Discussion for The Lords of Arcanum

Looks like I'm going to have to start this one up as well, then. I will not, however, initiate the actual game. I just wanted to get this thing more or less started before we all forget about it. Anyway, here it goes:

Name: Benjamin "Wolfsbane" Chase
Race: Half-Ogre
Age: Mid-Thirties
Profession: Boxer

Benjamin is an ogre of massive built, even for half-ogres. He is not very tall, but makes up for his lack of height in raw strength. Unlike most half-ogres, Benjamin is not the bodyguard of some well-to-do gnomish merchant; indeed, Benjamin is, or rather was, quite wealthy himself. Not much is known of his early history, but the half-ogre appeared one day in the boil pit-fights and quickly rose in fame and status. Soon, he entered the Tarantian dockside boxing championship and won pretty much every fight he participated in. He got his nickname, Wolfsbane, after accidentally killing the then present champion Wolf with a too fierce blow to the head, thereby simultaneously successfully establishing himself as the new champion.

Benjamin is a man of fashion, and normally wears nothing else than special-ordered clothing from the finest shops of Tarant. He is very articulate for a half-ogre, and is active in the upper-class society.

If there is one thing Benjamin is bad at, though, it is the ability to restrain oneself when it comes to money. His quick-won fame and wealth became too much for him and he went into a shopping hysteria, spending his resources at an alarming speed. Today, Benjamin relies heavily on adventurous work of all sorts, since most of his combatants refuse to fight him for the championship, and therefore leaves him without prize-money. Benjamin has also developed a drinking problem, which he of course denies.

 

I decided that Vyenna was right, and a Bedokaan would be really fun to play. They're just badass.

Name; Grausemann Schwamme
Race; Bedokaan
Age; 184

Grausemann was exiled from the tribe when he showed a progressive interest in technology, going so far as to stop following the word of the snake father, and even denouncing his people's words of power. While his exit wasn't on the best of terms, his tribe hopes he'll see the error of his ways, and would accept him if he showed an appreciable change.
He's a technologist with a doctorate in gunsmithing, and is working on a doctorate in the electrical sciences.
His original name, Balyr Orai, roughly translated to, "large sponge."
The name stemmed from his insatiable curiosity and retention of most anything he learned. However, he wanted to start a new life, and knew neither his tribal name, nor a translation in the common language of humans would be acceptable. He fell on Grausemann Schwamme, but most who know him well just call him Grossenschwamm.
He currently lives in Blackroot.

 

Name: Pierce D'stanzler
Race: Human
Age: 34

Pierce D'stanzler is a romantic and a sadist. He spends his afternoons outside at the lecture hall or zoological society. He flirts with the college girls when he is lonely, preferring not to meet them at the local hangouts. He dines out at night. When he is stuffed he comes home to fufill his obligations to the Tarant Times.

The apartment is adorned with fine artwork and exotic furniture from Blackroot. In the chest by his bed is a collection of guns left to him courtesy of his father. Each gun is crafted with milky metal and shivers with gem inlays. He worships their power; they shoot slowly but strike sharply the way that lightning does, disappearing back up into heaven.

He'll take work sometimes... killing for pleasure. Money is nothing to him, neither are allegiances; only that which heightens the sense of pleasure dictates the aim of his guns. Sometimes it seems as though a sadistic little nymph calls to him to abolish the hideous, the pathetic, and the troublesome. He serves her well and only her. Oftentimes, before the night is over, he may satisfy her through one of the girls at Madame Lil's.

 

I updated my character a little. A half-ogre, sophisticated boxer is just too good to miss.

 

I need an interesting story to convince me to join.

 

Should the story take place before or after the crpg?

 

I'm thinking before the Living One and all that. What do you think?

 

i love it; has gates sold the steam engine yet?


CHAR updated

 

I am planning to join, but don't wanna post a half character here, so I will work on it a bit.

 

Maybe our story could go on simulaneously as the main plot in the game? That would also leave us with many choices of sides and paths. A lot of things are happening during the main plot, as well.

 

that would be cool-- this way we could use elements of the story and insert our own.

 

I'm more into the Tarant-Cumbrian war.

 

Oh for crying out loud. I told you I didn't want to do this. I'm no good at DM'img. Gross, what about you? You're a good writer, why don't you do this one?

 

Beautiful story, but how about no?

 

Have you even been here before? Of course I'm touchy. This is the forum of touchyness.

 

Allright, it's rolling. But don't you think that I am going to make the plot up, because I won't.