Talk:Daud ibn Abi Ahmad al Hasib al Isbiliyyah

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OK, what I'm thinking of here is basicly a barber - or more to the point, a chirugeon, as that's what a lot of barbers actually were back then. Someone we might not be particularly keen to let close to any of us with a cutting knife, but I'm sure we aren't going to be wasting much vis on the grogs and probably even the companions will have to take their chances. As such, someone who knows how to use a knife well and maybe a few useful things about herbs and the like seemed a good idea.

From the idea that he was a barber, my perverse sense of humour demanded that he be from the south of Spain, or to be precise, Seville. Yes, he is the Barver of Seville. Of course, then I remembered that at this time, Seville would have been in Moorish hands, so the idea of having him as an infidel seemed to be fun what with all the English and Welsh around, someone off the wall seemed like it might be fun. I then also thought it might allow a better degree of skill, as the Moors were a lot more enlightened about things like medicine. However, I then considered the point that if he was actually too useful, he would probably be a specialist. As such, the concept is he is possibly a bit poor at his art and has had to travel into the barbarian lands to gain the skills he needs - and will learn the noble art of surgery... by practicing it on random sick people and learning from his mistakes... maybe.

• Virtues - Bah... I have just noted that he NEEDS to have Outsider for this to work, which is a major flaw. Oh well, I shall abandon this right now. I may still make a barber-chirgugeon, but he wont be Moorish and thus probably, sadly not Seville.

Although Seville was in Moorish control at the time, the people would still have been a mixture. Maybe the reason he is in England, not Seville is that he is not Moorish? --OldNick 08:25, 9 February 2006 (PST)

• Virtues - There is a new version of Outsider, which is a minor flaw intended for use when making grogs, which is detailed in 'The Divine' (which details Islamic and Judaiic characters in more depth, along with specific status traits for characters from those religions and cultures).