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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Shaman" data-source="post: 2394487" data-attributes="member: 26473">Fráncisco “Paco” Andreás GueriniMountain Guide<img src="http://home.earthlink.net/~kcrawfish/_uimages/Edgar%20Evans%20(Art).jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Investigator 4 – offense optionHeight: 5’8”Weight: 170 lbs.Hair: BlackEyes: GreenAge: 29Str: 16 (+3)Dex: 14 (+2)Con: 16 (+3)Int: 10 (±0)Wis: 16 (+3)Cha: 12 (+1)Hit Dice: 4d6+12HP: 30Defense: +0AC: 12 (base 10 + Dex +2)-- touch: 12 (base 10 + Dex +2)-- flat-footed: 10 (base 10)Init: +2 (Dex +2)Speed: 30’Current Sanity: 80Max. Sanity: 9920% sanity: 16Saves:Fortitude +7 (Inv4 +4 + Con +3)Reflex +3 (Inv4 +1 + Dex +2)Will +6 (Inv4 +1 + Wis +3 + Iron Will +2)BAB: +3- Melee +6 (Inv4 +3 + Str +3)-- Unarmed (1d3 + Str +3 subdual)-- Ice axe (1d6 + Str +3 piercing/Crit. 20/x4/Medium/6 lb.)-- Hunting knife (1d4 + Str +3 piercing/Crit.19-20/x2/Small/2.5 lb.)- Ranged +5 (Inv4 +3 + Dex +2)-- Hunting knife (1d4 piercing/Crit.19-20/x2/Rng. 10’/Small/2.5 lb.)SkillsCurrent Skill Points: 56Skill Points per Level: 8 (base 8)Appraise ±0 (Int ±0)Balance +9 (7 ranks + Dex +2)Bluff +1 (Cha +1)Climb +10 (7 ranks + Str +3)Concentration +3 (Wis +3)Craft (untrained) ±0 (Int ±0)Diplomacy +1 (Cha +1)Disguise +1 (Cha +1)Drive +2 (Dex +2)Escape Artist +2 (Dex +2)Forgery ±0 (Int±0)Gather Information +1 (Cha +1)Handle Animal +5 (4 ranks + Cha +1)Heal +5 (2 ranks + Wis +3)Hide +2 (Dex +2)Innuendo +3 (Wis +3)Intimidate +1 (Cha +1)Knowledge (geography) +5 (5 ranks)Knowledge (local – Punta Arenas, Chile) +4 (4 ranks)Knowledge (untrained) ±0 (Int ±0)Listen +3 (Wis +3)Move Silently +2 (Dex +2)Operate Heavy Machinery +1 (1 rank)Performance (untrained) +1 (Cha +1)Research ±0 (Int ±0)Ride +2 (Dex +2)Search ±0 (Int ±0)Sense Motive +3 (Wis +3)Speak Other Language (English) +5 (5 ranks)Spot +7 (4 ranks + Wis +3)Swim +5 (2 ranks + Str +3)Use Rope +9 (7 ranks + Dex +2)Wilderness Lore +13 (7 ranks + Wis +3 + Skill Emphasis +3)Feats:Endurance (1st level)Skill Emphasis (Wilderness Lore) (1st level)Weapon Proficiency (melee weapons) (Offense option bonus)Iron Will (3rd level)LanguagesSpanish (native), EnglishEquipment:Original savings - $6000.00 (<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=114426" target="_blank">3</a> * $2000.00 at start). Yearly income - $2000.00Wardrobe1 wool waistcoat, brown and tan - $8.003 cotton flannel shirts, blue or tan - $4.503 pair wool “Jaeger” trousers, tan or green - $24.002 alpaca wool sweaters, gray - $15.385 union suits, faded red - $7.506 pair ragg wool socks, gray - $4.752 leather belts, black or brown - $7.001 sealskin fur cap, natural - $16.951 pair mountaineering boots with hobnail soles - $3.851 pair of leather work shoes - $4.951 pair well-worn wool gloves, black - $4.001 alpaca wool scarf - $5.001 sealskin snow suit (hooded parka with fur ruff, pants with suspenders, gauntlets, boots) - $120.001 pair snow goggles - $2.001 treated canvas hooded poncho - $2.891 wool dress suit, black - $29.501 cotton dress shirt, white - $1.951 silk four-in-hand tie, black - $3.691 fur-lined overcoat - $37.50Rosary beads - $0.05Gold St. Christopher medal and chain - $5.00Ice axe - $24.00Hunting knife - $3.75Swiss Army knife - $1.98Rucksack - $5.452 2-quart canteens - $3.381-quart vacuum thermos - $5.00Folding camp shovel - $1.09Camp stove - $5.85Cooking kit - $8.48Mess kit - $1.29Bedroll - $2.79Survival blanket - $3.25Ground cloth - $1.79Candle-lantern - $1.0024 wax candles - $0.70Waterproof matches in tin - $2.50Electric torch, 3 cell - $3.106 flashlight batteries - $1.80Jeweled compass - $2.45Map case - $1.29Map (waterproof), southern Patagonia - $1.90Climbing gear (36 pitons with rings, piton hammer) - $12.90Half-inch diameter hemp rope, 150’ - $5.40Spanish-English dictionary - $0.89Expensive trunk - $13.95Savings left – $5580.84Appearance:Fráncisco is of average height and solidly built, possessing long, ropy muscles that give the mountaineer strength without bulk. His brushy black hair and mustache usually need trimming. Bright green eyes, inherited from his mother, are framed by deep crow’s feet at the corners, the legacy of his years in the sun’s glare amid rock and ice. A long straight nose separates high cheekbones – his mouth is framed by thin lips above an angular jaw. The skin of his hands is rough to the touch, callused by