[DataPacRat]

FYI, barring any last-minute tweaks (or corrections for accidental rule-breaking) in the next few hours, here's the charsheet I'll be proposing.


Character Concept: The answer-getter guy.

Primary party role: Force multiplier, helping the group get the greatest results while spending the least effort. Eg, telling the combat-guy that wereotters are known to retreat when presented with iridium, passing the faceman/negotiator selected excerpts from an old online dating profile, handing building security wiring plans to the techie and the sneaky-guy, and reminding the medic when nothing better is available that strawberry-leaf extract has been used to relieve minor intestinal upset.

Secondary party role: Backup techie, medic, and jack-of-most-trades.

Cost to party: Not particularly physically robust, nearly as useless as any other civilian in front-line combat. Suggested cost minimization: If he can't be kept away from a fight, use him for combat support, eg ferrying ammo, dragging wounded, etc.


GURPS Abilities: (Total: [45])
[-10] ST: 9
[-] Basic Damage: 1d-2 thrust, 1d-1 swing
[0] Hit Points: 9
[-] Basic Lift: 16 lbs
[-20] DX: 9
[100] IQ: 15
[-5] Will: 14
[-10] Perception: 13
[-10] HT: 9
[0] Fatigue: 9
[0] Basic Speed: 4.5
[0] Dodge: 7
[0] Basic Move: 4 yards/second

Zero-point items:
[0] Right-Handed
[0] Home Gravity: 1G
[0] Size Modifier: 0
[0] Native Technology Level: 8
[0] Cultural Familiarity: Western
[0] Language: English (Native)
[0] Citizenship: Canadian

Advantages: (Total: [146])
[18] "I've read /all/ the books; just give me a few minutes to go over some notes to refresh my memory..." aka "Digital Super Memorization": Modular Abilities, 6 points per slot (/nearly/ anything), 4 points per point in slot (rearranging points is slow, but not particularly costly or subject to external interference). 2 slots, 2 points each. Limitation: No Combat Skills (-10%). (pP52)
[45] "Bayesian Analytical Techniques": Common Sense, Conscious (+50%, pPowers45) (15); plus Intuition (15); plus Oracle (Digital) (pP65) (15)
[7] "Vest-o-stuff": Gizmos (5); plus Perk: Equipment: Doodad (pPowerUps9) (1); plus Signature Gear (safari vests (and cargo shorts, and belts with hidden pockets, and etc) and pocket gadgetry, value $10k) (1).

[2] "Cereal box reader": Language: French (Broken)
[6] "Geek cute": Pitiable (5); plus Perk: Appearance: Honest Face (1); plus Appearance: Average (0).
[5] "Furry Fandom": Claim to Hospitality (can find people to crash on a couch with in many cities)
[5] "They're better company than most humans": Animal Empathy
[5] "Cryonic contract": Extra life (25), Unreliable (succeeds on 5-, -80%), Accessibility (Delayed Return, estimated 20+ years to develop revival technology, -80%) (Limitations capped at -80%). (Alternate writeup: Signature Gear: Life insurance and service contract with cryonics organization worth roughly $50,000: 5 points.)
[1] "What really matters.": Perk: Controllable Disadvantage: Extreme Fanatacism (philosophy: prevent the permanent extinction of sapience) (1).
[7] "Personal Digital Library": Signature Gear, $50k value (4); plus Perk: Better Ebooks (value *1.5) (1); plus Perk: Equipment Bond (1)
[5] "Flow state": Single-Minded
[5] "Bookworm mk 1": Talent: Academic, 1 level (pPowerUps3-6)
[20] "Bookworm v2.0": Talent: Computer Wizard, 4 levels (pPowerUps3-9)
[5] "I've read a /lot/ of scifi": Versatile
[1] "Still Don't Want To Repeat The Experience": Perk: Resistant to nausea from skunk spray, +3 (skunks described at pDF5-11.)
[1] "Remember to rotate your magnetic tapes regularly." Perk: Shtick: Standard Operating Procedure (digital backups) (pPowerUps15)
[1] "Boy-scout level camper": Perk: Skill: Dabbler: Bicycling default+2, Cooking +2, First Aid +2, Hiking +2 (pPU2-16)
[1] "Science enthusiast": Perk: Skill: Dabbler: Astronomy at default+3, Biology +2, Physics+2 (pPU2-16)
[1] "Some Loompanics books that stuck": Perk: Skill: Dabbler: Holdout +1, Liquid Projector/TL8 (Sprayer) +2, Lockpicking +1, Melee Weapon: Knife +2, Scrounging +2 (pPU2-16)
[1] Perk: Skill: Cross-Trained (Computer Operation) (pPowerUps16)
[1] Perk: Skill: Efficient (Computer Operation) (pPowerUps16)
[1] Perk: Skill: Efficient (Research) (pPowerUps16)
[1] "Let me Google that for you": Perk: Skill: No Nuisance Rolls (Computer Operation, searching for data) pPU2-16
[1] "I know /all/ the libraries": Perk: Social: "Born Researcher": Networked (Organizations: Information Sources), pSE79, pSE46

