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[some_weirdGuy]

Name: Vam'brac Kaughrin

I'm thinking with this name part of it is more a title. like "Brac, of the Vam tribe/village/bloodline/coven/whatever" type deal, although if i'm not sure which way would be better (title than name, or name than title). What do you guys think, Vam of the Brac or Brac of the Vam?

Further thinking on this it might be part of a description of the Vyre's 'mission'. eg. if they're on a quest for their queen it might be 'Hin' *whatever*, or if they're in a blood feud seeking revenge 'Tarn', or if they're adventuring 'Vam'. (just examples, not sure what ‘Vam’ or ’Brac’ should really designate)

Age: 61

Gender: Male

Race: Vyre

Weapons: Hybrid weapon - Its kinda like a flail/mace crossed with a pick/hand scyth.



It has a chain running through the center shaft. so it can be configured to make it into different weapons. Asides from being like a hand scyth/pick and a morning star, it can be like a spear if the pick head is rotated upwards, like a flail if the mace head is let loose, the shaft splits in the middle so it can be wielded two handed.

Class/Order: ranger maybe?

Height: 4.3 feet tall

Weight: 87 pounds

Alignment: Neutral edging on good

History: Vam'brac is now acting as somewhat of an adventurer and mercenary. Having gained intelligence with all the other Vyre he has learnt that money makes the world go round and you don't get far without it. His weapon was crafted by 'The great Maltesh" a self proclaimed inventor genius who sells many such unique items at "Maltesh and Sons Invention Emporium" (although unless gnomes can have dwarvern sons who are older than they are the name doesn't really seem quite fitting).

He considers himself honorable and refuses to kill women and children. He mostly hires himself out as an escort, hunts criminals, and even does some arena matches.

Edited by some_weirdGuy, 07 June 2010 - 07:19 AM.

[some_weirdGuy]

hello? *tap tap* is this thing on?

[Vortigern]

Yeah, I'd remove the part about 'Maltesh and Sons Invention Emporium'. It sounds ridiculous. Also, dwarves rarely associate their names with their weapons. There are a few that have turned to human ways, as it were, of excessive pride in the work, but the vast majority would just offer 'Dwarven-made', rather than 'Swords by Steve the Dwarf!'. (Example only, no dwarves are called Steve.)

As far as the weapons and names go, I'm happy to leave that up to you. You seem to have a deeper understanding of the weirder weapons than I do, and as the Vyre are the only ones who can really use them without massively damaging themselves, that seems reasonable to me. And as nobody else has a Vyre, you can expand upon them much as Mike did for the Minotaur. Just stick within what we already know and it should be fine.

[some_weirdGuy]

It was suppose to sound ridiculous. But i think i'll change it to 'Inventorium'. I imagine old Maltesh to be eccentric, boastful and nutty (and ridicules). Perhaps if anyone else decides it would be cool to have an abnormal weapon it could come from him as well.

And its not owned by a dwarf. Maltesh is a gnome, he's just in a partnership with a dwarf or two from the nearby dwarvern settlement to help with the actual smithing. He's more a tinkerer and a designer, so his partners sell the more 'regular' items and do the smithery, while he comes up with the whacky stuff.


Also, i didn't plan this weapon on being a vyre weapon. Vyre weapons would come from the isle/be made by yyre, this one was made by Maltesh*. This is different to what i was thinking Vyre weapons would be (pretty sure i said once before the kind of stuff i imagined for Vyre. Handle-less swords, chakrams, fist weapons and wave swords)

*So seen as these are original designs created by the one man(gnome), and usually only as a single hand crafted creation (not mass produced or even well stocked), they are quite rare.
Just how you said:

and as the Vyre are the only ones who can really use them without massively damaging themselves, that seems reasonable to me

gives the hint that you're only allowing it cause of its restricted availability. So just reassuring you that although its not a Vyre only weapon, 'unique' weapons like this are not going to be around.

As for the name. I've decided Vam is the title, Brac is his name.