stone.Paco dresses simply – wool waistcoat, flannel shirt, leather belt, wool pants and socks, and hobnail mountaineering boots (replaced with leather shoes in town). He keeps a pair of woolen gloves in his pocket and a scarf in his rucksack, along with a pair of darkened snow goggles. Paco has an expedition-weight sealskin coat with fur ruff and pants as well as sealskin snow boots and mittens for the most arduous conditions. He owns one dark suit, usually in need of pressing, that he wears to Mass and on holidays. Around his neck is a small gold St. Christopher medal, a gift from his mother.Personality:Fráncisco exhibits the bold confidence of the mountaineer but without the brashness that afflicts some of that profession. He is passionately dedicated to his craft, courageous but not foolhardy. Few other endeavors capture his interest, and Paco may seem shy or aloof in other settings – he is clearly in his own element the minute he steps on rock or ice, however. The Chilean mountaineer is a loyal and courteous guide – comfortable in his roles ranging from lead climber to porter, he is deferential to the expedition leader, asserting himself only where issues of extraordinary hazard present themselves.Fráncisco is an observant Catholic, attending Mass regularly, a habit ingrained in him from childhood by his deeply conservative and religious father. He has few interests that don’t involve climbing, skiing, or trekking – he can be captivated for hours by a maps of mountain ranges, however. Paco drinks infrequently – wine with meals, the occasional beer with friends or clients, or a sip of brandy from the flask he keeps in his rucksack – and he does not smoke. He keeps a small circle of close friends, nearly all fellow mountaineers. Paco has dated casually over the years, but he has not maintained a steady relationship with a woman since his days working at the cannery in Valdivia, where he was involved with a supervisor’s daughter named Katerina for about a year before departing with Reichert in 1924. Phoebe Guerini, Fráncisco’s mother, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in 1930, and Fráncisco’s contact with his father José is infrequent, consisting mostly of the occasional brief letter.Background:Fráncisco Guerini was born in Valdivia, Chile on 24 December 1903. Descended of Austrian immigrants who arrived in Chile in the 1850s, his father José was a mechanic from Santiago who moved to Valdivia to practice his trade repairing the motors and winches of the fishing boats that plied the harbor – his mother Phoebe was a former British Army nurse raised in China who traveled to South America following the Boxer Rebellion. Fráncisco is their only child.As a boy Fráncisco early displayed a passion not for the sea but for the mountains. He would take long hikes along the rivers and over the mountain passes of the Lakes District, scrambling up the peaks that overlooked the coast. Young Paco’s enthusiasm for mountain sports did not excite his father, who pressed him to learn the mechanics’ trade or some other regular livelihood, particularly as Fráncisco was a diffident student. Fráncisco eventually took a job working at a salmon cannery in his late teens but continued to indulge his passion for climbing whenever possible.Passing through Valdivia on his way to southern Patagonia in 1924, the famous Argentinean geologist and explorer Frederick Reichert heard of the young Chilean climber and extended an invitation to Fráncisco to serve as a porter on a trip to reconnoiter the fjords around the Fitz Roy glacier. Paco eagerly accepted the offer and joined Reichert and his team for the next three seasons exploring the cordilleras and glaciers of northern Patagonia. After Reichert’s party returned to Argentina, Fráncisco settled in Las Torres and began offering his services as a guide, earning a meager but pleasant living. In 1931, he was contacted by Italian missionary Father Alberto De Agostini to join an expedition to the Southern Patagonia Ice Cap – he spent the next two years working with the explorer and his Courmayeur climbing companions, recording several first summits in the process. In 1932 Fráncisco was accepted as a member of the Club Andino de Chile in recognition of his accomplishments as a mountaineer in Patagonia. He relocated to Punta Arenas in 1932, where he makes his home at present. </blockquote>

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