[WFRP] The Bloody Crown OOC XV

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Elsabeth Holt

a.k.a. Beatrix Hildebrand

Race: Human
Age: 25
Career: Apprentice Wizard > Journeyman Wizard > Master Wizard > Noble > Border Courtier

Description: Elsabeth is a young woman of average height with short red hair. Her most striking features are her amber eyes and the swirling red tattoos adorning her face. Her travel clothes consist of a well-worn black coat, high boots, and thick leather gloves of the fire-resistant kind used by blacksmiths. When working as a court wizard in the service of Captain Sforza of Mirino under the name of Beatrix Hildebrand, Elsa makes a better effort at grooming, wearing instead a black-and-gold robe designed to look like a military uniform.

As one can expect of a Bright wizard, Elsa is fiery, passionate, stubborn and reckless. She walks and acts like she owns the place and never sugar-coats her words; of her noble upbringing, she seems to have retained only the arrogance, not the manners. Overconfident and eager to prove herself, she is the kind of person who would never back down from a challenge, no matter how foolish or pointless.


Background: Born the sixth child of a minor Altdorf noble house that was too impoverished to have any power but too proud to mingle with commoners, Elsa’s marriage prospects were rather few. Being raised with only male siblings had given her a wild, rebellious temperament that did not help matters. She first revealed her magical potential at age fourteen, when she foiled an attempt to marry her off to a suitor three times her age by setting the man’s forked beard aflame. At that point, her parents gave up on her, scratched her off the family tree and sent her off to the Bright College, where wizards from all the Empire and beyond studied the Lore of Fire.

Elsa turned out to be gifted with a strong will and seemingly instinctive control over the red wind of Aqshy, but proved hopeless when it came to anything remotely theoretical, owing to her intellectual laziness and lack of discipline. No amount of chores would keep her from talking back to authority figures, neglecting her studies or sneaking into the boys’ dormitory at night – in fact, punishing her appeared to make her only more aggressively unruly. Things took a turn for the worse when she got into magical duelling; a tradition that is tacitly encouraged among Bright Order students, but in which she would engage with somewhat excessive enthusiasm, causing more property damage and visits to the infirmary than any other Bright College apprentice in living memory.

Disaster struck near the end of Elsa’s junior apprenticeship, when she challenged a fellow student, Theo (with whom she had an escalating feud for reasons long forgotten by both) to a secret duel at midnight on the roof of the college building. She turned up at the duel half-drunk and with only tenuous control over her powers. The short but incredibly violent exchange of spells ended with Theo burned to a crisp and Elsa on the run from her masters. The fugitive apprentice is now looking for a place away from the Imperial law’s long reach, and the Border Princes seem like such a place.

WS	BS	S	T	Ag	Int	WP	Fel
41	36	30	41	44	65	73	49
A	W	SB	TB	M	Mag	IP	FP
1	15 / 15	3	4	5	3 (4)	8	4 / 1

Skills	Base %	Link of Psyche
Academic Knowledge (Daemonology)	65	75
Academic Knowledge (Magic)	65	75
Academic Knowledge (Strategy/Tactics)	65	75
Channelling	83	93
Charm +10%	59	59
Charm Animal	49	49
Command	49	49
Common Knowledge (Border Princes)	65	75
Common Knowledge (the Empire)	65	75
Consume Alcohol	41	41
Dodge Blow	44	44
Gossip	49	49
Intimidate	30 / 49	30 / 49
Magical Sense	83	93
Perception	65	75
Read/Write	65	75
Ride	44	44
Search	65	75
Speak Arcane Language (Daemonic)	65	75
Speak Arcane Language (Magick) +10%	75	85
Speak Language (Classical)	65	75
Speak Read Language (Nehekharan)	65	75
Speak Language (Reikspiel)	65	75
Speak Language (Tilean)	65	75

Talents

Aethyric Attunement

Arcane Lore (Fire)

Dark Magic

Etiquette

Extra Spell (Curtain of Flames)

Extra Spell (Inextinguishable Flame)

Extra Spell (Ruin and Destruction)

Fleet Footed

Lesser Magic: Aethyric Armour

Lesser Magic: Dispel

Lesser Magic: Magic Alarm

Luck

Mighty Missile

Petty Magic (Arcane)

