And I'm going to add a PC and play myself. We talked it over with Blaze...<br/>And of course, I'm also using the full GURPS rules. Sure, with me, the line between "using" and "abusing" is fine indeed... :D<br/><br/>Dimitrios<br/>Male, 25 years, human<br/>Status+1 (influential trader).<br/>Reputation +3 (marines only, 2/3 of people in Greece would be affected)<br/>Very Rich<br/>Independant Income + 20%<br/>Rank +1 (own organization).<br/>Followers 12 or less, 20 reliable seawolfs created at 75 pts each<br/>Bloodlust: 10 pts<br/>Code of honour (merchant/pirate): 5 pts<br/>Dependants (family): 40 pts<br/>Combat reflexes: 15 pts<br/>Sense of duty: own friends, followers, city - in that order (mechanically:10 pts)<br/>Enemy: the 4 sons of a merchant, ruined by the Captain.<br/><br/>St11<br/>DX12<br/>IQ11<br/>HT 12<br/>Wrestling:13 (4 pts)<br/>Shortword: 14 (8 pts)<br/>Fast-draw (knife): 12 (1 pt)<br/>Main-gauche: 12 (2 pts)<br/>Thrown spear: 12 (2 pts).<br/>Archery: 12 (1 pt)<br/>Leadership: 12 (4pts)<br/>Tactics: 11 (4 pts)<br/>Merchant 11 (2 pts)<br/>Savoir-faire: 11 (2 pts)<br/>Sailor 12 (2 pts)<br/>Streetwise:10 (1pt)<br/>Dimitrios was a pirate.<br/>He had started his activities as a sailor at a young age, moving up in the ranks. Nobody could prove that, and frankly, after the first few years, nobody in his city even cared. It was just a fact of life that traders sometimes do such things - some even came to like it.<br/>Now he was mostly staying on the beach, taking care of his family. His old mother was lying her last days, and his sisters were a source of constant worries. Anyway, desopite his young age, he had already raided ships everywhere. It was time to take care of family things, probably even marry.<br/>In the eyes of the law, he was a honourable trader. Well, a honourable trader with a crew most people didn't want to bother with. But then, people reasoned, pirates wouldn't want to deal with them, either, so it was reasonable to have them on board.<br/>But then, his younger sister disappeared. He was looking for her everywhere, and all of his crew were looking for her as well. All they found was an old, half-mad seer with a reputation for giving exact information, even if it wasn't always expressed clearly. But then, the old crone barely spoke at all.<br/>"You will find you are looking for in a bay near the temple".<br/>Dimitiros paid her, then promised her a slow, painful death if she was lying.<br/>In a few hours, he had his most trusted friends on board and "Medea" was exploring the beach.<br/>Short before the night fell, they had only found one ship that could be the one they were looking for.<br/>Dimitrios ordered the ship captured, reminding them how much he was willing to pay them if his sister was found alive. The battle-hardened veterans just grinned and planned how to spend the money.<br/>Besides, they loved the captain. He was one of them, and he haven't forgotten it. Even when he rose above their station, he still took care of them. It was time they did their part.