Aiken Frost he/him Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 Ok folks, this one just blew my mind. I was, just now, reading through old RPG books I have. One of them was a supplement of the the 7th Sea RPG, that described a secret organization called "The Knights of the Rose and Cross", a kind of "gentlemen club" of adventurers that fight for justice, honor and defend the innocent... But why I'm telling you that? The members of this secret society have special powers. Powers that they get by taking vows. And the section of the book that talk about the vows (and the motive for my head blowing): Balreaux claims that the Knights take three vows when they join the order. The first is that they will protect those who cannot protect themselves. The second is to bring justice to the unjust. The last is to serve the Order and those who wear the Seal. Almost exactly the defining Vow of the Windrunners! Very awesome. Anyone else familiar with 7th Sea? What you guys think of the connection?
Aradel he/him Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 The real question is wether Brandon is familiar with 7th Sea, or if great minds think alike.
Tulir he/him Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 Someone needs to ask Brandon this question, becuase this would be awesome if he came up with it on his own.
Odium's_Shard Posted March 31, 2012 Posted March 31, 2012 Everything that holds the Splinters of the Awesome Shard (coincidentally, the 17th Shard) has been stolen from Brandon, for, if those Splinters are indeed of the Shard Awesome, and these Shards are Parts of the Great Adonalsium that is, in fact, Brandon Sanderson, then, theoretically, BS holds sway over everything. As he should.
Aethling he/him Posted April 1, 2012 Posted April 1, 2012 Probably nothing more than coincidence. Almost every movie or book (fiction, and nonfiction) about knights I have seen or read have them taking oaths of some sort. Anything loosely based upon something that actually occured in our world is probably going to have some shared stuff.
Commander Spoonface he/him Posted April 1, 2012 Posted April 1, 2012 The whole "protect those who cannot protect themselves" is simply a less militaristic rephrasing of the classic medieval Chivalric code. Knights took an oath to "Protect the weak, defenseless, helpless, and fight for the general welfare of all".
Aiken Frost he/him Posted April 2, 2012 Author Posted April 2, 2012 Probably nothing more than coincidence. Almost every movie or book (fiction, and nonfiction) about knights I have seen or read have them taking oaths of some sort. Anything loosely based upon something that actually occured in our world is probably going to have some shared stuff. The whole "protect those who cannot protect themselves" is simply a less militaristic rephrasing of the classic medieval Chivalric code. Knights took an oath to "Protect the weak, defenseless, helpless, and fight for the general welfare of all". Yeah, I agree with both of you. But the coincidence is less about the vow per se but from the fact that both had orders of knights that got mystical powers from vows AND the fact that the vows are identical. Of course, Brandon also could have get inspired by 7th Sea, considering that he is into Magic: The Gathering and that 7th Sea was a card game as well, back in the day. That would be extremely awesome! (If that's the case, I hope we see something inspired by Die Kreuzritter as well. =p )
Harrasment13 Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) Knights of the Rose combines traditional RPG mechanics like city building, single player training & campaign exploring, character leveling, recruitment of heroes, equipment crafting, achievements with tactical combat, PvP combat, and guild interactions for an engrossing RPG experience. Who was playing iOS game PonPon!? This is the new game which I have played, I think it is a nice iOS game, but I meet some trouble to fight boss. Any experienced player can give me some suggestions? Edited October 18, 2012 by Harrasment13 1
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