Re: [HOE] arcane librarian ideas

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

(EEEKS! Let me try this again with a fixed width font. Hopefully the columns look better this time.)

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: Threatening 1       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