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I Am Thou: A Persona/SMT Inspired Story

I've found him. The coolest Persona.

Hider

Blonde mullet. Pink bike. Bad ass.

Scum and Villainy - Plentiful Bounty

@Penny So attributes don't count the total number of pips you have under them--the only count the number of different skills that you've put points into, period. Since you have points in three different Prowess skills, you have 3 Prowess. If you only had, say, 2 Helm and 1 Scramble, you'd only have 2 Prowess despite having three action points allocated. I've picked out the relevant passage below, but pg 11 also has some examples you can look at. Does that clarify things?

Rules, pg 11

The rating for each attribute is equal to the number of dots in the
first column under that attribute (see the examples below). The
more well-rounded your character is with a particular set of actions,
the better their attribute rating.

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The Muscle

Quintus, the Muscle

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Name: Quintus Rhydderch
Alias: Sweep
Look:
A man with a powerful physique sculpted for combat, with just enough looks to play the low-class charmer when physicality fails, which is rare. He leans over most people with his 6'2 frame, and a single look at the calluses on his knuckles shows just how familiar he is with using his fists to get what he wants. It's clear he keeps himself in shape to stay alive, and to make certain others don't.

Heritage: Spacer
Background: Military
Vice: Gambling

Class XP Trigger: You addressed a tough challenge with force or threats.

Starting Ability: Unstoppable - Engage a small gang on equal footing in close combat.

Special Abilities:

• Predator: Take +1d to rolls against weakened or vulnerable targets. Whenever you gather information on a weakness or vulnerability, the worst you can get is a 4/5 result.

Insight [1]

Doctor
Hack
Rig
Study >

Prowess [3]

Helm
Scramble >
Scrap >>
Skulk

Resolve [2]

Attune
Command >
Consort
Sway >

Trauma: 0/4
- N/A

Contacts:
Kieger - a fine blaster pistol - They're always up for more work.
Shod - [Friend] - a weapons dealer - Throws good deals my way, because they know I'm good for it.
Chon-Zek - [Rival] - a bounty hunter - Nothing he won't do to show me up.
Yazshu - a guild merchant - Slippery xenos with an eye for business.
Mavik Keng - gambling den owner - He knows how to hook you up for high-risk, high-reward.
Aelanda - bar dancer - Send her some credits and she'll provide information and more.

Bio:

Quintus was the son of a mid-tier Merchant Guild journeyman, his father a man of lofty ambition but limited skill. His mother left when he was ten, and though she told him she would take him with her, but she evidently lied. He blamed his father, until he was old enough to blame both parents. When he was seventeen, he joined the hegemony military, and when he heard his father died by age twenty three, he tried to take leave for the funeral, but when he arrived, his father left no money for him, and the return trip crashed, causing him to be considered AWOL. He was dishonorably discharged, leaving him broke with no prospects.

He stole his military equipment, and set about as an enforcer to local gangs on a planet called Pallax, getting tossed around as freelance muscle for hire until he killed a small street gang bare handed at once, earning him the nickname StreetSweeper, or 'Sweep.' He soon earned a reputation, and made his way off-planet into merc work, joining a few odd jobs guarding cargo or hitting insurgents for local guilders, signing on with Yazhu, a reptilian xenos who knew him as a boy.

After years of taking risks physically, he lost it big, not on his life, but in a gambling den. To pay it off, he took one job, so insane, that it turning sour was a foregone conclusion. It was assaulting and kidnapping a high profile aristocrat en route on an interplanetary voyage between the second and third planets in the system. He succeeded, but he lost his ship in the process, and became incriminated. His money tight, his debt uncomfortable, and his prospects limited, he went for the next team that could sign him on, no matter how crazy.

Status Block

Stress: [000------]
Harm:

Level 3:

Level 2:

• Bleeding cut

Level 1:

• Shaken

Cred: 3/4
Stash: 5/40
Armor:
- Normal [X]
Load: Normal (5/5)

• Heavy Blaster (2)
• Tactical armor (2)
• Large Knife/Melee (1)

@POOHEAD189

Like the concept--having someone who tried to kidnap a noble will be a fun plot chip to keep in the ol' back pocket. However, you should still have an action point to distribute, and as your current distribution stands, your Prowess should be 2.

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@Level_5 No worries, thanks for the heads up =)

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@ctrlsaltdel points adjusted!

