7th Sea--Feeling things out. [Forum] [Dice]

[Silent Wayfarer]

I think I want to try a Castillean instead, if that's quite all right. Montaigne is too much "Napoleonic Soldier" for my tastes, which is all well and good but not exactly what I want.

 

[hellrazoromega]

Yeah that or Musketeer. But Castille has a tone of very cool styles. From the regional one to the Style of Los Vago--El Punal Occulto.


Fate Witches are nice--they have some drawback being poorly educated and having to risk the vicissitudes of Fate which can be nasty at time--but it is the trade off for the awesome power they have.

 

[Silent Wayfarer]

Fate witches are really cool in the Sidereal Exalted sense...

 

[hellrazoromega]

They are fun power wise, the get a beat down a bit in RP since they are not allowed to read and write because the Vodacce men are so afraid of them.

 

[PirateLexi]

Nice, barring something going down, I'm gonna try to come up with something when I get home tonight.

 

[Mei]

I plan to be Castillian. Not sure which sword style I want, however. They all look pretty fun...


Edit: looking like this, obviously:

 

[solyrflair]

I really feel that anything that @Mei likes I need to play.


I can't find my old books. Not sure if they are in storage or if they were lost in a move 10 years ago. I am going to look into getting them from RPGNow. I'll see about making up a character by the weekend, or at least enough of an idea to post something here.

 

[Mei]

Well, my taste is pretty awesome. Thanks @solyrflair!

 

[PirateLexi]

I'm just not sure which book to actually use for character creation, I can't seem to find one that's just the main book. 
Ignore that, I'm a dumbass.

 

[hellrazoromega]

There are also some decent free character generators online if you look for em.


For schools in Castille, Gallegos, Soldano and Aldana are all excellent schools. I have all the books in either physical form or PDF so if people want options just ask.

 

[Silent Wayfarer]

I like Soldano. Was planning on going for it myself.

 

[hellrazoromega]

[QUOTE="Silent Wayfarer]I like Soldano. Was planning on going for it myself.

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Great choice.

 

[Mei]

I was going with Aldana!

 

[Silent Wayfarer]

Teamup! Or something.

 

[Mei]

We're both ridiculously flashy Castillians.

 

[PirateLexi]

I'm definitely going for Fate witch lol

 

[Mei]

Is no one going to be Montaigne? Does this mean we could do a screw Montaigne game?


Because I could totally be from one of the scattered lesser noble families from the now Montaigne-occupied parts of Castille. Like the Lopez or Rodriguez. (Thank you, Castille Nation book!)

 

[solyrflair]

So, what about Vendel? From the little I have read, I feel a kinship to this one. How is their sword schools? Their sorcery? Are they fun to play, or do they get bogged down in mercantile plot lines?

 

[Mei]

Vendel's swordsman school is Vikings! Their sorcery school is basically rune magic.


Sadly neither of those mesh as well to me as the Dutch-based Vendel and are more in-line with their boisterous Viking brothers. Though, this system you can make a character that doesn't have a school and play off your skills and knacks. That's how one plays a courtier/merchant/archaeologist.

 

[solyrflair]

Okay, well, based on that....


I have decided to go with a Montaigne, with Scoundrel, Left-handed, Linguist, Blessed. Pick up skills like Streetwise, Fence, Criminal, etc. and, add in a hubris of Star-crossed, and born under the sign of the rat, and I think I have the basics to create the character. Add in 10 points for some beauty, a skill in knives and forgery, and maybe a fancy steel knife. Should have me about 75 points or so. And 25 more to spend on things. Improve skills and the like.

 

[Mei]

Alright, I shall let off on any Montaigne hate! Also, I was going to take Star-Crossed hubris but perhaps I shall think of something else.

 

[PirateLexi]

I'm still looking for a good character creator just to get me at least a good idea of how the sheet should look, all I've found so far are excel sheets that aren't even like 10% finished and one generator that is missing a bunch of stuff

 

[solyrflair]

Well, we could both be falling for the same person each time. Star-Crossed Rivals.


Or I could go with my other Hubris of Overconfident.

 

[Mei]

Either way sounds good!


I need to look at the Los Vagos variation of Aldana now. Hmmmm... 
Huh, I also need to look in the swordsman guild book. Apparently there's more styles than I thought.


EDIT: I may now have an alternate idea as well. I just found the Durchetzenburg School and I can be a fancy Austrian (Hainzl) scholar fencer.

 

[hellrazoromega]

Aldana is all good too.