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Old 09-17-2018, 10:28 AM   #11
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Attributes: Reduce IQ to 11. She was a smart 15 year-old, but not an outstanding genius.

Possibly increase Will by 1 or 2.

Advantages:

Appearance (Attractive) - she wasn't bad looking in her youth.

Charisma 1 - She is noted for her strength of character, charm, and (private) sense of humor. She also rates as one of the most consistently admired members of the British royal family.

Heir (Crown Princess of Great Britain and the British Empire, Status 7, Multimillionaire 1)

Longevity - Not exactly relevant for a 15 yo girl, but it's clear that the Windsor women wear like iron.

Patron (King of England, 6-, Limited Intervention) - Daddy is strict and distant but good for the occasional favor.

Remove Military Rank, any Courtesy rank is covered by high Status.

Possibly add Common Sense.

Possibly add all manner of Allies, Contacts, and Favors in the form of important friends and dedicated personal servants.

If you want to get cinematic, possibly add Sensitive and Animal Friend (Limitation: Dogs and Equines Only)

Perk: Dabbler (Animal Handling (Dogs), Combat Sport/TL6 (Pistol), Combat Sport/TL6 (Rifle), Combat Sport/TL6 (Shotgun), Connoisseur (Fine Art), Gardening, Housekeeping, Theology (Anglican Christian))

Disadvantages:

Social Stigma (Second Class Citizen - Woman) - She's a royal, but since she's female, she's limited by the social and moral conventions of the day.

Social Stigma (Minor) - She's 15.

Code of Honor (Gentlewoman) - Similar to the Gentleman's code of honor, but includes "Keep a Stiff Upper Lip," "Maintain your virginity until marriage, remain faithful to your husband once married - and if you can't keep your liaisons discreet)," and "Always behave like a proper lady in public."

Possibly change Pacifism to "Reluctant Killer" - she was trained to shoot in self-defense.

Remove or reduce frequency of appearance for Enemy. By 1941, the Nazis weren't actively targeting the British royal family. They might have targeted royal palaces around London, but they weren't specifically aiming at the royal family. Elizabeth's increased risk of being attacked by Germans, political dissidents, etc. is covered by her Status. In any case, the Royal Navy, Royal Guards, and MI6 stood in the way of any assassination or kidnap attempts.

Skills: Add Area Knowledge (Royal palaces and grounds), Geography/TL6, Musical Instrument (Piano), Riding (Equines), Sport (Equestrian Sports).

Possibly Leadership at low level - she was trained to be queen once it became obvious she was heir to the throne.

Remove guns skills, they're covered by the Dabbler perk. It's highly unlikely that Elizabeth got the sort of serious, intense, realistic training which imparts actual Guns skill. (Although, when the war started, she was given rifle and pistol training along with the rest of the royal family.)

In 1945, when she joins the ATS, she gains ST: +1, IQ: +1, Courtesy Rank 2, Area Knowledge (UK), Driving (Automobiles), Driving (Trucks), Mechanic/TL (Automobiles), Navigation/TL (Land), and Savoir-Faire (Military). The last three skills might be covered by another version of the Dabbler perk.

If you want to get conspiratorial, she might have all sorts of Hidden Lore skills.

Languages:

Her language skills are a bit optimistic. It's likely that her spoken French, Welsh are at Broken levels, or at least slightly less fluent than "accented."
Stiff Upper Lip was also a gentleman's CoH.
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Old 09-17-2018, 03:06 PM   #12
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Here's my mid-1945 version. I invented a talent for Royals, and used it below.

Name: Princess Elizabeth (mid-1945)
Race: Human

Attributes [55]
ST 9 [-10]
DX 11 [20]
IQ 12 [40]
HT 12 [20]

HP 9
Will 12
Per 12
FP 12

Basic Lift 16
Damage 1d-2/1d-1

Basic Speed 5 [-15]
Basic Move 5

Ground Move 5
Water Move 1

Social Background
TL: 6 [0]
Cultural Familiarities: Western (Native) [0].
Languages: English (Native) [0]; French (Native) [6].

