So, again with the disclaimer that several Traits will address of other aspects of the character related to PRESENCE, I went with a lower score simply based upon Hellboy's personality.) In fact, he doesn't get ANY respect, except from godlike fallen angels dressed as monks. It's part of Mignola's comic's charm that Hellboy is just this big, demon-looking guy that travels around the world fighting monsters and no one barely comments or panics (with one notable exception). Despite his 'inheritance' he shows little tendency towards leadership, and is not known to be charming, suave, or even intimidating except for threat of violence. That said, Hellboy is antisocial, withdrawn, blunt, undiplomatic, and quick-tempered.

Hellboy's the type to frequently 'throw back one' with a few buddies, be they werewolf-fighting Catholic priests or the ghostly skeletons of sailors at the bottom of the sea. He is generally well-liked and has a large number of friends across the world, if few of them are intimately close with him. Hellboy is sort of a Gruff Lower-Class Everyman, antagonistic towards pretension, and usually the one to call a spade a spade. It wasn't until I left it and was reading another part of the book that I realized Hellboy's imposing appearance would be covered by specific TRAITS and that PRESENCE is mostly a rating of personality, charisma, and congeniality at least that's my understanding based on the attribute's description in the GM's guide. (This will probably immediately seem too low to a lot of Hellboy fans, and is probably the score I wrestled with the longest. (Hellboy's not remarkably witty or creative, but he's no dunce and retains a surprising amount of information about the supernatural and the myths surrounding them.)

(He's not a clutz, but agility is not one of Hellboy's strong suits.) (Hellboy does have a tendency to stumble into traps & take the first hit in a fight more often than not, though he is a competent (more 'beat cop' than 'Carnacki') investigator, able to identify clues in his surroundings, so I averaged out the two aspects that Awareness conceivably covers.)

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