Just a regular university student, majoring in hospitality and tourism. Also a history and trivial knowledge nerd, aircraft aficionado, occasional trekker and a D&D player.
In short, I had a thought of placing the RP after Conan has become the King of Aquilonia, and have him as a GM-played NPC. An evil wizard is again threatening Conan, and he employs a small party to deal with the wizard, because for some reason he can't do it by himself. Either kingly duties, a disease or a curse will obscure him.
And to get it straight, I am not a Conan expert. I have read a few of the originsl stories, but not yet all of them.
Here is the current RP. I basically copied my own work, but I think it could work. And its great to to see that you're interested
King Conan is a middle-aged man, a former mercenary, thief, pirate. A barbarian, a brute, a hero. He is one and many things. Conan is a renowned adventurer and the current king of Aquilonia. In his youth, Conan traveled far and wide, from the frozen Vanaheim to the mystical Vendhya. A man of wanderlust, he has finally settled down after killing the tyrannical King Numedides with the help of Count of Poitain. Currently, he is ruling Aquilonia, but his rule on a knife's edge, as a Stygian mage is causing chaos and unrest.
Name: Xetalca the Stygian
Age: Unknown, rumoured to be in the hundreds
Appearance: An elderly man, Xetalca has also traveled to distant countries, but he has always sown chaos and unrest in his wake. A diabolical mage at heart, Xetalca's mission in life seems to be anarchy. Xetalca often says that he is serving the Great Old Ones.
Xetalca is said to have originated from Stygia, but that is only a rumour at best. He is a man of olive skin and dark, almost black hair and deep, blue eyes. He is gaunt-faced and lean, appearing as an elderly man around his sixties. But don't let it fool you, as he has extended his life through the dark arts. Xetalca is a charismatic man, and can alter his voice with magic.
History: Xetalca knows many dark secrets and has delved deep into the magical lore, especially necromancy. He has a cadre of "soulless ones", former husks of men and women, who have become undead due to Xetalca's powerful necromancy. The Stygian has drained them of their souls to prolong his life, and that has left them lingering to Earth as undead. They appear as walking corpses, half-rotten and foul-smelling. The soulless ones ignore all kind of pain, and can only be relieved of their duty by chopping their heads off.
Personality: A cruel and cunning, Xetalca is at least hundred years old. He has a sense of pride in him, and if Xetalca was a ruler, his name would be cursed and spoken only in whispers. A pragmatist and an evil-doer, Xetalca loves overly complicated plans, as he has time to implement them. He often allows the "mere mortals" to almost catch him, and escape in a elaborate way.
A man from the east, Akiro is an old, wise sage and a wizard, according to some rumours. A man of letters and words, he has become the chronicler for King Conan. Akiro was once upon a time a travelling companion for Conan, but they were separated when Conan returned back to the Hyborian kingdoms from his travels in the east. Akiro traveled to the west a few years later and was employed by King Conan as his chronicler. Conan has told him many of his exploits, and Akiro has written them down for the future generations.
"Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of. And unto this, Conan, destined to wear the jeweled crown of Aquilonia upon a troubled brow. It is I, his chronicler, who alone can tell thee of his saga. Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!"
--- Akiro the Wizard (Conan the Barbarian, 1982)
The Hyborian Age
"Crom! My plans!"
The Hyborian Age is a setting written by Robert E. Howard and detailed in his Conan the Cimmerian stories. During the 1920s and 1930s, the Conan stories were published in pulp magazines, and they basically are the grandfather of modern day sword and sorcery stories. The stories paint a picture of a "lost age" in Earth's prehistory, somewhere between the sinking of Atlantis and the end of the last Ice Age. I will accept the original stories as the canon ones, but I will make a couple nods to the Arnold Schwarznegger movie. I will also incorporate a couple things from H.P. Lovecraft, as some of you might know, he and Howard were pen pals, and who doesn't like getting occasionally attacked by Cthulhu? Jokes aside, it will be more on the level of references, if even that.
The Introduction
For the past five years now, King Conan has ruled the kingdom of Aquilonia. He has seen horrors beyond the wildest nightmares, fought men and beasts alike and conquered kingdoms and hearts of the women across Hyberborea – yet after his greatest victory, King Conan cannot rest, even in his own palace. Xetalca the Stygian, a merciless sorcerer, genius alchemist and a name darker than a Cimmerian night sky without stars, has sworn revenge against King Conan. It is said that the Xetalca's gaze alone can break the best Aquilonian steel. Conan, burdened by his duties, is recruiting people to help in hunting down Xetalca.
The Setting
The game uses Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age setting, and the RP is set a few years after Conan has become the King of Aquilonia. He has settled down, but his enemies lurk in the shadows, plotting his downfall. Nobles squabble day and night, and only barely King Conan has survived two attempts on his life. He has married Count of Poitain's daughter, but still hasn't sired an heir, which has set of some concerns to spreads in Conan's allies.
Basic grasp on Hyborian lore required. I will not be requiring remembering every published Conan the Barbarian story of the top of your head (because I haven't even read all of the Howard's work), but the feeling and atmosphere of a sword and sorcery adventure are important in this game.
Magic will play a role, but remember, it is extremely rare. It often takes years to master, and even modest power comes at great price. And King Conan probably doesn't like wizards, thanks for his superstitions and more or less violent experiences with wizards during his travels.
