[Gold & Appel Inc]

Arnold Bailey, Unintentional Con Man [0 Points]:

Image: A black man in his mid-50s, clean-shaven including his head, 5'6" with a solid build. He generally dresses like a blue-collar laborer, but cleans up well enough for church, job interviews, etc.

Culture: TL 8 [0]; Familiarity: Western [0]; Languages: English (Native / Native) [0];

Attributes: ST 11 [10]; DX 10 [0]; IQ 11 [20]; HT 11 [10];

Secondary: Speed: 5.25 [0]; Move: 5 [0]; HP: 11 [0]; FP: 10 [-3]; Perception: 10 [-5]; Willpower: 11 [0];

Advantages: Charisma +1 [5];

Perks: Honest Face [1];

Disadvantages: Delusion ("I Have $3 Million Coming to Me Any Day Now") [-5]; Pacifism (Self Defense Only) [-15]; Social Stigma (Criminal Record) [-5]; Status -1 [-5]; Unfit [-5]; Wealth (Poor) [-15];

Quirks: Chauvinist [-1]; Gullible vs Self-Proclaimed Christians and Attractive Women [-1]; Obsession (Open a Soul Food Restaurant) [-1]; Obsession (Remarry & Have Kids Before It's Too Late) [-1]; Pious [-1];

Skills: Administration (A) IQ [2]-11; Area Knowledge (E) (Denver) IQ [1]-11; Cooking (E) IQ+2 [4]-13; Diplomacy (H) IQ [4]-11; Hiking (A) HT [2]-11; Housekeeping (E) IQ+1 [2]-12; Lifting (A) HT-1 [1]-10; Theology (H) (Christian) IQ-2 [1]-9;

Notes: Part of our continuing series, "Wacky People from the Streets of Real Life Denver." Name changed because I feel bad for the guy even though, like most of his social circle, he owes me money. Unfit because of some minor heart problems that he's on medication for even though he's otherwise in halfway decent shape for his age.

Background: Arnold has worked in the restaurant industry for most of his life, rising to assistant back-of-house manager at one large and classy place, until his first wife got him mixed up in something he doesn't like to talk about which landed him in prison for a year (out in 8 months for good behavior) and made it hard for him to get another decent job. He's a genuinely likeable and well-meaning guy if you can get past his mild distaste for atheists, gays, foreigners, etc, but he is a total sucker for anybody who sprinkles the word, "Jesus," into the conversation. Most notably, he is being taken by the lawyer (or "lawyer") who is managing (or "managing") his once-sizable 401k, and a woman he "married" in an extralegal church ceremony a couple years ago. The latter claims to be in a corrupt Eastern-European prison after some trouble with her work visa, and is constantly writing to him with one story after another about how she just needs one more large sum of cash for court fees / bribes before she can be set free to come back, get married legally, and have a million babies with him. Everybody he knows figures out pretty quickly that this is utter horse manure, but mostly feel bad for him. He survives off their generosity and hospitality, especially before they figure out that he's never going to be able to repay them, and by working as a sub-par day laborer cleaning up stadiums, construction sites, etc (which he used to be better at before his heart trouble started wearing him out easily on more strenuous assignments doing actual construction help). He believes with all his heart that he will someday pay back everyone who has helped him in his time of need threefold, often promising them jobs in the restaurant he wants to open if they, too, are not exactly living at Status 0+.