Editing Callias Graecus

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==Callias Graecus aka Callias Cerritus==
When he joined the stable, they called him "Callias the Greek", but lately they've started calling him "Callias the Frantic", because it's become obvious that he really does not want to die. One never quite knows what he'll do in the arena to win and survive. Management has considered putting him in apparent overmatches to see how he'll wriggle out of them.

Back before, Callias had what was shaping up to be a booming business as an astrologus—the crooked kind. His act played heavily upon semi-scholarly depictions of "hidden mysteries of Ancient Egypt" and "geometric secrets of the Pythagoreans", and he was making plans to expand into the trendy new field of "apocalyptic prophecies of the Hebrews," when he discovered that some people expect genuine horoscopes, and take them very seriously indeed. He got sent up for treason.
==Statistics==
* STR 9 (Of academic background.)
* CON 13 (Healthy, and sticks to his exercise regimen out of terror.)
* SIZ 15 (Tall.)
* INT 15 (Smart enough to get into trouble.)
* POW 13 (Earnest energy.)
* DEX 16 (Used to be a good dancer.)
* APP 12 (Good looking, but nothing special.)
* EDU 12 (Educated.)

==Weapon Styles==
*+0 damage bonus
*'''Hoplomachus 50%''' (The classically-minded Greek was trained like a classical Greek.)
**(Small Shield, Spear, Sword, Dagger, Hand to Hand)

==Equipment==
* Bronze bracelet inscribed with Greek calendar
* Hoplomachus Small Shield (1d6+1+1d6)
* Spear (1d8+1+1d6)
* Machera (Greek sword) without scabbard (1d8+1+1d6)
* Pugio (dagger) without scabbard (1d4+2+1d6)
* Hoplomachus helmet with yellow plumes
* Iron right arm manica (arm guard)
* Padded iron greaves
* Balteus (wide leather belt reinforced with iron)
* Yellow Subligaculum (loin cloth)

==Skills==
* Accounting 10 (If he'd kept better books, this might not have happened.)
* Animal Handling 10
* Architecture 01
* Art (Illustration) 10 (For hoking up copies of old star charts.)
* Art (Lyre) 10 (To demonstrate Pythagorean harmonies.)
* Astrology 40 (He really can do honest horoscopes. He thought crooked ones sold better.)
* Augury 10 (He keeps worrying about the fate of Cassandra…)
* Bargain 25 ("…and I'll throw in an authentic Egyptian wall scroll…")
* Civics 10 (Paying attention to city politics might have been a good idea, too.)
* Climb 40
* Conceal 15
* Craft 05
* Dodge 66 (Last match, the crowd started chanting, "Dance, Graecus, dance!")
* Drive 20
* Empire 25
* Fast Talk 35 ("I'll have that payment to you next week. It's in the stars!")
* First Aid 30
* Geography 01
* Hide 10 (When they came for him, he hid under his desk.)
* Insight 35 ("I see something troubles you—I see a dark-haired man… yes, of course.")
* Jump 40 (Fueled by terror.)
* Kingdom: Greece 20
* Kingdom: Others 01
* Library Use 25 (Liked to read.)
* Listen 25
* Mathematics 20 (Lots of geometry in making those star charts.)
* Medicine 01
* Metallurgy 01
* Natural World 10
* Navigate 10
* Occult 25 (He loved to use real material in his act.)
* Persuade 25 (How to win friends, influence people, and get laid.)
* Pilot 05
* Potions 01
* Repair/Devise 20
* Ride 20
* Sneak 01
* Spot Hidden 25
* Status 05
* Swim 40 (Used to swim every day; still does, if the gym has a pool.)
* Throw 40 (Desperate strength and a good eye.)
* Track 10
*Languages:
**Native (Greek): 75%
**Second (Latin): 36%
**Third (Persian): 24%
**Fourth (Egyptian): 12%.
* Write Language (Greek): 10%