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APPLICATION FOR PRISMA
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HANDLE: kiva
CONTACT: obscureinternetreference @ plurk
OVER 18? yes!
CHARACTERS IN-GAME: gwendolyn@royaliability
▶ CHARACTER
NAME: Nobunaga Oda
CANON: Fate/Grand Order
CANON POINT: During summer 3, after she's dealt with MHXX for the protagonist but before it ends.
AGE: Physically in her 20s/Mentally in her 50s/Technically 485 going by our current year
BACKGROUND:
Nobunaga's an almost direct mirror to the Nobunaga from real life history; she started out as a delinquent with no prospects, ended up having to take charge of her clan to fend off invaders, found she was seriously talented at waging war and ended up unifying (almost) all of Japan before the betrayal at Honnoji that ended her campaign.
But there are some differences in the fate/ universe, the first and most obvious being that she's a woman. The second Guda Guda event reveals that this didn't sit well with her relatives, as many found her father choosing a woman as the successor was pretty much an insult given, well, sexism. This invited a second change from real life history: her younger brother Nobukatsu lead a rebellion against her twice in an attempted coup, gaining the support of all of the Oda relatives who had beef with her taking charge. The real life Nobunaga's brother was motivated by several factors (their mother urged him on, while he himself desired the position) while the Fate/ version did so in order to help bring all of the relatives scheming against her out into the open, all so she could exterminate them. Unfortunately she never realised this while she was alive and, while she pardoned him for his first rebellion, was outraged after the second attempt and had him executed.
Aside from these details however, she lead the same bloody conquest in the name of unification her male self did. After her death at Honnoji following Mitsuhide's betrayal, she was recorded in the throne of heroes as a servant available to summon by those who possessed the means. Although summoned to the world of Grand Order to assist Chaldea in their battle against those who threaten Earth, she was also summoned to a more standard grail war before this; we don't know the details exactly, but Okita references the fact they first met "in the capital" in her my room line (a reference to the strange tales manga the pair originate from) which hints it was pretty much the same situation but with a different outcome where Nobunaga simply blew the grail up once she obtained it, with the resulting explosion sending both her and Okita to Chaldea in the aftermath.
The first guda guda event involves their sudden, unexpected arrival, which also brought with it an army of tiny Nobunagas that scattered all across history and caused havoc, with Nobunaga reluctantly agreeing to help. She shows up during the garden of order and magical girl event, but in both instances she's merely cameoing to complain she hasn't shown up more often. The second guda guda event introduces both her brother and Hijikata Toshirou as antagonists, the former of which wants to create a timeless world where he and Nobunaga can forget all about the past and live together forever, while the latter's single minded lust to continue fighting keeps the alternate history meiji period going that won't disappear until he's defeated, so she assists in defeating both of them. The summer event dead heat race sees her teaming up with mysterious heroine X in order to compete in a race for the holy grail, hoping to use her victory as publicity to kickstart her music career. The final guda guda event involves Mitsuhide Akechi's return, creating a false grail war in the hopes he can use the resulting grail to create his own Nobunaga that will exist only for him while revealing his twisted obsession with her while he was alive was what drove him to kill her. She essentially berates him for having a half decent plan up until he was relying on her again through creating a clone of her, then helps beat him once and for all. After this, she makes a brief cameo during the third summer event as mysterious heroine XX is causing trouble, with the protagonist and her allied servants deciding that it takes a weirdo to negotiate with a weirdo, prompting them to ask Nobunaga to talk her out of it, which she succeeds at.
PERSONALITY:
There are two, important sides to Nobunaga's personality; you can't accept one without the other, as much as both seem to conflict with each other.
So, let's get the most important part out of the way: Nobunaga's a fool. Not an idiot though. As she herself would insist, an idiot is someone incompetent while a fool is simply someone having a good time. For a long time, many of Nobunaga's appearances from in-game events and her personal lines with the protagonist gave off this impression. She wasn't the cold, distant and cruel demon king who'd slaughtered all of these people in the past. She was a loud, cheerful and boisterous person, fond of socializing, drinking and...offering the protagonist the chance to "spend the night together" at least twice, going by both of her servant versions. The fact is, Nobunaga Oda as a servant can be a hedonist; she shows no regret for what's happened in the past, from the actions she committed to the betrayals committed against her, focusing instead on her life as a servant as if it were some kind of extended vacation. Despite the fact Chaldea's dedicated to stopping human history from collapsing, you'd rarely see much in the way of urgency or seriousness from her whenever she shows up. The fact is, as she is now, Nobunaga likes to take it easy and not sweat the small stuff.
