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Old 08-02-2022, 02:38 PM   #21
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The Prisoner in Folsom:


Sadism

Quirk: dislikes passenger trains with rich people in dining car, doesn't listen to mother.

Area Knowledge: Negative (doesn't know that it is against the law to shoot a man within the Reno city limits just to watch
FP Blues:

Skills: Gambling 11, Guns (Pistol) 12, Brawling 12

Disadvantages: Impulsive, Bad Temper, Social Stigma (Subjugated),
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Old 08-02-2022, 04:41 PM   #22
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One thing Vida is NOT is diplomatic. She's more likely to start a general brawl and slip out in the confusion than to even try to smooth things over with anyone.
Which is a perfectly sound real life diplomatic gambit if you can get away with it.
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Old 08-02-2022, 04:50 PM   #23
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Roland Jensen
ST: 12
DX: 12
IQ: 10
HT: 12
CF: Western
Languages: Norwegian (Native/Native), English (Accented/Broken)
Advantages: Unaging, Unkillable, Injury Tolerance: No Head, Signature Gear (Thompson submachine gun), Higher Purpose: Kill people who betrayed their allies, Combat Reflexes

Disadvantages: Mute, Appearance (Horrific), Social Stigma (Dead), Enemy: CIA

Skills:
Guns (Submachine)- 20
Tactics-14
Soldier-12
Tracking-14

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Old 08-02-2022, 05:03 PM   #24
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Some quick partial ones, just noting the most notable aspects of the characters.

Johnny
Musical Talent
Overconfidence
Musical Instrument (Fiddle) 25

Johnny (a different one)
Green Thumb
Resistant +8 (inhaled poisons)
Overconfidence
"Herb" Lore 25
Streetwise 14
Johnny
Wealth: Poor
Semi-literacy (English)
Area Knowledge (Southern Louisiana outside of New Orleans)
Musical Instrument (Bell) 25
Skill Adaptation (Musical Instrument(Bell) -> Musical Instrument (Guitar))

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Old 08-02-2022, 05:26 PM   #25
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Roland Jensen
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Languages: Danish (Native/Native), English (Accented/Broken)
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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Advantages: Unaging, Unkillable, Injury Tolerance: No Head, Signature Gear (Thompson submachine gun), Higher Purpose: Kill people who betrayed their allies, Combat Reflexes
He'd be an absolutely great Revenant character for a Horror campaign, so possibly give him the appropriate "racial" template.

Possibly Indefatigable [15] and Protected Sense (Vision, Hearing).

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Disadvantages: Mute, Appearance (Horrific), Social Stigma (Dead), Enemy: CIA
Possibly No Sense of Smell/Taste.
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Old 08-02-2022, 05:40 PM   #26
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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

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Old 08-02-2022, 05:53 PM   #27
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Johnny

Bad Temper
Intolerance (tourists)
Reputation (Musical bad boy)
Fashion sense
Temporary wealth

Area Knowledge (Kings Road)
Sex appeal
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Old 08-02-2022, 05:55 PM   #28
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Virgil Caine
ST=12
DX=10
IQ=11
HT=10

TL 5

Disadvantages: Wealth (Poor), Status -1, Pacifist (Reluctant Killer), Sense of Duty (Wife)

Quirks: Resentful. Knows that he's licked. Hopes to homestead a farm for himself.

Skills: Farmer 11, Carpenter 10, Axe/Mace 11, Wood Cutting Technique 12, Survival (Woodland) 10

Virgil comes by his below zero point total honestly. He used to work on the train but not in one of the skilled professions, just as a coal stoker. Still it was enough to keep him out of the military unlike his late brother. Now (1869) he works as a wood-cutter in Tennessee, trying to save up enough for a homesteading stake along with his wife.

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Old 08-02-2022, 06:02 PM   #29
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A. Boxer
Martial Artist (Sport Boxer) template, but reduced ST & DX.
Will: +1.
Advantages: High Pain Threshold.
Disadvantages: Chronic Pain; OPH (-1, Cynical & Distrustful); Wealth (Struggling).
Quirk: Distinctive Features (Broken Nose, Cauliflower Ears) [-1]; Likes working class people and places [-1].
Skills: AK (NYC); Streetwise.

Failed NYC-area boxer, originally from a small working class mill town.

U.S. Bourne
TL7 Soldier (Vietnam Infantryman) template, but reduced ST & HT.
Advantages: Claim to Hospitality 3 (VA Hospital); Independent Income 5 (Disability Pension); Reputation (+1, Combat Veteran, Soldiers & Veterans (Small Group), 12-).
Disadvantages: Flashbacks; Guilt Complex; Loner; Nightmares; Phobia (Brontophobia); Reputation (-1, Petty Criminal, Police (Small Group), 12-); Reputation (-2, Mentally Ill, Large Group, 12-); Social Stigma -1 (Poor); Wealth (Poor).
Skills: Carousing (A) HT-1 [1] - 8; PS (Oil Refinery Worker) (A) IQ-1 [1] - 9; Streetwise (A) IQ-1 [1] - 9; Urban Survival (A) Per [2] - 10.

Northern NJ-area working-class, Vietnam-Era infantry veteran with severe PTSD.

Major Tom
Astronaut template (Present Day Lens)
Advantages: Reputation (+2, Almost Everyone, All the Time).
Disadvantages: On the Edge; Secret (Death Wish).

Celebrity astronaut with a fatal secret.

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Old 08-02-2022, 06:24 PM   #30
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Billy Joe

Stubborn
Overconfident
Quirk: bored on the farm
Quirk: doesnt like being laughed at
Quirk: not used to hard liquor
Taboo traits: combat reflexes, fast draw
Signature Gear: pistols

Guns (Pistol) at a basic level

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