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==''“You can have peace. Or you can have freedom.”'' - R. A. Heinlein== | ==''“You can have peace. Or you can have freedom.”'' - R. A. Heinlein== | ||
[[File:Bean.jpg|400px]] | [[File:Bean.jpg|400px]] | ||
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'''Influence''' [d10] | '''Influence''' [d10] | ||
− | '''Move''' [ | + | '''Move''' [d6] |
'''Notice''' [d10] | '''Notice''' [d10] | ||
− | '''Operate''' [d8] | + | '''Operate''' [d8] |
'''Shoot''' [d12] | '''Shoot''' [d12] | ||
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'''Survive''' [d6] | '''Survive''' [d6] | ||
− | '''Treat''' [ | + | '''Treat''' [d10] |
==Untrained Skills== | ==Untrained Skills== | ||
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==Distinctions== | ==Distinctions== | ||
− | '''London Jack''' [d8] '' | + | '''London Jack''' [d8] ''A true Londinium scoundrel, you can curse a man and spit on his boots with one breath and slip a lady's hand to your lips with posh words and ballroom manners the next.'' |
* '''Step Back:''' Roll d4 instead of d8 for 1 PP | * '''Step Back:''' Roll d4 instead of d8 for 1 PP | ||
− | * '''Devil You Know:''' ''You got a ruthless reputation, but you might just be better than the alternative.'' When | + | * '''Devil You Know:''' ''You got a ruthless reputation, but you might just be better than the alternative.'' When convincing someone to see or do things your way, step up or double Influence. 1s and 2s count as complications. |
− | * Jack Be Nimble: ''Your eyes are always moving. You know the best route to take and the best time to take it.'' When you need to get out of a situation in a hurry, spend 1 PP to | + | * Jack Be Nimble: ''Your eyes are always moving. You know the best route to take and the best time to take it.'' When you need to get out of a situation in a hurry, spend 1 PP to include your Notice die in your Move roll and add it to your total. |
'''Highlighted Skills:''' Influence/Move/Notice | '''Highlighted Skills:''' Influence/Move/Notice | ||
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− | '''Former Field Medic''' [d8] ''You | + | '''Former Field Medic''' [d8] ''You didn't go no fancy school to learn doctorin. You went to war.'' |
* '''Step Back:''' Roll d4 instead of d8 for 1 PP | * '''Step Back:''' Roll d4 instead of d8 for 1 PP | ||
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'''Steady Hands''' [d8] Your hands don't flinch or shake, and they don't hesitate. No matter what is going on around you, your hands know what they are about. | '''Steady Hands''' [d8] Your hands don't flinch or shake, and they don't hesitate. No matter what is going on around you, your hands know what they are about. | ||
− | ''' | + | '''Mule Hoof''' [d8] Favored for its heft and unparalleled stopping power at close range, this heavy, compact pistol was popularized by medics, comm officers, and other Independence soldiers not issued rifles to carry into battle. |
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'''Medic's Satchel''' [d6] Everything you need to treat afflictions and wounds in the field. | '''Medic's Satchel''' [d6] Everything you need to treat afflictions and wounds in the field. | ||
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Birth Planet: Londinium | Birth Planet: Londinium | ||
− | A battlefield medic, Bean attained the rank of corporal in the | + | A battlefield medic, Bean attained the rank of corporal in the War. It had been good for him - well, minus all the shooting - siding with the Independents, fighting for folk to be free. It had given him a place and a purpose. |
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− | + | But it had ended. Freedom gave way to an uneasy peace, and life lurched forward again. | |
− | + | Mostly he drifted aimless about the 'Verse in the aftermath, hopping from planet to planet, station to station, hanging with the wrong crowd more often than the right. He even earned himself a place in the Tong. Turns out he was better suited to moving through their ranks than he ever had been the military, earning the title Duìzhǎng - Captain - before moving on. | |
− | + | For all the differences between the two organizations, however, the Tong apparently had the same zero tolerance policy for folk going AWOL. He ever ran into his old crew again, they were going to be demanding some explanation, and Bean suspected the simple truth - that he'd got bored - was not going to sit square in that reckoning. |