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Castle Under Siege: Perception: I stir awake at the sound and instinctively grab my sword at bedside. Taking a quick scan of my quarters I move over to don my armor. I need to investigate that noise. Best be prepared. Once I don my armor and have my sword ready, I move to exit my room.
Castle Under Siege: I nod to my brother. "Thanks." I give my brother a strong hug. "Take care brother" After my parents say their peace, I kiss my mother, I hug my father. "Good night, and take care." I retire for the day. I do a few exercises before bed. During the exercises I swing furiously at the dummy. After cutting it down, I relax. I then head to bed for the night.
Castle Under Siege: I laugh to Fergus. "I really don't know what I would do with a woman. The idea still makes me uncertain." I shake my head. "Well, dear brother, I wish you safety. You go and defeat tons of darkspawn and show them the might of the Cousland family. While me, I will stay here and look after your family and the house." I shake my head, clearly something is bothering. "This is wrong. You have a wife and son and a future. I don't have anything. I have martial skill and nothing else to lose. It should be me going to battle." I turn away. Gah, I let my emotions get the better of me.
Castle Under Siege: I bid Iona good night. "Sweet dreams. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow." With that I head on to see my brother. As I enter his room I lean against the door frame my arms crossed and a smile on my face. "Am I interrupting anything?"
Castle Under Siege: I help Gilmore over to the medics. "I need to learn some restraint it seems. Doesn't do good for a man's pride to lose so quickly." When I see Iona I bow sheepishly. "Um thanks mi'lady. I only wish I could display my bravery against the darkspawn. Though, displaying it before a lovely lady is just fine for me too." I look around. "I need to go find Fergus, perhaps we can catch up some other time." I bid Iona fair well and seek out Fergus.
Castle duel 2: I smile at the opening Gilmore gives me and then attempt to take advantage.
Castle Duel: "It was a good fight....not really but I'm trying to be nice. I smile at Gilomre. "I'm good for another go." I take the sword from the guard and ready for Gilmore. Initiative:
Castle, Duel: I laugh. "Ha I let you hit me." I tightly grip my sword and power attack. Attack: For: Confirm Crit: For an additional: OUCH
Castle,duel: I smirk at the clumsy swing and make an attack of my own. Attack: Deep inside I am cursing this tiny sword.
Castle Under Siege: I hold up my hand to refuse the buckler. I heft the awkard longsword for a moment and a look of annoyance appears on my face. I then smirk at Darrien. "Lucky you, I am giving you a handicap on this one." I swing the longsword two handed for a moment trying to get accustom to the lighter weight. I hate these flimsy swords I stand ready. Initiative:
Castle Under Siege: I accept my mother's love and let her move on. I then respond to Darrien. I crack my knuckles. "So, looking to get beat before you go embarrass yourself before the darkspawn huh? I am ready to go when you are." I look over at Iona and awkardly bow to her. "I would be happy if you would watch mi'lady." I hope that didn't sound too strange. Focus on the bout. I head over to the training grounds and pick up the biggest sparring sword they have. "This'll hurt well enough." I look back at Darrien, "Ready to get spanked"
Awww kaiden you hated that adorable puppy? Ugliest most annoying damn thing I have ever seen. And the fact you can ask it to clean human gore off you is more than a little disturbing. Sorry, I just wasn't a fan of the dog companion in this game but I will play along. I know it would kind of fit Kaiden.....kind of.....not...but whatever, if you want it in this game I'll do my best to play along. Just to warn you, I forgot it existed a lot in the game, I don't suspect this game to be much different. It might go without food more than once. Magbe it's Oliver's dog.
Castle Under Siege: Even I know better than to ask mom to become a Warden. Unlike father, I'm actually afraid of her. I simply nod. Y-yes ma'am I look around. [b]We were on our way to see Fergus at our father behest. Was there something else you needed, or perhaps you can accompany us to his chambers.
Castle Under Siege: I chuckle at Darrien. "If you want to spar again and have a hope of winning, you'd better bring something bigger than that cheese knife you call a sword." At the words of the young elven maiden I merely blush and mentioning of a crush has me blushing harder. "Um...hehe..uh" Wow this is awkward. Maybe she pefers my brother more. I try and shake my embarrassment and get to business. "Mother, did you have need of us for something or are you simply playing match maker."
