Fate/Swapped Chronicles (Chronicles of Darkness; Mage the Awakening + FGO, in that order!).

[Repentant_Dragos]

Prologue - Chronicle of One's Rebirth

No Magic Circuits that carried arcane power through my body.

No ability to sense that power, which in my past life, was called Mana or Od.

Only my intelligence and memories existed to indicate that anything outside of the 'Common Sense of Humanity' was occurring.

I was born to a different family with little to no knowledge of the Supernatural or the Occult, although they had plenty of wealth to spare. Strangely enough, I kept the name Kirsch, although there was no question of using the full name I had in my past life even when I grew up and became more independent.

Right now, I am a toddler. I have a past life in a world other than this one. A world with many different rules for how the Supernatural works, where the noblest pursuit is to find The Root, the source of all things.

A world where I was a noble among those with Occult Power and those without. Where I was the elite of the elite, chosen by an organization that wanted to save the world… Or so they said.

I was Kirschtacia Wodime, of the Clock Tower, of the Chaldea Security Organization, and the Crypters. I died and was reborn here, in this strange world, to live out a Chronicle I was not meant to be in.

A Chronicle of Darkness... Where I am alone.

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I had my first breakthrough when I was five or six years old, and a nanny brought her slightly older child in, and that child wanted to watch Anime.

That Anime was Fate/Stay Night, by Studio DEEN.

As I gazed into the screen, engrossed in the events of the show and the life of Shirou Emiya and Saber, I knew that I was, indeed, in a different section of the Multiverse, one that may or may not follow the same laws as Fate/Stay Night's.

After watching every episode, certain that the show was, indeed, about my section of the Multiverse, I had more questions than answers.

I needed to find out more, even if it meant revealing more of my intelligence than was necessary.

But how do I get internet access as a small child? Should I wait, and follow the progress of the Fate Franchise as it advanced in this strange new world?

Or should I assume that there is something in this universe more important than my current separation from my native world?

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Years pass, and I notice that the people here are more aware of the Occult and the Supernatural than in my world; they just say, "No, it's nothing abnormal; Magic isn't real, it's all perfectly mundane."

My new birth father says when I'm not around, "It must be something easily explained; it's best if it is. For my family… It's best if everything is as they say things are."

And I saw where those words came from.

Fear of danger, fear of chaos and disorder. And of course, fear of the unknown, coded into their subconscious through some means woven into reality.

A lie. The Lie, one that whispers at the back of my head too.

Magic exists, but you will never see it.

You don't deserve to see wonder, and never did.

You are nothing before the world.

it's better to hide behind our chosen elect, where it's safe.

From everything but the elect, but better us than the world, which is rotten, and cruel, and frightening, and we're the only things that can and are willing to protect you, and it is our right to do whatever we want to you because of it.

It's okay to live in ignorance.

Ignorance dulls the pain, and all knowledge does is rob you of happiness before the end. You will obey, or you will die - that is the nature of things.

I have inferred that this Lie is weaker in my subconscious than it is in others, including my new birth family's. Was it because I was reincarnated here, because of my past upbringing as a Nasuverse-style Magus, or both?

It is 2015 now; I am fifteen years of age.

At the same age, I saw the darkness - and innate goodness - of Humanity back in my home world.

At the same age, I grew to care for people.

My new birth father was an indulgent one, boring, staid, fearful of threats to himself and his family. I loved him anyway, as he genuinely loved me.

My new birth mother was intelligent, competent, and independent. We both loved her dearly. She was on a business trip to Japan; I asked her to get me that new game they were about to release - Fate Grand Order.

But while waiting for her to come home, I spent my time drowning myself in books of mythology, theology, philosophy… and the occult, hoping to pierce through the Lie that was trying to convince me to wallow in ignorance.

This world is grim; and dark in a way that made my world - And others in the so-called 'Nasuverse' - look like vacation spots. Every form of abuse is practiced there, and goodness and hope exist only to be crushed.

