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    Founding Father claims
    George Washington - starting President, formerly CIC of the Continental Army - Claims: Barry
    John Adams - starting VP - Claims: LW
    Thomas Jefferson - Anti-centralist champion, author of the Declaration of Independence - Claims: Chesser
    Alexander Hamilton - Centralist champion, co-organizer of the Constitutional Convention - Claims: Gandy
    James Madison - Co-organizer of the Constitutional Convention, author of the Constitution - Claims: CF
    Benjamin Franklin - Former chief ambassador to France and revolutionary ideologue - Claims: Perry
    John Jay - Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Confederation Period and abolitionist ideologue - Claims: Chernov
    John Dickinson - Author of the Articles of Confederation
    John Hancock - Most famous signer of the DoI and President of the wartime Continental Congress - Claims: Brewster
    Charles C. Pinckney - Revolutionary War general, centralist delegate to the Constitutional Convention, advocate of slavery and the slave trade - Claims: Lucius
    Daniel Carroll - Delegate to Constitutional Convention and a rare Roman Catholic among the FFs - Claims: Gandy
    Patrick Henry - Great revolutionary orator, anti-centralist ideologue and opponent of the Constitution
    Nathanael Greene - Crucial commander in the Continental Army and Southern Theater overall commander - Claims: Perry
    Horatio Gates - Major Continental Army commander in the Saratoga Campaign and Southern Theater - Claims: Jokern

    Governor claims

    MA - Claims: LW
    NH - Claims: Lucius
    CT - Claims: Barry
    RI -
    NY - Claims: Perry
    NJ - Claims: CFMonkey
    PA - Claims: Jokern
    DE -
    MD - Claims: Perry, Gandy
    VA - Claims: Chesser
    NC - Claims: Lucius
    SC - Claims: Barry
    GA - Claims: Brew

    Character Creation Questionnaire
    Note: You cannot start with more than +3 points in any Skill.

    Heritage
    • Anglo-American: You are, like the majority of the new nation’s inhabitants, descended from English and likely (but not always) Protestant settlers, whether they came aboard the Mayflower in 1620 or were refugees from the English Civil War or came here peacefully in much more recent days. The English have a reputation as cunning traders and are also more likely to have enjoyed leadership positions of prominence in the years leading up to the American Revolution, as well as afterwards. +1 Infantry Command, Wealth or Charisma.
    • Franco-American: You are descended from French settlers who ended up in American soil rather than in what used to be New France to the north and west. If your ancestors weren’t among the many Huguenots fled religious persecution in France, they were probably Catholic political exiles or adventurers who ended up in Maryland, the state intended as a shelter for European Catholics in general. The French are best known for their high culture and as explorers of much of the North American hinterland. +1 Cavalry Command, Charisma or Scout.
    • Scots-Irish: You are the descendant of Scots-Irish, or Ulster Scot, settlers who mainly lived in the interior of the Thirteen Colonies, away from the coast. Your ancestors were likely poor, a consequence of Ireland’s wealth having been concentrated in the hands of British Anglican landlords at the expense of both the Catholic Irish and Protestant Scots-Irish, but hardy and well-suited to the hardscrabble lives they led on the frontier, and no strangers to conflict either with the natives, the ‘Anglo’ coastal settlements, or each other. +1 Skirmish Command, Personal Combat or Survival.
    • Dutch-American: You are the descendant of Dutch settlers, who mostly dwelt in New Netherland (now parts of New York, Delaware, New Jersey and Connecticut) before its cession to Britain in the 1674 Treaty of Westminster. Dutch-Americans were reputed as wealthy patroons (manorial landowners) in the Mid-Atlantic states and as intrepid sailors. +1 to Wealth or Naval Command.
    • Other European-American: You don’t belong to any of the above categories, even though your ancestors were 1) definitely European and 2) established in America, sometimes coming with the earliest settlers in a given state. They may have been Spanish, Italian, German, Scandinavian or even from Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. In any case, they bring with them a diverse set of skills and experiences, though they are less likely (in some cases vastly so) to be accepted in positions of political power than the former three categories. +1 Espionage or Logistician.

