Skills:
Acrobatics (Climbing, Dodging)*: 07, Animal Handling (Riding): 03, Charisma (Intimidation): 07, Martial Arts (EV): 07, Military Science (Tracking): 06, Thief (Stealth)*: 07, Weaponry (Exotic, Heavy)*: 07, Weaponry (Missile): 08, Weaponry (Melee): 14
Advantages:
Expertise (Wilderness Survival), Familiarity (Carpentry), Familiarity (The stories told by the Sage), Lightning Reflexes, Pet (Rufferto the Dog), Rank (variable), Shtick (Fast Draw – Sword), Shtick (Paired Melee Weapons).
Connections:
Chakaal the Warrior (Low), The Minstrel (High), The Sage (High), Taranto the Mercenary (Low).
Drawbacks:
Hunted (by too many to even begin to mention…), MIA (Chakaal), MIA (Stupid behavior), SIA (Brash behavior and combat), Oblivious, Uncoordinated, Unluck (also extends to any ship and its Captain upon him boarding the ship), Unpopularity.
Equipment:
Katana Sword (x2) [BODY 10, EV 04 [06 w/STR, 08 w/Martial Artist].
Knife [BODY 08, EV 03 [05 w/STR, 07 w/Martial Artist].
Slingshot [BODY 03, EV 02 [04 w/STR, 07 w/Martial Artist], Range 03, Ammo 02].
New Drawback : Uncoordinated (15 pts)
The character is physically extremely clumsy and receives a +1 CS OV/RV penalty on all physical actions that derive on DEX for their success. These include the use of DEX for unskilled acrobatic maneuvers and the use of the Acrobatics skill itself. Such characters also tend to trip on their own feet while just walking around.
Additionally, a character with Uncoordinated will fumble (i.e. automatic failure) on a dice roll concerning an acrobatic or dexterous maneuver when rolling a ’2’ or ’3’ (in contrast to the ordinary ’2’ only (snake eyes)).
Example: Sergio Aragonès’ Groo has this Drawback and it has even become a way of recognizing him.
Unpopularity (50 pts)
A Character with this Drawback is very unpopular among the citizenry and the media. Such a Character tends to attract huge anti-Character demonstrations and ridiculing people wherever s/he appears. A forceful Character will in the long run lead to ordinary citizens leaving the City of the Character and the general reputation of the City will falter.
A Character with Unpopularity receives a special +1 Column Shift modifier to the OV/RV of all normal Persuasion attempts. This modifier is always applicable against any individual or group of individuals and it is always applicable contrary to the Popularity rules.
A Character would not receive a Unpopularity modifier against aliens from Mars who just landed (as they probably haven’t heard of the Character), but all other individuals, good or bad, are subject to the modifiers. All individuals are automatically considered to be Hostile towards the Character.
Additionally, Multi-Attack penalties on Persuasion attempts are increased by one Column Shift when made by a Character with Unpopularity. The Character, unlike those with Mistrust, will only rarely be arrested or hunted by the Police, but will not gain any help from them either.
A Character with Unpopularity tends to have extremely few Connections and has a very hard time making new ones, thus the Character is an unpopular loner. Enemies also tend to group together against the Character and getting sued or getting a price on his head is not uncommon.
By Dr. Peter S Piispanen
