Editing Sam(uel) Norris

== Samuel Norris ==

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== Short description: ==
A little over average height and weight, Sam mostly wears rough working clothes which are baggy enough to conceal whichever weapon he happens to be carrying. He has dark, dirty hair and is usually showing three or four days of stubble growth on his chin. His eyes are a dull grey colour.

== About Sam ==
    '''Investigator Name:''' Sam Norris
    '''Occupation:''' Criminal
    '''Colleges, Degrees:'''
    '''Birthplace:''' Rochester, Kent, England
    '''Mental Disorders:'''
    '''Sex:''' M '''Age:''' 34
    '''Family & Friends:''' No family in or near Shanghai, they all still live in London/Kent. His friends in China are all colleagues and acquaintances he knows through smuggling.
                      He is also  familiar with a few of Shanghai's ladies of easy virtue.
    '''Wounds & Injuries:''' In a fight with a Chinese drug dealer 2 years ago Sam was stabbed through the left shoulder. His assailant was left with a bullet hole through his skull.
    '''Marks & Scars:''' Chinese tattoos on his arms, back and chest. A scar from a knife wound on the front and back of his left shoulder.


== Characteristics ==

    
    '''STR''' 12
    '''CON''' 10
    '''SIZ''' 12
    '''INT''' 12
    '''POW''' 13
    '''DEX''' 9
    '''APP''' 10
    '''EDU''' 19
    ''' '''
    '''HP:''' 11
    '''Damage bonus''' none
    '''Idea:''' 60%
    '''Know:''' 95%
    '''Luck:''' 65%
    '''SAN:''' 65 

==Skills==

    Accounting xx%
    Anthropology xx%
    Archaeology xx%
    Astronomy xx%
    '''Bargain''' 55%
    Biology xx%
    Chemistry xx%
    Climb xx%
    Conceal xx%
    '''Credit Rating''' 30%
    Cthulhu Mythos 0%
    '''Disguise''' 30%
    '''Drive Auto''' 20%
    Electrical Repair xx%
    '''Fast Talk''' 60%
    '''First Aid''' 30%
    Geology xx%
    '''Hide''' 10%
    '''History''' 20%
    '''Jump''' 25%
    Law xx%
    Library Use xx%
    Listen xx%
    '''Locksmith''' 51%
    Mechanical Repair xx%
    Medicine xx%
    '''Melee Weapon''' Knife 65%
    Natural History xx%
    Navigate xx%
    Occult xx%
    Operate Hvy. Machine xx%
    '''Other Language''' Chinese 20%
    '''Other Language''' French 20%
    Persuade xx%
    Pharmacy xx%
    Photography xx%
    Physics xx%
    '''Pilot''' sailboat 38%
    '''Pilot''' Boat 60%
    Psychoanalysis xx%
    Psychology xx%
    Ride xx%
    '''Sneak''' 50%
    '''Spot Hidden''' 50%
    Swim xx%
    Throw xx%
    Track xx% 
    ''' '''
    Fist/Punch xx%
    Head Butt xx%
    Kick xx%
    Grapple xx%
    ''' '''
    '''Blackjack''' 50%
    '''Knife fighting''' 32% 
    ''' '''
    Martial Arts xx%
    ''' '''
    '''Dodge''' 18% 
    ''' '''
    '''Handgun''' 55%
    Machine Gun xx%
    Rifle 50%
    ''' '''
    '''Languages:''' English 95%, Chinese 20%, French 20%

== Weapons ==

    '''Blackjack''' 50% 1D4
    '''Fighting Knife''' 32% 1D4+2 
    '''Enfield .38 No.2 Mark I revolver''' 55% 1D10
      1 box of 100 .38 short rounds
    '''Remington M1889 double barrel shotgun''' 50% 4D6/2D6/1D6
      1 box 100 12-gauge cartridges

== Clothing ==

    3 sets of working clothes + one set of clothes worn (including boots/shoes)

== Kit ==

     blackjack
     dagger
     Enfield .38 No.2 Mark I revolver
     1 box 100 .38 short rounds
     Remington M1889 double barrel shotgun
     1 box 100 12' gauge cartridges
     1 suitcase

== Background and Notes ==

Sam is a hard case. Born in England he lived most of his youth in the rough Eastend of London. Where he learned to fight, steal and generally live on the wrong side of the law. When the Great War came he found himself in the Royal Navy. He was involved in several actions and in 1920 found himself being demobbed in Hong Kong. He remained in the area and saw the potential in smuggling just about anything. He has smuggled drugs, guns, food & booze. He has worked for the Triads, fought against them and now finds himself at an uneasy peace with them (they take a 10% cut of his profits). Recently he has built up a large gang but unfortunately they all died when his smuggling junk sank in a tropical storm, he was lucky to be rescued by Algie Carmichael. He has found himself plonked on the quay in Shanghai harbour with only the cash and belongings that are in his small rented apartment.