Game: Guess the (historical) character!

[Landwalker]

Originally Posted by trans

That and the time period would tend to point towards the Thirty Years' War, but I can't come up with any generals that have all those traits.

If it's any help, this individual did not achieve his maximum military rank until fairly late (the last third) of the war—and he resigned it (due to aforementioned health problems) just a year or two before the war's end.


Edit: Since I'm about to start traveling for the holidays in a few hours and don't want this to drag on too much due to a poor subject selection on my part, this hint should get people the rest of the way: The character began his career under Gustavus Adolphus.

[trans]

Lennart Torstenson, then.

[Landwalker]

Originally Posted by trans

Lennart Torstenson, then.

Indeed it is!

I had no idea that he would be half as difficult to track down as he was. Something I'll have to keep in mind next time.

[trans]

Originally Posted by Landwalker

I had no idea that he would be half as difficult to track down as he was. Something I'll have to keep in mind next time.

Yesterday I even looked up the wiki category "Swedish military engineers," but somehow I missed him. Interesting guy.

I'll put one up in a couple of hours, or anyone else feel free if they have one now.

[trans]

TL mostly 5
Status 2-ish

ST 12
IQ 11? Good example of an "intelligent" person with less than stellar GURPS IQ
DX 10-11
HT 10

Attractive appearance

Seamanship
Boating
Writing

OPH (sloppy personal appearance, generally "odd")

Incompetence (Merchant, Finance)

Edit: Bad Sight (mitigated)

[John Smith]

Could it be Louis Antoine de Bougainville?

[trans]

Originally Posted by John Smith

Could it be Louis Antoine de Bougainville?

Good guess, but this guy wrote some of the same kinds of stuff, but he never gained any Military or other Rank to speak of.

Edit: could add Reputation: "Visited Exotic and Potentially Dangerous Places."

Edit2: Bougainville and this person apparently visited some of the same places.

[trans]

Originally Posted by trans

TL mostly 5
Status 2-ish

ST 12
IQ 11? Good example of an "intelligent" person with less than stellar GURPS IQ
DX 10-11
HT 10

Attractive appearance

Seamanship
Boating
Writing

OPH (sloppy personal appearance, generally "odd")

Incompetence (Merchant, Finance)

Edit: Bad Sight (mitigated)

Hint: American author

[Landwalker]

Originally Posted by trans

Hint: American author

I know exactly one TL 5 American author with poor financial wherewithal, and that's Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens. (Edit: Which also dovetails with the whole boating thing...)

So I guess that's my guess!

[trans]

Originally Posted by Landwalker

I know exactly one TL 5 American author with poor financial wherewithal, and that's Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens. (Edit: Which also dovetails with the whole boating thing...)

So I guess that's my guess!

Nope, we're looking at the high seas, and it's not Richard Henry Dana, Jr.