However, while this is how she is now, the truth is that all of the stories about Nobunaga Oda's bloody conquest are true, applying to the servant version too. In her earlier days as a fledgling warlord, diplomacy and schemes were key tactics she employed in order to rise to power. As she got older and grew to be one of the major powers in Japan, she became far more fond of the more efficient method of crushing everyone who opposed her in a show of force. Most often this resulted in burning down everything in her way: prisoners were executed (even after Mitsuhide had promised they'd been spared, leading to the death of his mother due to the betrayal that was no fault of his own) civilians were burned alive (as the Ikko-Ikki had barricaded themselves inside their complex, so it was simply an easier way to get rid of them) and even the sacred temples of the Buddhist monks that opposed her not only had everyone living there killed (including innocent men, women and children) but the entire grounds burned to ash. By all accounts from many of Nobunaga Oda's supporters, the man was short tempered, cruel and had little empathy for people who opposed his path to conquest. This Nobunaga is no different.
So how can she be both an easygoing, sociable hedonist yet retain the parts of her that made her one of the most renowned warlords in Japanese history? Simply put, it's all about balance; she's her more carefree self about 80% of the time, but when Nobukatsu, Hijikata and Mitsuhide were causing trouble during their respective guda guda events, she showed that serious side of her beyond all the joking around and undid their schemes, or simply cut them down, fairly handily. Between figuring out the nature of the fake singularity created by a surviving demon pillar during the second event, successfully working out that Hijikata was the true antagonist of that very same event despite Nobukatsu and the demon pillar being the ones causing all of the trouble directly, as well as working out a process to summon herself to the third guda guda event's location by inhabiting Nobukatsu's body (due to having her own stolen for a fake version of herself) there are times when Nobunaga reminds reaffirms her identity just as people begin to doubt it due to how often she plays around. When she does, you're better off not being the one who's forced her hand.
However, make no mistake: Nobunaga really does care. She unified Japan because she cared, she assists the protagonist because she cares and according to Chacha, her niece, Nobunaga has a soft spot for her family (which is why Nobukatsu was able to lead two whole rebellions before being executed.) It's rare Nobunaga tries to be too genuine, but it's best illustrated during Nobukatsu's departure during the end of the second guda guda event; he says he'll "leave the rest up to (her)" before fading away, with Nobunaga calling him an idiot and asking herself "what kind of person says the same parting words twice?". In the original japanese script, she's almost solemn as she says it, with a somewhat fond smile on her face, a far cry from the loud and boisterous warlord we were shown up to now. Chacha also mentions that she and her mother Oichi (Nobunaga's sister) were often spoiled by Nobunaga whenever they were spending time with her, especially in the form of endless amounts of good food. While she's simply not the kind of woman who (usually) says how she feels, she's simply more comfortable showing it through her actions instead.
POWERS/ABILITIES:
Servant biology: Basically, she's a super powered anime ghost. Her body's physical, but made out of magic with a spiritual core that essentially functions similarly to a heart. All this really means is that when killed she won't leave behind a corpse and she's got superhuman physical parameters far beyond that of a normal human. In archer class, she has lower strength and speed, but higher endurance and won't be much of a strain on her mana reserves or Master. In Berserker class, her strength and endurance go up, her speed goes down and she's a bit more intensive on whatever source of mana she's got.
As Nobunaga can swap between her Archer and Berserker classes, I'll be dividing her abilities up between both in this app just to make it clear what she can do in either one. She only has access to the skills of the class she's currently in, so she won't be able to mix and match her abilities across classes in combat.
So, starting with Archer:
Three thousand worlds: The first noble phantasm of Nobunaga Oda, which allows her to summon and remotely control three thousand matchlock rifles. They're individually pretty weak (conditionally) but they barely cost her any energy to use and can be summoned all around her freely. They also do extra damage against mounted enemies.
Papiyas, the demon king of the sixth heaven: The true noble phantasm of Nobunaga Oda. When activated, it summons her (and everyone targeted by it) to Hell itself...kind of. It's actually the fire at Mt.Hiei, overflowing with both the fear and reverence people had for her while she was alive. Simply put, both Nobunaga and her enemies are temporarily transported to an alternate space resembling the scene above, where the flames conceptually attack anything inside of it depending on 1) the divinity and 2) the supernatural elements the targets being affected have. It's...honestly kind of complicated and goes by a case by case basis, so essentially if I were to use it in a thread I'd just hash out with the other person how badly it would affect that character based on their own origin/powers/etc and have it function accordingly. However! Because Nobunaga died surrounded by flames, the flames of her noble phantasm also injure her while she's inside of it. During the third guda guda event, she shows she can use it up to two times in quick succession before being too tired to use it a third, so while the damage isn't too bad it's something she can't just keep using over and over. Also if she is low on energy/chroma, she won't be able to use it at all; in fact, if she uses it for too long and runs out of energy, it'll end prematurely unable to sustain itself. It's more of a last resort than something she'd just throw around whenever.
