Bang Skills

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Originally Posted by Kromm

So, a GI Joe! might cover: "A Chicago boy, brought up by a poor Irish-Catholic family on the South Side. Quit school, learned on the streets, eventually went to work as a teamster, and became a conservative union man. Likes to spend his spare time drinking beer and watching baseball. Not afraid of a scrap."

LT Easystreet! might cover: "Long Island scion of a rich WASP family. Went to Yale and did summer work for his father's law firm. When war broke out, went directly into the ASTP, where he was one of the few civilians admitted alongside active enlisted. Studied advanced engineering, and graduated to his first real job: military officer. Hobbies include punting and a cappella singing."

I'm thinking of Sergeant Fury and His Howling Commandos, which had Nick Fury himself, the leader; Dum Dum Dugan, the Irish brawler, a former circus strongman; Izzy Cohen, the Jewish smartass from the Bronx; Gabe Jones, the black jazzman; Junior Juniper, the kid (apparently from an upper class background); Dino Manelli, the Italian Hollywood movie star; and Rebel Ralston, the southern country boy. Of course they were World War II stereotypes, not modern ones. You could have done a ! skill for each one's background.