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The Dresden Files => DFRPG => Topic started by: Deadmanwalking on June 22, 2010, 10:57:56 AM
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I'm a giant geek, and I've always found these fun, so let's do it. Feel free to explain anything you need explanation for, try to be honest, and don't go above Chest Deep or outside the Pure Mortal stuff. I doubt any of us are above that level, and I doubt anyone can prove any supernatural or psychic abilities they may have. ;)
I'll go first, at Waist Deep:
Name: Deadmanwalking (well, not really, but y'know).
Aspects:
High Concept: Self Aware Psych Student (I'm a Psych student, and extremely self-aware and introspective)
Trouble: Born To The Wrong Life (I'm really good at all the wrong things for life in modern society, like ignoring peer pressure, telling stories, and making difficult moral choices...and really bad at things like getting up at a particular time and meeting deadlines)
Other:
Am I The Only One Who Had A Good Childhood? (My childhood was really good, and my parents and I get along great. This seems unique among my peer group.)
Brilliant, But Lazy (What it sounds like, I'm really quite smart, but one of the laziest people you've ever met. In school I get either A's, or Incompletes.)
Luck Favors The Careful (I'm careful, even cautious, and yet one of the luckiest people I've ever met. Good fortune smiles on me.)
My Own Faith And Morality (I'm a Paga of a very individualized sort, and have my own standards which I will keep to come hell or high water. They have little to do with society's, though.)
Ruthless And Vindictive (I'm a nice guy and hard to piss off, but if you do, be afraid. I'm also capable of hurting or even, I think, killing fellow human beings without feeling bad about it. I wouldn't, but that's purely because I believe it's wrong intellectually.)
Skills:
Good: Conviction, Empathy, Rapport, Scholarship,
Fair: Contacts, Deceit, Discipline, Lore
Average: Athletics, Endurance, Investigation, Presence, Weapons,
Stunts:
Blessed Words (Conviction)
Supreme Concentration (Discipline)
Counselor (Empathy)
Total Refresh: 6
Stress:
Mental: OOOO
Physical: OOO
Social: OOO
Armor: Usually, none.
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Damnit DMW... That's about how I would stat myself out... I just got my psyc BA a couple years back and now I'm working in community mental health... *sigh*
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I'm sadly still an undergraduate (though none of the classes I still have to take are actually Psychology).
Still, always nice to meet other people who share your interests. :)
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Well, maybe at a super-mega-ultra milestone you can revise your high concept to "Self-Aware Psyc Graduate!" ;) ;)
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Yeah, with luck. Then (again with luck), I get to go to Grad school! :)
Yay? ???
More seriously, anyone else a big enough geek to get in on the action and post yourself? C'mon, you know you want to...
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I will do mine tonight, but how should we go about calculating which level we are (I was going to do my skill list and go from there but if you have a better idea let me know)?
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Alrighty. Chest deep because I'm older ;)
Name: Tush Hog (rhymes with rush not bush)
Aspects
High Concept: Father of three, teacher of many
Trouble: Middle-aged, middle-class Joe
A life well lived is the best testimony
Gadget guy
Do unto others
Under the radar
Gamer geek
Skills
Great: Conviction, Rapport
Good: Discipline, Scholarship, Presence
Fair: Alertness, Athletics, Empathy, Investigation
Average: Drive, Lore, Endurance, Fists, Survival
Stunts
Tower of faith
Tough stuff
Personal magnetism
Best foot forward
Scientist (Biology)
Total refresh: 5
Stress
Mental 0000
Social 0000
Physical 000
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Okay this looks fun i'll give it a go.
Name: Archmage_Cowl
High Concept: Possible Writer In Training (And In School) - Working toward's writer but i have to make sure i can get the bills payed first :P
Trouble: Born In The Wrong Age - I should have been born a knight or court wizard in victoria's time. lol
Other Aspects:
Fairy Tales Are More Fun Than Real Life - Lover of all things fantasy as child, also prone to an accessive imagination.
Photographic Memory - About middle i realized i had a photographic memory (especially for the written word) and could fairly easily remember near anything i've read. Unfortunately i get a headache (a bad one, like a migrane) whenever i use it for any length of time.
"If It's Fantasy I've Read It." - i think this one's kinda self explanatory lol.
My Friends Are My Pillars of Support - I love all my friends and my life would be alot less without them.
Hopless Romantic In Waiting - Still trying to find a special someone, and not having much luck. lol
Stress Armor: None usually
Physical OOO
Mental OO
Social OOO
Skill Points 20/20
Great(+4) Preformance, Contacts
Good(+3) Rapport, Scholarship
Fair(+2) Endurance, Lore
Average(+1) Investigation, Presence
Stunts 6+2(5)
Capable Researcher - Can research two time incriments faster.
