The League of Subterannean Gentlemen: Harbingers and Horrors

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Harbingers and Horrors

Starting a Character

Attributes

Pick one of the eight stats as the one thing you're good at. Roll a d20 when you try to do something. Roll 2D20 and keep the best roll if it's the one thing you're good at.

Attributes What they do

Corporeal Strength, Health, and Agility

Cerebral What you know, and can figure out

Societal Getting others to do what you want

Manual Using tools to build and repair. Also to pilot vehicles.

Discernment What you sense and understand

Alacrity Who goes first, and how often

Discipline Your mental resistance

Target Hitting things at a distance

Skills

You have 6 skills points. Buy one to three ranks in any of the various skill groups. For each point you put in the skill, pick one specialty. Rank 1, add 1d4 to your stat roll. Rank 2, 1d6. Rank 3, 1d8. If the roll involves one of your specialties, roll two dice and add the best roll of those two to your stat roll.
These are examples; you could have different skills.

Conflict A weapon. Guns. Dodge. Parry. Grapple. Disarm. Trip. Gaurd.

Athletics Run. Jump. Climb. Swim. Rowing. Resist. Dance. Juggle.

Crafting Carpentry. Blacksmith. Cooking. Gunsmith. Printing

Science Engineering. Medicine. Botany. Navigation. Alchemy.

Operate Driving. Sailing. Gunnery. Printing Press.

Academic History. Linguistics. Appraise. Law. Investigation. Lore. Culture.

Rustic Ride. Animals. Survival. Tracking. Farming. Guide. First aide.

Clandestine Stealth. Follow. Locks. Search. Counterfeit. Flinch. Streetwise. Rumors.

Manipulation Acting. Lie. Merchant. Threaten. Charm. Bribe. Inspire. Judge.

Perform Sing. Musical instrument. Write. Paint. Dance.

Other Items

Fate. You got 1 point of it each game session to start.

Harbinger - All player character have this Blessing automatically, for free. You don't really need to write it down. You can sense the presence of Otherkind when they are near and in areas where they active, as well as people or objects who had been affected by them.

Hunter - All player character have this Blessing automatically, for free One of your worst wounds heals each day at dawn you are actively trying to deal with the Otherkind or anytime opposing the Fallen.

Some examples:

Blessings

Character may choose up to 5 poiunts in blessings. If they take a curse, they can potentially choose a 6th point worth of blessings.
Character may have only one 3 point blessing.
Archetypes

These Blessing cost a full 3 points and strongly define your character, as such a player character can only one of them, and only once.

Champion Someone who stands above others, and it called to do more. Champion start off good at three attributes.

Seer Someone who is sensitive not only to Otherkind, but the blessed and damned. They are also prone to see omens and outright visions, and may identify Otherkind by the signs they leave behind. Seer most often only get information when it's needed to advance the story, but they may spend a Fate point to induce a vision to get information on request.

Guardian Someone who has had an animal touched by the divine sent to serve them. These animal are more intelligent then normal and may sense Otherkind and the Fallen, as well as aide in combat. Some Guardians, like bears, may be awkward to bring into settlements.

Seventh son There is something special about you that lets you do things some might call miraculous. Faith healing, rain making, exorcising demons, the bigger the act the more times it can take, but you can do it all, for the cost of a Fate point each time.

Miracle workers attract attention if their acts are done openly, Otherkind, agents of the Fallen, and even normal humans who see a chance to use you may target you.

Nephilim

Someone descended from the mingling of the blood of man and angels. The Nephilim are often larger then others, age more slowly, and each has a gift from their bloodline. These are alos 3 point blessings./p>
Examples

Juggernaut You have twice as many wound slot as other. You also can not be harmed by undirected natural forces, meaning you don't burn, drown, freeze, or die from rock slides, or avalanches. People can still hurt you by tossing a rock at your head or swinging a tree branch, but otherwise you are unstoppable.

Myrmidon All weapons are lethal for you, inflicting a minimum of a Moderate wound. All weapons that you use against Otherkind start at Serious, as do any weapons you coat in your own blood for Moderate damage against those empowered by the Fallen. You never take a penalty for using a weapon you are unfamiliar with.

Sentinel You can walk into the wilderness and walk back out hundred of miles away. You can also lead others as you wander. While standing still out of the sight of other you become unseen as long as you do not act. You can see ghosts and send them on their ways, whether or not they want to go.

Blessing of Faith

Examples

Guide Similar to a Guardian, an animal touched by the divine, but not all that useful in a fight. On the other hand a crow, bloodhound, or monkey can be taken into most settlement without starting a panic.

