Re: [HOE] arcane librarian ideas

["Mr Leonard Zimmermann" <zimmerml@cnrf.navy.mil>]

Having just played, and sadly lost, a librarian recently, here's the character I had outlined for his bibliopathy. The tough part for a few of them (like Josie Wales) is that he could only channel them for so relatively short an amount of time that I never used them. You have to know you'll need them for a situation beforehand and have the 10 mins to start channeling to make them useful. Some of these also use some edges or hindrances from sites off the Net and from the good folk on this list. Hope these are of some use!

Bilbo Baggins (50 pts)
Skill/Edge/Hindrance   Level   Value
Filchin'                           4d10   20
Climbin'                          3d8     12
Sneak                           4d10   20
Bluff                              3d8     12
		
Mr. Happy-Go-Lucky    3         3
		
Big Mouth                    -3         -3
Cautious                      -3         -3
Curious                        -3         -3
Hankerin': Pipe            -1         -1
Pacifist: Self Defense  -3         -3
Short Stuff (-1 Size)     -3         -3
Trusting                       -1        -1
	Total	50
Note: I rationalized Short Stuff, not because my librarian got smaller, but because he THOUGHT he was smaller when channeling Bilbo and so his belief would allow him to be more easily harmed.


Josie Wales (100 pts)
Skill/Edge/Hindrance   Level   Value
Shooting: Pistol             5d12    30
Shooting: Rifle              5d12    3
Shootin: HMG               5d12    3
Marksman                     4d8      18
Overawe                       4d12    25
Ridin': Horse                 2d6      6
Quick Draw                  4d10    20
		                
The Stare                     1          1
The Voice: Threatening1         1
Brave (+2 guts)             2          2
Level-headed               5          5
Stone Faced                3          3
Thick-Skinned             3          3
Two-Fisted                   3          3
Two-Gun Kid               5          5

Hankerin': Chaw         -1          -1
Mean as a Rattler       -3          -3
Habit: Spitting Chaw   -1          -1
Habit: Untalkative       -1          -1
Heroic                         -5          -5
Grim Servant of Death -5         -5
Law o' the West          -3         -3
Scary                          -2          -2
Death Wish                -5          -5
	Total	100
 
Note: I've never believed Stone Faced to be an Indian Only Hindrace, although I know others who may disagree. It was fine with my marshal. And don't forget to use those choice phrases after you kill somebody as Josie, such as leving the bodies unburied and saying "Buzards gotta eat, too." *spit*

Henry Gondorf (Paul Newman's character, in "The Sting")
Skill/Edge/Hindrance   Level   Value
Sleight o' Hand             3d10    15
Gamblin'                        4d12    24
Bluff                              4d12    24
Streetwise                     4d8      16

Stubborn                      -2          -2
Greedy                         -2          -2
Total  75

Travis Cooper, in the novel "New Madrid Run"
Skill/Edge/Hindrance   Level   Value
Flyin': Fixed Wing          5d12   30
Flyin': Rotary Wing        5d12   3
Sailin': Sailboat              5d12   30
Sailin': Small Ships        5d12   3
Swimmin'                       3d10   15
Survival: Sea                3d10   15

Keen (+2 Cog)               3         3
Quick Thinker               2         2
Sense of Direction        1          1

Heroic                           -5         -5
Loyal                             -3         -3

Lenny Zimmermann
zarlor@acm.org