Old West Templates

[Gold & Appel Inc]

Preacher (Realistic) [75]:

Attributes: ST 10 [0]; DX 10 [0]; IQ 12 [40]; HT 10 [0];

Secondary Characteristics: Dmg 1d-2/1d; BL 20; HP 10 [0]; Will 12 [0]; Per 12 [0]; FP 10 [0]; Basic Speed 5.0 [0]; Basic Move 5 [0].

Advantages: Clerical Investment [5]; Plus 35 From: Charisma [5/Level]; Claim to Hospitality [Various]; Contact Group (Congregation) [Various]; Eidetic Memory (Regular) [5]; Empathy (Sensitive or Full) [5 to 15]; Extra IQ +1 [20]; Extra Language: Latin OR Hebrew (Broken / Accented) [3]; Extra Language: Any (Accented / None) [2]; Extra Willpower [5/Level]; Fit [5 to 15]; Rank (Religious) [5/Level]; Reputation [5/Level]; Social Regard (Respected) [5/Level]; Voice [10];

Disadvantages: -20 From: Addiction (Tobacco) [-5]; Alcoholism [-15]; Charitable [-15*]; Chummy [-5]; Code of Honor (Professional) [-5]; Compulsive Generosity [-5*]; Dependents (Any) [Various]; Disciplines of Faith (Any) [-1 to -15]; Fanaticism (Religious) [-15]; Honesty [-10*]; Intolerance (Religious) [-10]; Obsession (Spiritual Matters) [-5*]; OPH -1 (Meddling Busybody OR Quotes Scripture Incessantly) [-5]; Pacifism (Can Not Kill) [-15]; Reputation [-5/Level]; Sense of Duty (Congregation) [-10]; Vow (Poverty, Chastity, Obedience) [-15]; Wealth (Struggling or Poor) [-10 to -15];

Primary Skills: Public Speaking (A) IQ+1 [4] - 13; Religious Ritual (Own Religion) (H) IQ [4] - 12; Theology (Own Religion) (H) IQ [4] - 12;

Secondary Skills: Area Knowledge (Any) (E) IQ [1] - 12; Law (Ecclesiastical / Talmudic / Etc) (H) IQ-2 [1] - 10; Psychology (Human) (H) IQ-2 [1] - 10;

Common Skills: Administration; Current Affairs (People); Detect Lies; Diplomacy; History (Own Religion); Research; Savoir-Faire (High Society and/or Military); Singing;

Fire & Brimstone Lens [0]: Add Piercing Voice [1]; Bully (15-) [-5]; Intimidation (A) Will+1 [4] - 13;

Missionary Lens [0]: Add Sense of Duty (Heathen) [-10]; Divide 10 Points Among Any Of: Cultural Familiarity (Any); Fast Talk; Propaganda; Riding (Equine); Survival (Any); Teaching;

[Dangerious P. Cats]

Now all we need is a firefly lens and these would be great.

[Gold & Appel Inc]

Originally Posted by Dangerious P. Cats

Now all we need is a firefly lens and these would be great.

Firefly Lens:

Adjust TL to WTF you've decided Firefly is. Use all Old West Templates as-written, but add Pilots and Technicians from Space 4e also. And of course super karate girls, but that's the Whedon Lens.

[Dangerious P. Cats]

Brain damaged Psyke would be an interesting template to write.

[Gold & Appel Inc]

Originally Posted by Dangerious P. Cats

Brain damaged Psyke would be an interesting template to write.

Okay, if it's not a joke anymore it probably deserves its own thread. Got an Old West template for us? ;)

[Gold & Appel Inc]

Cattle Rustler / Horse Thief (Realistic) [50]:

Culture: Familiarity: Western [0]; Languages: English (Native / Broken) [-2];

Attributes: ST 11 [10]; DX 10 [0]; IQ 10 [0]; HT 11 [10];

Secondary Characteristics: Dmg 1d-1/1d+1; BL 24; HP 11 [0]; Will 10 [0]; Per 12 [10]; FP 11 [0]; Basic Speed 5.25 [0]; Basic Move 5 [0].

Advantages: 25 From: Animal Empathy [5]; Contact Group (Local Underworld) [Varies]; Extra Perception [5/Level]; Talent (Animal Friend) [5/Level];

Disadvantages: -30 From: Addiction (Tobacco or Opium) [-5 to -20]; Alcoholism [-15]; Compulsive Gambling OR Spending [-5*]; Cowardice [-10*]; Enemy (Law) [Various]; Kleptomania [-15*]; Laziness [-10]; Pacifism (Reluctant Killer) [-5]; Reputation [-5/Level]; Secret (Thief) [-20 to -30]; Social Stigma (Criminal Record) [-5]; Wealth (Struggling or Poor) [-10 to -15];