Blessed You can sense the Divine and the Damned, and call on the might of the Divine to perform exorcisms and to try to free those Accursed by the Fallen. Other calls for Divine intervention are always answered, most often the answer is no.

Whistler Otherkind are fascinated by music and songs and either seek out the performer, or are distracted by them. Your whistling, singing, and playing of instrument are good enough to effect Otherkind more so then others.

Blessing of the Body

Examples

Tough You have one more wound slot for each catagory then others.

Hawk eyed You see things better at a distance then others. Your range penalties are one step lower.

Cat eyed You can see things better in the dark. Your penalties due to bad lighting are one step lower.

Pretty boy The ladies, young and old, are more likely to talk to you. Some men as well.

Blessings of Skill

Examples

Deadly Your unarmed attacks and attacks with makeshift weapons start at Moderate damage.

Brawler Those attacking you do not get a bonus due to outnumbering yourself

Marksman You may reroll a d20 when firing a weapon

Blessings of society

Examples

Wealth You can buy entire farms, ships, and throw cash around freely.

Knight of the Order You are a member of the Order of St George and may call upon them for aide.

Freemason You are a moderately high ranking member of the Freemasons.

Arborist You have resources from other who study Otherkind and the fallen.

Member of the Lodge You are one of those inducted into the White Lodge.

Gentry The way you speak, dress and act marks you as someone important that most folk are unwilling to offend

Famous Your name is know for something you did that impressed people

Curses

A curse grants you a single point that may be spent to gain an extra point of skill or of Blessing. You may only benefit from one curse.

Curses of the body.

Examples

Missing leg. You move slower then others, and may have trouble with you balance.

Missing arm. You only have one hand to use, and may have trouble grappling with others.

Missing eye. You roll one less d20 for ranged attacks, if you only have one, take the worst of two d20

Odd Hunchback, grossly fat, short, albino. People are either wary or even fearful of you.

Curses of Society

Examples

Woman the 1700s are not a good time to be a woman.

Black In the south you are seen as a slave, or a runaway, even if you have papers to prove yourself a free man. The north isn't much better. On the other hand Otherkind known as the Loa might take it easy on you.

Native Most settlements treat you as little more then an animal, but other Natives are more likely to trust you.

Evil Twin Of another troublesome relative. They cause problems in some way and people expect you to do something about it.

Shunned You did something to make the Society of Correspondence decide to have nothing to do with you. Any leads passed on to you are either in desperate need of help, or are a suicide mission.

Enemy of the Sons The sons of Ezekiel consider you an agent of the Fallen.

Forsworn You used to be a member of the Order of Saint George. Not so much now.

Vendetta You have an enemy, and they have you.

Curses of Character

Examples

Gambler You find it hard to resist a chance to take a chance, and often suffer a temperary embarrassment of fund.

Rake You find it hard to resist the ladies, or seeking their interests.

Drinker You prefer to be two glasses down at any time, and you often lose count.

Coward You only stay to fight when the odds are in your favor, being in danger makes it harder for you to do things.

Curses of Fate

Examples

Seasoned For whatever reason, you smell delicious to the Otherkind.

Fortunes Fool Whenever someone has to find a hidden door, or hit with a poisened dart and kidnapped to advance the story. It's always you.

Miscellaneous

Signature gear

You start off with any 3 of the following and usually can replace them between sessions. You can have other gear, but you always manage to replace your signature gear between sessions if they are lost, destroyed or killed.

Horse Wagon and team Pocket watch Silver dirk

Sword cane Fat coin purse Deck of cards Nice clothes

Sabre Brass knuckles Flask Box of cigars

Matches Coil of rope and grapple. Walking stick Cook pot

Cosh Tomahawk Bow Map case

Firearm Snuffbox Blank book Blessed cross

Coins:

1 Pound equals 20 Shillings

1 Shilling equals 12 pence

1 Spanish piece of eight equals 8 shilling

Buying power

Smelling salts 7s Cigar 5p Chicken 4p Hunting dog 5s

Saddlebags 6s Saddle 6 £ Field horse 3 £ Turf horse 12 £

Wagon 15 £ Boots 12s Gold watch 30 £ Linen handkerchief 2s

Tricorn hat 12s Pound of beef 1p Load bread 1p Pound butter 9p

Pound of Cheese 2s Pound of coffee 4p Pound of Pepper 3s Flammable oil 5p

Wire brush 4p Gallon of cheap run 15s Lantern 3s Fountain pen 6p

Magnifying glass 1 £ Reading glasses 10s Book 5 £ Bottle of spirits 10s

Ante 1s Rented room 3s Pinch of snuff 1s Supper and Breakfast 3p

Firearms

Flintlock pistol 2 £ Small arm

Blunderbuss 2 £ Small arm. All targets in cone at close range take moderate damage.

