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Post by Orran Durrai on Jun 23, 2009 10:36:56 GMT -5
Name: Orran Cidolfus Durrai.
Nickname (optional): n/a
Gender: (Male or female) Male.
Race: (demigod, satyr, cyclops, god, monster, mortal, etc.) Demigod.
Cabin (if you go to Camp Half-Blood): Not there at beginning, but Apollo.
Parent(s): Apollo, unknown mother.
Birthday: 26 April.
Age: 15
Appearance: (A description of your character. Nothing hard, just a couple sentences.) Black hair, green eyes, very tall. Dresses normally, has bite wounds on stomach and back. (Bite wounds from a Hydra - they can't heal)
Personality: (Same with the personality, a little information about your character.) Bright and optimistic. Very interested in the gods, wants to know more. Not a good fighter, very friendly.
Other (optional): Orran has a crossbow called Knightslayer that is faster than any other. It has a unique design that allows 5 bolts to be fired before reloading. He keeps it in a bag on his back that is a magic item; it has unlimited capacity. He has a great shot.
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Post by Wolfezth Deraine on Jun 23, 2009 12:23:21 GMT -5
I got two things you need to elaborate on here; 'cause I didn't quite catch it. First of all, stab wounds? Do you mean scars FROM a knife stabbing or something else? And secondly, crossbows are rather large and by their nature can't be folded so how can you fit it in a pocket? It's bulky as well by its nature; making it more feasible to carry it on your back. Just to let you know beforehand if you already didn't, the crossbow takes bolts instead of arrows and fires more slowly than a normal bow. How much slower depends on whether it's a light or a heavy crossbow; but all you have to do is pull a trigger on it after you aim it so it's a lot better in confined spaces; and it shoots farther as well to my understanding. Therefore it makes a rather interesting main weapon, relying on timing and quickness in addition to the accuracy and patience for the shot needed for the camp standard longbow due to the longer reload... But to make up for that it packs one hell of a punch. Whereas a normal arrow would just dent armor, a crossbow bolt would poke a hole in it straight past it and still make an impact underneath it. Nice X-factor in a battle, but kind of a hit or miss sometimes. The above was just to let you know what you were getting into if you intend the crossbow to be his main weapon, but clarify the first two points and you're fine. Adjust the crossbow to your back unless you can think of a way it'll fit. (Very awkward to try and fit in something due to it's shape, so the back is really easiest. On his chest is an option too, but waist risks it bumping into something and bumping the crossbow a lot more than chest and back and thus makes a much larger chance of it chipping or breaking in some way. Thanks and either PM me or post on this thread again once you've edited.  |
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Post by Orran Durrai on Jun 23, 2009 12:33:13 GMT -5
Edited. Changed stab wounds to bite wounds.
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Post by Wolfezth Deraine on Jun 23, 2009 12:47:48 GMT -5
Appearance: (A description of your character. Nothing hard, just a couple sentences.) Black hair, green eyes, very tall. Dresses normally, has bite wounds on stomach and back. (Bite wounds from various monsters he encountered.)Still need clarification.Other (optional): Orran has a crossbow called Knightslayer that is faster than any other. It has a unique design that allows 5 bolts to be fired before reloading. He keeps it in a bag on his back that is a magic item; it has unlimited capacity. He has a great shot. Tell me how a 15 year old boy got his hands on a magic crossbow, first of all. =P
Second of all, before I allow this 'unique design'; you have to actually give me a diagram or a VERY detailed description on how the parts work to make a magazine for a weapon not fed by one. Crossbows were in use for centuries, and they remained a single-fire weapon throughout. The whole upside/downside area of a crossbow over a longbow is that you sacrifice rapid fire for penetration and speed. Unless you can actually give me schematics on this 'unique design' I'm not going to allow it as it stands at this moment. You can't just slap 'unique design' on something to make it more powerful than anything else in its weapon class y'know. The more special effects you put, the more descriptions I need. The more unusual circumstances (15 year old kid not knowing he's a demigod yet having a magic crossbow...) requires extended explanation. For example, one of my characters; Wolfezth has double-edged sabres as opposed to the normal single-edged variant. Why they almost never do that is because the sabre is a calvary weapon, and thus was used ahorseback. It needed stability so it wouldn't break when it hit enemy armor while the rider was on a horse going in a very fast through enemy lines. The double-edged variant looks slightly different, but people don't pay attention to minor details of the enemy's weapon in battle; they could care less if the enemy's scimitar was persian or asian... They just want their enemy dead! This also of course negates the sabre's inherent dominance on horseback, but increases its effectiveness in the dueling and banes' duel type scenerios where a one-edged blade could potentially be a disadvantage and the element of surprise once the enemy realizes the blade is double-edged comes into play. Such a minor detail can have VERY big impacts when it comes to medieval weapons.
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