Alright, it looks like everyone's character sheet is at least up there. Let's see...
Tristan seems perfect.
Gabriel still doesn't have the other extra for his sword.
Brice is mostly done, though you said he may switch around for better weapons--he's not going to get lots of chances to carry around the big one. Remember everyone else, when another Musketeer uses a barbaric and crass weapon like that, let him know what you think with 'friendly' jabs! I'm sure you can think of something about overcompensation?
Jacen gets a slight 'Boo' for having a wondrous item, but I do see why you had the money left over (not joining the fellows in the whole Quicksteel craze, or any armour for that matter--which fits a would-be Blademaster fairly well: no need for clumsy metal shells to get in the way of the perfect motions and the dancelike quality of the Blademaster's technique) and how it fits into the backstory, so I'll okay it.
Hyacinthe also seems to be in order. I just realised the cool connection in the fact that we have two blacksmith's sons (Hyacinthe and Jacen)--one continuing in his father's tradition and the other striving to perfect his swordsmanship and reaching above his rank to become a Musketeer. When I first noticed they were both blacksmith's sons, I thought it might be too many, but then I realised that they still have such different stories.
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.
So we've got Tristan--he's the classical strong Rowaini noble, the strong brawler, the knightly musketeer. Basically our Porthos.
Brice is the comically and ironically unlucky-in-love hopeless romantic who can attract ladies but is frightened of them and nervous around them (that should be great fun!). He also should be somewhat of a wanderer if he is going to continue advancing to 5th Troubadour (though it isn't in his history yet--but the Favoured Terrain he chooses after Urban will imply that he spent time in other areas. He could always multiclass to something else though, of course). Although he is often the naive lad, ironically, he may be the oldest musketeer (Tristan is unlisted and Hyacinthe is not a Musketeer) by 3 years! He also may be into bondage, as he has MW Manacles. The last player in one of my games to buy them caused everyone to say "Those are never going to be used. Why'd you do that?" They were proven wrong when that character was drugged and kidnapped. When she woke up tied up and manacled, she tried to escape with her Escape Artist skill, taking 20. She gave me the results, and I shook my head and replied "Sorry, that fails by 1 because the kidnapper used your Masterwork Manacles"
Jacen is the 'teen idol' (as Shayuri put it) / pretty boy type character. At seventeen years old, he is easily the youngest Musketeer and probably just joined. Thus, Jacen is also the newbie, which puts him somewhat in the role of D'Artagnan. He is also not a noble (though he must have some trace of noble blood somewhere, not at all uncommon among the non-nobility due to liaisons and such), so he is the commoner working hard to achieve a dream. Ironically, he has both the more common Chestnut Brown hair colour and the rarer Blond at the same time, probably as a result of copying his sheet format off of unleashed. If blond hair and blue eyes are actually correct, he would be an extreme rarity among the Rowaini (about 1/100) often considered one of the most attractive combinations, partially for its rarity.
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.
Hyacinthe--he's the lackey, the croney, the cohort, still important to the team effort but never getting the recognition that the Musketeers do. He would work best as a foil, but I can't see anything yet to use beyond just the luck, see above.
I can't wait to see Tristan bring down his sabre in a two-handed crush on some dandy. Guess I need to pick up PA soon too.
