Four field scientists

There are four field scientists of shady motives or unpleasant personalities. They can serve as a henchman of a comepent villain, or perhaps the party must work with one (he may employed by the same person who has ired the PCs).

Joe the Naturalist
Setting: Modern

ST: 10 [0]; DX: 11 [10]; IQ: 12 [20]; HT: 10 [0]

Advantages: Acute Smell/Taste +1 [2]

Disadvantages: Callous [-6]; Glory Hound [-15]; Self-Centered [10]; Unattractive [-5]

Skills: Area Knowledge (China)-13 [2]; History (China)-16/10 [2]; Merchant-12 [2]; Naturalist-18 [16]; Research-13 [4]; Hiking-10 [2]

Languages: Mandarin-12 [0]; English-11 [1]; Cantonese-11 [1]; Russian-11 [1]

Notes: This NPC is a highly-skilled but insufferable and uncaring nature expert.

Jane the Archaeologist
Setting: Modern

ST: 10 [0]; DX: 10 [0]; IQ: 13 [30]; HT: 10 [0]

Advantages: Night Vision [10]

Disadvantages: Greed [-15]; Odious Personal Habit (Rarely bathes) [-5]; Overconfidence [-10]; Selfish [-5]

Skills: Archaeology-13 [4]; Appreciate Beauty-10 [1]; Architecture-12 [1]; Climbing-11 [4]; Demolition-12 [1]; Fast Talk-12 [1]; Guns (Rifle)-12* [1]; Merchant-13 [2]; Occultism-11 [1/2]; Research-11 [1/2]; Streetwise-13 [2]; Traps-13 [2]

* includes +1 for IQ 13

Languages: English-13 [0]

Notes: This NPC is a treasure hunter, caring little for sites beyond what she can carry away from them to sell.

Joe the Anthropologist
Setting: Modern

ST: 10 [0]; DX: 11 [10]; IQ: 12 [20]; HT: 10 [0]

Advantages: Intuition [15]

Disadvantages: Bully [-10]; Jealousy [-10]; Phobia (Reptiles) [-10]; Wealth (Struggling) [-10]

Skills: Anthropology-12 [4]; Archaeology-11 [2]; Boating-11 [2]; Carousing-9 [1]; Climbing-12 [2]; Guns (Rifle)-14* [2]; Knife-12 [2]; Occultism-10 [1/2]; Research-12 [2]; Traps-10 [1/2]

Languages: English-12 [0]; Latin-11 [1]; Greek-11 [1]

Notes: This NPC represents an inexperienced field scientist, more suitable as an assistant or graduate student.

Joe the Geologist
Setting: Modern

ST: 12 [20]; DX: 10 [0]; IQ: 12 [20]; HT: 10 [0]

Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]

Disadvantages: Fat [-10]; Laziness [-10]; Low Pain Threshold [-10]; Paranoia [-10]

Skills: Administration-11 [1]; Acting-12 [1]; Area Knowledge (Yucatan Peninsula)-13 [2]; Diplomacy-11 [2]; Geology-13 [4]; Guns (Shotgun)-12* [1]; History (Mayans)-14/8 [1/2]; Orienteering-12 [2]; Prospecting-12 [2]; Research-11 [1]; Survival (Jungle)-12 [2]; Theology (Catholic)-9 [1/2]

* includes +1 for IQ 12

Languages: Spanish-12 [0]; English-11 [1]

Notes: This NPC represents a geologist-turned-treasure hunter.