Horatio Nelson

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Horatio Nelson

Horatio Nelson

Cost: 236 ([40]+[4]+[77]+[-45]+[160]+[0]) points

Basic Details

Born 1758; died 1805.

Description: Age 39; 5’5”; 125 lbs. A small-boned man, with blue eyes (and a scar under the right eye), and once-sandy hair turning white, dressed in a Royal Navy uniform according to his rank and occasionally sporting a gauze patch over his good left eye to protect it from the elements.

Attributes and Secondary Characteristics

Section total: [40]

Attributes			Secondary Characteristics				Speed	Move	SM	0
ST	10	[0]	HP	10	[0]	Basic	4.5	4	DR	0
DX	10	[0]	Will	13	[0]	Modifier	0	0	Dodge	7
IQ	13	[60]	Per	13	[0]	Final	4.5	4	Parry	N/A
HT	8	[-20]	FP	8	[0]	Cost	[0]	[0]	Block	N/A
Total					[40]	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	4	7
Cost	[0]		40 lbs	Light	3	6
			60 lbs	Medium	2	5
			120 lbs	Heavy	1	4
			200 lbs	Extra-Heavy	0	3

Social Background

Total: [4]

• TL 5 [0]
• Cultural Familiarity: Western [0]
• Language(s) [4]: English (Native) [0]; French (Accented) [0]

Advantages and Perks

Total: [77]

• Charisma +3 [15]
• Military Rank 7 [35]
• Reputation +1 (Skilled commander, in the navy and among Britons who follow war news) [2]
• Status 4 (Includes +2 for Rank and +1 for Wealth) [5]
• Wealth (Wealthy) [20]

Disadvantage and Quirks

Total: [-46]

• Duty (Royal Navy) [-15]
• One Eye [-15]
• Sense of Duty (King and Country) [-10]
• Can be vain and snobbish about his accomplishments and acquaintances [-1]
• Hates the French revolutionary regime and Napoleon [-1]
• Obsessed with his failing health [-1]
• Prefers action to inaction, and prone to rashness [-1]
• Somewhat susceptible to the opposite sex [-1]

Skills

Total: [160]

• Administration (A) (IQ-1) — 12 [1]
• Area Knowledge (Caribbean) (E) (IQ±0) — 13 [1]
• Area Knowledge (Mediterranean) (E) (IQ+1) — 14 [2]
• Boating/TL 5 (A) (DX+2) — 12 [8]
• Broadsword (A) (DX+1) — 11 [4]
• Climbing (A) (DX±0) — 10 [2]
• Diplomacy (H) (IQ-2) — 11 [1]
• Farming/TL 5 (Agronomy) (A) (DX+1) — 11 [4]
• Gunner (Naval Cannon) (E) (DX+1) — 11 [2]
• Guns/TL 5 (Flintlock Pistol) (E) (DX+3) — 13 [8]
• Law (Naval Law) (H) (IQ+2) — 15 [12]
• Leadership (A) (IQ+5) — 18 [20]
• Mathematics/TL 5 (Applied) (H) (IQ-2) — 11 [1]
• Meteorology/TL 5 (A) (IQ-1) — 12 [1]
• Navigation/TL 5 (Sea); (A) (IQ+2) — 15 [8]
• Politics (A) (IQ-1) — 12 [1]
• Savoir-Faire (High Society) (E) (IQ+2) — 15 [4]
• Savoir-Faire (Military) (E) (IQ+2) — 15 [4]
• Seamanship/TL 5 (includes Sailor) (E) (IQ+4) — 17 [12]
• Sex Appeal (A) (HT-1) — 7 [1]
• Shiphandling (H) (IQ+6) — 18 [28]
• Strategy (Naval) (H) (IQ-1) — 14 [2]
• Tactics (H) (IQ+7) — 20 [32]
• Teaching (A) (IQ-1) — 12 [1]
• Theology (unspecified) (H) (IQ-2) — 11 [1]