Poet - +2 to making pieces of written word (though i am not good at poetry at all lol)
Convincing - +1 to rapport rolls when influencing a choice or decision
Cost: -3 adjusted refresh 3
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OH Neat. Coolieo I'll give it a go. :P
Name: Kayleigh
High Concept: Author in Working Progress - Refuses to give up her dream of becomeing an author...however, she has to finish one first.
Trouble: Constantly Distracted - Can't keep her mind on one project, because she's too busy day dreaming.
Other Aspects:
Born with an Open Mind - She has no steady foothold in any one religion, and likes to believe in the possibilities, instead of impossiblieities.
"Reality is CONSTANTLY Getting in My Way" - Believes that there are things past the boundries humanity has set, we just haven't found it yet.
"If it's Sherrilyn Kenyon, I love it!" - Books that should belong to the non-fiction section.
"Do I have tell me you're life's story on my forehead?" - Is easily confided in and trusted to not to tell any of the deepest darkest secrets that you happen to spill to her.
Single and Loving it....most of the time - Not anywhere near wanting a boyfriend because they are too big of a distraction and/or hassle.
Skills
Great - Rapport, Performance
Good - Contacts, Investigation
Fair - Lore, Scholarship
Average - Endurance, Guns
Stunts
Poet - Is excellent at making almost anything from the written word.
Convincing- Can make up a believable story right off the bat.
Superb Concentration- Can concentrate on one thing and make excellent progress.
*Catch* (Something Shiny)
Emergancy Expert- If something happens that is unexpected, normally they can fix it or find a way to solve your problem.
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People are totally forgetting their Pure Mortal Refresh bonus. :)
Other than that, well, it's good to see people actually running with the idea, though IMO, most real people's pyramids are a bit broader and shallower than that. Bear in mind that actual, scary, black belts only have Good Fists. I think that's what Murphy has, actually...
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I've been planning this is our groups 'based-in-reality-us zombie survival game' will use FATE based on dresden, so I'll post mine within the next couple days.
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I don't have the pdfs on my laptop, so I'll have to do it later, but I like this idea. My groups do it from time to time, and it's been a while.
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Heh, I remember doing this quite often with some friends in the past. Apparently, no one could effectively stat me. . .I blame all the research ^_^;
Let's give this bad boy a whirl. Also at Chest-Deep (as I KNOW I still have a lot more to learn, but not just getting started)
Name: Crion
High Concept: The Dabbling Wiccan Librarian-In-Training - A Wiccan working in a library, taking classes to be a librarian, who researches just about everything. Literally.
Trouble: I Am My Father's Son - Similar looks, same health problems, same curiosity, similar vices and same stubborness, not to mention family complications (especially from members I don't even know about!). This'll be fun.
Other Aspects
Roots of a Tumbleweed - Always moving; makes it difficult to make solid contacts, connections, home (Thresholds suck), etc.
You Can't Forget, Even If You Want To - Great memory for details, but there are things you just can't run away from.
"I think I've Heard of That. . ." - Due to incessant research and plenty of travels, not much is going to be shocking, unheard of, or registering as a blank. Think "Jack of All Trades."
A Bleeding Heart of Gold - Just as it says. Bleeding heart that is in the right place, always trying to help others. Great for a reputation and knowing what to do or say to be liked and helpful, but easy to take advantage of.
Too Eclectic For My Own Good - Always open to new ideas and willing to accept the ideas of others as valid, but can be considered to not have personal opinions or thoughts.
(Aspects left on the cutting room floor, based on things I often say or do: "Pen And Sword In Accord," "According to my book. . .", "If Information Exists, I Can Find It", "No, I Will NOT Fix Your Computer", "Major in English, Minor in B.S.", "My Life Is a Shoujo Manga." Many of these were relevant not long ago, and I can see them coming back around again someday during a milestone ^_~).
Skills {25 points, Cap at "Great"}
Good (+3) - Conviction, Discipline, Scholarship
Fair (+2) - Weapons, Alertness, Investigation, Empathy, Lore
Average (+1) - Resources, Contacts, Driving, Endurance, Rapport, Presence
Stunts
The Cold Read (see "Read the Surface" on YS152)
Occultist: World Mythology (YS154)
Capable Researcher (YS155) {What, I'm a librarian!}
Stress Armor: None usually
Physical OOO
Mental OOOO
Social OOO
Refresh Costs: -3
Remaining Refresh: 6 (Base 7, -3 Stunts, +2 Vanilla Mortal)
Note: I am trying to come up with a decent stunt for having access to various research materials through my workplace. Think I should just pick the same effect of "High Quality Workspace" and give it a different name, or can I tweak it to give the better workspace qualities with certain drawbacks (multiple topics and rating equal to resources, but limited access, or the expenditure of a Fate Point)? Just wanted to add something that isn't right from the book ^^;
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I have gone ahead with a Up to Your Waist for myself.
