Empire of the River God OOC

[Brother Shatterstone]

If not, there's the sorceror; perhaps the battle sorceror from Unearthed Arcana?

Just a little FYI about sorcerors...

Other Classes: By reputation, sorcerers are feared and shunned by members of most other classes. Most sorcerers don't mind at all-they use the fear and respect of others to help them accomplish their own goals. Occasionally, a sorcerer may chose to associate with others and develop personal relationships with them.

Personally I'm having issues with my own character concept... I imagine if you’re not known and are "forced" upon us for the greater good he would look the other way... Of course I'm not sure how others would respond.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Are there any arcanists who are respected members of society, or at least not feared? I'd intended to build a border noble; someone who's very duty-bound, quite stern, not concerned with matters of face, but still very much devoted to the preservation of the empire, in fact more so than most other nobles, as he's unconcerned with his own welfare.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Are there any arcanists who are respected members of society, or at least not feared?

Nope, not really any to be honest...

Edit: There are a few different divine casters that aren't so feared.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

So, the question becomes: can our party do well without an arcanist? If so, I might do well with a rogue of some kind, a character unafraid to act dishonorably when duty demands it. If not, I bite the bullet and become a Wu Jen.

EDIT: Are either the ninja base class or the Scorpion Clan techniques from the Rokugan setting available?

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

So, the question becomes: can our party do well without an arcanist?

Honestly don't know but it looks like OA is setup that way...

If so, I might do well with a rogue of some kind, a character unafraid to act dishonorably when duty demands it.

Could work, my character will be a rogue but more of a combative one... I took my own bullet to make GFA happy.

EDIT: Are either the ninja base class or the Scorpion Clan techniques from the Rokugan setting available?

I think that a ninja is going to face more prejudice than a sorcerer would...

Half of the OA book has to do with thing that are honest and dishonest... Using a ninja weapon is viewed as a loss of face so I can only imagine this holds true if one associates with a ninja. :\

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

It's not honor I'm concerned about. It's people being afraid of me, not for what I do, but simply what I am. If I go the ninja route, I'm perfectly okay with people worrying about my lack of honor; I simply don't want them thinking I'm some sort of demon-consorting madman.

 

[Someone]

Isida, since your character and mine are both of the dragon clan they could have met before the game starts. Maybe you could have been a guide for the world outside the walls of the ise zumi monastery?

Also noticed you took the ambidexterity feat, but 3.5 removed it, so you can choose another.

 

[Goddess FallenAngel]

From OA:

"Sorcerers are indistinquishable from wu jen in the minds of most people." It also mentions that some sorcerers tend to pass themselves off as wu jen.

I don't think it would be as big a deal as it seems. The "Other Classes" section that Bro posted was for mainly for Rokugan; other settings might not have as big a problem.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Even without the dislike of arcane magic, the flavor of the wu jen is still a little off from what I'd envisioned; add to that the fact that I can't find my OA book, and thus don't have a wu jen spell list, and a ninja is looking mighty attractive.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I don't think it would be as big a deal as it seems. The "Other Classes" section that Bro posted was for mainly for Rokugan; other settings might not have as big a problem.

Agreed, I'm having allot of issues with the Rokugan setting... or really what where using and what where not using from the book. The book also uses the Samurai Crete, aka the major clans, and samurai class interchangeable throughout most of the book which has me confused about duels and such... :\

(Then again I took a shot to the head so maybe it's just me... )