Finalizing Characters

[Gesshoku]

[Josh]

I am starting to do a complete review of characters

The following I need more

tsuyoshikentsu - I don't know where to start with your character.  I need to see your completed traits to see how you plan on resolving everything.  Also I am not sure how we work out resources.  Clearly by lifepaths your resources will all come from prior to your exile.  In other words your character was just exiled in the last year or so.  So you are probably just going to lose any elven resources.  And your affiliations will all be hostile now.  So let me know what your plan is.  Given your sword singer you could have a human soldier affiliation of some sort, but it would be hundreds of years old.  You could also have human political people you know.  You could go with having sought asylum, but then you would not be part of the court really. 

Dumb Age Master - Do you have the books yet?

[Josh]

AfterCrescent

I am trying to go over your character and the issue here is you are a little all over the place.  Lets look at it like this, what do you want your character to be? 

What do you want to be in court? 
Better than adviser might be Court Priest.  It suits being a religious nut that no one but the duke really likes

What points of this character do you like?
I am going to guess exorcist, summoner, second sight,
Frankly though I would choose between exorcist and summoner.  Both are good characters, but not necessarily together.  They both require lots of time to develop.

It comes down to "what do you want to do at court?"


City Born              12yr Res:10
Cultist                4yr  Res:8 
Mad Summoner           8yr  Res:20 Stat:+1M
Heretic Priest         7yr  Res:6 
Thinker                15yr Res:5  Stat:+1M
Exorcist               6yr  Res:10 Stat:+1M
Advisor to the Court   4yr  Res:40 Stat:+1M
Advisor to the Court   4yr  Res:40 Stat:+1M

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[AfterCrescent]

Lets look at it like this, what do you want your character to be?

A summoner who poses/works as an exorcist to get what he wants.

What do you want to be in court? 
Better than adviser might be Court Priest.  It suits being a religious nut that no one but the duke really likes

Court Priest sounds good. That's basically what I'm going for.  Dunno how I missed that one...

What points of this character do you like?
I am going to guess exorcist, summoner, second sight,
Frankly though I would choose between exorcist and summoner.  Both are good characters, but not necessarily together.  They both require lots of time to develop.

Since that's pretty much what the character is, yes those are the key points of the character.  I'd rather not drop the Exorcist LP as part of the concept is being able to play both sides.

It comes down to "what do you want to do at court?"

Be the Court Priest, it seems.  It definitely is more appealing than the Thinker/Heretic Priest. I was going off of your previous suggestion there.  I'm not sure what your abbreviations are, but if I'm right in guessing City Born -> Neophyte -> Religious Acolyte -> Mad summoner, that's not possible. The leads just don't allow it.

What life paths do you suggest before I burn another character up?

[Josh]

I was taking notes I did not mean to include those path abbreviations.

So heres the thing, you don't need summoner to get summoning.  Better to take a path that gives you gifted than one that gives summoning (you can use general skill points)

You pose a really interesting character here, a member of a religious order who is basically a heretic but still considers himself in the right.  It makes a good pair with being in the dukes court and the bishop hating you. 

I suggest:

City Born -> [student(city)] ->  neo sorcerer -> religious acolyte -> Priest -> exorcist -> court priest

This should be kosher.  The student is tossed in in case you need the trait points to meet your vision.  Personally I would drop second sight and use the spell magesense.  the other path to consider is archpriest.  If you need resource points or only one more trait point take archpriest instead of student.  (that would give you two or three steps to becoming a bishop yourself)

Part of the reason to choose this is vested is cool and you indicated you did not like tonsured. 

[AfterCrescent]

I'll look through it and see what I can make out of those life paths. I'd rather not use magesense, since his focus is not the sorcery skill, but more spirit-related skills. He doesn't think of communicating with demons/angels as sorcery, so summoning is okay in his semi-skewed religious sense.

[AfterCrescent]

Reading through the LPs, I can't get from neo sorcerer -> religious acolyte. Without the lead, I have to figure something else out. Not to mention the neo path would only save me 1 trait point, as I'd HAVE to buy off the required trait...

What do you think of the following LPs:

City Born -> Arcane Devotee -> Temple Acolyte -> Temple Priest -> Exorcist -> ArchPriest -> Court Priest

It'll give me Gifted and I'll be able to open Summoning with general skill points. I'll have 5 extra trait points, which is plenty to get Second Sight and another trait.

Starting Age of 45. If I don't have enough resources for the idea, I'll be able to grab Adviser to the Court for up to another 40 rps.

See any glaring errors with this before I fully burn up the character?

