While we are in the Japanese theme, there is also the ideias of new Companion Sets for both Brint (/Quintillus) and Brienne in that theme.
For
Brint it would be an
'Samurai' support damage set wich would start at him being enamored with the
Minotaur culture in the
The Old Country but more specificly the samurais there through tales told by
'Yashiko' in the
Passion Pasture.
Derived of the current situation in
Khor'minos,
'Yashiko' finnaly decides to depart with something she has been holding on wich was handed down through through generations within her family.
Wich is an enigmatic or even to be believed cursed sword wich she tells has been named 'The Poet's Blade'.
Wich for what she has been told belonged to ancient
Kitsune samurai that had an profound love for poetry and on his death bed due to grieveous wounds during an major war in the
The Old Country gave his sword to an ancester of hers.
On wich she tells the tale of how the blade came in the possesion of her family and that it has been passed down trough the generations:
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An long time ago when my ancester was still young he aspired to become an samurai as he had heard countless tales of the samurai of old, so when he came of age he decided to join the military to reach his aspirations to become an aprentice and eventually an samurai.
Sadly that dream came crushing down after an few years of service when he realised that because he was not of noble heritage and more so of not being an
Kitsune it became painfully out of his reach, as those higher in command would simply ignore him or undermine his efforts all together to come even close to meeting an real samurai.
One day while on patrol duty he was so frustrated he started cursing under his breath about the ones that where holding him back and loathing his life and aspirations all together that he didn't realise he went of his designated trail and ended up in an open clearing where an
Kitsune man sat in meditation.
The man was unlike any
Kitsune he has seen before, the first impression was of his height wich towered in comparison of his fellow countryman, than his far more robust and bulkier physique wich at the same time not loose the slenderness that gave the
Kitsune their agile reputation they are know to have.
The man realising there was an guest, open his mouth and told him "your enemies would love to have you as their opponent".
With that said the minonian boy showed clear anger towards such words and told the man in an angered tone "that let them come" but the man did not reply.
The boy kept looking at the man for some time as he had gone back to his meditative state and was not paying him attention.
The boy now in an even worse mood turned to go away towards where he had arrived, than suddenly the man asked for his name, the boy clearly upset about the whole thing yelled to the man "what do you care" as the man now replied "every opponent has an name".
As hot headed he was in the moment the boy yelled towards the man his name, and after a few seconds the man replied "prepare i am your opponent now".
The boy having had some years of experience in the military taught he would easily and quikly defeat the man and rushed in to discover while he was half way towards the man, that when the man gently stood up grabbed his sword and got in position that he was not facing an mere person but an samurai alltogether.
The battle stance, the sword and how it became lit with an powerfull blue flame it came to the realisation of the boy that without any mistake who had become his opponent.
As swiftly as he arrived was as swiftly as he was defeated, now realising his mistake of having bitten more than he could chew he started pleading for forgiveness but the man simply started walking away.
While the boy was still pleading he realised a thing, that he had finnaly met an real samurai.
Thinking maybe luck stroke his way, so he hastly told the man to wait, and started explaining his aspirations and the string of unlucky things that had happen towards him while persuing the man.
Till finally the man stopped, turned around and said "you think you got what it takes?..." to wich the boy replied that he would do anything.
So the man tested him the next day and so on, as time went by the boy had many moments in where he thougt he could not do it and would be on he brink of giving up, but his now wise mentor always knew how to make him push through it all.
After being with the man for some years now he learned a lot about the man that not only was he an samurai but an renowned one aswell and most above all his love for
Haiku, and thus he and the warrior poet became great friends through having served together in the military and had fough various battles side by side through thick and thin.
Till in an gruesome war wich had broke out due to an escaltion of what had been simple petty bickery amongs the nobles of the time.
While on patrol duty with an small group of other samurais my ancestor heared news from an envoy that the post in wich he and his mentor were serving was to be overwhelmly overrun in an short amount of time, so he hasted in defenseive of it
Even though my ancester managed to arrive just in time at the post where his mentor was located to be present in the fight, while still having fought side by side and the day was won it was not enough to prevent his friend and mentor from being grievously wounded.
It was told that at the poet warrior's deathbed he lamented not being able to fight along side him and see this through till the end and more so to be able adquire his final inspiration so to finish his life long goal of making his greatess
Haiku about war wich he had been working on for several years now, as his last words he told his friend "the greatest and most memorable battles are not fought by swords but with words" and gave my ancestor his sword for remembrance.
