Alexis Prophetei (Master)

[Alexis Prophetei]

Alexis Prophetei




"Whoever said that the game had to be fair?"

[/color][/b][/color]Alexis Prophetei
NICKNAMES: //[/color]Alex
AGE://[/color] 29
DATE OF BIRTH://[/color] 9th of April, (Current Year-29)
GENDER://[/color] Male
ALIGNMENT: //[/color]Neutral Evil
OCCUPATION: //[/color]Magus/Scholar/Scam artist
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[/color][/b][/color] Alexis is a tall man with tanned skin, short dark hair and black eyes. He's normally wearing a ruffled suit, and normally has a smile on his face

HEIGHT: //

[/color] 6'3
WEIGHT://[/color] 90kg
EYE COLOR://[/color] Black/Yellow
HAIR COLOR://[/color] Black
PIERCINGS://[/color] None
TATTOOS: //[/color]Possesses a large and ornate Thaumaturgical crest on his chest
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: //[/color]Height. Alexis prefers to be low key and blend in as much as possible. He keeps his Thaumaturgical crest hidden under his clothes at almost all times. When using his Mystic eyes, his eyes turn yellow.
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[/color][/b][/color] While he maintains a friendly and jovial front, Alexis holds himself to a severe morality. He expects the best from himself, and holds himself strongly to account for his failures. He has internalised the lessons of philosophy, and considers himself beyond good and evil. He wishes to know more than anyone else, and that curiousity and search for truth is the driving motivation in his search for Akasha. He has a very strict intellectual conscience, and holds himself and anyone he works or deals with seriously to high standards. While he keeps his word, it is very difficult to get him to actually give it.

• Jovial
  
  • Alexis is friendly and polite. He likes to make a positive first impression, and is very easy to get along with.
  
  
• Scholar
  
  • Alexis has spent a lot of time researching and reading. He has a thorough knowledge of philosophy, and considers himself a hyperborean.
  
  
• Arrogant
  
  • Alexis considers himself one of the smartest people alive, and while he is personable and friendly on the outside, he harbours a dark heart. Dismissive of women and the young, he has a tendency to underestimate their capabilities.
  
  
• Thespian
  
  • Alexis is a classically trained actor, and an expert at putting on fake displays of emotion or behaviour. He maintains a very tight control over his image and the views that others have of him.
  
  

LIKES: //

[/color] Women, knowledge, adventure, luxury, wine, sports, videogames, seafood
DISLIKES: //[/color] People who deceive or scam him, inability, undeserved arrogance, personal weakness, japanese food, hot pot cooking
STRENGTHS://[/color] Excellent deceiver, broad depth of knowledge
WEAKNESSES: //[/color]Useless in physical combat, overthinker, hard to form true connections and bonds with people.
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MY FAMILY LINE//

[/color]: Prophetei: Descendents of the maintainers of the oracle of Delphi. While an influential magi family during the age of the gods, as belief in the power of the Oracles faded, so did their prestige and power. While the family originally possessed the sixth theoretical element, over time that power has been lost. The precise number of generations in the family is 44. The line is directly traced to the Prophetei of the Age of the Gods. Currently, the family has four active magi in it, but none are more than 200 years old. Most members of the family are obsessed with restoring them to their former glory, but the slow decaying of their magical talent has made this an impossibility. The "unique trait" of the Prophetei family is precognition. Given time and the right circumstances, accurate prophecies can be made. Outside of extensive rituals, this manifests as a low ranked "mind's eye(fake)" ability, which allows the user to react to events up to three seconds before they happen.
MY HISTORY: //[/color] I was born as one of the last hopes for my family. My father was the oldest magus of our family alive - he was 306 years old when I was born. Since my birth, I was raised to be the perfect successor to my family - I was given a classical education in both the mundane and magical fields. When I was 20 years of age, my father was assassinated - we weren't very close, but it was a major event in my life. He was cut down, with all of his magical power useless in the face of a high caliber assault rifle.

My family was left in shambles, as was I. With the ascension of one of my relatives to the headship of the family, brewing internal strife forced me to "leave the nest", so to speak. Shocked and scared at the death of my father, I decided to become proficient in the use of firearms myself - it may not have been proper for a mage from my family, but I was more interested in what worked than what was proper.

