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[Twinwolf]

Posting to watch, will probably make a character.

Spoiler: Lillian Rook (click to show/hide)

Name: Lillian Rook
Age: 23
Appearance:
Lillian seems an average farmer girl at first glance. She has shorter brown hair, just brushing her shoulders, that falls naturally straight. She prefers warm and comfortable clothing to the fancy, leaving her in dark colors with thick garments that usually hide her (appreciable) figure, and strong boots built for farm work. Her eyes are the main thing that seems different - the color of hard steel, and an intelligence and calculation one would associate with nobility rather than the peasant in front of them. This is somewhat at odds with her rather cute face, and her tendency in mannerisms towards humbleness and nervousness.

A minor note: Her hair is naturally of similar color to her eyes, rather than brown. She dyes it, but of course the dyes of the time (never mind what is available to her) are not particularly effective and bits of silver may be visible in the morning, particularly if the party slept somewhere wet.

Backstory:
Lillian is a young woman of a rural community within the kingdom, the province of Steelstone - as the name may imply, a major source of the kingdom’s steel and iron. Such an industrial province still needs food, however, and that’s means a vast amount of farmland around it. Outside of the provincial capital (Also Steelstone), those who are not miners are farmers.

Lillian is from one such family. Her whole life has centered around the farm - her father never let her go to the city proper, although the smaller village is a frequent stop for seeds. Despite this, Lillian’s primary role is not that of a farmer but of an alchemist and herbalist, mixing potions and creating salves. She learned under the tutelage of a woman named Grenda - she had never told Lillian her surname - who was rather impressive in her craft.

Of course Lillian still provides aid when time comes for the harvest, but apart from that much of her time is spent learning. Her father taught her to read and write - an uncommon skill for those of their station, and one that Lillian wasn’t sure how her father had learned. But because of this, Lillian was often nose-deep in books chosen for her by Grenda. She became rather more learned than one would expect, although her social skills could use some work.

As she came of age, she took a proper apprenticeship with Grenda, putting what she’d learned to practice in the village. The extra money earned helped out quite a bit on the farm, and life was fine for a couple of years. One day, a messenger came - there was a sickness making the rounds in the forces of Princess Eirwen, and the aid of an herbalist was needed. The Queen to be had rescued the province from the mad king’s forces before, and Grenda felt indebted for that. She decided to send Lillian, as she was getting on in years and wouldn’t be able to make the trip. With the proper remedies in hand, Lillian hopped a wagon headed for the castle.

Of course, fate being fate, not everything went as planned - they arrived just as the king was tearing apart the garden, the road from which they came vanishing soon almost as soon as they crossed. Lillian, while terrified, went about her duties even as worry for her parents and town made her stomach do cartwheels. When the call for the Order of the White Branch came out, Lillian decided she’d do what she could. She just hoped the province from which she had come was one of those isolated pockets of civilization left… or if it wasn’t, that repairing the nation could bring it back. 

Class: Commoner
Primary Attribute: Cunning
Secondary Attribute: Physical
Tertiary Attribute: Enchantment
Other:

Dice (6/6)
Physical Dice: 2
Enchantment Dice: 1
Cunning Dice: 3

Weapon: Sharp Pitchfork. It has 3 points! That means it’s better than a 1 point spear! Right?
Armour: Heavy Cloak. Keeping warm! Not very protective though.
Other:
- Devon York’s Guide to Useful Remedies and Potions: A book written by a famous herbalist/alchemist, with pages filled with information about potions and herbal remedies and the ingredients and process of their creation. A smart herbalist, or alchemist, never leaves home without their copy! Lillian had to save for six months to get the money.
- Lillian’s Journal: Precisely what it sounds like - Lillian’s journal. Apart from day-to-day records, it includes records of several alchemical experiments, performed by Lillian, and will be used to record future experiments. Doubles as proof of Lillian’s literacy, a rare trait among commoners.
- Oxford Guide to Reagents: A guide to useful ingredients. Not particularly fancy but it gets the job done.
- Ingredient Pouch: A pouch full of useful ingredients Lillian brought with her. Just in case.
- Brown Hair Dye: People used to make fun of her for her odd hair color. No more! Odd how dad was always willing to pay for it though…
- Backpack: Precisely what it sounds like.

