David's Character: Valentin Boheres
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 3:24 pm
Ok. Apologies if I'm doing this wrong. It's been ages since I participated in any regular forums and I'm a complete neophyte where 7th Sea is concerned. So any feedback people have, good, bad, facepalming, would be a big help. I've been trying to gear up for GenCon next week (Achievement Unlocked: The Great Procrastinator) and I could use someone else to look over my numbers, skills, knacks, etc. and make sure I haven't completely screwed up. I started with the Castillian Noble template and modded it to fit the character I was looking to make.
So as best I can, here's what I've got. It should come out to 135 HP with 8 XP unspent. Fair warning, I got VERY confused on the Skills/Knacks. I also tend to get carried away with story telling, so the background might be a little on the lengthy side.
Valentín Boheres
Born: Valentinéz Alcalanella Santofino Ramirez
Brawn: 2/5 (8HP)
Finesse: 4/5 (16HP+national advantage)
Wits: 3/5 (16HP)
Resolve: 2/5 (8HP)
Panache: 3/5 (16HP)
Reputation: 0
Advantages: Castillian Education (10HP), Noble (5HP), University (2HP), Appearance: Stunning (10HP), Swordsman's Guild (3HP), Dangerous Beauty (3HP), Able Drinker (1HP), Keen Senses (2HP), Vendetta (2HP)
Arcana: Overconfident (-10HP)
Languages: Castille (R/W/N), Montaigne (R/W), Vodacce (R/W) Thean (R/W)
(Not sure about the numbers on these. They were on the template already.)
Skills & Knacks
Athlete: Climbing (2/5), Footwork (3/5), Sprinting (1/5), Throwing (1/5)
Fencing: Attack (3/5), Parry (3/5)
Courtier: Dancing (2/5), Etiquette (2/5), Fashion (2/5), Oratory (3/5), Diplomacy (2/5), Gaming (1/5), Gossip (2/5), Lip Reading (3/5), Seduction (3/5), Sincerity (3/5)
Scholar: History (1/5), Mathematics (1/5), Philosophy (1/5), Research (1/5), Law (1/5)
Performer: Acting (1/5), Dancing (2/5), Oratory (3/5), Singing (1/5), Cold Read (3/5)
Sailor: Balance (1/5), Climbing (2/5), Leaping (2/5), Swimming (2/5)
(I have no idea if any of this is right.)
Equipment & Starting Money
1 set fine clothes
1 fine fencing sword
1500 g / 500g per month
(This was also on the template. Not totally sure how to calculate it.)
Background
Raised in Castille of a noble family that has held power since the arrival of the Third Prophet and the magical purges around 1000 AV. His worldview has largely been influenced by the loss of a childhood friend. Cassandra Villanueva was a close friend, the Villanueva house being historically strong allies of the Ramirez family. The children were of a similar age and spent several years amusing one another at dull court events. As the children aged and their friendship grew, their parents talked openly of a marriage to join the two houses. That came to an end when Father Frederico Montoya came to their rural principality to manage the affairs of the Vaticine Church.
Fr. Montoya had been transferred by the church away from the Eisen border when his zealous pursuit of Objectionists led to an entire village of loyal Vaticine faithful being razed to the ground. While nothing was known for certain, stories traveled from lips to ears that Montoya had found a single Objectionist in the village, an old man who had a copy of Liebers' translations of the Books of the Prophets into Low Eisen. The old man pleaded that he could not read, and that he had only taken the book in trade for a bundle of firewood. Montoya not only found the man guilty of heresy, but held that those in a town who suffered an Objectionist to live among them were guilty by association. The civil governor approached Montoya and asked him to reconsider the matter, but when Montoya refused, he informed the priest that he could not execute an entire town. That night, the village was burned to the ground. Few survivors were found, but those who lived were either so grievously injured in the fire that they died not long after or so mad with grief as to be incoherent.
And so Fr. Montoya came to their quiet hamlet. For years, Cassandra's ability to do magic had been a secret the two children had shared. However, after one rash act of capricious magic was witnessed by a servant, the secret was out and Fr. Montoya descended on the Villanueva household. Lord Villanueva argued that he had no knowledge of the child's ability, disowning her and accusing his wife of acts of adultery that lead to the siring of a sorcerer within a noble house. Lady Villanueva took her life not long after. Rumors and gossip made their rounds suggesting that Old Villanueva had killed her to spare himself the Church's wrath or any protestations of innocence from his wife that might lead to some proof that the heretic child was indeed his own, but no proof was ever found. For their part, the Val's parents said nothing. In 1650, at the age of 14, he buried the only person outside his family that he had ever loved.
In the years that followed, his thoughts were consumed by revenge. Magic denied to him by birth, he studied swordsmanship, determined to be strong enough to protect those he cared about no matter what. As Val's dedication to the sword grew, his parents began to worry and tension between the generations mounted, Val blaming his parents for saying nothing on Cassandra's behalf. Lord and Lady Ramirez, for their part, took offense at their son's feelings toward the Church, which were contempt at best, and outright hatred at worst. While Montoya left the diocese a few years later, Val never forgot him. When he came of age, he adopted a new name that his actions would not bring ruin on his parents (for all he loathed what he saw as their cowardice, he still loved them) and he set out in search of Montoya.
Two years ago, when the Hierophant's death threw the Church into chaos, Val seized the opportunity to pick up Montoya's trail. The Church isn't terribly forthcoming with information about its inner workings, and polite requests, cajoling, bribery, and outright threats had accomplished little. But with so much in transition, the usual scrutiny of strangers wandering in claiming they were delivering important messages for now Cardinal Montoya was not as rigorous as it might have been in years past. The trail has lead Val here, to Altamira.
