Who's your sovereign?

 

As I know we are all drooling in anticipation of Elemental and most of us are checking the boards every hour.  I thought it might be fun to share who's your first sovereign going to be.

 

 

Me I am thinking Empire, not decided on which fallen.  I will call him Darken Rahl and base him on the character from the sword of truth series.

 

Lord Rahl as he is called will be ruthless and will rule with an iron fist.  He comes from an old line of channelers and now he sees the opportunity to seize the elemental shards.  He is ambitious to the extreme, he will not share his essence as his goal is to be the most powerful sorcerer walking the earth. 

His soldiers are fanatical about him as they are the steel against steel and he is magic against magic..

 

For RPG purposes diplomatic victory will be out of the question for Lord Rahl, his main goal will be the shards.  As i have not played the beta I am not familiar enough with the stats or Sovereign making process to throw out any stats or advantages

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High Lord Darknaj of the Magnar is a devious schemer who suffers no incompetence or failure. To live under his rule is to die under his rule, there are no exceptions. He will kill his own blood before letting them elope to other kingdoms (I truly hope the 'evil' trait is real). On the bright side if any peasant can survive the mandatory military service and follow the strict laws, life can be orderly and well.

 

On the flip side...

Sir Secord of the Kingdom of <blank> is a paranoid, magic-suppressing tyrant to most and who has declared that magic use is illegal - punishable by immediate death. A past decadent time of magic has all but destroyed his belief that magic can be used for good. Strength of arms alone shall carry his kingdom on to glory.

 

 

 

Of course I will play Darknaj first for a while so I can smite entire armies with magic. Soldiers are merely meat shields in tin cans. ^_^

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Shining Jacq the homocidal maniac, a very charismatic intelligent and "wise"  leader with 4 talents and 4 weaknesses.

 

And you better hope your leader is all the way on the other side of the map.

 

 

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I'm assuming the 'create Sovereign' will be disabled now we've gone from beta to retail. I mean Procipinee is already in the game right?.... right?!

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'create Sovereign' is still in and so are the premade sovs don't worry.

 

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I am going to do the campaign first so who ever the sovereign is in that is who I will play first.

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Don't worry i know this, was just light jocularity :-) :P. It's just that I don't really see the point in creating and selecting your Sovereign when everybody will choose Procipinee.

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I think I have to go with General Jack D. Ripper.

"Yes, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue... a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I... I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence."

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Anyone else planning on naming the sovereign Jesus? And then designing his outfit/appearance to match?

Flavor text: Nothing can stand before the might of the lord!

Start renaming everything to match that context. 

So many funny jokes  that could come up in that kind of campaign....

I think its only MILDLY sacrilegious.

 

Barring that my First sovereign will be sir moron of Whoopass. But thats because I know that my first game will end badly for me. Its an experiment to learn the rules of the game.

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If you read 's thread (https://forums.elementalgame.com/391142) then Porcupine is not the best pick, number wise. You'd be better off with Markin or Irane because they are, overall, higher value. That being said, I don't really care much.

I'm going to play as James Fox, a custom sovereign who is a skilled city administrator, trained in enchantment, and a decent fighter. However, he is not a very strong magician so will not be relying on spells. I think he also has the "Diplomatic" trait (from my Traits mod) so he also helps with foreign relations. He's best described as a benevolent ruler who just wants what is best for his people and his kingdom.

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My first soverign will be Zilor Zilhaust, the Multiverse Traveler. He is the character I use in all games, and in my head the constant theme is that he is one character traveling through dimensions and worlds righting the wrongs and fighting the evils that exist in the Multiverse and beyond. He will be a just ruler of a Kingdom faction, of which I am undecided, and he shall seek to control as much magic as possible to crush the Empire beneath him and bring together the other factions of the Kingdom into one power capable of a unified front against the forces of evil in the lands of Alu'Naire (the name of my first random map, max size).

As a side note, he will breed like a rabbit and pawn his kids off like candy to the highest bidder. Damned kids.

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My soverign will be Fluke Threndor Knight, who in an other dimension had his world crushed beneath the weight of evil and darknsess, after the Titans came there and took the worlds magic.  His brother, Dallas and Silver were also lost, along with his beloved Samantha Eagle.  He was the the King of the Tri-Kingdom, which was made of 3 castles, each at the point of a triangle. 

To the frozen north there was Castle Freedom, ruled by his brother Dallas Knight, a paladin of no small means.  His duty was to defend against the ever growing menace of the Frostborne, or what most of us would call Frost giants, Ice worms, and such.  No small task.

To the SE, was Castle Eagle, ruled by Samantha Eagle, a warrior who was very skilled with the blade and bow.  She was Fluke's betrothed and had to contend with Mountains of Kreel, an Evil orc warlord who had gathered armies of orcs, goblinkin, and worse.

The last point, on the SW, was the Castle Caloron, named after the famed Black Dragon who had befriended a young Fluke and guided him with his ancient wisdom.  His bones, actually made the gate of the castle and were said to be impervious to rams and catapults.  This castle was fortified by Optimist, a druid/ranger, who had taken to taming the great desert of Bisoron.  A desert devoid of most forms of life.  His goal was to hold it back from enveloping the lands with his nature magic.

In the exact middle, then of the Triangle would be the greatest of the castles, Castle Excalibur.  Named after the famed blade that Fluke would use for countless years.  Here, laws were made by the Council of Twelve.  Twelve individuals voted on by the people to help rule the Tri-kingdom, with laws that were to protect the people.  Over this, Fluke watched and made sure that honor, justice, and Integrity were a part of this. 

 

From the each of the 3 castles, a great wall had been built, to keep back the rising tide of evil and monsters, to give those who were weary, a place of shelter.  Here Justice ruled and the sinister punished.

