Recruiting: Rowaini Musketeers--One for All and All for One!

[Bront]

Ok, Brice is fixed, for better for for worse. He has a severe lack of feats for my taste, but oh well. (I'd have been less upset about the Dualing Sabre if it didn't mean giving up Power Attack, and Song of the Heart fits too well with Brice)

 

[unleashed]

Alright, it looks like everyone's character sheet is at least up there. Let's see...

Gabriel still doesn't have the other extra for his sword.

I'm working on it, as you well know, but there's just nothing I really want to add.

Alright, so we're almost ready to get started--we need to consider how long each of you has been a member of the Musketeers and who knows whom how well. Also, I'm thinking about the sort of archetype roles to make the Musketeer action and courtly elements in this game more on-target.

Gabriel is the masked avenger without a mask, the Robin of Loxley without the outlaw part. While the others tend to have personality plot gimmicks that can lead to entertaining events and encounters, Gabriel has past baggage plot hooks that can lead to their own plot events and encounters. Since he has a cohort, it would be best if he could also have some slightly more exaggerated and unique personality trait for which Hyacinthe could be a foil (like Don Quixote and Sancho Panza). As is, most of his traits of being a charming lady's man seem to be shared by pretty much all the Musketeers--looks like the best thing to work with is getting into trouble part, though with Gabriel's superior 12 Wis (to Hyacinthe's 11), I don't see how it would work for Gabriel to always be the one getting in over his head while Hyacinthe was calm and down-to-earth. We'll figure something out. At least the good luck / bad luck thing is a foil that can be played for comedic value.

Rystil, you have gmail!

 

[Shayuri]

Oh moo! That's what I was forgetting...the other extra on my sword!

Maybe just a bonus to Disarm attempts or something. Where the sword moves really fast, or the blade tugs in the direction the wielder's intent determines, so it's incredibly responsive...

 

[Fenris]

Ok, Brice is fixed, for better for for worse. He has a severe lack of feats for my taste, but oh well. (I'd have been less upset about the Dualing Sabre if it didn't mean giving up Power Attack, and Song of the Heart fits too well with Brice)

My understanding is that the rapier is a light weapon, but the sabre is not, so you can use power attack with it. I'll let Rystil correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that is what he said.

 

[Shayuri]

A rapier is not a light weapon, but it has the special quality of being finesseable even though it's not a light weapon. Part of that special quality includes the "no PA" clause.

The duelling sabre is also finesseable, in spite of being 1-handed instead of light. However, the sabre's finessebility does not give it a "no PA" clause...because Rystil made it up, and therefore makes the rules on its use. It's blade is apparently light enough to finesse, but strong enough to make vigorous chopping motions with.

I say, "YAY!"

Until someone PA's me with a duelling sabre.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Oh moo! That's what I was forgetting...the other extra on my sword!

Maybe just a bonus to Disarm attempts or something. Where the sword moves really fast, or the blade tugs in the direction the wielder's intent determines, so it's incredibly responsive...

I'd rather the bonus not be directly offensive, since then it would often come across as a +X modifier (for instance, Tristan's has a bonus to avoid disarm and some extra HP on the sword as well).

 

[Rystil Arden]

A rapier is not a light weapon, but it has the special quality of being finesseable even though it's not a light weapon. Part of that special quality includes the "no PA" clause.

The duelling sabre is also finesseable, in spite of being 1-handed instead of light. However, the sabre's finessebility does not give it a "no PA" clause...because Rystil made it up, and therefore makes the rules on its use. It's blade is apparently light enough to finesse, but strong enough to make vigorous chopping motions with.

I say, "YAY!"

Until someone PA's me with a duelling sabre.

Actually, a Rapier can always be Power Attacked. It just can't be two-handed for the extra bonuses. Bront means that Brice can't have Power Attack to start out because he's playing a Troubadour, and as such he doesn't have level-based bonus feats to spend. I don't see why he doesn't grab a Rapier and Power Attack with that and save the Weapon Familiarity feat if he prefers.

 

[Velmont]

I'd rather the bonus not be directly offensive, since then it would often come across as a +X modifier (for instance, Tristan's has a bonus to avoid disarm and some extra HP on the sword as well).

Another example, it is Hyancinthe blade: +2 to feint with teh sword and +2 AC to the sword against sunder attempt.

 

[Bront]

Actually, a Rapier can always be Power Attacked. It just can't be two-handed for the extra bonuses. Bront means that Brice can't have Power Attack to start out because he's playing a Troubadour, and as such he doesn't have level-based bonus feats to spend. I don't see why he doesn't grab a Rapier and Power Attack with that and save the Weapon Familiarity feat if he prefers.

Because Weapon Familiarity means I can do an average of 2 points of damage more per swing without power attack (two handed and die size), not to mention the better crit threat range It's significantly more mechanicaly sound with the weapon I've now been told I'll be using 90% of the time (And I have so been looking forward to a greatsword wielder, le-sigh)

I adjusted the background to include multiple swords by his father, so he has his greatsword and his fancy schmancy dueling sabre.

 

[unleashed]

Alright, so we're almost ready to get started--we need to consider how long each of you has been a member of the Musketeers and who knows whom how well.

Gabriel joined the Musketeers nearly a year ago to the day, if that helps anyone.