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[Tack]

That he did. Thanks for the reminder.

I'm gonna catch up on this, since it seems very interesting. Is that (Players Needed) in the thread title still accurate?

It certainly is. Still not entirely sure if RPG's coming back either, which would make it two open slots.

[Playergamer]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Oliver Travis
[/b]Race:[/b] Human
Gender: Male
Bio: Sergeant Travis. Bit of a legend among the men-at-arms and dogs of war. They say he was killed in battle, but nobody believes that. Ol' Olly would eat himself to death before dying in battle! Oh, sure, the paunch might give you a bit of a bad first impression, but believe me, Olly Travis is one of the most dangerous soldiers there is. He's too smart to get killed by some kid with a sword.

Oliver Travis, a country farmer, enlisted in one of the Royal Regiments when he was only a teenager. He can hardly remember which war, or how old he was. Ol' Olly was born to be a soldier, and he never looked back. "Combat valor" won him a promotion to sergeant-at-arms, and he spent years, decades even serving whichever monarch still had a head on their shoulders. Oh, the kings and knights liked to think they were in charge, but when Olly spoke, the men listened.

The accepted story is that Sergeant Travis died in combat. Others say that some blue-blood noble was giving his men suicidal orders, and he put a crossbow bolt in his visor. It wasn't the first officer Travis killed to save his lads, but it was the last. He should've been executed, but a handful of friends in high places owed Olly a favor or two. Now, the old soldier is out on the street, living a lie. And he needs money.

High Concept: Born Soldier, Forced Deserter
Trouble:
-Born to March
-Looking After the Lads
-Cast Out


Equipment Aspects:
Weapons: Old Arming Sword
Armor: None. (Oliver had to sell off his old armor, since it was too obviously that of a soldier.)
(Starting gear is usually rough or shoddy)

Skills (Free to leave blank during the start of the game)
Great (+4)
-
Good (3+)
-
-
Fair (2+)
-
-
-
Average (1+)
-
-
-
-

Stunts
-Back In...: Bonus to any Contacts check that involves the military.
-Drill Sergeant Nasty: Mental Attack that does large amounts of mental stress to any military-trained/disciplined character.
-This is an Emergency: Create an Advantage bonus to take control of any group of panicked or confused people.

Alright, what do you think? I didn't fill in skills, or give specific numbers for my Stunts, because I really don't like trying to work out the crunchy stuff in a system I've never played with before.

[SOLDIER First]

For the record, "I have a proposition" doesn't necessarily mean "I want to hire you," it means "I want to hire you for something specific that I am going to explain right now."
Or, at least, it has for Larok.

[Caellath]

It's because Nabih said "I am looking to hire mercenaries and I figured out I might see if this was an opportunity." two posts back, which's a moment in-game. He figured that when he said he had a proposition, Larok would catch that and start talking pay.

Edit: I think you meant silver.

[SOLDIER First]

s-sure

[Tack]

I don't think it pays to assume Larok will catch Anything.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Oliver Travis
[/b]Race:[/b] Human
Gender: Male
Bio: Sergeant Travis. Bit of a legend among the men-at-arms and dogs of war. They say he was killed in battle, but nobody believes that. Ol' Olly would eat himself to death before dying in battle! Oh, sure, the paunch might give you a bit of a bad first impression, but believe me, Olly Travis is one of the most dangerous soldiers there is. He's too smart to get killed by some kid with a sword.

Oliver Travis, a country farmer, enlisted in one of the Royal Regiments when he was only a teenager. He can hardly remember which war, or how old he was. Ol' Olly was born to be a soldier, and he never looked back. "Combat valor" won him a promotion to sergeant-at-arms, and he spent years, decades even serving whichever monarch still had a head on their shoulders. Oh, the kings and knights liked to think they were in charge, but when Olly spoke, the men listened.

The accepted story is that Sergeant Travis died in combat. Others say that some blue-blood noble was giving his men suicidal orders, and he put a crossbow bolt in his visor. It wasn't the first officer Travis killed to save his lads, but it was the last. He should've been executed, but a handful of friends in high places owed Olly a favor or two. Now, the old soldier is out on the street, living a lie. And he needs money.

High Concept: Born Soldier, Forced Deserter
Trouble:
-Born to March
-Looking After the Lads
-Cast Out


Equipment Aspects:
Weapons: Old Arming Sword
Armor: None. (Oliver had to sell off his old armor, since it was too obviously that of a soldier.)
(Starting gear is usually rough or shoddy)

Skills (Free to leave blank during the start of the game)
Great (+4)
-
Good (3+)
-
-
Fair (2+)
-
-
-
Average (1+)
-
-
-
-

Stunts
-Back In...: Bonus to any Contacts check that involves the military.
-Drill Sergeant Nasty: +2 to Provoke attacks against any military-trained/disciplined character.
-This is an Emergency: Create an Advantage bonus to take control of any group of panicked or confused people.

Alright, what do you think? I didn't fill in skills, or give specific numbers for my Stunts, because I really don't like trying to work out the crunchy stuff in a system I've never played with before.

I Like it. Did a little prodding at one of the stunts. You ok with him being a Kingdom man?

[Playergamer]

Yeah, sounds good to me.

[Tack]

Cool! I'll lead you in. Want to be at the hall of commerce, a random bar, or sleeping upstairs of the current group?

[Playergamer]

Sleeping upstairs of the current group sounds good. Probably under an assumed name, since Travis is officially dead.

How about Jack Stone? Good, solid fake name.

[Tack]

Gotta say, the one page I've forgotten to drop myself a chest sheet and it's obviously the most crunch-intensive.
Murphy clearly hates me.
[Stealth=2]
[Notice|Nabih=[abbr+1]0[/abbr]]
[Notice|Ghamina=[abbr+2]1[/abbr]]
[Notice|Larok=[abbr+1-1]-1[/abbr]]
[Notice|Tiat=1]
[Notice|Reece=0]
... *polite cough*

Eh, Ghamina has the highest Notice anyway, so let's just keep it.
This is why I don't like using an online roller.

[Caellath]

Playergamer: If you want to be good at melee combat, Fight and Physique are likely your best choices. There's also Acrobatics for dodging instead of parrying (which Fight can do on top of attacking in melee). Ranged attacks are usually made with Shoot. Judging by your sheet, you'll also need Provoke and Contacts, and Notice is always good.

[GiglameshDespair]

I'm not sure how stunts really work, but would I be able to get one along the lines of a bonus to rolls when with Nahib?

[Tack]

Stunts are basically a way of showing how your character prefers to use their skills. Anybody can have 'Shoot' as a skill, but a sniper would take a stunt which gives them better long-range attacks.
So if Ghamina is a trained bodyguard, then it makes sense that she'd do certain things better when near to her charge.
However given the excellent job you've been doing so far staying in Nabih's shadow, it sounds a little exploitable in-game.
Depends what skill you're after, really.

Also:

If I find the time I could provide lore on Nabih's people.

Unless you'd prefer to keep your cards close to your chest. Every other player knows a few secret tidbits about their race, could serve as a conversation starter later in the game.

[Caellath]

I'm honestly not sure how tall Ghaminia is, so Nabih could literally be the one in her shadow.

Maybe a static bonus to Notice to preemptively detect anything that could be a threat to Nabih's or her life?

[GiglameshDespair]

How tall is Nabih?