Rickert All-Golden

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Name: Rickert All-Golden (formerly Merdeno)
Exalted: Solar
Caste: Eclipse

Motivation: Take over his former lover's position in the Mnemon Group and humiliate her
Intimacies: Ms. Mnemon (Broken Love/Revenge), Making Money (Love), Mnemon Group (Professional Love), The Jewelphoenix (Loves that Ship), Old music (Dedicated Hobby)

Name: Rickert All-Golden (formerly Merdeno)
Exalted: Solar
Caste: Eclipse

Motivation: Take full control of the entire Mnemon Group, and humiliate his former lover
Intimacies: Ms. Mnemon (Broken Love/Revenge), Making Money (Love), Mnemon Group (Professional Love), The Jewelphoenix (Loves that Ship), Old music (Dedicated Hobby)

Stats

Essence 2
Willpower 10
Personal 16
Peripheral 28/33 (5 committed)
Compassion 2
Conviction 3 (Flaw: Deliberate Cruelty)
Temperance 2
Valour 2

Attacks

Orichcalcum Grand Starcaster (Negotiations Succeed)

Speed 5, Accuracy +2, Damage 8L/2, Rate 3, Range 80, Ammo 50, Strength 1, Attune 5, Cost A2/R1. Tags: O

Attributes

Strength 2
Dexterity 3
Stamina 2
Charisma 3
Manipulation 5
Appearance 5
Perception 3
Intelligence 4
Wits 3

Abilities

Firearms: 5
Integrity: 1
Performance: 1
Presence: 5
Investigation 3
Lore: 2
Awareness 1
Dodge 3
Larceny 3
Stealth 1
Bureaucracy 5
Linguistics 2
Drive 1
Sail 5
Socialize 3

Backgrounds

Artifacts: 2 (Orichcalcum Starcaster)
Contacts: 2
Influence: 3
Manse 1 (Clever Merchant: +3 Social and Mental rolls involved in trade)
Resources: 5

Manse (Water): Rickert's hideaway, a hidden manse where he stores goods and moors his ship when he needs to make trips into Imperial space, so as not to attract attention. A permanent holdout.

Contacts:

Reglas Morvo, Mnemon Group Communications Officer (In on it, keeps secret)
Crystal-hunter Shandra, Galactic Surveyers Office

Influence: Blackmarket Trade Cartels, gained from Rickert's shady dealings while with Mnemon group and subsequent business endeavors

Artifact: “Negotiations Succeed”, an orichcalcum starcaster purchased from a dealer in the frontier. Resembles a golden pistol with the barrel emerging from a golden sleeve, hand has a guarded grip.

Artifacts

Orichcalcum Grand Starcaster (Negotiations Succeed)

Speed 5, Accuracy +2, Damage 8L/2, Rate 3, Range 80, Ammo 50, Strength 1, Attune 5, Cost A2/R1. Tags:

Gem of the Clever Merchant: +3 to Social or Mental pools dealing with trade

Charms

Eclipse Anima: Sanctify oaths (10m, 1wp normally; free if banner is at 11+ display), protected by ancient pacts with outsiders, can learn non-Solar charms at double XP cost and use with 2m surcharge

Firearms

Lightning Hands Reload – reload as a free action once a round, stunt to reload without free hands, spend 1m to fire weapon without ammo (Permanent)

Elsewhere Draw Mastery – Banish and recall a weapon from Elsewhere by committing essence (1m)

Presence

2nd Presence Excellency – spend motes for automatic successes or to increase static values (2m per)

Irresistible Salesman Spirit - doubles successes on a Presence roll before applying them to person's MDV for the purposes of making a favorable bargain or to encourage a specific action (3m)

Dodge

Shadow over Water – Ignore all penalties to DV for one attack (1m)

Bureaucracy

Frugal Merchant Method – gives perfect knowledge of an object's quality and condition, +1 autosux if the seller is honest (Charisma), and +3 autosux if they're dishonest (Manipulation) (1m)

Insightful Buyer Technique – Gives perfect knowledge of other markets and goods values. Reduces external penalties to merchantile actions by Essence (2). (3m)


Sail

1st Sail Excellency – spend motes for extra dice or to increase static values by successes (1m per)

Perfect Reckoning Technique – Automatically sail at maximum speed to destination until distracted, moving around obstacles automatically if you have enough information. (4m)

Storm-Weathering Essence Infusion – Adds +2 autosux to any action that directly serves the survival of your ship. (6m, 1wp)

Socialize

Mastery of Small Manners – Acts perfectly in social situations. +1 Appearance bonus for socialling, reduces Magnitude of opposing group by 1 to min 0, gives you information equal to 3 sux on an Investigation role for purposes of learning everyone present's motivations (1m)