Torn Victor [Recruitment]

[ammulder]

I saw American Sniper last night. Kind of a mood setting thing. :)

MatthewVilter, I hope you can come up with a character!

[TheOneRonin]

Originally Posted by ammulder

I saw American Sniper last night. Kind of a mood setting thing. :)

MatthewVilter, I hope you can come up with a character!

Yup...I have an oscar screening copy of it that's been calling my name for a couple of days now. I'm really excited to see it.

I'm still not finished with Ladyarcana55's character...hope to get that done in the next day or so. And MatthewVilter needs to submit his first draft, and then we will be ready to go.

[TheOneRonin]

@ Ladyarcana55

I finally finished your character.

Here is the whole sheet:

Spoiler:  

TOTAL POINTS: 380
ST 12
DX 13
IQ 13
HT 12
PER 14
HP 12
WILL 14
FP 12
BS 6.25
Dodge 9
BM(m/s) 6

BASE ADVANTAGES
Cultural Familiarity (Israel)
Language (Native-Hebrew)
Cultural Familiarity (Radical Islam)
Language (Native-Arabic)
Language (Accented-Farsi)
Language (Accented-English)
Cultural Familiarity (West Asian)
Language (Accented-Turkish)
Fit
Combat Reflexes
Luck
Fearlessness [1]

Perks/Techniques
OTW (Hotwiring cars)
OTW (Architecture/Demo)
Robust Hearing
Robust Vision
SOP (Move under Cover)
Assaulter Style
-CQB (Rifle)
-Quick Shot (Pistol)
-TA Rifle/Vitals
-TA Pistol/Vitals
-Battle Drills
-Cool Under Fire
-Cross trained

DISADVANTAGES:
Duty (To Israel)
Secret (Undercover Agent)
Code of Honor (Soldier)
Fanatacism (Israel)
Sense of Duty (Jewish People)
10 more points of DisAds

SKILLS
Skill Name Rating
Acting 14
Area Knowledge (Israel) 14
Area Knowledge (Syria) 14
Armory (Small Arms) 13
Boating (Motorboat) 12
Body Language 14
Camouflage 15
Climbing 15
Computer Operations 13
Connoisseur (Small Arms) 13
Current Affairs (Choice) 14
Detect Lies 13
Diplomacy 13
Disguise 13
Driving (Auto) 14
Driving (Motorcycle) 12
Engineer (Combat) 13
Engineer (Civil) 13
Electronic Ops (Communications) 14
Electronic Ops (Surveillance) 14
Escape 13
Explosives (Demo) 14
Explosives (EOD) 14
Explosives (Fireworks) 13
Fast Draw (Ammo) 15*
Fast-Draw (Longarm) 15*
Fast-Draw (Pistol) 15*
Fast-Talk 12
Filch 12
First Aid 14
Forced Entry 14
Gesture 14
Gunner (Machine Gun) 14
Guns (Grenade Launchers) 13
Guns (LAAW) 13
Guns (LMGs) 16*
Guns (Pistols) 16*
Guns (Rifles) 17
Guns (Shotgun) 16*
Guns (SMGs) 16*
Hiking 13
Intel Analysis 12
Interrogation 13
Jumping 13
Judo 16
Karate 16
Knife 14
Knot-Tying 13
Leadership 12
Lip Reading 14
Lockpicking 13
Navigation (Air) 13
Navigation (Land) 14
Navigation (Sea) 13
Observation 15
Parachuting 14
Photography 14
Pickpocket 12
SCUBA 13
Search 14
Shadowing 13
Solider 13
Stealth 15
Survival (Mountains) 14
Survival (Desert) 14
Swimming 14
Tactics 14
Teaching 14
Throwing 13
Tracking 13

Below is a summary of changes from the base template:

The following skills were added or improved by adding the Special Forces, Weapons Expert, and Combat Engineer lenses:

• Added Armory (Small Arms)
• Improved Body Language
• Improved Diplomacy
• Added Engineer (Combat)
• Added Engineer (Civil)
• Improved Explosives (Demo)
• Added Explosives (EOD)
• Added Explosives (Fireworks)
• Improved Gunner (Machine guns)
• Improved Guns (Rifle) and defaulting skills
• Improved Stealth
• Improved Teaching
• Added OTW: Architecture Defaults to IQ for building Demo

Since you wanted to focus on also being a good infiltrator, I spent your remaining points on improving the following skills:

• Acting
• Climbing
• Detect Lies
• Escape
• Interrogation
• Judo
• Karate
• Knife
• Lip Reading
• Lock Picking
• Photography
• Pickpocket

I bought up Judo a Karate a lot...I figure Hand-to-hand skills are going to be a lifesaver if you do a lot of group infiltration.

You still need to choose 10 points worth of disadvantages from the approved list and pick a specialty for your Current Events skill.

Let me know if this fits your vision or if there are some tweaks you want to make.

