[OOC] The Elder Scrolls: Rage of the Waves

[Hank]

Let's play a game; it's called "how many people can Maulakanth insult in a single post?"

[Spoopy Scary]

It's still early, and I'm figuring that replacing marksman as a somewhat proficient skill with acrobatics would make more sense. Is that alright?

[Dervish]

It's still early, and I'm figuring that replacing marksman as a somewhat proficient skill with acrobatics would make more sense. Is that alright?

@Spoopy Scary

Well, he still does have the crossbow. He'd go from knowing how to use it, even if mediocrely, to having no damn clue.

[ConstableWalrus]

@Dervish Dervish! that's the beauty of crossbows! Even an idiot can fire it! the mechanism does all the work!

[Dervish]

@Dervish Dervish! that's the beauty of crossbows! Even an idiot can fire it! the mechanism does all the work!

@ConstableWalrus

Goddamn it, Joffery.

[Lo Pellegrino]

@Dervish Dervish! that's the beauty of crossbows! Even an idiot can fire it! the mechanism does all the work!

@ConstableWalrus

Try loading the bolt and get back to me. 😏

[ConstableWalrus]

@Lo Pellegrino@Dervish

You just... you know... Pointy end. Poom. JUST HAVE YOUR DAMNED SERVANT LOAD IT THEN! FINE!

:P, in all seriousness I don't think it'd be that large of a deal for him to still keep the crossbow, though to be fair finch seems a bit... Physically incapable of drawing the crossbow back to load. I think acrobatics would be a good change, unless he wants to ask one of the more among them with muscle to please load his bow for him.

[Dervish]

Let's play a game; it's called "how many people can Maulakanth insult in a single post?"

@Hank

He didn't even get to half the party.

What a softy!

[Spoopy Scary]

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Well, he still does have the crossbow. He'd go from knowing how to use it, even if mediocrely, to having no damn clue.

@Dervish

Good point. I have a better idea,

You'd expect an athlete to have a high proficiency in athletics, not a beggar who is fast on his feet. I'll move it down one tier. I'd then have two slots available for somewhat in addition to the crossbow: acrobatics, since he'll do a bit of climbing and jumping - and it was revealed he was destined for the college, so maybe a touch of illusion, as has been revealed,

[ConstableWalrus]

@Spoopy Scary

Keep in mind mate that Magic is a study, you have to learn it. You can't just have someone suddenly know a couple spells or just pick up a textbook and learn it. That's that same for any skill especially magic :P

Just keep that in mind :D

[Dervish]

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Good point. I have a better idea,

You'd expect an athlete to have a high proficiency in athletics, not a beggar who is fast on his feet. I'll move it down one tier. I'd then have two slots available for somewhat in addition to the crossbow: acrobatics, since he'll do a bit of climbing and jumping - and it was revealed he was destined for the college, so maybe a touch of illusion, as has been revealed,

@Spoopy Scary

Sounds serviceable!

@Spoopy Scary

Keep in mind mate that Magic is a study, you have to learn it. You can't just have someone suddenly know a couple spells or just pick up a textbook and learn it. That's that same for any skill especially magic :P

Just keep that in mind :D

@ConstableWalrus

While an excellent point, I imagine it wouldn't be impossible or entirely unreasonable for someone with a magical affinity to be able to self-teach themselves a relatively simple spell from a book, but it would require a lot of time and practice. After all, you can learn a lot of real life skills from just reading a book and practicing (heck, most of my job's technical aspects come from understanding theory from books and then applying it), and if somebody already has an affinity to magic, then I can see them feasibly at least getting their foot in the door.

Won't be like a formal education, mind you, but it's still better than guessing blindly.

[Spoopy Scary]

It was actually mentioned in Finchs comments on our Mage. He was near the end of his early education and was set on a path to the college, and of the branches, illusion stood out to him more. With the college just around the corner, it wouldn't be far fetched for a student to start looking into their intended field.