Name: Osteomancer
High Concept: Blue Collar Satanist - I currently work for a Home Improvement chain doing various jobs and I am a LaVeyan Satanist
Trouble: On my own save One - Due to separation and tragedy I have no support from any family what so ever of any kind.
Other Aspects:
Good Without God -I was raised Atheist and that there is no need for god or faith in a person's life.
A Machiavellian Mind - I have always been in the mind set to maneuver people the way I wanted.
I know Tragedy - A few years ago my mother and her fiance were attacked in their own home and stabbed several times by my mother's ex-husband (the man who raised me) and he also nearly killed my younger brothers in the same attack.
Emburii is my Pillar - With the chaos in my life the person standing by my side and supporting me made so I got through an impossible time in my life.
My Life is Gaming - I just try to fit as much gaming into my weekly schedule.
Skills:
Good: Conviction, Deceit, Rapport
Fair: Presence, Might, Fists, Lore, Empathy
Average: Alertness, Craftsmanship, Discipline, Endurance, Performance, Scholarship
Stunts:
Mental Calluses: as Tower of Faith (YS150)
Shiv: Using Knives with fists
Locksmith: +2 to Craftsmanship when dealing with Locks
Paranoid? Probably. (YS149)
Read the Surface (YS152)
Calm Blue Ocean (YS151)
Stress
Physical: OOO
Mental: OOOO
Social:) OOO
Remaining Refresh: 3 (Base 7, -6 Stunts, +2 Pure Mortal)
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I haven't done any FATE gaming(or any at all in a few years) but this seemed like fun. I probably will be way off on the skills and stunts, feel free to critique.
Name: TJ
Occupation: Technomancer
High Concept: Foot in both worlds - as a Redneck/Geek, my time, hobbies, and efforts are split between both sides: fishing, drinking, 4 wheeling, basketball, gaming, video games, reading, coding
Trouble: I bet the wall breaks first - I usually consider things through, but once my mind is made up I have a frightening tendency to keep to the path regardless of consequences
Other Aspects:
Behind the throne - I prefer to stay out of the limelight
What the hell was I thinking? - When it comes to women, I've made every wrong choice in the books, leaving me mostly cynical despite having a couple of good female friends
Do you feel lucky punk? - Excessive poker playing has let me become a very good reader of people, so I'm hard to lie to and have no problem calling people out on it
Knight in tarnished armor - A nearly non-existent self-preservation instinct, combined with strong moral beliefs and an overwhelming sense of loyalty has led me to trouble and getting my butt kicked more then once
Skills:
Good - Athlete(basketball, tennis,football), Technology
Fair - Outdoorsman(camping, fishing, etc), Iron Jaw, Firearms
Stunts -
Trick Shot - As in basketball, billiards, and beer pong
Sleight of Hand - e.g. Card/Coin magic tricks
Hack This - I can throw together some ugly code extremely quickly when I need to get a program working in a hurry
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Aside from skill names (Technology=Scholarship, Outdoorsman=Survival, Iron Jaw=Endurance, and Firearms=Guns) those actually look about right. :)
Though you likely have other useful skills as well that you've neglected to list.
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Though you likely have other useful skills as well that you've neglected to list.
hehe, maybe a few, didn't want to list a whole bunch since I knew I was way off from the FATE skill names
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I can't be accurately represented with stats. I'm more of a plot device or major event. Roll badly, and I'll show up in the next scene. ;)
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I chose not to "build" my own stunts because I'm not making a real character, and the examples served well enough for now. Without further ado, here I am...
Character: FutureGameDesigner
Player: Me
Power Level: Feet in the Water
High Concept: Have Mortality, Will Smash; For Geekdom. (I'm not the standard geek. I don't obsess over anything, not subject to any variety of fan-boy-ism, and I have a greater degree of speed and grace than my near-linebacker build would indicate, and I'm not afraid to use all of it when I throwdown. But boy do I love to be a geek.)
Trouble: Hopelessly Altruistic Cynic. (I'm the worst type of cynic. George Carlin is my prophet. I tend think humanity in general is garbage and I often cheer for the inevitable E.L.E. asteroid to hit. But ultimately, a quiet voice of mine in the back of my mind keeps whispering words of hope and faith, and I always end up doing what I can to try and make things better for everyone...even if I know it's logically stupid.)
