[Fan Servant] Johann Sebastian Bach
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imgur.comPosted Mar 12, 2018, 5:30 PM UTC
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imgur.comHmm, now that the idea of (more) composer Servants has been brought up, I really want to see Chopin as a three or four star Servant.
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We already know that one of his skills would be Weak Constitution at least.
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DW's unwillingness to release some new husbando on White Day may or may not have given me the motivation to finish this up.
Bach has been in the back (hah) of my mind for a good while, and I figured out pretty early what sort of Servant he would be.
Of course his kit was designed with the Arts-based meta in mind. Namely that Bach is set to be the offense of an Arts team. I held back on some of his skills and NP to try and balance him better. It's a case where I was unsure how busted his kit would exactly be as a whole so I tried to err on the side of "not strong enough".
Originally his NP was set to be AoE (it's music, after all) but a 9-hit Arts AoE with Arts up and NP generation up would be ridiculous even for a guy who is intended to NP spam.
I probably should've included something about Geyersbach in his profile, as that's the main reason I settled on him being Saber, but I aimed to make his character more clear. I find Bach rather difficult to describe in words.
"King of Music" is an iffy title. This is just my own silly idea but I feel like it's a shared title among Bach (King of Baroque), Mozart (King of Classical) and Beethoven (King of Romantic). That said, Bach's primary title is of course the "Father of Composers".
I am aware that's not his Classicaloid VA, I didn't feel like copying Bach-sama that directly. That said the profile pic is directly from Classicaloid so go figure. Not my fault they got like, everyone 100% right.
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Looks nice overall, but I don't see any justification for 5 star status.
Considering Mozart is a 1 star, and the writers (Hans and Shakespeare) are 2 star, it would be far more interesting to put Bach at a low rarity with more powerful skills.
Also, typo in the NP subtitle. 575 -> 565
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Lorewise he's meant to be fairly powerful. BWV is very versatile and has a really high ceiling. I know that FGO has gotten to the "star ratings don't matter" but rather than fall back on it I'd say, "They're both composers but Bach is very strong." Consider that Drake and Blackbeard are both pirates of comparable fame and Blackbeard's claim to fame is a C rank ship that needs buddies to get boosted up. Or Kojiro being a 1 Star when in his most recent serious appearance he shows he's equal, if not superior, to the 5 Star Musashi.
That's more a result of me having a love for magic music in general, though. Call it author bias if but most of the composers I've written are competent to busted to some extent. Wagner might have an EX rank Anti-World NP. If I made a Mozart profile he'd be much closer to Bach in terms of his abilities.
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Comparing Drake and Blackbeard when we all know that [Female] grants at least plus one star rarity.
After subtracting a certain number of stars due to waifu factor, the number of stars is meant to set a range for the servant's base stats, which is a reflection of their overall combat ability. Artists can be strong, but the measurement should not be based on a single NP. Unless you meant for BWV to be a op and passive ability like gate of babylon, then it shouldn't increase his overall stats by much. Just like how if EMIYA could have UBW fully active all the time (summoned as counter guardian) then he would be 5 star.
Of course, if it's your own design then you are free to give as many stars as you want. I personally think Mozart deserves a lot more. I am simply stating that this is very unlikely given how FGO translates servant parameters into star rarity.
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BWV isn't exactly a passive ability but it is the core of his fighting style. His sword/cane/conductor's baton is what he uses to get his magic music, which each have different effects, primarily in letting his sword fly around. Conceptually speaking, something "final boss" like that was similar to Gil was my intent. He's physically not that powerful but his NP is really good and lets him dominate a battle without needing to move around too much. Something like bits/funnels from mecha series, but ones that also come packing buffs and debuffs.
565 is his NP on the in-game profile and gets its effects elaborated because it's Bach's trump card but his catalogue itself is his weapon. It's like how Lancelot Saber has Arondight in his hands at all times and an application of Arondight is his in-game NP. If that clears things up.
And on you bringing it up I got to starting my own "more wanked Mozart" profile which I may or may not get around to posting.
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9-hit Arts AoE with Arts up and NP generation up
Encore! Encore!
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i love this
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Np isn't called "Spooky Tune" 0/10
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I've been wanting to make one of these, but know jack all about balancing.
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From 1* Mozart to 5* Bach I think the gap is a bit too much
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musician = ripped battle mage with a mental landscape of infinite swords in terms of physical strength got it
As long as they can fire beams, they’ve got what it takes to be in the Saber class.