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Sanctaphrax:
I dunno about this. We have too many character threads as it is.
I'm not exactly happy with how much this thread has drifted from my original intent, but I've learned to deal with it.
I considered changing the title, but I've gotten so used to this one.
Ideally, we'd dissolve all the character threads and start new ones with better-drawn dividing lines. But that'd be so much work...
Richard_Chilton:
Shrug.
I'm most of the way through recreating another fictional character - Mack Bolan. I'm just a bit hung up on the skills. Alas, the system doesn't seem to allow for someone to have every skill at legendary so that's a bit of a stumbling block. No, seriously, he needs skills at legendary. At least Raport (seduction) because he gets more tail than Hugh Hefner can dream of - which is more than most Korean War vets can claim.
Here's what I have so far:
Name: Mack Bolan
Template: Pure Mortal (or Scion of the god of Ass Kicking - actually him having Wizard Constitution Almost Makes Sense)
High Concept Aspect: The Sniper Who Was Called The Executioner and Sargent Mercy at the Same Time
Trouble Aspect: I Have a Past (tag a random killer shows ups - then dies)
Background:
Mack Bolan was born of regular folk; his family were salt of the earth types. Dad worked construction, mom stayed home and raised the family, Mack joined the army at 18. He served a tour in Korea, so when Vietnam rolled around Mack knew what to expect. He served two tours of duty in Nam, where he was nicked named both The Executioner (for his sniping skills) and Sargent Mercy (because he rescued countless kids).
Background Aspect: I Know What I'm Getting Into
Rising Conflict:
Mack Bolan was about 30 when he was pulled of the line and given some grim news. His parents, Sam and Elsa Bolan, were dead, as was his kid sister Cynthia (aka Cindy). His baby brother, Johnny, was critically wounded. Mack was given hardship leave to go back to the states to deal with what was left of his family. He was only weeks (well, maybe months) from needing to re-up, so if he didn't want to return to Vietnam he could easily take a discharge.
When he arrived home he had a private conversation with little Johnny (who was 14) and discovered what happened. It seemed that Sam Bolan had had a heart attack. He had recovered, but he couldn't work construction for a few months and had needed a loan. With other loan companies turning him down, Sam had gone to the Triangle Loan Company, not knowing that it was a MAFIA front. He had paid on the loan, once he was healthy, but Sam was always falling behind (note: he paid back two or three times what he borrowed). After a couple of toughs leaned on him and his family feared that he might have another heart attack, Cindy Bolan (then 17) went to the loan company and begged them to let up on her dad. They pointed out that someone had to pay the loan and pointed her to Leo ("The Pussy") Turrin who introduced her to a life of prostitution - the money she earned on her back going to pay down her father's debt. Johnny (suspecting that something was wrong with Cindy) followed her on a "date" and discovered that his big sister was turning tricks in a "rent by the hour" motel.
Johnny went home and told his father that Cindy was turning tricks. Sam hauled off and punched Johnny, giving him a bloody lip. Then Cindy ran in and said that it didn't matter, that she would do anything to help her Daddy. Then Elsa Bolan came in and, seeing her son with a bloody lip, went to him. The two women were fussing over Johnny, trying to tell him that it would be all right, when Sam Bolan snapped. He went from Family Man to Family Destroyer. He walked out of the room and when he came back he had his gun. He shot his daughter so that Cindy wouldn't have to whore to pay his debts, then he shot his wife Elsa so she would never know that their daughter had sold her cherry (and then some) to pay his debts, then shot Johnny so he wouldn't have to live without a mother. After apologising to Johnny ("I shouldn't have busted your lip") Sam Bolan left the room and shot himself - never suspecting that his son was merely critically injured (the bullet had to pass through one of the other bodies to get to him).
Johnny didn't tell the cops (because it might make his sister look bad) but told his Big Brother.
(Hey, wait a minute - there's 13 years between Mack and Cindy? That doesn't make sense. Oh well, I'm sure the rest of the story will.)
