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This is a 4e conversion of Manfred von Richthofen[1]
Manfred von Richthofen[]

Manfred von Richthofen
Cost: 203 ([80]+[8]+[76]+[-30]+[69]+[0]) points
Basic Details[]
Born 1892; died 1918.
Description: Age: 25; 5’9”; 145 lbs.; An athletic German with pale eyes and close-cropped dark hair, usually wearing an aviator’s cap at a jaunty angle, the “Blue Max” (Ordre Pour le Mérite) over a scarf, and a gray uniform.
Attributes and Secondary Characteristics[]
Section total: [80]
Attributes | Secondary Characteristics |
Speed | Move | SM | 0 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST | 10 | [0] | HP | 10 | [0] | Basic | 5.75 | 5 | DR | 0 |
DX | 13 | [60] | Will | 11 | [0] | Modifier | 0 | 0 | Dodge | 8 |
IQ | 11 | [20] | Per | 11 | [0] | Final | 5.75 | 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: [8]
- TL 6 [0]
- Cultural Familiarity: Western [0]
- Language(s) [8]: German (Native) [0]; English (Accented) [4]; French (Accented) [4]
Advantages and Perks[]
Total: [0]
- Acute Vision +2 [4]
- Appearance (Attractive) [5]
- Combat Reflexes [15]
- Military Rank 4 (Captain) [20]
- Reputation +3 (“Ace of Aces,” among both sides on the Front) [7]
- Status 3 (Includes +1 from each of Rank and Wealth) [5]
- Wealth (Wealthy) [20]
Disadvantage and Quirks[]
Total: [-30]
- Code of Honor (Knights of the Air) [-10]
- Chronic Pain (Severe, 1 hour, 9; Migraine) [-5]
- Duty (15) [-15]
- Overconfidence (12) [-10]
- Admires professionalism in other pilots [-1]
- Always paints his plane solid red [-1]
- Always thinks getting kills is harder “now” than it was when he started [-1]
- Showoff [-1]
Skills[]
Total: [69]
- Acrobatics (Equestrian) (H) (DX-2) — 11 [1]
- Administration (A) (IQ±0) — 11 [2]
- Area Knowledge (Silesia) (E) (IQ+1) — 12 [2]
- Area Knowledge (Western Front) (E) (IQ+1) — 12 [2]
- Forward Observer/TL 6 (A) (IQ±0) — 11 [2]
- Games (Chess) (E) (IQ±0) — 11 [1]
- Gunner/TL 6 (Machine Gun) (E) (DX+3) — 16 [8]
- Guns/TL 6 (Pistol); Rifle-2 (E) (DX±0) — 14 [1]
- Guns/TL 6 (Rifle) (E) (DX+2) — 15 [4]
- Leadership (A) (IQ+1) — 12 [4]
- Mechanic/TL 6 (Prop Engine) (A) (IQ-1) — 10 [1]
- Navigation/TL 6 (Land, Orienteering) (A) (IQ±0) — 11 [2]
- Navigation/TL 6 (Air) (A) (IQ-1) — 10 [1]
- Piloting (Biplane) (A) (DX±0) — 13 [2]
- Riding (Horses) (A) (DX±0) — 13 [2]
- Savoir-Faire (High Society) (E) (IQ+2) — 13 [4]
- Savoir-Faire (Military) (E) (IQ+2) — 13 [4]
- Tactics (H) (IQ+5) — 16 [24]
- Writing (A) (IQ±0) — 11 [2]
Note[]
- Despite the Red Baron's connection with the Fokker Dr.I 61 out of his 80 kills were done in an Albatros D.III
- "Red Knight of Germany" in Issue #3 (1965) of the Ripley's Believe It or Not comic has Manfred making a 3 point landing even while mortally wounded.
References[]
- ↑ Classic: Who's Who 2 pg 114-115