Tenka Fubu: One of Nobunaga's personal skills; it essentially has the a similar effect as Papiyas above, except it buffs Nobunaga accordingly depending on the divinity/supernatural elements her opponent has while she's fighting. While her rifles are all individually weak, against someone with high divinity and supernatural enemies, they fire powerful beams of red energy rather than simple bullets when buffed by this skill. It also bestows upon her high resistance against attacks or abilities of a divine/supernatural origin, as well as making her stronger/faster/more durable/etc against opponents with similar origins. Basically, while that's the gist of it, it's again something I'll just hash out with people beforehand if they fight her.
Strategy: An evolution of the military tactics skill combined with the charisma skill; charisma essentially buffs everyone fighting alongside her, as long as she recognises them as an ally. The military tactics part of this skill allows her to "seize things in the broader perspective, such as diplomacy and logistics, in order to decide victory before the fighting even begun"; basically, she's able to make the best possible decisions when it comes to battle preparation, be they large scale wars or small scale skirmishes. It doesn't guarantee victory, but it will allow her to enter fights with the best possible advantage she could have so long as she takes the required preparations beforehand.
Demon King: A skill that usually manifests as "innocent monster", changing a servant's appearance based on public opinion, but because when everyone started calling her Buddhist satan she embraced it willingly, she gets the benefits without the demerits and can activate or deactivate it at will...essentially, it lets her change her appearance. Kind of like shapeshifting!
Magic resistance: An archer class skill that gives her a...resistance to magic. Hers is rank B, so it's quite strong, but is buffed appropriately by Tenka Fubu when that skill is in effect.
Independent Action: An archer class skill that lets her body regulate her mana useage. While normally servants can't survive for long without a Master, Nobunaga can survive for two whole days without one.
And then Berserker
HESHI-KILL HASEBE: An altered state of Nobunaga's sword she always carries with her, heshikiri hasebe. In her Berserker state, the sword becomes her primary weapon and changes into an electric guitar, with a turntable at the end, decorated with red bones. The primary function of the guitar is simply as a blunt weapon; for a lot of her attacks, she simply swings it around (it's quite large and heavy) to beat people with it. However, by extending the bones on the turntable and causing it to spin rapidly, it can function much like a buzzsaw and gain tremendous cutting ability.
Nobunaga: THE Rock 'n' Roll: The true noble phantasm of Nobunaga Oda...with a twist. This is Nobunaga making use of Papiyas, but rather than unleashing it as a full blown reality marble, she enters a limited release state where the flames manifest but are suppressed. As long as it's activated (and it can't be willingly deactivated in this state) she can call on the flames of her reality marble while she attacks, wrapping her weapon or even her own body in them. Much like her Archer variation, the flames afford her a tremendous advantage against the divine and supernatural. However, despite being a limited release of her power, the flames can still hurt her; she has to periodically release the buildup of flames inside of her or else they start to damage her from within. She passes this off as not being a big deal by yelling things like ROCK AND ROLL and acting as if the outburst of flames is just to look cool, but if for whatever reason she couldn't it would be dangerous for her.
Another use of this noble phantasm allows her to call on a gashadokuro; it's essentially a large red skeleton (the rib cage is roughly one and a half times her height alone) consisting of the skull, ribcage and hands (no arms, as they float around independently). She can order it to attack and defend, usually by playing her guitar, but it's been shown she can manipulate it without that during her extra attack by instead directing it with her own hands. She is also capable of coating it in the flames of Papiyas when it attacks, granting it the same advantage it does her.
Mad enhancement: A class skill of berserkers; because Nobunaga is already a weirdo, it's stated the resulting madness hasn't affected her personality much, so she receives a boost in paramters without affecting her behaviour drastically. According to her though, she says she feels a lot wilder than usual.
Foolish murder style: A skill whose sole purpose is to grant her proficiency in close combat with her weapon, despite it being so unusual and unwieldy.
