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Old 08-02-2022, 07:17 PM   #31
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Default John Lee Pettimore III

Attributes: ST: 11 [10]; DX: 12 [40]; IQ: 12 [40]; HT: 12 [20].

Secondary Traits: HP: 12 [0]; Basic Speed: 6 [0]; Basic Move: 6 [0]; Will: 13 [5]; Per: 13 [5]; FP: 11 [0].

Advantages: Combat Reflexes [15]; Fit [5]; Wealth/Comfortable [10].

Perks: Alcohol Tolerance [1]; Base [1].

Disadvantages: Enemy (Drug Enforcement Administration, hunter, 9-) [-30]; Nightmares [-5]; Reputation (-2, comes from a line of bootleggers, law abiding citizens, 10-) [-2]; Status (-1, white trash) [-5].

Skills: Area Knowledge (Johnson County, Tennessee)-13 [2]; Area Knowledge (Knoxville, Tennessee)-12 [1]; Area Knowledge (South Vietnam)-12 [1]; Brawling-13 [2]; Camouflage-14 [4]; Explosives (Demolitions)-13 [4]; Guns (Rifle)-13 [2]; Hiking-12 [2]; Knife-12 [1]; Merchant (drugs)-12 [2]; Naturalist-12 [4]; Observation-12 [1]; Soldier-13 [4]; Stealth-13 [4]; Streetwise-11 [1]; Survival (Jungle)-12 [1]; Tactics-11 [2].

Languages: American English (Native) [0]; Vietnamese (Accented, spoken only) [2].
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Old 08-02-2022, 07:29 PM   #32
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Barroom hero

Reputation (Scrapper)
Chronic Pain
Stubborn
Taboo trait: IQ<9
ST +2 or more
Compulsive brawling
Alcoholism
Dependents (wife and kids)
Destiny: To get beaten to death in a pointless fight
Brawling

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Old 08-02-2022, 07:42 PM   #33
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Norwegian as native language, per the lyrics, but your typical modern Scandanavian speaks multiple languages so Danish wouldn't be unreasonable. Possibly a smattering of one or more African languages.

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Yeah, realized that later, I was thinking of the deal being made in Denmark, but Roland is canonically Norwegian.
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Old 08-02-2022, 07:43 PM   #34
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Attributes: ST: 11 [10]; DX: 12 [40]; IQ: 12 [40]; HT: 12 [20].

Secondary Traits: HP: 12 [0]; Basic Speed: 6 [0]; Basic Move: 6 [0]; Will: 13 [5]; Per: 13 [5]; FP: 11 [0].

Advantages: Combat Reflexes [15]; Fit [5]; Wealth/Comfortable [10].

Perks: Alcohol Tolerance [1]; Base [1].

Disadvantages: Enemy (Drug Enforcement Administration, hunter, 9-) [-30]; Nightmares [-5]; Reputation (-2, comes from a line of bootleggers, law abiding citizens, 10-) [-2]; Status (-1, white trash) [-5].

Skills: Area Knowledge (Johnson County, Tennessee)-13 [2]; Area Knowledge (Knoxville, Tennessee)-12 [1]; Area Knowledge (South Vietnam)-12 [1]; Brawling-13 [2]; Camouflage-14 [4]; Explosives (Demolitions)-13 [4]; Guns (Rifle)-13 [2]; Hiking-12 [2]; Knife-12 [1]; Merchant (drugs)-12 [2]; Naturalist-12 [4]; Observation-12 [1]; Soldier-13 [4]; Stealth-13 [4]; Streetwise-11 [1]; Survival (Jungle)-12 [1]; Tactics-11 [2].

Languages: American English (Native) [0]; Vietnamese (Accented, spoken only) [2].
Should also have Traps skill
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Old 08-02-2022, 07:48 PM   #35
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Joel Keyes Mann
ST: 10; DX: 10; IQ: 11 [20]; HT: 10.
Advantages: Charisma 1; Claim to Hospitality 1 (Free Drinks); Talent 1 (Musical Ability); Reputation (+1, Good performer, Small Group (Bar Regulars and Management, All the Time); Voice.
Perks: Alcohol Tolerance; Favor (from various bar patrons); Honest Face; Repertoire (Popular Piano Tunes); Social Network (Bar Patrons).
Disadvantages: Addiction (Tobacco); Laziness.
Quirk: Heavy Drinker; Staid.
Skills: Carousing; Performance; Musical Instrument (Piano) (A) IQ+2 [8] - 14*; Psychology (Applied) (A) IQ-1 [1] - 10; Singing (E) HT+1 [2] - 14***
*+1 for Musical Ability. **+2 for Voice.

A talented, but undisciplined, piano lounge performer who plays cover songs for a small, devoted group of barflies.

Social Network - A group of people who you know well and react to you with Neutral or better reactions. You can use influence skills on these people without having to make introductions.
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Old 08-02-2022, 07:56 PM   #36
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Jack

Seamanship 25
Thrown weapon (harpoon) 20
Fishing 18
Wrestling 20
Area Knowledge (North West Atlantic)

Talent (Born to the Sea)
Unfazeable
ST ++
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Old 08-02-2022, 08:17 PM   #37
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Discography/Name That Tune

Vida - La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
Quinn - Mighty Quinn - Bob Dylan/Manfred Mann
Sue - Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
Cora - Darling Cora - Traditional American Bluegrass
Johnny 1 - The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
Leroy Brown - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
Johnny 2 - The Devil Went Down to Jamaica - Travis Myers
Lola - Lola - The Kinks
Lucy S. Diamond - Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles
Cally - Hotel California - The Eagles
Coward of the County - Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
The Gambler - The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
The Streak - The Streak - Ray Stevens
The Prisoner in Folsom - Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Air Man - Megaman Theme
Wood Man - Megaman Theme
Lieutenant Kije' - Lieutenant Kije' Suite - Sergei Prokofiev
FP Blues - Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Roland Jensen - Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Xevon
Johnny 3 - Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Sugar Magnolia - Sugar Magnolia - The Grateful Dead
Johnny 4 - Johnny B. Rotten - The Monks
Virgil Caine - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
A. Boxer - The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
U.S. Bourne - Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
Major Tom - Space Oddity - David Bowie
Billy Joe - Don't Bring Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash
John Lee Pettimore III - Copperhead Road - Steve Earle
Barroom Hero - Barroom Hero - Dropkick Murphys
Joel Keyes Mann - The Piano Man - Billy Joel
Jack - Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor - Newfoundland Traditional
Unnamed - You're So Vain - Carly Simon
Johnny 5 - Johnny I Hardly Knew You - British Isles Traditional
Eclid Barret - Barret's Privateers - Stan Rogers
April - Pieces of April - Three Dog Night
Ghost of Anne Boleyn - With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm - Stanley Holloway.
The Hat - Frosty the Snowman - Gene Autry
Sibyl - Jupiter's Child - Steppenwolf
"Amy Mae Pettimore" - Copperhead Road - Amy n' Me
Johnny, Able Rate - ??
John Alexander, Jr. - The Late Great Johnny Ace - Paul Simon
Rayden King - Ambitious - Jeff Beck
Judge Delia Strong - Ambitious - Jeff Beck
ADA Anthony Reige - Ambitious - Jeff Beck
King Henry's Loathely Lady - King Henry - Traditional Scottish Ballad
Officer James "King" Brady - Duncan and Brady - Traditional Appalachian
"Stack" Lee Shelton - Stagger Lee - Traditional Appalachian
Johnny 6 - Johnny Strikes Up the Band - Warren Zevon
The Fanatic - First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen
Nigella Ribbon - Black Velvet Band - British Isles/Australian Traditional
Molly Malone - Cockles & Mussels - Irish Traditional
Young Soo Kim - Gangnam Style - PSY
Dong-Hyun Lee - Gangnam Style - PSY
Glen - Take It Easy - The Eagles
The Ghostly Cowboy - Ghost Riders In The Sky - Stan Jones & The Death Valley Rangers & many others.
A Local Purveyor - Ice Cream Man - Van Halen
A Bad Guy - Sympathy For the Devil - The Rolling Stones
Landmeister Ritter Bold von Raeuber - Bold Marauder - Mimi & Richard Farina
Joe - Hey Joe - The Leaves and many others
Tom Dooley - Tom Dooley - Traditional Appalachian Ballad
Robert Smith - The Two Magicians - Traditional Scottish Ballad
"True" Thomas Rhymer - Thomas Rhymer - Traditional Scottish Ballad
Sir Thomas Lynn - Tam Lin - Traditional Scottish Ballad
The Reuben James - Sinking of the Reuben James - Woody Guthrie
D. Deeds - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
Purple People Eater - The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
The Tall Handsome Man - Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Lady Castle - Raggle Taggle Gypsies - Scottish Traditional
Jack Tar - Jolly Jack Tar - English Traditional
The Earl of Murray - The Bonnie Earl o'Murray - Scottish Traditional

Lady Mondegreen - The Bonny Earl o' Moray - Scottish Traditional (but a misinterpretation of the lyrics)
Jane - ??
The Dedicated Follower of Fashion - Dedicated Follower of Fashion - The Kinks
Dan Tucker - Old Dan Tucker - American Traditional
Betsy Pike - Sweet Betsy From Pike - American Traditional
Cousin Kevin - My Perfect Cousin - The Undertones
David Watts - David Watts - The Kinks
Maxwell (Edison) - Maxwell's Silver Hammer - The Beatles
Jim Dandy - Jim Dandy - Lavern Baker
W.R. Mann - Well-Respected Man - The Kinks
A Very Different Cousin Kevin - Cousin Kevin - The Who
Cyril - ??

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Old 08-02-2022, 08:17 PM   #38
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Sugar Magnolia

Skills:
Sex appeal
Erotic art
Driving (Auto)
Administration
Light Walk
Dancing
Breath holding

Advantages:
Attractive or better
Charisma
Perk: Patient
Perk: Perfume
Jumping. She can jump like a Willys in 4 wheel drive.
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Old 08-02-2022, 08:51 PM   #39
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Jumping. She can jump like a Willys in 4 wheel drive.
Oh, yes.

Johnny 4 - "Johnny B. Rotten", The Monks
Billy Joe - "Don't Bring Your Guns to Town", Johnny Cash
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Old 08-02-2022, 09:39 PM   #40
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Johnny 2 - ??
"The Devil Went Down to Jamaica." It's a parody of the original, frequently misattributed to Weird Al Yankovic (and so many others I honestly have no idea who actually made it), where the Devil goes to Jamaica intending to sell some marijuana, sees Johnny similarly peddling the ganja, and makes him a bet about who has the superior product. Rather than the Devil offering up a golden fiddle in exchange for Johnny risking his soul, he offers up a million dollars in exchange for Johnny risking his own stash of weed. Turns out Johnny's stash is sufficiently dank to defeat even the Devil's "stuff they smoked in Vietnam."
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