3. Poise
Of my current PCs this leans towards:
Paris, the Toreador events promoter in Vampire: The Masquerade - City Of Angels. High Charisma and Presence, different outfits for different occasions, active code switching. And the literal poise power of Cat’s Grace which gives her perfect balance, mostly used for running in high heels.
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| Olivia Holt Not my original visual reference but Paris went more girlish than expected |
And so naturally I talk about all my current PCs - and my first ever - to show variety.
Michael Sorensen, Tremere occult investigator, wears black. He wore black tie to Elysium, saying he’d go full white tie for a special occasion like a formal dance or being sentenced to Final Death.
Matthieu Lasalle, French Revolution Brujah, was scruffily handsome but his main note of poise was his tendency to start an attack on an enemy of the people by kicking a door open, making a proclamation about justice, and either firing his flintlock or otherwise drawing attacks to him.
Elsewhere, Cara Lawson in Mage: The Ascension is mostly practical but will dress up nice if she thinks it won’t stop her fighting. She has to rely on her high Dexterity for running in high heels.
She is currently in the 1880s and hoping that having to dress like a lady doesn’t get her or anyone else killed.
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| A screenshot from Assassin's Creed Syndicate with the alert "EVIE's movements are RESTRICTED by her dress" |
Captain Diana Carter in current Star Trek Adventures is kind of a Pike, diplomatic but direct, friendly until not. Her main tic is a wry smile when threatened.
A certain amount of looking cool when player charactering goes all the way back to my first session, where despite no rules for elves or archers in Fighting Fantasy I used an elven archer miniature. With an eyepatch, no less.
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| Oreon, leader of a Regiments Of Renown army set Painted and photographed by The Stuff Of Legends. I went more olive drab IIRC |
As a GM, I often have a social episode here and there. My Vampire: The Masquerade band game Last Dance was all about that side of the setting, with just a few fights and chases.
Some day I’d like to go full Good Society and run a full high society game... with or without vampires.
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