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

[Velmont]

Wait a second, how much are still remaining?

 

[Rystil Arden]

To the dropping out guys--I'll leave you as alts. If you get more time later, finish the characters up. Players can and do drop when you least expect, and alts are always welcome!

To the rest--looks like the group has been self-selecting. You're all winners! Shayuri's gone until next week, but that's okay because we're going to be working out equipment and such now. I'm going for something a bit different than equipment in the traditional sense, but you guys still will get cool stuff and a Legendary Item without having tons of trinkets. Anyone ready to start working with me on that can chime in and we'll get going!

EDIT: Velmont, it looks like we're left with four muskteteers and one cohort

 

[Velmont]

Fine with me.

My Lengendary item will probably the first masterwork item I've ever crafted myself, which why I see it as so precious. Outside that, I'm open.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Fine with me.

My Lengendary item will probably the first masterwork item I've ever crafted myself, which why I see it as so precious. Outside that, I'm open.

That sounds fair--what are you looking for in the Legendary Item? A weapon? An enhancer?

Additionally, I've decided that in addition to traditional equipment, I would also give each character an extra something special--it is a Rowaini custom among some Rowaini to have a Saint's Blessing placed on an infant during the Naming Ceremony. The Saint is often chosen based on what the parents hope for the child's life (so parents who are hoping that their son will be a great swordsman might get a blessing from the Patron Saint of Swordsmen, etc) but sometimes it just depends on what sort of holy disciple is present (monks who follow the Saints have only one Patron Saint, and they can only give that one Saint's blessing). I want to give each character a Saint's Blessing (or perhaps an unexpectedly beneficial Witch's Curse, etc if they would prefer not to have the source be a Saint). I'm happy to work this out with any player as well.

 

[Velmont]

He is primarly a weaponsmith, so he would have created a weapon he would have kept. A light weapon of some kind.

For teh blessing, his parents would have hoped Hyancinthe to become a great artisan, maybe even one day the main weaponsmith of the king or something like that.

 

[Fenris]

A Saint's blessing seems quite in order for the Toussaints

Chiming in to get started.

 

[Rystil Arden]

He is primarly a weaponsmith, so he would have created a weapon he would have kept. A light weapon of some kind.

For teh blessing, his parents would have hoped Hyancinthe to become a great artisan, maybe even one day the main weaponsmith of the king or something like that.

A light weapon works. As to crafts, as you might suspect for a race that has a racial craft bonus, there are a variety of different Saints focused around crafting. One for weaponsmithing might be appropriate. However, as a commoner (even using the commoner ability mods), Hyacinthe would be less likely to have a Saint's Blessing unless his family was lucky and a nice monk who did them for free was passing by, in which case they would probably have taken what they could get--think about having an interesting random blessing unrelated to his parents' wishes, or I can come up with one. Also, maybe his gambling luck (or lack thereof) is the result of a witch's curse that has other unexpected side benefits? We can think of something.

 

[Rystil Arden]

A Saint's blessing seems quite in order for the Toussaints

Chiming in to get started.

I would imagine so. From your description of the Toussaints as striving to appear the perfect family with physical specimens that average above their station, I wouldn't be surprised if they had a lucrative deal worked out with a monastery to have every male infant blessed by a Saint for health, vitality, and strength, and every female infant blessed by a Saint for charisma and beauty. Of course, blessings don't always take and they only influence the odds a little (it wouldn't make a plain or ugly girl gorgeous, but it might help a pretty girl be even prettier), but every little bit counts!

 

[Fenris]

I would imagine so. From your description of the Toussaints as striving to appear the perfect family with physical specimens that average above their station, I wouldn't be surprised if they had a lucrative deal worked out with a monastery to have every male infant blessed by a Saint for health, vitality, and strength, and every female infant blessed by a Saint for charisma and beauty. Of course, blessings don't always take and they only influence the odds a little (it wouldn't make a plain or ugly girl gorgeous, but it might help a pretty girl be even prettier), but every little bit counts!

That sounds like a deal. Very fitting. I am sure the little village in Colonne du Ciel would have made sure to have the monastary have monks that followed such saints.

And I still need to toss out some epigenetics to you.

 

[Velmont]

A light weapon works. As to crafts, as you might suspect for a race that has a racial craft bonus, there are a variety of different Saints focused around crafting. One for weaponsmithing might be appropriate. However, as a commoner (even using the commoner ability mods), Hyacinthe would be less likely to have a Saint's Blessing unless his family was lucky and a nice monk who did them for free was passing by, in which case they would probably have taken what they could get--think about having an interesting random blessing unrelated to his parents' wishes, or I can come up with one. Also, maybe his gambling luck (or lack thereof) is the result of a witch's curse that has other unexpected side benefits? We can think of something.

Randomness is always... interesting. Go for the Witch Curse with side effect.