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  • 560 weeks
    Character Sheets - The Conversion Bureau: Rhapsody

    I'm about to start writing something new, and when I write I like to make character sheets for each of my characters. It helps me internalize them a bit better and I like that I am limited in what each is capable of. Lately I am enthralled by the roleplaying system designed by Green Ronin for A Song of Ice and Fire, so I am using that.

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2013

Character Sheets - The Conversion Bureau: Rhapsody · 8:34am Aug 5th, 2013

I'm about to start writing something new, and when I write I like to make character sheets for each of my characters. It helps me internalize them a bit better and I like that I am limited in what each is capable of. Lately I am enthralled by the roleplaying system designed by Green Ronin for A Song of Ice and Fire, so I am using that.

In case anyone wants to read them here they are. They won't include backgrounds so mildly less spoilerish.

Primary Cast

Name: Alexander Horton
Age: Adult (21)
Role: Leader-Rogue

Motivation: Stability
Virtues: Charitable, Honest, Just
Vices: Jaded, Prejudiced, Wrathful
Description: Alex has an androgynous appearance that is palatable to most tastes, and it has survived two years of life on the streets. He has symmetrical facial features, pale blue eyes, and shiny black hair. Alex is often taller than those around him, but has a manner about him that makes him seem smaller. His smile, when he reveals it, is often pained.

Goals: Find peace of mind.

Agility 3
Athletics 3
Awareness 3
Cunning 3 (Memory 2B)
Endurance 3
Knowledge 3 (Education 1B, Streetwise 1B)
Language 4
Persuasion 4 (Convince 1B, Intimidate 1B)
Status 3 (Breeding 1B)
Survival 3
Thievery 3
Will 4 (Dedication 1B)

Destiny Points: 3/3

Benefits
Attractive - Reroll 1's on Persuasion tests.
Eloquent - When engaged in an intrigue using English, automatically go first.
Suspicious - Opponents take -1D on all attempts to Bargain, Charm, or Seduce

Drawbacks
Cursed - When spending a Destiny Point, roll 1D6, on a 1 the point is wasted.
Impulsive - -2 Composure
Outcast - Reduce Status by 2

Intrigue Defense: 9
Composure: 10

Combat Defense: 9
Health: 9

Name: Sarah Galinskie
Age: Adult (22)
Role: Expert

Motivation: Adventure
Virtues: Devoted, Insightful, Merciful
Vices: Ambitious, Foolish, Naive
Description: A plain girl with skin too translucent to be pale in an attractive way. Her face is riddled with freckles and her wild brown mane is rarely in order. Her eyes are a dark brown to the point of being almost black. Her figure is starved, and lacking in what most guys are looking for in women her age.

Goals: Sculpt her life into something wondrous.

Agility 3
Athletics 3 (Run 1B)
Awareness 4 (Empathy 2B)
Cunning 4
Deception 3
Endurance 3
Fighting 3
Language 3
Knowledge 4 (Education 2B)
Persuasion 3 (Bargain 1B)
Status 3 (Reputation 1B)
Will 3 (Courage 1B)

Destiny Points: 5/5

Benefits
Artist - Create art for a living.


Drawbacks
Debt - All purchases cost double to reflect scarce resources.
Honor-Bound - Reroll 6's for Deception.
Naive - Your Intrigue Defense is -3 when being influenced with Deception.


Intrigue Defense: 11
Composure: 9

Combat Defense: 10
Health: 9

Name: Noah Werner
Age: Adult (23)
Role: Schemer

Motivation: Greed
Virtues: Magnanimous, Prudent
Vices: Avaricious, Dishonest, Envious
Description: Noah dresses to impress, and often tries too hard. He tends to wear one level of formal attire above what is expected of his environment, and this is typically off-putting. He has blond hair and green eyes, and might have been handsome if not for the acne scars covering his face.

He looks like a college nerd trying to play at a high-stakes poker game.

Goals: Live a life of importance.

Animal Handling 3
Awareness 4
Cunning 4 (Logic 2B)
Deception 4 (Bluff 1B)
Knowledge 3 (Streetwise 1B)
Language 3
Persuasion 4 (Incite 1B, Taunt 2B)
Stealth 3 (Blend In 1B)
Will 3

Destiny Points: 2/2

Benefits
Adept Negotiator - Ignore Persuasion Penalty from DR as long as your Disposition remains hidden.
Connections - +1D to all Knowledge tests involving High Society.
Face in the Crowd - Stealth(Blend In) as a Free Action, add Cunning to Stealth(Blend In) tests.

Drawbacks
Craven - In Combat/Intrigue, -1D to all tests, Free Action 1/round make a Formidable(12) Will test, success removes the penalty and gives +1B to your next action.
Ignoble - -1D on Persuasion(Charm) and Status(Reputation) tests.

Intrigue Defense: 10
Composure: 9

Combat Defense: 8
Health: 6

Secondary Cast

Name: Davain Horton
Age: Adult (31)
Role: Leader

Motivation: Duty
Virtues: Generous, Wise
Vices: Boastful, Proud
Description: Davain is in many respects everything his sibling is not. Alex is bitter, angry, and resentful. Davain is jovial and fair-minded. Alex has perfect symmetrical features, Davain looks like he's been on the receiving end of too many fist-fights that never happened. Davain has the same black hair of all the Hortons, but with streaks of dark chestnut brown, and his pale blue eyes are closer to hazel with streaks of brown running through them.

Goals: Serve the people around him through leadership.

Animal Handling 3 (Charm 1B)
Awareness 3
Cunning 3
Endurance 3
Knowledge 3 (Education 1B)
Language 3
Persuasion 4
Status 5 (Breeding 2B, Stewardship 2B)
Will 4 (Dedication 1B)

Destiny Points: 2/2

Benefits
Dutiful - Opponents take -1D on all attempts to Convince, Intimidate, or Seduce.
Favored of Smallfolk - +1B to all Deception, Persuasion, and Status tests with those of Status 3 or lower.
Heir - Davain is the heir to his family's estates.
Wealthy - Davain has access to his family's fortune.

Drawbacks
Childhood Disease - -2 Health
Good Natured - In Intrigue, first Technique must be Charm. -1D to all Intimidation attempts.
Supreme Arrogance - Penalty dice equal to Status Rank on all Awareness rolls.


Intrigue Defense: 11
Composure: 12

Combat Defense: 7
Health: 7

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