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Warhammer Fantasy: Honor is all, Chivalry is all (Bretonnia CK2)

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Voikirium said:
Coureur De Bois

So yeah, have a thing.
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Thank you :)

The hunters of the Massif Orcal are some of the finest in the world- for they have to be if they want to live. Monsters ply the streams, the skies, the shadows; one wrong move could mean death at the hands of a hydra, or a hippogryph, or wyverns or one of the ten-thousand other beasts that once made the Massif their home?
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In 40K I would call these people Deathworlders.
Deathmountainers?

By the way, do tournaments in Bretonnia include archery competitions? If not then adding them might be a good prestige action.
 
Angelform said:
Thank you :)

In 40K I would call these people Deathworlders.
Deathmountainers?

By the way, do tournaments in Bretonnia include archery competitions? If not then adding them might be a good prestige action.
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Yep. Nothing too big, but there'll generally be something. Ironically enough, the biggest are held in Aquitaine, also known as where the Virtue of Knightly Disdain became a thing. This is mostly so that foreign-born lords visiting the port can be drained dry by merchants who then send a cut as a bribe to the Duke and other nobles have something to do if they're not good at riding.

These competitions are also surprisingly often the place Bretonnian Merchants get their start- ten gold might not be much in the grand scheme of things, but it is enough to buy a good chunk of Estalian Steel/Cathayan Silk/Other raw materials that can be used, themselves, to make at least double that amount, then so on and so forth.
 
Voikirium said:
Yep. Nothing too big, but there'll generally be something. Ironically enough, the biggest are held in Aquitaine, also known as where the Virtue of Knightly Disdain became a thing. This is mostly so that foreign-born lords visiting the port can be drained dry by merchants who then send a cut as a bribe to the Duke and other nobles have something to do if they're not good at riding.

These competitions are also surprisingly often the place Bretonnian Merchants get their start- ten gold might not be much in the grand scheme of things, but it is enough to buy a good chunk of Estalian Steel/Cathayan Silk/Other raw materials that can be used, themselves, to make at least double that amount, then so on and so forth.
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So are most Bretonnian merchants excellent shots with a bow? Or are they getting that 10 gold reward some other way?
 
MagikarpLvl58 said:
So are most Bretonnian merchants excellent shots with a bow? Or are they getting that 10 gold reward some other way?
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No. Lots of them are, but not most. The plurality will do it using the generous pay they receive working aboard ships, and the most common other option is Yeomen using their fairly good salary to try and make sure their families are secured by investing in, say, a trading expedition to Ulthuan-- and then the next thing they know they make nearly as much money as their lords, especially now that Druchii raiders have been pinned down outside the realms of the Old World, and instead forced to look to Norsca.
 
I'm glad we chose to make the Massif its own duchy. It's cool seeing them being their own unique thing while also interacting with the rest of the duchies as a theoretical equal. I don't think it'll have been as interesting if they were basically just Montfort's auxiliaries.
 
Derek58 said:
Old-school was pretty nuts at times.

In Godzilla vs Hedorah, he flew by firing his Atomic Breath in the opposite direction like rocket thrust :D
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Oooo-kay then.

And talking of using rocket thrust, I thought he was surfing along the ground using his tail, and would come to a stop by letting out an immense fart.

I have been told I have a twisted mind.
 
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Bretonnian Galleon
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    • Bretonnian Galleons
    The Fay-Ship peaked over the horizon,
    fire-tongues roaring,
    white cloth flowing,
    good-ticks running to-fro.

    The Fay-Ships came, and daughty Sture died.
    -The Sages of the Norscan Tribe of the Skaelings, describing the destruction of Sture Styrbjorn after his invasion of Courrone


    Of the realms the world, it is the Elves of Ulthuan who lay claim to be the finest sailors in the world-- and few, aside from their dark kin, would refute that. But of the realms of man, it is Bretonnia that claims that crown.

    Merchants of Marienburg, Boatsmen of Bibali, and Mariners of Miragliano alike fear the pirates of Sartosa and the raiders of the Norscans, and it is they those sailors and merchants tell maddened stories in fear-mangled tones about.

    It is Bretonnian Galleons the pirates and the raider scum tell stories of.

    Perhaps to compensate for the shame heaped upon them for their use of gunpowder, perhaps out of wrath for whatever foul thing they face, or perhaps simply because of the salted air they breathe day in and day out, the crews of these ships are fearless, vicious, and unyeilding. Professional to the core, Sea-Knights, Crewmen, and Buccaneers fill the ranks, bravely fighting, whether closing in and then swinging over on grappling hooks, cutlasses in one hand and pistols in the other.

    Coming in 250 feet long, and launched off with 124 cannons- though many of their flamboyant, independent captains will modify the number by placing smaller guns around the deck to add that bit more punch-- they are mighty, mighty vessels, capable of taking on even the mightiest ships of the Empire.

    Taking advantage of his new access to ports, the King has requisitioned the funds he gathered in loot and booty to begin laying down three new Royal Bretonnian Fleets: One at the new port in Courrone, Tempêtvy; Mousillon; and the Ecossian Grand Port, Aberdeen. At the centerpiece of these fleets will be three Galleons, each; a mighty force on their own, never mind with the support of Corsairs and Buccaneers. Joining the twelve already extant within the ocean-going duchies, they should represent a potent force on the high seas.
     
