Dunstan Raines
2nd Lieutenant Dunstan Achilles "Danny" Raines, a PC in the PbP game A Flash of Weird.
Tall, dark man in his late twenties with a calm manner, easy smile, and boyish good looks only accentuated by the scar across his left eye (he has many more, just none as prominent). Moderate drinker, terrible poet, reads a lot.
Raines has spent all his adult life serving with various British and British-adjacent militaries all over the Old World, from the Indian Army through the Expeditionary Force to the Cossack hosts, owing to a combination of restless feet, indiscriminate curiosity, and a natural draw to a life of violence - a severe character flaw, he readily admits, but one he tries his best to use for good. Though an excellent leader, his career has been held back by a certain touch of irreverence, often inconvenient sense of fairness, and reluctance to risk ever advancing beyond active fighting duty; but then, the same qualities make him all the more popular with the troops and keep him where he really wants to be so, ultimately, everybody wins!
| Attributes | Skills | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agility | d8 | Academics | d4 | |
| Smarts | d8 | Athletics | d6 | |
| Spirit | d8 | Battle | d6 | |
| Strength | d6 | Common Knowledge | d6 | |
| Vigor | d6 | Fighting | d8 | |
| Notice | d8 | |||
| Persuasion | d4 | |||
| Pace | 6" | Riding | d4 | |
| Parry | 6 | Shooting | d8 | |
| Toughness | 6 (1) | Stealth | d6 | |
| Notes: Spirit +2 to recover from being Shaken. One free reroll on any Persuasion roll. One free reroll on any Support roll. | ||||
| Edges | ||||
| Charismatic, Combat Reflexes, Command, Courage Under Fire, Inspire, Linguist (Arabic, French, German, Russian), Natural Leader, Rank (Officer), Reliable | ||||
| Hindrances | ||||
| Heroic (Major), Loyal (Minor), Stubborn (Minor) | ||||
| Weapon | Range | Damage | AP | RoF | Shots | Min Str | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pattern 1881 dragoon shashka | - | Str+d6 | - | - | - | d6 | 2 |
| Webley Revolver Mk V | 12/24/48 | 2d6+1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | d4 | 3 |
| Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III 1 | 24/48/96 | 2d8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | d6 | 9 |
| 1 Snapfire penalty. | |||||||
| Other gear | |||||||
| binoculars, cigarettes, fur-lined greatcoat (Armor 1), jackknife, lighter | |||||||
Experience
- Novice
- 1: +Smarts
- 2: Linguist
- 3: Reliable
- Seasoned
- 4: Rank (Officer)
- 5: Command
- 6: Courage Under Fire
- 7: Inspire
- Veteran
- 8: Natural Leader
- 9: Combat Reflexes