You are in a room... [OOC]

[Justin Bedard]

you don't remember falling asleep.
you don't remember what time it is.
you don't know where you are.

4 walls, a roof, a floor and a door. nothing else, except you. will you solve the puzzle before you die? or will you be conquer these four walls and escape?
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I got bored waiting for space merchant to update, so I'm going to start my own PBP...

anyway, watch this intro first:
Intro

Strictly speaking, characters are late TL 8 and very early TL 9. this is "real" life. NO supers, NO aliens, NO "supernatural", just plain Man vs. Monster. this doesn't mean you don't have some biomods or ultra gear!

Characters are worth 75 points. keep in mind that most social things are excluded, wealth won't help you unless you've got a cellphone supercomputer in you pant pockets... At the start, you'll receive a item, which only YOU hold and know about.

I think that covers everything, game starts july 12, but there's a limit of 5 characters! first come, first mawed by the monster.

[LemmingLord]

I have a few concepts; let's see which of these grows on me and gets along with the other characters.

Daisy Da-Xia Hartford is a small town Highschool cheerleader whose Chinese and Scottish parents have been poising her for college and eventual political office. Her mixed heritage give her smiling facial features and a slight but neither weak nor threatening exotic every-person attractiveness. She is graceful with a thoughtful, sometimes shy, people-pleasing demeanor that seeks to listen and mirror the company she is keeping; although she is skilled in the rote knowledge that can help her win debate tournaments or Jr. Jeopardy, her real love is gymnastics.

Spoiler:  

Attributes: [40] + Advantages [9] + Skill [40] - Disads [-34] - Quirks [-5] = 50 Points
Unspent = 25

ST 10, DX 11 [20], IQ 11 [20], HT 11 [10], HP 9[*], WI 9[*], PE 11, FA [11] = Total Attributes: [40]
Attractive [4],, Flexibility [5] = Total Advantages [9]
Combat Paralysis [-15], Low HP [-2], Low Will [-10], Reluctant Killer [-5], Sense of Duty (Parents) [-2]
Person Pleaser [-1], Shy Around New People [-1]

Acrobatics [4] DX+0 11
Acting [2] IQ+0 11
Artist (Calligraphy) [1] IQ-2 9
Biology [1] IQ-3 8
Body Language [4] PE+1 12
Carousing [1] HT 11
Chemistry [1] IQ-2 9
Climbing [1] DX+Flex 12
Computer Operation [1] IQ [11]
Current Affairs (Headline News) [1] IQ 11
Dancing [1] DX-1 10
Diplomacy [4] IQ 11
History (US) [1] IQ-2 9
Jumping [2] DX+1 12
Lifting [2] HT 11
Literature [2] IQ-1 10
Mathematics (Pure) [1] IQ-2 9
Leadership [1] IQ+0 10
Performance [2] IQ 11
Poetry [1] IQ-1 10
Politics [1] IQ-1 10
Research [1] IQ-1 10
Speed Reading [1] IQ-1 10
Swimming [1] DX 11
Teaching [1] IQ-1 10
Writing [1] IQ-1 10
= Total Skills: 40

Simon "Elk Foot" Sorensen is a small town eccentric, mostly harmless, fulltime welfare recipient and amateur animal handler in his early thirties. He can usually be found on his bicycle with small red wagon and two or three dogs behind him. Although the government and a couple of small companies call him disabled, he is physically fit and happy to do whatever chores people need done and trade for dinner or groceries. He is quite familiar (and happy to share) conspiracy theories and alternate points of view on history (modern and ancient), man's origins and even theories on time travel, black holes and shrink rays.

Spoiler:  

Attributes: 50
Advantages: 15
Disadvantages: -40
Quirks: -5
Skills: 50

ST 11 [20], DX 11 [20], IQ 10, HT 11 [10], HP 11, WI 10, PE 10, FA 11 = Total Attributes: 50
Animal Empathy [5], Animal Friend +2 [10] = Total Advantages: 15

Chummy [-5]
Delusion: (humans are descendants of aquatic bipedal apes)[-5]
Delusion: (dogs and humans were once the same species; that's why they get along so well)[-5]
Delusion: (most politicians and celebrities have made a pact with the beast, demon, angel or possibly fey to achieve their position of authority and/or prominence and can't be trusted)[-10]
Overconfidence [-5]
Sense of Duty (Friends/Including His Dogs)[-5]
Social Stigma (Crazy?) [-5]
Total Disadvantages [-40]

Dreamer [-1]
Paranoid About Government [-1]

Animal Handling (canines) [4] IQ+1 11
Area Knowledge (town) [4] IQ+2 12
Bicycling [4] DX+2 13
Carpentry [2] IQ 10
Climbing [2] DX 11
History (US) [4] IQ+0 10
Hiking [4] HT+1 12
Hidden Lore [4] IQ+1 11
Holdout [4] IQ+1 11
Running [4] HT+1 12
Smuggling [2] IQ 10
Stealth [2] DX 11
Swimming [2] DX+1 12
Urban Survival [4] PE+1 11
Wrestling [4] DX+1 12
Skills: 50

Evan "Kersten" Klein is a civil engineer by training now working as a actress for a tasteful "women-owned" adult film company to help pay off her college debt and her remaining gender reassignment surgeries. She is the worst nightmare of homophobes everywhere, looking like a tall busty woman with great legs but with masculine attributes hidden. She is an avid feminist, writer and volunteer through her local Unitarian church; she also has a masters degree in civil engineering (traffic patterns) with a vast sociology background.

