Sherlock Holmes

  • Bloodline: Pureblood
  • Pursuit/Profession: Discovery - Private Investigator
  • Background: Professional
  • Blessings:
    • Protected: Supernatural powers are less likely to affect you; to all ritual magic checks or any check from an angel or Fallen targeting you.
    • Purposed: refresh 1 Purpose at the beginning of each session (in addition to the regular 2 Potential points of your choice)
  • Curses: none.
  • Class: 2 (Educated Professional who lacks noble titles)
  • Means: 2 (Rents 221B Baker Street, fully furnished with a housekeeper. Access to fine furniture, several sets of clothes, and quality tools of trade)
  • Birth date: 1854
  • Gender: male
  • Distinguishing Features: tall & gaunt

Traits

  • Affinities:
    • Rank 2 - The constant pursuit of Truth
    • Rank 1 - Saving the London Metropolitan Police from their own idiocy
  • Reputations:
    • Rank 2 - Internationally-renowned detective
    • Rank 1 - Confirmed bachelor.
  • Memberships: none.
  • Persistent Conditions:
  • Wound Penalties:

Assets & Liabilities & Powers

  • Assets:
    • Expertise: raised Investigation to Rank 4.
    • Expertise: raised Intuition to Rank 4.
    • Devoted Companion: You have formed an unshakeable bond with Dr. John H Watson - assistant, flatmate, and biographer.
    • Skilled: gained 2 extra skills (up to Rank 3)
    • Skilled: gained 2 extra skills (up to Rank 3)
  • Liabilities:
    • Obsession: Sherlock is addicted to cocaine - he feels it is “transcendentally stimulating and clarifying to the mind.”
    • Nemesis: A criminal worthy of Mr. Holmes' brilliance, Professor Moriarty is his greatest antagonist.
  • Masteries:
    • Cold Reading: Deduce facts about a person’s history based on a quick Focus+Investigation test vs . For each , Narrator provides one specific piece of helpful information about the target.
  • Transcendent Powers: none.
  • Languages: English, Latin, Attic (ancient Greek)

Characteristics

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1
4
5
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2
5
0
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2
2
3
3
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3

  • Physical Defense: (Vigor, Fisticuffs)
  • Social Defense: (Will, Composure)

Skills

academics,3

artisan

athletics

bureaucracy,1

burglary,1

command,1

composure,1

engineering

fencing

firearms,1

fisticuffs,2

guile

intuition,4

investigation,4

medicine,1

melee

mysteries

parley,2

refinement,1

riding

science,1

stealth,1

streetwise,1

survival

tactics

temptation

vocation

Gear

  • Revolver: Webley .45 “British Bull Dog” - Potency 3, Bleeding, Short Range, B2/C3/S3. 6-round load, maneuver to reload.
  • Lockpick set - necessary to pick locks without penalty
  • Magnifying glass & other forensic tools.