Blaise Deneuve du Surlign - Courtier
Oct 19, 2016 9:55:37 GMT
Post by Blaise Deneuve du Surlign on Oct 19, 2016 9:55:37 GMT
Blaise Deneuve du Surlign, Montaigne, Vaticine
Brawn 2
Finesse 2
Resolve 2
Wits 3
Panache 4
Backgrounds
Aristocrat
Earn a Hero Point when you prove there is more to nobility than expensive clothes and attending court.
Spy
Earn a Hero Point when you take a great risk to uncover a secret.
Advantages
Come Hither : Spend a Hero Point to lure another character into a private room and later leave said private room without him, removing him from the scene.
Disarming Smile : Spend a Hero Point to keep another character from drawing a weapon, starting a fight, or resorting to violence.
Opportunist: When another Hero spends a Raise to create an Opportunity, you can spend a Hero Point to immediately activate the Opportunity for yourself.
Poison Immunity : Poison never affects you, aside from some potential mild discomfort.
Rich : Start each session with 3 Wealth.
Sorcery (Porté) : 2 Minor Marks, 1 Major Mark
Time Sense : You always know what time it is. You know how long
until the next sunrise or sunset, with less than a one
minute margin of error.
Skills
Aim 1
Convince 3
Empathy 3
Hide 2
Notice 2
Perform 1
Ride 2
Scholarship 1
Tempt 3
Theft 2
Arcana
Virtue: Subtle (The Moonless Night)
Activate your Virtue when you act behind the scenes, from the shadows, or through a proxy. For the next Risk, when you determine Raises, every die counts as a Raise.
Hubris: Overzealous (The Prophet)
You receive a Hero Point when your Hero strongly defends one of her opinions when the time or place is inappropriate.
Languages:
Old Thean
Montaigne
Vodacce
Wealth:
3
Backstory
Blaise’s father was, like many of the Deneuve family, an ambassador. He spent many years of his life in Vodacce, and even married a Strega from a minor line related to the Vestini, where he worked.
Whilst his father taught him the necessary skills to be a noble, his mother and a steady stream of nannies, aunts and maidservants taught him how to get away with things under the noses of people watching him.
This strange education led him to look at the apparently jovial nature of court and nobility in Montaigne and see the hidden depravity and social violence beneath it. This repulsed him, and he decided that it needed to be changed: nobility was supposed to be the point of nobles, and he would try to make nobles noble again.
What makes your character a hero?
He’s opposing the hedonism and excess of the Sun King’s court from inside it, trying to persuade people to go against their own pleasure while being immersed in a culture that every day tries to persuade him that he’d be better off just letting things go they way they always have, and enjoying himself.
Who or what will oppose your character?
L’Empereur will dislike anyone who is trying to tell him that he’s wrong. Many nobles will ridicule this youngster for wanting to give up on pleasure. However, his biggest opponent will be a devout churchman who considers that his link to both Montaigne and Vodacce sorcery makes him intrinsically sinful.
How will your character die?
Assuming that the Montaigne revolution comes, he’ll likely become involved in trying to make the new country a better place for everyone, even nobles. He’ll get involved in the first new government but will eventually say the wrong thing at the wrong time, and be condemned to Mme Guillotine during one of the purges in the Terror.
Brawn 2
Finesse 2
Resolve 2
Wits 3
Panache 4
Backgrounds
Aristocrat
Earn a Hero Point when you prove there is more to nobility than expensive clothes and attending court.
Spy
Earn a Hero Point when you take a great risk to uncover a secret.
Advantages
Come Hither : Spend a Hero Point to lure another character into a private room and later leave said private room without him, removing him from the scene.
Disarming Smile : Spend a Hero Point to keep another character from drawing a weapon, starting a fight, or resorting to violence.
Opportunist: When another Hero spends a Raise to create an Opportunity, you can spend a Hero Point to immediately activate the Opportunity for yourself.
Poison Immunity : Poison never affects you, aside from some potential mild discomfort.
Rich : Start each session with 3 Wealth.
Sorcery (Porté) : 2 Minor Marks, 1 Major Mark
Time Sense : You always know what time it is. You know how long
until the next sunrise or sunset, with less than a one
minute margin of error.
Skills
Aim 1
Convince 3
Empathy 3
Hide 2
Notice 2
Perform 1
Ride 2
Scholarship 1
Tempt 3
Theft 2
Arcana
Virtue: Subtle (The Moonless Night)
Activate your Virtue when you act behind the scenes, from the shadows, or through a proxy. For the next Risk, when you determine Raises, every die counts as a Raise.
Hubris: Overzealous (The Prophet)
You receive a Hero Point when your Hero strongly defends one of her opinions when the time or place is inappropriate.
Languages:
Old Thean
Montaigne
Vodacce
Wealth:
3
Backstory
Blaise’s father was, like many of the Deneuve family, an ambassador. He spent many years of his life in Vodacce, and even married a Strega from a minor line related to the Vestini, where he worked.
Whilst his father taught him the necessary skills to be a noble, his mother and a steady stream of nannies, aunts and maidservants taught him how to get away with things under the noses of people watching him.
This strange education led him to look at the apparently jovial nature of court and nobility in Montaigne and see the hidden depravity and social violence beneath it. This repulsed him, and he decided that it needed to be changed: nobility was supposed to be the point of nobles, and he would try to make nobles noble again.
What makes your character a hero?
He’s opposing the hedonism and excess of the Sun King’s court from inside it, trying to persuade people to go against their own pleasure while being immersed in a culture that every day tries to persuade him that he’d be better off just letting things go they way they always have, and enjoying himself.
Who or what will oppose your character?
L’Empereur will dislike anyone who is trying to tell him that he’s wrong. Many nobles will ridicule this youngster for wanting to give up on pleasure. However, his biggest opponent will be a devout churchman who considers that his link to both Montaigne and Vodacce sorcery makes him intrinsically sinful.
How will your character die?
Assuming that the Montaigne revolution comes, he’ll likely become involved in trying to make the new country a better place for everyone, even nobles. He’ll get involved in the first new government but will eventually say the wrong thing at the wrong time, and be condemned to Mme Guillotine during one of the purges in the Terror.