 

That was til they came...for the Titans had traveled from the world we are about to play in, to this world.  Here they stripped it of its magics, leaving the Tri-kingdom without spells.  It was then that the hordes attacked.  Even without magic, the armies fought to protect their homes and families.  The first to fall was Castle Freedom.  The Frost giant Ice-Paral, brought forth such hordes that the defenders barely managed to have their familes leave, before its great walls fell.  Dallas himself fell here, declining to leave any behind.

 

Caloron, was attacked by Gou-Mesto, an undead elemental sorceror, who had arisen from the depths of the Bisoron, and unleashed both his elemental forces and the the great desert upon it.  The forces fought valiantly, but in the end it too fell as the desert swallowed the great castle and bones of Caloron.

 

Eagle would be attacked by the vast legions of Kreel, for 3 days they held out against an army, not number in millions, but tens of millions.  Here Samantha and Sen-magi(Flukes wisest adviser) would sever a Fae line that would destroy the castle and inflict massive casualties upon the advancing armies.

 

Now alone, Fluke put aside his grief and anger, and would use his consider knowledge of the remaining Fae lines to create a portal, to perhaps save some of his people.  His armies, knowing they must give him time, thundered out to meet the armies coming from all directions.  Fluke managed to open the portal and his people streamed in.  Finally, his army broke, sundered by the immense power of the encroaching darkness.  His last remaining brother, Silver, took Fluke and threw him into the portal doorway.  Fluke, so exhausted by the process of the summoning, screamed once as he hit the portal.  When he would awaken, Fluke found himself where the game takes place.  Exhaused(thus no spells or magic), scarred horribly by the battles(ugly even though an inner light still shines forth), and stubborn(one reason he survived the portal).  Only a few villagers around him, the remainents of the great kingdom of Tarth(I think thats the one who can make both male/female warriors).  They would see thru this physical scarring, to the caring man beneath and pledge themselves to him.

 

That got a bit long...buts basically my story!  Sorry if its boring...im not near as good as Lord Frog!

 

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Lord Mr. T, pitier of fools and purveyor of high end jibba-jabba magic spells.  One tip: do NOT mess with his van.  

 

"I believe in the Golden Rule: The man with the gold... rules."

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Quoting Zilor, reply 11
My first soverign will be Zilor Zilhaust, the Multiverse Traveler. He is the character I use in all games, and in my head the constant theme is that he is one character traveling through dimensions and worlds righting the wrongs and fighting the evils that exist in the Multiverse and beyond. He will be a just ruler of a Kingdom faction, of which I am undecided, and he shall seek to control as much magic as possible to crush the Empire beneath him and bring together the other factions of the Kingdom into one power capable of a unified front against the forces of evil in the lands of Alu'Naire (the name of my first random map, max size).

As a side note, he will breed like a rabbit and pawn his kids off like candy to the highest bidder. Damned kids.
End of Zilor's quote

 

I love this idea of a cross-game multiverse traveller! :-) :P

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I'll probably make a fairly bland self-based character at first, just to try out the system. Unless I get a cool idea when looking at my options, and just roll with that.

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Which ever one has the largest breasts. This is how I pick for all of my games.

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Quoting solidsmooky, reply 17
Which ever one has the largest breasts. This is how I pick for all of my games.
End of solidsmooky's quote
Breast size isn't related to any non-aesthetic aspects of the character. You can think of stuff beyond that to plan for.

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Being the egotistical (I don't CARE if it's not a real word!) bastard that I am, my sovereign will be both named after me and in as good a likeness to myself that I can make.

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Quoting Cruxador, reply 18

Quoting solidsmooky, reply 17Which ever one has the largest breasts. This is how I pick for all of my games.Breast size isn't related to any non-aesthetic aspects of the character. You can think of stuff beyond that to plan for.
End of Cruxador's quote

He could plan for other things, but I have to hand it to him this a very rapid/simple selection mechanic.

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Quoting Cruxador, reply 18

Quoting solidsmooky, reply 17Which ever one has the largest breasts. This is how I pick for all of my games.Breast size isn't related to any non-aesthetic aspects of the character. You can think of stuff beyond that to plan for.
End of Cruxador's quote

 

But are not Breasts just made of W!N ?

 

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Quoting Cruxador, reply 18

Quoting solidsmooky, reply 17Which ever one has the largest breasts. This is how I pick for all of my games.Breast size isn't related to any non-aesthetic aspects of the character. You can think of stuff beyond that to plan for.
End of Cruxador's quote

I'll mod it in. :bebi:

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Lord Dante Fablewind, founder of the Empire of the Hand and father of Adante Fablewind. (as far as I know still a wondering NPC hero you can persuade into joining your cause)

 

All products of the fiction taking place in my mind. I need coffee.

Reply #24 Top

Quoting VultureTX, reply 21



Quoting Cruxador,
reply 18

Quoting solidsmooky, reply 17Which ever one has the largest breasts. This is how I pick for all of my games.Breast size isn't related to any non-aesthetic aspects of the character. You can think of stuff beyond that to plan for.


 

But are not Breasts just made of W!N ?

 
End of VultureTX's quote

They are, they are PURE WIN!!! (I'm a boob man myself)

Someone should mod in a new special ability for big breasted chicks. Example:

Hypnotizing Breasts of Mesmerism:

All male characters are forced to stare at these breasts for 2x Turns xHorniness Modifier. All attacks or spells being cast are interrupted. Males with low INT must make a save against woman's charisma or will walk towards boobs drooling like a mad man and taking 2x DMG from all sources.

:dur:  

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Why would you use Intelligence to resist that sort of effect?