Ack. I went to look for responses to my post and see it didn't post. I'm sorry. I must have closed the browser without posting... Here's a second go-round...
Nomadic storyteller with a weakness for skirmishes
So he likes to fight, eh? Why?
This suggests he's an entertainer who fights. And certainly he should be able to hold his own. But... is "a weakness for skirmishes" really such a fundamental part of who he is, that it's part of his high-concept and not, say, his Trouble Aspect? I'm neither here nor there about it, I just wanna get a feel for why this combination of words.
he seeks for story fodder through courageous acts and honorable deeds.
I'm fascinated that this is all rather narcissistic of him. He seeks adventure so he can tell the tales
of his own adventures. Not those he's witnessed, nor those with whom he fought.
I can't help but wonder if this focus on self might be the better Trouble Aspect.
Off-hand, I can't help but notice that there is nothing in this that speaks to his "noble blood" (thus social standing, education,, etc).
As a side note, I also wonder if he has some sort of romantic notion of "knightly-virtues"? Or is he actually working at "creating" the idea of courtly love in this setting?
Terrible Ideas Make the Best Stories!
It's not bad. It's just... not terribly exciting. I'd really like this to be something that's a fundamental conflict for him. I personally love Trouble Aspects that are reflections of the character, drawing on a personal "defect" of some sort... Something that tells me more about who he is.
You can really get an idea about some of the ones I've used in the past:
- Towering Rage; Hair-Pin Trigger
- Five--Count Them--Ex-Wives
- I'm Not Scatter-Brained; I Just Have Trouble--Oh, Shiny!
- Can't Hold My Own Tongue
You certainly don't need to go with an internal defect approach. But I think we can probably twist
Terrible Ideas Make the Best Stories! into something more powerful, more... suggestive? How do any of these strike you as jumping off points?
- Might Not Be The Tactician I Think I Am
- But I Am the Hero of the Story! Me!
- Attention-Whore
- Can't Leave Well-Enough Alone
- 'Cause Embellishment Improves Everything
- Just Can't Hold My Own Tongue
Perhaps something about his sword or some other piece of gear he's acquired on an adventure.
I'm certainly okay with special equipment... Some very special artifacts (not just weapons) have one to three Aspects associated with them. If your character can do the research to uncover these Aspects, they can then invoke those Aspects on their own behalf... It's a twist on Earthdawn's artifacts approach. If it's particularly complex or symbiotic or something, we may look at working that into a mantle...
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