilled to throw various changes on him temporarily as the situation permits.
Vehicle Ideas: The way I'd be failing this man if I didn't give him something classic, romantic, and fast.
Game plans: Good news! The magic that summoned him into the modern world also gave him enough of a sense of modern technology to drive and use phones, so you don't need to worry about helping grandad function. Bad news: he'll be arriving hot off the press of being lethally unpersoned and so, so angry about it.
Diarmuid is super equipped to cope with the road trip aspect of the game: Fate/'s Heroic Spirits are basically a planetary defense mechanism against apocalyptic threats (that the mages are hijacking...), its iteration of the Fianna operated with the specific intent to protect humanity from gods and monsters during the final transition from the Age of Gods into the Age of Man, and Diarmuid himself is just a ridiculously helpful person! So I'd be excited to let him do what he does best physically while seeing where CR and game developments take him emotionally.
I'm less anticipating body horror around his changes (big "well this might as well happen" energy, lol) than the possibility of them turbocharging some of the existential horrors he's already grappling with. Come with me 🎶 and we'll be 🎶 in a world of exploring the nuances of having your agency, personhood, and ideals compromised while you question the futility of struggling against an imperfect and ultimately painful fate. Jk unless...
If you're not excited to unpack all of that, don't worry! Neither is Diarmuid. Left to his own devices, he'll be doing his best to keep all of his emotions right here and then one day he'll die. Again.
Desired CR: All of it? I'd love to throw him at just about anything, but I've got hearts in my eyes already if you've got someone who'll share his enthusiasm for heroism, combat, the great outdoors, or
high riskfriendly competition. He's aggressively great-hearted, so he's bound to end up caring about people one way or another, and I'd be delighted for characters who are receptive to that as much as I would be for others who maybe only begrudgingly come around to it lol. Negative CR? I'm open to the possibility, though I'd prefer not to be surprised with it.Other: At some point I should mention the whole face thing. He's got a magic beauty mark that causes women who look at his face to fall in love with him, which is 1) a major component in his tragic circumstances and 2) strictly opt-in regarding its potential impact on player characters, so I'll definitely have a link with more information on it and a means to do so by the time the tdm rolls around.
TLDR, Diarmuid: