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Andy
CREATURE: Felinomancer
A curious and eclectic nerd, he has more passions than free time. To try to remedy this problem, he is considering becoming a vampire or learning to control time, preferring the latter because of his love of good food.
SKILLS
| Penchant for oddities | SEO knight |
| Empathy with strange animals | Getting lost in nature |
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Marika “Makublaster” Polla
CREATURE: Woodland Elf
Born in 1995, also known as Makublaster, she is a DM and content creator. She only got into role-playing games in 2018, but since then she has been hooked and feels a constant need to play, master and experiment with new RPGs.
SKILLS
| Chaotic improvisation | Endless energy |
| Navigator of the depths | Easy-going talker |
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Paolo
CREATURE: Necromancer / investigator
He has always been undecided whether to pursue a career as a necromancer or become a detective in Victorian London. While waiting to figure it out, he spends his time watching anime and reading books.
| Contemptuous look | Accidents happen |
| Avid reader | Sharp irony |
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Alessandro
CREATURE: Swordsman Nerd
A nerd since birth, passionate about many things (perhaps too many): video games, writing, literature, music. Ever since he discovered role-playing games, it has been love at first sight, and now he is considering extending his days to 48 hours so he can do everything.
| Computer science | Swashbuckling |
| No time management | Reading |
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Elena
CREATURE: Anxious Human
A communications student with too many passions. When she decides to take a break from travelling, she is definitely rolling the dice.
| Procrastinate | Get excited about a thousand things at once |
| Cook Indian food | Buy Flixbus tickets for £2 |
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Francesca
CREATURE: Great Ancient
He dresses in black but has a yellow soul, hangs out with feline friends, and collects games and dice that he doesn’t have enough time to play.
| Time tracking | Typo detecting |
| Game scouting | Podcaster |
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Gianluca
CREATURE: Gaffe Bearer and Sardinian Stabber
Nato in terra antica, di coltelli e rancore, è stato portato da uno squarcio spazio dimensionale a vivere gdr sci-fi e post-apocalittici nella vana speranza di liberarsi di lui. Ma egli ancora persiste, con goffaggine e testardaggine.
| Applied megalomania | Evoke flock |
| Advanced procrastination | Fascinate aliens |
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Magatama
CREATURE: Tiefling (strictly blue) wizard
The little man of languages. He carries a book with him that has the words DON’T PANIC printed on the cover in large, reassuring letters.
| Dardo di Fuoco | Palla di Fuoco |
| Muro di Fuoco | Invisibilità |
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Stefano
CREATURE: Dot-on-the-i distributor
Fifty per cent Merlin the Magician and fifty per cent Anacleto, suffering from a deep addiction to all things narrative. He manages to satisfy this addiction by combining his main passions, writing and role-playing.
SKILLS
| Applied nit-picking | Speed reading |
| Caustic writing | Stirring up controversy |
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Vittorio “Qu3st” Ballerio Castoldi
CREATURE: Antique Vampire
An old vampire born in 1999, I leave the century to you. I try to survive despite my poor health thanks to stoicism and stubbornness. An antiquarian at heart, a perfectionist in life, I am infiltrating many areas of role-playing. An eternal student who knows he does not know, but tries to learn.
| Finding Rare Manuals | Keen Observer |
| Useless Knowledge | Senseless Resistance |
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Elisabetta
CREATURE: Nerdus nell’animus
If the Olympics included juggling commitments, passions, work and social life as a discipline, I would be in the running. Instead, I am exhausted like so many others.
| Brave cat mum | Role-player |
| Board game player | Gamer |
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Andrea “Cohan”
CREATURE: Lineage of Durin
Manca
SKILLS
| Grumpy Old Dwarf | Master of the Grumpy Hammer Guild |
| Grumpy Worldsmith | Seeker of Grumpy Relics |
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Elisa “Mighty Snail”
CREATURE: Wise Snail
A girl who loves simple pleasures in life: a good book to read while lying on the grass, a fun video game to play when it’s raining outside, or an adventurous role-playing game to play with friends.
SKILLS
| All-seeing eyes | Elusive mind |
| Hardened naturalist | Caterpillar caresser |
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Uncle Fil
CREATURE: Doctor Anxiomante
Too old to be a young player, too young to be an old player. Too little time to be a passionate player, too much passion to be a casual player. Too many manuals to still have a bank account, unfortunately not enough bank accounts to have even more manuals.
SKILLS
| Improved Collecting | Soporific Soliloquies |
| Tavern Economy | Focused weapon (dice) |
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Calle
CREATURE: Ronin
Description: A devil with a mind of his own and just as many ideas, he has been involved in role-playing games since he developed his own consciousness. Constantly on the lookout for interesting and bizarre new things, he reads everything he can find and invents just as many things himself.
SKILLS
| Creative hybridisation | Advanced procrastination |
| Ability to nap anywhere | Excessive curiosity |
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Judith
CREATURE: Vampire bard
I have been wandering the Land of Ooo in search of new adventures with my Psychic War Elephant Tandem for more than a thousand years.
SKILLS
| Eager musician | Strange shape-shifter |
| Bat wings and demonic powers | Drinks the colour red to heal itself |
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Mattia
CREATURE: Walker of dreams (before coffee)
Handsome (on the inside), likeable (to some); but he also has his faults. He does things with sounds, and sometimes they turn out well.
SKILLS
| Improved caffeine intake | Making grumpy old man comments (music was better before!) |
| Holding entire conversations by quoting films | Escaping from social situations |
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Alle
CREATURE: Library Skaven
A curious and nosy scholar, passionate about knowledge through any medium. Following the recipe of the three little pigs, he built himself a house made of books, which he continues to accumulate relentlessly. If you go out with him, make sure there are no bookshops nearby.
SKILLS
| Flattering chatter | Rampant hyperactivity |
| Sunday strategist | Knowledge collector |
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Diego “Alastor”
CREATURE: Cat-like mimicry
I am a student with serious memory problems when something does not interest me much. Otherwise, I put a lot of passion into everything I do, from video games to sports, from mastering campaigns to writing settings for my fantastic group of reckless madmen.
SKILLS
| Oops, I forgot | I’ll do it later |
| Megalomaniac Builder | Endless chatter |
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