The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
, for example. Just look at the citations; the sources from which the info has been compiled from includes Fate/Extra (including CCC), Fate/Apocrypha, and even the UBW anime.
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But it would be nowhere as good as a wish powered by seven Servants. A six-Servants-powered wish cannot enact the kind of miracle that the Einzberns need to regain the Third Magic's full formula.
edited 23rd Oct '16 11:55:53 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Setting aside my dislike of Iskander, I'd call that more exciting than fun. The cast is (most likely intentionally) pretty unlikable so describing their actions as fun seems off to me.
Saying you need X Servants to do anything is not a meaningful statement.
Also ignore all these complicated rules for now and just watch it. They don't actually matter and aren't worth your time unless you just want to know anyway.
edited 23rd Oct '16 11:55:57 PM by Arha
The Head of the Hydra
Berserker is also fun. Every time he shows up he does something awesome. He's a real hoot. 
Till he meets Saber that is
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Well everything about this show is "fun" then, heheh. 
edited 23rd Oct '16 11:58:39 PM by slimcoder
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
A real bad hombre
I meant "fun" as in "It's an experience I'll find enjoyable or memorable to watch".
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
The Cat Knows Where It's At
The rule about how many Servants you need to actually power the Grail is brought up at the end of Zero anyway. That's why I didn't explain it myself. That and fully explaining it would take some time as I'd probably have to explain a few other things that are major spoilers to Fate/Zero since you're going in blind.
edited 24th Oct '16 12:04:25 AM by Zelenal
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A real bad hombre
A homonculus, eh? What is this, FMA?
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
CHADhan Player.
See guys, Arha is a black hole of nothingness and nihilism; he probably doesn't know what "fun" means.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
Zero tries too hard to be edgy in my opinion that it seems boring as a result, but that's probably due to my dislike of Urobuchi.
edited 24th Oct '16 1:20:54 AM by Classifiedzerogoki
"Strategy? Spacing? I just keep punching until I hit something." - Sol Badguy
See Sigma's entire existence for an example of that.
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
@Link: Nasuverse Homunculi are Artificial Humans... that tend to have built-in superhuman abilities (typically magical in nature). More from the wiki.
A real bad hombre
I figured-it's just that FMA was the last big series I watched, so I saw an opportunity to make a really terrible joke
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
Homunculi are more akin to designer babies than anything, though there seems to be some spectrum on how human they are.
Surrounded by weirdoes
You know, I always wondered if some Master that lost his Servant could simply, you know, skip town after that? Is there anything beyond pride and stubborness stopping them?
Wake me up at your own risk.
Oh no, they could get the hell out of the city and probably live. It's just that the average Magus wouldn't do that on principle, and most of the time if the Servant goes they tend to go pretty quickly because nobody wants a wild card floating around.
They don't even have to show up to the party. They could very well hide out for the two weeks the grail is active and would probably not be found, but no magus would do that.
A real bad hombre
I'm imagining a mage just sitting at home munching on popcorn with their servant while the other six kill each other off, and waltz in to Fuyuki to claim the Grail once everyone else is dead.
edited 24th Oct '16 4:34:13 PM by LinkToTheFuture
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
You could try, but if it's down to you and one other Master who was actually fighting the whole time, the Grail will descend for the person who was actually working for it.
A real bad hombre
That's the risk, of course. If it were me, I would just try to not be a part of the War in the first place
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
Most magi wouldn't either. It's a backwoods ritual nobody important actually cares about.
The Head of the Hydra
Backwoods, really? It certainly looks like a big deal.
I mean aren't the 3 big Magus families competing?
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
They're not the big three families, they're the three families who started the thing.
Surrounded by weirdoes
Of course, if you win, you get (in theory) to reach the Root, the goal of most Magi. But that's quite a long shot, so yeah...
Wake me up at your own risk.
The Head of the Hydra
Oh wow I always thought they were "the" big families not just big families.
Damn so this war has been going for centuries & its mostly between 3 households? Damn that's long time.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Yep, nobody important even cares about Japan.
Blueace: Hi, spoilers.
You only need six Servants to power the Grail for a wish.