Spoiler:  

Attributes: 62
Advantages: 4
Perks: 3
Disadvantages: -35
Quirks: -5
Skills: 42
Unspent: 4
ST 11 [10], DX 10, IQ 12 [40], HT 11 [10], HP 12 [2], WI 12, PE 12, FA 11. Attributes: 62
Attractive [4]
Great Legs [1], Great Breasts [1], Walks in Heels [1]
Bad Temper [-10], Fanaticism (Feminism) [-15], (Secret [-5] or Social Stigma (Transgendered) [-10]

Acting [2] IQ 12
Architecture [1] IQ-1 11
Brawling [4] DX 12
Computer Operations [4] 14
Computer Programming [1] 10
Diplomacy [2] IQ-1 11
Engineering (Civil) [8] 14
Judo [4] DX 10
Mathematics (Pure) [4] 12
Mathematics (Applied) [8] 13
Performance [2] IQ 12
Sociology [2] IQ 12

[Justin Bedard]

well, they're all more than good (nearly perfect!). now all you need to do is build up your character of choice. Oh, and if you want, you can either:
1) let me stage it (I choose what gear, state of mind, etc. that the charchater was last at, determining stuff like held items...)
2) give me a final location (example: holding a purse with recording gear, a pair of pompoms and a cell phone, some pocket change and a crowbar...)

[LemmingLord]

Lets see what other players are considering before we commit to one of these.

[younglorax]

Here's my character concept:

Van Campbell

Van’s an angry, impatient biker. He has a habit of drinking too much, and he’s even more likely to pick a fight when he’s drunk than when he’s sober. He’s not exactly great with people. He’s worked a series of odd jobs for a while now -- he can’t really seem to hold down steady employment, despite being a more than decent mechanic and handyman. He has a (probably impossible) dream of running his own motorcycle repair shop, and his Spartan lifestyle allows him to save up for it. In an attempt to deal with his anger, he studied briefly at a Buddhist monastery in Berkeley, California. That was a couple years ago, and it didn’t really take -- his last memory before waking up in the room is trying to sleep in a park with black eye, split lip, and a high enough BAC that he barely notices the injuries.

Spoiler:  

Van Campbell
Angry, impatient, biker who makes a living
doing under the table work for mechanics or
as a handy-man.
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Height: 6', Weight: 160 lbs,
Age: 24, Sex: Male,
Race: White, Skin: Very tan
Hair: Brown, Eyes: Brown
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Total Points:  [75]

Attributes:    [56]
Advantages:    [13]
Disadvantages:[-32]
Quirks:        [-3]
Skills:        [41]  

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ATTRIBUTES [56]
ST: 13 [30]   HP: 11 [-4]
DX: 10 [0]  Will: 13 [15]
IQ: 10 [0]   Per: 11 [5]
HT: 11 [10]   FP: 11 [0]

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ADVANTAGES [13]

Artificer 1        [10]
Spanish (Broken)   [2]
Night Vision 1     [1]
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DISADVANTAGES [-32]

Bad Temper (12)    [-10]
Impulsiveness (12) [-10]
Overconfidence (15)[-2]
Skinny             [-5]
Social Stigma      [-5]
 (has a boyfriend)
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QUIRKS [-3]

Drinks too much    [-1]
Likes his bike     [-1]
Romantic           [-1]
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SKILLS [41]

Action skills:         
                SL  Pts
Brawling        12  [4]
Driving:         9  [1]
   Automobile
Driving:        12  [8]
   Motorcycle   
First Aid       10  [1]
Forced Entry    10  [1]
Knife           11  [2]

Artificer skills:
                SL  Pts
Carpentry       12  [2]
Electrician     10  [1]
Mechanic:       11  [2]
    Automobile
Mechanic:       13  [8]  
    Motorcycle
Plumber (IQ/A)  10  [1]

Social skills:
                SL  Pts
Carousing       12  [2]
Intimidation    13  [2]	
Streetwise      11  [4]

Other skills:
                SL  Pts
Philosophy       8  [1]
   (Buddhism)
Meditation      11  [1]

[LemmingLord]

Right on! Good name! Good concept! Good writeup!!