Once Mack Bolan heard this story he knew what aspect he would take from this phrase:
Aspect Phrase: "I Will Kill Them All"
The Story: The Rise Of the Execution
Mack broke into a lightly guarded armoury and a gun shop. The gun shop owner hesitated to report the break in - enough money had been left to more than cover the cost of the missing guns. As he told police, he considered this an unauthorised midnight sale and didn't want to press charges. (Hey, this was the sixties, before gun laws as we know them.) Mack sighted in a sniper scope on a bolt action rifle, practising three shots at a certain distance, then (and this is an amazing co-incidence) the three main officers of the loan company were gunned down by a sniper firing at just that distance. Wait, um, look at the aspect phase above. Yeah, I don't think it was a co-incidence. Anyway, the killer (call him Mack) stole a bunch of money from the loan company and torched their records (and they didn't have any backups-honest!) so the loan sharks were out of business.
Then Mack Bolan offered his services to the MAFIA, working for Leo ("The Pussy") Turrin (hey, didn't he know Mack's sister?) as he wormed his way into the Family's confidence (because one of the major MAFIA families in the US - the Frenchi family - was based out of Pittsfield). Leo, by the way, had the first computerised prostitution service in the world. Truly the man was a forward thinking one.
But back to Mack. He worked for the MAFIA for a while, then a corrupt cop mentioned that Mack Bolan was looking good for the Triangle Loan Company killings and the MAFIA went 'hard'. As usual (hey, the MAFIA has a SOP manual - yes they do!) they gathered all the made men in one location so they could plot Mack Bolan's destruction. Leo thought he saw movement in the hills and took a horse out (of course all MAFIA HQs have stables) to check it out. While he was gone, Mack introduced the MAFIA to the items he had stolen from that armoury - mortars, rocket launchers, a BAR - all good stuff. Leo rode up to Mack just as Mack was using his sniper rifle on the stragglers and - before Mack could kill him - revealed Leo's Big Secret. Leo was a federal agent working to subvert the MAFIA from the inside. Now for an aspect... Um, Kill Them All was already taken, so...
Phase Aspect: The Federal Government is My Bitch
Guest Star:
Mack went to LA where he put together a Death Squad made up of ten Messed Up Nam Vets. After all but a couple of his best friends in the whole world fell fighting the MAFIA Mack got another old friend to give him a face job. Because that doctor (a former army surgeon who was now into plastic surgery) gave Mack a new face, some MAFIA soldiers spent 18 hours torturing him to death. He cracked after the first few minutes, but they wanted to make an example of out him. From this series of adventures, Mack picked up the aspect of "I Don't Look Like Me, I Look Like Him" which can be tagged for an epic success whenever he wants to infiltrate somewhere (pretending to be a Black Ace or a Talifero or a Terrorist or a Senator or anyone he wants to be). As for his last aspect, that seems to have been changed by Milestones. Initially it was "I Single Handily Destroyed The MAFIA, Killing the Boss of Bosses and Most of the Made Guys" and shifted to "I've Destroyed Countless Terrorists Groups", before ending up as "I Am The Executioner and Everyone Else Has to Die!!!!!!" (which is tagable in every possible situation).
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As I said, I'm now stuck at the skills. That pyramid means that they all can't be a legendary...
Oh, and if he ever entered the DV.... After sleeping with Murphy and Molly (maybe at the same time) and possibly seducing Charity (but only if they can bone without Mack noticing that she's married - doesn't chase married women, they chase him), Mack would get Harry to stop chasing monsters and set him after the USA's Enemies. Then he would blow away the Red King, the White King, the Black King, the Jade King, and the Merlin (just to be safe) after that Mack would head after a new target...
Richard
Sanctaphrax:
Well, I just googled that guy. Sounds pretty Marty-Stuish, both from your take and from Wikipedia.
But that doesn't mean he has to be impossible to stat. High skills across the board, a bunch of stunts, and a pile of FP can make a Pure Mortal next to unstoppable* in this game. I'd expect Guns and Contacts to be areas of focus. High Rapport, Stealth, Burglary, Deceit, and Presence would also be good. Plus, you need to cover the basic combat suite (Alertness, Fists, Weapons, Athletics, Endurance).
So yeah. That's a lot of skills, but I think that if you keep in mind that Good + a stunt is pro level you can manage it.
*For a given value of unstoppable.
BumblingBear:
Has anyone done a xenomorph from the Aliens franchise yet?
Sanctaphrax:
I don't think so.
I'm willing to take a shot at it, but I've only seen one of the movies and it was a while ago. So I'd need a refresher on their capabilities.
PS: I think I have a pretty good Cthulhu build more or less worked out. I'll put it up soon. Probably on Katarn's new(ish) thread, because it's hard to get less generic than Cthulhu.
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