Imperial Marines

[safisher]

This is great stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by safisher

This is great stuff. Thanks for sharing.

My motives are entirely selfish. If anything at all needs corrections, some more thought or just appears out of place to someone, the denizens will be happy to point this out to me. ;)

But I'm glad you like them.

Which do you like better, the original templates or the slightly simplified ones?

I plan to implement the same minor changes to the more realistic versions as I did for these (pulled service schools away from the basic template, corrected one or two errors in text that I spotted while simplifying), so those wanting to pillage can choose between using all optional traits to get as close to my mental image as possible and stripping away some of those for simpler templates (but they'll never be simple, not without Bang! skills).

[sir_pudding]

What's the difference between COH(IM's) and COH(Soldier's)?

[jacobmuller]

I copied it into Word to make it easier to read - 16 pages...
No small wonder you found "small errors in the text" - there are folk earning a living checking smaller documents and I've bought books with far greater errors that contained less Brain-Food.
As per your usual produce: Kudos.

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

What's the difference between COF(IM's) and COF(Soldier's)?

Small, I guess.

Brett will tell us if there are any. I imagine it places a bit more emphasis on the Regiment, I guess.

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by jacobmuller

I copied it into Word to make it easier to read - 16 pages...
No small wonder you found "small errors in the text" - there are folk earning a living checking smaller documents and I've bought books with far greater errors that contained less Brain-Food.
As per your usual produce: Kudos.

Just be aware that the Military Trades for the older, less broad-strokes version, need to be reviewed after some changes. I will get onto that in the next days.

[sir_pudding]

For the same selfish reasons that brought you this thread, I give you:

Name: Pvt. McAdams, Brent "Bucky"
Race: Human

Attributes [207]
ST 13 [30]
DX 13 [60]
IQ 13 [60]
HT 13 [30]

HP 25 [24]
Will 13
Per 13
FP 14 [3]

Basic Lift 34
Damage 1d/2d-1

Basic Speed 6.5
Basic Move 6

Ground Move 6
Water Move 1

Social Background
TL: 10 [0]
Cultural Familiarities:
Languages:

Advantages [101]
Born Soldier (4) [20]
Combat Reflexes [15]
Common Sense [10]
Fearlessness (1) [2]
Fit [5]
G-Experience (All) (10) [10]
Hard to Kill (Mil Reinforcement) (4) [8]
Less Sleep (2) [4]
Military Rank (Private) (0) [0]
Outdoorsman (2) [20]
Panimmunity II: Resistant (Disease) (Occasional) (+8) [5]
Temperature Tolerance (2) [2]

Perks [12]
Alcohol Tolerance [1]
Armorer's Gift (LMG) [1]
Armorer's Gift (Rifle) [1]
Deep Sleeper [1]
Good with (Warriors) [1]
Last Man Out [1]
No Hangover [1]
On Alert [1]
Sanitized Metabolism [1]
Standard Operating Procedure (Pre-Combat Checks/ Inspections)* [1]
Strongbow [1]
Trivial Reputation (Bow Hunters on Tau Ceti) [1]

Disadvantages [-45]
Code of Honor (Imperial Marine) [-10]
Duty (Imperial Marines) (15 or less (almost always)) (Extremely Hazardous) [-20]
Gluttony (12 or less) [-5]
Sense of Duty (Comrades in Arms) (Large Group) [-10]

Quirks [-5]
Dislikes Mandatory Fun [-1]
Intolerence (Motards) [-1]
Likes Outdoorsman-like activities [-1]
Personality Change (Laziness when Off-Duty) [-1]
Unluckiness (Aspected: Romantic Relationships) [-1]