    Religion
    • Episcopalian: You are a member of the Episcopalian Church, the dominant religion of the elite in America. Once the Episcopalians were just Anglicans and accordingly recognized the King of Britain as the head of the church, but when the Revolution severed all ties to the British Crown, that obviously had to change. Episcopalians are known for being religiously moderate, broadly accepting of America’s other faiths and to embrace Enlightenment ideology, though protective (sometimes jealously so) of their ties to the nation’s elite.
    • Congregationalist: You belong to one of many Congregationalist churches, typically concentrated in the Northeast of the country. The Congregational Presbyterians are successors of the old Puritans, being staunch Calvinists who believe that God has predetermined the fates of all men toward either salvation or damnation without any human agency in the matter: they’re insular, are most likely to be distrustful of or outright hostile toward other sects, and combine a dead-serious take on the Protestant work-ethic with a zealous drive for spiritual and moral purity in all spheres of life. Dutch-descended Calvinists also fall under the Congregationalist umbrella.
    • Arminian: You belong to one of the Reformed Protestant churches which follow an Arminian doctrine, believing (unlike hard-line Calvinists) that there is room for human free will on the road to salvation. That means you’re most likely a Baptist or Methodist, two sects which enjoy great and growing popularity among the poor but free people of the South and the West: structurally, the Baptists tend to have more in common with the Congregationalists, while the Methodists with their bishops are more similar to Episcopalians. Arminians are not as inclined toward tolerance and liberal ideologies as Episcopalians, but also tend to be more habitually and doctrinally relaxed than Congregationalists.
    • Quaker: You belong to the Society of Friends, a Protestant sect that is especially prominent and influential in the state of Pennsylvania. The Quakes rs were counted among the ‘Dissenting Protestants’ who opposed the established Anglican (and later Episcopalian) church structure, like the Congregationalists, and shared their tight-knit communitarian organization. However, unlike the Congregationalists the Quakers are famously tolerant of other faiths and hold further distinctive beliefs not part of the Protestant mainstream such as staunch pacifism and abolitionism, opposition to material extravagance and swearing oaths, and teetotalism.
    • Catholic: You belong to the Roman Catholic Church, which means you acknowledge the Pope in Rome as the head of the Christian church overall, use the Douay-Rheims Bible and pray the Rosary, among other things. Many Protestant Americans will suspect you and your fellow believers of being an agent of the Papacy, but is not American religious freedom for everyone? Catholics tend to favor other Catholic polities in foreign relations, to not be great fans of radical Enlightenment liberalism, and to be based in Maryland where some of them, such as Charles Carroll, became fabulously successful around the time of the Revolution in history.
    • Deist: You are a Deist. You believe in a vaguely defined Supreme Being which the Christians call God, but only as a creator: as far as you’re concerned, the First Cause does not interact with its creations at all and is content to let them operate as they will. Deists tend to be the most radical embracers of the Enlightenment and all the liberal ideologies it brings. Thomas Jefferson was an example of a historical American Deist.
    • Other: Your creed can’t be said to fall under any of the above four categories. Perhaps it’s a Christian church that doesn’t fit under one of the three main divides of American Protestantism at this time. Perhaps you are not even a Christian, but instead a Jew - there were, after all, Jewish financiers and military men working for the Patriot cause during the Revolution. In any case, you’re quite the outsider to the American political scene, and if you aren’t Christian (or even if you are, but your Christianity isn’t quite recognizably Western/Central European) you’re probably going to be stuck indirectly influencing American politics from outside the political process entirely.

    Idolized philosopher
    • Thomas Hobbes: In your younger years, the political philosopher you looked up to most was Thomas Hobbes. His belief that men would invariably live ‘poor, brutish and short’ lives and destroy one another if left to their natural devices and needed firm order in the form of a social contract in order to not engage in a chaotic ‘war of all against all’ rubbed off on you as a result, leaving you with conservative and ‘big state’ inclinations. +1 Espionage.
    • John Locke: In your younger years, the political philosopher you looked up to most was John Locke. His belief that there existed a moral Law-of-Nature forbidding men from harming one another’s lives or possessions without cause and that a night-watchman state whose role was limited to protecting the lives, liberty and property of its citizens was ideal rubbed off on you as a result, leaving you with moderately liberal inclinations. +1 Wealth.
    • Jean-Jacques Rousseau: In your younger years, the political philosopher you looked up to most was Jean-Jacques Rousseau. His belief that humans were fundamentally good and that direct democracy, whereby all are free even as they impose their will on each other because their own will was taken into account within the general collective, was the best sort of democracy rubbed off on you as a result, leaving you with radically liberal and populistic inclinations. +1 Charisma.

    Early Life
    • Officer: Prior to entering politics, you secured a commission in the British (or if you’re still especially young, Continental) Army and took part in the mid-to-late 18th-century ‘cabinet wars’ between the Great Powers, from King George’s War to the French and Indian War, culminating in the American Revolution. You bring to the table your military experience and fame, or infamy, from your years at war. +1 Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery Command.
    • Sailor: Prior to entering politics, you were a sailor on the high seas. Perhaps you were a captain in the Royal and/or Continental Navies, just a civilian mariner involved in the fishing or shipping industries, or even a privateer who settled down after the Revolution. Being used to the dangers of sailing for long periods of time, you’re keenly aware of how to ration your supplies and pick out the quickest and safest routes of travel. +1 Naval Command.
    • Frontiersman: Prior to entering politics, you lived on the wild western frontier of the former Thirteen Colonies. There you befriended other poor but determined pioneers and learned how to hunt and dress game, light fires, read smoke signals, fend off hostile Indian raids while dealing with friendly ones, and in general not die in the wilds. When the Revolution happened, it may have passed you by, or you may have participated as an irregular fighter. +1 Skirmish Command or Survival.
    • Merchant: Prior to entering politics, you ran your own business as a merchant of at least local note. In this role you not only crunched numbers but also learned to buy low and sell high, to efficiently manage not only accounts but also your workers, to spot and plan for both opportunities and risks, and to deal with both competitors and tough customers - all skills that should serve you well in the realm of politics. +1 Wealth.
    • Diplomat: In your younger years, you were a member of the diplomatic corps, and thus was enmeshed in politics quite early on. Prior to the outbreak of the Revolution, you may have already been working as an envoy for Britain; afterwards, you represented America in critical negotiations with the French, Spanish and Dutch, helping to bring these Great Powers into the fight against the British. +1 Charisma.

    Role in the Revolution
    • Infantry Commander: You were, at most, a colonel in the Continental Army, commanding over a unit of line infantry or riflemen up to regiment-size. As commissioned officers up to the rank of colonel did, you fought at the front lines with your men, sharing the glory of victory and the bitterness of defeat, taking injuries in battle, and wearing out your boots beneath you as you marched with them. +1 Infantry Command, Personal Combat or Rearguard.
    • Cavalry Officer: You were, at most, a colonel in the Continental Army, commanding over a unit of cavalry up to regiment size. The Continental Army’s cavalry were predominantly light scouts or dragoons, and so you and your men would have spent most of your time scouting ahead of the main army or taking on British foragers & scouts in isolated skirmishers rather than charging into massed redcoat formations. +1 Cavalry Command, Scout or Survival.
    • General Officer: You were a general officer in the Continental Army, likely far removed from the front lines. Instead your role was at the war table, planning out operations, measuring resources and wrangling with the Continental Congress and your fellow generals over the direction of the war. At most, on the field you were likely directing artillery fire from the rear. If the Infantry and Cavalry Officers were the arms of the Continental forces, you were one of its brain cells. +1 Artillery Command or Logistician.
    • Naval Officer: You captained a ship or commanded squadrons of multiple ships in the Continental Navy during the war. In this capacity, in addition to maintaining discipline among your crew and maximizing usage of the talents of your specialists (navigator, bosun, etc) you had the unenviable task of battling the mightiest sea power in the world - the Royal Navy - on its home ‘turf’. Still, you proved (as historical US naval commanders, such as John Paul Jones, did) that it could be done. +1 Naval Command or Scout.
    • Irregular Fighter: You were a Patriot engaged in guerrilla warfare during the Revolution. Leaving conventional warfare against the redcoats to the brave and the stupid, you took to the back-country with a trusty rifle or hunting musket and spent the conflict sniping British officers, ambushing isolated patrols and supply convoys, and battling Loyalist or ‘Tory’ militias and pro-British Indian warbands. Dishonorable, perhaps, but nobody dares deny that what you did during the war wasn’t effective. +1 Skirmish Command, Espionage or Pillager.
    • Congressman: During the war, you were part of the Continental Congress. You did not fight in the field but instead politically represented the American states & people, presenting their demands to the British Crown at the Revolution’s eve and providing civilian leadership to revolutionary forces which foreign countries could negotiate with. As a delegate of the Congress, you also likely wrangled with overambitious generals from time to time, and may have even fought a duel or several over honor in clashes with prickly fellow Congressmen. +1 Wealth, Personal Combat or Charisma.