It was during this time that I practiced my skills and made my fortune. I furthered my studies and learnt new skills, travelling Europe in an attempt to find something to do with my life. While I amused myself with the vagaries of everyday life as a travelling mage, this wandering life eventually lost its' appeal.

Deciding to look further into my goals and motivations, I rediscovered my yearning for knowledge and boundless curiosity. Through my father's connections and my own research, I discovered the grail war. With the knowledge that the war could grant my wish, I decided to set my considerable talents upon acquiring it.
MY GOALS://[/color] Alexis knows that his family used to be important, and that they are very unimportant now. Unfortunately, he sees his family as a lost cause, too obsessed with regaining past glories than actually achieving anything. More than anything else, he seeks knowledge and power. His driving passion to reach Akasha, and his strict personal standards are what propel him along his path to the grail.
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[/color][/b][/color] Alexis owns an old car, two ordinary pistols and a boat. He has a substantial amount of money in real estate investments, which is how he earns his income. While he can sell this property for an immediate gain, he is loath to do so, and it would take considerable time and effort.
RANK://[/color] 4th. Due to the connections and position of his father, Alexis is a member of Sponheim Abbey.
ELEMENT://[/color] Wind
EXPERTISE://[/color]
[li] Alexis is a talented classical actor. He is well versed in the plays of Shakespeare, and is capable of making money through his performances. He instead used this talent to make money through various scams and criminal enterprises, and lives off of the proceeds of these crimes.
[/li][li]Alexis knows how to aim and fire a gun well. If he entered a shooting competition, he could compete on a national level, but he lacks any real combat experience.
[/li][li]Alexis has a classical education, and can speak Greek(Modern and ancient), English, Latin and the Romance Languages. He has a broad knowledge of magical and non magical history and theory, and is adept at recognising mythological figures.
MAGIC CIRCUITS://[/color] Alexis is a gifted magus from an ancient family. He has 32 magic circuits and a quality of 8 PrC. His maximum Prana is 246.
SPELLS: //[/color]

Mystic Eyes of Illusion (Sixth Imaginary Element)
Rank: C
Cost: 30
Casting Time: N/A(Mystic Eyes)
Range: Sight
Effect: Mystic Eyes which invert reality and allow the mind of the user to temporarily obscure the world. Capable of manipulating light, sound and sensation, these Mystic eyes fool the senses. Glass can be made to look and feel like a brick wall, and phantom copies of the user placed anywhere within range. While mages can detect the use of prana, the difference between an illusory object and a reinforced one are only determinable through physical or prolonged examination. An illusion lasts as long as he maintains concentration on it - an investiture of prana makes an illusion last for three days. Against Servants, this ability is limited. It is completely incapable of fooling Caster class servants or those with knowledge of magecraft. While the illusion can fool some servants, they immediately know that magecraft is being used and that illusion thaumaturgy is in use. It remains completely effective against servants with Mad Enhancement above Rank D active due to the reduction of mental activity.

Blade of Aeolus ([Wind])
Rank: B
Cost: 15
Casting Time: 1 line
Range: 20m
Effect: A weakened form of a spell once used in the Age of the Gods, Blade of Aeolus creates high-speed winds which crush and tear at exposed flesh. While ineffective against armour, the winds can eviscerate a human limb in seconds. It requires a clear line of effect from the caster to the target, and is ineffective against any armour beyond basic clothes. After the initial slice, it leaves a "wall" of aerial currents that tear and grind flesh for several seconds.

[Chaotic Amplification: Phantasm Storm (Wind)
Rank: C
Cost: 40
Casting Time: 8 lines
Range: Creates a bounded field
Effect: Amplifies and distorts the ambient prana in an area. This energy is not usable for magecraft, and manifests as electrical activity. While not directly harmful, it distorts magical perception and makes ordinary electrical hazards far more dangerous. Static shocks gain power and become incredibly painful. Exposed electrical hazards become life-threatening, and all thaumaturgial effects create a visible "aura" of mild electrical energy. Enhances the power of electrical attacks by 1.5, although Alexis himself has none. By blurring the line between the mundane and the magical, it renders illusions harder to identify correctly.

