Since we don't yet have a Priestly type, I call dibs on my Urth Orthodox Priest.  I'll throw something together for the other thread.

Oh, can anyone point me to any canon references to Etyri? It's been a number of years since I looked through my FS stuff...

I'm only aware of their being detailed in the Players Companion.

The Players Companion is the only place i believe they have anything really given anything on the Etyri. Tho in the legions of The Empire book there is a sample Etyri Knight. They are claustrophobic.

I would think if you could come up with a way for your Etyri pilot to overcome his claustrophobia .... like 'When s/he is flying either behind the console of a ship or through the atmospheres of the Terraformed worlds of the Empire. s/he always feels free.' or something less honkie like that.

I would think that an Etyri would feel most free when actually flying with his own wings though - out in the open, able to traverse the air physically rather than staying immobile in a seat all the time. It would be like a fish piloting a submarine instead of indulging its natural urge to swim. Or an athlete driving a bus all day.

There is probably a great deal more info on the Hironem in the Orphaned Races sourcebook than what's provided for Etyri in the Players Companion. Generally I think it's best if players have as much information as possible available to them when taking on the roles of their characters - especially when playing alien races that differ drastically from humans.

Players Companion, pg 127:

Charioteers tell tales of Etyri pilots who out-maneuvered superior spacecraft, anticipating the enemy's moves by watching the opposing pilots through a viewing portal as they worked the controls. (The humanoid eye can only discern this kind of detail at close docking distances.)

I think I'm going with the Etyri charioteer. :)

I had forgotten about that bit, fair enough! So we now have:

lurker:      Vorox Muster mercenary
Baron:       Etyri Charioteer pilot
eskatonic:   Human Urth Orthodox priest/confessor
mrstrange:   Ukar outcast (more likely) or traveling Eskatonic priest
LaserEye:    Human Juandaastas Knight
Dalewarrior: Human yeoman trader/merchant
Camojoe:     Human Decados noble
Exile:       (pending)
Yuber Okami: (pending)
friarjohn00: (pending)

One thing occurred to me - I saw mrstrange's two concepts and wondered if they might not be combined? An outcast, traveling Ukar Eskatonic priest? Entirely up to you of course.

LaserEye and/or Camojoe - would either of you be interested in having an Urth Orthodox confessor and/or an Ukari in your entourage?

Still waiting to hear concepts from Exile, Yuber and friarjohn00.
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Both or Either would be fine with me. Given my character concept it might be interesting to see how an Orthodox confessor or a priest of anytype might look on his or Decados's actions.

In reply to Gamemaster (msg # 43):

I was actually thinking of making the Ukar a priest, but Banjak !
I had imagined him forcibly expatriated after having been raised as true Ukar, and play him with the disputable morals etc.
In that scenario, being eskatonic does not fit too well right ?

Hi everyone! Nice to be here with you!

First of all, it's true that there is a ban on Vorox fighting in Stigmata, but i'm almost sure that it is enforced at unit level, that is, you are not being allowed to get a platoon of vorox troopers there, but i'm almost sure that from time to time a vorox shows up there, in the same way as they are banned to leave their homeworld unless decalwed and sometimes you find a full-clawed vorox roaming the Hub, so if you want a vorox character who served in Stigmata, why not? maybe he passed the controls by sheer luck or thanks to someone looking otherway ("So you want this beast to get killed alongside you and your mates? right, i have seen nothing"), being deployed in some remote base until a more responsible commander noticed him, or after something happened to him so as to become noticeable by higher command.

Regarding my own character, i have a concept for a charioteer pilot with a connection with Baron's charioteer (we could even coordinate in order to specialize in different areas, if you don't mind), but i would like to discuss its history privately with GM (PM on the way...)

Either choice could work actually. I'd allow an Eskatonic Ukari if you preferred - maybe he was cast out of his culture because he left the Banjak fold to join the Eskatonic Order? That would surely have been frowned upon by his people. Ultimately, it's up to you. Go with whichever concept you find most intriguing.

In reply to Yuber Okami (msg # 46):

Sure, another Charioteer is OK. No one can be on duty 24/7.

My character would be all pilot, no trader. He will also have experience as a fighter pilot, so using ship weapons and so forth.

I'll mention that he's a strong introvert, so that you can take that into account when working out their relationship.

Decados, right? That will be interesting with my character. House Keddah of Grail having to work with Masseri on behalf of the Decados, against the al-Malik. My character flew a fighter craft in that conflict.

I thought mine to be just like that, but with no spaceship combat habilities at all... maybe we could be pilot/gunner and copilot/tech?

And about the introvert trait, let me say it fully fits my idea of their relationship. By the way, would you consider saving some free points in order to acquire a spaceship?

Certainly, and take extra curses/afflictions if reasonable. But I think that would have to be a group effort, no? Two characters wouldn't have enough points.

Unfortunately, starships cannot be purchased with points. However, you may be assigned to pilot a starship by the Charioteers guild - but the ship will belong to the guild, not to you. Keep that in mind.

Well, i think we were both thinking about the blessing presented in the technology book, but your game, your rules, so no problem with that on my part.

Nor on mine.

We've got some great characters forming:

Baron:       Kidhido'on (Etyri Charioteer pilot)
lurker:      Shikaalgargund (Vorox Muster mercenary)
LaserEye:    Sir David Juandaastas (Human Juandaastas Knight)
Yuber Okami: Human Charioteer pilot
mrstrange:   Ukar outcast (more likely) or traveling Eskatonic priest
eskatonic:   Human Urth Orthodox priest/confessor
Dalewarrior: Human yeoman trader/merchant
Camojoe:     Human Decados noble

Still waiting to receive character details from mrstrange, eskatonic, Dalewarrior and Camojoe. Also haven't yet heard concepts from Exile or friarjohn00.

That's because there were two tech supplements. I'm sure yours is arcane tech: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/...ilters=0_0_0_0_40020

, the one in which technology is presented in different chapters with names as "sinful technology", "church accepted tecnology" and so on. Mine is a different one, with chapters for weapons, transport tech, starship combat rules, and so on... it was called "Forbidden lore: technology", and had some really unnerving rules for owning vehicles and starships (if you got enough handicaps for your ship, you could made an entire campaign simply describing the voyage from a planet to the portal, with hoards of Amen'Ta running amok, husks crwling in the air conducts, the ship's computer gaining conscience and deciding he does not like you ("Daisy daisy..."), and the old owners of the ship showing up to recover what they think it's theirs.

In reply to Yuber Okami (msg # 56):

No, you misunderstood my comment. I have Forbidden Lore and know the rules you were writing about, and I had read that you could purchase a starship by pooling the party's points.

My comment meant, "Yes I agree, it's your game Mr GM, I have no objection to your rules."

So, how is everybody's concept coming along?

Anybody ready to talk about some overall direction?

Yuber is suggesting a relationship between his Charioteer and mine. I threw out the possible connection between Camojoe's Decados and my background fighting on the Decados side against the al-Malik. Anyone ready to toss out common connections between us all?

In reply to Kidhido'on (msg # 58):

I think my Vorox merc is pretty much done.  He'll probably hire on as a bodyguard for one of the nobles.

On whose side did he fight?

In reply to Kidhido'on (msg # 60):

During the Emperor Wars he fought for House Li-Halan as a Vorox Commando.  After the war he was retired due to age and joined the Muster, just so he could keep fighting.