Atsumori beat: The flavour text of this skill...doesn't explain anything. In-game, it allows her to give her allies a small health regen, alongside NP and star GEN, which outside of game mechanics is also nothing. Because the health recovery it gives in-game is negligible, I'm going to say when she plays her guitar using this skill it'll promote recovery from injuries and be fairly useful as support for an actual healer, but be pretty ineffective by itself. She's DPS after all.
Demon King (Beach): Basically the same as the Archer version. She claims it's why her figure's more impressive for summer compared to her Archer version.
INVENTORY:
Nobunaga has her sword, her outfits, her guns and Heshikill, but they're all bound to her spirit origin which means they manifest from inside of her rather than being something she has to physically carry with her.
MOONBLESSING:
Sanguis
▶ SAMPLES
link #1
link #2
HANDLE: kiva
CONTACT: obscureinternetreference @ plurk
OVER 18? yes!
CHARACTERS IN-GAME: gwendolyn@royaliability
▶ CHARACTER
NAME: Nobunaga Oda
CANON: Fate/Grand Order
CANON POINT: During summer 3, after she's dealt with MHXX for the protagonist but before it ends.
AGE: Physically in her 20s/Mentally in her 50s/Technically 485 going by our current year
BACKGROUND:
Nobunaga's an almost direct mirror to the Nobunaga from real life history; she started out as a delinquent with no prospects, ended up having to take charge of her clan to fend off invaders, found she was seriously talented at waging war and ended up unifying (almost) all of Japan before the betrayal at Honnoji that ended her campaign.
But there are some differences in the fate/ universe, the first and most obvious being that she's a woman. The second Guda Guda event reveals that this didn't sit well with her relatives, as many found her father choosing a woman as the successor was pretty much an insult given, well, sexism. This invited a second change from real life history: her younger brother Nobukatsu lead a rebellion against her twice in an attempted coup, gaining the support of all of the Oda relatives who had beef with her taking charge. The real life Nobunaga's brother was motivated by several factors (their mother urged him on, while he himself desired the position) while the Fate/ version did so in order to help bring all of the relatives scheming against her out into the open, all so she could exterminate them. Unfortunately she never realised this while she was alive and, while she pardoned him for his first rebellion, was outraged after the second attempt and had him executed.
Aside from these details however, she lead the same bloody conquest in the name of unification her male self did. After her death at Honnoji following Mitsuhide's betrayal, she was recorded in the throne of heroes as a servant available to summon by those who possessed the means. Although summoned to the world of Grand Order to assist Chaldea in their battle against those who threaten Earth, she was also summoned to a more standard grail war before this; we don't know the details exactly, but Okita references the fact they first met "in the capital" in her my room line (a reference to the strange tales manga the pair originate from) which hints it was pretty much the same situation but with a different outcome where Nobunaga simply blew the grail up once she obtained it, with the resulting explosion sending both her and Okita to Chaldea in the aftermath.
The first guda guda event involves their sudden, unexpected arrival, which also brought with it an army of tiny Nobunagas that scattered all across history and caused havoc, with Nobunaga reluctantly agreeing to help. She shows up during the garden of order and magical girl event, but in both instances she's merely cameoing to complain she hasn't shown up more often. The second guda guda event introduces both her brother and Hijikata Toshirou as antagonists, the former of which wants to create a timeless world where he and Nobunaga can forget all about the past and live together forever, while the latter's single minded lust to continue fighting keeps the alternate history meiji period going that won't disappear until he's defeated, so she assists in defeating both of them. The summer event dead heat race sees her teaming up with mysterious heroine X in order to compete in a race for the holy grail, hoping to use her victory as publicity to kickstart her music career. The final guda guda event involves Mitsuhide Akechi's return, creating a false grail war in the hopes he can use the resulting grail to create his own Nobunaga that will exist only for him while revealing his twisted obsession with her while he was alive was what drove him to kill her. She essentially berates him for having a half decent plan up until he was relying on her again through creating a clone of her, then helps beat him once and for all. After this, she makes a brief cameo during the third summer event as mysterious heroine XX is causing trouble, with the protagonist and her allied servants deciding that it takes a weirdo to negotiate with a weirdo, prompting them to ask Nobunaga to talk her out of it, which she succeeds at.
PERSONALITY:
There are two, important sides to Nobunaga's personality; you can't accept one without the other, as much as both seem to conflict with each other.