Castle Under Siedge: I listen to Gilmore muse over the news of the warden. He may not have been born a noble but damn do I envy him. The chance to seek out and destroy foes such as the darkspawn is an adventure I wish was part of my destiny. But I am forced to watch this war from the sidelines playing "protector" to a castle that is simply out of harms way. Worst I can expect to deal with is breaking up feuds between guards and servants, and that is if I'm lucky. These thoughts race through my mind even as we chat and approach mother. Upon seeing her tough I do regain some composure and try my best to be polite. Walking up to the gathering I bow first to my mother. "Greetings mother, glad you see you well and youthful as always" Not to be rude I turn also to our guests bowing to each respectively. "Lady Landra and lord Dairren it is an honor to have you as well." I then exercise one of my more perplexing characteristics and bow to the elf servant standing there as well. [b]"Thank you for your diligence in serving your masters. Keep up the good work." Elves are such fascinating creatures. Like dwarves and Qunari, they are exotic and have rich histories. I would hope to meet the Dalish one day and perhaps hear some tales of their great trials. I was taught by Arron to respect all sentient cultures. Though they have differences from us, they have similar feelings and goals in life and if we simply all looked the same, people may not be able to tell us apart. They have different cultures and there is nothing wrong with that. They also have warriors and acts of extraordinary bravery. Especially the Qunari. I hope to meet one some day and talk of the battles they have faced. Often times I do think elves are treated unfairly. They live among us and have so much to offer us yet we waste so much time and effort alienating them and putting them down that we can never discover what they have to offer. Still, it is a good practice to respect what they actually do for us and thank them. It is the least we can do. I turn back to my mother after my display. "You wanted to see us?"
Castle Siege: I listen to my brother speak of status quo. "Our land is under threat from invading forces that wish nothing but harm upon our people. You make it sound as though it is such a trivial matter but I think darkspawn are a very big deal. From what I hear they are horrible monsters who only know how to destroy. Not like the Orlesians at all. We're fighting for our lives here." While I thought I had made my point, my brother hits a very sensitive matter with he asks about a girl. "Oliver you know I have no skill with women. I just have a hard time even talking to one. I mean I like girls and I would like to have a girl to protect, or fight alongside me or to support me or....." I'm rambling, best to just shut it for now and stay quiet. When Gilmore appears I greet him warmly. "Gilmore it is good to see you. I really think you should color your hair friend. Orange just isn't normal. How did you acquire such an odd color again." I do enjoy teasing Gil about his hair. I head towards the atrium with him as we talk."
Castle Under Siege: Man there is no give at all. I really wish he would take me seriously. I nod to father, "I will do as you ask. Sorry for my rudeness." I cannot mask the essence disappointment in my voice. It is portrayed very clearly. I turn and join my brother at the door. I speak to him but my words come out like a sigh. "Lets go see Fergus." Under my breath I mutter so only Oliver would hear. "Lucky sod he is." After we are out I begin to vent. "I cannot believe father would turn down the chance to have at least one of his sons be a Grey Warden! He should be proud of that not against it! I don't understand, I have trained for years for this kind of thing. How can he just turn me down so hastily! I really want to go and prove myself." I take a deep breath and calm down a bit. "You are probably thrilled you don't have to go into battle aren't you?' I continue to head in the direction of Fergus's room while talking with Oliver.
Castle Under Siege: My mind is a whirl with mixed emotions. Not allowed to go? Babysit a castle? No this isn't right! I am so ready for this./[i] Before I can let out my protests, father seems to know me too well and cuts me off before I can begin. Suddenly, the stranger is brought in. [i]A Grey Warden here? Wow, they are the greatest warriors known! They fight and slay darkspawn in droves. Truly these are mighty warriors. This Duncan is old and must have seen many, MANY battles. I am simply in awe. I grow even more excited when Duncan seems to think I too would be a great candidate.....[i]oh yeah, and my squishy brother too. Someone really should tell Duncan Oliver's not as tough as he looks.[/b] Ignoring my fathers glance I blurt out. "Do I ever have something to add. Grey Warden is just the sort of challenge I've been waiting for father. And this one sees that I am skilled enough to be one. It's a great idea. Oh, I know a great compromise. I go with the Grey Warden, and Oliver stays and housesits. Does that sound fair?" I am so ready to get out of here and see some action.
