James Scott

It shall be done

Character Name

James Scott

Short description:

James is a fairly average looking young man in most all ways. This eyes though betray his keen intellect, always alert and and he has the kind of mind that just soaks up knowledge.

Statistics

   Investigator Name: James Scott
   Occupation: Pilot
   Colleges, Degrees:
   Birthplace: Arkham Massachusetts
   Mental Disorders: Phobia of snakes
   Sex: Male Age: 26
   Family & Friends: 
   Wounds & Injuries: 
   Marks & Scars:

Characteristics

   STR 13
   CON 13
   SIZ 12
   INT 18
   POW 11
   DEX 15
   APP 10 9
   EDU 17
    
   HP: 13/13
   Damage bonus 1d4
   Idea: 90
   Know: 85
   Luck: 55
   SAN: 70

Skills

   Accounting 10%
   Algonquin lore 20%
   Anthropology 21%
   Archaeology 21%
   Astronomy 01%
   Bargain 20%
   Biology 01%
   Chemistry 01%
   Climb 40%
   Conceal 35%
   Craft 05%
   Credit Rating 15%
   Cthulhu Mythos 04%
   Disguise 01%
   Drive Auto 20%
   Electrical Repair 10%
   Fast Talk 20%
   First Aid 30%
   Geology 01%
   Hide 40%
   History 20%
   Jump 25%
   Law 05%
   Library Use 45%
   Listen 45% 
   Locksmith 21%
   Mechanical Repair 50%
   Medicine 01%
   Natural History 40% 
   Navigate 50%
   Air Navigate half of pilot skill
   Occult 54%
   Operate Hvy. Machine 20%
   Other Language xx%
   Other Language xx%
   Persuade 15%
   Pharmacy 01%
   Photography 10%
   Physics 01%
   Pilot 70%
   Psychoanalysis 01%
   Psychology 25%
   Ride 60%
   Sing 37%
   Sneak 45%
   Spot Hidden 45% (+20% spot hidden when flying) 
   Swim 45%
   Throw 25%
   Track 50% 
    
   Unarmed 50%
    
    
   Martial Arts 01%
    
   Dodge 90%
    
   Handgun 20%
   Machine Gun 75%
   Rifle/shotgun 50% 
   Rifle combat 30% 
   Combat knife 55%
   Cavalry Sabre 20%
   
    
   Languages: (50 set aside)

Spells

Destroy spawn of Yig - This song-spell destroys an unhatched or recently hatched spawn of Ylg. The egg or the spawn must have been exposed to sunlight before the spell is sung. It takes one combat round to sing the spell; it costs 2 magic points and 1D4 SAN. A successful Sing roll is needed for the spell to be effective. The caster may attempt the spell as many times as he or she is able.

Loot

   Mountain sheep horns painted blue
   Feathered spear (magical always hits target when thrown). Feathers from thirty different birds.
   Souvenier
   Silver Star
   Turquoise with Jade pupils from snakeman statue.

Weapons

• M1911 colt 45 1d10+2 15yds 7rounds 94malfunction 1 shot per round
• M1903 Springfield rifle 2d6+4 110yds 5rounds 12hp 00malfunction 1 shot per round
• Winchester M1897 12G shotgun 4d6/2d6/1d6 pump action 10/20/50yds 5rounds 10hp 00malfunction 1 shot per round
• Bayonet 1d6+1+dmb
• Rifle Butt 1d8+dmb
• Sabre 1d8+1+dmb 20hp
• Combat Knife 1d4+2+dmb 15hp

Background and Notes

James's father runs an airfield back home, just outside Arkham. It's a family business, his uncle and father having spotted the potential market with all the rich folk from Arkham wanting quick transport, joyrides, or just to outdo their rich friends.

So uncle Bob and his dad, Ted pooled their saving, took out a loan and brought a small farm with a suitably flat field and a large barn.

Dad is the businessman and Uncle Bob can take apart and reassemble anything he puts his mind too. James learned less of the business side from his father and more from his uncle turning out to be a pretty good mechanic himself. Of course the rich folk don't want to test repairs themselves and Uncle Bob did this but also taught James to fly the planes, something that he took to like a bird to the wing!

Strangely James's father, whilst recognising the business potential does not himself hold with the dangers of flying and Uncle Bob's encouragement of James has always been a bone of contention between the two. This tension boiled over when Uncle Bob was injured in a crash on a test flight for a client who wanted a plane checked over before purchasing it. Against his better judgement Uncle Bob flew the plane without the time to fully check it over first and in the ensuing crash broke both of his legs. From that point forward James's father refused to let him take any of the planes off the ground again, instead hiring, an incompetent in James's opinion, test pilot.

James joined the 13th because he heard they were using airplanes and put his transfer request in pretty much as soon as he finished boot camp!

Not one to shy away from putting his all into any venture though, he has already served the unit well forming part of 2LT John Lucas M1909 machine-guns defense against of Camp Furlong against Pancho Villa's raid on the night of 9 March 1916 in what is now known as the Battle of Columbus.