So, let's get the most important part out of the way: Nobunaga's a fool. Not an idiot though. As she herself would insist, an idiot is someone incompetent while a fool is simply someone having a good time. For a long time, many of Nobunaga's appearances from in-game events and her personal lines with the protagonist gave off this impression. She wasn't the cold, distant and cruel demon king who'd slaughtered all of these people in the past. She was a loud, cheerful and boisterous person, fond of socializing, drinking and...offering the protagonist the chance to "spend the night together" at least twice, going by both of her servant versions. The fact is, Nobunaga Oda as a servant can be a hedonist; she shows no regret for what's happened in the past, from the actions she committed to the betrayals committed against her, focusing instead on her life as a servant as if it were some kind of extended vacation. Despite the fact Chaldea's dedicated to stopping human history from collapsing, you'd rarely see much in the way of urgency or seriousness from her whenever she shows up. The fact is, as she is now, Nobunaga likes to take it easy and not sweat the small stuff.
However, while this is how she is now, the truth is that all of the stories about Nobunaga Oda's bloody conquest are true, applying to the servant version too. In her earlier days as a fledgling warlord, diplomacy and schemes were key tactics she employed in order to rise to power. As she got older and grew to be one of the major powers in Japan, she became far more fond of the more efficient method of crushing everyone who opposed her in a show of force. Most often this resulted in burning down everything in her way: prisoners were executed (even after Mitsuhide had promised they'd been spared, leading to the death of his mother due to the betrayal that was no fault of his own) civilians were burned alive (as the Ikko-Ikki had barricaded themselves inside their complex, so it was simply an easier way to get rid of them) and even the sacred temples of the Buddhist monks that opposed her not only had everyone living there killed (including innocent men, women and children) but the entire grounds burned to ash. By all accounts from many of Nobunaga Oda's supporters, the man was short tempered, cruel and had little empathy for people who opposed his path to conquest. This Nobunaga is no different.
So how can she be both an easygoing, sociable hedonist yet retain the parts of her that made her one of the most renowned warlords in Japanese history? Simply put, it's all about balance; she's her more carefree self about 80% of the time, but when Nobukatsu, Hijikata and Mitsuhide were causing trouble during their respective guda guda events, she showed that serious side of her beyond all the joking around and undid their schemes, or simply cut them down, fairly handily. Between figuring out the nature of the fake singularity created by a surviving demon pillar during the second event, successfully working out that Hijikata was the true antagonist of that very same event despite Nobukatsu and the demon pillar being the ones causing all of the trouble directly, as well as working out a process to summon herself to the third guda guda event's location by inhabiting Nobukatsu's body (due to having her own stolen for a fake version of herself) there are times when Nobunaga reminds reaffirms her identity just as people begin to doubt it due to how often she plays around. When she does, you're better off not being the one who's forced her hand.
However, make no mistake: Nobunaga really does care. She unified Japan because she cared, she assists the protagonist because she cares and according to Chacha, her niece, Nobunaga has a soft spot for her family (which is why Nobukatsu was able to lead two whole rebellions before being executed.) It's rare Nobunaga tries to be too genuine, but it's best illustrated during Nobukatsu's departure during the end of the second guda guda event; he says he'll "leave the rest up to (her)" before fading away, with Nobunaga calling him an idiot and asking herself "what kind of person says the same parting words twice?". In the original japanese script, she's almost solemn as she says it, with a somewhat fond smile on her face, a far cry from the loud and boisterous warlord we were shown up to now. Chacha also mentions that she and her mother Oichi (Nobunaga's sister) were often spoiled by Nobunaga whenever they were spending time with her, especially in the form of endless amounts of good food. While she's simply not the kind of woman who (usually) says how she feels, she's simply more comfortable showing it through her actions instead.
POWERS/ABILITIES:
Servant biology: Basically, she's a super powered anime ghost. Her body's physical, but made out of magic with a spiritual core that essentially functions similarly to a heart. All this really means is that when killed she won't leave behind a corpse and she's got superhuman physical parameters far beyond that of a normal human. In archer class, she has lower strength and speed, but higher endurance and won't be much of a strain on her mana reserves or Master. In Berserker class, her strength and endurance go up, her speed goes down and she's a bit more intensive on whatever source of mana she's got.
As Nobunaga can swap between her Archer and Berserker classes, I'll be dividing her abilities up between both in this app just to make it clear what she can do in either one. She only has access to the skills of the class she's currently in, so she won't be able to mix and match her abilities across classes in combat.
So, starting with Archer:
Three thousand worlds: The first noble phantasm of Nobunaga Oda, which allows her to summon and remotely control three thousand matchlock rifles. They're individually pretty weak (conditionally) but they barely cost her any energy to use and can be summoned all around her freely. They also do extra damage against mounted enemies.
