Talk:Epitaph: A Gothic Fantasy Game

Tressa Wintergold

Concept: Lawyer Paladin of the Holy Church

Properties: Paladin

Strength 3

Dexterity 3

Wits 3

Integrity 2

Charisma 3

Perception 2

Tablet Fragment

Rod of Law

Merit: Tablet Artefact

Enhancement Dice: 1 Dexterity

Enhancement Dice 1 Wits

Esoteria: Forces Truthfulness on those touched.

Endurance: 1

Camra Tielhard

Concept: The Iron Lady

Camra is a tall, heavily-built woman in her forties with grey eyes and greying hair. She is weathered like a mountain, body and soul.

Properties: ?

Strength 5

Dexterity 3

Wits 2

Integrity 4

Charisma 1

Perception 2

Legendary Dreadnought 1

Fragment: The Black Steel Citadel

Tablet Artefact (plate mail)

Enhance Strength 2

Endurance 2

Fanchon Guillory

Concept: Abandoned Soldier of Forlorn Hope

Fanchon Guillory was born in a soldier's household in a fiefdom on the northern coast, the eldest daughter of an aging armsman who had no sons. When the local lord came for his tithe of swords, Fanchon's father reluctantly allowed her to go out on campaign in his stead. Things went well at first, until a spat with a senior man-at-arms in the lord's retinue led to her being placed in the first assault, sent to break the spears and pikes of the enemy. After her first battle, Fanchon found herself digging out of a mound of corpses, wandering across an open grave as far as the eye could see. Days had passed. She was alone.

She wandered to the center of the battlefield, seeing a sword like her own, adorned with a single stone of purple obsidian. Realizing she would be branded a deserter by her lord, she took the sword in hand, intending to claim her right to return home- even if it means walking alongside death itself.

Properties: N/A

Strength 4

Dexterity 3

Wits 4

Integrity 1

Charisma 2

Perception 4

Fragment: Void Cutter - Necromancy and Spiritualism

Tablet Artifact (Zweihander)

Enhance: Perception 2

Esoteria: See the world beyond the illusions of the living.

Esoteria: Targets within perception are cursed to be cut.

Fiona Nyx

Concept: Spy/Information Broker/Assassin

Despite being relatively young (in her early 20's based on her appearance) Fiona has already gained a considerable reputation in the darkness of the underworld as a spy, information broker, thief, and at times assassin. A skilled combatant with her artifact short sword and a seemingly endless arsenal of various knives, throwing weapons, and other tools - few live past underestimating her yet many do. She has worked for many different employers, never settling down, but is currently in the employ of the Church.

Properties: Enochian (2)

Strength 2

Dexterity 3

Wits 3

Integrity 2

Charisma 3

Perception 3

Fragment: Death's Shadow- Stealth and Death

Tablet Artifact (Short Sword)

Enhance: Perception

Enhance: Dexterity

Esoteria: Mystical Cloak/Stealth

Esoteria: Life Theft upon being wounded by the blade

Isadora Abendroth

Concept: The Noble Vampire

The sole heir to a noble house in decline, Isadora Abendroth's birth did little to give her family hope for the future of their bloodline. Although gifted with a keen intellect and insatiable appetite for learning, the young Isadora suffered from an exceedingly fragile constitution, which often left her bedridden for weeks or even months at a time. Despite the best efforts of her family's personal physicians, her condition failed to improve as she grew into womanhood, her bouts of illness growing longer and more severe with each passing year.

Fearing that their daughter would not survive long enough to wed - let alone produce an heir - Isadora's father, the Baron, decided to take drastic action. Opening a sealed vault within the bowels of the family castle, he removed a locked chest, within which lay a sacred relic, passed down through the Abendroth family for generations - an Enochian tablet fragment, kept hidden from the agents of the Church for hundreds of years. Though no larger than a coin, the fragment was rumored to possess formidable healing powers - powers that might finally cure his daughter of her affliction and grant her the strength to restore the Abendroth household to its former glory.

Carefully placing the tablet fragment upon their daughter's chest, just above her heart, the Baron and Baroness watched in stunned silence as the stone slowly fused with Isadora's pale flesh, the twisting, serpentine script etched into its surface pulsing softly with a dull, ruddy light. Isadora gasped, her body stiffening as the fragment's power coursed through her veins, bringing with it strength and a strange, terrible hunger. From that day forward, Isadora Abendroth would never again know the touch of sickness or infirmity, but her new found vitality came at a terrible price.

In the years since her transformation, Isadora has worked tirelessly to understand her condition and control her hunger. While another noble might have used their power and authority to indulge their appetites, Isadora's lifetime of illness has given her great empathy for the suffering of others, and she seeks to sustain herself without harming her family's subjects; feeding only when she must, and taking only what she needs to survive. Of course, the changes to Isadora's appearance and habits have not gone unnoticed by the common folk, and unsettling rumors have begun to circulate within the Abendroth barony - rumors of forbidden magics and the blessings of dark gods...

Isadora Abendroth is a pale, slender young woman in her early twenties. She is of average height, with deep green eyes and long, coppery hair, which she keeps bound up in a tight bun behind her head. Although quite pretty, Isadora prefers severe, conservative garments with long sleeves and high collars - which help to conceal the tablet fragment embedded in her chest. Her smile - when she chooses to show it - is quite dazzling, though keen observers may occasionally notice the unnatural sharpness of her canine teeth.

Attributes:

Strength: 2

Dexterity: 2

Wits: 3

Integrity: 3

Charisma: 5

Perception: 3

Tablet Fragment: Sanguine Tear

Merit: Esoteric Connection (Flesh-fused)

Enhancement Dice: Charisma 2

Esoteria: Vampiric Healing - Isadora can heal and rejuvenate her body by feeding upon the blood of mortals.

Esoteria: Hypnotic Gaze - Isadora can mesmerize anyone who gazes into her eyes, their resolve steadily weakening the longer they remain entranced.