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This is a 4e conversion of St. Augustine of Hippo[1]
St. Augustine of Hippo[]

St. Augustine of Hippo
Cost: 213 ([85]+[12]+[86]+[-82]+[112]+[0]) points
Basic Details[]
Born 354; died 430.
Description: Age 57; 5’4”; 120 lbs.; a dark-skinned, bearded North African, dressed in a plain layman’s tunic, or the black birrus of his monastic community, possibly carrying a crosier and wearing a simple bishop’s miter.
Attributes and Secondary Characteristics[]
Section total: [85]
Attributes | Secondary Characteristics |
Speed | Move | SM | 0 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST | 10 | [0] | HP | 10 | [0] | Basic | 4.5 | 4 | DR | 0 |
DX | 10 | [0] | Will | 13 | [-15] | Modifier | 0 | 0 | Dodge | 7 |
IQ | 16 | [120] | Per | 16 | [0] | Final | 4.5 | 4 | Parry | N/A |
HT | 8 | [-20] | FP | 8 | [0] | Cost | [0] | [0] | Block | N/A |
Total | [85] | 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: [12]
- TL 2 [0]
- Cultural Familiarity: Western [0]
- Language(s) [12]: Latin (Native) [0]; Greek (Native) [6]; Punic (Native) [6]
Advantages and Perks[]
Total: [86]
- Charisma +2 [10]
- Clerical Investment with Religious Rank 5 (bishop) [25]
- Legal Immunity [5]
- Less Sleep 2 [6]
- Patron (congregation, 15) [30]
- Reputation +1 (among non-Christians, as a scholar, 10) [1]
- Reputation +4 (among Christians, as a theologian) [10]
- Status 2 (Includes +2 from Religious Rank) [0]
Disadvantage and Quirks[]
Total: [-82]
- Chummy [-5]
- Compulsive Behavior (Writing) [-5]
- Disciplines of Faith (Monasticism) [-10]
- Duty (conscription by another congregation, involuntary, not life-threatening, 6) [-2]
- Duty (to his own congregation, not life-threatening, 15) [-10]
- tolerance (Religious) [-5]
- Low Self-Image [-10]
- Selfless [-10]
- Vow (poverty, chastity, obedience, etc.) [-20]
- Dislikes travel, especially by sea, and winter weather; [-1]
- Only visits widows and orphans unless otherwise invited; [-1]
- Sarcastic, especially about ignorance [-1]
- Vegetarian, but keeps meat for guests; [-1]
- Won’t tolerate gossip at his table [-1]
Skills[]
Total: [112]
- Administration (A) (IQ-1) — 15 [1]
- Area Knowledge (Carthage) (E) (IQ±0) — 16 [1]
- Area Knowledge (Hippo Regius) (E) (IQ+5) — 21 [16]
- Area Knowledge (Roman world) (E) (IQ±0) — 16 [1]
- Astronomy/TL2 (Astrology) (H) (IQ-2) — 14 [1]
- Carousing (E) (HT±0) — 9 [1]
- Diplomacy (H) (IQ-1) — 15 [2]
- Farming/TL2 (Agronomy) (A) (DX+3) — 14 [12]
- Fortune-Telling (Astrology) (A) (IQ-1) — 15 [1]
- Law (A) (IQ±0) — 15 [2]
- Literature (H) (IQ-2) — 14 [1]
- Mathematics/TL2 (Applied, includes Cyphering) (H) (IQ-1) — 15 [2]
- Philosophy (Classical) (H) (IQ±0) — 16 [4]
- Religious Ritual (Catholic) (H) (IQ+1) — 17 [8]
- Teaching (A) (IQ+2) — 18 [8]
- Theology (Christian belief) (H) (IQ+7) — 23 [32]
- Public Speaking (A) (IQ+4) — 20 [16]
- Writing (A) (IQ+3) — 19 [12]
Note[]
- Due to Classic Astrology being a combination of Astronomy and Fortune-Telling up to TL4 the skill is effectively duplicated for this historical character.
References[]
- ↑ Classic: Who's Who 2 pg 20-32