Disadvantages: (Total: [-69])
[-15] "Live forever or die trying": Obsession (Immortality), resist 12- (-10); plus Cowardice, resist 15- (-5); plus Unusual Background: Cryonicist (0)
[-7] "Occasional anhedonia": Chronic Depression, resist 15-. (During bouts, tries to cope by retreating into comforting nostalgia of 1980's media and comics.)
[-10] "Moe": Bad Sight (Nearsighted), Mitigator (glasses)
[-5] "Civilian": Pacifism (Reluctant Killer)
[-5] "Intellectual Integrity": Code of Honor (Scientist's) (3e, pAC89)
[-5] "Snores loud enough to be mistaken for a wildebeest in heat": Noisy, 5 levels (10), Only when asleep (-50%)
[-5] "Furry fan": Xenophilia, resist 15-
[-5] "It's so hard to restrain myself around those who willfully blind themselves to what the evidence implies." Odious Personal Habit: Prefers the truth to being popular: Reaction penalty -2 (10); Limitation: Accessibility: Self-Control Roll of 12- (-50%).
[-3] "Non-24-hour sleep/wake disorder": Extra Sleep (averaging 10.625 hours of sleep out of every 25.5); plus Controllable Disadvantage: Insomniac (1)
[-2] "Asthma": Unfit, Mitigator (inhalers)
[-1] "Schizoid": Oblivious (-5); plus Shyness, Severe (-10); plus Quirk: Uncongenial (-1); plus Indomitable (15)
[0] "Semi-permanently Unemployed": Independent Income (government cheque): $800/month (20); plus Wealth: Poor (Starting Wealth: $4,000) (-15); plus Debt (general debts): -$160/month (-4); plus Status 0 (monthly cost of living $600) (0); plus Debt (to pay for cryonic contract): $40/month.
[-1] "Short and wide": Build: Overweight
[-1] "My brain's screwed up enough already": Quirk: Vow: Teetotaler
[-1] "The Bayesian evidence strongly implies...": Quirk: Belief: Atheist
[-1] Quirk: Extremely Limited Disadvantage: Kleptomania: "Compulsively downloads torrents of ebooks." (pPU6-11). (Or possibly 'Quirk: Collector: illegal ebook torrents' (pPU6-27).)
[-1] Quirk: Distinctive Speech: "Enunciates like he learned English from books." (pPU6-16)
[-1] "Computer nerd pale": Quirk: Sunburns easily (pPU6-24)

