Revised character sheet posted. Removal of broken abilities, toning down of magic (and I thought 2 was low!) and a detailed description of his struggle with the beast within even before his turning.
Count Vashra said:Revised character sheet posted. Removal of broken abilities, toning down of magic (and I thought 2 was low!) and a detailed description of his struggle with the beast within even before his turning.
Get of W said:Err...still need to write that introduction letter...woops.
Get to it!:whip:
Mr Nightwere said:Hey I can run with one, No worries to me I was going to start but I didn't get the letter from GoW before I write the intro.
Duke Danse Macabre said:5) I'm willing to compromise this point but once again I would say you underestimate the foundries of Nuln.
The city is so far into its crafting its streets are filled with smoke as is the sky above on even the clearest of days.
So I would Default to the Single Master Crafted long sword which can be explained as acting as my fathers female heir lacking a male, a standard rapier of good quality and a Good quality Plate suit matching the imagery previously given, understand the character as a modern day tom boy having to still be the dutiful daughter at court but learning the trade of battle as a matter of pride from her family to pass it on to the next generation, a all your eggs in one basket sort.
The reactions can be understood but at the same time a noble family having a reasonable amount of wealth and some items is to be expected, noble don't last long when poor after all, thats why a tavern whore in armour would raise a few eyebrows where as a noble lady in armour is just uncommon.
Remember the sisters of Sigmar and allot more besides. ;)
Summary of Actions as a Knight
Since Sigmund was involved in quite a few things I'll just mention those he's most renowned for.
Age 13 – Tall for his age Sigmund “borrowed” a suit of jousting armour and took part in a Tourney thrown in honour of a recent triumph Nuln had won. He came third in the lance before being found out to be a mere boy. Despite some outrage he widely impressed the nobility and especially many of the knights attending. He was offered a position as Squire to a Preceptor of the Knights Griffon.
Age 16 – Rode as squire to Preceptor Oswald during the Battle of Steingart, an encounter between the Knights Griffon numbering 150 knights (plus sergeants and squires) against a relatively small orc horde. The battle was sudden for the orcs had suddenly descended from the black mountains wiping out local militia giving the local lords no time to raise forces. The Knights gathered all they could and rode out to try and at least halt the oncoming threat. During the battle Sigmund sees a squadron of knights in trouble on the right flank and he commands the other squires to take the spare horses and lances that they carry for their masters and ride to the aid of the squadron, the charge breaks the orcish advance long enough for the right flank to recover and personally slays a noticeably large orc. Despite apparent criticism for his recklessness he is soon offered a position as a full initiate within the Order despite his young age.
Age 22-23 – Rode with a multi-province force to defend Nordland against Norse invaders, fights in a battle outside Norden that breaks the foreign force before retiring with his Order back to Nuln.
Age 29 – Newly promoted to Preceptor Sigmund leads 40 knights and a force of State Troops alongside a Reikland Force under an Altdorf noble against “The Forest King of Grissenwald”, a bandit group that had been raiding Reikland and Wissenland for years as a minor threat who had somehow managed to gather quite a large force consisting of both men and mutants. Due to the sheer incompetence and cowardice of the General Sigmund took command of the force and at the peak of the battle he fought the so called “King”, a colossally huge man bearing an axe covered in unholy markings, in single combat. Sigmund took the other man’s head and led his force to utterly slaughter the heretical force.
He went to Altdorf alongside some of his brothers to receive Imperial commendation from the Emperor’s office.
Age 34 – Unknown. Sigmund and twenty knights left he Order in the company of half a dozen witch hunters and various Imperial soldiery. Only Sigmund and two other knights returned to the order, one of whom died soon after.
Duke Danse Macabre said:The point is not only do they have the quality but the huge qunatity as well.
Supply inside the city outstrips demand, only shipping out is in high demand which is to be expected as every cannon in the Empire is forged in Nuln.
But this is not renissance is the problem, all lore and background on Nuln is widely avalible and this is a very different world, they make giant steam power ships that fire cannons, you can't compare them to closly to this world in the same way you can't compare a duck and a orange.
Ok I am going to point out that ALL empire Knightly orders that are reckonised are furnished with full dwarf crafted plate, this is listed in the dwarf army book, the empire armoy book, the empire heraldry book, sword of jusice, sword of vengence and more besides.
Vampire and Empire are my two main armies and I'm a big lore buff, love tearing into old books on the armies to find out old forgotton lore but these are more commonly known.
