Dr. Woland

An old man with a vicious temperament.

> ***There's no form of life-extension that the self-dubbed Dr. "Woland" hasn't dabbled in. Whether (unsuccessfully) trying to upload human brains into computers, or (failing) to render the human genome unaging, there's little time in his long life that hasn't been spent trying to become immortal.***
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> Dr. Woland's description in the game's GameJolt page.
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**Dr. Woland** is a main character and the deuteragonist of Play Rough.

## Appearance

Dr. Woland is a human male of indeterminate racial origins. He has a big black bushy afro and wears rose-colored round glasses, a tie and a white cloak with what seems to be a black full-body suit underneath.

## Personality

For the most part Dr. Woland acts in a friendly or cheeky manner, helping Beau from passing out in a desert to cracking some few jokes along the way. But at the same time, Dr. Woland can be aggressive as stated in his description and the fact he treats the YPF with hostility. He can also show no remorse, as he murders Marko Babic if the player chooses to spare him.

## In Battle & Moveset

In combat, Dr. Woland specializes in inflicting status effects on enemies by brandishing his scalpel, singling out an enemy, or causing a blinding light reflected from his glasses.

Though rarely directly attacking an enemy, he's an invaluable asset to the party. He helps Beau by lowering enemy stats, such as defense and hit rate, buying Beau enough time to heal or replenish SP, and/or allowing them to set up a devastating combo. Dr. Woland is also the only party member to always consistently recover his HP with his Fix Glasses skill, due to Beau having various drawbacks with their Bite skill and Valentine becoming a higher priority target with her Value Dance skill.

The only time Dr. Woland is ever needed to deal damage is if Beau manages to inflict Fallen, allowing Dr. Woland to follow up with his Execution skill for massive damage, as his standard Poke skill deals negligible damage. Later on, Dr. Woland learns the Smoke Bomb skill, allowing him to increase his evasion. This is especially useful since he has a lower HP pool than Beau, although he has a larger SP pool.

## Battle Quotes

* Hah!
* You can thank me later.

## Default Equipment

* Weapon : Blunt Scalpel
* Trinket : Violet Tie
* Headgear : Rose-Tinted Glasses
* Clothing : Musty Cloak
* Accessory : N/A

## Trivia

* The quotations around Dr. Woland's name in his GameJolt biography may indicate that Woland is not his real name.
	+ The mystery surrounding his name has been perpetuated by Nothing Master, who commented that Woland is also the pseudonym of Satan in the novel The Master and Margarita. The implications of this are interesting, considering Woland's absurd age.
* The game's trailer states that the game takes place in the year 2121. In the game's GameJolt page, it's shown that Dr. Woland was born in the year 2013. This would mean that Dr. Woland is 107-108 years old, since it's unknown whether or not Dr. Woland's birthday had happened.
* In the Astyages boss fight, it's shown that Dr. Woland's Tarot Arcana is **XII - The Hanged Man**.
* Woland's canonical blood type is AB.

1. ↑ https://prnt.sc/XRCaOYCiMHA2
2. ↑ https://prnt.sc/uGWnGYKjkQ9o