Eh, the thing about throwing daggers is, you essentially have a 50/50 chance to hit with either side of a dagger. That said, a knife designed for throwing may somewhat alleviate this by placing weight in a different position, but for western knives it still remains a bit awkward because they usually have/had a handle for throwing, so there's still a chance of hitting them with the handle, which hurts but won't kill.. As far as the range is concerned, 50m is stretching it but it is possible to penetrate a skull with extremely heavy daggers at that distance, although those require more strength to throw. 50 meters is pretty much the maximum range on any throwing knife and I think even expert knife throwers would have difficulty managing to do this.

Throwing knives was, besides that, historically never really a thing in the medieval ages because they hadn't figured out how to shift the balance etc, and everyone walking around in atleast a leather jerkin would be pretty well protected against it anyway. Most people simply couldn't aim a knife that well as say an assassin trained to do so.

I can't say the 50m is realistic, but then again an assassin trained from 4 years old is hardly realistic either, but this remains a fantasy RP so anything is possible right?

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It's an incredibly grey area. No is the easiest answer. Slaves are only technically legal in Southarbour, which is why many places send their criminals there. Slave soldiers are legal anywhere, but can only be sourced from Southarbour. Most citizens of the Kingdom disagree with slavery, and its only because Southarbour depends so much on them that the trade has been allowed to remain there. You'll probably find illegal slaves all over the place though.

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Man I love making things awkward and complicated >:D

As for character limits, I'm going to say players are allowed a maximum of two for now. So feel free to make another.

I was thinking maybe a slave trader, or ex-slave trader at least to put some conflict in given that so many people disagree then. Besides, I've always wanted to play a slave trader.

Also as a sidenote, I've seen people throw a needle through a glass pane, so I guess miracles happen.

Well I did bring it down to 25-30m. And yes it's fantasy and yes there are different daggers and different ways of throwing them actually. Some are about the rotation AKA western knives, but there is also a way to throw them as you would throw a dart, to continue forward without spinning. Though that requires throwing knifes that are simetrical.

Yeah, it's a complicated and.. very divert world. You're absolutely right, although I don't really see it as an issue. We've seen throwing knives before and likely we'll see them again after this, I really have no problem with them.

I'm happy for you to have a range of 35-40m. I like things to remain as realistic as reasonably possible, but yeah this is a fantasy RP, and I'm certainly not going to start getting picking about knife rotations and the like :P

To clarify, Ms. Assassin Lady is accepted and you may put the range back up if you like.

*makes an evil smile* Gladly ~

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I was thinking maybe a slave trader, or ex-slave trader at least to put some conflict in given that so many people disagree then. Besides, I've always wanted to play a slave trader.

Also as a sidenote, I've seen people throw a needle through a glass pane, so I guess miracles happen.

That's fine by me. It looks like we're going to have a very diverse group!

as is usually the case with adventure fantasy groups xD

EDIT: my timezone is GMT +2 ^_^

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That's fine by me. It looks like we're going to have a very diverse group!

Cool, although I wonder what kind of skills he can bring to the table. Would 'illustrous and more than likely illegal contacts' count as a skill?

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Cool, although I wonder what kind of skills he can bring to the table. Would 'illustrous and more than likely illegal contacts' count as a skill?

He could be a sponsor? Perhaps he could supply them with provisions and use his contacts to find the locations of criminal safe houses/caches in the North (which would be useful for them)? I'm sure you'll think of a good reason for him to be accepted!

A sponsor does sound good. And because he puts in money, he gets to demand stuff or else he'll withdraw the funds - after all the king can hardly pay it all. And who cares that he got the money illegally.. the king needs the black blood plague solved, so which is more important?

I like it, I can work with it.

I can already see the intrigue forming :3

If there's a thing I'm good at, it's creating conflict in a group that doesn't want conflict. :p

Hehehe but hey, Im pretty sure there isn't a single conflict that cant be resolved by killing something :3

Aye, assassins usually get caught in the end ;)

:) I already know I will enjoy this RP. Well I bid you all goodnight/day for now ^_^.

@Fat Boy Kyle I didn't see anything in the rules about, say, touchy subjects such as rape or gore or something like that, so I'm wondering how far I can go with it? Obviously I'm not gonna write really gorey stuff to the point where it's just a show of how gorey I can make it, but I was wondering if I could touch on the subject of rape very lightly?

I've mentioned rape in the wiki, but not in any level of detail. It's a horrible subject but it's unfortunately a very real thing (even in modern times let alone medieval times), and so has a place in fiction. In all honesty I wouldn't personally have a problem with it as long you didn't go into graphic detail; we still need to abide by the guild's rules after all.

That said if anyone has a problem with it or thinks they may find it upsetting then please message me in private. And if that's the case I'll forbid the subject. But until then assume its ok.

That was my primary concern indeed, although I'm not really planning on going in depth - simply saying rape is enough and I don't need to graphically say what happened exactly.

Just in case you could put a warning and put the post in a hider. That way people are warned and aren't forced to read it. Now Im really leaving though. See ya lter ^_^