Re: [HoE] I'm Really bored, another NPC fer ya'll

[Eric Landes <ericla@accessone.com>]

At 02:23 AM 3/3/99 , Dead Parrot wrote:
>Buckaroo Banzai - A new breed of Hero for Hell On Earth

My god, I love this movie....  Wish it would come out on DVD...

>
>Ok folks, here I go again.  Dr. Banzai was a world renown surgeon,
>physicist, philosopher, and rock star before the bombs dropped.  Know he
>and his band travel the wasted west bringing their skills, songs, and a ray
>of hope to the wasters.  The Banzai Institute (of witch I am a proud card
>carrying member.) travels the nation in a band of Semis, similar to the
>Convoy.  With the familiar Banzai Institute logo on the sides of all their
>vehicles, the trucks are a welcome site in towns they roll through.  Road
>Gangs tend to shy away from the truck, after news of one failed attack on
>the band led to the gang being nothing more than blast shadows.  The
>Combine has issued a nice Death Warrant on the entire band, and Banzai is
>actually wanted alive by Throckmortan himself.  So without further ado….We
>bring you Buckaroo Banzai…
>
>Created with the aid of the  Hell on Earth Character Generator v 1.0
>
>Name:         Buckaroo Banzai
>Sex:          Male
>Age:          45
>Handedness:   Right
>Wind:         20
>Pace:         6
>Size:         6
>Strain:       NA
>
>Cognition:    3d10          Deftness:     3d8
>Knowledge:    3d12+4          Nimbleness:   4d6
>Mien:         4d8           Quickness:    4d8
>Smarts:       3d12 +2         Strength:     4d4
>Spirit:       4d10          Vigor:        3d10
>
>Edges:
>Dinero: Well Off (5)
>Luck of the Irish (3)
>Mechanically Inclined (1)
>Renown: Known (3)

I'd make this level 5.  EVERYbody knows Buckaroo!  Can't forget about that 
comic book...

>Veteran of the Wasted West (0)

I'd add Friends in High Places at about 2.  (Lectroids)

Gotta recover four points somehow so...

>Hindrances:
>Curious (-3)
>Enemy: Moderate (-3)
>Heroic (-5)
>
>Skills, Hexes, Miracles, and Favors:
>Academia: History (2)
>Academia: Occult (3)
>Academia: Philosophy (5)
>Area Knowledge: Home County (2)
>Arts: Sculpting (3)
Drop to 2

>Climbing (1)
>Dodge (4)
>Driving: Wheeled Vehicles (4)
>Faith (4)
>Fighting: Sword (5)
>Guts (5)
>Language: Japanese (5)
Drop to 4

>Language: Native Tongue (2)
>Leadership (6)
>Medicine: General (6)
>Medicine: Surgery (5)
>Overawe (5)
>Performing: Singing (5)
>Professional: Computer Programming (4)
>Quick Draw (4)
>Science: Biology (5)
Drop to 4  (seems to be about his weakest area)

>Science: Chemistry (5)
>Science: Engineering (4)
>Science: General (6)
>Science: Physics (5)
>Search (1)
>Shooting: Pistol (5)
>Sleight of Hand (5)
Drop to 4

>Sneak (5)
>Tale Telling (3)
>
>Veteran of the Wasted West - Hunted by the Combine
>

Good job, John...  I may just have to use this sometime when my posse
is ready for something a bit more light hearted...

E


Eric Landes
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