¤ Bretonnian PC creation
Some notes to help with the creation of Bretonnian characters
Region of Origin
Browse the clickable map for
the description of the Bretonnian provinces/cities and the other
nations of the Old World.
Most Navarrese characters will speak Navarrese (which sounds like a
mix of Bretonnian and Estalian) in addition to the Bretonnian dialect
of Old-Worlder.
To impersonate your character, you may refer to our list of Basic Words
in Old-Worlder tongues. Our Glossaire
du Maroufle may come handy if you play in French language.
If you play with
Non-Human Characters
- Most Bretonnian...
- Sea-Elves come from l'Anguille.
- Wood-Elves come from Loren Forest or Bois-Delouere in Arden
Forest.
- Dwarves come from mining settlements or Parrravon.
- Halflings come from Lyonnais or Bordeleaux.
Character Name
Choose an archaic French sounding name. If the only French names you
know are Pierre and Jacques, please check out our names
list.
Religion in Bretonnia
- the 3 main official cults
- Shallya, Myrmidia and Verena
- Ranald is officially proscribed but remains popular with the
lower classes
- Other cults
- Taal, Morr, Manann, Ulric
- Minor cults
- Affairiche
: the Bretonnian name for Handrich, god of trade
- Emilion
: a human divinity associated to wine (very popular in
the Bordeleaux region)
- The
lady of the lake : her cult only subsists in a few backward
regions (armorique, massif orcal, flandres)
Ste-Leonidas
(Myrmidia) is the patron saint of Navarre
Bretonnian careers
Rather than creating new careers, we believe it is simpler to use
existing rulebook careers and adapt their name and description to the
Bretonnian setting.
- Bureaucrats (fonctionnaire)
- Servants (valet, maid)
- Peasants (farmer)
Examples of
Bretonnian characters
- Swashbucklers (protagonist - duellist)
- Navarrese swordsman
- Musketeer cadet (with pistol/musket)
- Romantic cavalier
- Nobles
- bastard son a minor noble family
- third son of a ruined noble family
- Ex-Soldier
- from the Bretonnian Guard or the Royal Dragoons
- Academics
- a law student from Guisonne (Guisoreux university)
- a Shallyan Cleric fresh out of the seminary in Couronne
- Non-humans
- Bretonnian dwarf (mercenary, prospector, miner)
- Bretonnian Halfling (scout)
- Elven wood-runner from Bois-Delouere
- Sea Elf trader from L'Anguille
- Imperial exiles
- Mercenaries (landskenets), Wizards, etc.
- Some want to leave their past behind, others are there for the
money.
- Archaic-Bretonnia characters
- Barbarian from the wildest parts of Bretonnia,
- Norscan descendant from Armorique
¤ In Search of Bretonnia
12-11-2005