<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=235543.msg11604322#msg11604322">Quote from: LisztesFerenc on 03-09-2015, 03:31:20</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">  I think its a very good backstory Carny. The Jeskai actually killing the ainok is not exactly their standard method of fighting, but it could make sense as they were alone in a foreign land, maybe even a little hungry and desperate. Even the calm and meditative monks can be caught off guard, especially the Jesaki.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>How I was thinking about it was based on something I read somewhere viz MtG regarding Ainok berserkers in the Temur. If a swarm of berserkers jumps you, even if your fighting style allows you to stun and your mindset is to take prisoners, you may be forced into being far more drastic simply because of the ferocity and suddenness of the attack. I am using the term 'berserk' here literally, as in the sort of battle-rage which can result in friendly deaths if people get too close, too soon. So in my mind it was less about the monks being desperate/hungry, and more about the ainok not giving them much opportunity to react thoughtfully.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=235543.msg11604322#msg11604322">Quote from: LisztesFerenc on 03-09-2015, 03:31:20</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The Jeskai giving you the sword is a bit strange (in that they would have it to begin with), so maybe think of an alternate way to acquire it, but its not a must. I liked the leaving ritual of the Ainok. You mention "Prey came whether she called it or not", have you switched fire for food?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Yeah, we discussed the problem of the sword in PM and I still don't have any other decent solution short of Conaning it (in both the original Howard stories and the Schwarzenegger movie, Conan acquires his sword from a tomb). The problem is a combination of its size (not a combat-capable weapon for most people) and your feelings about scarcity of the weapon-type in the Temur (although the Temur region seems based on the the region where Mongolia hits the Himalayas and the types of swords which 3.5/PF refer to as "temple swords" are found from Nepal to southern India, which would suggest they're not unknown in a region mapped on the cultures in the northern zone of that). I am certainly open to suggestions.<br/><br/>As for the fire/food thing...That's a combination of poor writing on my part and headspace. My imaginings of animist powers would suggest that they're a request-to-the-spirits sort of thing...Not the guaranteed "Do this, get that." mechanical 'knowledge of the universe' that a wizard would have. Ergo, someone desperate might try to call for prey whether they had that innate talent or not. The phrase "prey came" to me was more inclined to suggest that she didn't have trouble hunting in the sense of "living came easy", not that things were walking right up to her, and if I were better writing what I was imagining I'd have left something in there to suggest that since she was spending an awful lot of time in still meditation and NOT surrounded by a pack of others, she was probably just enjoying some success due to being quiet and still and not part of a busy group...Things she wasn't used to.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=235543.msg11604322#msg11604322">Quote from: LisztesFerenc on 03-09-2015, 03:31:20</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Finally, this may not be a problem as it could just be Peh-Ma's perception of things, but I don't think the Ojutai or Jeskai flat out win vs. the Temur. The Peh-Ma and her ainok pack mates by the sounds of it were just level 1 warriors, which explains how they lost, but I think more seasoned warriors of the Temur could hold their own for the most part. Due to their dedication to mastery, the average Ojutai is probably a level higher than the average Temur warrior, but the clan-kin have a numbers advantage.<br/><br/>  But yeah, other than those minor issues I really liked it, glad you're in this game. Any idea what her immediate goals would be?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>You nailed it the first time. That's absolutely about Peh-Ma's perception of things! Her family was strong, as far as she was concerned, and she has no sense of the numbers on either side. She saw warriors who used an alien way of fighting go right through people she thought of as strong and capable, and she knows now that those warriors were themselves hiding away from (ergo, weaker than) possible pursuers who might chase them into the Temur to defeat them.<br/><br/>I really had in mind for her the wandering warrior-monk seeking enlightenment/challenges (not necessarily unrelated!) thing, as for why she'd be out and about. That plus I imagine that Ainok, being puppy-people, are somewhat gregarious and she hasn't got a pack...She might look for a cause to work with just to have comrades.<br/><br/>EDIT: I also note that as far as party role goes, she is a particularly brutal sort of trip-tank (combining Flowing Monk's<em>Reposition</em>with Monk of the Iron Mountain's resilience). If we really have several people who are all about tanking and sandbagging I guess I could attempt to rewrite her.