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Raul Ramírez of Clan Brujah. Cage fighter. [VTM oc rp blog]

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I made a Raul miniature in Hero Forge and I love him. 

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Raul Ramírez

stage name ‘Machado’ Brujah, hotblood, prize fighter

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RATTLE THE CAGE

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Character | Profile

GENERAL

Name: Raul Alejandro Ramírez Nickname: Machado (stage name) Sex/Gender: Male/Male Ethnicity: Puerto Rican Date of birth - death: July 28, 1921 - June 20, 1966 Clan/Bloodline: Brujah Generation: 12th Affiliation: Anarchs Current haven: Basement of a former convenience store in an abandoned block of buildings that has been marked for demolition for years. It stands, so long as other urban development projects take precedence.

APPEARANCE

Apparent age: Apart from a few gray strands here and there, his hair is still deep black, but the lines in his face betray a man in his forties. Height/Weight: 5'11" (180 cm) / about 255 lbs (115 kg) Facial hair: A thick, coarse beard. Hair: Deep black. Shaved close to the scalp on the sides, longer on top. Eyes: Formerly dark brown, now a pale red. Skin: A medium brown gone just a little ashen with the loss of his life. Build: Muscular and heavy in life. Death did take a bit of the oomph out of him, but he does still fit the 'strongman' type, just not quite as exaggerated. Voice: Rough and gruff. Apparel: Whatever fits comfortably. Relative to his height, he’s very broad and muscled, which complicates finding clothes that fit well. His arms are thick, and he often prefers sleeveless plaid or denim shirts, or sleeveless t-shirts. Things that stretch. Sweater vests, sweat pants. He does have a few pairs of jeans and a leather jacket, but they’re very well-worn. It’s not often he finds any that fit just right. 

DEMEANOR

In life, Raul was rebellious and belligerent. He still is, today, but faced with potential immortality and a vast sea of time ahead, he's mellowed a bit. At his best, he is laid-back and easy-going, doesn't give a damn. On the flip-side, he is uninvolved and selfish. He's always looking for the quickest way to gratification. Ultimately, when it really comes down to it, he doesn't care about anyone or anything but himself. He'll help out a friend, but as soon as it stops being amusing, he's out. He is ruthless and callous, yet surprisingly quick to forgive: too detached for pity, too detached to hold a grudge.

COMMON KNOWLEDGE AND RUMORS

Rebellion is in his blood, but there's no such thing as 'the cause' with Raul. His cause is his own, but occasionally he'll align it with the Anarchs. He's been an active participant in several Anarch attacks on the Camarilla, and he can be considered a veteran when it comes to the war against the Sabbat. This has earned him some fame and some infamy, depending whose side you're on. He's certainly not so (in)famous that every kindred has heard of him – far from it, in fact – but it's not hard to dig up some stories of his often savage exploits with a little asking around.

However, he is a veritable celebrity among a select group of kine with an interest in underground cage fighting. He's done other types of unlicensed prize fighting in the past, but his current gig is with an illegal club in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle, just across the Duwamish Waterway from Georgetown. He fights under the name of Machado, and in this era of smartphones there are videos of some of his fights on the internet. Among fans and gamblers who put their money on these fights, he's most known for his ability to take hits and deliver brutal finishers. 

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Character | Stats

These stats derive from the rules of the 5th edition of Vampire: The Masquerade (2018). With a newly embraced 13th generation Fledgling as a foundation, I made additions and increments according to the (un)life events, experience and skill I think the character has gained in the decades that have passed since.

I strongly favor plot and narrative over stats and dice rolls. These numbers are not gospel.

ATTRIBUTES

Strength ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️ Dexterity ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️ Stamina ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️

Charisma ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️ Manipulation ⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️ Composure ⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️

Intelligence ⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️ Wits ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️ Resolve ⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️

Health: ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️ Willpower: ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️ Humanity: ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️

SKILLS

Athletics ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️ Brawl (Grappling) ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️ Drive ⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️ Firearms ⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️ Larceny ⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️ Melee ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️ Stealth ⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️ Survival (Urban) ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️ Intimidation ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️ Performance (Prizefighting) ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️ Streetwise ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️ Awareness ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️

DISCIPLINES

Potence ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️ Celerity ⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️ Fortitude ⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️

Blood potency: ⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️

ADVANTAGES and FLAWS

+ Criminal contacts; from Alleycat predator type ⚫️⚫️⚫️ + Bloodhound; from being an avid hunter ⚫️ + Haven; private and secure in the basement of an abandoned building ⚫️ + Fame; with a select (human) subculture, from being a cage fighter ⚫️ + Resources; lives from paycheck to paycheck, fight to fight ⚫️ + Respected (Anarchs); from having been active in sect wars ⚫️⚫️

- Obvious predator; from taking so well to the Beast within ⚫️⚫️ - Shunned (Sabbat); from having been active in sect wars ⚫️⚫️ - Suspect (Camarilla); they know he has fought them in the past ⚫️

BUILD - Reasoning behind the dots

Raul lived an ‘eventful’ life in his mortal days. As a youth, he fell in with the wrong crowd and ran with gangs. He begins with a specialist skill loadout + utilizing some of the 15 free XP awarded to new characters of the 12th and 13th generation, with dots in Athletics 3, Brawl 4, Larceny 1, Melee 3, Stealth 1, Survival 3, Intimidation 1, Streetwise 2 and Awareness 1, adding Drive 2 and Firearms 2 to reflect his military training from when he was drafted into service.

Though his sire’s other childe tried to instruct him otherwise, Raul feeds by assaulting whomever when he’s hunting. He indiscriminately stalks and overpowers. The Alleycat predator type adds the specialty ‘grappling’ to the Brawl skill, adds a dot in Potence, subtracts a point of humanity, and adds three dots’ worth of criminal contacts. 

His sire’s other childe has instructed him in more than just the basics of unlife. She also taught him to strengthen his physical resolve, to supplement his innate disciplines: Gained a dot in the Fortitude discipline (7 XP), which allows him to add this dot to his Health (Resilience, raising Health from 6 to 7).

Over the course of his unlife, Raul further developed his talents, gaining one more dot in Larceny, Stealth and Streetwise (21 XP total), and two more dots in Intimidation and Awareness (30 XP total). Gained 3 dots in Performance (18 XP total) over the course of decades as a prizefighter.

Raul has been an active participant in the sect wars of the 90′s and early 2000′s, which has gained him renown among Anarchs and infamy among what’s left of the Sabbat.  

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RAUL

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