Jane the Astronomer
Setting: Modern
ST: 10 [0]; DX: 10 [0]; IQ: 12 [20]; HT: 10 [0]
Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Bad Sight (Nearsighted) [-10]; Combat Paralysis [-15]; Intolerance (People without college degrees) [-5]
Skills: Astronomy-13 [6]; Bard-11 [1]; Bicycling-10 [1]; Computer Operation-12 [1]; Mathematics-12 [4]; Physics-12 [4]; Planetology (Rock/Ice worlds)-12 [2]; Research-13 [4]; Writing-11 [1]
Languages: English-12 [0]; French-11 [1]
Gear: Casual clothes, laptop computer, bicycle.
Notes: This NPC represents an astronomer (bordering on astrophysicist)
who might be encountered in certain SF/horror adventures.
Joe the Astrologer
Setting: Fantasy
ST: 10 [0]; DX: 9 [-10]; IQ: 12 [20]; HT: 10 [0]
Advantages: Alertness +1 [5]; Literacy [10]; Oracle [15]
Disadvantages: Delusion (Can read the stars) [-5]; Greed [-15]; Laziness [-10]; Nightmares [-5]
Skills: Alchemy-9 [1]; Astrology-13 [6]; Bard-12 [2]; Fast-Talk-13 [4]; Fortune Telling-12 [2]; Thaumatology-9 [1]; Theology-12 [4]
Gear: Colorful, gaudy robes, notebooks of astrological tables, assorted astrology gear.
Notes: This NPC was once a fortune-telling charlatan until one
day he awoke to find out that he had an actual occult power. However, he
mistakenly believes that his study of astrology actually tapped into something
and interprets all omens through the stars and planets (while in fact his
Oracle ability has nothing to do with Atrology, or vice vera).
Jane the Mistress of the Night
Setting: Fantasy
ST: 10 [0]; DX: 10 [0]; IQ: 10 [0]; HT: 10 [0]
Advantages: Divine Favor (Minor Goddess of the Night, 12 or less) [40]; Strong Will +2 [8]
Disadvantages: Albinism [-10]; Color Blindness [-10]; Lunacy [-10]; Status -2 [-10]
Skills: Bard-10 [2]; Cooking-12 [4]; Courtesan-12 [6]; Diplomacy-8 [1]; Fast-Talk-9 [1]; Sex Appeal-10 [2]; Theology-9 [2]
Gear: Peasant's clothing.
Notes: This NPC represents a sometimes prositute and sometimes
cook who was picked by a minor goddess to be one of her earthly representatives,
much to the NPC's consternation. Note that the NPC has no clerical vestment
and her low status partly represents the church's disapproval of her actions
(but not to the point of counting as an Enemy).
Joe the Dream Weaver
Setting: Modern
"Fly me high through the starry skies
Maybe to an astral plane
Cross the highways of fantasy
Help me to forget today's pain"
-- "Dream Weaver", Gary Wright
ST: 10 [0]; DX: 10 [0]; IQ: 13 [30]; HT: 9 [-10]
Advantages: Ritual Aptitude +5 [5]
Disadvantages: Epilepsy [-30]; Secret (Mage) [-10]
Skills: Augury-12 [4]; Dreaming-12 [4]; Meditation-13 [4]; Occultism-13 [2]; Ritual Magic-13 [8]; Symbol Drawing-12 [2]
Paths and Rituals: Path of Dreams-13 [8]; Dreamwalk-13; Dream Visitor-13 [2]; Slumber-12 [2]; Dream Sanctum-12 [4]; Night Terrors-8; Dream Shackles-5
Gear: Normal clothes
Notes: This NPC represents a ritual mage who disguises himself
as a normal dream interpreter. None of his clients knows he has real supernatural
powers. He always has a free consultation the day before he actually interprets
dreams. This allows him to gather some symbolic represenatation of the
client, be it hair or a photo. He then uses this in a ritual he performs
that night to enter the person's dream.