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I Am Thou: A Persona/SMT Inspired Story

Roughly how long will it have been since the apocalypse happened? Will we be dealing with the immediate fallout, or will the story begin a few months/years in?

Scum and Villainy - Plentiful Bounty

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 [2]
Doctor >>
Hack
Rig
Study >>

Prowess [2]
Helm
Scramble >
Scrap
Skulk >

Resolve [2]
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

I Am Thou: A Persona/SMT Inspired Story

Sounds fun! Persona is such an interesting twist on the urban fantasy genre, I'd love to join.

Scum and Villainy - Plentiful Bounty

@ctrlsaltdel Fixed! Thanks.

Scum and Villainy - Plentiful Bounty

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 [2]
Doctor >>
Hack
Rig
Study >>

Prowess [1]
Helm
Scramble >
Scrap
Skulk

Resolve [2]
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

Scum and Villainy [Firefly/Cowboy Bebop/Star Wars Inspired, Forged in the Dark]

I'm thinking of making a xeno Muscle geared towards sniping.

@rush99999

Ooo, fun! Garrus Vakarian vibes!

Scum and Villainy [Firefly/Cowboy Bebop/Star Wars Inspired, Forged in the Dark]

@Penny Yes!! I love it so much, the fact that it has so much functionality while also being open-source is truly amazing.

Scum and Villainy [Firefly/Cowboy Bebop/Star Wars Inspired, Forged in the Dark]

@Penny Real. As many brushes as there are, they never seem to be the right ones. I downloaded that screentone brush from a third party since Krita doesn't have one natively—great program other than that, though!

Scum and Villainy [Firefly/Cowboy Bebop/Star Wars Inspired, Forged in the Dark]

Penny's drawing inspired me to sketch my own character! He's nicer than he looks, I promise. Just needs a good nap.

Scum and Villainy [Firefly/Cowboy Bebop/Star Wars Inspired, Forged in the Dark]

This seems like a really cool system! Cerberus interests me the most of the crew types—the tension between money and morality inherent to bounty hunting is rife with narrative potential. Firedrake is interesting (built-in plot hook!), but middle of the pack as far as preference for me. I'm the least interested in Stardancer (despite having the coolest name lol), but I'm not dead-set against it. As for my character/class, I'd like to play a Stitch or maybe a Mechanic.

Thanks for putting this out there!