Skills [180]
Acrobatics DX/H - DX-2 11 [1]
Administration IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
Animal Handling (Dogs) IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
Animal Handling (Equines) IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
Area Knowledge (Hell) IQ/E - IQ+1 14 [2]
Armoury/TL10 (Heavy Weapons) IQ/A - IQ+0 13 [2]
Artillery/TL10 (Guided Missile) IQ/A - IQ+0 13 [2]
Astrobatics DX/H - DX-2 11 [1]
Battlesuit/TL10 DX/A - DX+1 14 [4]
Boating/TL10 (Motorboat) DX/A - DX-1 12 [1]
Boating/TL10 (Unpowered) DX/A - DX+0 13 [2]
Bow DX/A - DX+1 14 [4]
Brawling DX/E - DX+2 15 [4]
Camouflage IQ/E - IQ+4 17 [4]
includes: +2 from 'Outdoorsman'
Climbing DX/A - DX+2 15 [8]
Computer Operation/TL10 IQ/E - IQ+0 13 [1]
Connoisseur (Beer) IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
Connoisseur (Pornography) IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
Current Affairs/TL10 (Popular Culture) IQ/E - IQ+0 13 [1]
Driving/TL10 (Construction Equipment) DX/A - DX-1 12 [1]
Electronics Operation/TL10 (Communications) IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
Electronics Operation/TL10 (Security) IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
Electronics Operation/TL10 (Sensors) IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
Escape DX/H - DX-2 11 [1]
Expert Skill (Military Science) IQ/H - IQ-2 11 [1]
Explosives/TL10 (Demolition) IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
Fast-Draw/TL10 (Ammo) DX/E - DX+2 15 [2]
includes: +1 from 'Combat Reflexes'
Fast-Draw (Knife) DX/E - DX+1 14 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Combat Reflexes'
Fast-Draw (Long Arm) DX/E - DX+1 14 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Combat Reflexes'
Fast-Draw (Pistol) DX/E - DX+1 14 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Combat Reflexes'
First Aid/TL10 (Human) IQ/E - IQ+0 13 [1]
Fishing Per/E - Per+3 16 [2]
includes: +2 from 'Outdoorsman'
Forced Entry DX/E - DX+0 13 [1]
Forward Observer/TL10 IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
Free Fall DX/A - DX+1 14 [4]
Freight Handling/TL10 IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
Gesture IQ/E - IQ+0 13 [1]
Gunner/TL10 (Machine Gun) DX/E - DX+2 15 [4]
Guns/TL10 (Grenade Launcher) DX/E - DX+1 14 [2]
Guns/TL10 (Light Anti-Armor Weapon) DX/E - DX+0 13 [1]
Guns/TL10 (Light Machine Gun) DX/E - DX+2 15 [3]
Guns/TL10 (Pistol) DX/E - DX+1 14 [1]
Guns/TL10 (Rifle) DX/E - DX+2 15 [4]
Guns/TL10 (Submachine Gun) DX/E - DX+1 14 [1]
Hiking HT/A - HT+2 15 [8]
Intelligence Analysis/TL10 IQ/H - IQ-1 12 [2]
Judo DX/H - DX+0 13 [4]
Jumping DX/E - DX+0 13 [1]
Knife DX/E - DX+0 13 [1]
Leadership IQ/A - IQ+4 17 [2]
includes: +4 from 'Born Soldier'
Mechanic/TL10 (Walkbots) IQ/A - IQ+0 13 [2]
Merchant IQ/A - IQ+0 12 [1]
Mimicry (Animal Sounds) IQ/H - IQ+0 13 [1]
includes: +2 from 'Outdoorsman'
Naturalist (Tau Ceti) IQ/H - IQ+1 14 [2]
includes: +2 from 'Outdoorsman'
Navigation/TL10 (Land) IQ/A - IQ+2 15 [2]
includes: +2 from 'Outdoorsman'
NBC Suit/TL10 DX/A - DX+0 13 [1]
Observation Per/A - Per+0 13 [2]
Parachuting (Metoric Drop) DX/E - DX+2 15 [4]
Piloting/TL10 (Flight Pack) DX/A - DX+0 13 [2]
Piloting/TL10 (Vertol) DX/A - DX-1 12 [1]
Riding (Equines) DX/A - DX-1 12 [1]
Rope Down (Climbing) Tech/A - def+2 16 [2]
Running HT/A - HT+0 13 [2]
Savoir-Faire (Military) IQ/E - IQ+7 20 [8]
includes: +4 from 'Born Soldier'
Scrounging Per/E - Per+4 17 [1]
includes: +4 from 'Born Soldier'
Scuba/TL10 IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
Search Per/A - Per-1 12 [1]
Shortsword DX/A - DX-1 12 [1]
Soldier/TL10 IQ/A - IQ+7 20 [12]
includes: +4 from 'Born Soldier'
Spacer/TL10 IQ/E - IQ+0 13 [1]
Spear DX/A - DX-1 12 [1]
Sports (Rugby) DX/A - DX+0 13 [2]
Staff DX/A - DX-1 12 [1]
Stealth DX/A - DX+1 14 [4]
Submarine/TL10 (Free-Flooding Sub) DX/A - DX-1 12 [1]
Survival (Desert) Per/A - Per+2 15 [2]
includes: +2 from 'Outdoorsman'
Survival (Fresh-Water Lake) Per/A - Per+1 14 [1]
includes: +2 from 'Outdoorsman'
Survival (Mountain) Per/A - Per+1 14 [1]
includes: +2 from 'Outdoorsman'
Survival (River/Stream) Per/A - Per+1 14 [1]
includes: +2 from 'Outdoorsman'
Survival (Woodlands) Per/A - Per+1 14 [1]
includes: +2 from 'Outdoorsman'
Swimming HT/E - HT+0 13 [1]
Tactics IQ/H - IQ+4 17 [4]
includes: +4 from 'Born Soldier'
Teaching IQ/A - IQ+0 13 [2]
Throwing DX/A - DX+0 13 [2]
Tracking Per/A - Per+2 15 [2]
includes: +2 from 'Outdoorsman'
Traps/TL10 IQ/A - IQ-1 12 [1]
Urban Survival Per/A - Per-1 12 [1]
Vacc Suit/TL10 DX/A - DX+0 13 [1]
Wrestling DX/A - DX+1 14 [4]