Castle Under Siege:
I enter the main hall eager to see my father. I long to join the fighting down south against the Darkspawn. Surely I am ready for battle by now after my feat of heroism not to long ago. I greet my father. "Father hi!" Father greets me and then turns my attention to his friend Rendon Howe. I remember Howe, something about the man seemed stuck up in a way, like he was always better than everybody else. I never really cared for the man's bland mannerisms and I certainly had no interest in speaking with him now. I had more important things to discuss with father, like the war. I merely look at Howe "Your here, hi sir. Yeah good to see you too." My tone betrays me. Dry and unimpressed. I hope father didn't notice how rude that sounded. Doesn't matter if Howe notices, I don't care about him. I look again at my father, barely able to contain my excitement. "I hear we are going to face darkspawn father. I can hardly wait to put my skills to the test against a REAL opponent." It is best I not ask, best just assume I am going along, it'll be harder for him to say no. I am ready after all, I have to be. I eagerly await my father's response.
However you want to do it is fine, I figured our party would be replacing the traditional companions. Still, it was always a fun concept. @Oliver - So I am the younger bash brother and your the older more laid back brother. Interesting dynamic. It is likely I would have tried to spar with you or drag you out on hunts. You'd refuse and then I'd poke fun at how soft you were. Something like that anyways.
This is going to sound silly of me but I simply must ask. Will there be a romance system in this like Bioware games tend to do? I do enjoy that option in their games. Leliana was always one of my favorite Bioware romances.
Only waiting on completion of Olivier and Merin before we can completely begin. Although, the cousland brothers are more than free to talk about their personal relationship if they wish, although I doubt any of the others have ANY knowledge of each other Oh Right, I have thought about that. Kaiden is eighteen at the start of this adventure. Oliver, would you be older or younger than me? I would be your reckless sibling who longs for action all the time. A rather overused character trait but one I enjoy all the same.
So narrow the CMD bonus to a foe type. Sure. Bandit Fits my backstory and since my character is a form of royalty, he will most likely see guardsmen as honest working men who do what they do on the orders of someone higher. Their leader maybe evil but their purpose is to keep the peace. I chose bonus vs Bandit, penalty vs Guard. A very balanced choice if I'd say so. As for my avatar, I am glad my first entertained you. I hope my new one fits the bill better. I am fond of it. At any rate, I was curious. How much like Bioware's game are you going to make this? Will it be railroaded heavily like the game was or are you going to open end it more?
Alright, Kaiden is ready for action Lol, I thought something similar when looking at the avatar. He looks like he sees something sweet like an awesome battle or challenge and is ready to face it. If it bothers you that much I will change it. I thought it was perfect but there are plenty of other pictures to like as well. As for stalwart against villains, a thought does come to mind. You seem in favor of a bonus balanced by drawback system and I've come up with a couple of ideas. This is my favorite so far. Stalwart Against Villains: A +1 to CMD vs evil aligned foes and a -1 CMD versus Non evil foes. Playing through Dragon Age so many times I have deemed that not all foes are of an evil alignment in that game. Like the difference between standing strong versus villainous bandits resisting their maneuvers but loosening up when a misunderstanding or a conflict of interests lead to a fight. The idea would be evil people are expected to fight a certain way but when the foes you face don't fit the patterns that fit that alignment, ie I think their bad but their alignment says otherwise, you would not be prepared for such a fight and thus let your guard down slightly. Not all battles are always against evil people. Like the starving farmers from Lothering that were just so desperate or the conflict with the werewolves or fighting people just doing their jobs like town guards who think they are defending the right cause. That sort of Thing. CMD isn't something too impactful that altering it slightly would break the game too much but keep me from getting tripped, disarmed, or grappled by darkspawn. its an idea that is my favorite of a long list of possibilities. I am hesitant to suggest anything that improves my attack further as I do not believe it necessary. My to hit bonus for my level is fine with the Titan grip thing. If you feel there could be something better I will throw out some other ideas but be warned, each will have lengthy descriptions. I tend to ramble at times, sorry for that.
Alright, Kaiden is ready for action |