We want these to skyrocket, so Saber will be looking for any and all items that boost these. +1 to STR and +1 to CHA- These are the stats that will be Saber’s bread and butter for basically her entire build.Buuuuut… we’ll stick with Variant Human for this outing. If your GM is willing to overlook the scales and tails, Dragonborn can be a strong choice. Even her surname is Pendragon! In short, the iconography of the dragon follows Saber everywhere. Her magical circuits in Realta Nua are represented by a dragon. Saber had her blood fused with that of a dragon’s by Merlin, in her original setting. “Why Dragonborn?” I hear you say with growing annoyance and suspicion. While we’ll be using Variant Human for this build, (the bonus feat is too good, IMO) you could certainly stretch to make Artoria Dragonborn. This is the part where, just like with my Catwoman and Dante builds, I’m gonna ask you to open your mind a little bit. Well, in the words of Westley, “Get used to disappointment.” “Hey, I thought you said you’d slow down with the Variant Humans, they’re boring!” I get it, pretty much every human pop culture character is a human by default in D&D 5e. But when your GM says, “This week let’s run a level 20 one-shot!” (we’ve all done it, don’t lie), you’ll come strapped with the King of Knights. If you’re playing this build in your tabletop game, you may want to play it as her early years in the lower levels. Just like last week, 20 levels is a bit on the low side for representing Saber accurately. To those who have the pledge of her blade, Saber is the ultimate defender and a world class Servant. The magical strength of dragons flows through her veins, and she is immensely strong in single combat. Wielding her Noble Phantasm, the legendary blade Excalibur, Saber is an unstoppable force on the battlefield, mowing down enemies with blinding speed. …Did everyone who hasn’t seen Fate leave? Good, let’s get started!Īrtoria Pendragon, King of Knights and Saber-class Servant is one of the strongest heroes called upon to fight in the Holy Grail Wars. As always, you can build a character in many different ways, so this is JMO: Just My Opinion. I’m a big fan of Type Moon’s magnum opus, so go watch Fate/Stay Night before reading this if you like a good action anime. Fighting for the Holy Grail, no meaningless bloodshed, to minimize sacrifices… one person taking up the mission of fate instead of armies of men competing here! This is what we Servants should do.”Īre you my Master? Welcome to this week’s Building Character! Today we’ll be building Saber from the Fate series. Typically, any time someone on /a/ makes a euphemism about having sex with an anime character, especially if they end it with "If you know what I mean", the next poster will post a cropped picture of Shirou saying ".you lost me." or just a picture of Shirou and taking the post very literally.“I only joined this war to avoid spilling rivers of blood. Shirou, with a goofy expression on his face, points at Rin and says ".you lost me." While Shirou and Saber sit in chairs, reading the blackboard. The comic shows Rin standing in front of a blackboard, pointing at a diagram that reads Mana Restoration For Retards! 1. When Velox drew his Fate parody sprite comics, he made a nod to the doujinshi during his parody of episode 15 (the "CG Dragon" episode). (This doujinshi is also responsible for 'J-J-JAM IT IN!' and 'pOnOs/vagOOO'). Its origin is somewhat complex, stemming originally from a Fate/Stay Night doujinshi called "Platonic Magician", in which the hero, Shirou, must have sex with his servant, Saber, to restore her power, but in this doujinshi Shirou is portrayed as being so completely moronic that he can't even figure out what sex is, much less how to do it properly. a/ meme that has spread to some other boards and chans. Other examples include 'Unlimited Maid Works', which originated from a Fate/Stay Night doujinshi in which Archer has a maid fetish and 'Unlimited Rin Works', from another doujin where Archer uses his Reality Marble in a way similar to the original UBW, but replaces all the weapons with Rin.ĮFG has attempted his own version on at least one occasion "Fail/Stay Night"/"Unlimited Fail Works". The format of the meme is fairly self explanatory: a poster will use a relevant word or phrase of their choice in the form "Unlimited _ Works" It is with the same episode that phrases such as 'GAR' came into prominence among /a/, During a particular scene in this episode, Rin Tohsaka's Servant, Archer, demonstrated a massive amount of badass by performing the Unlimited Blade Works and ultimately dying to the Servant Berserker. This meme rose to popularity particularly after the episode 14 of the Fate/Stay Night anime.