Brown Bess Musket 4 £ Long arm Army surplus

Fowler Musket 2 £ Long arm Common hunting rifle

Charleville Musket 3 £ Carbine Can be reloaded on horseback. French

Double barrel pistol 2 £ Small arm Two shots

Duck foot pistol 3 £ Small arm Can hit up to three targets in cone with raises

Dutch Longpistol 4 £ Carbine One handed

Fused grenade 5s Bomb Moderate to all in close area. Hard to buy.

Grenade Mortar 4 £ Carbine It's a freaking grenade launcher. Hard to buy

Girardoni Air Rifle 6 £ Carbine Silent, 20 shots, can roll for bonus attack on a raise.

Musketoon 2 £ Carbine Can be loaded on horseback

Rampart gun 10 £ Long gun Ignores light cover or armor. Inflicts light wound when shot.

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Attributes	What they do
Corporeal	Strength, Health, and Agility
Cerebral	What you know, and can figure out
Societal	Getting others to do what you want
Manual	Using tools to build and repair. Also to pilot vehicles.
Discernment	What you sense and understand
Alacrity	Who goes first, and how often
Discipline	Your mental resistance
Target	Hitting things at a distance

Conflict	A weapon. Guns. Dodge. Parry. Grapple. Disarm. Trip. Gaurd.
Athletics	Run. Jump. Climb. Swim. Rowing. Resist. Dance. Juggle.
Crafting	Carpentry. Blacksmith. Cooking. Gunsmith. Printing
Science	Engineering. Medicine. Botany. Navigation. Alchemy.
Operate	Driving. Sailing. Gunnery. Printing Press.
Academic	History. Linguistics. Appraise. Law. Investigation. Lore. Culture.
Rustic	Ride. Animals. Survival. Tracking. Farming. Guide. First aide.
Clandestine	Stealth. Follow. Locks. Search. Counterfeit. Flinch. Streetwise. Rumors.
Manipulation	Acting. Lie. Merchant. Threaten. Charm. Bribe. Inspire. Judge.
Perform	Sing. Musical instrument. Write. Paint. Dance.

Champion	Someone who stands above others, and it called to do more. Champion start off good at three attributes.
Seer	Someone who is sensitive not only to Otherkind, but the blessed and damned. They are also prone to see omens and outright visions, and may identify Otherkind by the signs they leave behind. Seer most often only get information when it's needed to advance the story, but they may spend a Fate point to induce a vision to get information on request.
Guardian	Someone who has had an animal touched by the divine sent to serve them. These animal are more intelligent then normal and may sense Otherkind and the Fallen, as well as aide in combat. Some Guardians, like bears, may be awkward to bring into settlements.
Seventh son	There is something special about you that lets you do things some might call miraculous. Faith healing, rain making, exorcising demons, the bigger the act the more times it can take, but you can do it all, for the cost of a Fate point each time.

Juggernaut	You have twice as many wound slot as other. You also can not be harmed by undirected natural forces, meaning you don't burn, drown, freeze, or die from rock slides, or avalanches. People can still hurt you by tossing a rock at your head or swinging a tree branch, but otherwise you are unstoppable.
Myrmidon	All weapons are lethal for you, inflicting a minimum of a Moderate wound. All weapons that you use against Otherkind start at Serious, as do any weapons you coat in your own blood for Moderate damage against those empowered by the Fallen. You never take a penalty for using a weapon you are unfamiliar with.
Sentinel	You can walk into the wilderness and walk back out hundred of miles away. You can also lead others as you wander. While standing still out of the sight of other you become unseen as long as you do not act. You can see ghosts and send them on their ways, whether or not they want to go.

Guide	Similar to a Guardian, an animal touched by the divine, but not all that useful in a fight. On the other hand a crow, bloodhound, or monkey can be taken into most settlement without starting a panic.
Blessed	You can sense the Divine and the Damned, and call on the might of the Divine to perform exorcisms and to try to free those Accursed by the Fallen. Other calls for Divine intervention are always answered, most often the answer is no.
Whistler	Otherkind are fascinated by music and songs and either seek out the performer, or are distracted by them. Your whistling, singing, and playing of instrument are good enough to effect Otherkind more so then others.

Tough	You have one more wound slot for each catagory then others.
Hawk eyed	You see things better at a distance then others. Your range penalties are one step lower.
Cat eyed	You can see things better in the dark. Your penalties due to bad lighting are one step lower.
Pretty boy	The ladies, young and old, are more likely to talk to you. Some men as well.

