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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yair" data-source="post: 4944823" data-attributes="member: 10913">Alright, finished the grog. I took a little liberty with the Warrior virtue, making him a soldier for the mob rather than an army. His blocked abilities are social-skills - he's inherently unable to relate to people and make them like him; but I assume he is able to lie well enough, and to learn games of chance or hold his liqueur. I also took some skill in storytellling, even though there isn't such a skill per se.Guerino, the SourAge: 20Characteristics: Int -3, Per +1, Pre 0, Com -3, Str 0, Sta +3, Dex +3, Qui +3Virtues & Flaws: Puissant Great Weapon, Tough, Warrior; Ability Block (social skills), Branded Criminal (Social Status), Pessimistic (Personality Flaw).Abilities: Athletics 2, Awareness 2 (hidden weapons), Brawl 3 (fist), Carouse* 2 (games of chance), Great Weapon 5+2 (Staff), Italian 5, Legerdemain 1 (con games), Mafia Lore 4 (crime lords), Nemi Glade Lore 2 (covenfolk), Profession: Ruffian 3, Stealth 2 (in city), Storytelling 1, Venice Lore 4 (dark alleys)  * This represents knowledge and skill in the games, but not friend-making behavior, which Guerino is unable to master. Guerino may play well, but he doesn't play nice.Personality Traits: Pessimistic +3, Tale-spinner +1 (morbid tales), Stubborn +3Equipment: Staff (Init +2, Atk +3, Dfn +3, Dam +2, Load 2), Leather Scale Hauberk (Protection/Load 3)Burden 2 [4 points]; Encumbrance 2 [reduces Initiative and athletic activities]Soak: 9Combat:   Staff: Init +3, Atk +14, Dfn +14, Dam +2  Fist: Init +1, Atk +7, Dfn +7, Dam +0  Kick: Init +0, Atk +6, Dfn +5, Dam +3Background: Growing up as a ruffian in Venice left Guerino with a rather dour and morbid take on life. He was always tough and capable, but never much-liked, and he didn't like the job too much. Not the sharpest knife in the shed, Guerino got caught for beating some noble's son up, and ended up branded as a criminal. Though this didn't hurt his business much, he didn't like the duke's prison, at all, and decided to seek alternative employment. He eventually landed in the Nemi Glade as a guard, but his sour outlook soon led him to be "exported" into serving as Leo's bodyguard when he was sent to the north, to Germany. Guerino doesn't mind - he much prefers this job, and is rather surprised things didn't go much worse for him. If he was a betting man, and he is, he'll bet that this is just a curse in disguise, and he'll surely die at some dragon's jaws or something soon enough. Until then, he's determined to live his life the way a man should - with force and tenacity.   The only problem is that no one seems to speak Italian is these foreign lands. He can't make sense of their barbarian speech. This leaves him only the company of Leo, which neither one of them particularly enjoys.</blockquote>

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