Why can't we start our own company in the empire from the backing of another lesser sponsor like a lower-class noble, Burgomeister, disgraced high-class noble, or just work as an assistant for another engineer?
Well every engineer that recognizes us would not want to work with us let alone be their assistant unless they too were kicked out. And disgraced noble, burgomeister, or low class noble would not have the resources or money to sponsor us when they would see us as a risky investment when they store could be blacklisted by the Imperial institution for not having a degree. Plus we have a lot of quests in the Empire, I want a quest about an Imperial in another civilization.
The Bretonnian Navy, best in the old world and known for sporting gunpowder, will likely be very happy to accept an Imperial Engineer in their ranks so that's another option.
Yeah it could work, if we were from Gunnery school. Since we from Engineer school we'd need to prove ourselves with something else. Maybe signal rockets?
Yeah it could work, if we were from Gunnery school. Since we from Engineer school we'd need to prove ourselves with something else. Maybe signal rockets?
Everything from shipbuilding to rigging, there's plenty of ways for an Engineer to contribute to a navy. It's not like Bretonnia is aflush with university-students after all.
[x] [] Luther Von Brak - A young man barely into his twenties. A once finely kept beard and well trimmed mustache framing a slightly tanned face with harsh green eyes. Short black hair that even now seems surprisingly well maintained. You are a Burgomeister's only son, your parents pride and joy once upon a time. Rare were the days that you truly knew hunger. Few were the things that could not be given to you when asked. A life of luxury unlike much of the Empire that has instilled in you a taste for the finer things in life and…
Everything from shipbuilding to rigging, there's plenty of ways for an Engineer to contribute to a navy. It's not like Bretonnia is aflush with university-students after all.
Fair enough, I don't know enough about Age of Sail era ships and how to improve them without making them unreliable with gadgets since reliablity is tbe most important thing on a military ship since maintenance and repair out in the ocean is not a good idea.
Fair enough, I don't know enough about Age of Sail era ships and how to improve them without making them unreliable with gadgets since reliablity is tbe most important thing on a military ship since maintenance and repair out in the ocean is not a good idea.
An engineer doesn't need to have cutting edge everything to be worth hiring. Just knowing how to make the things and maintain them is extremely valuable already. I'd be willing to bet we can find something to improve regarding the ships themselves too without turning them into steampunk monstrosities.
Then there's navigational tools like better compasses, star maps, telescopes and what have you.
Callused palms pull the rough blanket up over your frame, your eyes tracing the few scars on your clenched fingers as you recall how every last one of them was made. One between your thumb and index finger had been from a knife grabbed just before it could plant itself in your side. Another that runs from the tip of a middle finger to the palm was from a failed experiment, you still flinch at the thought of how close you'd come to a shard of iron buried in your throat…
Fist fights over scraps a kindly baker had thrown out their window for the urchins each week. Shouting matches over the correct amount of powder a flintlock could handle before the barrel started to sustain damage. Your arms swinging down a particularly sturdy stick as the other street rats like yourself finally cornered a particularly vicious stray hound. Clawing back exhaustion as your eyes felt heavy at Professor Rodrik's seemingly life draining lectures.
Just recalling those dry lectures on the intersection of engineering and one's 'obvious duty to Sigmar and His glorious Empire' steals away what little alertness you have left.
A trick of the light.
Your mind imagining things in its half asleep state.
A cruel joke from some tormenting God perhaps.
Whatever it might be you are certain you see the disappointed glower of the stout Dwarf who had held out his hand a life time ago.
"Its not hard… Just copied… What the soldiers did… Ya see... Gramps?"
Snoring soon follows as your inebriated mind summons forth dreams of that which rages even now, keeping you from truly disappearing into your cups…
What is your Dream? [] To Fly - Not to ride upon the backs of griffons like the legendary knights of the Empire, or the backs of dragons like the Elves of myth. Not to simply hitch a ride upon the marvels of Dwarf creation known as gyrocopters… No, what you wish for is to give the world the gift of flight. Not born from the hands of Wizards or the wings of beasts but true mastery of the skies taken by mortal hands and bright minds
You yearn to view the world from far above. To journey along the Reik like a bird might. To look down upon the wonder of Altdorf and Nuln and Marienburg and… Gods grant you the strength, even the most distant of lands like Lustria and Ulthuan from a contraption born of your mind. It is a dream that has consumed you and even in these terrible days you find time between mugs to look up at the sky and dream.
Gives Eyes Ever Upwards (Gain an additional die when working on engineering projects, ideas, and contraptions that have to do with flight or great heights. Lose a die when working on anything meant for use underground. Find prolonged times without view of the open sky unbearable.)
+1 Engineering
+1 Knowledge: Avians and Meteorology
[] Immortality - Among alchemists there are whispers are a countless Great Works, solutions to that which humanity has ever hounded after: Eternal Youth, Immortality, a life akin to that of the Elves or even at the least the Dwarfs. The Elixir of Life, the Philospher's Stone, the Squared Circle, the Water of the World, and so so much more. It is a truth that only the most insane or foolish of alchemists hound after and the one you dream of realizing.
If mankind can create such wonders as they do with a mere fifty or more years then what could they achieve with two hundred? A thousand? Tens of thousands? You've asked yourself this thousands of times, the question hounding you from your first discovery of alchemy and driving you to reclusive, secret research for few are those who view it as anything more than Dark Magic.
Gives To Live Eternal (Gain an additional die when working on projects that bring you closer to discovering the Great Work. Prolonged periods of time without progress towards the Great Work drive you to mania.)
+1 Alchemy
+1 Forbidden Knowledge: Great Works and Forbidden Knowledge: Hedgecraft
[] To Delve the Depths - If one an travel far into the heavens upon griffons, delve deep beneath the earth in Dwarfen tunnels, and sail the seas upon elven galleys then why can we not plumb the depths? What strange creatures, unknown landscapes, and mysterious things wait down there in the darkest blue where surely the Krakens call home… Or perhaps is there somewhere even deeper?
Your heart thumps in excitement at the thought of an ocean so deep even the most ferocious of sea beasts fear to drift there. In all the known world could even one person in existence claim to have gone there? What glory awaits someone who achieves what no one else had?
Gives Heart Beneath the Sea (Gain an additional die when working on projects related to delving into and exploring the depths of the oceans. Being away from significant bodies of water fills you with a growing frustration.)
+1 Engineering
+1 Navigation and +1 Knowledge: Sea Beasts
[] To Challenge the Dawi - Foolishness beyond foolishness. Stupidity so extreme they called you mad. A human wants to bestow the world with skills, knowledge, and technology capable of building underground wonders to rival- No, to surpass the Dwarfs!? Even for a student of the Imperial Engineers School you were ostracized for the outlandishness of your dream.
However, it didn't matter to you. Why was it mad to aim for excellence? To dream that something better might be possible? You would show them that it was possible for another to wield a mastery of the subterranean! You will make even the Dawi look upon your achievements with something approaching awe for their kind! You are unaware of the way your fists clench in your sleep and miss the muttered requests for praise that escape your lips...
Gives To the World Below (Gives a bonus die when working on projects meant for subterranean works. Inherently reduced opinion with all Dawi as you find yourself driven to challenge their mastery of the underground world. You feel uncomfortable beneath the open sky.)
+1 Engineering
+1 Knowledge: Geology and Construction
[] Innovation Itself - It might seem simple at first, a desire to advance the Empire, the world's understanding of engineering, and industry. It seems practically mundane. And yet your mind burns with thousands of half formed ideas, a million motes of inspiration… You wish to feel the world over with your creations. Not by the adaptation of one, but through the creation of dozens…
No hundreds of new inventions. Each and every one a wonder of civilization, and each again a point of inspiration for those to come after. Your dream is to be known to every race and by near every person for the wonders you've forged.
Gives Oooooh! A Shiny New Toy (Gives a bonus die when working on new or highly experimental projects. Lose a bonus die when working on already existing designs. Your drive to create new things may well drive you to madness should it ever cease.)
+1 Inventing
+1 Mind
[] A World of Steam - You have beheld a marvel in the Steam Tanks of the Empire. You've read records describing the wonders of machinery the Dawi have achieved in the gyrocopter, trains, and great underground drills. You have learned of the brilliance the simple boiler can achieve in the right hands with an inquisitive mind to drive it.
In your mind you envision a world completely changed by the might of steam power and you find yourself driven to recreate even a fraction of that imagined landscape. All hail the glory of Steam.
Gives Steam Obsessed (Gain a bonus die on any project involving the creation or use of steam power. Lose a bonus die when working with alternative power sources for what could compare to the marvel of a boiler? You are unsettled by the absence of steam powered machinery.)
+1 Engineering and Inventing
Name:Margaret Age:(12 + 1d10 = 4) 16
Wealth:2
Attributes and Skills:
Body - 2 Mind - 2
Engineering 1
Alchemy 1
Inventing 1
Soul - 2
Traits: Student of Innovation - Gain an additional die when working on any engineering that is odd, experimental, or cutting edge. Accidents Happen - On failing an engineering test with something new or experimental there is a 50% chance of an accident occurring. Brilliant Mind- Provides an additional die when learning any new skill, halves chance of accidents.
I really like the idea of inventing all sorts of wild steam-powered stuff.
Steam Hammer that cracks Orc skulls real good? Nice!
Steam cannon that uses pressure to launch cannon balls great distances? Hell yea!
Steam-powered armor that lets us kill a troll with our hands? Yea baby!
Submarines! I love myself some deep sea exploration. The Dawi already have the Nautilus, but it runs into the problem of being very casualty prone, unable to last long submerged, and like all Dawi vessels, prone to suddenly exploding.
We can do better.
Flight would also be an option, but the Birdmen of Catrazza are already a thing and unlike Dawi engineering, could be replicated thanks to them being inventions of a human man. I'd rather we be more ambitious!
[] A World of Steam
[X] Innovation Itself
i like both of these but what i really hope is some mundane inventions... Like the weaving machine or the industrial cooker. Because everyone is already doing warfare in WHF
[X] Innovation Itself - It might seem simple at first, a desire to advance the Empire, the world's understanding of engineering, and industry. It seems practically mundane. And yet your mind burns with thousands of half formed ideas, a million motes of inspiration… You wish to feel the world over with your creations. Not by the adaptation of one, but through the creation of dozens…
No hundreds of new inventions. Each and every one a wonder of civilization, and each again a point of inspiration for those to come after. Your dream is to be known to every race and by near every person for the wonders you've forged.
Gives Oooooh! A Shiny New Toy (Gives a bonus die when working on new or highly experimental projects. Lose a bonus die when working on already existing designs. Your drive to create new things may well drive you to madness should it ever cease.)
[X] A World of Steam
[X] Innovation Itself
i like both of these but what i really hope is some mundane inventions... Like the weaving machine or the industrial cooker. Because everyone is already doing warfare in WHF
In order for these to be valid votes you will have to choose just one among them please. One vote each person is both easier to track and generally just fairer for everyone taking part.