Personality
Over the years, he has become something of a libertine, seeking to fill the void left in him since childhood with the love of as many others as possible. Convivial, vain, skilled in socializing and seduction, his outer boisterous and outgoing nature hides a much darker rage, well guarded, but not far from the surface.
So as best I can, here's what I've got. It should come out to 135 HP with 8 XP unspent. Fair warning, I got VERY confused on the Skills/Knacks. I also tend to get carried away with story telling, so the background might be a little on the lengthy side.
Valentín Boheres
Born: Valentinéz Alcalanella Santofino Ramirez
Brawn: 2/5 (8HP)
Finesse: 4/5 (16HP+national advantage)
Wits: 3/5 (16HP)
Resolve: 2/5 (8HP)
Panache: 3/5 (16HP)
Reputation: 0
Advantages: Castillian Education (10HP), Noble (5HP), University (2HP), Appearance: Stunning (10HP), Swordsman's Guild (3HP), Dangerous Beauty (3HP), Able Drinker (1HP), Keen Senses (2HP), Vendetta (2HP)
Arcana: Overconfident (-10HP)
Languages: Castille (R/W/N), Montaigne (R/W), Vodacce (R/W) Thean (R/W)
(Not sure about the numbers on these. They were on the template already.)
Skills & Knacks
Athlete: Climbing (2/5), Footwork (3/5), Sprinting (1/5), Throwing (1/5)
Fencing: Attack (3/5), Parry (3/5)
Courtier: Dancing (2/5), Etiquette (2/5), Fashion (2/5), Oratory (3/5), Diplomacy (2/5), Gaming (1/5), Gossip (2/5), Lip Reading (3/5), Seduction (3/5), Sincerity (3/5)
Scholar: History (1/5), Mathematics (1/5), Philosophy (1/5), Research (1/5), Law (1/5)
Performer: Acting (1/5), Dancing (2/5), Oratory (3/5), Singing (1/5), Cold Read (3/5)
Sailor: Balance (1/5), Climbing (2/5), Leaping (2/5), Swimming (2/5)
(I have no idea if any of this is right.)
Equipment & Starting Money
1 set fine clothes
1 fine fencing sword
1500 g / 500g per month
(This was also on the template. Not totally sure how to calculate it.)
Background
Raised in Castille of a noble family that has held power since the arrival of the Third Prophet and the magical purges around 1000 AV. His worldview has largely been influenced by the loss of a childhood friend. Cassandra Villanueva was a close friend, the Villanueva house being historically strong allies of the Ramirez family. The children were of a similar age and spent several years amusing one another at dull court events. As the children aged and their friendship grew, their parents talked openly of a marriage to join the two houses. That came to an end when Father Frederico Montoya came to their rural principality to manage the affairs of the Vaticine Church.
Fr. Montoya had been transferred by the church away from the Eisen border when his zealous pursuit of Objectionists led to an entire village of loyal Vaticine faithful being razed to the ground. While nothing was known for certain, stories traveled from lips to ears that Montoya had found a single Objectionist in the village, an old man who had a copy of Liebers' translations of the Books of the Prophets into Low Eisen. The old man pleaded that he could not read, and that he had only taken the book in trade for a bundle of firewood. Montoya not only found the man guilty of heresy, but held that those in a town who suffered an Objectionist to live among them were guilty by association. The civil governor approached Montoya and asked him to reconsider the matter, but when Montoya refused, he informed the priest that he could not execute an entire town. That night, the village was burned to the ground. Few survivors were found, but those who lived were either so grievously injured in the fire that they died not long after or so mad with grief as to be incoherent.
And so Fr. Montoya came to their quiet hamlet. For years, Cassandra's ability to do magic had been a secret the two children had shared. However, after one rash act of capricious magic was witnessed by a servant, the secret was out and Fr. Montoya descended on the Villanueva household. Lord Villanueva argued that he had no knowledge of the child's ability, disowning her and accusing his wife of acts of adultery that lead to the siring of a sorcerer within a noble house. Lady Villanueva took her life not long after. Rumors and gossip made their rounds suggesting that Old Villanueva had killed her to spare himself the Church's wrath or any protestations of innocence from his wife that might lead to some proof that the heretic child was indeed his own, but no proof was ever found. For their part, the Val's parents said nothing. In 1650, at the age of 14, he buried the only person outside his family that he had ever loved.
In the years that followed, his thoughts were consumed by revenge. Magic denied to him by birth, he studied swordsmanship, determined to be strong enough to protect those he cared about no matter what. As Val's dedication to the sword grew, his parents began to worry and tension between the generations mounted, Val blaming his parents for saying nothing on Cassandra's behalf. Lord and Lady Ramirez, for their part, took offense at their son's feelings toward the Church, which were contempt at best, and outright hatred at worst. While Montoya left the diocese a few years later, Val never forgot him. When he came of age, he adopted a new name that his actions would not bring ruin on his parents (for all he loathed what he saw as their cowardice, he still loved them) and he set out in search of Montoya.
Two years ago, when the Hierophant's death threw the Church into chaos, Val seized the opportunity to pick up Montoya's trail. The Church isn't terribly forthcoming with information about its inner workings, and polite requests, cajoling, bribery, and outright threats had accomplished little. But with so much in transition, the usual scrutiny of strangers wandering in claiming they were delivering important messages for now Cardinal Montoya was not as rigorous as it might have been in years past. The trail has lead Val here, to Altamira.
Personality
Over the years, he has become something of a libertine, seeking to fill the void left in him since childhood with the love of as many others as possible. Convivial, vain, skilled in socializing and seduction, his outer boisterous and outgoing nature hides a much darker rage, well guarded, but not far from the surface.