Other Aspects:
Smart Like Cassandra. (Growing up, and even still now, I was a fairly smart kid. What creeped people out though was that I seemed to know methods and information I couldn't have reasonably gained. Generally, that's how it is, if I desperately need to know something, I simply do...for no rational reason. Maybe its a form of eidetic memory that only functions subconsciously, but that's how it is.)
Temper, Temper mon Capitan. (In younger days I had a temper that was close to out of control. Now its triggers have been limited and refined, until now it hardly twitches. The most prominent triggers are instances when someone can benefit from my insight and guidance but when I try to lead them to what they need they react defensively or worse. Then I blow up. Not fond of reaching to help someone only to get kicked in the face.)
The Needs of the Many... (Outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. I live by the principle that the greater good is more important than individual good. If thousands suffer while one is spared, then what was done wasn't good at all. If 10 men die saving one suicidal nutjob, it's a complete and utter waste and nothing more.)
Luck Favors the...aw, DAMMIT! (Bold or cautious, favored or not, luck is as random as it gets with me one might think. At least til they notice that if I do anything I "shouldn't," I'm apparently immediately chastised accordingly by the universe at large. Something I've learned about myself from my best friend of 17 years.)
I Wish I Were a He-man Woman-hater. (My first and only fiancee did a number on my sense of trust, and women in the years since haven't done a great deal to improve my regard of them. But still I feel a nagging compulsion to keep looking, and a desire to come to the rescue when genuinely needed.)
Skills:
Good: Alertness, Fists, Scholarship
Fair: Empathy, Might, Performance
Average: Athletics, Conviction, Discipline, Endurance, Rapport
Stunts:
Paranoid? Probably. (Alertness) [-1]
Unshakable. (Discipline) [-1]
Read the Surface. (Empathy) [-1]
Quick Eye. (Investigation) [-1]
Stress:
Physical: O O O
Mental: O O O
Social: O O O
Refresh:
Base: 6, +2 (Pure Mortal)
Adjusted: 4
Edit: I had Fists up there in my skills twice. Fixed it with Performance since I'm a pretty good artist.
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Great...myself as a character killed the thread. lol
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Aw...nobody wants to play anymore. Oh well. lol
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I was going to post mine, but your sheet made it seem so insignificant that I couldn't. :P
I've been working on me, but I keep changing the aspects and skills around and just can't get satisfied.. hey maybe there is a good aspect, "Indecisive Introspection"... wait, that means I have to change them again... right back in the same boat, grrrr. ;)
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Have a better chance of getting mine up once my pre-order shows up. ::grumble::
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The skills part was harder than I thought... just have done a lot in my alloted time so far.
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Name: Kevin
Aspects
High Concept: Father of Three, Devoted Husband
Trouble: The easy path is just too easy
Tabletop or PC? -
Semi Jock - (I play pickup basketball and Tennis)
Protective Father/Husband
Tales of a Mis-spent youth
War Veteran - Stint in the Navy
Computer Wiz
Part-time writer
Skills (30)
Good: Guns, Endurance, Empathy, Alertness, Scholarship
Fair: Athletics, Might, Conviction, Presence, Craftmanship
Average: Driving, Stealth, Fists, Investigation, Dicipline
Stunts
Tough Stuff
No Pain, No Gain,
Tirelessness
Best Foot Forward
On My Toes
Read the Surface
-6 Refresh Cost
Stress
Mental 000
Social 000
Physical 0000
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As a newbie, this seems to be a good way of folks to catch a glimpse of who they're dealing with ;D
Name: Janus Node (aka "GM Janus", aka "Sir Nerdsalot").
Base Refresh (Power Level): 7 (Up to My Waist in Gaming Supplies)
Remaining Refresh: 3
Aspects:
High Concept: Marketing Gamer (Getting my business degree after 5+ years working in geek retail & business)
Trouble: So Many Details (I have a tendancy to analyse, calculate, theorize, and reassemble problems/issues to a degree that it can become more trouble than it's worth)
Other Aspects:
Going My Own Direction (Geeks were not the norm in my family, so anything I learned about gaming, books, movies, etc., I found on my own)
Friends as Close as Enemies (A major split in the local geek community left me with a couple of broken friendships)
Chrome & Magic (I started out gaming on the 2nd edition of Shadowrun, and that's also where I first started making rules mods)
Always There For My Girl (My girlfriend insisted this was important. Who am I to disagree?)
