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| | ======Characteristics====== |
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| | All statistics are rated between 1 and 10. |
| | ===Body=== |
| | * **Strength** --- Only ever used by manual labourers and those of low birth likely to engage in fisticuffs. |
| | * Game use : Add this score to any card you use in skill resolutions requiring Strength |
| | * **Agility** --- The nobleman's main characteristic other than Repartee (see below), used for duelling as well as dance. |
| | * Game use : Add this score to any card you use in skill resolutions requiring Agility. This characteristic is also used when duelling to determine the accuracy of shots or sword use. |
| | * **Endurance** --- The ability to stave off disease or ride long distances ahorse. |
| | * Game use : Add this score to any card you use in skill resolutions requiring Endurance. This characteristic is also used to determine if a particular injury will be mortally wounding or only a minor wound (see [[VersaillesInjury|Injury and Death]]). |
| | ===Memory=== |
| | How others think of you and what you think of yourself. This includes many of the statistics that lesser games would regard as "wisdom" or "ego". |
| | * **Beliefs** --- Any convictions the character has. This can be something as simple as //"France is the greatest nation in the world: 4"// or something silly like //"The King should never wear grey: 3"//. Religious matters, political ideas and philosophy should all be expressed as Beliefs if the character has any opinions on the matter. A character should have at least three or more beliefs. |
| | * **Reputation** --- Can be specialised into different major and minor social classes - or even into particular groups, guilds or families. |
| | * Commoners (Farmers, Tanners, Coopers, Tinkers, Reeves, Weavers etc) |
| | * Merchants (Wool traders, Leather traders, Guild leaders, First Class etc) |
| | * Military (Officers, Veterans, Rank&File of standing armies) |
| | * Clergy (Particular monastery or nunnery, a priory, the upper ranks) |
| | * Nobility (Local nobility, Landed knights, Lesser peers, Higher peers, Foreign nobility) |
| | * Royalty (A particular member of the family, Foreign royalty) |
| | * **Favours** --- Various sorts to different people. The class of the person who owes you the favour compared to your own should be regarded as a multiplier to the cost (i.e. A peasant expecting a minor favour of the King would need to pay 18 points, and for a noble to have the same, only 6 would be paid). |
| | * Trivial (1) |
| | * Minor (3) |
| | * Significant (5) |
| | * Major (7) |
| | * Oath (10) |
| | ===Examples of the different levels=== |
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| | <tr><th>Level</th><th>Beliefs</th><th>Reputation</th><th>Favours</th></tr> |
| | <tr><td>1</td><td>You almost have an opinion</td><td>Someone may have heard of you</td><td>Trivial - you saved a seat for them in the theatre once.</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>2</td><td>You have an opinion</td><td>Some have heard of you</td><td></td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>3</td><td>You have a firm opinion</td><td>You're known by most</td><td>Minor - you paid some debts of theirs once.</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>4</td><td>You have a strong conviction</td><td>It's rare that someone hasn't heard of you</td><td></td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>5</td><td>You would stand up to your peers in your belief</td><td>You are regarded as one of them</td><td>Significant - they owe their current lifestyle to your help</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>6</td><td>You would suffer ridicule and public embarrassment for your belief</td><td>They always include an invitation to you</td><td></td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>7</td><td>You would suffer torture for your beliefs</td><td>When people think of them, they think of you</td><td>Major - you saved their life</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>8</td><td>You would kill for your beliefs</td><td>You are a champion to them</td><td></td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>9</td><td>You would die for your beliefs</td><td>You are entrusted with all their closely guarded secrets</td><td></td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>10</td><td>You would suffer the death of loved ones for your belief</td><td>They are your devotees</td><td>Oath - they have bound their fate to yours with a life debt</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>11+</td><td>You are actively organising armies or cults to convert others to your way of thinking</td><td>They worship you</td><td></td></tr> |
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