Ability:
Potions - Lillian, being an herbalist and alchemist, makes potions. Each Tale, Lillian can use a number of potions equal to her level, the type decided retroactively.
         -Health Potion: Heals 66% of health.

[Sudurandom]

Spoiler:  "Owen the Unseen" (click to show/hide)

Name:Owen of Unson (Owen The Unseen)
Age:30
Appearance:A man of average height and build with brown hair and a forgettable face, he tends to fade into the crowd.
Backstory:Serving the Queen in her campaign, Owen's power's allowed him to sneak up to the enemy's weak points, strike and disappear before they could retaliate.
This earned him the nickname "The Unseen".

Class:Enchanter
Primary Attribute:Enchantment
Secondary Attribute:Physical
Ternary Attribute:Cunning
Other:Rune of Sight

Dice (6/6)
Physical Dice:2
Enchantment Dice:3
Cunning Dice:1

Weapon:A Dagger
Armour:Dark coloured traveling clothes
Other:A sturdy traveling staff, a writing kit(quill,ink,paper,etc.) in a protective case.
   Note: Although Owen's equipment is of simple appearance a knowing eye would see it is the work of master craftsmen.

Ability: Stealthy: Owen is skilled at remaining unoticed. +2k1 on stealth rolls.

Edit:Changed mist to stealthy.

[Criptfeind]

I made a sorta viking dude paladin.

Spoiler: Thorsteinn Ásmundarson (click to show/hide)

Name: Thorsteinn Ásmundarson
Age: 38
Appearance: A massive mountain of a man with shaggy red hair swept high at the temples. His glittering blue eyes overlook a nose crooked from repeated breaking and a scattering of freckles. His impressive beard is kept in tight braids to keep it from spilling over his thick body.
Backstory: Thorsteinn is an adventurer who was born in a land far from Galwalas. He claims that he was born into a noble family, but when he was but a youth his much older brother, the patriarch of the family, was murdered by a group of men who were jealous of his status and popularity and lead by an evil enchanter who used magic trickery to make him let down his guard long enough for them to slay him. The enchanter and most of his men was forced to flee the land for fear of reprisal, but the murder threw the family into disarray and their fortunes declined. Thorsteinn swore an oath of vengeance against the enchanter, and when he came of age he left his families land, trying to track down the man.

Thorsteinn quest to kill the enchanter took him many years and across a great many lands, as the duplicitous mage seemed to have fled to the ends of the world. Several times Thorsteinn seemed to near his goal, sometimes even engaging with and slaying some of the enchanters men, but always the mage remained beyond the next horizon. As the years dragged on his single minded burning need for revenge slowly simmer down, and although his goal is always within his mind he found he could become sidetracked by some task or another; his latest clue towards the enchanters location lead him to Galwalas, but he found himself taken in by the cause of the brave Princess. Thorsteinn found he could not resist the call to join his sword to her crusade for revenge and restoration of her families honor, a cause that was paralleled by his heart as well.

Class: Paladin
Primary Attribute: Physical
Secondary Attribute:  Cunning
Ternary Attribute: Enchantment
Other: 
Oaths:
Honor me: Thorsteinn can not suffer a slight against his honor or the honor of his family or important acquaintances (for example, the Princess or other members of the Order) and such a besmirching must be met with recompensation, with blood if necessary.
As I honor myself: Thorsteinn refuses the use of trickery or stealth to defeat foes when combat will do! He must challenge his foes and defeat them with honor.
For I am no ragr: The use of magic is unbecoming of a male warrior, and Thorsteinn, with his long struggles against such a mage holds it in more distaste then average! He refuses to cast his own magics.

