Hey guys - It's been a busy weekend, but I'm working on the thread now and am answering outstanding PMs. For those who have already rolled up their characters, I'm going to give your character sheets a look over with a fine tooth comb and then they will be
final.
As far as
Color Schemes, I would prefer that everybody select their preferred color and stick with it throughout the game. This also holds true for portraits, unless for some other specified reason we change it for other reasons (such as changing the color or your character's hair in-game, or putting on armor, etc...)
Arthanos:
....hey GM, since me and Petracles back history has us both having served as hoplites, are you against us using the shield wall ability with each other?
Yes. I'm against it. :)
You guys have served as hoplites, but your class is Noble. You've been officers of the common hoplites/spearman, so you've been
directing them to take up shield walls, but you wouldn't really need to do so yourself.
Besides, you are out of the military now!
Dysis:
I believe you can have a shield wall of two against one enemy. Along as it's not a very large enemy. Probably unworkable against a hydra, in any case. ~_^
That's correct. The rules state anyway on Pg. 24 that you need two spearman or more in close formation to do a shield wall. It'd be effective against a medium or small sized enemy, but if you are facing down a Giant or a Cyclopes who can smash you with a huge mace, it might not be so useful.
Question for Petraceles and Arthanos
Correct me if I'm wrong, but are your portraits of the same person, just in different poses? They look
extremely similar to me.