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<blockquote data-quote="index" data-source="post: 1651975" data-attributes="member: 21195"><p>Vrecknidj wrote:</p><p></p><p>[snip]</p><p>> The campaign takes place in a modified real world in England, shortly</p><p>> after the Battle of Hastings. ("Modified" roughly means that Rome</p><p>> never fully fell, Egypt is a nation of necromancers, and the Black</p><p>> Forest really is full of monsters.)</p><p></p><p>Cool. Why didn't Rome fall? Did emperor Valens treat the</p><p>Goths properly instead of humiliating them? Or did Alaric</p><p>die in battle before he could lead the sack of Rome? Did</p><p>Alaric live longer, give up on intimidating Rome into</p><p>treating the Goths with honor, and conquer Rome? Did</p><p>one of the strong Eastern Roman emperors effectively deal</p><p>with one of the weak western Roman emperors, reuniting the</p><p>empire or at least installing a trusted person as western</p><p>Roman emperor so that the Visigoth, Ostrogoths, and Vandals</p><p>could not continue dismantling the empire? Perhaps Odovacer</p><p>became an ally of Zeno instead of being deposed by Zeno's</p><p>general Theoderic?</p><p></p><p>Egypt as a nation of necromancers... That seems</p><p>appropriate. They're not all evil necromancers, are they?</p><p>I guess they have not been conquered by the Arabs?</p><p></p><p>Perhaps the Eastern Roman empire was not conquered by</p><p>Muslims either?</p><p></p><p>> The king, however, isn't supported by all of his lords, </p><p></p><p>Of course. More room for intrigue that way. I'd be very</p><p>suspicious if all the lords supported the king.</p><p></p><p>> and my character does a good job staying in lands where she can get</p><p>> by, or pretending to be someone else when in other lands. She has a</p><p>> number of aliases.</p><p></p><p>[snip]</p><p></p><p>> 3) Right, detect magic cannot tell the source.</p><p>[snip]</p><p>> (a cleric gave it to me, honest).</p><p></p><p>Heh. Just don't get caught with any arcane scrolls.</p><p></p><p>[snip]</p><p></p><p>> [...] she happens to have 18s in both Int and Cha, and</p><p>> given the rest of her background, she ends up relying on</p><p>> the Cha more than the Int</p><p></p><p>I don't know why people insist that CHA is the least</p><p>valuable score. Having a safe place to sleep, being able to</p><p>haggle decent trades, recruiting new information sources in</p><p>every city... CHA is very nice.</p><p></p><p>[snip]</p><p></p><p>Good description of an aristocrat wizard, Dave. If I have</p><p>the chance to, may I use your descriptions in a game?</p><p>(Properly folded, spindled, and mutilated, of course.) I</p><p>already have a name based on what my spellchecker tried to</p><p>do to your enworld handle.</p><p></p><p>--index</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="index, post: 1651975, member: 21195"] Vrecknidj wrote: [snip] > The campaign takes place in a modified real world in England, shortly > after the Battle of Hastings. ("Modified" roughly means that Rome > never fully fell, Egypt is a nation of necromancers, and the Black > Forest really is full of monsters.) Cool. Why didn't Rome fall? Did emperor Valens treat the Goths properly instead of humiliating them? Or did Alaric die in battle before he could lead the sack of Rome? Did Alaric live longer, give up on intimidating Rome into treating the Goths with honor, and conquer Rome? Did one of the strong Eastern Roman emperors effectively deal with one of the weak western Roman emperors, reuniting the empire or at least installing a trusted person as western Roman emperor so that the Visigoth, Ostrogoths, and Vandals could not continue dismantling the empire? Perhaps Odovacer became an ally of Zeno instead of being deposed by Zeno's general Theoderic? Egypt as a nation of necromancers... That seems appropriate. They're not all evil necromancers, are they? I guess they have not been conquered by the Arabs? Perhaps the Eastern Roman empire was not conquered by Muslims either? > The king, however, isn't supported by all of his lords, Of course. More room for intrigue that way. I'd be very suspicious if all the lords supported the king. > and my character does a good job staying in lands where she can get > by, or pretending to be someone else when in other lands. She has a > number of aliases. [snip] > 3) Right, detect magic cannot tell the source. [snip] > (a cleric gave it to me, honest). Heh. Just don't get caught with any arcane scrolls. [snip] > [...] she happens to have 18s in both Int and Cha, and > given the rest of her background, she ends up relying on > the Cha more than the Int I don't know why people insist that CHA is the least valuable score. Having a safe place to sleep, being able to haggle decent trades, recruiting new information sources in every city... CHA is very nice. [snip] Good description of an aristocrat wizard, Dave. If I have the chance to, may I use your descriptions in a game? (Properly folded, spindled, and mutilated, of course.) I already have a name based on what my spellchecker tried to do to your enworld handle. --index [/QUOTE]
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