Dice (6/6)
Physical Dice: 4
Enchantment Dice: 0
Cunning Dice: 2

Weapon: Thorsteinn has gained and lost many a weapon over the course of his travels, currently his selection includes an arming sword of solid if unornamental make, a 38 inch round shield, a single edged longknife, and his great Dane Axe, gifted to him for services rendered in a strange land to the far south east, where he foiled a plot by the enchanter against the local ruler, it's inlaid with a strange foreign script.
Armour: For battle Thorsteinn wears a suit of well worn and well repaired chainmail armor over a gambeson along with his spectacled helm.
Other: Thorsteinn has collected a number of knickknacks over the years from his travels. The most important ones to him are his necklaces. Two crosses, one of silver and plain, and the other a Suppedaneum cross made of obsidian. A stone inscribed with his brothers name on an iron chain. And a small silver hammer.

Ability: Reject the seiðr: Thorsteinn's long battled against the deadly magics of evil mages, and naturally enough over time and despite his sound refusesal to use magic himself he's learned how to cope with hostile otherworldly powers. Whether that means quickly getting out of the way, blocking the spell with a weapon or shield, or resisting it with pure bloody grit. Thorsteinn rolls his physical and halves the result to count as his enchantment result when resisting hostile enchantment.

What do you think? Especially about the oaths I'm unsure, I sorta modeled them after like, viking society's idea of honor or something like that? But I'm not sure if that's appropriate for whatever pseudo Christianity this is fueled by and after 20 years of wandering he's implicitly converted too. And I'm not sure if mechanically the oath to not use magic is appropriate at all, since idk if it's acceptable to take that as an oath then just dump zero dice into Enchantment. Also the oath for honorable combat is pretty vague, like, setting someones house on fire when they are sleeping and killing them as they flee in terror and confusion in the middle of the night, is that an honorable challenge? Probably not by our standards...

[S34N1C]

Spoiler: Stop! You violated the Law! (click to show/hide)

Name: Robert, bastard of Leif(un-legitimised)((he goes by "son of Erik"))
Age: 28
Appearance: A slightly taller than average man with medium length black hair. He has a small scar on his forehead from a rock being thrown at him, and is missing his left eye. When in his armor, he wears a helmet with a partial face mask, which obscures everything above his mouth.
Backstory: Robert was born to a maid who had an affair with the Lord she served. When she turned up pregnant, she was fired, and had to seek help from her brother, Erik. When he was born, Erik decided to help raise him. "Every young boy needs a father figure." he said.

Erik had made a career as a town guard, so Robert was raised with a strong respect for the law. He learned to fight from his uncle, and gained a decent knowledge in the use of polearms. When he was of age, he joined the town guard.

During a raid, Robert got injured, and lost his left eye, which disqualified him from the guard. However, he still had the motivation to help people.

Class: Paladin
Primary Attribute: Physical
Secondary Attribute: Cunning
Ternary Attribute: Enchantment
Other:
Oaths:
1. Robert must follow through on any agreements or perceived obligations.
2. Robert may not strike an unarmed opponent. This does not apply for one who attacks with their fists, or other such things.
3. TBD


Dice
Physical Dice: 3
Enchantment Dice: 1
Cunning Dice: 2

Weapon: Halberd
Armour: Chain mail
Other: Eye patch, Commendation for Valor from his commanding officer.

Ability:
For Justice!: Receives +2k1 Physical when fighting those deemed Criminals

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Should be done, I just need the GM to look at it.

[Dwarmin]

Had to alter my sheet a bit. Turns out Harts are strictly male deers, whole Hinds are female deers.

[kj1225]

I mean, suddenly changing gender on top of becoming a dear would make me upset as well.

