Tales from the City of Opal
Game Master Patrick Curtin

Rags, I have left that deliberately nebulous. I will give you the basics, and you can make up one as you see fit:

The Sword Circles are part sparring/fencing club, part social club, and part status symbol. What Sword Circle you join says much about your social standing, your method of fighting and your ancestry. Most Sword Circle members identify themselves by a cloak broach or some sort of heraladry. Some notables:

The Exiled Sons: Identified by a ship with three crossed swords over it. One of the most prestigious Sword Circles, they operate a private club in Opal. Membership is usally limited to descendants of the Vellasian nobility that fled to Mazatil three hundred years ago. Focused mainly on sword and board and also equestrian styles and jousting.

The Raptor's Claw: Identified by a red claw on black background. A Sword Circle dedicated to two-weapon fighting. Many Upland Rangers and other explorers often join this group.

The Rose's Thorn: Identified by a black rose with a red blood drop on its petals. A large Sword Circle, more gang than anything, that haunts the Driftwood District. They hold the area as their personal feudal domain, and own many dockside taverns and brothels. Their fighting style is focused on group tactics.

Awesome. Thx Pat! That gives me something to work with.
:D
<chortles sinisterly to self>

;)

Hey Pat, how does this grab you?
(Still pretty basic, but it should give you something to work with) :)

The Couatl's Wing (Or perhaps 'The Couatl's Fang')?

There you go. Unless you ixnay a major portion of it, that's the basic of what I'm running with for the background.

HAve you posted anywhere (website, or something) the basic layout of your world? General map, major deities, etc? Just curious to learn more about this land I find myself in! :)

Thanks!

Deities are Mayan, Incan from what I grasp. Early on in this thread there's a link from Flash and some stuff by Pat that give a glimpse into the deities, and the flavor is definitely South American.

Hey Pat, how does this grab you?

(Still pretty basic, but it should give you something to work with) :)

The Couatl's Wing (Or perhaps 'The Couatl's Fang')?
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There you go. Unless you ixnay a major portion of it, that's the basic of what I'm running with for the background.

HAve you posted anywhere (website, or something) the basic layout of your world? General map, major deities, etc? Just curious to learn more about this land I find myself in! :)

Thanks!

I need to get some of my notes Googled Doc-ed. Your 'Couatl's Wing' sounds good.

I'll work on formatting the docs. Also, there is a bunch of discussion in the earlier parts of this thread

Deities are Mayan, Incan from what I grasp. Early on in this thread there's a link from Flash and some stuff by Pat that give a glimpse into the deities, and the flavor is definitely South American.

Yup. The Xoltec Empire which fell is based in part on the bloodier aspects of the Aztec civilization. Many deities are 'fusions' of the old and new, as often happened IRL when two cultures intermingled. Cayden Cailean and the Aztec god of alcohol have merged to the point where CC is usually refered to as 'Two Rabbit' often as not.

Cool. So take a Pathfinder deity, add with Xoltec, and whammo! I like it!

(Personally, I have always had a soft spot for the couatl. At average size large they take on fully grown Huge and larger dragons, and magical to boot! What's not to love?!?) ;P

And here he is, actually almost completely done! ;P

AW man, FINALLY got 5 minutes to do a little research on the Magus, and now I'm REALLY excited! I have a solid concept with this guy, but seriously looking at the 'Dervish Build'.

Naw, I'm good this for now. (I am doing a little tweaking) I may switch from spellblade back to regular magus though, the spell blade is cool, but The regular magus gets a 'free' extra attack with his primary weapon every time he uses spell combat. 8S

Grrr. I have SUCH a Love/Hate relationships with options! ;P

Apologies for my silences. I rarely have time to sit at a real computer there days it seems. I will endeavor to get this wrapped up. If someone wants to assume they know Guy's character as an acquaintence, it might help the introduction along a bit =)

S'all good Pat. Just glad to see the monkey! :)

I hope everyone is having a good (hopefully long) holiday weekend!

I meant to post this earlier, but real life got in my way.

I would of loved to resurrect TenFoot Twin Eater and bring him along on the adventure, but I think with one 10 month old and another due in May, my posting would of been very erratic. I did not want to be the person you were always waiting on to post.

For those of you playing, you are in for a real treat.

In regard to getting the other two into the group, Citlali has both a feat and a trait that leads to prophetic dreams so I can easily point them both out as needing to be a part of this in order to be successful.

I meant to post this earlier, but real life got in my way.

,...
For those of you playing, you are in for a real treat.

