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Liberty's Edge

Human (Minkai) Samurai (sword saint) 7 (Order of the Warrior)

All right. Let's set a deadline of Wednesday then to have the backgrounds done, or at least in playable shape, and plan for the thread to start then. Looking forward to this!

Scarab Sages

I came up with a starting background, I may add to it as we proceed, just spells to complete now.

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Since I have next to no background info about the place, I leave it in your capable hands. :)

Liberty's Edge

Male Human Commoner 3

I've been having a really hard time thinking of anything for this character. I was really jazzed up to start but now it's kind of frustrating not to be able to get any good ideas.

Liberty's Edge

Human (Minkai) Samurai (sword saint) 7 (Order of the Warrior)
TerraNova wrote:
Since I have next to no background info about the place, I leave it in your capable hands. :)

Okay, got some stuff percolating - what is the equipment you're gong to pick for your upgrade?

Liberty's Edge

Human (Minkai) Samurai (sword saint) 7 (Order of the Warrior)
Michael D Moore wrote:
I've been having a really hard time thinking of anything for this character. I was really jazzed up to start but now it's kind of frustrating not to be able to get any good ideas.

Spoiler:
What sort of issue are you having? What are you not coming up with?
Liberty's Edge

Male Human Commoner 3

Shisumo

Spoiler:
Pretty much everything I have left to do: spells, background, anything else I'm forgetting about. Part of it may be due to a lack of time but not really knowing the setting isn't helping either. I think I have a good idea how to roleplay the character it's just getting those finishing touches done that's annoying me. Let's see if nothing can come up today, just don't let me keep the group back.

Liberty's Edge

Human (Minkai) Samurai (sword saint) 7 (Order of the Warrior)
Michael D Moore wrote:
Shisumo** spoiler omitted **

Spoiler:
Obviously you have to pick your spells still, but as for outline, why not just do a rough outline? You can fill in details as the game goes forward and you get more familiar with the setting...

Have you settled on a Campaign Trait yet? There might be some inspiration there, if not. And have you rolled for your Bad Fortune?

Liberty's Edge

Male Human Commoner 3

Shisumo

Spoiler:
A rough outline would probably be best for now. As for trait I think the Faction Agent would be best. I'm also wondering if Traditionalist Sahir would be good for me; from what I've read they think it best to practise spellcraft in secret? For what I'm thinking this character might wish to flaunt his abilities from time-to-time. It doesn't seem terribly compatible to me. Finally, about Bad Fortune: I thought it was something you rolled for me and kept in secret?


I think I am completely finished, including a somewhat sparse but present background. It's a little past the due date, 50 minutes or so isn't that bad though is it? Let me know what you think Shisumo, I can make some quick changes tomorrow before giving a first post. Sorry it took so long to get things up.

Shisumo

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I wasn't sure if I got spells from the L5R book as well. I only put down the three spells I learned being a Qabal Summoner onto the sheet. If I do gain L5R spells as well here are my choices using the Ronin Traditional Priest as a guide:

Sense, Commune, Summon; Biting Steel, Fires of Purity, Katana of Fire; By the Light of Lady Moon, Way of Deception; Path to Inner Peace.

I probably did plenty wrong with this character, hopefully nothing so major it will delay me from posting tomorrow. If there are issues just let me know and I'll curse the day I didn't make a Yodotai instead :P


I got a sparse background up but haven't settled on equipment but otherwise I am ready.


Very, very brief background is done, along with personality and appearance. The background isn't as well written as I'd like and could do with a bit more detail, but it's a start. I will try to expand it a bit more and re-write it so that it's less stilted, but it should be enough to make a start with.


All right: let's do this!


Khaliq Aziz wrote:

Shisumo

** spoiler omitted **

Kaliq:

Spoiler:
You don't get regular shugenja spells, just the sahir ones. But summoning isn't a bad way to go, since it's fairly easy to summon a jinni that can accomplish most of what you would want to do with magic - it's slower, but you've got a lot of flexibility that way.

As for your Bad Fortune, here's what I came up with: Bad Fortune roll (1d10=9), which is a +5 TN to all uses of a single skill until you spend 1 XP to overcome the problem. The skill will be Lore: History.

Finally, I should probably point out that you really, really want some Commerce as a jinn summoner. Making the deal with the jinni after you've summoned it is an Awareness/Commerce contested roll, and even if you use your ML 1 Jinn Summoning Spell - which of course you should - you still will suffer unskilled penalties without at least one Rank in the skill itself.


I decided to make my excellent quality item the Light Armor that Ammon now wears. The thought behind this is that the father put the armor on the mother so that she would be more protected as she escapes (since excellent quality light armor doesn't grant any penalties).

Liberty's Edge

Human (Minkai) Samurai (sword saint) 7 (Order of the Warrior)
Arcmagik wrote:
I decided to make my excellent quality item the Light Armor that Ammon now wears. The thought behind this is that the father put the armor on the mother so that she would be more protected as she escapes (since excellent quality light armor doesn't grant any penalties).

