Another one fights the dust...

BRAVO (#26/31, #86/365) [POT]

SKILL: 6

STAMINA: 8

ATTACKS: 1

WEAPON: See below

ARMOUR: See below

DAMAGE MODIFIER: +1 to Damage Roll

HABITAT: Towns, Ruins, Dungeons   

NUMBER ENCOUNTERED: 1-3

TYPE: Humanoid

REACTION: Unfriendly-Hostile

INTELLIGENCE: Average-High

While most rogues like to rely on speed and skill of mind, mouth and hand, there are those who, while still sharp of thought and dexterity, prefer to employ a bit more muscle in their chosen vocation across various urban nightscapes. Called many things - bruiser, bouncer, enforcer, standover-merchant, and so on - the BRAVO is usually found operating in settlements throughout Titan, keeping the peace (or not) at taverns and inns, acting as hired-muscle for sundry ne'er-do-well types, collecting money and other debts with menaces, or even providing an introductory service to the local underworld or poor quarter. 

The Bravo almost always has the Strongarm Talent and the Brawling Special Skill, but otherwise can vary considerably in appearance and armament. Some, such as Half-Trolls or Dwarfs may prefer traditional weapons like axes and hammers, while others may be armed with all sorts of instruments of pain-infliction. Armour is limited to different kinds of leather accoutrements, while shields are rarely used, if at all. To randomly determine what type of weapon or armour a Bravo may have, roll on the tables below:

Die Roll Weapon Type

1             Armoured Fist

2             Pistol (Roll: 1-3 Flintlock, 4-6 Matchlock)

3             Club

4             Blackjack

5             Needleknife

6             Martial Arts (no armour worn)

Die Roll Armour Type

1-2         Leather Cuirass

3-4         Leather Jack

5-6         Leather Hauberk

Possibly the most well-known Bravo of recent times is the Half-Troll Torag the Mighty (see Heroes of Titan, p. 41) from the city of Arion on Khul's eastern coastline. Another, Rog of Coven, was infamous for the sticky end they met at the claws of some unknown creature of havoc that shambled out of the wilderness and slew Rog, who was administering a beating to the Man-Orc rogue Grognag Clawtooth, after the latter had recently eaten Rog's dog, alive.