Jane the Reporter
Setting: Modern
ST 10 [0]; DX 10 [0]; IQ 13 [30]; HT 10 [0]
Advantages: Attractive [5]
Disadvantages: Curious [-10]; Enemy (Small group, 6 or less - family of man who killed himself after one of her articles implied he committed serious crimes ) [-5]; Impulsiveness [-10]; Stubbornness [-5]
Skills: Area Knowledge (City)-15 [4]; Carousing-10 [2]; Computer Operation-13 [1]; Detect Lies-12 [2]; Driving (Car)-9 [1]; Fast-Talk-13 [2]; Photography-13 [2]; Research-12 [1]; Streetwise-12 [1]; Typing-10 [1]; Writing-13 [2]
Languages: English-13 [0]; Spanish-12 [1]
Gear: Digital camera, several spare memory sticks for the camera, laptop, semi-formal clothes
Notes: This is the stereotyped freelance reporter who is more
concerned with getting the story than her own safety. Reporters like this
often cross the path of PCs, often using the PCs for her own purposes,
sometimes getting used by the PCs.
ST 10 [0]; DX 10 [0]; IQ 11 [10]; HT 10 [0]
Advantages: Attractive [5]; Contact (Street; skill-12, 12 or less, somewhat reliable) [2]; Contact (Street; skill-15, 12 or less, somewhat reliable) [4]; Patron (Contact officer, 6 or less) [5]; Resistant to Disease [5]
Disadvantages: Greed [-15]; Callous [-6]; Secret (Informant) [-20]
Skills: Acting-11 [2]; Area Knowledge (City)-11 [1]; Area Knowledge (neighborhood)-14 [6]; Brawling-9 [1/2]; Carousing-10 [2]; Computer Operation-12 [2]; Courtesan-11 [2]; Fast-Talk-12 [4]; Guns (Pistol)-10 [1/2]; Law-10 [2]; Scrounging-11 [1]; Sex Appeal-10 [2]; Streetwise-14 [8]; Survival (Urban)-11 [2]
Gear: Cellphone, tasteless and revealing outfit
Notes: This NPC represents a somewhat atypical prostitute (no
drug problems) who is an informant with the police. She could, with slight
changes, be used as the "girlfriend" of a low-level mobster, although her
Secret would probably be worth -30 points in such a case.
ST 10 [0]; DX 9 [-10]; IQ 13 [30]; HT 10 [0]
Advantages: Ritual Aptitude [5]
Disadvantages: Pacifism (Cannot kill) [-15]; Reputation -2 (flake, all the time, normal people) [-5]; Secret (witch) [-5]
Skills: Area Knowledge (Country)-13 [1]; Bard-12 [1]; Fast-Talk-12 [1]; First Aid-12 [1/2]; Literature (Occult)-16/10 [1]; Occultism-13 [2]; Performance/Ritual-12 [1]; Psychology-12 [2]; Research-11 [1/2]; Ritual Magic (Wicca)-12 [4]; Symbol Drawing-12 [2]; Writing-12 [1]
Paths and Rituals:
Path of Nature-12 [4]; Command Beast-8; Endure Elements-12; Fertility-10;
Gentle Beast-11; Hasten Mount-7; Hunter's Blessing-9; Mist-9; Predict Weather-12;
Seek Beast-12; Thunderbolt-5; Weatherworking-7
Path of Health-12 [4]; Dose-12; Soothe-12; Fertility-10; Slumber-9; Vitality-9; Sterility-8; Succor-8; Lust-7; Hasten Mount-7; Malaise-7; Warrior's Blessing-6; Evil Eye-5
Gear: Laptop, cell phone, semi-casual clothes
Notes: This is witch with the cover of being a researcher into
witchcraft and the paranormal. She takes care to make sure no one know
she is a practicing witch, although the fallout would not be as great as
she thinks.
(The cost of items with a '*' are partly or wholly included in the racial package)
ST 8 [*]; DX 14 [30*]; IQ 8 [*]; HT 10 [0]
Advantages: Cast Iron Stomach [*]; Disease Resistant [5]; Hard to Kill +3 [15]
Disadvantages: Bad Temper [-10]; Kobold [-30]; Short Attention Span [*]; Uneducated [*]; Weak Will -1 [*]
Quirks: Loves practical jokes [*]; Easily offended [*]
Skills: Acrobatics-14 [4]; Area Knowledge (City)-9 [2]; Brawling-14 [1]; Disguise-7 [1]; Escape-12 [1]; Fast-Talk-7 [1]; Knife-14 [1]; Scrounging-7 [1/2]; Shortsword-14 [2]; Stealth-12 [1/2]
Languages: Kobold-8 [0]; Common Human-7 [1]
Gear: Cheap shortsword (1d-2 Cut, 1d-3 Imp), small knife (1d-5 Cut, 1d-4 Imp), fist (1d-4 Cr), scrap armor (PD/DR 1/1)
Notes: Although "average" by human standards, this NPC is nearly a super-kobold. A scrappy fighter, she is perfect as a party hireling in a campaign that is somewhat less than 100% serious.