Characters from Songs

[David Johnston2]

Name: Vida
Player:
Race: Human
Appearance: A beautiful woman with "mocha" skin and bright red lipstick.
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 118

Attributes [90]
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ST 9 [-10]
DX 13 [60]
IQ 11 [20]
HT 12 [20]

Hit Points 9
Will 11
Perception 11
Fatigue Points 12

Basic Lift 16
Damage 1d-2/1d-1

Basic Speed 6.25
Basic Move 6

Ground Move 6
Water Move 1

Social Background
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TL: 8

Advantages [42]
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Appearance (Beautiful) [12]
Daredevil [15]
Luck [15]

Disadvantages [-18]
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Compulsive Carousing (9 or less, *1.5) [-8]
Impulsiveness (12 or less, *1) [-10]

Quirks [-5]
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Broad-Minded [-1]
Congenial [-1]
Doesn't Drink Water [-1]
Thinks the occult is fun [-1]
Thrillseeker [-1]

Skills [75]
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Carousing (E) HT+6 [20]-18
Dancing (A) DX+2 [8]-15
Diving (Swimming) (Tech/A) Swimming+3 [3]-15
Driving/TL8 (Automobile) (A) DX [2]-13
Driving/TL8 (Motorcycle) (A) DX-1 [1]-12
Occultism (A) IQ-1 [1]-10
Parachuting/TL8 (E) DX [1]-13
Sex Appeal (Human) (A) HT+6 [8]-18
Includes: +4 from 'Appearance'
Sleight of Hand (H) DX-2 [1]-11
Streetwise (A) IQ-1 [1]-10
Swimming (E) HT [1]-12

Points Summary
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Attributes/Secondary Characteristics [90]
Advantages/Perks/TL/Languages/Cultural Familiarities [42]
Disadvantages/Quirks [-23]
Skills/Techniques/Spells [47]
= Total [156]

In a game, Vida is useful as a source of trouble. Her recklessness, association with countless dodgy people, recreational drug use, lack of a steady source of income means she gets into trouble frequently and she has no scruples about handing off her trouble to someone else. She's a living incarnation of a toxic manic pixie dream girl and meeting her can easily end up with a maguffin handcuffed to one's wrist or a dead body in one's bed. Also she isn't particularly good at slipping a mickey into a man's drink or picking his pocket, but makes up for it by using Sex Appeal to trash his perception.

[Witchking]

A lady that pretty, with those carousing habits and impusles; probably should have at least a point of Brawling or Judo.

After all fending off wandering hands would with enough hours of practice would generate the required point(s).

[sir_pudding]

"Quinn"
ST 11
DX 12
IQ 12
HT 11
Will 15
Per 15

CF: Native American
CF: Western
Inuktitut (Native)
English (Native)
Reputation +4 (Mighty; Everyone; All the Time)
Appearance (Handsome)
Animal Empathy
Affliction (Drowsy; Area Effect 10 yds, Malediction I)
Charisma 4

Charitable
Gregarious
Pacifisn (Self-Defense Only)

Classic Looks: Resembles Anthony Quinn

Belief: Organized Labor Movement

Boating-12
Diplomacy-14 (18 for Influence rolls)
Fishing-12
Guns (Rifle) -12
Knife -12
Law (Labor) -12
Leadership -16
Mimicry (Bird Sounds) -12
Politics (Labor)-13
Public Speaking-16
Spear-12
Survival (Arctic) -15
Swimming-12

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May appear as a union or tribal negotiatior or organizer in Alaska, the Aleutian Islands or Canada, typically when the situation seems intractable.

[Pursuivant]

Sue (100 points)
Attributes: ST: 12 [20]; DX: 12 [40]; IQ: 11 [20]; HT: 11 [10].

Secondary Traits: HP: 13 [2]; Basic Speed: 6.25 [0]; Basic Move: 6 [0]; Will: 12 [5]; Per: 10 [-5]; FP: 11 [0].

Advantages: Combat Reflexes [15]; Fit [5]; Hard to Subdue 2 [4].

Perk: Alcohol Tolerance [1]; Repertoire (Country & Western Songs) [1].

Disadvantages: Appearance (Ugly) [-10]; Bad Temper (9-) [-5]; Compulsive Behavior (Wanderlust) (9-) [-5]; Reputation (-2, Mean Drunk, Small Group, 12-) [-1]; Vow (Kill Father) [-5]; Wealth (Struggling) [-10].

Quirks: Distinctive Feature (Broken Nose and Facial Scars) [-1]; Emotionally Scarred [-1]; Hard Drinker [-1]; Hates his given name and angered by anyone who asks about it. [-1]; Violent Drunk [-1].

Skills: Area Knowledge (Southern US) IQ [1] - 11; Area Knowledge (Dive Bars, Honky-Tonks, and Road Houses) (E) IQ [1] - 11; Driving/TL (Automobile) (E) DX [1] - 12*; Gambling (Poker) (E) IQ+1 [2] - 12; Brawling-15 (E) DX+3 [8] - 15; Guns/TL (Pistol) DX [1] - 11; Fast-Draw (Pistol) (E) DX [1] - 12; Intimidation (A) Will [2] - 12; Mechanic/TL (Automobiles) (A) IQ-1 [1] - 10**; Musical Instrument (Guitar) (A) IQ+1 [4] - 13; Shortsword (A) DX-1 [1] - 11; Singing (E) HT [2] - 12; Streetwise (A) IQ-1 [1] - 10; Wrestling (A) DX [2] - 12.

Languages: American English (Southern Accent) (Native) [0].
Cultural Familiarities: Western [0].

A transient manual laborer, bare-knuckles brawler, backup musician, and small-time gambler on a mission to find his absentee father and kill him. He can be found in any Southern or Southwestern dive bar or roadhouse in a TL6-8 campaign. Later convicted of a murder near Reno, NV and sentenced to life imprisonment in the California Corrections System.

Repertoire perk is the GURPS 4E version of "Bardic Lore" and covers knowledge of a body of music, plays, etc. Emotionally Scarred means that the character has one or more psychological problems that don't seriously limit their in-game behavior. Hard Drinker is Quirk-level Alcoholism. Violent Drunk means that you must make a Will roll to avoid starting or joining brawls if you're suffering from Tipsiness or Drunkenness.

*At TL5-6, this can be replaced by either Hiking (A) HT-1 [1] - 10 or Riding (Horse) (A) DX-1 [1] - 11.
** This can be replaced by Farming/TL, Smith/TL, or a suitable Professional Skill (A) IQ [1] - 10.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Witchking

A lady that pretty, with those carousing habits and impusles; probably should have at least a point of Brawling or Judo.

Either that or decent Diplomacy, Fast-Talk, or Intimidation skills. Of course, Sex Appeal skill might also include the art of fending off unwanted advances.

[Dalillama]

Cora
ST: 10
DX: 12
IQ: 10
HT: 10
Will: 13
Per: 9

CF: Western
Languages: English (native)
Advantages: Attractive Apprarance, Reputation (Moonshiner), Combat Reflexes

Disadvantages: Reputation (Moonshiner), Intolerance (Government agents), Addiction (Alcohol)

Skills:
Musical Instrument (Banjo)-11
Guns (pistol) - 18
Professional Skill (Distilling)-13
Games (Poker) - 12
Teamster or Driving (Car) -13

Cora runs a moonshining operation in the Appalachians, assisted by her common-law husband. They run liquor to a significant chunk of the Eastern seaboard, and are widely reputed to have at least one Federal agent buried in a shallow grave on their land. Cora likes booze, card games, music, and shooting anyone who tries to stop her enjoying them. She can appear pretty much any time after white people started living in Appalachia.

[Varyon]

Some quick partial ones, just noting the most notable aspects of the characters.

Johnny
Musical Talent
Overconfidence
Musical Instrument (Fiddle) 25


Leroy Brown
Reputation +4 (Baddest man in the whole damn town, Large Group, All the time*)
Bad Temper
Compulsive Gambling
Lecherousness
Brawling 14
Knife 14
Pistol 12

*This should probably be something like 14 or less, seeing as the "jealous man" apparently didn't recognize him but there's no indication he was from out of town, but Reputation goes from "No roll" to "10 or less" (50%) with nothing in between.


And, finally
Johnny (a different one)
Green Thumb
Resistant +8 (inhaled poisons)
Overconfidence
"Herb" Lore 25
Streetwise 14

[Pursuivant]

Lola
ST: 11
Advantage: Attractive (Androgynous)
Disadvantage: Secret (Sexual Orientation - Bisexual or Homosexual) or Social Stigma (Minority Group - Bisexual or Homosexual).
Quirk: Enjoys passing as female [-1].
Skills: Carousing, Dancing, Disguise, Make-Up, Sex Appeal.

Lucy S. Diamond
Advantage: Affliction (Enhancement: Incapacitation: Hallucination, +50%; Extended Duration (300x), +100%); Limitation: Melee Attack (C), -30%) [22]; Attractive [4].
Skills: Carousing, Dreaming, Pharmacy, Psychology, Streetwise.

Cally
Advantages: Powerful Genius Locii Spirit (Greater Los Angeles Metro Area); Affliction (Bestow Advantage: One or more of Appearance, Charisma, Luck, Talent (Business Acumen, Smooth Operator, Musical Ability, Allure, etc.), or Voice); Affliction (Bestow Disadvantages: One or more of Addiction, Alcoholism, bad Appearance, Compulsive Behavior (Carousing), Delusion, Fat or Very Fat; Greed, Obsession (Fame), or Unluckiness), Affliction (Negated Advantage: One or more of Appearance, Charisma, Luck, Talent (Business Acumen, Smooth Operator, Musical Ability, Allure, etc.), or Voice); Appearance (Transcendent); Charisma; Claim to Hospitality; Fashion Sense; Jumper (Pocket Dimension); Mind Control; Mind Reading; Talent (Allure, Business Acumen, Musical Ability); Unaging; Unfazeable; Unkillable 3; Voice; Wealth (Multimillionaire).
Disadvantages: Compulsive Carousing; Compulsive Spending; Dependency (Carousing, Money, and People); Enemy (Rival, Powerful Individual (Fran - Genius Locii of the SF Bay Area)); Greed; Odious Personal Habit (Capricious, Fickle, and Shallow)); Sense of Duty (LA Basin and its people).
Languages: Spanish, Armenian, Chinese, English, Farsi, Korean, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Yiddish, many Native American languages.
Skills: Too many to list, but notably Area Knowledge (Greater Metro LA); Carousing; Current Affairs (Business, Entertainment, and Local News), Finance; History (Regional); Merchant; Performance; Photography; PS (Model, Sound Engineer); Sex Appeal; Singing; and Streetwise.

A modern day avatar of the goddess Fortuna who manifests in the form of a gorgeous, well-dressed woman of possibly Amerindian or Latin descent. Her current human guise is that of a former actress, reality show performer, and singer turned music impressario, Lala Land. While she owns a massive 1920s era Art Deco style mansion in Beverly Hills, and another 1950s modern mansion in Bel Air, the center of her power is a 1900s era Mission Style low-rise hotel, built on the foundations of a much older building and heavily renovated in the 1960s and 70s. (The former wine cellar was remodeled into a disco in 1970, eliminating the hotel's once famous vintage wine collection. Complimentary chilled Dom Perignon Brut Rose is available in the guest suites, however.) It randomly manifests in the older parts of the county, always on the edge of a neighborhood trending between fashionable and downscale. Its exact appearance and state of repair depends on the current state of local affairs and Cally's state of health. This location has a hypnotic attraction to talented LA newcomers who are looking for fame and fortune, as well as a number of high-rolling music and film executives. Cally selects those who best serve her current needs, either trapping them in an endless cycle of partying at her hotel, or blessing them with useful advantages and sending them out to do her bidding. Periodically, she commands her disciples to return to her so she can feed on their wealth and creative energy to retain her power. Should one of her servants displease her, she can bestow powerful disadvantages or strip away advantages.

[Pursuivant]

Possibly add Blessed, Higher Purpose (Play Fiddle), or Luck to "Devil Went Down to Georgia" Johnny.

[Donny Brook]

This definitely needs a stat up of Sugar Magnolia.