[Discuss] Vikings

[Talita CS]

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 2:42 PM, psymann <psymann at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>  A number of realms in which I've had characters have had other
>  characters who refer to themselves as "Vikings".
>
>  I don't quite understand how this works in Battlemaster.  Surely Vikings
>  were historical Scandinavians.  This seems out-of-place in a world where
>  Scandinavia does not exist.  It seems no less bizarre than me creating a
>  character who claims to be a Frenchman.
>
>  What is the history of Vikings in battlemaster, and why does it seem to
>  have such a foothold?  In the other RPing online game I play, the mere
>  mention of Vikings, something based purely on OOC knowledge, would be
>  enough to get you a warning.
>
>  So how should I respond, when someone tells me they're a Viking?
>  - ask what the hell a Viking is?
>  - nod and say "Oh, lovely, just like so-and-so the Viking I met last
>  week, you Vikings seem to get everywhere"?
>  - report them for talking nonsense?

I think we should actually have grounds for all medieval culture in
BM. We do have viking realms in a few continents, thus ground to have
viking characters. Should we have a realm based in France's culture,
we could have frenchmen spread all over the place. Or a family could
RP french culture by saying they came from another island (not part of
BM). Maybe I would refrain from calling them frenchmen, but it could
have another name, or someone could RP the word in.

Talita


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