#tgrailwar

[torrentialslide]

Was thinking about thgw at mach speeds then realised that i do in fact have a tumblr blog where thoughts may be yelled at. I may have overlooked this.

Tgrailwar so so good…….

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

berserker vs archer vs rider tumbler hgw

@tgrailwar

[lapithae]

This has been on my mind for a while regarding TGrailwar, but I really don't like mandated 'alignments' for players. They're decent for a foundational standpoint, but after that then it just gets turned into a hindrance.

I think in any other RPG context, alignment is always secondary to character choices, but managing the decisions and opinions of ~30-40 people means that I have to tighten up factors regarding the characters that orbit them, meaning that I kind of have to make alignment- mainly Servant alignment- matter a bit more than usual- and even then I've been playing loose with two different takes on 'Lawful Good' and prioritizing character morals over a distinct 'alignment' score. I dunno, it's sticky. It's a sticky system.

[holygrailcycle]

I'm still mulling over things and putting together Thoughts regarding Sigurd's Lore Dump about us and the Origin War, so while I percolate, I thought I'd go about identifying the eight other Servants summoned by the Solar Cell/Heavenly Divinity. Some of them we've seen, others will probably be familiar if you've played FGO and kept up with the JP server, and one is... well. One is QUITE interesting. So, in (almost) order of appearance:

The Beastmaster: Tezcatlipoca. In charge of the Pyrrhic Forest. We know he's been replaced by Lancer/Setanta.

The Healer: Asclepius. In charge of the Fugue Hamlet. We set off his defenses by contracting with Rider again and were forced to eliminate him.

The Slayer: Nagao Kagetora. Was mentioned to have been replaced by Nikitich by Sigurd during the banquet.

The Keeper: Ptolemy.

The General: Karna. In charge of Flicker Port. We saw him annihilate Izou during Chapter 2.5.

The Pharaoh: Ozymandias. In charge of the Transient Megalopolis.

The Protector: Gawain.

And last but VERY much not least...

The Priestess: Tamamo no Mae. In charge of Sunbeam Row. Was mentioned to have been replaced by Tamamo Aria by Sigurd during the banquet.

Theurgical Holy Grail War more like the fucking 'Tamamo Everywhere System'. Which makes sense given she seems to have started this whole shebang off in the first place. But if Red Caster and the previous Priestess are one in the same it'd certainly explain a fucking LOT about our encounters with her (including Foreigner calling her a cheater) and how much she knows about us.

So you know. That's fun!!!

[tgrailwar-zero]

Brief Break Announcement

Going to take a week-long break from TGrailWar! We've been going strong for... a long while actually, but even I need time to breathe every so often. I was proud of my momentum, but I realized that I needed to give myself some space before that 'momentum' spiraled into 'burnout'. I think it'll also give a chance for people to catch up!

Hope you all are having fun, and see you soon!

[holygrail-cycle]

Personally I think it’s very sexy that Archer and Caster have been perfectly tied for hours now. What’s better than this, ex-nemeses being revived hand in hand. Love wins <3

EDIT: this post wasn’t even up for five minutes!!! mysterious voter why are you so mean to me, personally,

[hasnobbudoneanythingwrong]

It may not be about winning, but sometimes it's about murdering four pizza guys on accident wanting Caster to life his best life.

And murdering any cops that come to investigate

Do it for Caster

[lapithae]

I cannot express to you how goddamn funny this was to see when I was scrolling back to see what I missed bdksjfnkdndk I nearly choked laughing, thank you for what is likely to be the only thing I’ll think about for the next few weeks

I'm crafting an incredibly serious narrative here