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

[Fenris]

Rystil
Rolling under the smae name as before:

Mustekeers (1d20=9)

 

[pallandrome]

Hmm...the corrupt churchman is indeed a staple, but that seems more fitting for an enemy, though your concept does have him redeeming himself before the game. Is your character not a Musketeer then but just travels with them? Dumas did have some characters too who were former churchpeople but went on to a completely different career (Milady DeWinter, for instance, goes from nun to Athos's wife to seductress/spy). Note that in Rowain there are members of the clergy who don't have divine powers and there are others who do, but those who do are typically humble monks (the actual Western monk, not the D&D monk) rather than gung-ho heroes (in game terms, they have Cloistered Clerics and such, but not any special gestalt-balanced classes for clergyman)--that said, nothing stops you from being a clergyman who has levels in non-divine classes (Richileu was a pretty good cardinal without any need for Bless or Spiritual Weapon )

Actually, I was thinking of playing a Sage with maxed out Knowledge: Religion. He was actually going to be an older gentleman (late 30s-early 40s is 'older' for an adventurer), having a sort of mid-life morality crises. I was planning to have the Words of Power aspect be likened to the way Catholic Priests used latin. While most of the Rowaini priesthood may not have access to "Mystical Powers", I figured that the shadow cabal Vassili was linked to might have taught him the beginning steps.

 

[stonegod]

And for those of us w/o knowledge of RA's setting, where is a good place to get up on it quickly?

 

[unleashed]

Who wouldn't want their own lackey? Hopefully we'll have more interest in the game in a little bit. Considering we had ~16 people vote for it in round 2 and 10 in round 3, I figure more will come.

Yeah, I'm thinking about it. Oh and is my previously used unleashed name okay to roll stats on at IC. I can roll a d20 if you like, but I'm sure you can tell it's me.

 

[unleashed]

And for those of us w/o knowledge of RA's setting, where is a good place to get up on it quickly?

For knowledge on classes and miscellaneous bits of information about his setting you go here, to the information I maintain (or try to).

Encyclopaedia Altanica - Compilation Documents

If you want more specific information about the Rowaini world and people ask, as this is the first time one of Rystil's games has had specific race and world ties. I'd say it was his first game on a single world too, except one of his other games hasn't had any spelljamming apart from the characters who crashed there at the start.

 

[Bront]

Bahaha! Allright, I'll assume that's a big 'yes' then.

I'll erase my earlier post now, just in case. I don't think it's a BIG deal if someone read it, as long as not -everyone- did. These little character flavor secrets don't tend to last long anyway. They're just for fun.

I'll get approved and a stat roll going anon!

Your secret's safe with me. I'll erase my comments too

 

[Bront]

And for those of us w/o knowledge of RA's setting, where is a good place to get up on it quickly?

Beyond what Unleashed has posted, feel free to ask.

Rowaini, Amaranthia, and Arris are the two areas I've spent a lot of time exploring in and out of game due to character concepts, and I'm generaly quite familiar with them. I'm also not playing, so I can heckle help you out and keep things a secret.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Fenris and unleashed, both good to roll.

 

[Rystil Arden]

pallandrome--it's worth noting that the church and the Sages are hugely separate and somewhat opposed. The Sages are exclusively Byblans and strong Byblan affiliates, generally wannabe Byblans. Those who are loyal to the Byblans though, probably wouldn't have full loyalty to the crown.

 

[Fenris]

RA,
I forgot to tell it to drop the lowest, do you want me to just do it manually or reroll?

Musketeer (4d6=11, 4d6=14, 4d6=12, 4d6=18, 4d6=14, 4d6=19, 4d6=14)

10
13
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16
12
18
13

They're not bad though.