Greetings fellow guardsmen.
After reading about our current Divisions and checking their forums - I do not really feel that any of the current Divisions suits my character RP-wise.
My character is no sailor or seaman - so the navy part does not really apply to him, nor is he of the sneaky kind with stealth and magery.
On our homepage, it seems like we had a Division called the Arcane Company. My first plans for my characters was to try to get into that Division, but it does not excist anymore.
I have spoken with some of the old timers in BoC, but I haven't gotten any answer why the Arcane Company went down ... their answer was just that it didn't work out
I've seen that lots of our current Recruits are spellcasters.. I am not sure if you feel the same way like I do, so I had to bring this up for discussion.
I would love to create a new Spellcasting Division - Warmage type of Division. Spellcasters combining Magery with Fighting skills. Of course Necromancy supplied with weapon skills would be accepted as well.
Tamers and Bards would not be accepted though.
I feel that a Warmage Division would suit BoC much better than the Arcane Company. Considering we are a Military guild.. Properly trained Magic users would be much more effective on the battlefield compared to a secret spellcasting sect imo
I've gotten the inspiration from the Warmage class in D&D 3rd Edition. It suits a spellcasting/fighting skill template in UO. Spellcasters wielding Armour while casting spells and being a decent meleer when their offensive powers wears out.
Warmages will focus heavily on teamwork, since supporting with spells is a lot harder than just applying those bandages once every 6-7 second or so. Being a proud and confident Division - discipline training, combat training and drilling should be arranged often.. since the visual apperance of the Division will be important.
Still require some work on the Story line for the guild - and quest line for its members..
but feel free to let everyone know about your thoughts and suggestions for a Division like this.