Even at a young age, I know I need to tread carefully.

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2018; Cosmos in the Lostbelt has been released. Some progress has been made into piercing The Lie, but only to the point where I can witness some undeniably Supernatural phenomena without sacrificing a portion of my sanity or The Lie modifying my memories.

My interest in the Supernatural and the Occult has affected my social ties with others, for good and ill. My new birth parents are understanding, but my extended family sees me as eccentric at best and a potential shame at worst. A few among my circles share the same interests as me or dabble in them, but they are also influenced by The Lie.

A few try and struggle; I respect them for that. But as I continue my studies, I find myself being watched.

I know what it's like to be stalked by those who mean harm, but this time, I have no means of supernatural defense beyond carrying silver, cold iron, and some holy water.

Things grow grimmer in the City I live in, just as they are in the rest of America, where I have been reincarnated. Unlike in the 'Nasuverse', America here is rich in supernatural resources, albeit ones I do not know much about yet; from what scraps of knowledge I do know, it is no 'spiritual wasteland'.

Quite the opposite; it seems with Ghosts and Spirits - Similar to my world's, but also different; more primal, more alien.

Ghosts can be anywhere from imprints of the dead to the actual dead person themselves - Not left-behind grudges or memories, the actual dead person. From this, I inferred that Souls do not have to go to The Root upon death, nor are they necessarily drawn there; this raises cosmic implications that disturb what I had assumed about Metaphysics as a whole.

Spirits, meanwhile, are different; they exist in inanimate objects, living objects, and concepts, preying on each other in a world separate from our own, but can influence ours and be influenced by it. Even ordinary Humans can influence Spirits and find ways to draw on their power; Hedge Magic, they call it, and the effects are minor enough to slip through The Lie.

Mystery does not exist here; the Supernatural is not weakened by revealing it. Rather, the incentive for keeping Magic secret is because of The Lie, as well as various hostile forces willing to use force to terminate any breaches in secrecy for ends less justified than the Clock Tower ever proclaimed.

I have already received a warning; attempts at supernatural assault have been made at my family - Curses, mental assaults, mysterious fires and accidents.

It is going to reach a head in a year or two, but I cannot stop now; all I need to do is to protect my family - my new family - as well as I can.

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It is 2020, and I am witnessing my death in videogame form. Every detail is accurate, as accurate as the medium permitted.

My secrets have been laid bare. My backstory is exposed to the attention of others. My motivations are open for debate and examination.

It was then that I broke The Lie; piercing through it, gaining everything I wanted so far.

A road of electrum that made its way through masses of Auroras, past crackles of lightning and thunder and the woosh of wind that carried Mana more potent than what I was used to in my section of the Multiverse, such that a whiff held several times more energy than the mana-saturated air of my Lostbelt.

This was more than another dimension; this was a realm where concepts materialized, the source code of Reality itself, which can alter History retroactively if messed with.

If not for the fact that The Root did not manifest in material and comprehensible form, especially not a landscape, I would have thought I already reached it.

But if this isn't the Root… It is somewhere adjacent to it like the Throne of Heroes.

As I walked, I saw a structure ahead of me; a tower of glass, silver, and gold, taller than any modern skyscraper, large enough that I could barely see its curvature.

I instinctively knew this was my destination; that it was my destiny.

Voices sang to me; Cherubim and Seraphim in eternal melody as stars spun around us all, scattering trails of superheated hydrogen.

I reached the tower; the song said it was called the Watchtower of the Golden Key, and to sign my true name, how I identified myself, onto its walls, which were made up of countless gears, levers, wheels, and other harmonious mechanical parts.

There was a glass pen in my hand, and I wrote on a clock hand that ticked in lockstep with the other parts: I am Kischtarcia Wodime.

Barely a second had passed since I witnessed my death in my past world, but my Awakening had ended, and I now saw the nature of this reality.