@Penny

actions look good, but your attributes should be insight and resolve 1, prowess 3

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@POOHEAD189, once I've had a chance to review everyone's completed sheets we should be ready to jump right in; I need to look yours over, and I need sheets from @rush99999 and @Level_5, unless I'm missing something (quickly reviewing the thread before my flight =V)

I Am Thou: A Persona/SMT Inspired Story

Man, a Persona/SMT story is right up my alley. Consider me tentatively interested; I'll start working on a CS and see where that gets me.

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

@Guardian Angel Haruki Did you want to do anything in terms of trying to spy on Ashley? I know @XxFellsingxX was also interested in doing a tie scene, not sure if y'all were working on anything in that regard.

@Digmata, gimme a bit to figure out how to run that last check--I think you're right that Dredge the Undertow is appropriate, but if possible I'd like to resolve Downtime before we do any other checks (and I'm also about 1200 miles from my tarot deck at the moment =V )

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@rush99999 That all looks good to me, though I would like to clarify--does the "Gweldite weakness" applies only to your character's choice of violence? Or would it apply if they, say, chose to pick a lock during a job instead of sticking to their sniper post?

@Penny I like the concept, but you need to adjust your stat block; you still have two action points to distribute, and your attributes should be the number of skills under that attribute that you have any points in at all. Just let me know when you've made those adjustments =)

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Here's my character sheet! Lemme know if you have any questions or concerns, especially about the Bio section—I'm not sure what the current political climate is like, but I figured it was a safe bet the Hegemony had some war or another to throw impoverished teenagers at.

Silas Colt

Silas, the Stitch

Name: Silas Colt
Alias: “Spur”
Look: A scruffy middle-aged man. Ash-blond hair that hasn’t greyed so much as faded. Hazel eyes. Heavy brows. Narrow spectacles. Crooked nose. Stubble. Slight underbite. Wears a lab coat as something of a joke, but cleans it so obsessively the punchline doesn’t land.

Sketch

Heritage: Wanderer
Background: Military
Vice: Pleasure

Class XP Trigger: You addressed a tough challenge with insight or compassion.

Starting Ability:  
I'm a Doctor, Not a... : You can push yourself to roll your doctor rating while performing a different action. Say which patient, research, or posting taught you this trick.
Special Abilities:
- Patch: You may doctor someone during a job to allow them to ignore the effects of a harm penalty.

Insight [3]
Doctor >>
Hack
Rig
Study >

Prowess [1]
Helm
Scramble >
Scrap
Skulk

Resolve [3]
Attune
Command >
Consort >
Sway >

Trauma: 0/4

Contacts:
Jackev, a drug dealer [Friend]: happy to sell narcotics legally for once.
Alben, a former patient [Rival]: military buddy Silas ditched along with his post.
Ditha, a family member: older sister, better soldier.
Lynie, a hospital admin: got promoted to ex-coworker and ex-boyfriend.

Bio:
Born to a pair of freelance artists, Silas has always been wanting for money. The Hegemony hasn’t, which is how they can afford such excellent military recruiters. That’s the only way he could afford an education, after all, and a smart young man like he ought to have an education, yes indeed. He bought it. Maybe it wasn’t even a lie; being a field medic taught him plenty, even if the program never did pay for that degree they promised. Years passed in the twin horror-tedium of war. Eventually he had a breakdown and deserted. That rendered him rather unemployable, but the Hek Community Hospital didn’t ‘employ’ so much as they ‘took anyone who could work a scalpel’. Still, he enjoyed his time there. Helping people he wasn’t sending right back into the line of fire felt pretty damn good. Good things don’t last—the hospital got bought out and stopped taking the bulk of the clientele’s insurance. Silas quit. He was still an idealist at the time. Then he found out how much mercenaries pay medics and compromised a little. He’s spent the past five years patching up various ne’er-do-wells and managing the addiction he picked up working at the hospital. He just wants to feel good for once, be happy for once, and happiness is nothing more than goddamn brain chemicals, right, so here’s a shortcut: psychedelics. Maybe he did turn into his parents.

Silas got his share of the Cerberus through an acquaintance of Jackev’s. He’s cautiously optimistic—can’t end up working for a shitty boss if you own part of the business, right?

Stress: 0/9

Harm:

Level 3: 0/1

Level 2: 0/2

Level 1: 0/2

Cred: 0/4
Stash: 0/40
Armor:
- Normal [X]
Load: Normal (0/5)
- Fine Bedside Manner
- Recognizable Medical Garb
- Syringes and Applicators
- Illicit Drugs
- Communicator

@meri

I like him, and I think that backstory fits right in with the setting. Only thing that needs changing is that your Insight should be 2, not 3. Adjust that and you're approved.