Works for me. Make a note of it on your character sheet and you're good to go.

Scarab Sages

Shisumo, not quite understanding how many spells I get and what form they're in...do I get just a single spell at mastery level 1 in addition to the Senpet spells to begin with?

Liberty's Edge

Human (Minkai) Samurai (sword saint) 7 (Order of the Warrior)
Taumadu wrote:
Shisumo, not quite understanding how many spells I get and what form they're in...do I get just a single spell at mastery level 1 in addition to the Senpet spells to begin with?

You get the Senpet spells Sacrifice for the Gods and Voice of Ten Thousand, plus the ML 1 Jinn Summoning spell and one more of your choice. You also get 1 FR to put toward any Discipline you want to choose.

Scarab Sages

OK great, THANK YOU!

I'll update the sheet, and select my other spell when I get home.

(Are there void spells?)

Liberty's Edge

Human (Minkai) Samurai (sword saint) 7 (Order of the Warrior)

The Void spells are the Celestial ones: Farsight, Astrology, and Divination.

Scarab Sages

Shisumo wrote:
The Void spells are the Celestial ones: Farsight, Astrology, and Divination.

Ah, ok

Sacrifice of the Gods requires a Theology skill at Rank 2 that Senpet Sahir don't start with? Is that as it's supposed to be? OR was it supposed to require Theology (Ten Thousand Gods), and it was another editing error?

Sahir aren't very powerful at the beginning are they? Certainly Heihachi would kick this guys butt, unless I had made a really good deal with a Djinn or 4....


Taumadu wrote:

Sacrifice of the Gods requires a Theology skill at Rank 2 that Senpet Sahir don't start with? Is that as it's supposed to be? OR was it supposed to require Theology (Ten Thousand Gods), and it was another editing error?

Sahir aren't very powerful at the beginning are they? Certainly Heihachi would kick this guys butt, unless I had made a really good deal with a Djinn or 4....

Ignore the Skill requirement (which is Spellcraft, actually, but doesn't really matter). It looks like they were planning to make ghul creation require a Spellcraft Emphasis, but as it stands, it's the only spell that has such a requirement, and it's idiotic.

And no, they aren't. They have a few things going for them - jinn summoning is a big one, as is the fact that all spells only take 1 round to cast by default - but the power level of sahir is much lower than that of shugenja, especially as they begin.

Scarab Sages

DM Shisumo wrote:
Taumadu wrote:

Sacrifice of the Gods requires a Theology skill at Rank 2 that Senpet Sahir don't start with? Is that as it's supposed to be? OR was it supposed to require Theology (Ten Thousand Gods), and it was another editing error?

Sahir aren't very powerful at the beginning are they? Certainly Heihachi would kick this guys butt, unless I had made a really good deal with a Djinn or 4....

Ignore the Skill requirement (which is Spellcraft, actually, but doesn't really matter). It looks like they were planning to make ghul creation require a Spellcraft Emphasis, but as it stands, it's the only spell that has such a requirement, and it's idiotic.

And no, they aren't. They have a few things going for them - jinn summoning is a big one, as is the fact that all spells only take 1 round to cast by default - but the power level of sahir is much lower than that of shugenja, especially as they begin.

That's what I thought, and Senpet don't even start with a weapon!!! I had to buy a knife! LoL

Scarab Sages

Updated my background to include my flaws...

Liberty's Edge

Male Human Commoner 3

Shisumo

Spoiler:
Done and done; I added 2 ranks of Commerce by taking the unlucky disadvantage. At first I didn't anticipate summoning jinn so often but since I took two levels of jinn... Now to get in on the game thread.

Liberty's Edge

Male Human Commoner 3

Wow, that last post was longer than I thought. I'm just going to apologise right now for the wind-baggery that is Khaliq Aziz. I'm pretty wind-baggy myself and he doubles that. Hopefully it's not too annoying.

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*sigh* kind of lost touch to the thread. I'll re-insert myself as soon as an opportunity presents itself, though, since i am still very much interested in the game

Liberty's Edge

Human (Minkai) Samurai (sword saint) 7 (Order of the Warrior)
TerraNova wrote:
*sigh* kind of lost touch to the thread. I'll re-insert myself as soon as an opportunity presents itself, though, since i am still very much interested in the game

Both the Roll/Keep games got really quiet over the weekend. I'm not sure what happened.

You could follow up on some of the other people around the camp that Ammon hasn't gotten to yet...


But Hey! Let Ammon know so he doesn't have to follow up behind you!

Liberty's Edge

Male Human Commoner 3
Shisumo wrote:
Both the Roll/Keep games got really quiet over the weekend. I'm not sure what happened.

Sorry, I've been kind of busy the past few days. I'll try getting back into the groove of things.

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I'm a bit sick right now, and with a lot of work to be done, won't risk really falling ill. Bottom line: me -> bed, instead of sticking around for PbPs tonight.

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