[ladyarcana55]

Originally Posted by TheOneRonin

@ Ladyarcana55

I finally finished your character.

Thank you so much! And I'm so sorry to make things a bit difficult!

Originally Posted by TheOneRonin

I bought up Judo a Karate a lot...I figure Hand-to-hand skills are going to be a lifesaver if you do a lot of group infiltration.

Awesome! But can her primary hand-to-hand style be Krav Maga? It would make sense since that is the main style they use.

Originally Posted by TheOneRonin

You still need to choose 10 points worth of disadvantages from the approved list and pick a specialty for your Current Events skill.

I would think that after everything she has seen and done, she would have a prejudice against Arabic people, but Arabic men especially. Can this sort of racism be her disadvantage?

Originally Posted by TheOneRonin

Let me know if this fits your vision or if there are some tweaks you want to make.

Luvs it! I totally luvs it! I'll try to get a more in depth back story together soon.

[TheOneRonin]

Originally Posted by ladyarcana55

Thank you so much! And I'm so sorry to make things a bit difficult!

No worries. Like I said before, it's a HUGE base template, so it's not easy to work with.

Awesome! But can her primary hand-to-hand style be Krav Maga? It would make sense since that is the main style they use.

Remember, in GURPS the "Karate" skill is not the Japanese Karate style. The skill just represents training in a formal body of striking techniques using fists, feet, and everything in between. Likewise, the "Judo" skill just represents formal grappling training that includes throws and takedowns and what not.

Depending on the complexity level you are comfortable with, we can handle this one of two ways:

FLAVOR APPROACH
We leave the skills as is and just say that your character has training in Krav Maga. Anything a Krav Maga person can do in real life can be replicated with the Karate and Judo skills, including elbows, knees to the groin, weapon disarms, etc. So it is a narrative change that doesn't affect anything mechanical in the game.

MECHANICAL APPROACH
In GURPS: Martial Arts, you can spend some points to learn specific styles like Krav Maga. Each style has some skill requirements, and once you spend the requisite points, it unlocks the ability to buy certain perks and improve certain techniques. I love using the Martial Arts rules and the options they open, but if you aren't familiar with the rules, then I'm not sure if you would get anything out of this approach.

You let me know which one you want to take, and I'll be happy to implement it.

I would think that after everything she has seen and done, she would have a prejudice against Arabic people, but Arabic men especially. Can this sort of racism be her disadvantage?

You might have to be careful with this one. Having an Intolerance disadvantage might making infiltrating such groups VERY difficult. There's nothing wrong with having a hatred of such people, but that's more of an RP thing than a full-blown disadvantage.

You aren't limited to the list below, but these are disads that make sense in the game world for these types of agents to have:

Charitable, Chummy or Gregarious, Intolerance (of terrorists or threats to the US, worth 5 points), Overconfidence, Pacifism (Cannot Harm Innocents, worth 10 points), Selfless, and Workaholic.

Luvs it! I totally luvs it! I'll try to get a more in depth back story together soon.

Please do. I'm looking forward to it!

[ladyarcana55]

Originally Posted by TheOneRonin

FLAVOR APPROACH
We leave the skills as is and just say that your character has training in Krav Maga. Anything a Krav Maga person can do in real life can be replicated with the Karate and Judo skills, including elbows, knees to the groin, weapon disarms, etc. So it is a narrative change that doesn't affect anything mechanical in the game.

I'll go for this one. Let's try to keep it simple. LOL

Originally Posted by TheOneRonin

You might have to be careful with this one. Having an Intolerance disadvantage might making infiltrating such groups VERY difficult. There's nothing wrong with having a hatred of such people, but that's more of an RP thing than a full-blown disadvantage.

Ooh...I hadn't thought of that. Let's go for Workaholic and/or Selfless

[archypetro]

Hi TOR,

I was wondering if there's still yet another place? (I sent a PM with a few more details)

[TheOneRonin]

Originally Posted by archypetro

Hi TOR,

I was wondering if there's still yet another place? (I sent a PM with a few more details)

There certainly is room. I'll review your pm when I get home.

[TheOneRonin]

Alright...this is coming together.

He is a recap of what we have so far:

• Ammulder: Army SF/Intel/Face, Western European/Russian/North African focus
• Ladyarcana55: Israeli Sayeret Combat Engineer/Wps Expert/Infiltrator with a Middle Eastern Focus
• Fifiste: Former Croatian Army mechanic, then US Navy SEAL, Vehicle Pilot/Mechanic expert, explosives and sabotage, focus on Eastern Europe and Black/Adriatic sea areas
• MatthewVilter: Former US Air Force PJ/Medic <more info coming>
• Archypetro: <still working on specifics>

5 players is perfect, and we have just about all of the core bases covered.

If we can get backgrounds and characters done and approved this week, I'd like to kick the actual game off by Monday, February 2nd.

Sounds like a plan?

[ammulder]

That works for me!