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    • More advanced than I dared hope. I was expecting something from the fifteen hundreds (Francis Drake, Spanish Galleons, etc), instead we get a late Napoleonic first rate ship of the line.

    Hardly surprising that raiders in Longships and pirates in Cogs cower in fear of ships that outmass and outgun HMS Victory.
     
    Voikirium said:
    Taking advantage of his new access to ports, the King has requisitioned the funds he gathered in loot and booty to begin laying down three new Royal Bretonnian Fleets: One at the new port in Courrone, Tempêtvy; Mousillon; and the Ecossian Grand Port, Aberdeen. At the centerpiece of these fleets will be three Galleons, each; a mighty force on their own, never mind with the support of Corsairs and Buccaneers. Joining the twelve already extant within the ocean-going duchies, they should represent a potent force on the high seas.
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    So are the already existing twelve Galleons also divided with three in each fleet?
     
    Jakobstj said:
    So are the already existing twelve Galleons also divided with three in each fleet?
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    Yep. Three galleons are basically the most a port can support.

    Angelform said:
    More advanced than I dared hope. I was expecting something from the fifteen hundreds (Francis Drake, Spanish Galleons, etc), instead we get a late Napoleonic first rate ship of the line.

    Hardly surprising that raiders in Longships and pirates in Cogs cower in fear of ships that outmass and outgun HMS Victory.
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    The Norscans have stuff that can tangle with them, but yeah, on most of the Sartosan/Old World pirate maps, Bretonnian seas are basically a big blob with "here there be knights" written on them and very angry horses as art.
     
    And now I thought of another thing related to ships in general. I want to find a way to contact and befriend the Court Tidal, so we can use their heraldry to improve our ships.
     
    Noble Rank- Vicomte
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    Occasionally, an Errantry war will lead to unexpected victory, a Crusade will bear unexpected fruit, or an explorer will stumble upon an island, mostly empty but for raw goods- and then there will be new land added to the kingdom.

    This presents a problem for the king, for of course in these cases there is often no direct land connection between any Duchy- and Duke- and the taken land, making partitioning said land somewhat difficult. So, Louise the Rash, the second king, devised an amendment to the noble hierarchy: Viscomtes, direct vassals to the Fay Enchantress herself, suggested by the king but chosen only with her ascent.

    Lesser in rank than Barons, there are not many bearers of the title within Bretonnia or her holdings- five, perhaps more depending on how, exactly, certain expeditions launched pan out; but as might be expected of both rarity and the chance to directly serve the Enchantress, they are much valued, technical weakness be damned. Most of these titles are Ambassadorial in nature, running the Embassy-Castles (Most somewhat like this) that represent the Kingdom to foreign nations, like, for example, Vicomte du Pays Des Trolls, the ambassador to Kislev.

    There are whispers in the breeze suggesting that the King may seek to establish a Vicomte of the Borderlands, to act as his line to the king of that new nation.

    The Victomté are, in order of most to least important:

    Vicomte du Pays des Trolls (Embassy to Kislev)
    Vicomte de la Forêt des Ombres (Embassy to the Empire)
    Vicomte de Myrmidia (Embassy of Estalian Kingdoms)
    Vicomte des Marais Putrides (Embassy to Tilea)
    Vicomte des ïles Orientales (Nearest Bretonnian ports to the East, including Nippon, Cathay, and Ind)
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    Just a little thing I thought of while I was out shopping for books.
     
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    Noble Rank- Vicomte


    Vicomte du Terre des Trolls (Embassy to Kislev)
    Vicomte de la Forêt des Ombres (Embassy to the Empire)
    Vicomte de Myrmidia (Embassy of Estalian Kingdoms)
    Vicomte des Marais Dégradés (Embassy to Tilea)
    Vicomte des Île Est (Nearest Bretonnian ports to the East, including Nippon, Cathay, and Ind)
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    Just a little thing I thought of while I was out shopping for books.
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    Snotty French guy act engaged because this is a little painful to read.


    Vicomte de la Terre des Trolls (Although Troll Country is called the Pays des Trolls and Pays is masculine so the du would work)
    Vicomte du Pays des Trolls. Terre is feminine so you must do like you did with Forêt

    Vicomte des Marais Dégradés: What is dégradés meant to translate here? Dégradés is used in French to describe things having gotten worse so I don't know if that's a good description for a swamp

    Vicomte des ïles Orientales. We can't say the East Isles in French, we say the Eastern Isles.
     
    ganonso said:
    Snotty French guy act engaged because this is a little painful to read.


    Vicomte de la Terre des Trolls (Although Troll Country is called the Pays des Trolls and Pays is masculine so the du would work)
    Vicomte du Pays des Trolls. Terre is feminine so you must do like you did with Forêt

    Vicomte des Marais Dégradés: What is dégradés meant to translate here? Dégradés is used in French to describe things having gotten worse so I don't know if that's a good description for a swamp

    Vicomte des ïles Orientales. We can't say the East Isles in French, we say the Eastern Isles.
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    I don't particularly think this is snotty? Thanks, actually-- this is good practice for French Class. Everyone should feel free to point out when I fuck up.

    Marais Dégradés is meant to be the Blighted Marshes.
     
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    Voikirium said:
    I don't particularly think this is snotty? Thanks, actually-- this is good practice for French Class. Everyone should feel free to point out when I fuck up.

    Marais Dégradés is meant to be the Blighted Marshes.
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    They are called Les Marais Putrides in French. is there a reason Bretonnians set up their embassy there?
     
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