Christopher Columbus

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Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Cost: 174 ([70]+[8]+[58]+[-40]+[78]+[0]) points

Basic Details

Born 1451; died 1506.

Description: Age 40; 5’11”; 160 lbs. A tall man, with a reddish complexion, usually clothed as a ship’s officer, though on occasion affecting a religious habit.

Attributes and Secondary Characteristics

Section total: [70]

Attributes			Secondary Characteristics				Speed	Move	SM	0
ST	12	[20]	HP	12	[0]	Basic	5.25	5	DR	0
DX	10	[0]	Will	12	[0]	Modifier	0	0	Dodge	8
IQ	12	[40]	Per	12	[0]	Final	5.25	5	Parry	7
HT	11	[10]	FP	11	[0]	Cost	[0]	[0]	Block	N/A
Total					[70]	Total	[0]

Air Move	Basic Speed x 2 (dropping all fractions)	NA
Water Move	Basic Move/5, rounded down	NA

Striking ST Bonus	0		Lifting ST Bonus	Lifting ST	Basic Lift	Cost
Striking ST	12		0	12	28.8	[0]
Thrust Damage	1d-1		Up to	Encumbrance Level	Move	Dodge
Swing Damage	1d+2		28.8 lbs	None	5	8
Cost	[0]		57.6 lbs	Light	4	7
			86.4 lbs	Medium	3	6
			172.8 lbs	Heavy	2	5
			288 lbs	Extra-Heavy	1	4

Social Background

Total: [8]

• TL 4 [0]
• Cultural Familiarity: Western [0]
• Language(s) [8]: Italian (Native) [0]; Portuguese (Accented) [4]; Spanish, Accented) [4]

Advantages and Perks

Total: [58]

• Charisma +2 [10]
• Courtesy Rank 8 [8]
• Patron (Ferdinand and Isabella, as the equivalent of a powerful organization, 9) [20]
• Status 2 [10]
• Wealth (Comfortable) [10]

Disadvantage and Quirks

Total: [-40]

• Delusion (that the Earth’s circumference is 18,000 miles) [-5]
• Glory Hound (Compulsive Behavior (Seek publicity, 6) 10], Overconfidence 10], Reputation +1 (Hero, to fans) [5] Reputation -1 (Showoff, to associates) 5]) [-20]
• Selfish (12-) [-5]
• Stubbornness [-5]
• Claims pious motives [-1]
• Falsifies his logs [-1]
• Flirts with Queen Isabella; [-1]
• Quarrels with subordinates [-1]
• Secretive about his origins [-1]

Skills

Total: [78]

• Acting (A) (IQ-1) — 11 [1]
• Area Knowledge (North-Eastern Atlantic Ocean) (E) (IQ±0) — 12 [1]
• Astronomy/TL 4 (H) (IQ-2) — 10 [1]
• Boating/TL 4 (unpowered) (A) (DX±0) — 10 [2]
• Broadsword (A) (DX-1) — 9 [1]
• Cartography/TL 3 (A) (IQ-1) — 11 [1]
• Climbing (A) (DX-1) — 9 [1]
• Diplomacy (H) (IQ-2) — 10 [1]
• Fast-Talk (A) (IQ+2) — 14 [8]
• Gunner (cannon) (E) (DX+1) — 11 [2]
• Leadership (A) (IQ+2) — 14 [8]
• Mathematics/TL 3 (H) (IQ-2) — 10 [1]
• Merchant (Includes Cyphering) (A) (IQ±0) — 12 [2]
• Meteorology/TL 3 (A) (IQ+3) — 15 [12]
• Navigation/TL 3 (Sea) (A) (IQ+3) — 15 [12]
• Navigation/TL 4 (Sea) (A) (IQ-1) — 11 [1]
• Professional Skill (Weaver) (A) (DX+1) — 11 [4]
• Public Speaking (A) (IQ+1) — 13 [4]
• Research/TL 3 (A) (IQ-1) — 11 [1]
• Riding (Horse) (A) (DX±0) — 10 [2]
• Savoir-Faire (High Society) (E) (IQ+2) — 14 [4]
• Seamanship (includes Sailor) (E) (IQ+2) — 14 [4]
• Shiphandling/TL 4 (H) (IQ+2) — 14 [12]
• Swimming (E) (HT±0) — 11 [1]
• Theology (unspecified) (H) (IQ-2) — 10 [1]
• Writing (A) (IQ-1) — 11 [1]

Note

• "Columbus' nautical skills were learned primarily from many years of sailing the Atlantic Ocean, in ships which lacked most of the technological refinements associated with GURPS TL4. He has supplemented them with book study and taught himself the use of early TL4 navigational instruments, but the results are unreliable, partly because he does not fully understand the principles on which their use is based."