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Post by jt on Mar 9, 2013 1:28:05 GMT -5
alfred: Would the executioner just be local or would he be sent to other countries if need be? edit: also i kind of assume it's a given we are all - unmarried
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 because SEXISM
- is age set in stone or not really?
I assume that it's something like Chronica Feudalis in which there are assumptions but you can break them if you like. Also I'm pretty sure there's a part in Blood & Honor where Wick specifically states that he's glossing over the nastier parts of samurai literature/Japanese history, including some aspects of sexism. Also, oh my god that flag. I didn't know I needed that hanging in my room until now. <333 (That's three octopus hearts overlain.) And yeah, I was vacillating between Spymaster and Courtier (should we be looking for European-style names for these jobs? It seems like we're more Nordic than Mediterranean or Roman or Iberian, etc, so things like....uh...I've got nothing.) but if two people are already interested in being all sneaky-like I'll go and hone the blade of social combat. |
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Post by erik on Mar 9, 2013 1:59:25 GMT -5
so I take it
simon = senechal
adam= spymaster
jt= courtier
I = the one guy with a sword
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Post by simon on Mar 9, 2013 2:00:59 GMT -5
Wick also has a weird Orientalist approach to a lot of stuff in the base book, which is why I am happy we aren't playing in his baffling "Old Japan"
Name-wise, I am just going to use behindthename and search for meanings that I like until I find a name that fits. I do not care if we mix various regional naming conventions, I imagine that a fantasy world like this might have courtiers coming from across the realm, not just one provincial lord's bannermen.
I'll take Seneschal, and let Adam be Spymaster, then! Problem solved, court dismissed, bring in the dancing cephalopods
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Post by erik on Mar 9, 2013 2:20:18 GMT -5
question: alfred if someone doesn't take a postion, does that mean there isn't a npc in said position?
like if nobody picks general, do we not have a general?
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Post by alfred on Mar 9, 2013 2:23:57 GMT -5
You'll most likely have an NPC in that position but it isn't guaranteed. Like all things, I'm entitled as Narrator to create facts at any time.
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Post by simon on Mar 9, 2013 2:26:20 GMT -5
Alfred why isn't my banner being used in the House thread, you sonuva
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Post by alfred on Mar 9, 2013 2:28:06 GMT -5
I haven't got to move it yet; calm -- it will move soon |
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Post by erik on Mar 9, 2013 7:55:36 GMT -5
conceptually I think Executioner might be most interesting especially since we have no army basically and our lord might be Machiavellian ; we certainly have a crew of pcs that might be.
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Post by erik on Mar 9, 2013 10:03:02 GMT -5
so what are some examples of wisdom risks, alfred?
that is vs. cunning (which are more obvious)
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Post by alfred on Mar 9, 2013 10:20:35 GMT -5
Almost universally to know something about a particular subject. Wisdom is a narrower ability because it is specifically for detailing facts about things, people, places, etc -- but it's broad in that you can do it about anything, no matter the distance because it is about what your character knows.
Cunning is for your senses. So, it's for detailing truths about what is immediately in front of you. Sherlock Holmes has high Cunning because he can detail the mud on your shoes and know where it's from what that means about you. That said, Cunning is also used for ambushing someone and for lying.
Wisdom will primarily be for when I introduce a topic that you want to detail, but it's something that isn't immediately present right now right away.
ie, I say there are Pirates in the bay and you roll Wisdom to see what you know about pirates in this area.
Cunning will primarily be for surveying a scene and finding/creating facts about that.
ie, I say that you're introduced to a Knight and you roll cunning to identify his house crest, his quality of sword, and the cut on his cheek (right where you cut the assassin the night prior!).
That sort of stuff.
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Post by jt on Mar 9, 2013 15:01:10 GMT -5
So what's our equivalent to katanas? Greatswords?
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Post by alfred on Mar 9, 2013 15:11:55 GMT -5
It could just be a long sword, or it could be a great sword. Look, in preserving as much of the books assumptions as I can. So, for example, you live in a world where it is against the law for the peasantry to have weapons -- especially you katana stand-ins.
Simon suggested sabres, which is be fine with, or we can do long/great swords.
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Post by erik on Mar 9, 2013 15:41:05 GMT -5
I would think longsword is fine. Having everyone run around with a fucking greatsword and being highlander when they are fucking spymaster or courtier is pretty ridiculous.
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Post by alfred on Mar 9, 2013 15:46:16 GMT -5
Agreed
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Post by erik on Mar 9, 2013 17:13:40 GMT -5
also we have the most bizarre combo of names.
octo-melting pot
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because SEXISM