I have no doubt! That's why I'm here, I know it's gonna be worth the wait! :)

(But it's always nice to have someone else say I'm right!) :D

That Works for me Citali, but 'Magnus' isn't exactly shy. I was thinking of just having him walk up and introduce himself! :)

In regard to getting the other two into the group, Citlali has both a feat and a trait that leads to prophetic dreams so I can easily point them both out as needing to be a part of this in order to be successful.

I like that idea. The first time I played Kessel he was an easy fit into the AoW campaign, most of the other PCs knew him and his sister from their youth, but sadly that campaign died on us players when the GM went AWOL. The second time I played Kessel he was sort of shoehorned into the story by the DM. In that one the players stopped posting :(

For this this attempt I'd like to get back to Kessel's roots and have the players work him into the campaign. I'm a bit surprised though that with 3 classes, rogue is the only class he shares with the other 5 PCs

Well, between Citali's prophetic visions, and Magnus' desire to have his praises sung, I don't think Kessel will have a problem being introduced! ;)

I kind of like the idea that Vilya 'looks familiar' to Magnus. Eventually he'll recall why,... :o

Well, between Citali's prophetic visions, and Magnus' desire to have his praises sung, I don't think Kessel will have a problem being introduced! ;)

I kind of like the idea that Vilya 'looks familiar' to Magnus. Eventually he'll recall why,... :o

Yeah... I left him bleeding and penniless in a back alley near the docks a couple years back. Or was that that other guy... I can never keep them straight, there's so many of them.

I meant to post this earlier, but real life got in my way.

I would of loved to resurrect TenFoot Twin Eater and bring him along on the adventure, but I think with one 10 month old and another due in May, my posting would of been very erratic. I did not want to be the person you were always waiting on to post.

For those of you playing, you are in for a real treat.

Always good to see you ADMaE! Your life is very hectic, but Ten will always ahve a spot if you can find some time after the chaos subsides. I am being erratic myself with my life going crazy as well.

Everyone: I am on an actual comp and trying to update. Please bear with! =D

Yeah... I left him bleeding and penniless in a back alley near the docks a couple years back. Or was that that other guy... I can never keep them straight, there's so many of them.

Hey! Magnus isn't going to take being 'just another one' very well. He's FAR too egotistical for that! ;)

Being 'That devilishly handsome one' she left bleeding and penniless, that he can deal with. :D

Yay! PAt has a real PC!

(Hey,... I want a real PC!) :P

All - once again, I am heading off to Italy for business, leaving tomorrow and returning on the 4th. Please DMPC San as needed.

Happy/Safe journeys! :)

BTW, MArdi Gras weekend here, which you'd THINK would mean I'd have time on my hands, but as the family is all out of school too, means usually,... No. I don't ;P

So in short, might not get to post much until Ash Wednesday. But I'll try to keep up.

HAppy Mardi Gras! :D

Happy Mardi Gras indeed!!
I'm in south Mississippi at the moment, you do the Gras in New Orleans or Mobile?

Heh. I haven't done the Gras in the Big Sleazy since katrina.

:)
I now live in Lafayette, LA. We have our own parades, pretty much ALL family friendly, (can't say that about half of the N.O. parades) Only 2 hours from N.O., so any family wants to see us can come HERE for Mardi Gras! :)

Awesome. Just drove through there Thursday morning at about midnightish.

If I happen to be back around that way anytime soon, I'll drop you a message, maybe we could grab a bite and a brew somewhere.

Sounds good!
Just drop me a line.
:)

BTW, I'm getting hammered at work. Again. I'll try to keep up with all my threads as best I can, but I will be pretty sparse the next couple of days until I get this next musical up and running.

Thanks, see you all soon!

My out of character part if my last post sounds like I'm giving you permission to do what you want with your game, which you obviously don't need. Not my intention, I chalk it up to 8 hrs of sleep over the last three days and boozing at the bar across the street from my hotel while I posted.
My sincere apologies for my audacity.
:)

BTW, I'm getting hammered at work. Again.

Last time I tried that, the boss caught me, and I got fired...

Once again, I will be out of town on business, beginning Saturday afternoon. I'll be back the following Saturday. This time it's to Shanghai and then to Seoul (a new city for me, for a change). Feel free to DMPC me to keep the action moving.

Wow. I want to travel to interesting places like that!

I hope you at least get to do a little sight-seeing on these trips?

Safe travels!

Not much, unfortunately. I'll be spending most of my time training others in a conference room. But thanks for the well wishes!

Any time! :D

Sorry for my absence, Spent Mothers day loading in and yesterday all day rigging two fly systems (We're doing Aladdin Jr) I'll be busy this week, but I'll try to keep up.

Well, this game is slow, so no worries