Stats [207] Ads [101] Disads [-45] Quirks [-5] Skills [180] = Total [450]

Pvt. McAdams is a medium sized nondescript man with lightly tanned skin, sandy blond hair, and grey eyes. On his back he has a large impressive full color tattoo of a hovering succubus with curling ram's horns, raven's wings, and wearing nothing but combat armor trousers. She's armed with a gauss rifle and bears the legend "Hell's Legionnaire" and "3/32nd Inf." His left shoulder bears a winged torch with "Shoot Straight" written above, and "Speak Truth" below in Pahlavi.

He is in his early 50s and has served most of his adult life in Hell's army; first as an infantryman and later as a supply chief. At some point he saw off world service as part of a peacekeeping force. About five years ago he retired as a Staff Sergeant and tried to go into business as a hunting guide on his native Tau Ceti, but gave it up after a few years as too much work and enlisted in the Imperial Marines.

Bucky is a natural soldier, and would probably do well in any military he found himself serving in. His gift is to always accomplish the mission with the minimum amount of effort. His philosophy is simple, he works body and soul for the Marines on duty, but his free time is his own.

*Perk Standard Operating Procedure (Pre-Combat Checks and Inspections):
You always check your gear before leaving on a mission in a systematic way. If there is ever a question whether you remembered something you were required to carry, have a full load of ammo, or made sure your equipment was functional; there isn't. You did.

[Icelander]

You forgot Acrobatics. Astrobatics is on there, but Acrobatics isn't.

Also, cross-post this to the Flat Black forums if you can. I don't know if Paully checks these, but it could be good for him to have an example of a worked character in GURPS.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Icelander

You forgot Acrobatics. Astrobatics is on there, but Acrobatics isn't.

Weird, I remember putting it on there. EDIT: Dude, it's like the first skill!

Also, cross-post this to the Flat Black forums if you can. I don't know if Paully checks these, but it could be good for him to have an example of a worked character in GURPS.

I'm waiting for a conical helmet with nasal nod before I post there.

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Weird, I remember putting it on there. EDIT: Dude, it's like the first skill!

You did, I'm a retard.

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

I'm waiting for a conical helmet with nasal nod before I post there.

Don't ask before the morning coffee. ;)