Cephas chuckles at all the dry wit flying about, adding nothing and contemplating quietly.
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Ah, the name Cephas came from a name generator, it wasn't as a rank or anything. It's his first name, and he comes from a line of posh sorts who uses all three of his names. As for being the captain, while I could probably handle it, I think it would best be handled by someone with more experience in the rules system than I. Cephas was the first of a grand total of two IK characters I ever made. I believe the command stuff for him was for using 'jacks, though the idea is that he did command troops at one point in his past. In character, he wouldn't chafe at someone else taking the leadership position, as a Warcaster's battle experience is likely to be more along the lines of conventional warfare, whereas I imagine what we are going to be doing is more asymmetric warfare. As for that list of skills, do we add those on top of what we already have for our characters? If so, I could take the Command skill point and up my Command to 2.
"Bah, it smells wonderful, the mix of snoking hot grease and black powder. Smells like progress. Add to that some smoky whiskey, and you've got heaven on Caen. Anyway, the window's open so it ain't that bad."
A tall pale man walks in. He wears armor that nearly doubles his size. It is the color of graphite. The integrated greatcoat is high quality leather and well oiled. The armor bears arcane symbols giving it away as a telltale mechanikal suit. The sword slung on his waist is similarly engraved with mechanikal runes. A small trail of grey smoke and steam trails out of a small valve on his back. "I heard you bellowing all the way down the street. But no, I don't have any ideas, and I imagine the rest of the city block only has plans to get rid of you. Hah! Cephas says, pulling out 6 clanking bottles of alcohol and setting them on the bar in the corner of the main room. He uncorks one and leans on the bar, not yet ready to sit down, and takes a swig.
Will do
This was a character i made for a game that didnt last. Same one as Milo i believe. I am still interested in trying out Iron Kingdoms, so far no game i've been in has lasted long (DMs usually leave).
Hail, Tenro here, and I played Cephas here in your original game. I have the core book hardcopy. I have paged through unleashed, particularly as it relates to the races, when i was walking through a game store while traveling. I didn't buy it, because i thought i would never get the chance to use it. Then, a week later, you post this :/ hahaha! I didnt look at any of the new classes that may have been in Unleashed. I dunno, I really liked the Warcaster, but there were other classes i liked. As a Trollkin, I definitely want to go with Alchemist/something. Cutthroat looks nice, or Arcanist (because i dont think many would choose it), Fell Caller would be awesome (leaning towards that heavily for flavor, but i am more than happy with other options if someone takes it). I would be happy with it. I had actually forgotten they were in the main book (haven't looked at it since your last game, which i bought the book for) and when i saw Unleashed i thought it would be cool to play one, or a pygmy. I don't have a favorite. What would the combat/intrigue ratio be like, do you think (roughly)?
Cephas will charge the ogrun on Sasha, swinging his mechanikal sword in a side-slash at the creature's back
Cephas draws his mechanical sword, which thrums with arcane force.
nice, congrats on the anniversary/honeymoon. hawaii is a great place for a visit.
"Wow, Cryxian sigils. What have I gotten myself into? asks Cephas, aloud before helping vigorously destroy the sigils with buckets of water and maybe shoveling piles of dirt over the sigil, being extremely careful to follow the Nyssian's instructions.
"No animals at a farm? I wouldn't be quick to assume safety"
yeah i am interested to see how well Cephas does in combat. i mean he doesnt really have many non-combat skills except mechanikal stuff. and i dont really have a firm grasp of combat in this game, i read the chapter but still it is kinda foreign to me
yeah i dont have any cool leadership abilities yet and most of mine are for warjacks anyway
Cephas will take his sword off of his hip and follow the young soldier toward their objective.
yeah Sasha we have the same command score so either of us would make prime leadership candidates. you have more points in command, but i have a higher INT. however it makes more sense that the local military man takes charge, and Cephas is kinda on thin ice in Khador possibly
"Sounds good to me. Shall I follow you?" good to see the local taking charge.