[micelus]

Spoiler: Token Moor reporting. (click to show/hide)

Name: Caliana/Sadiq
Age: 18
Appearance: A Moorish women of short height but slender frame, Caliana does her best to look like a young man, which she succeeds at splendidly. Short hair, a few scars and clothes that easily conceal her figure, Caliana often goes by Sadiq while crossdressing, which is most of the time. Caliana a pointed face with particularly high cheeckbones, as well as dark eyes. She is often smiling.
Backstory:   Caliana's early life was what you'd expect from someone born to a family of nomadic Sufi performers that just happened to deal with Djinn and just just happened to be heavily in debt to certain people. Which is to say, extremely exciting and extremely dangerous.  The young Caliana spent her time learning tricks, helping in the home, speaking with Djinn, watching her brothers learn the finer points about Law(i.e. not getting caught) and Negotiation (i.e. don't piss off the Djinn/Prince/Merchant too much ]. Occasionally she'd also learn why her family. and by extension her circus troupe, were so special compared to other people. It had something to do about being more right about things and having a sense of humour. Or something like that. She really did enjoy that life, truth be told.

Of course, a bad debt in Cordoba finally caught up with the family and as such, Caliana found herself indentured into the service of some emir and seeing that the slave's life was simply not for her (and seeing that her parents would quickly sell her if needed), escaped and left for the traveller's life with only a few momentos and a few friendly Djinn. A few mishaps and grave errors toughened her up and now she prefers to go by Sadiq, at least until she feels she's safe. Regardless, she often carries more than a bit of protection and despite all her troubles, is often cheerful (if also extremely cynical). While her employment in the Order of the White Branch is not where she saw herself going six years ago when she left Cordoba, it certainly beats slavery.

Class:
Primary Attribute: Cunning
Secondary Attribute: Enchantment
Ternary Attribute: Physical
Other: Filthy Commoners have nothing else.

Dice (0/6)
Physical Dice: 0
Enchantment Dice: 2
Cunning Dice: 4

Weapon: Crossbow
Armour: Traveller's Garb
Other: A dagger in the boot and a small Arabic poetry book that Caliana once stole. She has also learnt to keep a small pouch of sand on her body.

Ability: Yell At Djinn Until They Listen: Once a Tale, Caliana may open conversations with the local spirits [djinn] about issues and with a little cajoling, pleading and maybe even intimidation, get some info or blessing out of them. She may also be able to get a deal with a little bartering here and there.

[DragonRage]

Hello.  I'd like to get in on this RP.  It seems really cool.  I do have a few questions, though.  How does magic work in this system?  If you take, for example, the fish rune as an enchanter, does that mean you can only cast spells that are somehow related to fish?  Could this hypothetical fish mage still cast a healing spell, or an ice bolt, or conjure a magical ward?  How would the power/magnitude of those effects be determined?  Does every spell need to be an ability?

Well, assuming that abilities only stand in for particularly powerful/unique spells, skills, and martial maneuvers, here's my initial character concept.  Let me know if anything needs to change.  And yes, I am aware that this one is a bit odd.  But when have I ever made conventional characters?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Magnus and Magda the Mad Magi

Age:  21

Appearance:  Magnus and Magda are strikingly similar-looking fraternal twins.  Although Magnus is indisputably a handsome man, and Magda a beautiful woman, their pale skin tone, brown hair, eastern European facial structure, and even scars are an almost perfect match, save for the differences their gender provides.  Even their voices are strikingly similar, although Magnus’ is deeper.  They both prefer red and black clothing when given a choice, although they will sometimes don a camouflage cloak to help blend in with their surroundings.