This world is Fallen, a world that reflected a higher truth; the realm I visited, where I awoke to… Magic Beyond True Magic, given by the Ur-Symbols of Reality.

A realm of concepts materialized, an… emanation, the True Form of this existence. It was like The Root, but one step below, if one must permit a heresy.

But unlike in my world, what separated us from this realm just one step below The Root is not the drying-up of Mystery, not the inevitable but graceful death of Magecraft as Humanity, as a species, starts to save itself (something I found out from translations of Kinoko Nasu's notes in this universe).

No, this world is separated from the realm one step beneath The Root through deliberate, unnatural, malicious effort.

Humanity, unlike in my world, has the potential to save itself now, but is actively being stopped from doing so.

Something actively stood against the salvation of the world, preferring to keep Humanity in misery. The Lie was deliberate, and I had just marked myself as the enemy of the ones who put it in place.

My eyes flashed as I thought, So be it; I fought against impossible odds before.

Then I wondered, Was I swapped with someone native to this reality?

Something flashed in my head; a young man of about sixteen years of age, with sandy blond hair and teal eyes, wearing a scarf, a cotton jacket, a white shirt and blue jeans, plus sneakers.

He was in Novum CHALDEA, confronting a mob of angry Servants just outside the Summoning Chamber.

This boy glanced at Archer Gilgamesh as the latter threatened him, and I saw him say, in my head:

"Prime 4, Destroy Tass. Prime 5, Word of Unmaking."

And I witnessed as if in a dream, one of the most powerful Servants of all time collapse into a puddle of Mana.

And I had that same type of power.

 

[HumerusBoneAus]

Hell, yes. I love all if this!

 

[Repentant_Dragos]

After reading the PDF (again) and getting some advice, I was told that Prime 5 alone cannot dissolve Gilgamesh, as Gilgamesh, being a Heroic Spirit, qualifies as a Rank 5 Ephemeral Being for the purposes of being attacked with CofD-style Magic. Not merely that, but even if I add Spirit 4, it would still require Ritual Casting to get around Magic Resistance.

But thankfully, there is a solution, one that allows Sandy Blond Kid to be subdued and captured later on to serve CHALDEA - Give him Time 2 or 3, which allows him to cast a ritual spell before he is Isekai'd into Gilgamesh's summoning room, then 'freeze' it in time to unleash on Gilgamesh once he is transported to Novum CHALDEA.

However, he only has one such spell prepared, and so he either has to bluff that he can do this regularly (he cannot), or he gets jumped and captured.

And depending on the Ritual Spell, he does not need extra ranks in Spirit either; he just has to cast Aetheric Winds or Celestial Fire (spells that harm either physical objects or dissolve Mana) ritually beforehand, 'hang/freeze' the spell with Time 2, and then cast it in panic once Isekai'd only to find out that it was his only spell capable of instantly harming a 5-Star Servant and he just used it.

This, in turn, proves the validity of Mage the Awakening's Magic System if used right without making the Nasuverse's system in any way useless.

 

[Repentant_Dragos]

Chapter One - Introduction to the Pentacle

At twenty, I already had a diploma or two under my name and was working on a third as I tried to find out more about the Supernatural while keeping myself away from any permanent entanglements with it.

Despite being able to go to a college dorm, I preferred to stay in a townhouse my Mother owned close to the University Campus where I studied. This University Campus was in Bangor, Maine, and was a branch of a more prestigious Ivy League establishment.

There, I can devote myself to my studies and my relations with my mundane friends and contacts, and explore just what my Awakening meant.

Humanity had a potential beyond what it currently was; that much was plain. In this world, the species was both saved and damned, trapped by The Lie.

Unlike my origin world, the so-called Nasuverse, this world is a prison; no, Reality is a prison, and all we're doing is rattling the cage.

Sandy Blond Kid told me that through my telepathic link.

