Talk:Not Created Equal

100thlurker Character skills proposals

Attributes

(Drop Cunning which is nearly never used, reformulate as two trees.)

Mind

IQ
Wits
Charisma

Matter

Endurance
Physique

Skills

(Collapse overlapping Court skills such as Blackmail and Plotting into Conspiracy, Horsetrading and Chummy into Socialize, Legal into Bureaucracy, form new skill Knowledge. Martial skills to match collective proposals in Talk:Fleet Action and Talk:Battle_Cry#I00thlurker_Retcon_Proposal.)

Court

Knowledge
Bureaucracy
Socialize
Oratory
Conspiracy

Martial

Talent

Coup d'oeil

Field

Maneuvers

Fire Control

Science

Logistics

Navigation

Major William Victor de Brightstar

• Virtue: Excellent Staff Officer
• Vice: Alcohol
• Minor Nobel Family (Baron)
• Third in line for the title (So unlikely)
• Allies: Lt Colonel Roger Eric de Brightstar (brother), Cadet Victoria Philippa de Brightstar (sister), Major General Hector Bermudez-Wu (mentor)
• Enemies/Rivals: Colonel Henry Humphries de Brightstar (brother), Admiral Mugombe, Major Katherine Marie Melio
• A strong Empire is a healthy Empire
• Aspirations and Goals: Ensure the advancement of Colonel Lasalle and by extension myself, obtain position in Grand Imperial General Staff and rise to top.
• Mixed Economy (the Empire must ensure a steady flow of resources to the military to ensure its safety)
• Space Easter/Space Christmas Space Catholic
• Bureaucracy: Expert
• Imperial Officer: Professional
• Politicking: Professional
• Protocol: Professional
• Range Weaponry: Professional
• Strategy/Tactics: Professional
• Streetwise: Layman
• Intelligence Gathering: Layman
• Culture/History: Layman
• Stay out of trouble: Terrible

Attributes

Mind

IQ 6 (+2 from Cunning)
Wits 8 (+2 from Cunning)
Charisma 7 (+2 from Cunning)

Matter

Endurance 2
Physique 3

Skills

(Collapse overlapping Court skills such as Blackmail and Plotting into Conspiracy, Horsetrading and Chummy into Socialize, Legal into Bureaucracy, form new skill Knowledge. Martial skills to match collective proposals in Talk:Fleet Action and Talk:Battle_Cry#I00thlurker_Retcon_Proposal.)

Court

Knowledge 3 (from spare military skills)
Bureaucracy 6
Socialize 5
Oratory 3
Conspiracy 4

Martial

Talent

Coup d'oeil

Field

Maneuvers 3

Fire Control 3

Science

Logistics 5

Navigation 3

Erzherzogin Lilavati Bakarne Merit zum Auloniad-Orpheum IV

• Virtue: Ambition tempered by duty.
• Vice: Perfectionism marred by vanity.
• Rank: Erzherzogin of the Orbital Archduchy of Auloniad-Orpheum.
• Other Titles: Imperial Seneschal, Keeper of the Gardens in the Imperial Palace.
• Allies: The lesser nobles and cousins of the House of Auloniad-Opheum, Phrixos Wigberht de Fries (Master of the Imperial Mint), Furisto (a loyal Jovian mastiff).
• Enemies: Astrid zum Aloniad-Orpheum (a legitimized bastard five years older, with a weak claim and boundless ambition), Tex Perses (a jilted lover and now Astrid's own).
• Politics: Conquests and plunder are good for the Imperial reserves, protracted wars with peer enemies are not.
• Religion: There are evils in human nature that not even science can cure. God is the answer.
• Economics: Imperial institutions are good. Legions of bureaucrats tempering noble adventurism is best.
• Aspirations and Goals: Funnel divestments from the Imperial bank to home for disaster relief and retrofitting, acquire husband in matrilinear marriage, produce heir(s), maintain house status, nurse some number of useful friendships.
• Adventurous Passtimes and Flirtations with Falconry
• Gardens and Finance are Rather Alike (Green is Best)
• Suddenly Strange Senior Siblings (Who Are Evil)
• Father Dies Under Strange Circumstances
• The Storm that Shook Orpheum