Roleplaying a Marksman

Roleplaying a Marksman

• Marksmen are calm and rational in their ways, showing proof of nobility.
• Marksmen drink wine, often cooling it down or heating it before. They have great knowledge in the arts of winery, as they can taste where the grape was held, of what yearline the wine is of.
• Marksmen do not like ale, and only drink it in the utmost emergency. (ie no wine around)
• Marksmen detest the use of shields and would never sink so low as to use them. This also results in them looking down upon the Besiegers and slightly the Drunkards, although this seldom takes any other form than a taunt here and there.
• Marksmen in battle often group themselves into one deadly unit, efficiently picking off one target at a time with their deadly array of bolts and arrows. They know their strength lies in the unit, rather than the indivual.
• Marksmen know that to inflict the most damage on their foe, they need to keep them at an arm's length. To this mean they often carry some hay or know carpentry to make boxes, laying out barricades to clutter the battlefield. To know where and when to place the barricades for them to work, is considered an art amongst the Marksmen.
• Marksmen are the sworn defenders of Stonekeep, and are more often found near the compounds than the other divisions; shooting down the stray attacker, and showing the younger guardsmen how to behave and use the only true and noble weapon there is.

Marksmen Behaviour: (As Written by Jhakog)

The Marksmen are nobles, and are supposed to react in calm and arrogant ways, not meant that they should call all guards, 'lower guards'. They are allowed to have friends outside The Marksmen, but it is not well seen that you are best friends with a besieger. An example of Marksman behaviour:

Ignorant Retired Guard (IRG): Markie!…..Ye In Me Spot!

Noble Marksman (VIP): oh, am I?…what doest thou need?

IRG: Me Want Me Spot! Move It!

VIP: Well, thass rather rude…Why doest thou nay stand over there?

IRG: Me Want Me Spot!

VIP: That sounds reasonable *ignores the foolish man*

IRG: Move! Me Will Swing Mace! Me Will Hit Markie!

VIP: *ignores*

*IRG knocks VIP until he is knocked out*

Later IRG was punished by The Magistrate. This shows the calm way The Marksman react. He is reasonable and if the guard had a good reason for taking his spot, he would have moved. Instead of fuzzing, and start threatening the guard back, he simply stayed in his calm and rational way. This showed to be the right decision. Marksmen are aware of the consequences their actions might have, and are always one step ahead of their opponent.

The Marksmen.

They are the deadly, offensive force. They are used to stand in the back, shooting nearby enemy with other, usualy shield using Guards in defence. They are not to powerfull alone, but in a unit, they really make the Militia-quote worth it's meaning: “Strength in Numbers". Many call them snobs, but they are controllable snobs. They do not act snobbish directly without reason. Of course, there are some intrigues between the divisions, usualy the Beseigers, but that cannot be avoided. They do not see all guards as lower guards, but see highly on good manners, and proper speech