Of course, he only began talking with me after being tricked into a 'date' with Ritsuka Fujimaru, the Master of CHALDEA, who charmed him using words and behavior memorized from the better Yaoi/BL manga (yes, the Ritsuka I knew and he encountered was male), ending with them both sitting down and having a nice dinner with some hot chocolate with a nice mixture of mundane sedatives for Sandy Blond Kid.

He did not learn the required 'Arcana' that would allow him to sense tranquilizers or feel their effect on the body, and now the result was that he wound up in Novum Chaldea's Brig being interrogated by Goredolf and several Servants, including a very angry Archer Gilgamesh, mad at having to be resummoned.

What were the Arcana, one must ask? Well…

You see, according to us, the Awakened, Reality is divided into ten areas of elemental principle: Prime, Forces, Fate, Time, Life, Spirit, Mind, Space, Death, and Matter. Our knowledge of each Arcanum, plus the deep symbols of Supernal Truth, allows us to draw power from the corresponding Realm through the Abyss that divides it from the Fallen World.

Yes, I somehow ended up in a world - No, metaphysical setting - where the claims of Gnostics mixed with some Platonism were true. I was not sure how to feel about that, considering how many magical theories were rendered false in this world. What I know is that while waiting for the various Mage Orders (yes, plural!) to contact me, Sandy Blond Kid was my main source of information.

It helped that even after being put in restraints, Sandy Blond Kid still had a crush on the Master of CHALDEA.

Anyway, I was in my private study, in my new birth parents' townhouse, juggling my studies and listening to Sandy Blond Kid's advice. I made sure that the security systems were running and even figured out how to ward the townhouse against hostile spells and curses without the help of Sandy Blond Kid.

Also, as I not only had Prime but also Forces and Fate as the Arcana I started with, I was able to see not just the flow of Magic but also physical forces such as kinetic energy, electromagnetism, and the flow of heat throughout my surroundings.

Be warned, the Sandy Blond Kid spoke, Every Mage gets their power through a Path, attuned to a specific Watchtower in the Supernal Realms, and each Path has an Inferior Arcanum that those who walk them are weak towards - Those who are of the Obrimos Path, who signed their names on the Watchtower of the Golden Key, find it harder to learn how to use Death.

So it was harder to learn Necromancy and Magic that dealt with Death in general. This was a weak spot.

Suddenly, my doorbell rang. I looked at the monitor with the CCTV feed on it and saw… Caenis? No, Caeneus, the male form granted to him by Posiedon; Caeneus was originally born as a woman, Caenis, then… violated by Posiedon, who thought that a wish would make it better. They then wished to be an invincible man who could never be hurt again.

"Oi!" he said in a loud, raucous, undeniably masculine tone; he was slightly taller than his female form, but the smooth tanned skin, platinum blond hair, and sharp blue eyes were the same as I remembered, "I heard you got swapped here too! Let me in… Ex-Master!"

I ran for the door as fast as possible - This was my Caenis, or rather, Caeneus; the one I knew from the Olympus Lostbelt, where the Master of CHALDEA had bested me before I was betrayed by one of my close friends.

Letting him in, I said, almost bashfully, "I'm happy you're here too, Caeneus."

Then I realized, "Wait, did someone get swapped with you, too?"

He wiped his sneakers on the rug behind my front door, patted down his large jersey, the black shirt underneath, and his baggy pants for dust, then answered, "Yes, oh so very much yes. Been out of contact with that prick, though, but not before he told me you were reincarnated too, on the other side of America, even!"

I saw his face scrunch up to a frown as he gave the reason he had to come here, the reason I had already guessed.

"By the way, I'm here to recruit you; the local Mages are antsy that the Seers - The followers of The Lie - may get to you first. So I have to ask: how much do you know? About all this?"

