| “ | “As I sipped my drink that evening, I was approached by Percy Fawcett, famous explorer and hunter of the Lost City of Z!” |
Famous Explorers are real-world celebrities of the Victorian Era. One will be your main rival during the campaign, and others may randomly offer to join you for a single trek along the way.
Unlike Leaders and Companions, Famous Explorers:
- do not take up any character slots in your party;
- do not have a Loyalty attribute;
- do not have Experience Levels and thus cannot be promoted;
- have a base carrying Capacity of only 1;
- have a unique drawback among their abilities;
- have pre-set Equipment that cannot be changed in any way.
Note: Famous Explorer equipment has the same level as the current Campaign year (1 in 1886, 2 in 1887 etc.). Remember to take this equipment into account as it may alleviate an explorer's drawbacks (e.g. Isabella Bird is slower to start travel but has a Hiking Stick to reduce tile costs.)
| Name | Traits | 
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Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Fawcett |
|
70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Isabella Bird |
|
60 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jules Verne |
|
60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Annie Oakley |
|
60 | 1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 2/2 | |
| Sacagewa |
|
60 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Wong Fei-hung |
|
70 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |