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CCC day 13- Charming rogue/crafter (7th seas)

Continuing with 7th seas because I was really thinking of two character concepts.

High Concept: Charming rogue/crafter

Nation: Inismore (+1 Panache)

Basic Traits:

Brawn (strength+physical power): 2
Finesse (coordination+agility): 2
Resolve (willpower+endurance): 3
Wit (how quickly think on feet): 3
Panache (charm): 3

Backgrounds:

Criminal: Earn a Hero Point when you break the law in the pursuit of a noble endeavor.
Farmkid: Earn a Hero Point when you solve a complex problem in a simple, tried and true method from back on the farm.

Skills:

Athletics 3
Empathy 2
Hide 3
Intimidate 1
Theft 3
Convince 1
Perform 1
Ride 1
Weaponry 2
Tempt 1
Perform 1
Notice 1

Advantages:

Camaraderie (from Criminal background)
Streetwise (from Criminal background)
Legendary Trait (from Farmkid background)
Survivalist (from Farmkid background)
Second Story work (2 points): You can spend a Hero Point to locate a way into a building or restricted area. You can bring up to one other character along with you, but everyone else has to find their own way in—or wait for you to open a path for them
Masterpiece craft (3 points): Choose one type of item—weapons, armor, paintings, etc. When you create such an item, you may increase the time you work on it in order to create an item of greater quality. If you are using typical, mundane materials, this has no additional effect aside from cosmetic—the item is noticeably higher quality than similar items, and may even bear your mark, earn you notoriety for your fine work, draw a higher price if it is for sale, etc. If you use exotic materials—such as creating a sword using metal from a fallen star, for example—you can create a Signature Item for yourself or another Hero. The time required to create a Signature Item, and whether or not a material is “special” enough to qualify, is always a GM’s discretion.

Arcana:

Virtue: Wily
- Activate your Virtue to escape danger from the current Scene. You cannot

rescue anyone but yourself.

Hubris: Arrogant
- You receive a Hero Point when your Hero shows disdain, contempt, or otherwise looks down on a Villain or someone who could cause harm to friends.

Hero Story: Romance

Concept: I want to find someone to settle down with
Ending: I will always be a playboy
Reward: This is a four step story that will allow my PC to earn the Athletics skill at rank 4
Steps:

Step 1- Consult the Fate Witch to find a likely candidate

Step 2- Track her down

Step 3- Pursue her and win her heart

Step 4- Give the relationship a trial period to see if it lasts

Reputation:heart breaker

Languages: Old Thean, Inismore

CCC day 12- direction blind bar fighting bogatyr (7th seas)

I had to travel to the city to work in the past 2 days and I have in general neglected the character creation challenge but sometimes I do two characters a day so I’m still hopeful that I might make it.

Anyway, below is a character I’ve generated for 7th seas, again being slightly bored with Fate Core. But for the character concept, I really can’t be bothered with answering 20 questions so I just cheated and replaced it with a description ala Fate Core’s high concept.

Concept: direction blind bar fighting bogatyr

Nation: Ussura (+1 Wits)

Basic Traits:

Brawn (strength+physical power): 3
Finesse (coordination+agility): 2
Resolve (willpower+endurance): 3
Wit (how quickly think on feet): 3
Panache (charm): 2

Background:

Cossark
- Quirk: Earn a Hero Point when you leave behind something
- important so you can travel light.

Skills:

Brawl 1
Intimidate 2
Notice 2
Ride 3
Weaponry 3
Athletics 1
Tempt 1
Convince 1
Hide 1

Advantages:

Strength of ten (from Cossark background):
Reckless takedown (from Cossark background)
Survivalist (1 point): If you are in the wilderness, you can forage or hunt and find enough food for yourself and up to five other people. Under extreme circumstances—lost in the middle of a desert, or abandoned in the Ussuran tundra, for example—you find enough food for yourself and up to two other people.
Extended family (1 if Ussuran) Spend a Hero Point to reveal you have a distant cousin who lives nearby and can help you with materials, information, or shelter.
Bar fighter (3 points): You gain 1 Bonus Die when you make a Brawling Risk to fight using an upturned table, a barstool, a plank of wood or some other improvised weapon.

Arcana:

Virtue: Astute
- Activate your Virtue after a Villain spends Raises for an Action. That Action fails. The Villain still loses the Raises she spent.
Hubris: Loyal
- You receive a Hero Point when your Hero goes back for a fallen comrade or refuses to leave a wounded ally.

Hero Story: Obligation

Concept: I owe Nat for saving my life
Ending: The debt is repaid
Reward: This is a five step story that will allow my PC to earn the “Together we are are strong” advantage
Steps:

Step 1: Track down Nat who has gone missing.
Step 2: Ask Nat what he would deem fit payment.
Step 3: Do the task assigned by Nat.
Step 4: Go back to Nat to demand why he lied to me about the task and find out the truth.
Step 5: Sever future ties with Nat, with the debt considered repaid.

Reputation: direction blind

Languages: Old Thean, Ussuran, Vesten

CCC day 11- Nam, insecure parkour instructor (Fate Core)

This is the alternative version of the parkour instructor that I was contemplating for the zombie game except that the gender is female. I passed it over because the character concept is not conducive to PC cooperation.

Description: Female, 25-6, long-limbed, medium height, on the thin side

Aspects:

High Concept: Insecure parkour practitioner and rock climber
Trouble: Hostile to other human beings
Values adaptability
Lethargic

Skills:

+4: Notice
+3: Will, Athletics
+2: Physique, Rapport, Investigate
+1: Fight, Crafts, Resources, Empathy

CCC day 10- Ming, narcissistic parkour instructor (Fate Core)

This is the same PC for the same game but generated through random dice rolls under the Fate Core system that was the precursor to my actual PC under Cortex and I didn’t quite make it to completion :

Description: Male, 20s, short and lithe

Aspects:

High Concept: Narcissitic parkour practitioner
Trouble: Rigid in thinking
Values certainty
Petty

Skills:

+4: Athletics
+3: Notice, Fight
+2: Physique, Provoke
+1: Will

Stunts:

Artful dodger. Use Athletics in combination with Physique to Defend against physical attacks

CCC day 9- Ming, peacock parkour instructor (Cortex Supernatural)

This is a character for a new zombie apocalypse game that I will be participating in as a player:

Agility: d10

Strength: d6

Vitality: d8

Alertness: d8

Intelligence: d8

Willpower: d8

Initiative: d10+d8

Life points: 16

Endurance: 2d8

Resistance: 2d8

Assets:

D6 allure: You’re hot. You either got good looks or sex appeal that defies explanation. Your Trait die is added to any Influence actions involving someone who might find you appealing. Only works in person though; phone calls don’t count unless the Game Master says so.
D6 Natural athlete: Your Trait die is added to actions involving endurance, physical training, or fitness. This Trait don’t help with combat directly, but if you spend a lot of your fights leaping over tables or running from demons, it can come in handy.

Complications

D2 absent-minded: It don’t matter whether you’re a genius or a dumbass … you forget stuff all the time. It’s hard for you to remember appointments or what you had for breakfast. Most of the time you’ll just role play this, but when attempting to remember things or concentrate while distractions are present, your Trait die is added to the Difficulty.
D6 honest to a fault: You can’t lie to save your life. Maybe it’s how you were raised, perhaps you’re just too simple to come up with something clever. Regardless, you don’t have a poker face and have hard time lying even when you wanna tell a good whopper. When there’s a call for using the dice, your Trait die is added to the Difficulty of any action attempting to conceal the truth or pull one over on somebody.

Skills:

D6 Athletics: d10 climbing, d10 jumping (14 SP)
D6 Perception: d8 sight (8 SP)
D6 survival (6 SP)
D6 Influence: d8 conversation (8 SP)
D6 melee weapons: d8 clubs (8 SP)
D4 Knowledge
D6 Medicine: d8 First Aid (8 SP)
D4 Lore
D4 Discipline
D4 Artistry

Equipment:

Backpack
Baseball bat: d6 B

Travel plan for 2026: Italy and Greece

Originally we were planning on a Greek trip at around October and the original pairing was with Turkey but after some back and forth from Mum, we decided to change the pairing to be Greece and Italy instead. The current plan is 12 days in Italy and 2 weeks in Greece.

The 3 home bases of Italy are Milan, Naples and Sorrento, spending 4 days in each place. The Greek part is still up for revision because the major takeaway from the Spain/Portugal trip is that each home base has to have at least 3 days in order for the trip to be not too rushed. So I had fixed up the Italy part with that in mind and now I have to go over the Greek itinerary with the same goal in order to correct the pacing. I will have more to report later in the year, before the trip. But that’s it for travelling this year.

CCC day 8- Honest but obstructive female military support officer (Central Casting 2e/D&D)

I had actually been using Central Casting on the side and yesterday I’ve gotten a pretty interesting character as follows:

Family: 2 parents, 4 brothers plus 2 illegitimate brothers

Born in a cave, with a curse of frequently fumbling

Significant events of childhood

Character develops jaded tastes for exotic and possibly expensive pleasures
Learn song writing
Character was imprisoned for a fraud she did not commit and had her tongue cut out and could no longer speak. She was also sent to a medium security work camp where 1 prisoner accompanied her
A favorite, possibly valuable, possession was lost.

Significant events of adolescence

Learnt to use a weapon appropriate to the character’s culture and social status at rank 3 of competency
Character was molested by an adult neighbour

Significant event of adulthood

Character joined the military, mistakenly thinking she was applying for some other government job, and was assigned to non-combat duty. But she still managed to learn the use of a new weapon

Most valued person: a sibling (strength=average)

Most valued thing: item that is a symbol of patriotism (strength=strong)

Most valued abstraction: patriotism (strength=strong)

CCC days 6 and 7- the 4 Holy Beast Guardians (2) [Fate Core]

Following on from yesterday, here are the other two descendants.

Nam Gong Chor (南宮楚)

Male, medium height, stocky, 22-23

Aspects:

High Concept: Perfectionist descendant of the Crimson Bird Guardian working as scribe

Trouble: Intolerant of cold

Values humility

Perceptive

Special equipment: Crimson Bird Fist

Skills:

+4: Notice

+3: Physique, Fight

+2: Will, Lore, Investigate

+1: Contacts, Athletics, Empathy, Resources

Stunts:

Wind Damage. +2 to attacking with Shoot when using the Green Dragon Bow
Lies upon Lies. +2 to create a Deceive advantage against someone who has believed one of your lies already during this session.

Buk Tong Ling (北堂靈)

Female, 28-29, tall and shapely

Aspects:

High Concept: Innocent descendant of the Snake-Turtle Guardian working as an embroiderer

Trouble: Excessively dependent

Values communication

Melodramatic

Special equipment: Snake-Turtle Shield

Skills:

+4: Crafts

+3: Notice, Resources

+2: Rapport, Empathy, Athletics

+1: Will, Physique, Stealth, Lore

Stunts:

Agile turtle. Add Athletics to Physique when Defending against physical attacks

CCC days 4 and 5- the 4 Holy Beast Guardians (1) [Fate Core]

I’ve randomly come up with the following premise for a Chinese story but don’t intend to write it so I’m using it for the character challenge instead: The Kingdom was guarded by the Armies of the 4 Holy Beasts led by the 4 Guardians until an ambitious Emperor eliminated or forced away the 4 Guardians. Generations later, the Kingdom is invaded and the only hope lies in recruiting the descendants of the 4 Guardians once again under the banner of the Kingdom.

This post contains the first two of the four descendants.

Dong Feng Kwok (东方玨)

Female, late teens, Petite with a gap-toothed smile

Aspects:

High Concept: Insinuasive descendant of the Indigo Dragon Guardian fallen on hard times

Trouble: Boastful

Values adaptability

Lack of confidence

Special equipment: Indigo Dragon Bow

Skills:

+4: Deceive

+3: Stealth, Athletics

+2: Notice, Physique, Will

+1: Shoot, Rapport, Ride, Contacts

Stunts:

Wind Damage. +2 to attacking with Shoot when using the Green Dragon Bow
Lies upon Lies. +2 to create a Deceive advantage against someone who has believed one of your lies already during this session.

Sai Mun Gwo (西門戈)

Male, 24-5, tall and muscular but average build

Aspects:

High Concept: Patient descendant of the White Tiger Guardian working as bodyguard

Trouble: Slothful

Values harmony

Selfish

Special equipment: White Tiger Spear

Skills:

+4: Fight

+3: Rapport, Contacts

+2: Notice, Physique, Athletics

+1: Will, Drive, Investigate, Provoke

Stunts:

Sharpness of Metal. +2 to attacking when Fighting with the White Tiger Spear
Harmless sloth. Use Rapport rather than Deceive for Defence against Investigate

CCC day 3- Strong willed Jack (Numenara)

I got a little bored with Fate so I moved onto making a character for Numenara. I pretty much followed the guide except that I skipped out on starting equipment:

Strong-willed Jack

Might: 11

Speed: 12

Intellect: 13 (Edge: 1)

Effort: 1

2 Cyphers

Skills:

You’re trained in resisting mental effects.
You’re trained in tasks requiring incredible focus or concentration.
Perception

Inability:

Willful doesn’t mean brilliant. The difficulty of any task that involves figuring out puzzles or problems, memorizing things, or using lore is increased by one step.

Tricks of the Trade:

Hedge magic (1 Intellect Point)
Pierce (1 Speed Point)

Background:

You remember little of your past, which has always seemed strange to you

Initial Link to the Starting Adventure:

Against your better judgment, you joined the other PCs because you saw that they were in danger.

Character Focus:

Crafts unique objects