If that wasn't mentioned in the sheet, I am sorry. Working on a phone, you make shortcuts and forget things.

[Dervish]

It was actually mentioned in Finchs comments on our Mage. He was near the end of his early education and was set on a path to the college, and of the branches, illusion stood out to him more. With the college just around the corner, it wouldn't be far fetched for a student to start looking into their intended field.

If that wasn't mentioned in the sheet, I am sorry. Working on a phone, you make shortcuts and forget things.

@Spoopy Scary

From your sheet, you make no mention of magic anywhere in it, and I've made a copy of the back story for reference. From the early years portion,

Born under a soldier and Imperial estate agent, in the Imperial City, Finch had access to an early education and some fair amount of money. Nothing spectacular, nothing befitting of nobles, but it was suitable. When his father came back home after a tour, he’d sometimes show the young Finch around the barracks, sometimes show him how to shoot a crossbow and help him out when he had trouble pulling back the string. He was born in the city; he was no farm boy, so strength never played into his everyday life. His primary responsibility was to learn. Thinking was what he became good at.

It appeared he was set on a steady path, but everything changed after his father left to carry out a strike against a key Dominion target, something that might cripple their hold on a strong position. It was executed, and he came back sung as a hero. The father, Cassius Finch, was promoted to commander for his bravery and ability to lead, and he invited his family to visit High Rock with him while he met with the Breton leaders for tactical assessment following the strike. When they got there, they were given lodging, and one night a seventeen year old Finch wandered and looked in awe at the sights of Daggerfall under the full moons. It was that night that a Dominion agent assassinated his father, as well as his mother to eliminate any witnesses.

He was taught how to use a crossbow, so retconning that is out of the picture, and nobody taught him how to use magic, and there's nothing to suggest he even had a predisposition to magic to begin with.

The rest of the sheet goes into lengths about his begging, thievery, and beginning infatuation with assassins and the Brotherhood, and the only book mentioned to have ever been in his possession is The Night Mother's Truth. Not long after, he's arrested and the game begins.

So, yeah, that's the character that was accepted, and at this point, there's nothing to suggest that Finch would ever become a mage or have training in it. The addition of athletics is fine and I agree it's probably something that makes sense for his character, but I'm giving the magic skills a solid no. It's not what was accepted and the game's already started, and it would not make sense with his history.

[Spoopy Scary]

Understood, I'll figure something out. Probably leave a blank space in his skills.

[Dervish]

@Macro, if I recall, The Golden Goose was a jewelry store and Berich wasn't an alchemist when I accepted the sheet. I noticed you edited 17 hours ago and changed your character's skills and history around to reflect this, and a few years isn't enough time to get to that proficiency of an alchemist.

Don't do that, especially without running it by me first, because that's verging on power gaming because I don't have a record of what the original sheet was and you could literally slip anything into it without me noticing. Revert back to what was accepted, please.

[ConstableWalrus]

My bad guys ignored the IC, Screwed the pooch with posting like a fool :P

[Spoopy Scary]

On another note, I got a computer on hand. Future posts will be tidier. Woo! I will make one tomorrow.

Will we be railroaded on this plot line of breaking free this noble, or are we free to make our decisions?

[Dervish]

On another note, I got a computer on hand. Future posts will be tidier. Woo! I will make one tomorrow.

Will we be railroaded on this plot line of breaking free this noble, or are we free to make our decisions?

@Spoopy Scary

It's pretty much a majority decision thing.

I'd prefer if you guys generally kept to the plot; we have stuff planned out. Things don't go as expected in these games.

[idlehands]

@DervishI think we should try to at least keep to the plot past the opening posts. All of them have a reason for wanting to clear their names or just not be hounded throughout Highrock.

[Dervish]

@idlehands That and it's not really a sandbox narrative. It it were, there wouldn't be a moderate sized player count and a big ol' fleshed out narrative waiting.