Advantages [58]
Capable Royal (1) [5]
Longevity [2]
Status (+6) [25]
includes: +1 from 'Wealth'
Wealth (Wealthy) [20]

Disadvantages [-20]
Code of Honor (Gentlewoman's) [-10]
Sense of Duty (The Empire) (Large Group) [-10]

Quirks [-5]
Broad-Minded [-1]
Careful [-1]
Likes Dogs [-1]
Non-smoker [-1]
Religious (CofE) [-1]

Skills [29]
Administration IQ/A - IQ-1 11 [1]
Boating/TL6 (Sailboat) DX/A - DX-1 10 [1]
Carousing HT/E - HT+1 13 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Capable Royal'
Current Affairs/TL6 (Headline News) IQ/E - IQ+0 12 [1]
Current Affairs/TL6 (People) IQ/E - IQ+0 12 [1]
Dancing DX/A - DX-1 10 [1]
Diplomacy IQ/H - IQ-1 11 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Capable Royal'
Driving/TL6 (Automobile) DX/A - DX+0 11 [2]
First Aid/TL6 (Human) IQ/E - IQ+0 12 [1]
Guns/TL6 (Pistol) DX/E - DX+0 11 [1]
History (British Constitutional) IQ/A - IQ-1 11 [1]
Leadership IQ/A - IQ+0 12 [2]
Literature IQ/H - IQ-2 10 [1]
Mechanic/TL6 (Automobile) IQ/A - IQ-1 11 [1]
Navigation/TL6 (Land) IQ/A - IQ-1 11 [1]
Performance IQ/A - IQ-1 11 [1]
Politics IQ/A - IQ+0 12 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Capable Royal'
Propaganda/TL6 IQ/A - IQ+0 12 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Capable Royal'
Public Speaking (Oratory) IQ/E - IQ+1 13 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Capable Royal'
Riding (Equines) DX/A - DX-1 10 [1]
Savoir-Faire (High Society) IQ/E - IQ+2 14 [2]
includes: +1 from 'Capable Royal'
Savoir-Faire (Military) IQ/E - IQ+1 13 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Capable Royal'
Singing HT/E - HT+0 12 [1]
Soldier/TL6 IQ/A - IQ-1 11 [1]
Survival (Woodlands) Per/A - Per-1 11 [1]
Swimming HT/E - HT+0 12 [1]

Stats [55] Ads [58] Disads [-20] Quirks [-5] Skills [29] = Total [117]
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Old 09-17-2018, 03:44 PM   #13
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Here's my mid-1945 version. I invented a talent for Royals, and used it below.

Name: Princess Elizabeth (mid-1945)
Race: Human

Attributes [55]
ST 9 [-10]
DX 11 [20]
IQ 12 [40]
HT 12 [20]

HP 9
Will 12
Per 12
FP 12

Basic Lift 16
Damage 1d-2/1d-1

Basic Speed 5 [-15]
Basic Move 5

Ground Move 5
Water Move 1

Social Background
TL: 6 [0]
Cultural Familiarities: Western (Native) [0].
Languages: English (Native) [0]; French (Native) [6].

Advantages [58]
Capable Royal (1) [5]
Longevity [2]
Status (+6) [25]
includes: +1 from 'Wealth'
Wealth (Wealthy) [20]

Disadvantages [-20]
Code of Honor (Gentlewoman's) [-10]
Sense of Duty (The Empire) (Large Group) [-10]

Quirks [-5]
Broad-Minded [-1]
Careful [-1]
Likes Dogs [-1]
Non-smoker [-1]
Religious (CofE) [-1]

Skills [29]
Administration IQ/A - IQ-1 11 [1]
Boating/TL6 (Sailboat) DX/A - DX-1 10 [1]
Carousing HT/E - HT+1 13 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Capable Royal'
Current Affairs/TL6 (Headline News) IQ/E - IQ+0 12 [1]
Current Affairs/TL6 (People) IQ/E - IQ+0 12 [1]
Dancing DX/A - DX-1 10 [1]
Diplomacy IQ/H - IQ-1 11 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Capable Royal'
Driving/TL6 (Automobile) DX/A - DX+0 11 [2]
First Aid/TL6 (Human) IQ/E - IQ+0 12 [1]
Guns/TL6 (Pistol) DX/E - DX+0 11 [1]
History (British Constitutional) IQ/A - IQ-1 11 [1]
Leadership IQ/A - IQ+0 12 [2]
Literature IQ/H - IQ-2 10 [1]
Mechanic/TL6 (Automobile) IQ/A - IQ-1 11 [1]
Navigation/TL6 (Land) IQ/A - IQ-1 11 [1]
Performance IQ/A - IQ-1 11 [1]
Politics IQ/A - IQ+0 12 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Capable Royal'
Propaganda/TL6 IQ/A - IQ+0 12 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Capable Royal'
Public Speaking (Oratory) IQ/E - IQ+1 13 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Capable Royal'
Riding (Equines) DX/A - DX-1 10 [1]
Savoir-Faire (High Society) IQ/E - IQ+2 14 [2]
includes: +1 from 'Capable Royal'
Savoir-Faire (Military) IQ/E - IQ+1 13 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Capable Royal'
Singing HT/E - HT+0 12 [1]
Soldier/TL6 IQ/A - IQ-1 11 [1]
Survival (Woodlands) Per/A - Per-1 11 [1]
Swimming HT/E - HT+0 12 [1]

Stats [55] Ads [58] Disads [-20] Quirks [-5] Skills [29] = Total [117]
Wouldn't she have had Dabbler level Cultural Familiarity for India? It is difficult to imagine a British monarch of the time not having that.
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Old 09-17-2018, 05:14 PM   #14
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Needs either Longevity or HT 12.

Wealth level might be nearer Multimillionaire than Filthy Rich, not sure though.
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Old 09-17-2018, 07:11 PM   #15
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If Princess Elizabeth wanted to get her hands on quick cash, or wanted to buy a car or a cottage, she could probably scare up enough money in personal jewelry and allowance to do it - even in 1941 Britain when such things were rare and often impressed by the military.
FWIW, when she got married (in 1947) she apparently paid for the dress with ration cards.
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Old 09-17-2018, 11:53 PM   #16
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ST9/HP9 seems high. She's somewhere betwen 5'1" and 5'4" after all, 8 would do.

HT11 is fine but would royals have a full FP 11? Could easily buy that down without problems. I don't think riding horses is as exhausting as going running yourself.
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Old 09-18-2018, 01:19 AM   #17
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Wealth level might be nearer Multimillionaire than Filthy Rich, not sure though.
She's a minor, and the family wasn't as rich then as it is now.
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FWIW, when she got married (in 1947) she apparently paid for the dress with ration cards.
You had to have ration cards to get fabric in those days, at least legally. You also had to pay money - the ration cards were just to control the limited supply.
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Old 09-18-2018, 06:45 AM   #18
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The OP said it was Queen Elizabeth circa 1941. Did she have the Mechanic skill yet? I know she was trained as a mechanic for trucks and ambulances, but was that later in the war? I'm not sure a 15-year-old would have been accepted for training.
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Old 09-18-2018, 10:52 AM   #19
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The OP said it was Queen Elizabeth circa 1941. Did she have the Mechanic skill yet? I know she was trained as a mechanic for trucks and ambulances, but was that later in the war? I'm not sure a 15-year-old would have been accepted for training.
No, she joined the ATS in February 1945.
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Old 09-19-2018, 04:26 PM   #20
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Pedantic note (sorry). She's queen of the United Kingdom, not of England, and in 1941 was a princess, not queen. Queen Elizabeth of England died in 1603, and there has been no king nor queen if England since 1707.
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