Backstory:  Magnus and Magda were and are elite spies retained by Baron Rheinallt to provide intelligence on the Tyrant Iorwerth in preparation to retake the kingdom.  Magnus was a skilled enchanter and social butterfly, with subtle and versatile magics, and Magda a skilled infiltrator, archer, and sneak thief.  Unfortunately, Iorwerth’s court wizard Gamlin caught the pair despite their skill, but did not turn them over to his master.  Gamlin had a vision, of an army whose soldiers could speak to one another without saying a word, over any distance.  He believed that a spell that could allow this would ensure his master’s victory over any enemy.  Since twins already share a connection, he began his experiments using them, and he was running short of test subjects…

A few nights after the initial experiments, he found his cells empty.  Magnus had picked the locks on the enchanted chains that held his magics and limbs bound.  Magda had blasted the door to her cell down with a mighty fireball.  The spies reported back to the baron, forever changed by their experience.  Their minds had been linked on a deep and fundamental level.  While the two are still not the same person, there is significant… spillage.  The twin who one day dresses and acts as a thief, acrobat, and assassin might the next don the robes of the wizard, or the dress if they are feeling especially absent-minded. Questions asked of one might be answered by the other or even both at once!  Sometimes they even confuse which of them answers to which name.  And yet if you invited them both to a play, or certain foods, one twin would eagerly accept while the other would turn their nose up.  It is entirely possible that they themselves are unsure how far the link goes.

It is also possible that they’re exaggerating the effects to mess with their friends’ minds.

Not being front-line combat experts, the twins usually set themselves up as squires/advisors to a more martially-inclined member of the Order of the White Branch.  They are an invaluable asset to any member who can learn to live with or even appreciate their quirks.

Class:  Enchanter
Primary Attribute:  Enchantment
Secondary Attribute:  Cunning
Ternary Attribute:  Physical
Other:  Magnus and Magda have a greater understanding of the rune “Unity” than anyone else alive.

HP:
24

Dice:
Enchantment:  4
Physical:  1
Cunning:  1



Weapon:  Between them, Magnus and Magda possess a rapier, a sturdy, crystal-topped staff, a powerful longbow and quiver, a light buckler, and numerous knives and daggers.

Armour:  Magnus and Magda both possess a gambeson, and they have a set of mail armor and a set of wizards’ robes that they swap between themselves.  They also each possess a set of more formal wear for special occasions, which usually winds up on the correct twin.  Although despite Magnus’ neatly trimmed beard and Magda’s curves, both make spectacularly convincing cross-dressers.

Other:  The twins never willingly go without a set of lockpicks and thieves tools, a few trick arrows like grappling hooks or oil-soaked firestarters, few sticks of charcoal and chalk for marking things, and a few well-hidden vials of poison for emergencies.

Note:  If either twin is incapacitated or killed, the other one is as well.

Abilities:
Ethereal Image (active):  This powerful illusion spell creates an adjustable, potentially moving image of something that Magnus and Magda imagine.  Sight and sound are replicated perfectly, but smell, taste, and touch are not.  In fact, the image is completely insubstantial.  Using this spell makes it very easy for Magnus and Magda to convince people that nonexistent things do in fact exist, or that things are as they now appear rather than as they are, or to hide things from sight.  Magnus and Magda can maintain up to 2 images at once, but they can only produce one at a time.  This spell requires concentration to use, and cannot be maintained indefinitely or without line of sight.

[Kansa]

Spoiler: Finished Character (click to show/hide)

Name: Alice Meledian
Age: 22
Appearance (Optional):
She stands at around 6'0" tall. Her red hair is cut to just below her shoulders. Her eyes are a bright shining blue, she's thin and has pale skin. Most of the time she wears women's clothing,
Backstory (Optional):
Alice was born into a rich family, the daughter of a powerful nobleman. She had a simple life, easier than almost anyone else in that time. Her every need was provided for and she lived in a world of luxury. There was one problem however, her father despised magic while she was entranced with it and blessed with a natural talent. So in secret she began to practice, to disguise what she was doing she worked her magic into her music. Instead of being branded as a sorceress she was instead a budding musician.

