Friday, December 14, 2018

Bravo Retainers of Haven

Bravos are catch-all term to describe and small group of upper class hooligans who feel the need to prove their status by bullying their inferiors, spending far too much on their appearance and equipment, and get into conflict with other bravos over (real or imagined) slights against their honor. The bravos aren't a formal gang or organization by any means - in fact if they actually organized they might be a force to be reckoned with.

Bravos are difficult to deal with at the best of times, but as adventurers, the PCs have a slight advantage.  The bravos are generally impressed with members of the Guild of Defenestration because they actually go into the Underworld and survive! They are even more impressed with freelancers who ignore the "shackles of society" and do their own thing. If a PC is able to convince a bravo to join their crew as a retainer, they get a valuable ally.

Some Rules: Bravos are difficult teenagers and as such social interactions are rolled with Disadvantage. Adventurers are somewhat respected and get to add half their level to reaction rolls when dealing with Bravos.  As freelancers who buck the system, the PCs do not have Disadvantage when interacting with them ... until they act like "the man". Once a Bravo Retainer is part of the party, the party gains Advantage for all future Bravo encounters as the Bravos all want to one-up each other.

Bravo Stats
Roll as regular henchmen, but Attack and Defense must each be at least +1. Also roll once on the Boon and once on the Bane tables.

1d6
Boon
Bane
1
Always has a loaded pistol hidden upon their person
Always intoxicated on (d4)
1. Booze 2. Cocaine 3. Weed 4. Vengeance
2
Knows all sorts of folks; advantage on social interactions in the Bravos' district while they are with the crew
Has a mean streak that will be their eventual very public and very profane downfall
3
Has  KO of +8 - the guy just won't go down! 
Overconfident in a way that the players have never seen - the bravo will eventually assume they are in charge of the party
4
Secretly an amateur alchemist; attempts to identify potions are made with Advantage
has a pack of enemies that are out to get them - and all associates (the party) as well
5
family heirloom is a magic weapon that the bravo took out of the case in the family home
Universally despised by the noble houses because they are, in short, an insufferable asshole
6
accomplished warrior; the bravo has at least one warrior initial ability
has a secret agenda that involves tricking the party into a dangerous situation to trade their lives to make up for past mistakes


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