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Old 12-12-2020, 01:48 PM   #1
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Here is a Historical Domain Character that is also an Archetype

For Hannakah:

Judah Maccabee:

High Status: Priestly Dynasty
Reputation: Heroic (to sympathetic Jews), Notorious Rebel (to Greeks), Terrifying (to Hellenizers)
Military Rank: War Leader

Advantages:

Ally Group: Hebrew Host
Born Warleader +3
Fearlessness

Disadvantages:

Fanaticism: Judaism
Intolerance: Hellenizers

Skills:
Area Knowledge: Judea
Riding
Shield: Pelite
Shortsword: Kopis
Sling
Soldier
Strategy: Land
Tactics: Guerilla

Note weapons skills are speculative. I really don't know his preference
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For Christmas a less Saga type and more straight forward Myth. We all know who he is:

Santa Claus:

Reputation: Grandfatherly (to children)

Advantages:

Ally Group: Elves
Animal Empathy: Reindeer
Flight
Lightning Calculator
Mindreading: Knows who's been Naughty or Nice

Disadvantages:

Compulsive Generosity
Mistaken Identity: Looks Like Odin
Unusual Background: Fnord
Very Fat
Wealth: Fnord
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Old 12-12-2020, 04:08 PM   #2
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Judah Maccabee would probably have two or three levels of Born War-Leader.
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Old 12-12-2020, 05:15 PM   #3
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Judah Maccabee would probably have two or three levels of Born War-Leader.
I'm not sure but I'll give it.

Anyone want to do Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer?
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Old 12-12-2020, 08:07 PM   #4
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer [250]

Culture: TL: 4+5 [0]; Familiarity: Christmasland [0]; Languages: Icelandic (Native / Native) [0];

Attributes: ST 20 (NFM -40%; Size -10%) [50]; DX 12 (NFM -40%) [24]; IQ 10 [0]; HT 16 [60];

Secondaries: SM +1 [0]; Dam: 2d-1 / 3d+2; BL: 80#; Spd: 7.0 [0]; Mov: 7 / 112 [0]; HP: 23 [6]; Fat: 16 [0]; Per: 12 [10]; Will: 12 [10];

Advantages: Claws (Hooves) [3]; Enhanced Move x3 (Flying) [60]; Fit (Very) [15]; Higher Purpose x3 (Deliver the Package) [15]; Striker (Impaling: Long +100%, Limited Arc -40%) [13]; Temperature Tolerance x5 [5];

Perks: Fur [1]; Honest Face [1]; Illumination [1];

Disadvantages: Quadruped [-35]; Sense of Duty (Santa) [-2];

Skills: Aerobatics (H) DX [4]-12; Brawling (E) DX [1]-12; Flight (A) HT+1 [4]-17; Survival (A) (Arctic) Per+1 [4]-13;
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Old 12-12-2020, 09:19 PM   #5
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer [250]

Culture: TL: 4+5 [0]; Familiarity: Christmasland [0]; Languages: Icelandic (Native / Native) [0];

Attributes: ST 20 (NFM -40%; Size -10%) [50]; DX 12 (NFM -40%) [24]; IQ 10 [0]; HT 16 [60];

Secondaries: SM +1 [0]; Dam: 2d-1 / 3d+2; BL: 80#; Spd: 7.0 [0]; Mov: 7 / 112 [0]; HP: 23 [6]; Fat: 16 [0]; Per: 12 [10]; Will: 12 [10];

Advantages: Claws (Hooves) [3]; Enhanced Move x3 (Flying) [60]; Fit (Very) [15]; Higher Purpose x3 (Deliver the Package) [15]; Striker (Impaling: Long +100%, Limited Arc -40%) [13]; Temperature Tolerance x5 [5];

Perks: Fur [1]; Honest Face [1]; Illumination [1];

Disadvantages: Quadruped [-35]; Sense of Duty (Santa) [-2];

Skills: Aerobatics (H) DX [4]-12; Brawling (E) DX [1]-12; Flight (A) HT+1 [4]-17; Survival (A) (Arctic) Per+1 [4]-13;
Enhanced Move (Flying) without Flight? Probably some kind of reputation in there too.
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Old 12-12-2020, 09:52 PM   #6
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Don't forget Social Stigma (Red Nose, bought off by reputation)
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Old 12-13-2020, 05:15 AM   #7
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GURPS Holiday Wars. Though Santa was killed in the background of this (it's what set off the entire plot).
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Old 12-13-2020, 08:07 AM   #8
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Enhanced Move (Flying) without Flight? Probably some kind of reputation in there too.
Yeah, apparently my edit function has been disabled for being naughty this year, sorry.

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Don't forget Social Stigma (Red Nose, bought off by reputation)
It's not that bad; reindeer kids are cruel.

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer [320]

Culture: TL: 4+5 [0]; Familiarity: Christmasland [0]; Languages: Icelandic (Native / Native) [0];

Attributes: ST 20 (NFM -40%; Size -10%) [50]; DX 12 (NFM -40%) [24]; IQ 10 [0]; HT 16 [60];

Secondaries: SM +1 [0]; Dam: 2d-1 / 3d+2; BL: 80#; Spd: 7.0 [0]; Mov: 7 / 112 [0]; HP: 23 [6]; Fat: 16 [0]; Per: 12 [10]; Will: 12 [10];

Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Claws (Hooves) [3]; Enhanced Move x3 (Flying) [60]; Fearlessness x2 [4]; Fit (Very) [15]; Flight [40]; Higher Purpose x3 (Deliver the Package) [15]; Reputation +4 (The Most Famous Reindeer Of All, North Pole and Western Cultures, Always) [15]; Striker (Impaling: Long +100%, Limited Arc -40%) [13]; Temperature Tolerance x5 [5]; Terrain Adaptation (Snow) [5];

Perks: Fur [1]; Honest Face [1]; Illumination [1];

Disadvantages: Quadruped [-35]; Sense of Duty (Santa) [-2]; Unnatural Features (Red Nose) [-1];

Skills: Aerobatics (H) DX [4]-12; Brawling (E) DX [1]-12; Flight (A) HT+1 [4]-17; Navigation (A) (Air) IQ+3a [2]-13; Survival (A) (Arctic) Per+1 [4]-13;
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Someone should make Odin since he is the OG Yule gift-giver. :D
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Someone should make Odin since he is the OG Yule gift-giver. :D
Not an entirely bad idea esp when we already have his write-up in Vikings.
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