    Role in the Confederation Period
    • Congressman: Whether a newcomer or already a member of the wartime Continental Congress, you became a member of the post-Revolutionary War Congress of the Confederation, the feeble and virtually powerless nominal legislature of the USA under the original Articles of Confederation. With no military, no means of acquiring revenue, and little credence in the eyes of foreign powers, you and the rest of this Congress may as well not have existed - but you and it did, and despite your overall powerlessness, you still learned valuable political lessons & forged connections with the other Congressmen while you were there. +1 Charisma or Espionage.
    • Mercenary: Following the Patriot victory in the Revolutionary War, the dissolution of the armed forces and the ascent of the Articles of Confederation, you could not countenance a return to civilian life for whatever reason and went abroad to join another country’s army or navy (preferably not Britain’s, considering they were unlikely to view a traitor positively). For a time you fought under a foreign flag and in foreign wars, quitting and returning to America only around the time the Constitution was ratified. +1 Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Skirmish or Naval Command, or Logistician.
    • Planter: Following the Patriot victory in the Revolutionary War, the dissolution of the armed forces and the ascent of the Articles of Confederation, you retired to life on your country estate until the time came to get more involved in public life. As a planter, you would have been busy managing your estate - whether it was worked by slaves, free tenants, or a mix of both - and keeping up with other socialites in peacetime, which may have also involved getting into duels over honor. +1 Charisma or Personal Combat.
    • Tycoon: Following the Patriot victory in the Revolutionary War, the dissolution of the armed forces and the ascent of the Articles of Confederation, you retired to civilian life as a merchant prince until the time came to get more involved in public life. As a business tycoon, your primary concern would obviously have been trying to make more money than ever before, whether as a shipping magnate, a large proto-retailer, a mail delivery boss, etc. +1 Wealth or Espionage.
    • Great Yeoman: Following the Patriot victory in the Revolutionary War, the dissolution of the armed forces and the ascent of the Articles of Confederation, you retired to your farm until the time came to get more involved in public life. As a major yeoman farmer, you not only tended to your crops and herds with the aid of family members and hired farmhands, but also got involved with and often informally represented your community. You may also have harbored sympathies for yeoman revolts in the Confederation Period such as Shays’ Rebellion. +1 Charisma or Survival.


    Skills
    1. Military Skills

    - Infantry Command: +1 to battle rolls when commanding purely infantry (Line or Grenadier) units per level. Gained when a character leads an infantry regiment or regiments to victory an engagement against even or disadvantageous odds.

    - Skirmish Command: +1 to battle rolls when commanding purely light infantry (Rifleman or Militia) units per level. Gained when a character leads a light infantry regiment or regiments to victory an engagement against even or disadvantageous odds.

    - Cavalry Command: +1 to battle rolls when commanding purely cavalry units per level. Gained when a character leads a cavalry regiment or regiments to victory an engagement against even or disadvantageous odds.

    - Artillery Command: +1 to battle rolls when commanding purely artillery units per level. Gained when a character leads an artillery battery or batteries to victory an engagement against even or disadvantageous odds.

    - Naval Command:+1 to battle rolls at sea per level. Gained when a character wins a naval engagement against even or disadvantageous odds.

    - Pillager: Improves loot gained from raids, see Raid rules. Gained after every 3 raids.

    - Scout: +1 to detecting armies preparing to attack the force the character is in command of, and -1 to enemy detection rolls made on an army your character is in command of. This applies if the character is specifically in command of the scouts (in RP this can be confirmed with anything like 'Scouts', 'Outriders', 'Light Horse', 'Cavalry', anything that can easily be interpreted as being in charge of the scouts) or successfully ambushes an opposing force.

    - Logistician: Armies this character is in overall command of move 5% faster. Calculate total marching time in hours and subtract x%. Gained on request on a per-campaign if moderators feel the character's army's mobility has significantly contributed to a successful outcome.

    - Rearguard: -1 to your army's rout casualty rolls. Applies only if the character is in command of the reserve. Gained if the army the character is in retreats in good order (i.e. the reserve wins their fight with the victorious enemy flank and no rout roll is made).

    2. Personal Skills

    - Survival: +1 to surviving death rolls and in duel defensive rolls. Gained if the character loses a battlefield duel (e.g. no sparring, training, friendly, or tourney duels) but is not killed by his opponent or from surviving an assassination attempt.

    - Personal Combat. +1 to duel and jousting rolls. Gained if victorious in a duel that occurs either during a serious battle situation (a real battle, not a practice fight, tournament melee, training etc.) or if the victor is the winner of a tournament. Can be gained under other conditions if mod approved (highly unlikely). Does not require the death of the other combatant.

    - Espionage: +1 to any rolls related to underhanded subterfuge - spying or assassinating someone, stealing something, trying to manufacture evidence, etc. - that wouldn’t logically be covered under another trait (ex. Charisma, for trying to persuade an NPC to join you). Gained if the character successfully executes a feat of subterfuge.

    - Wealth: +5% to province income if you are a lordly character or +5% to asset income if you are a merchant character. Gained if the character uses their wealth to achieve something political (e.g. bribery, blackmail, buying someone's death) at moderation discretion.

    - Charisma: +1 to any rolls to convince an AI character to do something. Gained if the AI character is convinced to switch loyalties from any one party to another. This must be a switch of political or military allegiance.
    Last edited by chesser2538; September 10, 2019 at 09:59 AM. Reason: Adjusted for Claims.

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