Joe the Rifleman
Setting: 20th century
ST 11 [10]; DX 11 [10]; IQ 10 [0]; DX 11 [10]
Advantages: Fit [5]; Strong Will +1 [4]
Disadvantages: Extremely Hazardous Duty [-20]; Poverty (Struggling) [-10]; Sense of Duty (Comrades) [-5]
Skills: Armoury (Small Arms)-10 [1]; Bicycling-11 [1]; Brawling-12 [2]; Camouflage-10 [1]; Climbing-10 [1]; First Aid-10 [1]; Forward Observer-10 [1]; Gunner (Machinegun)-11 [1]; Guns (LAW)-11 [0.5]; Guns (Light Auto)-12 [1]; Guns (Rifle)-13 [2]; Hiking-10 [1]; Jumping-10 [0.5]; Knife-11 [1]; Scrounging-10- [1]; Soldier-9 [1]; Spear-10 [1]; Stealth-10 [1]; Throwing-9 [1]; Traps-9 [1]
Gear: Mauser 98k rifle, 12 magazines, 2 Stielhandgrenate, Panzerfaust 30, bayonet, uniform (see p.W:IC36 for more on what equipment German soldiers carried)
Notes: This represents a undertrained, inexperienced infantryman
that could fit many places in the 20th century. This particular Joe is
a German soldier late in WWII.
ST 10 [0]; DX 11 [10]; IQ 11 [10]; HT 11 [10]
Advantages: Acute Hearing +4 [8]; Rapid Healing [5]
Disadvantages: Alcoholism [-15]; Callous [-6]; Hunchback [-10]; Unattractive [-5]
Skills: Area Knowledge (castle)-12 [2]; Climbing-11 [2]; Detect Lies-10 [2]; Knife-12 [2]; Knife Throwing-12 [2]; Savoir-Faire (Servant)-13 [4]; Stealth-12 [4]
Gear: Ragged, dirty, smelly clothes, hidden large knife
Notes: This NPC represents an unpleasant lackey of a low-level
villain. Hunchback can be replaced by some other noticable deformity, if
desired.
ST 10 [0]; DX 10 [0]; IQ 12 [20]; HT 10 [0]
Advantages: Common Sense [10]; Luck [15]
Disadvantages: Compulsive Carousing [-5]; Loner [-5]; Miserliness [-10]; One Eye [-15]
Skills: Acting-12 [2]; Carousing-10 [2]; Gambling-15 [8]; Fast-Talk-12 [2]; Sleight of Hand-8 [1]
Gear: Slightly above-average clothes, a few hundred dollars in cash
Notes: This represents a moderately experienced gambler whose
only social skills are related to gambling.
ST 9 [-10]; DX 9 [-10]; IQ 12 [20]; HT 10 [0]
Advantages: Extraordinary Luck [30]; Serendipity x2 [30]
Disadvantages: Jinxed x2 [-40]; Overweight [-5]
Skills: Area Knowledge (California)-12 [1]; Area Knowledge (Los Angeles)-12 [1]; Computer Operation-12 [1]; Driving-8 [1]; Research-12 [2]; Merchant-11 [1]; Savoir-Faire (Servant)-12 [1]; Scrounging-12 [1]
Languages: English-12 [0]; Spanish-10 [1]
Gear: Average quality suit, cellphone, PDA, average compact car.
Notes: A "lucky man" could be employed in a number of jobs; this particular one has worked as an aide to several businessmen. Unfortunately, bad things keep happening to his bosses while almost nothing bad happens to him. Although his skills are fairly minimal, he exemplifies the "better lucky than good" creed.