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Since than the blade wich it alone was already an highly praised blade started sometimes manefesting an blue foxfire flame on it's own wich was abnormal because you needed to be an
Kitsune in order to be able to create such flames much less an non
Kitsune to wield it without any backlash from the flames.
Wich left people speculating that it could have become an
Tsukumogami or even be cursed, even so it was passed down in her familly line for ages.
She than explains that she has brought the blade along ever since it was passed down to her, and untill now has found no purpose for it.
As she sees it, it would be more valuable to pass it to someone that could make use of it to help avoid the worse case scenario for this city and so end up in the hands of demons if the battle for
Khor'minos was to be lost.
So brint goes to the PC and tells him about it, and so both go to
'Yashiko' afterwards, there she will give the option of who will keep the blade:
If the PC is chosen to keep the blade for himself, the pc will gain an new sword called 'The Poet's blade' and it will end here.
If
Brint is chosen he admits even though he does admire the way of bushi (samurais) he doesn't know where to start in being able to properly wield it, thus the PC has an ideia and goes to search for
Kiyoko for how brint could learn to use it properly.
Kiyoko than tells the PC is that the proper way would to be an aprentice to an already seasoned practicioner of the way of bushi and there was only one of wich she knew of that had mastered the wayof bushi , wich was
Nakano.
There is also had an conversation about the topic of the possible kami wich would be residing in the sword with
Kiyoko, to wich she explains what she know about the nature that sort things,
Yet having that problem finally solved it already had started another as everyone knew
Nakano woul simply refuse out right if not just for his stubbornness alone.
Wich eventually leads to the PC and
Brint aproaching
Nakano and presenting the 'The Poet's Blade' and telling him it's origins wich really intrigues him and afterwards the topic in hand wich he outright refuses to do, both the PC and Brint than try to convince him with the nobility of the goal wich is to help save the city in
The Siege of Khor'minos, wich he simply pushes aside telling them that it has nothing to do with the affairs of the
Kitsune.
They also touch upon how it could bring great honor to the essence of the lingering kami (spirit) of an ancient
Kitsune samurai wich did not die in peace (as the PC recounts the tale of the Samurai Poet and his fate), so it possibly still lingeres within the sword and using the sword to help end the invasion with the way of bushi would in a way be an extention of the kami being presented an worthy and noble cause that he could see till the end and in wich the latter could also reach his needed inspiration if so was to finalize his worthy
Haiku and possibly than move on peacefully wich in all would be
Nakano honoring the kami within the sword and himself being honored aswell to be the one that assisted this, wich they note that the last part left
Nakano very interested.
If
Nakano is engaged to
Kinu Kitsune Hime she will make an appearance an tell him that 'honor is gained not only in battles but with deeds aswell'.
If the PC's the choises led
Kinu to becoming
Inari Shoujo and has declined
Rindo's concubinage the latter will appear and give the same line (or something else in flavour of
Rindo's personality).
If the PC's the choises led
Kinu to becoming
Inari Shoujo and has accepted
Rindo's concubinage,
Asagiri will appear instead and make an remark of it to him.
If the PC's the choises led
Kinu to becoming
Inari Shoujo and has not started
Rindo's concubinage option,
Asagiri will appear instead and make an remark of it to him
(if not wanting to make an prove his worth pre-quest like Kailine defeat X number of opponents wich could be the
Leothrans that
Hana has been hunting [to protect the den] so to lure out their leader and defeat that
Brint had to defeat him in an duel, wich the PC and
Brint [it would not count towards the objective if
Brint was not present in the party] goes to
Hana and explains the situation thus starts to hunt them [the probability of the encountering
Leothrans would be increased solely if on the quest].
After having defeated X
Leothrans Hana will tell the PC and
Brint that she will be watching them from the shadows so to be a witness to
Brint endavour.
While being in any tile of the
The Frost Marches, there could trigger an event in wich you would find out that the leader had tracked you down to personally take your group down, in wich
Brint steps up and challenges him to an duel.
An battle will trigger where you will control only brint similiar to how you did with
Kinu and
Gweyr, in wich he will have some healing items in his inventory.
After defeating the leader when you go to
Nakano while brint is present in the party to deliver the quest,
Hana will also be there to be the witness).
This will finally lead to
Nakano accepting the request. and train
Brint in the way of bushi (wich will take some time in PC day's, similiar to when training
Quintillus second
Companion Set).
