Character:Bruce "Taipan" Hornsby
A character for Broken Gears, created by psychojosh13.
Broken Gears is an interesting mish-mash of alternate history, steampunk, and pulp. It is also available for free, so I don't have to be the only one here who owns it.
Campaign[edit]
What kind of campaign I don't know, other than "full of people getting shot." What does matter is that Bruce is part of a squad of Australian mercenaries, known throughout the world of Broken Gears as the best army money can buy.
Character Stats[edit]
Bruce "Taipan" Hornsby
Occupation: Mercenary
Stats: Int 2 Dex 4 Agi 2 Con 3 Cha 1 Wit 3
Skills:
Intelligence: Profession (type) 0/2, Learning 0/2, Forbidden Lore 0/2, Theoretical Chaomancy 0/2
Fine Dexterity: Practical Chaomancy 0/4, Craft 0/4, Pilot 1/3, Small Arms 5/9, Large Weapons 5/9
Agility: Melee 2/4, Athletics 1/3, Dodge 3/5
Constitution: Brawl 3/6, Resistance 0/3, Brute 4/7
Charisma: Bluff 2/3, Converse 0/1, Command 0/1
Wit: Perception 4/7, Streetwise 0/3, First Aid 3/6, Politics 0/3
Gear: cartridge revolver, bolt-action rifle, binoculars, combat knife, pack of bandages and rubbing alcohol
Wound Levels:
Grazing [] [] []
Wounding [] []
Critical [] []
Incapacitating []
Character Description[edit]
Bruce is practically the poster boy for rugged Australians with a mean streak - tall, muscular, always scowling, and darker-skinned than those European pansies (thanks to a combination of suntan and Aboriginal heritage somewhere up the line). He's not the leader of his squad, but when the orders come down to make someone hurt or to turn a structure into a crater, he's first in line to make it happen.
Commentary[edit]
No particular thoughts on this one. As with many of the characters I'm making for this exercise, this one would work equally well as a PC or NPC, and in the latter role could have a dozen possible reasons for aiding or interfering with the PCs.