What true Magus wouldn't resist the opportunity to show off how much they know? And I still think of myself as a 'Nasuverse' Magus at this point. Letting him sit on the living room chair as I closed the door and redid the crude wards I set, I kept standing as I gave a mini-lecture:

"More than twenty years of life confirm that I was reborn in a universe with a completely different metaphysical and cosmological structure, or, as I've begun to suspect, multiple different metaphysical and cosmological structures - What you may call 'Magic Systems' - all overlapping together," I began narrating what I found out. "There are multiple types of 'Supernatural Energy' here, one of them being 'Essence', the energy of Ephemeral Beings such as Spirits and Ghosts, while the other, which Mages wield, is Mana, which bears only a passing resemblance to Mana and Od from the so-called Nasuverse - Essence is closer to that, especially Od, than Mana from this world."

I then continued, pacing the living room in front of the door as I followed up with the words, "Magic Circuits do not exist; here, being a Mage requires seeing through The Lie, then propelling your soul across some sort of… Anti-Reality?, then glimpsing a realm that is adjacent to The Root, a realm of higher concepts that store the deeper meanings of objects and concepts."

Caeneus nodded, then said, "The Supernal Realms, or Realm - The old men keep debating this, as well as the existence of Atlantis. But continue; surely you grasp the biggest difference between this universe and ours, right?"

I can only say, "Yes, Caeneus; this universe isn't slated for salvation - There is no Age of Will here, as The Lie wants to keep Humanity in its prison, unknowing and unbelieving of Supernal Truth, the prospect of anything better, and Awakening. And I'd even wager that the Supernatural is more actively malicious here than it is in the so-called Nasuverse."

This was confirmed with a sharp nod and the words, "It is. Imagine the worst stereotypes of the Clock Tower from online fandom communities and dial them up by eleven, and you get our heroes, the ones who want Humans to Awaken and break the metaphysical prison of tyranny and control that is the current Reality. Now imagine something worse than that; an entire organization of Beryls and Doumans mixed with your standard ultra-rich f-c--r who also has Magic Beyond True Magic, entitlement up the wazoo, and all of them want to keep Humanity in their place to please the literal symbols of Cosmic Tyranny."

I arched an eyebrow at the very thought, and said to Caeneus, "You are recruiting for an organization as extreme as the Crypters - Minus Beryl - plus my father combined, because the alternative is far worse?"

On the one hand, I wanted my days as an extremist, utopian sort of Magi to be over; the Master of CHALDEA did defeat me and, by extension, my vision. On the other hand… twisted as this second chance may be, it was still a valid second chance.

I double-checked with Sandy Blond Kid first, though; despite his' acting like this was all his personal power/romance fantasy, he did know this new Magic System better than I did.

Yes, Brodime, everything your love interest said is true, Sandy Blond Kid said. The metaphysical swapping not only boosted my power by removing that dimension of Anti-Reality, The Abyss, as a factor affecting my spells, but it also got me away from the Pentacle, which I am technically a member of, but also the Seers of the Throne, the foe.

I silently nodded, then spoke to Caeneus, "All right, I'm in. Where can I meet them?"

He smiled, "Well, the higher-ups among the Silver Ladder - They're most like the Clock Tower for good or ill; you'll like them - Have issued a safe-conduct for both of us. We are to meet them at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. You okay with boarding up your house for a few days?"

Arching another eyebrow, I nodded before saying, "I suppose the safe-conduct means my house won't be touched while I am away, by the Pentacle or the Seers, right?"

Caeneus nodded, then said, "Yes, Ex-Master. I have the rotes - Condensed spells tied to one's real-life skills - to ensure that this place is guarded and maintained by Spirits for the time we'll be away. That said, you only have time to arrange an alibi and have a bite to eat before we leave; the Pentacle wants to see you as soon as possible."

He muttered, "Good thing I joined them before I appeared in that damn videogame…"

I froze at that; that videogame, Fate Grand Order - Why was the information in it so accurate, even though it was a work of fiction here?

Was Kinoko Nasu a Mage?

Shaking my head, I decided to let that thought pass, and instead prepare for the trip to MIT…

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A few days later, more illusions fell from my eyes.