Papiyas, the demon king of the sixth heaven: The true noble phantasm of Nobunaga Oda. When activated, it summons her (and everyone targeted by it) to Hell itself...kind of. It's actually the fire at Mt.Hiei, overflowing with both the fear and reverence people had for her while she was alive. Simply put, both Nobunaga and her enemies are temporarily transported to an alternate space resembling the scene above, where the flames conceptually attack anything inside of it depending on 1) the divinity and 2) the supernatural elements the targets being affected have. It's...honestly kind of complicated and goes by a case by case basis, so essentially if I were to use it in a thread I'd just hash out with the other person how badly it would affect that character based on their own origin/powers/etc and have it function accordingly. However! Because Nobunaga died surrounded by flames, the flames of her noble phantasm also injure her while she's inside of it. During the third guda guda event, she shows she can use it up to two times in quick succession before being too tired to use it a third, so while the damage isn't too bad it's something she can't just keep using over and over. Also if she is low on energy/chroma, she won't be able to use it at all; in fact, if she uses it for too long and runs out of energy, it'll end prematurely unable to sustain itself. It's more of a last resort than something she'd just throw around whenever.
Tenka Fubu: One of Nobunaga's personal skills; it essentially has the a similar effect as Papiyas above, except it buffs Nobunaga accordingly depending on the divinity/supernatural elements her opponent has while she's fighting. While her rifles are all individually weak, against someone with high divinity and supernatural enemies, they fire powerful beams of red energy rather than simple bullets when buffed by this skill. It also bestows upon her high resistance against attacks or abilities of a divine/supernatural origin, as well as making her stronger/faster/more durable/etc against opponents with similar origins. Basically, while that's the gist of it, it's again something I'll just hash out with people beforehand if they fight her.
Strategy: An evolution of the military tactics skill combined with the charisma skill; charisma essentially buffs everyone fighting alongside her, as long as she recognises them as an ally. The military tactics part of this skill allows her to "seize things in the broader perspective, such as diplomacy and logistics, in order to decide victory before the fighting even begun"; basically, she's able to make the best possible decisions when it comes to battle preparation, be they large scale wars or small scale skirmishes. It doesn't guarantee victory, but it will allow her to enter fights with the best possible advantage she could have so long as she takes the required preparations beforehand.
Demon King: A skill that usually manifests as "innocent monster", changing a servant's appearance based on public opinion, but because when everyone started calling her Buddhist satan she embraced it willingly, she gets the benefits without the demerits and can activate or deactivate it at will...essentially, it lets her change her appearance. Kind of like shapeshifting!
Magic resistance: An archer class skill that gives her a...resistance to magic. Hers is rank B, so it's quite strong, but is buffed appropriately by Tenka Fubu when that skill is in effect.
Independent Action: An archer class skill that lets her body regulate her mana useage. While normally servants can't survive for long without a Master, Nobunaga can survive for two whole days without one.
And then Berserker
HESHI-KILL HASEBE: An altered state of Nobunaga's sword she always carries with her, heshikiri hasebe. In her Berserker state, the sword becomes her primary weapon and changes into an electric guitar, with a turntable at the end, decorated with red bones. The primary function of the guitar is simply as a blunt weapon; for a lot of her attacks, she simply swings it around (it's quite large and heavy) to beat people with it. However, by extending the bones on the turntable and causing it to spin rapidly, it can function much like a buzzsaw and gain tremendous cutting ability.
Nobunaga: THE Rock 'n' Roll: The true noble phantasm of Nobunaga Oda...with a twist. This is Nobunaga making use of Papiyas, but rather than unleashing it as a full blown reality marble, she enters a limited release state where the flames manifest but are suppressed. As long as it's activated (and it can't be willingly deactivated in this state) she can call on the flames of her reality marble while she attacks, wrapping her weapon or even her own body in them. Much like her Archer variation, the flames afford her a tremendous advantage against the divine and supernatural. However, despite being a limited release of her power, the flames can still hurt her; she has to periodically release the buildup of flames inside of her or else they start to damage her from within. She passes this off as not being a big deal by yelling things like ROCK AND ROLL and acting as if the outburst of flames is just to look cool, but if for whatever reason she couldn't it would be dangerous for her.
Another use of this noble phantasm allows her to call on a gashadokuro; it's essentially a large red skeleton (the rib cage is roughly one and a half times her height alone) consisting of the skull, ribcage and hands (no arms, as they float around independently). She can order it to attack and defend, usually by playing her guitar, but it's been shown she can manipulate it without that during her extra attack by instead directing it with her own hands. She is also capable of coating it in the flames of Papiyas when it attacks, granting it the same advantage it does her.
