first read this thread http://www.chronocompendium.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=897&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
due to the rivalry between the compendium and chrono shock i decided to make a hack of ff tactics advance about this.
basically the rules to be in it are you have to have at least over 50 posts or if your new be fairly active, so if you want to be in it post your chars
name:
are you a char or enemy (bosses avalible for people with high post counts
weapon of choice (must fit into one of the weapon types in ff tactics advance) (you can have duel swords... but i will try to incorperate duel bows,gunsetc)
armour of choice includes chest head boots etc)
add-ons:
skills: (you get two types and nothing too unbalenced)
sprite sketch or sprite (if sprites arnt in ff tactics style they will re-done like that)
what is your char dependent on i.e magic,physical,speed
this is only a hack so hopefuly it wil get done quickly
also mods and people with high post counts can be bosses
the compendium side numbers
also only the first 100 people will be in it (unless its a high poster who wants to be a boss) and there is a 10 boss limit
Name: Daniel Krispin
If you need an overall general class, it would be a Hoplite, which would essentially be a Knight.
Weapon: Sword (though it would be best if you could allow both swords and spears), either a knights sort or of a shorter, one handed, variety. If you could call it a Hoplite Sword, that would be good. This would likely fit in the category of short-sword.
Armoury: A classical greek style helm (specifically, corinthian), heavy armour (as of a hoplite - ie. a heavy soldier), preferrably of scales. Scale-Mail, I suppose, though essentially it would fit in the category of heavy armour. And a round Hoplite shield. And simple leather boots, with bronze greaves armouring the shins. If you can get a sprite/picture that looks near to this...
Add-ons: Helm of Hades (invisibility) allowing for partial dodging, at least; Shoes of Hermes, allowing for greater speed. (Note that both of these were lent to Perseus when he went to fight Medusa, the former being given to Hades by the Cyclopses during the Olympians struggle against the Titans.)
Skills: Something to do with tactics or battle-ordering. Maybe a simple defense increase to allies. Hand of Athene, call it that - she was the tactician of the gods. As for the second, something to do with ancient knowledge or wisdom, or western philosophy (note: very western in mentality, ie. Plato and Aristotle and all of that.) I know: a summon summoning an ancient hero, maybe Diomedes (a very mighty Greek lord from the Trojan war, who even suceeded in wounding Aphrodite the goddess of love herself), or Akhilleus, or Odysseus, Aineias, Hektor, Aias, Menelaos, Agamemnon... those are my favorite of those heroes. Maybe in succession, from:
Agamemnon to Menelaos to Diomedes to Aineias to Odysseus to Aias to Hektor to Akhilleus,
as power increases. A summon of these... yeah, that would be nifty. Don't make it overpowering, but each successive level being on par with what other medium characters have.
Character type: despite what the array of armour and weaponry, and class, might imply, mine would not be a very physical warrior. More of a philosopher-poet, with only an attempt at warring (thus being in line with my own self and mind.) Would need to speak in an old manner, that is, with older syntax, even as I do now, and a choice assortment of old words - yet not the old pronouns such as thee and thy, I must stress. Very knowledgeable of history and philosophy and theology, and speaks far too much on all these matters - in other words, not a very quiet person, but one prone to babbling too much and too excitedly when a subject strikes his interest. As for fighting... very fond of the old warrior traditions, holding to such nobility and honour as the ancient world afforded, yet not having quite the strength of sinew or knowledge of sword-ways to excel in the field as much as some. Not that he wouldn't be keen to fight as ancient Akhilleus did, it is simply beyond his means. Thus the primary advances would be in such things as wisdom and intelligence, mayhap even tactics, as well as evasion, and even a bit of magic, but less so in physical and dexterous things. In other words, he looks to such people as Diomedes and Akhilleus and Beowulf and Arthur, and revels in their traditions, but knows that they were of a different mettle.
As for a sprite sketch... is there anyone looking similar to that Hoplite?
Oh, by the way, can I be an early, easy, boss that joins and becomes a playable char? (Best of both worlds, then)
Get all of that alright? As you can see, I am enamoured of the old Greek traditions and myths, they are very much 'me'. Is this good, or should I change it a bit?