I thought that the Clock Tower was special for having entire spaces larger on the inside than they are on the outside, supported by mental interference fields that prevent Nonmagi from noticing what's going on here. I had also subconsciously assumed, despite what I knew now, that America was not able to support anything comparable to the Clock Tower.

One moment, Caeneus and I were in Massachusetts Institute of Technology's 'Infinite Corridor', the covered hallway that ran through the main buildings of the campus. Then we passed through a door that Caeneus called 'an Iris', and entered what can be described as a pocket dimension and a fragment of frozen time.

It was a mirror image of the MIT Campus, with copies of the green lawns and modernist-style buildings centered around the Great Dome of Building 10. Here, only the Awakened or 'Sleepwalkers', those who have seen the power of the Supernatural but not accessed the Supernal, may walk.

Other types of Supernatural Creature are counted as 'Sleepwalkers' in our arrogance, Sandy Blond Kind interjected, more solemn than he had ever been. Despite their apathy and lack of care for their fellow Humans, your Clock Tower does not arrogantly dismiss the power of other Supernaturals, nor assume they are automatically metaphysically better. Someone like Goredolf, who spared me, would never have gotten to a high position in the Pentacle.

"Huh," Caeneus, now wearing a darker hoodie and light tan jeans, said, "My own companion is saying your 'Sandy Blond Kid' is admitting that something from our universe is superior to this one's Mage Society for once."

He then led me towards the Great Dome, where my new Mage Sight could detect five bright sources of Magical Power.

Five Soulstones, Sandy Blond Kid said in my head. Each from a Master Mage who specialized in each of the Five Paths. A pale imitation of your Spiritual Tomb of Albion, but more than three dozen structures like these exist in this world, so it all balances out. Kirschtachia Wodime, I… I am starting to regret forcing you into my world; being in yours is a selfish wish.

I thought back, You can make up for it by introducing yourself. And guarding the Master of CHALDEA against Marisbury and his scheme. Can you do that?

The surge of warmth and enthusiasm can be felt through our emotional link as Sandy Blond Kid introduced himself as:

Daniel! My name is Daniel Palaiologos...

 

[Blooddragon999]

It's good to see an update to this. This might help feed my inspiration for my own Fate/Grand Order and Chronicles of Darkness crossover.

 

[Repentant_Dragos]

It's good to see an update to this. This might help feed my inspiration for my own Fate/Grand Order and Chronicles of Darkness crossover.

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Tell us more about it, please?

 

[HumerusBoneAus]

I'm really curious what the first central conflict of the story will be.

 

[Blooddragon999]

Tell us more about it, please?

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My idea is a fusion crossover between Fate/Grand Order and CofD, with Ritsuka becoming a werewolf after he deals with the Singularities. I was originally going to have him be a werewolf from the start, but decided that there would be too many issues with having a lone werewolf in a place where he cannot perform the Sacred Hunt. It would be somewhere around the London or American Singularity where Ritsuka would become Wolf-Blooded, and will go through his First Change before or during the Shinjuku Singularity.

From what I have decided on, Ritsuka would be an Elodoth Ghost Wolf before eventually joining the Storm Lords, with some members of Chaldea eventually joining him after they go through their respective First Changes. Meuniere and Kadoc are definitely going to be future packmates as well. Beryl Gut is going to be a Bale Hound or a Changeling.

As a part of the fusion crossover, magecraft is going to act as a mimicry to Awakened magic, and magi can Awaken at the cost of losing their magic circuits, which will deny them any inheritance from their families due to no longer being able to pass the family's magecraft down. Magic circuits are also going to converted into the mage's Pattern. Werewolves will also have their own form of magic circuits, similar to the fairies in the British Lostbelt, but their nature and logic is incompatible with most human magecraft.

Becoming a Kindred vampire is one of the worst things that could happen to a magus because the Embrace and formation of the Beast completely erases their magic circuits, putting them in a position worse than death. Those that are not killed by the Mage Association, Executioners, or die by their own hands seek out ways to reclaim their old power, usually by joining the Ordo Dracul, Lancea et Sanctum, or the Circle of the Crone, depending on their preference.