Deadly	Your unarmed attacks and attacks with makeshift weapons start at Moderate damage.
Brawler	Those attacking you do not get a bonus due to outnumbering yourself
Marksman	You may reroll a d20 when firing a weapon

Wealth	You can buy entire farms, ships, and throw cash around freely.
Knight of the Order	You are a member of the Order of St George and may call upon them for aide.
Freemason	You are a moderately high ranking member of the Freemasons.
Arborist	You have resources from other who study Otherkind and the fallen.
Member of the Lodge	You are one of those inducted into the White Lodge.
Gentry	The way you speak, dress and act marks you as someone important that most folk are unwilling to offend
Famous	Your name is know for something you did that impressed people

Missing leg.	You move slower then others, and may have trouble with you balance.
Missing arm.	You only have one hand to use, and may have trouble grappling with others.
Missing eye.	You roll one less d20 for ranged attacks, if you only have one, take the worst of two d20
Odd	Hunchback, grossly fat, short, albino. People are either wary or even fearful of you.

Woman	the 1700s are not a good time to be a woman.
Black	In the south you are seen as a slave, or a runaway, even if you have papers to prove yourself a free man. The north isn't much better. On the other hand Otherkind known as the Loa might take it easy on you.
Native	Most settlements treat you as little more then an animal, but other Natives are more likely to trust you.
Evil Twin	Of another troublesome relative. They cause problems in some way and people expect you to do something about it.
Shunned	You did something to make the Society of Correspondence decide to have nothing to do with you. Any leads passed on to you are either in desperate need of help, or are a suicide mission.
Enemy of the Sons	The sons of Ezekiel consider you an agent of the Fallen.
Forsworn	You used to be a member of the Order of Saint George. Not so much now.
Vendetta	You have an enemy, and they have you.

Gambler	You find it hard to resist a chance to take a chance, and often suffer a temperary embarrassment of fund.
Rake	You find it hard to resist the ladies, or seeking their interests.
Drinker	You prefer to be two glasses down at any time, and you often lose count.
Coward	You only stay to fight when the odds are in your favor, being in danger makes it harder for you to do things.

Seasoned	For whatever reason, you smell delicious to the Otherkind.
Fortunes Fool	Whenever someone has to find a hidden door, or hit with a poisened dart and kidnapped to advance the story. It's always you.

Horse	Wagon and team	Pocket watch	Silver dirk
Sword cane	Fat coin purse	Deck of cards	Nice clothes
Sabre	Brass knuckles	Flask	Box of cigars
Matches	Coil of rope and grapple.	Walking stick	Cook pot
Cosh	Tomahawk	Bow	Map case
Firearm	Snuffbox	Blank book	Blessed cross

Smelling salts 7s	Cigar 5p	Chicken 4p	Hunting dog 5s
Saddlebags 6s	Saddle 6 £	Field horse 3 £	Turf horse 12 £
Wagon 15 £	Boots 12s	Gold watch 30 £	Linen handkerchief 2s
Tricorn hat 12s	Pound of beef 1p	Load bread 1p	Pound butter 9p
Pound of Cheese 2s	Pound of coffee 4p	Pound of Pepper 3s	Flammable oil 5p
Wire brush 4p	Gallon of cheap run 15s	Lantern 3s	Fountain pen 6p
Magnifying glass 1 £	Reading glasses 10s	Book 5 £	Bottle of spirits 10s
Ante 1s	Rented room 3s	Pinch of snuff 1s	Supper and Breakfast 3p

Flintlock pistol	2 £	Small arm
Blunderbuss	2 £	Small arm.	All targets in cone at close range take moderate damage.
Brown Bess Musket	4 £	Long arm	Army surplus
Fowler Musket	2 £	Long arm	Common hunting rifle
Charleville Musket	3 £	Carbine	Can be reloaded on horseback. French
Double barrel pistol	2 £	Small arm	Two shots
Duck foot pistol	3 £	Small arm	Can hit up to three targets in cone with raises
Dutch Longpistol	4 £	Carbine	One handed
Fused grenade	5s	Bomb	Moderate to all in close area. Hard to buy.
Grenade Mortar	4 £	Carbine	It's a freaking grenade launcher. Hard to buy
Girardoni Air Rifle	6 £	Carbine	Silent, 20 shots, can roll for bonus attack on a raise.
Musketoon	2 £	Carbine	Can be loaded on horseback
Rampart gun	10 £	Long gun	Ignores light cover or armor. Inflicts light wound when shot.