Hi folks!
I created a character for a Blade Runner solo adventure because we are in November 2019, the period in which the 1982 movie is set.
I think I will play an investigative adventure using this NSAABH scenario with Bivius.
I’m going to create the character in a way similar to what you can find in T&D, I define a series of options to submit to the B.R.O.:
in this case the 5 Stats are:
Class: A) Tough Hero B) Smart Hero
Career (blocked option) : Skin-Doll Hunter
Background: A) Boxer B) I-Ching expert
Talent: A) High Perception B) High Intelligence
Advantage: A) Good Tool B) Luck
I use as my B.R.O. a couple of d10 of different colors, they let me have two answers with one roll: A, B, B, B
My Character receives these Stats: Tough Hero, Skin-Doll Hunter, I-Ching expert, High Intelligence and Luck.
Now I need to add some data about my character using the same method:
Gender: A) Male B) Female
Age (blocked Data): Adult
Personality: A) Direct B) Ironic
Goal: A) Duty B) Career
Quirk: A) Drinks Tsingtao beer B) Divorced
Artificial Pet: A) Goose B) Goat
Disadvantage: A) Bad Reputation B) Dependent NPC
B.R.O. says that my main character is Male, Ironic, his goal is Career, Divorced, a Goose as pet, Dependent NPC (I decided it’s his 13 years old daughter Alice)
I could use the mirror character, that is a character created using all the options discarded by B.R.O., as a sidekick but I decide that it is more suitable for the genre techno-noir to act alone, maybe I will use the mirror character during the adventure as NPC.
Now it’s time to name the character and ask a few questions to learn more about him before starting to play.
To get his name I will use this excellent random name generator (https://www.behindthename.com/) : Josh Fear
Quick Question:”Is Josh on good terms with his ex-wife?”
B.R.O. =NO
“Why?” A)Josh cheated his wife B)They broke up after the death of their younger son
B.R.O. = B
QQ: “Does Josh often meet his daughter?”
B.R.O. = NO
“What kind of relationship?” A) The daughter idolizes her father B) the daughter is angry with him
B.R.O. = A
“why does he use the I Ching divination system?” A)he finds it relaxing and helps him to rearrange ideas B)he firmly believes in its effectiveness and considers it a useful tool for his investigations even if the department will never accept it
B.R.O. = B
and finally I ask what Josh thinks of the fugitive clones he hunts for
A) they are dangerous artificial beings that must be stopped before they endanger civilians
B) he only does his job but he thinks they should stop creating such realistic skin dolls because it becomes increasingly difficult not to have remorse after having eliminated them
B.R.O. = A
I usually ask which actor looks like the character:
A) De Niro in Midnight Run B) Denzel Washington in The Equalizer
B.R.O. = B
Since the character will act alone he gets three high level Stats, I choose Tough Hero, Skin-Doll Hunter and High Intelligence.
I give him what I consider to be the standard equipment for a character like this (I have lists for this but you can improvise and in case of doubt ask quick questions to the B.R.O.)
To write all this, it took me at least four times the time it took to actually create the character, LMAO. Here is my character ready to face a difficult investigation among the rainy streets of a techno-noir metropolis.
Name: JOSH FEAR
Stats:
- Class: Tough Hero (+)
- Career: Skin-Doll Hunter (+)
- Background: I-Ching expert
- Talent: High Intelligence (+)
- Advantage: Luck
Data:
- Gender: male
- Age: adult (44 y.o.)
- Personality: ironic
- Goal: career
- Quirk: divorced
- Artificial Pet: Howard, a male goose
- Disadvantage: Dependent NPC (his daughter Alice, 13 y.o.)
Equipment:
A clone detection device in a suitcase (Ladd-Scott Device 3.9), a PKD .45 revolver, a police flying car, electronic picklock, police badge, ID card, a spare autopistol Hampton .38. a personal (not flying) car: a… Yutani black sedan.
He lives in an apartment in a almost uninhabited condo somewhere in the city, address 883 Mendell Strasse
Notes:
Josh is not in good terms with his ex-wife, They broke up after the death of their younger son Danny, their daughter Alice idolizes her father. Josh firmly believes in the effectiveness of I Ching and considers it a useful tool for his investigations even if the department will never accept it. He works hard to become a lieutenant someday and thinks that fugitive skin-dolls are dangerous artificial beings that must be stopped before they endanger civilians.
Okay I think he’s ready.
I added some in-jokes to the character’s description, how many can you find?
