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Looks interesting, I must say :) . A couple of questions, if I may? 1 - would characters be required to be male? It fits with the Renaissance theme, of course, but I'm not sure how closely you're following that. 2 - By naming convention, do you simply mean the choice of Italianate names, or are there further specifics?
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The naming convention is implied to be vaguely italian renaissance but you can pull from any European historical context I suppose. I would not explicitly deny a female player.