Dante Alighieri

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Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Cost: 182 ([80]+[16]+[8]+[-30]+[108]+[0]) points

Basic Details

Born 1265; died 1321.

Description: Age 43; 5’9”; 150 lbs. An active Italian man, dressed either practically or finely depending on whether encountered while traveling or at court.

Attributes and Secondary Characteristics

Section total: [80]

Attributes			Secondary Characteristics				Speed	Move	SM	0
ST	10	[0]	HP	10	[0]	Basic	5.25	5	DR	0
DX	11	[20]	Will	13	[0]	Modifier	0	0	Dodge	8
IQ	13	[60]	Per	13	[0]	Final	5.25	5	Parry	N/A
HT	10	[0]	FP	10	[0]	Cost	[0]	[0]	Block	N/A
Total					[80]	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	10		0	10	20	[0]
Thrust Damage	1d-2		Up to	Encumbrance Level	Move	Dodge
Swing Damage	1d		20 lbs	None	5	8
Cost	[0]		40 lbs	Light	4	7
			60 lbs	Medium	3	6
			120 lbs	Heavy	2	5
			200 lbs	Extra-Heavy	1	4

Social Background

Total: [16]

• TL 4 [0]
• Cultural Familiarity: Western [0]
• Language(s) [16]: Florentine (Native) [0]; Italian (Native) [6]; Greek (Accented) [4]; Latin (Native) [6]

Advantages and Perks

Total: [9]

• Reputation +2 (as a great poet, 7-) [3]
• Status 1 [5]

Disadvantage and Quirks

Total: [-30]

• Code of Honor (Christian Gentleman) [-10]
• Enemy (Black Guelphs, 6-) [-15]
• Believes in the divine right of the Roman Emperor, and opposes the pope as corrupt [-1]
• Often writes in Italian rather than Latin so more people can read his works [-1]
• Overly fond of the opposite sex [-1]
• Unforgiving and uncompromising [-1]
• Vow (tohonor Beatrice’s memory) [-1]

Skills

Total: [108]

• Administration (A) (IQ±0) — 13 [2]
• Area Knowledge (Italy) (E) (IQ+1) — 14 [2]
• Astronomy (Astrology) (H) (IQ-2) — 11 [1]
• Broadsword (A) (DX+1) — 12 [4]
• Diplomacy (H) (IQ±0) — 13 [4]
• First Aid/TL 3 (E) (IQ±0) — 13 [1]
• Fortune Telling (Astrology) (A) (IQ-1) — 12 [1]
• History (H) (IQ-2) — 11 [1]
• Knife (E) (DX±0) — 11 [1]
• Law (unspecified) (H) (IQ-2) — 11 [1]
• Lance (A) (DX±0) — 11 [2]
• Literature (H) (IQ-1) — 12 [2]
• Mathematics/TL3 (applied, Cyphering) (H) (IQ±0) — 13 [4]
• Philosophy (Classical Christian) (H) (IQ±0) — 13 [4]
• Physician/TL3 (H) (IQ-2) — 11 [1]
• Poetry (A) (IQ+8) — 21 [32]
• Politics (A) (IQ+1) — 14 [4]
• Public Speaking (A) (IQ±0) — 13 [2]
• Riding (Horse) (A) (DX+1) — 12 [4]
• Savoir-Faire (High Society) (A) (IQ+1) — 15 [4]
• Shield (E) (DX+1) — 12 [2]
• Swimming (E) (HT+1) — 11 [2]
• Tactics (H) (IQ-2) — 11 [1]
• Theology (Christianity) (H) (IQ-1) — 12 [2]
• Writing (A) (IQ+6) — 19 [24]

Additional Material

• History-Makers: Dante
• Classics Summarized (Overly Sarcastic Productions): Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.
• Dante's Inferno (playlist)
• AspectHistory Stream - Dantes Inferno Rewatch
• Dante's Inferno - A Summary of the Divine Comedy Pt. 1