I forget nothing! And I resent the implication! :tongue:I will RE-highlight a few key facts as they seem to of been forgotton.
Since the time of Sigmar female warriors were common place, they became more uncommon as time progressed but are not unheard of, the Sisters of Sigmar are one example of armoured female warriors, you have Drakes in every city which are essentially female duelists, in Kislev which is thought of as part of the empire though seperate but close allies famale warriors are as common as male and women still take to the field of battle in the empire as well in numerous roles.
Not confused at all on this point.Now in regards to the magic aspect I explained that the head of the family was my father in this case but the magic user was my mother, at no point though does being a wizard mean they can not bear children, in this you have confused them with the Church of Sigmar.
The simple point was that no one, born high or low, is given a choice if their magical ability is known. They are sent off to the colleges in Altdorf, no influence in the Empire would dare try to counter such a law.My characters abilities manifested themselves at an older age, now seeing that my family is a noble one, my mother being a Battle Wizard of the College of Death, the head of the college being based in Nuln, now with this being the case she was taught at home by her mother before being due to be sent to the college of magic in Altdorf if she could not be taught by the head in Nuln as an exception but has now become a Vampire which changes things some what so taking that into account this is the part of the story for my character i still need to flesh out which I will be doing shortly.
If they're a member of the colleges that's fine. I was just mentioning that even where they trained using all the proper methods if they had not went and studied at the colleges for some period of time before being "apprenticed out" to a mage in Nuln then they would be executed for illegal sorcery.You must remember that the death college is well loved in Nuln, Witch Hunters every so often have tried to hunt Elspeth Von Draken and have died for their trouble having acted outside the law and again someone allot more powerful than them, the Head of the order being a strong friend and protector of Nuln enjoys a high position in court as one of the chief advisors of the countess which is explained in the Forge world books as well, taking this into account, a partially trained Death Wizard still in training is not going to be shunned :thumbsup:
Duke Danse Macabre said:I'll make this quick as back at work in under 3 hours. (woe be me) :(
Yes the Empire is awesome indeed and you likewise have great taste.
Now sorry if I sound a little off at times but I write half my reply's when in work so I have to rush them and writ it over a couple hours 2 minutes here and there, no exaggeration.
Now it has been noted that the Demand for things forged in Nuln exceeds what they can produce which is why the forges never sleep, this is mentioned frequently in gotrek and felix.
A noble can afford full plate, that part is not so expensive, Great swords come in half plate which is dwarf forged as well.
However full made dwarf plate is expensive which are the serious money makers though these would tend to be Gromil like those used by the Rieksguard, Hellborg and who have you.
Most of the dwarf forged armour is in fact heirlooms created in the infancy of the empire and not "Imperial dwarf" forged but dwarf forged in its own right, it is also listed though again in gotrek and felix that new one are made but these are still dwarf made and come in by ship, same as the gun powder (there was a arguement about the dwarfs being unhappy giving it for the cost of its creation).
This I have to disagree with though, details are very important. Being a religious order they were an exception rather than the rule and they no longer exist.But there are still a number of female warriors, granted they are not great in number in modern times but they are not shunned, only bretonia and the Empire truth be told seem to have minimal numbers of female fighters.
I am also aware with the sister of sigmar, they are however still female warriors, what happens after not so important, same as the hulk stealing that motorbike in avengers. Details not important. ;)
I thought the mother was the mage and the father the Lord?It seemed like you had mixed the roles of my father and my mother up in this was all in regards to wizarding and what not.
This is the part I don't get, can I ask where you got it all from, I love the colleges so any further reading would rock.Now for the colleges this is more for the RP.
Reason being there are exceptions made from time to time, they are rare but it does happen, now as the one in my characters Bio who would be taking over my education would be the Grand Master of the Amethyst College it adds more flavor and political weight, taking in mind Nuln has been trying to establish a small college themselves in the lore over since aldorf got the colleges even though Nuln was at the time the capital its something that could be state sponsored.
You also have to remember Gelt hates Von Draken, reason being even in white dwarf lore and novel he is a very anything to win character and comes off as out for his own ends, Von Draken is his greatest rival but she has never offered challenge, this is a threat to his leadership so this tends to reflect badly especially seeing as death wizards are normally so loved.
Very Cool :cool:So far we are looking at a battlemage, so some combat ability but not proficient as you would expect a vetran officer, same can be said for magic but she has the double threat.