Boreas (Wind)
Rank: C
Cost: 10
Casting Time: 2 lines
Range: 30m
Effect: Conjuring the spirit of the frozen north wind, bringer of cold, Boreas creates a blast of freezing cold wind, capable of causing frostbite on exposed flesh, and rendering most modern equipment nonfunctional due to the extreme temperature change. The blast of wind is 10cm in radius, and prolonged exposure to human skin causes severe damage. Due to the history of the north wind and the sun, this spell is ineffective during the day. Can last for two minutes with a single casting.

Prophetei Resurrection: Decay Reversal (Wind)
Rank: B
Cost: 40
Casting Time: 8 lines
Range: N/A
Effect: Restores the family trait of the Prophetei family to a shadow of its' former glory. For a duration of three hours, the user receives a limited precognition, allowing them to react to events three seconds before they occur. Based on human cognition and not supernatural danger awareness - if an attack or threat is not capable of being perceived, this ability will not detect it. After the three hours are up, 21 hours are required before re-use - overuse of this ability will cause extreme headaches and damage to the magic circuits, permanently reducing their number.

PLAYER'S NAME// [/color]Vnonymous
FACE CLAIM//[/color]Tohru Adachi(Persona 4)
OTHER CHARACTERS: //[/color] None
MISC. INFORMATION://[/color] (I'm pretty unsure about the prana costs and ranks for this guy's spells. I'm going to add more information on his family as well, if anyone wants to know.
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[Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri]

First of all, the categories of things like date of birth, age, history and etc should be to the right of not only the // tags, but also the [/b][/color] ones as well. Thanks~

Sorry, I just like the profiles to look pretty~ Now for the actual evaluation

In your family line you need to state how old your line actually is, as magi, and how many generations it has been.

In your expertises you state no mention of Italian in classical education, which is what the majority of the characters on the board actually speak in, just translated for our convenience. Not hard to add in, but just thought I’d mention it.

Eyes of Illusion: How long does the illusion last? Also even high level illusions can be penetrated, but they simply know ‘it is an illusion’ rather than what is underneath. Basically using this on glass would make it appear as a visual lie to an experienced magus if they took a decent amount of time to look at it. Servants would highly unlikely be fooled at all, but that still needs to be mentioned.

Magecraft in general: I won’t mention it again in each spell, but every one of the spells needs a chant length. Look at other approved profiles or the base spell list for ideas on how long they will take. Also on the range, please clarify the units of measurement. Also your spell costs are particularly low for having such a high prana tank.

Blade of Aeolus: This is not an A rank level spell. Or cost. More likely C at most.

Pneuma: As mental interference this will have a reduced effect against magi the more powerful and resistant to outside effects that they are.

Boreas: How long does the jet of cold air last, since you mention prolonged exposure? As well this spell is more of a D rank ability.

Vacuum: This should probably be C rank at best.

Just the normal stumbling blocks for a first profile, should be fine after pulling it in line. Oh and also your Avvy doesn’t work, please provide a working one.

[Alexis Prophetei]

I've made most of the adjustments, but I'm stuck on the first one. Would you be able to edit part of my post to show me exactly what the formatting should be? I've checked a few profiles and it is still a mystery to me.

[Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri]

I don’t know how mad enhancement would let one avoid illusions, in your Mystic Eyes. Also, by an investiture of prana, how much more is that exactly?

As Blade of Aeolus is now, it will need an increase to cost, especially considering you have 250 prana. Its far better than razor gale, with a cheaper cost. It’s also far too quickly casted, as B rank Magecraft. I would suggest looking at the basic spells, but Ill restate it here.

Unless extenuating circumstances Magecraft lines work like this

E rank: 1 line, can be reduced to single action by the crest
D rank: 3 lines (1 verse), can be reduced to 1 line by the crest
C rank: 5/6 lines, can be reduced to 3/4 lines by the crest.
B rank:7-9 lines, can be reduced to 4/5 lines by the crest
A rank: 10-12 lines, can be reduced to 5/6 lines by the crest.

Generally those should be the guidelines.

Pneuma: The general purpose of a bounded field is to surround workshops, but since this is now offensive, I am going to need to know how far it spans (Bounded fields take longer than normal to set up, so lines is probably not the best of measurements for them), and how would Alexis survive this himself?

Finally I apologize for missing this before, but your precognition mentioned in the family line is rather out of hand. 3 seconds allows you to avoid pretty much anything, and this would require a spell slot anyways, if you wanted to use it.

Also I fixed all the coding errors for you. Please look at how it is done for any subsequent profiles, thank you~