Lucius Cypher said
Yeah, what do you want Free?
There are many unpleasant things in this world but you being jesus is not one of them.
Lucius Cypher said
Yeah, what do you want Free?
Ollumhammersong said
Name: Sevarious
Freeshooter92 said
he's a fucking potato and thus awesome
Freeshooter92 said
Alright, where to start.
Ollumhammersong said
The idea behind the 903rd being that in a land of constant disorginization, political backstab, and rampant paranioa and distrust they are perhaps the one constant that remains. And considering who the umbrans are I don't think that thinking up a private and extremely brutal (even by their standards) conditioning and training regime is out of the question. Especially training them for unconditional and unquestioning loyalty. And the name 903rd as I said was their more recent title. They have had a lot fo names, Rebrandings, etc. I can remove the 903rd part but the name is really arbitrary. They have existed in one form or another for a long time. Their name and the extent of their duties would vary from Czar to Czar, And because of the Ambition/Paranioa/greed/ Of the Czars regardless of their benevolence. Maybe a long time ago the 903rd was attached to a specific Czar, but once that Czar was defeated they were given the option to either die with their master or continue serving. Obviously they chose the latter. From that point it became a sort of twisted tradition amongst the 'battalion' (Or whatever we are going to call it) To pledge loyalty to the newest Czar, as long as they get to continue killing and Carrying out the Traditions they don't give a flying fuck who is calling the shots. The Czars, for all their posturing are loathe to completely throw away such a useful tool. So they fix it up, give it a new name to make it seem as if they are completely different from the previous regime and Viola! The Battalion lives on in some capacity or another. And like I said most of them would be dispersed and awaiting orders for reformation. Only a small 'core' would be continuing active service such as Scouting, Black-ops, spying on other noble houses, etc
Ollumhammersong said
I can easily strike the battalion from their name, And the 903rd. I just thought they were badass. And making assumptions about the military. Even evil people can pride discipline and regimentation, was my thought anyway. The size is negotiable. I left it at a battalion figuring any thing else would be to large or to small for anything large scale the Czar needed done. And maybe they aren't the official house guard (because keeping secret guards sounds exactly like an umbran thing to do)
Ollumhammersong said
I can alter the armour as well. That is easy. And I don't think every single dark affiliated person needs to extole every last virtue to be identified as dark. Yes he has no real sense of Greed or ambition. But Strong senses of pride, ruthlessness, and Cold hearted doesn't begin to approach, And a temper when roused that can be as terrifying as a demigod's. Even if a water affiliated person doesn't have to strong a sense of emotions or just hides them better. I think most of them would shy away and vomit from a quarter of the shit he has been asked to do.
Ollumhammersong said
Now yes he lacks any of the defining characteristics of a typical 'hardcore Umbran'. But we can look at groups like the SAS and special forces who work for morally high(arguable I suppose) government and at times through history do distasteful and relatively cold tactics to get the job done. Essentially, Good people can do bad things for good reasons. And Bad people who are constantly surrounded by rivals and assassins may just feel like Conditioning a private force of fanatically loyal members who wont suffer from the same ambition and greed as everyone else would be in their best interest. Just because a character does not commit atrocities and backstab on a regular basis, doesn't mean he is not evil. He is an umbran who will just as soon stab you in the neck as answer any personal questions you try to throw his way. But he has an amazing amount of restraint as well. Knowing there is a time and a place, and anywhere outside of Umbra is usually not the place.
Ollumhammersong said
And as for the Umbran military. None of this information was listed, I went with what I figured was a suitably 'Lawful evil' or neutral evil character. Evil doesn;t mean you always have a plot to kill someone or you must be in a constant lust for greed or power. There are patient evil people, I mean hell if anyone read the dragonlance series where the dark queen created her own counter order to the righteous knights of Solamnia. Those knights were evil, that was without question, but they had personal honour, Chivalry, And no ambition greater than serving their Mistress. That's what made them awesome. They were knights, With nearly the same moral codes just a different ruler.
Kilo6 said
Trudy Barkstone
Freeshooter92 said
I like her, she's perfectly balanced, you don't need to change anything, and no fluff issues.However, I'm not sure how much she can actually fly, and she may have to spend most of her time on the ground, and I'm not sure if that's very fun. Are you okay with that? the last thing I want is for any of my players to not have fun.
TurboTuber said
Thank goodness, a while longer and I would have a serious potato chip on my shoulder....I'll be here all week, folks.
TurboTuber said
Thank goodness, a while longer and I would have a serious potato chip on my shoulder....I'll be here all week, folks.
Lucius Cypher said
Mhmm... Maybe I ought to put a bit of my butter and sour cream into you.
Freeshooter92 said
I like her, she's perfectly balanced, you don't need to change anything, and no fluff issues.However, I'm not sure how much she can actually fly, and she may have to spend most of her time on the ground, and I'm not sure if that's very fun. Are you okay with that? the last thing I want is for any of my players to not have fun.