Savvy

Schemer

Specialist Weapon Group (Parrying)

Strong-Minded

Suave

Very Resilient

Armor: None

Weapons and clothes: Dagger, hefty cane (hand weapon), main gauche, common all-weather clothing (quilted shirt, riding pants, black leather coat and boots), good summer clothing (red dress and sandals), noble's garb (military-style clothes in tones of black and gold), noble's garb (slate-grey winter dress with fur lining), cape of wyvern scales, Nehekharan costume, bird's-skull pendant (hopefully provides protection against necromantic curses), ivory bracelet (thanks Sieghard!), dwarf-made copper torc, earrings, fur scarf, and backpack
Miscellanea: Good quality rations for 8 days, two saddlebags, three waterskins, tent with room for three, pair of dice, 35 yards of rope, brown hair dye, printed copy of The Practical Pyromancer, Third Edition, grimoire of pyromancy, bunch of scrolls from the Lost Library, map of Mirino and the area, parchment, ink, 12 matches, small mirror, 12 balls of sulphur, 8 scraps of tapestry singed by fire, bottle of good quality spirits
Mount: Bastard, vile-tempered black stallion

Gold owned: 202 gc and 174 p.
Investments: 150 gc invested in Suzana's food import business (not included in gold total). 27th Sigmarzeit.
Monthly wage: 26 gc and 157 p
Olga's wage: 6 gc per month

Savonne-Putbad boat prices: 18 s per person, 24 s per horse (source)



XP: 65 / 7465
Advances: +10 WS, +10 BS, +10 T, +15 Ag, +30 Int, +35 WP, +15 Fel, +4 W, +3 Mag, Academic Knowledge (Daemonology), Academic Knowledge (Strategy/Tactics), Arcane Lore (Fire), Charm +10, Charm Animal, Command, Common Knowledge (Border Princes), Consume Alcohol, Dark Magic, Dodge Blow, Etiquette, Extra Spell (Curtain of Flame), Extra Spell (Inextinguishable Flame), Extra Spell (Ruin and Destruction), Intimidate, Lesser Magic (Aethyric Armour), Lesser Magic (Dispel), Lesser Magic (Magic Alarm), Luck, Mighty Missile, Ride, Schemer, Speak Arcane Language (Daemonic), Speak Arcane Language (Magic) +10%, Speak Language (Nehekharan), Speak Language (Tilean), Specialist Weapon Group (Parrying), Strong-Minded, Suave, Very Resilient


Her Majesty, High Queen Khalida Neferher of Lybaras (Elsa's snake familiar)

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A large, black-and-grey viper, sold to Elsa by a peasant woman as a potential familiar to replace Morrslieb the raven. Despite some initial challenges (and many bites), Elsa managed to tame the reptile and eventually establish a mind-link with her. Khalida is a simple, unobtrusive, inquisitive creature and enjoys mice, basking in the sun, making people jump in fright, and Elsa's bodily warmth.

WS	BS	S	T	Ag	Int	WP	Fel
15	0	10	10	20	10	15	0
A	W	SB	TB	M	Mag	IP	FP
1	1 / 1	1	1	2	0	0	1 / 0

Skills	%
Intimidate	10

Talents

Natural Weapons

Sixth Sense

Special rule: Venom. Any target who loses at least one Wound to an attack by Khalida must make a Challenging (-10%) Toughness test or suffer 1 additional Wound every ten minutes until 1d5 Wounds are taken.

Familiar Abilities: Link of Psyche (+10 Int/WP), Lucky Charm (+2 Fortune Points), Magic Power (+1 Mag), Voice of Reason (can re-roll casting rolls that include doubles).

XP: 20 / 757.5
Advances: +5 WP, Sixth Sense, Lucky Charm, Magic Power, Voice of Reason

Tzeentch's Curse cheat sheet (thanks TheSummoner)

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2 dice
No Doubles: 90%
Doubles: 10%

3 dice
No Doubles: 81%
Doubles: 18%
Triples: 1%

4 Dice
No Doubles: 50.4%
Doubles: 46.8%
Triples: 2.7%
Quads: .1%

5 Dice
No Doubles: 30.24%
Doubles: 61.2%
Triples: 8.1%
Quads: .45%
Quints: .01%