It was all going fine until her father found out the truth, he was furious and cast his own daughter from his home telling her to never come back. For a few days she stayed in the area hoping her father's anger would subside, it didn't and instead she left to see the world. It was a rough time but with her talent in music she managed to eke out a living for herself though nowhere near the life of luxury she was used to. She managed to find a semi permanent position in an inn and settled down to what would seem to be a normal life.

Class: Enchanter
Primary Attribute: Enchantment
Secondary Attribute: Cunning
Ternary Attribute: Physical
Other:
Runes:
 Inspire

Dice (0/6) You get to assign 6 dice at character creation to your three attributes however you wish.
Physical Dice: 2
Enchantment Dice: 3
Cunning Dice: 1

Weapon: Spear
Armour: Leather armour
Other:
Flute

Ability:
Master of Melody:
While playing her flute she gets +1k1 to enchantment

I'll finish this a bit later

[USEC_OFFICER]

Sorry about the lack of replies, guys. I randomly felt like shit halfway through yesterday and that kinda killed my desire to work on this. But I'm feeling better so let's get to this.

Mist: Owen can Focus to become almost impossible to see.(I'll let the GM set the mechanics for this if that's ok. I'm not sure about the balance.)

Does 'This character automatically avoids the next two attacks' sounds fine to you?

I made a sorta viking dude paladin.

[spoiler=Thorsteinn Ásmundarson]Name: Thorsteinn Ásmundarson
What do you think? Especially about the oaths I'm unsure, I sorta modeled them after like, viking society's idea of honor or something like that? But I'm not sure if that's appropriate for whatever pseudo Christianity this is fueled by and after 20 years of wandering he's implicitly converted too. And I'm not sure if mechanically the oath to not use magic is appropriate at all, since idk if it's acceptable to take that as an oath then just dump zero dice into Enchantment. Also the oath for honorable combat is pretty vague, like, setting someones house on fire when they are sleeping and killing them as they flee in terror and confusion in the middle of the night, is that an honorable challenge? Probably not by our standards...

It's regular Christianity which fuels this society. I was going to make a knock-off version but went 'Eh'. The normal kind will work just as well and require less effort on everyone's part. That also lets me reference Charlemagne and similar heroes. Basically the setting is Europe with less plague and starvation, and more magic and monsters.

Anyways. I like the character and I think that the Oaths are fine. Not putting dice into Enchantment is fine since it means that means that you'll suffer whenever you encounter an test/attack which requires Enchantment to defend against. If you're okay with that then I see no reason to reject such an Oath. Honour me is more than acceptable as well. As for honourable combat... I'm not sure. I guess I have to ask what you think an 'honourable challenge' entails. Is it going up to someone and challenging them to a duel? Do they need honour for you to challenge them? Can you force them to face you if they refuse?

Should be done, I just need the GM to look at it.

Looks good to me. Just be aware that she still can't start rituals in the middle of combat and expect them to work before it ends. Her ability allows for quicker and easier rituals but they still take time. Of course nothing stops you from making other abilities which operate by her dancing. It's just that being able to do any kind of magic bullshit in the middle of combat is a little overpowered. At least Commoners are limited to physical reality with their Cunning Plans. Sounds good?

Had to alter my sheet a bit. Turns out Harts are strictly male deers, whole Hinds are female deers.

How terrible. The entire character is ruined now. :u

-snip-

Looks fine to me. Yell At Djinn Until They Listen shouldn't deal damage each time it's used, however. If it does then that'd be part of the bargain or some horrible, horrible side effect.

Hello.  I'd like to get in on this RP.  It seems really cool.  I do have a few questions, though.  How does magic work in this system?  If you take, for example, the fish rune as an enchanter, does that mean you can only cast spells that are somehow related to fish?  Could this hypothetical fish mage still cast a healing spell, or an ice bolt, or conjure a magical ward?  How would the power/magnitude of those effects be determined?  Does every spell need to be an ability?