"I defended the borders of Ord from Khadoran and Cygnaran alike. Now I have taken my leave to explore some of the lands of those who sought to claim the land set aside for Ord. I am seeing that Khador has gotten a similar share of tough times to that of Ord. Should we come under attack, I shall likely be next to you on the front line."
Cephas gives an indignant "Hah!" to the northerner's jab.
Against the cold winds of the night, Cephas pulls up the collar of his greatcoat tight and pulls a scarf out of a pouch and wraps it warmly around his mouth and neck, covering the last bit of skin he had exposed.
yeah i seem to have the worst luck with that kind of stuff. i am always having doctors (well "always" sounds harsh, i dont go to the hospital very often) ask me if some new nurse can try to do the IV/annual blood draw/etc on me. i'd like to say no but then theyd just have to do it on someone else who might have something serious
a DOCTOR couldnt find a vein? I have seen NURSES who couldnt, but wow.
"I'll join you all. No safer way to see the countryside than with our own local guide!" says Cephas as he finishes his drink.
Cephas amends his previous statement, noting the displeasure in the native crowd, "I know you may not like those of us in Ord, but I didn't come here on behalf of Ord. I came here to explore more of the world and its peoples outside of Ordite borders. Travel costs money, money takes work. I heard there was something that needed to be done here, so I dropped by."
I am Cephas Warren Mulheer, Warcaster. I hail from Ord.
With the sudden speech breaking the quiet rather than an entrance, Cephas shifts his attention to the Soviet. No stranger to drinking to ease the pain (an Ordite national passtime), Cephas drinks to all the toasts. He had rarely been on this side of the border, and definitely not this far past it, but he was seeing that life was tough for Khador, not just Ord.
as for backstory i think i will connect him to Ord and have him as one of the fine men and women keeping the Khador-Cygnar battle from spilling over into Ord lands.
Cephas consumes his meal ravenously. It isn't particularly delicious, but he had the feeling the honored guests would begin talking soon and it is rude to eat while another speaks. Then again, with a crowd like this, the talking might be done with bullets and blades. All the more reason to eat quickly. "such a poor looking place... reminds me of home. The booze is tolerable, but this food could use some work. Have they even HEARD of spices?" Cephas thinks to himself. The room suddenly became quiet for a few moments, and Cephas looked towards the door, expecting someone to enter. It was in this moment he heard the comforting whine of the conduit in his sword and the low rumble of the turbine in his suit.
Ok Cephas should be done and ready for final look-over by the GM
ok made some updates to my profile, just a teeny bit more statting to put on paper that is in my head. however, i work today so itll be a few hours. let me know if anything is wrong with what i have (stat calculation and derived stat calculation mostly) if you see something that looks like i am hobbling my character, please let me know. i have never created a character in this system
ok well i am most of the way done with my character but i cannot edit this profile for some reason.
A tall pale man walks in. He wears armor that nearly doubles his size. It is the color of graphite. The integrated greatcoat is high quality leather and well oiled. The armor bears arcane symbols giving it away as a telltale mechanikal suit. The sword slung on his waist is similarly engravedvwith mechanikal runes. A small trail of grey smoke and steam trails out of a small valve on his back. He looks around, dismayed at the density at which the patrons are already packed. He looks for an empty stool and sits there, orders some hearty food and some grain alcohol.
A tall pale man walks in. He wears armor that nearly doubles his size. It is the color of graphite and prominently displays the symbol of Cygnar on the pauldrons.The integrated greatcoat is high quality leather and well oiled. The armor bears arcane symbols giving it away as a telltale mechanikal suit. The sword slung on his waist is similarly engravedvwith mechanikal runes. A small trail of grey smoke and steam trails out of a small valve on his back. He looks around, dismayed at the density at which the patrons are already packed. He looks for an empty stool and sits there, orders some hearty food and some grain alcohol.
this is Tenro's submission. Don't have the book yet so stats are TBD but my idea is that he was a field mechanik first, and then later his arcane nature began to show itself to him in his work, where he could just take things apart and put them back together in his mind and understand their inner workings more fully. when he got into his work, what he could do was almost like magic (and actually was, he was to find out later). |