Indian's

[Dane Summers]

Dunno if your familiar with "Counting Coup"

Idea became pretty popular with sioux warriors, especially the young ones -

basically, before you kill your enemy, you have to touch him in some way - like tapping him on the back as you ride by, or something just as similar. if you do it, and a friend see's you do it, then that kill, assuming you kill the enemy, is that much more impressive and worthy of honor, thus increasing the warriors reknown.

heres what wikipedia says about it...

Counting coup refers to the winning of prestige in battle by the Plains Indians of North America. Warriors won prestige by acts of bravery in the face of the enemy, and these acts could be recorded in various ways and retold as stories. Any blow struck against the enemy counted as a coup, but the most prestigious acts included touching an enemy warrior with the hand, bow, or with a coup stick then escaping unharmed. Touching the first enemy to die in battle or touching the enemy's defensive works also counted as coup. Counting coup could also involve stealing an enemy's weapons or horses tied up to his lodge in camp. Risk of injury or death was required to count coup.

Escaping unharmed while counting coup was considered a higher honor than being wounded in the attempt. A warrior who won coup was permitted to wear an eagle feather in his hair. If he had been wounded in the attempt, however, he was required to paint the feather red to indicate this.

After a battle or exploit, the people of a tribe would gather together to recount their acts of bravery and "count coup." Coups were recorded by putting notches in a coup stick. Indians of the Pacific Northwest would tie an eagle feather to their coup stick for each coup counted, but many tribes did not follow this tradition. White men and Native Americans would also compete against each other for "coup" counted.

So here's a suggestion - make your blue messages interesting. win against incredible odds - incite ganks and defeat them, use light fighters, make a pre-battle challenge that must be completed before the kill, kill via ramming, or some other interesting method.

just some idea's for ya - i think your rp is interesting, considering my own heritage (Turtle Mountain Chippewa). so thumbs up.

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