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The Riddle of Steel

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  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star

    MadassAlex: Your "Drive: To smith the best sword" is one I'll accept, because it's specific enough.



     

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    Fair enough. 

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star

    So passion... What he loves to do... What pushes him forward...


    A passion for forging blades (since smithing is too general)? =/ It's hard to think of a passion for him

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    A passion for creation in the heat of the forge?


    Then it's not just smithing, sort of, as he's trying to create something when he smiths, not just make a sword or anything

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    What if he had a passion for trying out new designs?

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    I don't know- sometimes, there can be art in remaking old designs.


    A passion for perfecting something i dunno

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    Well, "new design" doesn't necessarily mean "new shape". It can refer to the more subtle aspects of weaponsmithing that most people overlook, like blade cross-section. 

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    Yeah, but sometimes, the old designs are still workable, they just need tweaking and then bam, they're better than ever

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star

    Passion: To experiment and create a style of sword that would be unique to him (as in he's the only one who can make swords like that, not that they are custom made for his style of fighting)?

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    edited 2012-02-06 22:39:47
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    Old designs are generally given a technology update to make them workable, thus the continued use of the short sword. I mean, if you were to compare a late medieval and Roman short sword, you'd find the following:


    The former is longer, made of better steel and has a diamond cross-section for thrusting. It also had a longer crossguard, and may even have a bit of extra hand space on the hilt. It will taper more heavily. The Roman sword is of a lenticular cross-section, shorter, probably made of iron or primitive steel and has no hand protection. 


    The two weapons are the same basic shape and size, but the latter one uses less obvious, more "internal" changes to improve the older one's function. 


    ^ That'll work. 

  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now

    This thread is two and a half months old and we still haven't started. ._.


    Literally all we need, mechanically, is for Icalasari to assign points to his Spiritual Attributes, right?


    And can we set up a combat demo soon, if not with Ica and Cygan's characters?

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    Yeah, although I'm hesitant to use your or INUH's characters because their skill and proficiency allotment means they won't provide a diverse demonstration of the system. Cygan and Ica's sword-based, high-commitment builds will give a better look at how combat works. 

  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now

    I was thinking more along the lines of generic pre-made characters that you could come up with, as opposed to just pitting our characters against the others.


    Also, what do you mean by high-commitment builds for Cygan and Ica, as opposed to INUH's and mine?

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    Basically, they put more points into less proficiencies. You and INUH have more generalist characters. 

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    I only took one proficiency :V
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    Then you put less points into less proficiencies. :U

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    But that's the opposite of what you said :V
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    well


    shaddap


    that's my explanation

  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now

    I wouldn't have thought my build was "generalist"; I pumped as many points as possible into one thing and used the leftovers to boost what you already gave everyone.

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    And I already said the points I gave the spiritual attributes multiple times
  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now

    My apologies; I see now that you posted them last page, and you've sorted out the focuses, so . . . sweet.

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    Can Icalasari and I try out the combat system in the thread, since apparently IRC is outta the question?

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    Yep.

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    Awesome


    as a reminder, http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40610858/charsheet.rtf <--- here is my character sheet

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    or not 


    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/58891476/charsheet (1).rtf <--- this one has the 7 in Longsword :C

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    Aye aye. 

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    Fuck, I don't even know.


    Let me redo the sheet.

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    I just copypasta'd in the end.


    Um, I don't suppose I can go through and strike off some of the skills in the skill packet, or at least lower them, to make her more in line with her characterization?

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    Lower scores are better, as you recall. 


    Try not to strike out skills where possible, but keep everything in balance. The numbers should all add up to their current total value, but I'm happy for you to rearrange some points. 

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    I recall that? How are lower skills better?

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