Primary Skills: Animal Handling (Cattle or Horses) (A) IQ+1 [4] - 11; Connoisseur (Cattle or Horses) (A) IQ [2] - 10; Riding (Equine) (A) DX [2] - 10; Streetwise (A) IQ [2] - 10; Tracking (Spec: Cover Tracks) (A) Per+1 [4] - 13; Plus Stealth (A) DX+3 [12] - 13 OR Intimidation (A) Will+3 [12] - 13;

Secondary Skills: Survival (Desert or Plains) (A) Per-1 [1] - 11;

Common Skills: Camouflage; Carousing; Fast Draw (Any); Gambling; Guns (Pistol, Rifle, or Shotgun); Knife;

[jason taylor]

These aren't templates but ideas for templates

Outcast:

This would be a vague term for someone with a past to leave behind. He might for instance be a Confederate veteran. Or might have killed an influential person in a duel or brawl(this explains how he can have a "shrouded past" without being a professional criminal. He would always have "Secret". Perhaps this is more a modification to other templates but it is a good one.

Enterprenuer: Don't ever let anyone tell you that the wealth of California was in gold. It was in Pants. And Pots and Pans, and Soap. The miners if they were smart got a little then settled down. If they were dumb, which seems to have been the usual case, they blew it all and moved on. And as a song goes "all the gold in California, is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills under somebody elses name". Somebody else being Levi Strauss.
This would have merchant naturally. He might have greed. One might give "chummy" to get the "amiable, slightly rogueish Yankee Trader feel".

Expressman. Carrier of overland passengers and freight. This has variations from the traditional Wells-Fargo Stagecoach, to the Muleteers of the Santa Fe Caravans, to the oddities like Hi-jollies camels.

Or one can simply go to Time-life and read down the titles. Each book has a title that can make a template.

[jason taylor]

Originally Posted by Gold & Appel Inc

Cattle Rustler / Horse Thief (Realistic) [50]:

Culture: Familiarity: Western [0]; Languages: English (Native / Broken) [-2];

Attributes: ST 11 [10]; DX 10 [0]; IQ 10 [0]; HT 11 [10];

Secondary Characteristics: Dmg 1d-1/1d+1; BL 24; HP 11 [0]; Will 10 [0]; Per 12 [10]; FP 11 [0]; Basic Speed 5.25 [0]; Basic Move 5 [0].

Advantages: 25 From: Animal Empathy [5]; Contact Group (Local Underworld) [Varies]; Extra Perception [5/Level]; Talent (Animal Friend) [5/Level];

Disadvantages: -20 From: Addiction (Tobacco or Opium) [-5 to -20]; Alcoholism [-15]; Compulsive Gambling OR Spending [-5* to -10*]; Cowardice [-10*]; Enemy (Law) [Various]; Kleptomania [-15*]; Laziness [-10]; Pacifism (Reluctant Killer) [-5]; Reputation [-5/Level]; Secret (Thief) [-20]; Social Stigma (Criminal Record) [-5]; Wealth (Struggling or Poor) [-10 to -15];

Primary Skills: Animal Handling (Cattle or Horses) (H) IQ [4] - 10; Riding (Equine) (A) DX [2] - 10; Streetwise (A) IQ [2] - 10; Stealth (A) DX+2 [8] - 12 OR Intimidation (A) Will+2 [8] - 12;

Secondary Skills: Survival (Desert or Plains) (A) Per-1 [1] - 11;

Common Skills: Camouflage; Carousing; Fast Draw (Any); Gambling; Guns (Pistol, Rifle, or Shotgun); Knife;

Oh you forgot Social Sigma("dirty rotten yeller-bellied horse-stealin varmint"). That sounds a bit like a Social Stigma!

[Gold & Appel Inc]

Originally Posted by jason taylor

Oh you forgot Social Sigma("dirty rotten yeller-bellied horse-stealin varmint"). That sounds a bit like a Social Stigma!

The Disadvantage choices do include Reputation [-5/Level] and Social Stigma (Criminal Record) [-5]... I think a combination of the two describes the effect you want aptly...

Tweaks made to the skills though.

[jason taylor]

Actually according to tradition(which is not to say facts) a horse thief is the lowest of the low, the equivalent of "nithing" because a horse could be life or death. That is probably exaggerated by legend but I read somewhere that horse theives were liable to lynching.
Cattle rustlers have a variable reputation. In some circles it is almost respectable-kind of like bedouin camel rustling. Some ranchers considered it almost a game. That was still the case in Australia in the mid-twentieth century with pre-branded calfs and they describe the friendly rivalry about this in the romance miniseries A Town Like Alice. On the other hand when my dad was a boy in Eastern Oregon it was considered neighborly to return strays(apparently the difference had something to do with the fact that the Open Range wasn't yet obsolete in Australia.
Cattle rustling for some reason, is often considered an aristocrat's sport in many parts of the world and sometimes carries a "Homeric" air to it. Sometimes though cattle rustlers are considered "dirty no-good yeller-bellied varmints". It is a weird ethic.