This is what I have so far, so feel free to tell me your thoughts or ask any questions.

 

[Repentant_Dragos]

My idea is a fusion crossover between Fate/Grand Order and CofD, with Ritsuka becoming a werewolf after he deals with the Singularities. I was originally going to have him be a werewolf from the start, but decided that there would be too many issues with having a lone werewolf in a place where he cannot perform the Sacred Hunt. It would be somewhere around the London or American Singularity where Ritsuka would become Wolf-Blooded, and will go through his First Change before or during the Shinjuku Singularity.

From what I have decided on, Ritsuka would be an Elodoth Ghost Wolf before eventually joining the Storm Lords, with some members of Chaldea eventually joining him after they go through their respective First Changes. Meuniere and Kadoc are definitely going to be future packmates as well. Beryl Gut is going to be a Bale Hound or a Changeling.

As a part of the fusion crossover, magecraft is going to act as a mimicry to Awakened magic, and magi can Awaken at the cost of losing their magic circuits, which will deny them any inheritance from their families due to no longer being able to pass the family's magecraft down. Magic circuits are also going to converted into the mage's Pattern. Werewolves will also have their own form of magic circuits, similar to the fairies in the British Lostbelt, but their nature and logic is incompatible with most human magecraft.

Becoming a Kindred vampire is one of the worst things that could happen to a magus because the Embrace and formation of the Beast completely erases their magic circuits, putting them in a position worse than death. Those that are not killed by the Mage Association, Executioners, or die by their own hands seek out ways to reclaim their old power, usually by joining the Ordo Dracul, Lancea et Sanctum, or the Circle of the Crone, depending on their preference.

This is what I have so far, so feel free to tell me your thoughts or ask any questions.

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I love it. As for my crossover, Magic Circuits don't exist in CofD-verse at all, also, Prime 4 or 5 can artificially make them in the fanfic during the Crossover.

 

[Blooddragon999]

I love it. As for my crossover, Magic Circuits don't exist in CofD-verse at all, also, Prime 4 or 5 can artificially make them in the fanfic during the Crossover.

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I am also thinking of making Mash a Deviant, but I have not read the books for that splat, so I am not quite comfortable with that decision yet.

 

[Repentant_Dragos]

I am also thinking of making Mash a Deviant, but I have not read the books for that splat, so I am not quite comfortable with that decision yet.

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Fair. Also, no objections to how I treat Awakening Magic in this fic?

 

[Blooddragon999]

Fair. Also, no objections to how I treat Awakening Magic in this fic?

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Not at all. Awakened magic very powerful when not being limited by the Abyss, especially Prime magic.

 

[Repentant_Dragos]

Not at all. Awakened magic very powerful when not being limited by the Abyss, especially Prime magic.

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Good, because a few Fate fans complained about it elsewhere.

 

[Blooddragon999]

Good, because a few Fate fans complained about it elsewhere.

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As I had explained to one of my friends who is into Fate, but has no experience with WoD or CofD, mages are next level overpowered. Drop an Awakened mage into any setting without the Abyss or the Consensus, and they might as well be a god with how much they can do.

With the way I am writing my crossover, magecraft is more limited than Awakened magic, but is not restricted by the Abyss or the Lie, being treated more like Disciplines that Kindred use and must be hidden from public view.

 

[Blooddragon999]

Fair. Also, no objections to how I treat Awakening Magic in this fic?

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Oh, one thing I remembered is that Magic Resistance would have no effect on Awakened magic, you have to contest it with your attributes since it bypasses all supernatural resistances.

 

[Repentant_Dragos]

Oh, one thing I remembered is that Magic Resistance would have no effect on Awakened magic, you have to contest it with your attributes since it bypasses all supernatural resistances.