Best Geek Kitty in the Midwest (Got a cat recently that has proved to love Doctor Who and be a hit with all my friends)
I've Got a Game for That (There's an impressive list of board, card, miniatures, and roleplay games that I have learned and played)
Skills (25):
Great: Lore
Good: Driving, Rapport, Performance
Fair: Craftsmanship, Contacts, Investigation, Deceit
Average: Fists, Resources, Survival, Weapons
Stunts (6):
Geek Eye for the Normal Guy (Rapport) - -2 difficulty to successfully explain geek subculture concepts and items to those not familiar with them.
The Art of the Sale (Investigation) - +2 shifts to sell any item that has been researched over an appropriate previous extended test.
Putting My Game Face On (Deceit) - +1 shift in all gaming related tests that use bluffing and mental contests.
Excellent Cook (Craftsmanship) - +2 on using Craftsmanship to make any meal for a gaming crowd.
Nightwalker (Endurance) - -2 Difficulty to stay awake for prolonged periods with proper stimulus.
Plotmaster (Performance) - Spend a Fate Point to improv a story solution on the fly.
Stress:
Mental: OO
Physical: OO
Social: OO
Armor: None
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Power-Level: Chest Deep
High Concept: Renaissance Sufi
Trouble: Too Much to Do in So Little Time
Background: I spent years in magnet schools before I ruined most every opportunity with drinking and drugs. I'm clean now, but...
Phase Aspect: Don't Tempt Me
Rising Conflict: after I cleaned up, I joined the Army serving as a sniper. I was actually deployed after the bombing of Khobar towers, injured in action.
Phase Aspect: I'll Make it Work, Dammit
The Story: After the medical discharge, I tried to start a family life but it all went wrong. I have a ten year-old daughter I never see now because of it all.
Phase Aspect: If Alex Could See Me Now...
Guest Starring: Andrew and Kim Pitts gifted my games with artwork, so now I'm a published game designer. I couldn't have done it without them. We've done two books so far.
Phase Aspect: Seriously in the Trenches
Guest Starring Redux: Now, I'm trying to get my third game done, but I can't do all of it on my own. My family is very supportive, and my friends-playtesters are eager if nothing else. It's like pulling teeth out through someone's @$$, though...
Phase Aspect: Uphill, Ten Miles in Snow
Skills
Great: Performance (12-string guitar, bass, singing, writing) and Conviction
Good: Discipline, Guns, Scholarship
Fair: Alertness, Survival, Endurance, Empathy
Average: Weapons, Stealth, Investigation, Contacts, and Resources
Stunts:
On My Toes, Person of Conviction, No Pain No Gain, Martial Artist, Step into the Blow, Poet, Resilient Self-Image
Eclectic Knowledge (roll Scholarship +2 to determine range of 'random knowledge' like trivia)
Stress:
Physical: O O O
Mental: O O O O (+2 mild)
Social: O O O O
Refresh:
Base: 8, +2 (Pure Mortal)
Adjusted: 2
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Name: Wolff96
Base Refresh (Power Level): 8 (Chest Deep)
Remaining Refresh: 2
Aspects:
High Concept: Full-Time Electrical Engineer, Part Time GM
Trouble: The Devil is in the Details
Other Aspects:
Vast Storehouse of Useless Trivia
Amazing with a Gun in my hand... in Video Games
Nose always buried in a book
Married to the Love of my Life
P90X is kicking my butt again
Skills ( 30 ):
Great: Scholarship, Discipline
Good: Craftsmanship, Athletics, Might
Fair: Presence, Resources, Investigation, Endurance
Average: Conviction, Rapport, Deceit, Empathy, Alertness
Stunts ( 8 ):
It's not Dead Yet (Craftsmanship) - +2 shifts when using the Fixing Trapping of Craftsmanship on Electronic Devices.
One more Set (Discipline) - Discipline is used to modify any extended skill check when Endurance would normally be used.
Pilot (Driving) - +1 to Driving in an aircraft, +2 if that is a personal aircraft (propeller).
Wait, you Heard That? (Investigation) - +2 shifts when using the Eavesdropping trapping of Investigation.
That end of the soldering iron gets hot (Rapport) - +2 to Explain technical concepts to non-technical people.
Good Poker Face (Rapport) - +2 to the Closing Down trapping of Rapport.
Knows Which Way the Wind is Blowing (Scholarship) - Use Scholarship instead of Contacts for "Getting the Tip-Off" related to professional situations.
Professional Engineer (Scholarship) - +1 on Scholarship for any Engineering Research, additional +1 in Electrical Engineering.
Stress:
Mental: OOO
Physical: OOO
Social: OOO
Armor: None
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I'd be too dull to even attempt it