After the conflict of
The Siege of Khor'minos is resolved when aproaching
Nakano whilst
Brint is in his new samurai
Companion Set the kami within the sword will manifest itself to all present and thank all involved and also tell that it will remain whit
Brint till the end of his life as thanks and only after his passing will it finally depart in peace.
If the PC took the sword the kami within the sword will also appear the next day after sleeping anywhere you have an storage nearby, you have it equipped or in your bag and thank all involved aswell and remain with the PC till the end of his life.
This quest would only be available if having
Brint as an
Companion, having had released
Kiyoko, having had at least
Kinu and
Asagiri, having had met
Nakano and
'Yashiko'.
There could also be cameos with the 'The Poet's Blade' and
Ashelander (weapon) while both are present, be it with the PC alone while having
Ashelander (weapon) in it's bag and 'The Poet's Blade' equipped or the PC having
Ashelander (weapon) in it's bag and brint is present in his samurai
Companion Set.
Brint 'Samurai' is an
Support/Damage (
Warrior Archetype)
Companion Set geared towards soaking up damage from party members while also healing itself and dealing damage.
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Perks: -
Level 1 Perk:
Imposing.
Level 7 Perk: Kamae -> When
Brint activates an [Ally]
Power he gains an
Shielded effect (if mitigation of the damage is first calculated by the
Protect's target) else if calculated on brint he gains
View attachment 41220Defending (for 2 turns) instead, and while
Protect lasts he gains 'You make a counter-attack against the first (or first two) melee attacks made against the
Protect's target each round.'.
It's three main stats are (at level 8)
Endurance (
27),
Willpower (
25) and
Strength (
24).
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Powers: -
At-Will: Poet's Blue Flame Blade -> Modified
Blue Flame Blade (From having the blade equipped);
Recharge 1:
Hasso-no-Kamae -> Modified
Steady Strike;
Recharge 2 ->
Protect;
Encounter ->
Flames Within (because
Brint is not an kitsune and by so not resistant to foxfire he gets backlashes from the sword's flames but at the same time that invigorates his senses);
Ultimate ->
By The Horns.
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Equipment: -
-'The Poet's Blade' -> Modified
Swift Sword, with an ability similiar to the
Dawnsword, wich gives the wielder access to an modified
Blue Flame Blade Power named
'Poet's Blue Flame Blade' (with changes to it's description "
Your weapon is engulfed in foxfire that burns from within, adding X Fire damage to your weapon attacks and setting enemies alight when you critically strike them.").
-Modified
Loincloth And Guards (Frost) if the damage mitigation from the redirected attacks are calculated on
Brint instead of first on the protected target, by changing the elemental resistances into +25 Fire/ -20 Frost (fire to mitigate the backlash damage from
Flames Within).
If the damage mitigation from the redirected attacks are done on the protected target instead of
Brint than use an modified
Loincloth And Guards instead, also changing the
Sexiness into +15 crit. chance and adding +15 Fire elemental resistance (fire resistance to mitigate the backlash damage from
Flames Within).
-And modified
Choker of the Pain Slut (does not cause libido enhancement) for crit mitigation for an 2handed wielder, if the original target's defenses are not calculated in the incoming damage's mitigation (if the damage calculates
Brint's crit immunity or the first target's on, so that the
Choker of the Pain Slut can or cannot activate) that later is redirected to
Brint.
(This set could also be adapted to
Quintillus as he is an man of leisure as he also had frequented the
Temple of Mallach in
Hawkethorne.
Yet he would probably need an
Perk wich similiarly to the
Imposing Perk would grant him some extra survivability, probably an perk that would increase the shield value gained from the
Kamae Perk.
And the
Flames Within Power goes well with him aswell, as we all know how
Quintillus loves to light himself up a lot.
But i still think it would suite
Brint better because of the
Imposing Perk, but mostly the
Minotaur culture of the
The Old Country and that linking with 'Yashiko')
source:
Japanese Sword Stances: 10 Basic Kamae for Beginner Samurais).
For
Brienne i was thinking more of an
'Geisha' support damage, sexiness/presence based
Companion Set wich would deal damage through the usage of musical instruments and dancing type of
Powers.
And when using normal tease attacks the description during the attack would show probably the breast tease one, as she is a bit timid for using the others towards enemies.
This quest would also start at
'Yashiko'.
I have not thought about the specifics yet, but probably i'l add it on later.
From:
https://forum.fenoxo.com/threads/what-content-would-you-like-added.13015/post-467290.
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