Should we get points for our social stigmas? Two of my three characters have taken social stigmas... and I realize now that gamemaster did say not to take social advantages... Maybe social disadvantages aren't worth anything either.. :(

[crretin]

John Mcgee
ST 11 [10]
DX 11 [20]
IQ 11 [20]
HT 11 [10]
Advantages
Very fit [15]
Combat reflexes [15]
Disadvantages
Code of honour (professional) [-10]
Pacifism (cannot harm innocents) [-10]
Great Vow (always protect the innocent) [-15]
Selfless [-5]
Very Fat [-5]
Skills
E pistol DX +2 13 [4]
E Fast draw (pistol] DX +2 13 [4]
E Forced entry DX +1 12 [2]
E Brawling DX+2 13 [4]
A Cooking IQ +1 12 [4]
A Hiking HT +0 11 [2]
H Tactics IQ -1 10 [2]
A Criminology IQ +0 11 [2]
A Leadership IQ +0 11 [2]
H Law IQ +0 11 [4]
Here, he's basicly a cop that was picked up while out on patrol.

[LemmingLord]

A bulky George Kennedy type cop sounds very helpful.. Rather unskilled in law, criminology, leadership and so on.. And if he is so big maybe he would be stronger than an 11 or have more hp.

[Justin Bedard]

Gordie Howe, RST agent

Spoiler:  

Gordie Howe is a RST field agent, he has been for the last 13 years. he's reviewed hundreds of cases, from the rich to the poor. he's gradually built a personality around his career, calm and not one to panic. He's built up some immunity from the social panic created from his cases, but comes off as humorless. Howe has a thin but tall build, with balding Brown-gray hair and a goatee.

Information:
Height- 6'4" Weight- 142 lbs Age-43 (DOB:august 11)
Skin: Pale Eye: Blue-Green Hair: Brown-Gray (balding)
Build: Tall and thin Other: Goatee
Reaction Modifier: +2/-2

Attributes [59]
ST-10 DX-10 IQ-12 HT-12
Speed-5 Move-5+1 Will-11 Per-12
HP-10 FP-10 Fright- 13 BL/ST-12


Talents:
Taxkeeper 2 [10]
(Detect lies, Expert Skill (Tax Evasion), Hidden Lore (Conspiracies), Intelligence Analysis, Interrogation, Research)
Alt. Bonus: +2 vs. will rolls to persuade you.
Jack of all trades 2 [20]


Skills: [19] Points Skill level Attribute
Detect lies 2 13 Per/H
Expert skill (tax evasion) 1 12 Per/H
Hidden Lore (Conspiracies) 2 14 IQ/A
Intelligence Analysis 1 12 IQ/H
Interrogation 4 15 IQ/A
Research 2 14 IQ/A

Computer Operation 1 12 IQ/E
First Aid 1 12 IQ/E
Cooking 1 11 IQ/A
Brawling 2 11 DX/E
Guns (Pistol) 2 11 DX/E
Everything else: 0 +2 default x


Physical Traits

Skinny (x2/3 weight, -2 ST vs. knockback, disguise/shadowing -2)[-5]
Distinctive features (odd accent) [-1]
Tall (x1.2 height avg., x1.5 weight avg. move+1, shadowing/disguise -1)[1]


Mental Traits

Easy to Read [-10]
Attentive [-1]
Noisy 1 [-2]


Social Traits
85
Languages:
English (native) [0]
French (Accented/Broken) [3]
Familarity (Canadian; native) [0]
Wealth (Struggling; x1/2) [-10]
Independent Income 2 [2]
Rank (gov.) 1 [5]
Duty (Agent; FR 12, Non Hazardous) [-5]
Social Stigma (RST agent, -2 from fraud taxpayers, +2 from government employees) [-5]


Equipment:
Clothes (TL8,Dark-blue vest{6lb limit/3cf}, blue buttoned long-sleeve shirt, khaki cargo pants {2 lb limit/ 1cf}, white socks, boxers,white undershirt and brown walking shoes);200$, 3.5 lbs
Minimal Cellular Phone ; 120$, 0.1 lbs
Pen x 3 (Red, Blue and Black ink); 1$, neg.
Journal (120 pages) ; 10$, 0.2 lbs
Swiss Army Knife (High Quality; -4 for normal tasks, +1 for minuscule ones. included pieces: alan key, mini-saw, penknife, can-opener, ruler, 3 common screwdrivers); 200$, 0.1 lbs
LED flashlight (50 lumens, 30 meter range in cone); 40$, 0.25 lbs, 1 S/8hrs.
Micro tent (fits 1 person, +1 for survival); 330$, 1.6 lb, (1 CF, dispered about pants)
Alcohol Pocket Stove; 20$, Neg.
4 ounce bottle of alcohol (100%); 1$, 0.3 lb.
Microfiber cloth (2' x 1'); 2$, 0.1 lb


Notes:
Tall: you are abnormally tall for your ST, but not enough to qualify for gigantism. you gain all the features of gigantism, except the SM modification, and the social disadvantages (if any).

Minimal Cellular Phone: similar to the original cellular phones, this device has no "extras", it is a palm-sized device, sleek in design with numeric buttons and a small OLED screen. it has a built-in GPS and natural compass, and it adds +1 to navigation. ** this device doesn't "do" much campaign-wise, but paints a pretty picture.**