Magic Knights in a Sci-Fi Apocalypse World

Would a samurai like character work?
 
Beowulf said:
So could I have a witch-knight of a previously unknown Knightly Order (because Imma gonna make one up) that has been stuck in a time paradox/loop thing for hundreds of years and eventually freed by the Knights Templar?
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That would be cool. A witch-knight is certainly acceptable! As for the other knightly order, if you need/want help with it you can ask her or PM me and we can plan a little bit. But yeah, I like the idea.

LoveandHate91 said:
Would a samurai like character work?
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The samurai, in my books, are a type of knight. We should maybe work out a few details, such as did the Knights Templar go to Japan and find the samurai? Or was the samurai already in Europe, during some of Japan's later history he could of traveled to China and made his way down the silk road... I don't know exactly but it would be cool to work those out. And I certainly see no reason as to why a samurai couldn't work
 
Then you can count me in since I have a character that could work.
 
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The Order of the Maple was a small Knightly Order. Knights of this order wore iconic green armor, though a ranking system could be seen in the style and secondary colors used on the armor. Oddly enough, the leaders of this order wear red armor, not green, meaning they stick out rather prominently on the field of battle. A religious Order, they do not follow the Christian religion as so many others do, but instead worship a deity of nature dubbed The Lady. Honor and Oath bound, the Knights of the Order of the Maple have gone any many crusades and quests in the name of The Lady. And it is not unheard of for members to disappear while on these adventures.
 
Beowulf said:
The Order of the Maple was a small Knightly Order. Knights of this order wore iconic green armor, though a ranking system could be seen in the style and secondary colors used on the armor. Oddly enough, the leaders of this order wear red armor, not green, meaning they stick out rather prominently on the field of battle. A religious Order, they do not follow the Christian religion as so many others do, but instead worship a deity of nature dubbed The Lady. Honor and Oath bound, the Knights of the Order of the Maple have gone any many crusades and quests in the name of The Lady. And it is not unheard of for members to disappear while on these adventures.
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Considering the Black Knight mentioned in the first post was originally going to be the Green Knight from the Arthurian tales, I LIKE this! Not sure if people noticed but everything I have planned or thought of so far is rooted in either known lore/myth/stories or in history... Is the Order of the Maple based on a real order of knights? I tried running a Google search on them but did not find much in the way of useful information.

@LoveandHate91 Did you want your samurai character to be in the main Eurasian landmass before his not-so-final resting pace? If not, which is fine, then I need to do a little plot magic that makes sense as to how you get into the castle with everyone xD
 
Nope, original. Is that alright? I can probably come up with something that could work if it doesn't, given a little time.
 
Yea he can be there.
 
Well, I dropped off the face of the earth for a few days there. Had to deal with guild stuff (I'm the events coordinator for a guild in Star Wars: The Old Republic and that is a surprisingly work intensive position) and finish character sheets and whatnot. It's not much of an excuse, but yeah. Um. Still here, still hella interested.

I really like that magic system, honestly. It's simple but it has lots of cool possibilities. So...with all that. Would we be able to play vampire knights and the like? I'm throwing around ideas for a Knight Templar char but I'm not sure if I'm committing to it.
 
@Beowulf That's fine. It sounds cool. If you want to, you can plan some of their history and stuff. You can even put them in the modern/apocalypse setting if you still want the order around during the roleplay.

@LoveandHate91 I mean, it is up to you. It'll likely be in the the biography section of your character sheet, but you don't have to worry too much about it if you don't want to.

@Spectre of the Fade Vampire knights are certainly playable. The Knights Templar are religious in nature, probably not too fond of vampires, but you can still do it. And I've played the Old Republic, I understand what the events are like in that game. So no worries.
 
Nah, they can be an order that's for the most part died out. Maybe, and I mean maybe, there's one family that's still in the Order, but as a whole they'd be a part of the Knight's Templar. Maybe they were the ones that pointed to the general location to find my character. Yeah, probably that.

History, they used to be a followers of some other religion, most likely an Abrahamic religion, that were fleeing something and found The Lady, which I'm planning to secretly have been a dryad, and began worshiping her. The Lady began dolling out blessings to those that did violence in her name, and so the religious order began to become more militaristic and eventually turning completely into a knightly order.
 
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Beowulf said:
Nah, they can be an order that's for the most part died out. Maybe, and I mean maybe, there's one family that's still in the Order, but as a whole they'd be a part of the Knight's Templar. Maybe they were the ones that pointed to the general location to find my character. Yeah, probably that.