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I was told that Gilgamesh would qualify as a Rank 5 Spirit in CofD rules and thus cannot be destroyed with just Prime 5.

 

[Blooddragon999]

I was told that Gilgamesh would qualify as a Rank 5 Spirit in CofD rules and thus cannot be destroyed with just Prime 5.

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To be perfectly honest, I consider most Servants to be above rank 5, with the exceptions of the weakest ones like Angra Mainyu. Let me double check my copy of Mage: the Awakening 2e and get back to you.

 

[Blooddragon999]

Going off what you have written, and the fact that Daniel is capable of Master level Prime magic, then he can straight up erase the Mana that makes up Gilamesh's body, leaving not even Mana behind.

Since Servants are being treated as ephemeral beings, it should be noted that their bodies are comprised of Mana, like Supernal Beings, so Spirit is unnecessary to destroy them since the fall under the purview of Prime.

In addition, Daniel is no longer restricted by the Abyss or Paradox, only his own mastery, Gnosis, and Wisdom, so he can Reach further with less penalties.

Thus, Daniel does not need to use Ritual Casting because his level of mastery and the nature of the target does not make it necessary.

 

[Repentant_Dragos]

Going off what you have written, and the fact that Daniel is capable of Master level Prime magic, then he can straight up erase the Mana that makes up Gilamesh's body, leaving not even Mana behind.

Since Servants are being treated as ephemeral beings, it should be noted that their bodies are comprised of Mana, like Supernal Beings, so Spirit is unnecessary to destroy them since the fall under the purview of Prime.

In addition, Daniel is no longer restricted by the Abyss or Paradox, only his own mastery, Gnosis, and Wisdom, so he can Reach further with less penalties.

Thus, Daniel does not need to use Ritual Casting because his level of mastery and the nature of the target does not make it necessary.

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Thanks, Blood! Another person also said that Daniel not using Yantras was bad for the last scenes of the prologue.

 

[Blooddragon999]

Thanks, Blood! Another person also said that Daniel not using Yantras was bad for the last scenes of the prologue.

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That is true, but it was a split second moment with no time to spare, so I assumed he just used more mana to Reach. You need one mana to cast any spell, plus one to cast the spell at sensory range by Reaching, and can also use Reach to turn a ritual spell into an instant spell, so it honestly is not much of an issue. Yantras are used to help the Awakened concentrate on their spells and unlocks parts of their Imago from their memories. At best, Daniel could use High Speech as a Yantra, but it is not always necessary.

 

[Repentant_Dragos]

That is true, but it was a split second moment with no time to spare, so I assumed he just used more mana to Reach. You need one mana to cast any spell, plus one to cast the spell at sensory range by Reaching, and can also use Reach to turn a ritual spell into an instant spell, so it honestly is not much of an issue. Yantras are used to help the Awakened concentrate on their spells and unlocks parts of their Imago from their memories. At best, Daniel could use High Speech as a Yantra, but it is not always necessary.

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There are also Dedicated Tools; Daniel has a ring of electrum (mixed gold and silver).

 

[Blooddragon999]

There are also Dedicated Tools; Daniel has a ring of electrum (mixed gold and silver).

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Right, so the lack of Yantras is not a bad thing because Daniel was not doing anything complicated. If he did something like try and petrify Gilgamesh, then that would require more time and some Yantras to better focus.

Also, I appreciate that you are using Caeneus's proper name and sex. Deadnaming him was one of my pet peeves with F/GO.

 

[Repentant_Dragos]

Right, so the lack of Yantras is not a bad thing because Daniel was not doing anything complicated. If he did something like try and petrify Gilgamesh, then that would require more time and some Yantras to better focus.

Also, I appreciate that you are using Caeneus's proper name and sex. Deadnaming him was one of my pet peeves with F/GO.

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Yes. Also, Wodime and him are the main pairing along with OC/Ritsuka.

@HumerusBoneAus , first conflict involves some Pentacle members taking issue with Wodime's Isekai'd status...