Mad enhancement: A class skill of berserkers; because Nobunaga is already a weirdo, it's stated the resulting madness hasn't affected her personality much, so she receives a boost in paramters without affecting her behaviour drastically. According to her though, she says she feels a lot wilder than usual.
Foolish murder style: A skill whose sole purpose is to grant her proficiency in close combat with her weapon, despite it being so unusual and unwieldy.
Atsumori beat: The flavour text of this skill...doesn't explain anything. In-game, it allows her to give her allies a small health regen, alongside NP and star GEN, which outside of game mechanics is also nothing. Because the health recovery it gives in-game is negligible, I'm going to say when she plays her guitar using this skill it'll promote recovery from injuries and be fairly useful as support for an actual healer, but be pretty ineffective by itself. She's DPS after all.
Demon King (Beach): Basically the same as the Archer version. She claims it's why her figure's more impressive for summer compared to her Archer version.
INVENTORY:
Nobunaga has her sword, her outfits, her guns and Heshikill, but they're all bound to her spirit origin which means they manifest from inside of her rather than being something she has to physically carry with her.
MOONBLESSING:
Sanguis
▶ SAMPLES
link #1
link #2
CANON UPDATE FOR PRISMA
Nobunaga Oda ▶ Fate/GO
FINAL HONNOJI ▶ Nobunaga's new canon point will update her to have knowledge of all of the canon events in FGO up to July 4th 2019 on the JP server from a real world perspective, since the devs have to be vague about exactly when events take place in universe to accommodate players who haven't caught up in the main story yet.
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Nobunaga's only two real story appearances are during new year and honnoji itself. During the new year event, the guda guda servants have their own room in benienma's inn where they're drinking and eating together. Nobunaga becomes fired up and starts a pillow fight between all of the present servants, but eventually shoots a bullet in Ryoma's direction and elevates it to a full on fight. The protagonist suppresses the fighting with other servants, but as a result the entire room is burned to the point there's nothing but a barren wasteland. As a result, most of the guda guda servants end up having scrub the baths clean as punishment.
During FINAL HONNOJI, the guda guda servants are hanging out inside a "strange warehouse" in the wandering sea, which they've converted into a tea room. Chacha goes snooping around and finds a mysterious blue box which, after they attacked it to try and open it, it activated and drew them all into a simulation of the sengoku era where Japan was ruled by several different variations of Nobunaga: the archer nobunaga who's been in chaldea since the beginning, kaiser nobunaga (the fake version of guda guda 3), Kipposhi Oda (a male presenting Nobunaga from her earlier, wilder years), the real life male historical nobunaga, summer nobunaga and MAOU, a Nobunaga who embodies Nobunaga's demon king aspect entirely. Joined by Uesagi Kenshin inside the box, the protagonist and chaldea's Nobunaga advance across Japan and defeat each of the other aspects of Nobunaga in order to conquer the country and unite the warring states, as the only way to exit is to "complete the game" by unifying the country and bringing the simulation to a conclusion.
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With regards to powers, Nobunaga is now summoned inside the Avenger class rather than the Archer class.
The avenger skill strengthens her based on the negative emotions and feelings surrounding her directed at her. Oblivion correction represents an avenger's ability to never forget their hatred and grudges, although given Nobunaga is formed from the hatred people had for her rather than her own hatred at the world around her, it may not work the same. Self replenishment recycles some magical energy to her body each time she takes damage during battle.
Her first skill it's inevitable allows her to use the flames of papiyas in a similar fashion to the mana burst skill: when she's fighting, she can summon those flames to coat her sword or body and make her attacks stronger and faster, as well adding the mystery burning effect of her noble phantasm to her attacks. Much like her archer self, the flames called on by this skill are very strong against attacks/weapons/people/places/etc with strong ties to either divinity or the supernatural, considerably weakening them and greatly damaging them in their presence, while for everyone else...it's normal fire that'll just burn them. In exchange for using this skill, the more intensely she uses it the more the flames actually damage her. Because it's a less intense version of her noble phantasm, this will likely only really matter if I plot out beforehand it'll bring about her own loss in a fight, but it's worth mentioning as a weakness.
Her second skill Like a Fleeting Dream essentially sustains her; Nobunaga is unique in that while she has one body, it's being shared by several different Nobunagas at once, and the considerable amount of power she has as well as the irregularity of her existence means the world itself is constantly attempting to erase her. This skill stabilizes her (barely) and it's mentioned that her existence is "hollow" because of it.
