Empire of the River God OOC

[Ghostknight]

Sorry to see you go Brother Shatterstone - still, if you are not comfortable playing in this type of campaign, well RPGs are for FUN! So, maybe another time.

RangerJohn, the issue of touching dead bodies is primarily going to affect Samurai and Shukenja. I do not see this as an issue for other characters and I disagree with this being a core concept in bushido- so for my part it applies to the above two character classes (and the PrCs stemming from them).

So shamans/sohei/monks expecially would not be affected by this (who do you think prepare the dead for burial - monks in particular areoutside of the social ladder although they are generally respected and the head of a monastery treated almost like royalty). So even a character from a noble background wh becomes a monk is not treated as nobility (in fact it was one way for those involved in the losing end of a political struggle to remove themselves from contention for assasination - become a monk. Renouncing ones monastic vows would be inherently dishonorable except in exceptional circumstances and as such was virtually unknown.

 

[Goddess FallenAngel]

Just to clarify, GK, would you mind me being from the Scorpion Clan but being LN instead of LE? Basically, she's adverturing because she doesn't quite agree with her Clan's idea of honor (she ascribes to the busido code of honor, while most Scorpions put loyalty above honor). Although she does have loyalty to her Clan, when she was being fostered with the Crane Clan as a child it was impressed upon her that the fate of her Clan is what becomes of those who let honor be secondary to anything else. When her Clan returned from exile and she rejoined her family, she carried this lesson with her. Although she has had training in the school of the Scorpion Clan (a.k.a. she has taken levels in their PrC), she doesn't altogether agree with what use she was trained to put her skills to. As such, although she follows her family's commands with loyalty, she isn't altogether happy about it, and requested the ability to travel and widen her experiences.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Sorry to see you go Brother Shatterstone - still, if you are not comfortable playing in this type of campaign, well RPGs are for FUN! So, maybe another time.

Thanks for understanding.

Edit: I’m removing my subscription with this post.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

So... when can we start? I'm just a giddy little Dragon samurai who's ready and rarin' to go!

 

[Ghostknight]

Just to clarify, GK, would you mind me being from the Scorpion Clan but being LN instead of LE? Basically, she's adverturing because she doesn't quite agree with her Clan's idea of honor (she ascribes to the busido code of honor, while most Scorpions put loyalty above honor). Although she does have loyalty to her Clan, when she was being fostered with the Crane Clan as a child it was impressed upon her that the fate of her Clan is what becomes of those who let honor be secondary to anything else. When her Clan returned from exile and she rejoined her family, she carried this lesson with her. Although she has had training in the school of the Scorpion Clan (a.k.a. she has taken levels in their PrC), she doesn't altogether agree with what use she was trained to put her skills to. As such, although she follows her family's commands with loyalty, she isn't altogether happy about it, and requested the ability to travel and widen her experiences.

Generally I don't see the need for any member of any clan to stick to a particular alignment- all alignments are found in the clans- after all honor is the governing factor and how you serve- not what your personal philosophy is!

 

[Ghostknight]

So... when can we start? I'm just a giddy little Dragon samurai who's ready and rarin' to go!

Lets give character finalisation till the end of the week - we can get started on Monday with the first IC posts- So Ranger John, please post your character. Evryone else, if you are happy with you characters we will start Monday (or earlier if RJs character is posted).

 

[Goddess FallenAngel]

I still have a bit of revision work to do on mine, but I should have her done by the end of the week latest.

 

[Ghostknight]

Thats fine- as I said, I am aiming for Monday for the first IC post, that is first prize- hopefully we can make it by then!

 

[Karl Green]

Sorry I am slow also... I will have him finished in the next day or two. Was what I have acceptable? I mostly just posting spells and spells per day stuff

 

[rangerjohn]

Sorry for taking so long, I'm not able to be at the computer very long lately. Because of an embarassing condition. Lets just say it starts with an H.