Rule one of magic: "Magic is like good whisky; use it with care."
The basic model of a CS. Post one to the OOC and I will take a look at it.
Name: Sorry, Smartypants McDangerzone is taken. Try to be more creative. I would recommend using pseudo-Latin names or other historical names with a twist.
Age: How many times you have traveled around the Sun?
Appearance: Either a picture or a written description.
History: How did you become you?
Personality: What makes you tick? What is best in life?
Inventory/equipment: A No-pants Friday might be a cause to fight for, but there are still six other days when you have to wear pants. What kind of weapons, armour or robes your character uses or wears?
Below, some reference material (essays, maps...) on the setting that I have found.
Right now, I have couple ideas for RPs, but before I start brainstorming and refining them, I need to ask; are there anyone interested in participating in a Mount & Blade or a Hyborian Age RP? Co-GMs are always sought, and I really would need someone to kick me in the ass and say "Okay, continue writing, you can do this."
Jean boarded the bomber and found his gear quite quickly. There wasn't much on his backpack, but Jean found the most important thing: his Winchester Model 75 carbine. It was a prototype, shipped just a few weeks ago from some Winchester factory. It still was brand new and almost unused. For the past few weeks Jean had been testing it, and it had left him quite satisfied. It wasn't a pure sniper rifle, but more of a designated marksman rifle for medium ranges. A newly-developed cartridge was also a nice bonus.
There wasn't much space to move, but Jean took his stuff outside and started to put them on in a fashion he had found most useful during his parachutist training. First his combat harness, the pistol holster and ammunition, second his backpack, and lastly his parachute and carbine. He quickly checked the carbine's scope and set it for two hundred meters. Jean had a small notebook for the scope's different adjustments. It took a few minutes to check everything at least twice, and adjusted the straps and locks for his liking. He didn't want to meet the ground too violently. First combat jump, and the Frenchman made a nice splash hitting the ground floor. Goodbye, it was nice knowing you.
Jean sighed. In few short hours he would be jumping back to France with strangers. The Spaniard seemed good enough fellow, but could he become a soldier? The siblings had something on them, and the rest were all wild cards. Maria seemed all right, but did she have a plan?
Jean took a last look at the airfield, and boarded the bomber again. Bye, England. It was nice knowing you for a while.
I'm no expert, but I think that's the same way in America. I don't know how it's handled in Spain lol, got way more important things to think about. Like latin. Have you ever tried to learn it? It's fucking difficult man.
So is field strpping your rifle in total darkness and having a blank jammed inside the rifle during a combat exercise.
@shylarah@oak7ree Lance corporal (LCpl or formerly L/Cpl) is the lowest ranking non-commissioned officer in the British Army and Royal Marines, between private and corporal (although officially with a NATO grade of OR3, due to them having the same battlefield role of Fire-Team commander as a US Sergeant are often treated as OR5's when working with the US Army). The badge of rank is a one-bar chevron worn on both sleeves, or on an epaulette on the front of the Combat Soldier 95 dress standard (although lance corporals in the Foot Guards, Honourable Artillery Company, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and The Queen's Royal Hussars wear two-bar chevrons and in the Household Cavalry a two-bar chevron surmounted by the crown is worn). The Royal Artillery uses the term lance-bombardier instead. The designation "chosen man", used during the Napoleonic Wars, was a precursor to the rank. A common nickname for a lance corporal is "lance jack". Lance corporals are commonly addressed as "corporal".
Until 1 September 1961, lance corporal and lance bombardier were only appointments rather than substantive ranks, given to privates who were acting NCOs, and could be taken away by the soldier's commanding officer (whereas a full corporal or bombardier could only be demoted by court martial).[6] The Royal Engineers and Army Ordnance Corps also used the similar rank of second corporal, which was a substantive rank (also wearing one chevron), until 1920. Until 1920, bombardiers in the Royal Artillery were equivalent to second corporals and until 1918 (when the rank of lance bombardier replaced it) acting bombardiers were equivalent to lance corporals (both wearing one chevron). In the infantry, a lance corporal usually serves as second-in-command of a section and commander of its delta fire team. It is also a rank commonly held by specialists such as clerks, drivers, signallers, machine-gunners, and mortarmen. In the Intelligence Corps and Royal Military Police all other ranks are promoted to lance corporal on the completion of their training.
Lance, not lieutenant, I was getting mixed up.
In the Finnish Army, most private-level ranks are branch-specific, and lance corporal is often a reward for exemplary service, while corporal (the first proper NCO rank in the army leads a squad or similar unit.
Over in England (and I believe Canada,) we have different ranks of Coporals.
Yeah, they differ a lot between countries. For example, the Finnish ranks are derived from Swedish, Russian or German languages, thanks to their influences over early modern Finland.
Lowest possible rank of an NCO in various militaries.
But using them both as a rank just puzzled me.
I just haven't seen both used at the same time. Here in Finland, for example, corporal (either "korpraali" or "alikersantti", depending on translator) leads a squad, while a lieutenant (either translated as "vänrikki" or "luutnantti") leads a platoon, a company or a similar sized unit.
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Just a regular university student, majoring in hospitality and tourism. Also a history and trivial knowledge nerd, aircraft aficionado, occasional trekker and a D&D player.
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