History, they used to be a followers of some other religion, most likely an Abrahamic religion, that were fleeing something and found The Lady, which I'm planning to secretly have been a dryad, and began worshiping her. The Lady began dolling out blessings to those that did violence in her name, and so the religious order began to become more militaristic and eventually turning completely into a knightly order.
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I like it! Will the Lady feature in the roleplay? Because it would be awesome if she was more than just backstory
 
Yeah sure, not sure how important of a role she'll play though.
 
Beowulf said:
Yeah sure, not sure how important of a role she'll play though.
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We'll have to see how things go but we could try to give her an entire story arc, after some of the major plot stuff has happened?
 
Sounds good to me. Kind of explore why she masqueraded as a god to have the Order of the Maple protect her and how she handled without them.
 
Hm, this seems pretty groovy. I'm into it. Thinking I might hop in with something like an Einherjar from Norse Pagan mythology if this does get started up.
 
^ That brings up a good point. How far back can we go? Are Vikings acceptable, or are they too barbaric to be deemed knights? How about something like a Roman soldier? Can we play actual historical figures, or do we need to come up with OCs? Sorry for all the questions, I'm just really getting into character creation now. c:

Edit: On a note related to character creation. Are we doing appearance reference pictures? Real life face claims? Realistic art? No pictures and just written descriptions?
 
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Spectre of the Fade said:
^ That brings up a good point. How far back can we go? Are Vikings acceptable, or are they too barbaric to be deemed knights? How about something like a Roman soldier? Can we play actual historical figures, or do we need to come up with OCs? Sorry for all the questions, I'm just really getting into character creation now. c:

Edit: On a note related to character creation. Are we doing appearance reference pictures? Real life face claims? Realistic art? No pictures and just written descriptions?
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Art, maybe realistic art. For the Black Knight I was going to use something like this:
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Preferably we could use two pictures for our characters. Both using art. One of their faces/bodies/general appearance. And a second picture of their armor and equipment?

Historical figures and any characters from myth or folklore, certainly. Yes. God damn it YES! OCs are awesome but if you can take a historical/mythical character and make them your own, then do it.

And Vikings are certainly allowed. Particularly since they're not as barbaric as many believe. Roman soldiers too, I was even thinking of throwing in a Greek Myrmidon character As for the characters being resurrected, an Einherjar is perfect for this roleplay has they would simply return from Valhalla.

Really, a character just has to meet two requirements:
1) They are highly trained in ancient warfare.
2) They follow some code of conduct, such as a knight's chivalry or a samurai's honor. Romans have a sense of duty so they fit this. Vikings want glory in life, battle, and even death, which is their form of honor. The Myrmidon I mentioned was going to be similar to the Vikings, but instead of fighting gloriously to get into Valhalla, he was going to perform heroic deeds to get into Elysium.
 
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Petricus Euryale said:
Art, maybe realistic art. For the Black Knight I was going to use something like this:
morgan-yon-43-copy2.jpg

Preferably we could use two pictures for our characters. Both using art. One of their faces/bodies/general appearance. And a second picture of their armor and equipment?

Historical figures and any characters from myth or folklore, certainly. Yes. God damn it YES! OCs are awesome but if you can take a historical/mythical character and make them your own, then do it.

And Vikings are certainly allowed. Particularly since they're not as barbaric as many believe. Roman soldiers too, I was even thinking of throwing in a Greek Myrmidon character As for the characters being resurrected, an Einherjar is perfect for this roleplay has they would simply return from Valhalla.

Really, a character just has to meet two requirements:
1) They are highly trained in ancient warfare.
2) They follow some code of conduct, such as a knight's chivalry or a samurai's honor. Romans have a sense of duty so they fit this. Vikings want glory in life, battle, and even death, which is their form of honor. The Myrmidon I mentioned was going to be similar to the Vikings, but instead of fighting gloriously to get into Valhalla, he was going to perform heroic deeds to get into Elysium.
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Right on. I really hope this garner enough attention it's a pretty cool idea.
 
This sounds really cool, I think I want to join in here if that's alright. I'll just head over to Google and see who I wanna grab, so many choices o.o
 
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Takashi said:
This sounds really cool, I think I want to join in here if that's alright. I'll just head over to Google and see who I wanna grab, so many choices o.o
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The beans be cool.
 
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