If you lived in castle times...

Sir Smittens · Post by **Sir Smittens** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:35 am

...and you had an option, what rank would you choose (ie, King, Blacksmith, Wizard).

Personally, I'd be a knight. It seems like fun!

wlister · Post by **wlister** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:55 am

I voted other. I would have loved to be a royal assassin. A poisoners work is never done.

The idea for the vocation of royal assassin was entirely stolen from The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb. Not from any real desire to poison people.

Will

LEGOFREAK · Post by **LEGOFREAK** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 2:54 am

I voted other too... how about a court jester? I think I'd make a pretty good fool. (and yeah yeah bring on the comments!)

(btw - great trilogy will another excellent read.)

freak (with bells on!)

LEGO_KNIGHT · Post by **LEGO_KNIGHT** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 3:05 am

Hi

I voted to be a knight for obvious reasons.

Erwin
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What a day for a knight... and a knight for a day.

TwoTonic Knight · Post by **TwoTonic Knight** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 4:53 am

1st choice: Pagan god (they have more fun).

2nd: Wizard.

3: Assuming the first two are unrealistic or if wizards are burned at the stake or we are talking about actual medieval societies: Artisan. Armorer, manuscript illustrator, sculptor, architect, doesn't matter.

Oh hey! Four more posts and I get wish #3 at least. On my birthday, too!

Barbapple · Post by **Barbapple** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:53 pm

My choice goes to peasant! King, oh yeah, thats fun, untill your contry finds out you wern't apointed by god and they kill you! Knight, yeah thats fun, Untill that crazy king sends you to battle against the scottish(or some other battle you could not win) So I had the good choice. The choice to live.

Mr. D · Post by **Mr. D** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 3:08 pm

At first I thought "knight, of course!". But then I realized that "Other" would make more sense. My sigfig has armor and a great-helm, but he is not a knight; that is, he does not have the rank. He is a freelance swordsman, and that's also what I play when I play that I'm something in the medieval time-period. So, other it is, meaning professional freelance swordsman.

mD

stuifzand · Post by **stuifzand** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:15 pm

Voting for knight/soldier would be kind of very stupid, as you would be killed very quickly. And not in a nice way

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But as you wish

I voted "other".
Just because I don't want to be one of the other choices.
I'd want to be a wise person. Maybe a teacher or an inventor, something like that. If that wouldn't work out, a musician/writer/storyteller.

Lord Resta · Post by **Lord Resta** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:20 pm

Knight souynd like good fun, you always get the maiden/beautiful girl!!!!

Post by **architect** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:21 pm

I would want to be a master mason, a scholar, or a knight.

Ben

Todd · Post by **Todd** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 7:18 pm

I'd be a mercenary captain... or a general.

SirCumferance · Post by **SirCumferance** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:16 pm

I would a knight or soldier, because I like swords and armor!

I suppose I am a bit biased beacuse I make maille though...

TwoTonic Knight · Post by **TwoTonic Knight** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 10:09 pm

SirCumferance wrote:I would a knight or soldier, because I like swords and armor! I suppose I am a bit biased beacuse I make maille though...

"...if I had two I'd be King!"

--Chaucer (pared down to the minimum for "family content")

Ummmmmm, errrrrrr, (reading sigmessage) I thought you'd want to be Queen. Oh, I see, you are already. My mistake.

And speaking of that, the poll was a bit male oriented.

Sir Smittens · Post by **Sir Smittens** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 10:18 pm

1st choice: Pagan god (they have more fun).

2nd: Wizard.

Woops! I meant to put a "Wizard/Magical" choice up, but I guess I forgot!

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:17 pm

Mr. D wrote:At first I thought "knight, of course!". But then I realized that "Other" would make more sense. My sigfig has armor and a great-helm, but he is not a knight; that is, he does not have the rank. He is a freelance swordsman, and that's also what I play when I play that I'm something in the medieval time-period. So, other it is, meaning professional freelance swordsman.

mD

Actually the topic is not "Knight" it is "Knight/Soldier" So you could have taken that option after all.

I would like to be a Knight-General, who leads the troops into battle, no boring peasant stuff for me!

DM

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