Her third skill Demon King Of The Sixth Heaven represents her ability to change forms. Avenger Nobunaga is a collection of Nobunagas, with Nobunaga even being capable of swapping between the three, so this skill likely enables that; the first form is a identical to the Archer version in both looks and personality, the version that's been with Chaldea from the beginning.
The second is a male presenting Nobunaga going by the name Kipposhi who is mentally more in line with Nobunaga in her early years; he's much wilder in personality, irresponsible, prone to pranks and is way way way too into fighting people, to the point he befriended a legendary martial artist and while having tea with him said they'd still have to fight to the death later on. Kipposhi shares a lot of traits with Nobunaga - they're straightforward in dealing with problems and don't like over complicating situations - but compared to the Archer version who can be lethargic and uninterested in doing much depending on her mood, Kipposhi has a lot of energy and likes to keep himself occupied, given he's of a much younger and energetic mindset, even asking the protagonist if they had a country he could unify it'd help him direct his energy somewhere. It's also important to note that due to his inexperience, Kipposhi has a certain vulnerability to him his other selves don't; when he brings up how his mother hated him, he quickly shuts down the topic and demands they not talk about it despite having brought it up. He also seems saddened by the fact a lot of his retainers didn't like him and that Gonroku stayed with Nobukatsu rather than himself, but perks up a bit when he finds out the other Nobunagas were betrayed a lot throughout their lives as well, finding comfort in the fact it isn't just him.
The final Nobunaga is referred to as Maou, a hypothetical Nobunaga who was resurrected after dying in the flames of Honnoji as a demon who has surpassed the actual demon king of the sixth heaven. She's above 6ft (including heels) and the flames summoned by her are black and red, denoting they're more sinister in nature than the flames summoned by her two counterparts. She's extremely bizarre in personality and a somewhat complicated existence. She's cold and cruel, but surprisingly warm and tender. She's arrogant, violent and talks about massacring everything in her way, but she not only invites people to try and kill her (she even tells Mitsuhide it would be more fun if he plotted against her a second time around) but laughs when taking damage and remarks people who can kill her are interesting to her. She even states that she is the enemy of all living things, but when asked about her likes actually says it's humans above all else; even if she's the enemy of humans, she doesn't hate them whatsoever. The contradictions in how she behaves vs how she feels is likely brought on by the fact that this Nobunaga was formed from the hatred of the public. Everyone who opposed her likely saw her as a demon and enemy of all living things, who could never possess any humanity, when in truth Nobunaga was more or less a humanitarian who loved doting on her niece and refused to stop Nagayoshi Mori from causing trouble solely because she had a soft spot for him. Ultimately this Nobunaga gives off an impenetrable, completely alien air to her, as her entire personality is built on the contradictions of public opinion vs Nobunaga's true self; however, it doesn't seem to bother her much, as she's perfectly happy to tease and torment the protagonist with that fact rather than waste time lamenting it.
As for Noble Phantasms, Nobunaga still possesses Three Thousand Worlds the 3000 rifles she can manifest and control independently of her body. On top of these however, all three Nobunagas have access to a gatling gun; Archer and Maou make use of it during some attacks, while Kipposhi wields it as his primary weapon, but aside from the fact it's a gatling gun and has a blade at the end that can be used for slashing and thrusting attacks, there's nothing unique about it.
The primary noble phantasm of all three Nobunagas is The Hajun Reborn・Demon King of the Three Thousand Great Thousand Heavens. It's an upgraded form of her reality marble that summons an enormous skeletal buddha that possesses the same anti divinity and mystery properties of all her other signature abilities, but channels and fires the flames from the ring on its back in the form of countless projectiles to bombard her enemies and reduce them to ash. In game it has the effect of also removing any form of protection divine enemies have (so the attack can't be negated or evaded or even mitigated whatsoever) but due to the fact it's still stated in its profile to be anti-mystery (much like how tenka fubu is stated to be anti-mystery but only affects divine enemies due to game mechanic limitations) it will negate any form of protection used against it if they have that supernatural element to them. It's important to note that the description of this noble phantasm states that due to Nobunaga being hollow, it shares that trait and can only remain manifested briefly, meaning it likely attacks after being summoned and then vanishes shortly afterwards.
As far as inventory goes, she possesses her sword Heshikiri for her first form, Kipposhi possesses the sword Sozasamonji and Maou possesses the sword of the demon king, which is every sword Nobunaga was known for having collected fused into a single blade. None of these swords have any special abilities.