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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evilives" data-source="post: 6434673" data-attributes="member: 6778369">It sounds like you are already doing these schools as a kind of supplemental backgrounds. Why not extend what you are already doing a little further and flesh out each with flaws, bonds, contacts, and so on that relate to the school? The backgrounds option hits the role-playing and exploration side of the game very nicely, adding versatility there. "Hey we roll into port, and I know this guy, fled Venice after not paying his bills, but he is supposed to know the secret of Torricelli's Thrust." I think the flaws could be a lot of fun at the table. English School (George Silver taken to extremes): 1) You have an extreme distaste for the rapier, regarding it as an imperfect weapon. You hold forth often and at length on this topic at the slightest provocation. 2) You prefer a straight up fight to a lot of fiddling and sneaking around. 3) You are horrified by other schools of fencing and believe that they are weakening the moral character of your homeland. 4) You will turn almost any conversation to a recounting of duels in which you invariably did not take part and know only from hearsay. 5) You believe that the masters of other fencing schools are charlatans and fools, and make little effort to hide this fact. 6) Fencing, in your opinion, is of far, far greater import than religion, and is certainly more useful.</blockquote>