Well, assuming that abilities only stand in for particularly powerful/unique spells, skills, and martial maneuvers, here's my initial character concept.  Let me know if anything needs to change.  And yes, I am aware that this one is a bit odd.  But when have I ever made conventional characters?

Runes are for Rituals and thus big/flashy magic. Fish mage can still cast healing spells, ice bolts and the like no matter what kind of Runes he knows. The spells just won't last for very long. Long-lasting effects are purely the realm of rituals. So every spell would need to be an ability, yes. You can do basic magic attacks no problem, that's just using the Enchantment attribute to attack, but anything more than that is an ability/Ritual. So if you wanted an ice bolt which deals cold damage and hits for more than a basic attack, you'd need to make an Ability for it. Same goes for healing spells, wards, etc, etc. This means that everyone can do basic magic but bigger stuff is the realm of Enchanters only.

As for the character, I'm pretty iffy on it. Twinlink definitely needs to be changed. Being able to use two abilities in one turn is very powerful, even with reduced Dice/Keep. KJ's character has to spend a point of a limited resource just to make two basic attacks after all. As for how to change it... I'm not sure. How set are you on the 'acting twice in a turn' effect? Other than that they seem fine to me. It's just the mechanics that I have issues with.


Since a lot of people seem uncertain/unsure about abilities, would you appreciate it if I made a bunch of example ones or not? Would they be helpful/illustrative for what I'll accept?

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Yeah, that's totally fine. That was the intention of Dances of the Ancients anyway. She will probably eventually have abilities that let her do something with dances in the middle of battle though.

[Dwarmin]

Huh, I wasn't confused yet, but I thought the listed ability was our only one. Since I took two oaths, I thought you were mentioning I had an additional oath to take...

[USEC_OFFICER]

Yeah, that's totally fine. That was the intention of Dances of the Ancients anyway. She will probably eventually have abilities that let her do something with dances in the middle of battle though.

Excellent. So her sheet is perfect then.

Huh, I wasn't confused yet, but I thought the listed ability was our only one. Since I took two oaths, I thought you were mentioning I had an additional oath to take...

I'm... Lost here.

As a Paladin you get to swear up to 3 Oaths to gain Honour. But you can swear 1, 2 or even 0 if you want. Honour makes you better at physical tasks. You get this innately as a Paladin and only a Paladin.

As a level one character you get one ability. This ability can be pretty much anything. Special attacks, healing magic, etc, etc. Every character gets this innately because they're a character.

So Honour isn't your ability and your ability isn't Honour. Are we clear now? Sorry about being unclear about this stuff. :v

[Dwarmin]

Indeed.

Anyway, how about this as an abilities?

[Purity of the White Hind]
Alfrieda gets +3k2 to all rolls interacting or befriending animals. Only applies to commanding animals if they are already inclined to be friendly or tamed.

Or

[Purity of the White Hind]
Some wild and most tame animals will react initially friendly towards Alfrieda, or at least ambivalent and non-threatening. This is merely a strong suggestion, not a command-it will not override an animals strongest natural instincts, in the case of hunger, injury, territoriality, or hostility. If she deliberately harms an animal who is otherwise not a threat to her or her allies, this ability will be suppressed for a lengthy time, perhaps permanently based upon the severity of the transgression.

I actually don't know what ability would govern charisma, or if Charisma is even a mechanical skill and not handled through role playing. So the 2nd might work better, I dunno, or perhaps they would be combined in some way.

My idea is the 'curse' essentially merged a surviving portion of the pure soul of White Hind, with her own soul-and the innate human innocence that she possessed when she was first born, untainted by any sin. In theory, the progression of the curse is how long it takes these two soul parts to merge into a perfect whole, with the body following the spirit.

Essentially, most animals can perceive on some level that she's a vessel for something pure and vital, and they react in kind, as if she was a holy being to them. In return, her moral choices can taint that purity. Since even being human carries a certain amount of 'taint', that is why it's not a mind control ability or anything like that.

What do you think?