Skills & Techniques: (Total: [46])
[-] Acting IQ-5-2 = 8-
[1] Area Knowledge: 2016, TL8 (city: Niagara) IQ/E 15-
[-] Area Knowledge: 2016, TL8 (small nation: Ontario) AEcity-2 = 13-
[-] Area Knowledge: 2016, TL8 (large nation: Canada) IQ-4 = 11
[-] Area Knowledge: 2016, TL8 (planet: Earth) IQ-4 = 11
[1] Area Knowledge (Deep Web) IQ/E 15-
[1] Area Knowledge (Dark Web) IQ/E 15-
[-] Astronomy IQ-6+3 = 12-
[-] Bicycling DX-4+2 = 7-
[-] Biology IQ-6+2 = 11-
[-] Carousing HT-4-2 = 3-
[12] Computer Operation/TL8 IQ/E+4 = 23-
[1] Computer Programming/TL8, IQ/H: 13+4 = 17-
[1] Connoisseur (Computers) IQ/A = 14-
[1] Connoisseur (Literature, optional specialty: SF&F) IQ/E = 15-
[-] Connoisseur (Literature) IQ/A 13-
[-] Connoisseur (other) IQ-5+1 = 11-
[-] Cooking IQ-5+2 = 12-
[1] Current Affairs/TL8 (Science & Technology) IQ/E 15-
[1] Current Affairs/TL8 (Regional: Niagara) IQ/E 15-
[-] Diplomacy IQ-6-1-2 = 6-
[-] Electronics Operation/TL8 (Communications) IQ-5+4 = 14-
[-] Electronics Operation/TL8 (Media) IQ-5+4 = 14-
[-] Electronics Operation/TL8 (other) IQ-5 = 10-
[1] Electronics Repair/TL8 (Computers) IQ/A+4 = 18-
[1] Expert Skill (Computer Security) IQ/H+4 = 17-
[-] Fast-Talk IQ-5-1-2 = 7-
[-] First Aid IQ-4+2 = 13-
[1] Geography/TL8 (Regional: Niagara) IQ/H 13-
[-] Hiking HT-5+2 = 7-
[1] History (region: Niagara) IQ/H = 13-
[1] History (Computer Science) IQ/H = 13-
[-] History (other) IQ-6 = 9-
[1] Hobby (comics) IQ/E 15-
[1] Hobby (scifi) IQ/E 15-
[1] Hobby (RPGs) IQ/E 15-
[-] Holdout IQ-5+1 = 11-
[1] Intelligence Analysis/TL8 (opt.spec.: Data Mining, pTHS-THM15) IQ/A 14-
[-] Intelligence Analysis/TL8 12-
[-] Intimidation Will-5-1-2 = 6-
[-] Leadersip IQ-5-2 = 8-
[-] Liquid Projector/TL8 (Sprayer) DX-4+2 = 7-
[1] Literature (optional specialty: SF&F) IQ/A = 14-
[-] Literature IQ/H 12-
[-] Lockpicking/TL8 IQ-5+1 = 11-
[1] Mathematics/TL8 (Applied) IQ/H 13-
[-] Melee Weapon: Knife DX-4+2 = 7-
[-] Merchant IQ-5-2 = 8-
[1] Musical Instrument (Harmonica) IQ/H 13-
[1] Occultism (optional specialty: Hermetic syncretism) IQ/E 15-
[-] Occultism 13-
[-] Panhandling IQ-4+3-2 = 12-
[-] Performance IQ-5-2 = 8-
[1] Philosophy (Bayesianism) IQ/H 13-
[-] Physics IQ-6+2 = 11-
[-] Politics IQ-5-2 = 8-
[-] Psychology (AI) IQ-6+4 = 13-
[-] Psychology (humans) IQ-6 = 9-
[-] Public Speaking IQ-5+1-2 = 9-
[4] Research/TL8 IQ/A+1 = 17-
[-] Savoir-Faire IQ-4-1-2 = 8-
[-] Scrounging Per-4+2 = 11-
[-] Sex Appeal HT-3-1-2 = 3-
[4] Speed-Reading IQ/A+1 = 17-
[-] Stealth 10-
[1] Streetwise (optional specialty: online) IQ/E-1-2 = 12-
[-] Streetwise 10-
[-] Swimming HT-4+1 = 6-
[-] Teaching IQ-5+1-2 = 9-
[-] Thrown Weapon (Knife) DX-4 = 5-
[-] Typing, CompOp-3 = 20-
[1] Writing IQ/A+1 = 15-
[2] Technique: Memory Palace: IQ-3 = 12- (pSEBtS16)
[-] Technique: Computer Intrusion (Hard): CompOp-8 = 15- (pTHSTHM15)
[-] Technique: Private Messaging (Hard): CompOp = 23- (pTHSTHM15)

Unspent Points: Total [2]


Base Points: 170
Disadvantages: 69
Total: 239

Attributes: 45
Advantages: 146
Skills: 46
Unspent: 2
Total: 239


150+Disad version: Drop Common Sense, Honest Face, skunk-spray resistance, cross-trained, no nuisance rolls, 1 point of library's Signature Gear value.