Pulp Krieg: Heroes - Dilettante
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Dilettante template
Of rich (often noble) birth, the dilettante main problem is to find something
worthy of his attention and his remarkable resources. In the world of Pulps,
adventuring and crime-fighting are usually the most popular way to spend their
abundant free-time.
Thanks to the fact that they do not really need to work for a living,
Dilettantes may accumulate a lot of useful skills, even if they usually prefer
to dabble a little and rarely they have dedication to pursue higher levels of
ability (a level of 2 would be ok for most of the skills they may care about...
except perhaps Seduction).
The player should take some care in properly roleplaying this character.
Fighting evil Nazi spies may be fun, but not if it routinely requires using
sewers to gain access to their secret headquarters.
Stats:
| AGI: 0 | APP: 1 | BUI: 0 | CRE: 0 | FIT: 1 |
| INF: 1 | KNO: 1 | PER: 0 | PSY: 0 | WIL: 0 |
| STR: 0 | HEA: 0 | STA: 25 | UD: 4 | AD:4 |
| Skill levels |
| Skill | Level | Attr |
| Athletics | 1 | +1 |
| Business | 1 | +1 |
| Dance | 2 | 0 |
| Drive | 2 | 0 |
| Etiquette | 2 | 0 |
| Foreign Language | 2 | 1 |
|
| Skill | Level | Attr |
| Gambling | 2 | 0 |
| Grooming | 2 | 0 |
| Hand-to-hand | 1 | 0 |
| Investigation | 2 | +1 |
| Melee | 1 | 0 |
| Riding | 1 | 0 |
|
| Skill | Level | Attr |
| Seduction | 2 | +1 |
| Small Arms | 1 | 0 |
| Swimming | 1 | +1 |
| Throwing | 1 | 0 |
|
Cost: (Attribute 21)/(Skills 40)
Typical Equipment: Silver cigarette holder, gold lighter, fine clothes, sport
car or motorcycle.
Typical Perks: Famous, Favor, Influence, Lucky, Property (yacht, private plane,
mansion...), Wealthy (mandatory, at least 1).
Typical Flaws: Addiction, Big Mouth(*), Liar, Nemesis,
Quirk (Snobbish), Secret.
(*): From Heroes&Villains supplement
Variations
The Dilettante is the classical spoiled socialite. The proposed archetype is
based on a wealthy playboy which likes to practice various sports (hence the
combat skills) but is no match for a real fighter in any category.
An
interesting twist is the daredevil media darling like Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Add
2-3 levels in theatrics, perhaps 2 in Acrobatics and you may get a fairly good
action-oriented actor.