Character Archetypes

• Mexican Wrestler
  -- Might I recommend a swinging neckbreaker?
  
• Movie Star
  -- Lights, camera, action!
• Super Hero
  -- For use with Feng Shui Supers. Up, up, and away!
  
• Wandering Monk
  -- True strength comes not only from the body, but from the spirit as well, grasshopper

folding chair

Wealth Level: working stiff

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Movie Star

"Line!"

You are a big time hotshot Hollywood action star with a taste for the good life. Everyone around wants to know you, get close to you, or even be you. With executives pounding down your door and scripts falling in your lap, the world is your oyster, and you've got the big paychecks to back it up. The hours are long, and perhaps you don't always see eye to eye with the crew or other cast members, but why should that bother you? You've got it made now that you're with your fourth wife, and your son has just been released from rehab. You've got credibility at the box office thanks to your real-life background in martial arts training. You can throw a punch, or take one in the gut, but as long as you look good doing it, that's the only thing that matters, right? Lately you've become a bit jaded about the whole system, seeing only the greed and dubiousness of an industry that once produced real art. You've turned down more roles for a mindless sequel then you've seen quality screenplays hit your agent's desk. Maybe someday that choice role will come along and earn you a major award, but you are too wary of the danger of being typecast. In your career you've played everything from a multinational spy to a hard luck gambler to a trained assassin. There are guys out there in the world who do that sort of thing that you only pretend to do, on the big screen. Maybe that's what's really missing: a chance to make a real difference. Sure, you've donated millions to various charity organizations, but how many of those know how to jump through a plate glass window? Perhaps it's time for a vacation and go to where the lights won't make you sweat and the cameras won't record your every move. It's just too bad that there won't be any outtakes.

Juncture: contemporary

Attributes: Bod 5, Chi 0 (For 4), Mnd 5 (Chr=8), Ref 5

Add 3 to any primary attribute. Add 1 to another primary attribute. Add 1 to any secondary attribute.

Skills:

Seduction +2 (10) [Max 13]

Add 6 Skill Bonuses. You may raise either your Guns or Martial Arts value by 1 if you reduce the other by 2.

Schticks: 1 gun schtick

Unique Schticks: 1) Any time you are hit in combat, you may fall over and spend a Fortune point to make the attacker think he took you out. He will then ignore you and attack a different target. If there are no other targets, he will slowly creep up on you, giving you the perfect opportunity to surprise him. This will only work on named characters once per session. 2) You gain a +2 Action Value bonus when using Deceit on unnamed characters.

Weapons: You may start the game with an assortment of phony weapons: a gun loaded with blanks, foam rubber nunchaku, etc., but they do no genuine damage. You'll have to get some real weapons during game play.

Quick Schtick Pick: Fast Draw

Wealth Level: rich

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Super Hero

"I can't just sit here and let them poison the city's water supply. I've got to stop those dirtbags...no matter the cost."

You were just an ordinary civilian once, just another nameless worker of the masses struggling to get by in a world ruled by crime. Then came the day when you found that strange glowing object. Your body tingled when you picked it up for the first time, and you could sense a deeper power contained within. It endowed you with strange energy that transformed your body. You didn't fully understand your new powers, but when that innocent little girl became trapped under that building, your abilities allowed you to rescue her and bring her to safety. Now the media wants to know everything about you...the real you. Was this gift you received really worth it? New bosses, ready to perpetuate the seed of corruption always replace the criminals you bring to justice. They want you eliminate you and spread their felonious actions throughout the city. But you can't let that happen. With great power comes great responsibility, are you are determined to see that your power will only be used for good.

Juncture: contemporary

Attributes: Bod 6, Chi 0 (Pow=8), Mnd 5, Ref 5

Divide 3 points among your primary attributes. Add 2 points to three different secondary attributes. Max 10 on all primary and secondary attributes.

Skills:

Superpowers (=15)

Add 4 Skill Bonuses.

Schticks: 5 Super Schticks

Limitation: Secret Identity. Your true name and face are a closely guarded mystery, known only to you and maybe a few trusted confidants. Should your identity ever be revealed to the general public, kiss any hope of having a normal life goodbye.

Quick Schtick Pick: Blast, Damage Immunity (bullets), Danger Sense, Enhanced Sense (X-ray vision), and Regeneration

Wealth Level: working stiff

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Wandering Monk

"My work here is done."

You led a simple life living in the secluded mountain monastery, learning to appreciate the finer beauty of nature and the true characteristics of man. You learned to sharpen your instincts and emotions through rigorous physical, mental, and spiritual instruction. You gained valuable insight most men would never know. Then came the fateful day when your quiet life as you knew it turned upside down. Perhaps the temple you once called home was destroyed by an evil force, or that your good name was wrongfully soiled and you became a wanted man. Forced to leave the temple's solitude, you struck out in search of what everyone desires to find, your true place in the universe. Naďve to the world, you made your way down from the mountains to embrace a civilization entirely unknown to you. Here you face prejudice and danger unlike anything you've known before, but with wisdom in your mind and educated fists, you will survive.

Juncture: 1850, contemporary

Bod 5, Chi 2 (Fu=8), Mnd 5, Ref 5

Add a total of 4 points among your primary attributes.

Skills: