04-21-2024, 07:40 AM | #1 |
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Stating Jessica Fletcher
What it says on the tin.
Jessica is a healthy woman in her sixties. She's a famous novelist and a highly competent amateur detective. I'm fairly certain she has the Sensitive advantage as well as some kind of memory advantage. Jessica has some level of appearance advantage, Fashion Sense after the first season, and levels of Charisma. As to her Skills, Jessica is a non-combatant. Jessica has a wide variety of skills (writers are readers, so I assume Jessica picks up tons of data). Jessica has shown high Connoisseurship in many areas. Jessica has very high social skills. I assume she has Smooth Operator at some level. What stats do you think Jessica Fletcher has?
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04-21-2024, 10:02 AM | #2 | |
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If it was only "Professional" level (12) for Average Skills much could be done with a 13. Connoiseur is Average but a "high" Level sounds like at least a 14 and just multiple Specializatios of that skill could drive an IQ of 15. Also it would be a rare TV Detective who did not have multiple levels of Serendipity. That's what you would use to "find" the critcal clue you needed just before the 45 minutes after the hour commercial break. :)
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04-21-2024, 10:38 AM | #3 |
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Her general is such that I have trouble seeing her as having less than IQ 12, maybe 13. Sensitive fits, as does the lower level of Eidetic Memory. She exists in a genre where Social Regard (amateur detective) is a thing; people just generally let her go places and do things they oughtn't. I would give her Intuition (Aspected, mysteries -20%). Like all good TV sleuths, she probably has the Perk Efficient (Search). It's usually facile to assume a TV character has Attractive but the characters seem to react to her in that fashion, so in this case, I'd include it.
I think she might have a level in Sleuth, a custom talent that adds to Body Language, Criminology, Detect Lies, Observation, Research, Search, and maybe a couple of other skills. She's a very successful writer, so she probably has at least Writing-14. I think that ability is too narrow to build a Talent around, so her "talent" in that regard is probably just her skill level. This comes with a Reputation as well. I'd say she has the Dabbler perk with the usual parlour detective skills: Connoisseur, Forensics, Psychology... I haven't watched enough episodes to state a complete list. She also has Rapier Wit... this is normally employed to stun bad guys when she explains how they did it, but she can also use it to befuddle people trying to kidnap her and so forth. Unless someone can provide counter-examples, I assume Honesty and Pacifism (Self-Defense Only). |
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Independent Income, to reflect a combination of her (and her husband's) retirement income, plus her earnings and royalties from her writing.
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Or would that instead be an argument in favor of Weirdness Magnet? Franklin
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04-21-2024, 10:42 AM | #5 |
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Sorry, but in almost every case, the real killer admits their guilt in the episode's final moments, when confronted by Jessica and her reasoning.
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04-21-2024, 11:05 AM | #7 | |
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Honesty has virtually zero to do with never telling lies. Actually, there are many situations where a person with Honesty could tell total lies because there's no law against doing that. Some lawyers might have Honesty because they know what the local law actually requires and are very careful to never cross its technical lines. They still won't have a Reputation for being "Honest". Normal humans allmost neve rhave Honesty. "Very cautious about breaking laws." might not even be a valid Quirk. Gurps full blown Honesty means the bearer of it must be _compulsive_ about obeying all laws, even bad ones.
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04-21-2024, 11:10 AM | #8 |
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So, some kind of telepathic domination power? Or reality warping?
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04-21-2024, 11:26 AM | #9 | |
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It might even be realistic or at least in some cultures.
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Honesty says you can steal, if there's great need; I think you can, at times, do things that might verge on trespassing, if you squint, if there's great need. Quote:
I actually wrote up a super-villain like this once. I named her Miriam Archer, the Mystery Killer. EDIT: I checked, and a negative Destiny requires you to suffer some kind of failure now and then, so I think she has Quirk: Very minor Destiny (busman's holiday). Last edited by pawsplay; 04-21-2024 at 11:46 AM. |
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