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Old 07-09-2021, 09:08 PM   #458
Micah Davis
 
Join Date: Apr 2020
Default Re: Ordinary People: Characters [0] to [-50]

Alice, Big Hearted Girl Beneath A Tyrant (-5 Points)
Cultural Data: TL 3, One Language
Ability Scores (-10 Points): ST 9 [-10]; DX 10; IQ 10; HT 10
Advantages (52 Points): Allure 4 [20]; Appearance (Beautiful) [12]; Goodwife 4 [20]
Disadvantages (-60 Points): Enemy (More Powerful, 15 or less, Rival) [-30]; Struggling [-10]; Status -1 [-5]; Charitable [-15]
Quirks (-2 Points): Romantic (-1), Broad Minded (-1)
Skills (15 Points): Area Knowledge (Town) IQ+1 -11 [2], Cooking -13 (IQ+3) [1], Dancing -13 (DX+1) [1], Diagnostics -12 (IQ+2) [1] First Aid -12 (IQ+2) [4] Gardening -14 (IQ+4) [1], Housekeeping -14 (IQ+4) [1], Savior-Faire (Servant) -11 (IQ+1) [2]; Sewing -14 (DX+4) [1], Sex Appeal -15 (HT+5) [0], Singing -14 (HT+4) [1].
Total Cost: -5 Point

A soft-featured woman manages to draw the eyes of half the men in the hall - Her dress is finely sown and her hair is up and beautiful looking, but she is clearly in poor economic condition. Even so, people are glancing between her and the local lord uncomfortably.

Alice is a self-sacrificing servant girl whose radiant beauty, inner and outer, would have likely carried her off into a happily ever after if it were not for Lord Hartwood. The cruel Lord August Hartwood is the manor-lord of her town and he bears Alice real ill-will for rejecting his advances some times ago. Nary a day does not go by when he does not find a way to embarrass her suitors, sully her reputation, or push her down into the muck. Nonetheless, Alice loves her small town and refuses to run away - Yet, anyway.

If the players are in town, they're likely to run into Alice, who is an able hand in town and might be at any party. If they're on the run or in trouble, they can count her Charitable to help them out of trouble and her Enemy to get them into it. Hartwood is a vain man and loves to gossip, but you should aim him toward having real talents in some area of competition with the players - They should get a chance to thrash him and the opportunity to receive help or advice from Alice. If a PC of either gender is in the market for a commoner wife, Alice is a viable candidate - She's very pretty and a clear catch in terms of domestic management, as long as they're alright with her habit of picking up strays.

It's easy to slot Alice in as a household service of any petty, cruel lord or lady who might decide to light upon Alice as plaything. For a PC with 100 Character Points, Alice is a 1 point Ally immediately after Lord Hartwood's defeat. For such a player who is in love with Alice while she's still under a villain's thumb, Alice is a Dependent worth -10 points (on the assumption that he cannot rush to her aid all the time).

Alice is a standard Cinderella Character, with the hope of the player's fulfilling a role as the Fairy Godmother. A player would not be remiss in purchasing their own Godmother and should probably bother to buy down her Enemy while they're at it.
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