Kids of Bendwyn

[JohnPaulB]

Long Post in 2 parts

Kids of Bendwyn Part 1
ITL p 168 Map

Back in the 90s I played a GURPS Horror game at a convention that had the players play children PCs at a summer camp where the counselors disappeared. Very memorable game.

Consider this as the framework for The Little Rascals, Scoobie Doo, Goonies, Eerie Indiana and Stranger Things scenarios.

You could select some of this sampling kids to start off the game. You can work the others in as needed or create new ones.

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Mundane families go about their daily business in villages throughout Cidri: they manufacture shoes, collect urine for the tanners, sell buckets of ale as alewives, keep watch for the guard. Some of those family members might even go adventuring at the age of 20, before they settle down to mundane jobs.

ITL p10 says “You may assume that a character is 20 years old when he enters play. He is not affected by age until he reaches 50.” An adventurer starts as a 32 point character. And some complain that that is not enough points to adventure with.

But what did those characters do in their youth? I bet they still had adventures, but not the usual Fantasy Trip kind.

I have made a cast of kid characters for the southern portion of the village of Bendwyn; the neighborhood east of Mayne Road and south of the Chandlers. Though there are many more kids in that borough than those listed, these kids know each other well and often ‘hang out’ together.

It is assumed that those who haven’t reached 17-years-old will be disadvantage in their attribute points and their stats reflect this. The younger they are, the less attribute points they will have. Also, they will be vastly limited in what they can know because of the Bendwyn culture, their limited experience and their own inclinations.

Mundane – BG – talent refers to a free Mundane talent that as part of their background. (ITL p36)

Traits are personality characteristic of the NPC or PC. See ITL p 14 for how to use them. Rated from 2 to 12.

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Halite Treszhnak, Dwarven, age 10
ST 8, DX 5, IQ 7, MA 8
Talents: Brawling, Mundane – Drawing,
Languages: Common, Dwarvish
Special Ability/Weakness: Youth (see above stats)
Equipment: Jacks
Trait (ITL p14) Happy – 10; Mood - 11

Halite is female, the daughter of Gunther Treszhnak and the sister of Obsidian. She is a young, roly-poly kid who loves to eat. She works in the Golden Axe washing dishes and bussing tables, though she spills more than she helps.

Her father is teaching her Dwarvish literacy and runes. She is also learning to be a cook from her mother, though he’d rather be playing games outside. Her parents have been steeping her in Dwarven culture as much as they can in this part of Dran. Her brother made her a clockwork toy robot that sparks. She loves drawing.

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Cindy Entwhistle, wizard, age 11
ST 7, DX 8, IQ 9, MA 8
Talents: Literacy, Mundane BG – Hedge Magery
Spells include: Aid, Detect Life, Dark Vision, Detect Magic, Image, Reveal Magic, Staff 1
Languages: Common
Special Ability/Weakness: Youth (see above stats)
Equipment: Mama’s Grimoire (see below)
Magic Items:
• Wand: 11” oak wand, value $25 (1d)
Trait (ITL p14) Curious – 9; Mystical - 10

Cindy is female, the daughter of wizards. Her mother has a Household Grimoire (Hexagram 6 p24) in a chest under lock and key that she uses for her family needs. Cindy is a human strength battery for her parent’s usage.

She has seen a lot of the basic spells cast by her parents and makes a game of identifying what is being cast by the gestures and incantations. She can be pedantic about magic. She tries to get away from babysitting her younger sister by being out of the house as often as possible. She is friends with Paula.

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Paula Burgomaster, age 12
ST 6, DX 7, IQ 9, MA 10
Talents: Alertness, Area Knowledge – Bendwyn, Climbing, Knife, Literacy, Running
Languages: Common, Orcish
Weapon: Dagger (1d-1)
Special Ability/Weakness: Youth (see above stats)
Equipment: satchel with paper & pen, magnifying glass and compass.
Trait (ITL p14) Curious – 12, Annoying - 9

Jane is female, the daughter of the village elder. Her Running Talent brings her MA to 10. She is the Elder’s office page (attendant and messenger). She is inquisitive and has been nosing into everyone’s business. She is friends with Cindy.

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Kirk Grain, age 12
ST 6, DX 7, IQ 9, MA 8
Talents: Alertness, Area Knowledge (1 mile of village), Climbing, Knife, Swimming, Thrown Weapon
Languages: Common
Weapon: Knife (1d-1)
Special Ability/Weakness: Youth (see above stats)
Equipment: Hackey Sack
Trait (ITL p14) Fun-loving – 10, Frivolous - 9

Kirk is male, the son of farmers. Kirk farms a bit, but then goes outside to play with his friends. He is friends with Lucy and Eric. He likes to skip rocks in ponds.

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Lucy Chandler, age 13
ST 7, DX 8, IQ 9, MA 10
Talents: Acute Hearing, Climbing, Knife, Mundane – Butcher, Mundane BG – Chandler, Mundane – Sports, Running, Swimming
Languages: Common
Weapon: Dagger (1d-1)
Special Ability/Weakness: Youth (see above stats)
Trait (ITL p14) Animal Enthusiast – 10; Mood - 10

Lucy is female, the twin sister of Alex Chandler. She is a tomboy who loves animals. She is learning to be an Animal Handler from Jack, whom she worships. She has several hutches of rabbits, which she butchers to make tallow. She helps out in the Chandlery only when she must, otherwise she is outside. She is friends with Kirk and Eric.

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Ioni Baker, age 13
ST 8, DX 8, IQ 9, MA 9
Talents: Acute Hearing, Ax, Mundane – Cook, Mundane BG - Baker
Languages: Common
Weapon: Rolling Pin Club (1d-1)
Special Ability/Weakness: Youth (see above stats)
Trait (ITL p14) Appearance – 10, Conservative - 9

Ioni is female, the daughter of the Baker. She has grown up baking with her mother and is learning Dwarven baking from Halite’s mother. She is becoming a real beauty which distracts her friend Gary. Gary is trying to teach her to ride.

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Alex Chandler, age 13
ST 7, DX 8, IQ9, MA 8
Talents: Knife, Mundane BG – Beekeeper, Mundane BG – Chandler
Languages: Common
Weapon: Dagger (1d-1)
Special Ability/Weakness: Youth (see above stats)
Trait (ITL p14) Honesty – 10, Kind - 9

Alex is male, the son of the Chandler & twin brother of Lucy. He has several beehives beyond the farms. Alex and Jack are friends.

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Kids of Bendwyn Part 2

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Gary Carter, age 14
ST 9, DX 8, IQ 9, MA 9
Talents: Driver, Horsemanship, Mundane BG – Brewer, Pole Weapon, Whip
Languages: Common
Weapon: Pitchfork (1d-1, two hand 1d), this doubles as his tool
Special Ability/Weakness: Youth (see above stats)
Trait (ITL p14) Clumsy – 7, Self-Conscious - 10

Gary is male, the son of a Drayman. He is the stable boy of his family business. He has access to their drays, wagons and horses. He enjoys riding horses. He doesn’t care for ale, but he provides the dregs to his friends. Gary is friends with Ioni and Obsidian. Blondie hangs around him.

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Eric Rye, half orc, age 14
ST 8, DX 9, IQ 9, MA 10
Talents: Alertness, Brawling, Knife, Recognize Value, Silent Movement, Streetwise,
Languages: Common, Orcish
Weapon: Dagger (1d-1)
Special Ability/Weakness: Youth (see above stats)
Equipment: 1 stiletto, 3 throwing knives in swash.
Trait (ITL p14) Rebellious – 10, Calculating - 11

Eric is male, the orphan brother of Delila. His parents were farmers and when they died in an epidemic, Delila tried to raise him. Eric roamed the streets while Delila hunted. He has become delinquent according to the watch. He is friends with Lucy and Kirk, is interested in Blondie and is acquainted with the bad element of town (though his sister just manages to keep him reigned in). He loves throwing knives.


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Blondie Corn age 14
ST 9, DX 9, IQ 9, MA 10
Talents: Acute Hearing, Brawling, Mundane – Dance, Mundane BG – Farm, Pole Weapon
Languages: Common
Weapon: Hoe (1d-1)
Special note: She dislikes orcs.
Special Ability/Weakness: Youth (see above stats)
Trait (ITL p14) Bigoted – 10, Poser - 10

Blondie is female, the sister of Jack and daughter of farmer. Her antagonism with orcs is beginning to irritate her father as she is starting to become quite obnoxious. She likes to sing and dance. She often hangs around Gary. She has a thing for Frank and tries to use Sex Appeal on him which she does not possess.

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Jack Corn, age 15
ST 9, DX 9, IQ 11, MA 10
Talents: Ax, Animal Handler, Mundane BG - Farmer, Naturalist
Languages: Common
Weapon: Truncheon (1d)
Special Ability/Weakness: Youth (see above stats)
Trait (ITL p14) Dedicated – 10, Kind - 10

Jack is male, the brother of Blondie and son of farmer. He has scarring from an animal mauling. Jack is apprenticing under a Bendwyn Animal Handler. He is enamored of Delila. He is friends with Alex and is advising Lucy in the ways of Animal Handling.

He is training his pet monkey (Beastiary p 155). He also has trained dogs.

• Shox the Monkey
  ST 3, DX 13, IQ5, MA 14
  Attacks: Bite (1d-2)
  Special Abilities: -3DX to be hit because of their speed and size; Naturalist Talent; Acrobatics Talent

• Groat the Guard Dog, Trained
  ST 8, DX 14, IQ6, MA 14
  Attacks: Bite (1d+1)

• Snort the Hound Dog, Trained
  ST 6, DX 13, IQ6, MA 12
  Attacks: Bite (1d-1)
  Can track an animal by smell along a megahex size area (if the GM makes the animal’s 3/IQ roll?).

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Meliva Y’shasvak, wizard, goblin, age 15
ST 8, DX 9, IQ 12, MA 9
Talents: Acute Hearing, Literacy, Mundane BG - Origami
Spells include: Aid, Detect Magic, Fire, Staff I, Summon Scout
Languages: Common, Goblin
Special Ability/Weakness: Youth (see above stats); Nearsighted*
Magic Items:
• Wand: 5” Thick Pencil, value $.2 (1d)
Trait (ITL p14) Lonely – 10; Curious - 10

Meliva is female, the daughter of the goblin family Y’shasvak that owns Opšta Prodavnica general store. Opsta Prodavnica is a goblin clan franchise that has branches throughout Southern Elyntia. They carry import and hard-to-get items (groceries and general things) for various racial and ethnic groups.
Before her family moved here to replace their uncle as owners three years ago, Meliva was being taught magic by her older cousins. The rest of her family are non-wizards. She prefers not to make her wizardry known because she thinks it will typecast her. She is an indifferent salesperson. She can make many types of origami items including paper airplanes and animals.
She sorely wants to fit in, but as a goblin, she is an outsider here in Bendwyn. She roams all over the village for some happiness.

Note: A goblin will never go back on his word, even if the promise was forced out of him. However, they delight in keeping the letter of a forced promise while still finding a way to trick you.

Handicap Nearsighted: (“Look out! Osmund’s trying to use his bow!”) A nearsighted character must roll an extra die to notice anything that requires vision. He is -2 with missile weapons and spells, and cannot learn Alertness. (TFT Companion p 18)

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Nancy Legisperitus, age 15
ST 8, DX 9, IQ 12, MA 9
Talents: Alertness, Diplomacy, Literacy, Mundane BG– Administrator, Pickpocket, Recognize Value, Writing
Spell: Pathfinder
Languages: Common, Orcish, Elvish
Weapon: Dagger (1d-1)
Special Ability/Weakness: Youth (see above stats)
Trait (ITL p14) Find Truth – 10; Curious - 11

Nancy is female, the daughter of a Lawyer. She helps run her father’s practice. She has both a diary and a journal of the happenings around Bendwyn.

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Obsidian Treszhnak, Dwarf, age 16
ST 9, DX 9, IQ 11, MA 8
Talents: Architect, Ax, Carousing, Charisma, Literacy, Locksmith, Mechanician, Mundane BG – Bartender,
Languages: Common, Dwarvish
Weapon: Hatchet (1d)
Equipment: Around his neck is a door key to basement kegs.
Special Ability/Weakness: Youth (see above stats), Hard of Hearing Handicap (see below)
Trait (ITL p14) Gadgeteer – 11; Loyal - 11

Obsidian is male, the son of owner of Treszhnak and the brother of Halite. Obsidian works the morning shift at the Golden Ax. He enjoys building mechanical gadgets, especially for display at the tavern. He has measle scars from a previous epidemic.

He is friends with Gary the delivery boy.

Hard of Hearing: (“Eh, what did you say?”) This character must roll an extra die to notice a sound. He will not hear what is going on if the other characters whisper. He cannot learn Acute Hearing. TFT Companion p 17


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Frank Tabernarius, age 17
ST 8, DX 10, IQ 12, MA 8 (walking is 3 hexes)
Talents: Ax, Business Sense, Detective*, Detect Lies, Literacy, Locksmith, Mundane BG – Literature, Recognize Value
Languages: Common, Dwarvish
Weapon: Dagger (1d-1), Baton behind desk (1d-1)
Equipment: Around his neck is a door key to Gen Store front door.
Special Ability/Weakness: Youth (see above stats), Lame Handicap (see below)
Trait (ITL p14) Logical – 10; Curious - 11

Frank is male, the son of owner of Bendwyn General Store. Frank works the morning shift at his family’s store. He is friendly in manner, but not quite charismatic. He knows most of the kids in Bendwyn. Frank has no animosity towards the ethnic general market at North Bendwyn.

He has a leg deformity that makes him limp. (2 point handicap from TFT Companion p 18).

*Detective (2): The character can use principles or criminology and observation, on 3d6 vs. IQ, to identify suspicious or contraband items, similarities or ambiguities of physical evidence associated with a suspect, etc. It’s similar to the TFT Naturalist talent, but for use on people. IQ 11 TFT Companion p 31

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Delila Rye, half orc, age 17
ST 10, DX 10, IQ 10, MA 10
Talents: Ax, Bow, Missile Weapon, Naturalist, Swimming, Tracking
Languages: Common, Orcish
Weapon: Hammer (1d+1) on belt
Trait (ITL p14) Quiet – 10; Bravery - 10

Delila is female, the orphan daughter of farmers. She is a hunter. She has been raising her brother Eric for several years now. She likes playing all sorts of physical games.


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Zachary Ledger, Age 21
ST 11, DX 11 (10), IQ 10, MA 10
Talents: Area Knowledge – Bendwyn, Ax, Crossbow, Diplomacy, Horsemanship, Sword, Shield, Tracking
Languages: Common
Weapon: Dagger (1d-1), Mace (2d-1)
Armor: Cloth (stop 1)
Equipment: Manacles
Trait (ITL p14) Friendly – 10; Concerned - 10

Zachary is male, guard of the watch. He has been with the watch now for a year after a stint as a caravan guard. His wife takes care of their infant. They are poor, but happy. He enjoys walking the beat and interacting with the children. He especially enjoys Halite as the dwarves fascinates him. He gives his full attention and empathy to those who need help.