[Josh]

No run with it I like the way it looks

[AfterCrescent]

Here's the build. Hopefully everything's there...
[spoiler]Thymar Male Age 49

City Born              12yr Res:10
Arcane Devotee         6yr  Res:10 Stat:+1M 
Temple Acolyte         5yr  Res:10 Stat:+1M
Temple Priest          5yr  Res:20 
Exorcist               6yr  Res:10 Stat:+1M
ArchPriest             5yr  Res:25 Stat:+1M/P
Court Priest           6yr  Res:20 Stat:+1M
Advisor to the Court   4yr  Res:40 Stat:+1M
(8 LP)

Artha: 1 Persona
       1 Fate

Stats:Will:B4
      Perception:G3
      Power:B3
      Forte:B4
      Agilty:B3
      Speed:B3

Attributes:Health:B4
           Steel:B5
           Reflexes:B3
           Mortal Wounds:B9

Traits: 12 points
        Base Humility (1)
        Gifted (1)
        Believer (1)
        Vested (1)
        Skeptical (1)
        Imperious Demeanor (1)
        Royal Favorite (1)
        Second Sight (4)
        Lunatic (1)

Skills: 44 points & 8 General
       Astrology (1) G1
       Summoning (3) G3
       Aura Reading (2) B3
       Empyrealia (2) G2
       Calligraphy (1) B2
       Church Law (2) G2
       Doctrine (3) G3
       Exorcist Ritual (2)
       Read (3) G3
       Write (3) G3
       Symbology (3) G3
       Temple-wise (1) G1
       Church Politics-wise (2) G2
       Church-wise (2) G2
       Parish-wise (1) G1
       Tithe-wise (1) G1
       Obscure History (2) G2
       Religious History (2) G2
       Oratory (4) B5
       Suasion (4) B5
       Observation (3) G3
       Demonology (3) G3
       Etiquette (3) B4
       
Resources: 145 points
          Sacrificial Daggers (9rp)
          Astrology Toolkit (8rp)
          Riding Horse (5rp)
          Writing Toolkit (3rp)
          Circination Toolkit (8rp)
          Exorcism Toolkit (8rp)
          Nice little villa (15rp)
          Aether's Riddle (5rp)
          Mother's Call (5rp)
          The Binding (6rp)
          Abjure (5rp)
          Execration (8rp)
          Celestial Key (5rp)
          Corporal Key (6rp)
          Offering to Light (10rp)
          Relationship with a Bishop (8rp) [He hates me for being an 'ex-cultist' but can't excommunicate me because of my exorcism skills]
          Clothes (1rp)

Circles: B2
         1D affiliation with local summoners/cultist cabal (10rp)
         2D affiliation with Church [vested + 20rp]

Resources: B3

Beliefs: 1. Spirits, including gods and demons, are merely tools to an end.
         2. The stars say spirits are plotting to use the Duke; stop them.
         3. The spirit world is restless, I must figure out why.

Instincts: 1. Always carry more than one sacrificial dagger.
           2. If the answer is not clear, blame malevolent spirits.
           3. When meeting someone for the first time, read their aura.[/spoiler]

[Josh]

Hey everybody!

I would like to see if we could get this game rolling still

Anyone still interested respond here and we can finalize characters and get playing

[TheWordSlinger]

Hi everybody!

[AfterCrescent]

Still around My post above will be edited to the new spoiler block and checked for any errors I can see real quick.

[TheWordSlinger]

Health Questions
[spoiler]Live in squalor? No
Frail/Sickly? No
Severely wounded? No
Tortured/enslaved? No
DEO? No
Active/athletic? Not anymore.
Sound of Music? No
+/-0[/spoiler]

Steel Questions
[spoiler]Military lifepath? Yes
Severely wounded? No
Killed with own hand more than once? Yes
Enslaved, tortured, etc.? No
Sheltered? No
Competitive (non-violent) Culture? No
Given birth? Unlikely
Gifted/Faithful? No
Perception>5? No
Will>4?Yes
Will>6? No
Forte>5? No
+3[/spoiler]

[HeadofVecna]

I hope its OK to post what I have so far here rather than the peanut gallery. Given the long hiatus, I figure there's a good chance there will be a spot open.

Concept: A princess far down in the line of succession, who led a split life impersonating a prince second in line to the throne (but had died in a "hunting accident"). Many years later when her ruse was discovered, she would have been quietly married off, rather than add flame to the controversy by having a trial.

Lifepaths:
Born Noble, Arcane Devotee, Page, Squire, Knight, Lady, Prince(Princess) of the Blood, Duke (Duchess)

Age: 48
Stats:
10 points Mental, 16 points Physical

Mental -- Perception B5, Will B5
Physical -- Agility B4, Speed B4, Power B3, Forte B5

Beliefs:
"I will use others (esp. the Duke) to claim my rightful throne."
"The best way to excel at court is to ingratiate oneself with all while keeping the help at each others throats."
"I will protect my son from the dangers of court politics."
"Rulership is my natural and ordained task."*

Instincts:
"Always look (Observe) for signs of betrayal."
"Always remain armed to the degree that etiquette allows."

Traits: 11
Mark of Privilege, Base Humility, Sworn Homage, Born to be King (Queen), Noblesse Oblige, Your Grace, Gifted, Second Sight

Edit - added instincts and traits

[HeadofVecna]

Note: Prince of the Blood is in red because it requires the express permission of the GM and all the players to take. This is because it means the character is in line for the throne. If allowed, I'll still specify that my character is last or near last in line with scandal on top. But some of the conflict I'd love to do is striving for the throne anyway (its the journey not the destination, yadda).