Make up an NPC.

[ArmySGT.]

Surf Google Images. Pic a photo and create a TMP npc for other Project Directors to test drive. Seen this done on other boards. Besides it is good to have some NPCs premade on 3x5 cards that you can whip out for a "random encounter". Helps to if you make 5 per encounter group, keeps your game polished and the play flows with out interruption.

Personally I am going to build them up on Excel spread sheets as the Laptop replaces note books and the PDs screen.

[ArmySGT.]

Insert Photo Here.


Age:
Sex:
(Attributes are 4d6-4 or 5d6 and remove lowest die)
Strength:
Constitution:
Dexterity:
Movement: (Dex of 0-4=1, 5-8=2, 9-13=3, 14-18=4, 19-20=5.)
Endurance:
Accuracy:
Charisma:
Psionics:
Luck:
Structure and Blood Points: (Strength x Constitution) + 100 = Structure points / Blood points.
Blood Type:
Hostility and Motivation:

[ArmySGT.]

Son, anybody can be ordinary, you got potential.


Age: 1 July 1962 (26 at freezing in 1988
Sex: Male
Strength:15
Constitution:18
Dexterity:16
Movement:4
Endurance:18
Accuracy:18
Charisma:16
Psionics:1
Luck:15
Structure and Blood Points:370
Blood Type+
Hostility and Motivation: 16

[ArmySGT.]

Damn.

Wrote a nice back story for this NPC. The system logged me out. All I wrote was lost logging back in.

I will try again later.

[kato13]

The logout problem is annoying. I have upped the dormant time to 30 minutes to mitigate (but not remove the issue). However if you do click "Remember me" when you log in I believe the problem goes away.

[Matt W]

Liu Jones

Age: 44
Sex:M
Strength: 13
Constitution: 16
Dexterity: 10
Movement: 10
Endurance: 14
Accuracy: 12
Charisma: 13
Psionics: 8
Luck: 17
Structure and Blood Points:
Blood Type: 0 negative
Hostility and Motivation: (see below)
Location: Stuttgart, Arkansas - but could be anywhere near the Mississippi River

Mister Jones is a Farmer and a former River Trader. He's a lot more widely-travelled than most people in his community and obvious strangers will be advised to visit his establishment. Personnel from Morrow Project will be told the information in "What everybody knows"


What everybody knows:
Mister Liu Jones is a prosperous farmer and distiller (he makes wine & vodka). When he was young & foolish, he was a River Trader and sometimes stayed away for months, or even years, but he returned to the family farm about 15 years ago. He grows potatoes, a little rice and rears ducks. He has land in the hills near Stuttgart, Arkansas - and sometimes acts as a hunting guide for rich merchants from the Kentucky Free State (old friends from his River Trade days).

The community values & appreciates Mister Jones. Goods from the KFS are relatively cheap and plentiful thanks to his contacts & mercantile abilities

He owns some books and some technology: a generator, a chain saw, and a HiFi system (including a radio tuner). Every Saturday night, Mister Jones hosts "radio club" , a time for the local community to relax, buy some of his wine, listen to the radio and gossip.

What some people know:
Mister Jones is a bookie. He takes bets on local and KFS sporting events. He's very fair and - if betters lose - he gives them a LOT of time to pay up. However, if they don't pay him within a year, he bans them from the radio sessions until they pay their debts

What very few people know:
Mister Jones is an asset of the KFS Secret Police: a "River Watcher". He operates a powerful transmitter/receiver and provides reports on matters that are likely to be interesting to his "handlers". This is usually mundane (but important) data on matters such as: merchants travelling to the KFS, local weather conditions (the KFS Air Force appreciates this information), bandit/slaver activity, and so on.

From the viewpoint of the Secret Police, Jones is a good asset. His fees are low (a little gold, some electronics, a few cheap deals) and his information is often useful. He also provides good hospitality and has helped numerous SP agents get acclimatized to life outside Civilization.

What nobody knows:
Mister Jones doesn't like the KFS; he thinks they're greedy and despises their refusal to sell/export technology. BUT his merchant's pride mean that he is always accurate with the information that they pay for (he also suspects that his reports are cross-checked with those from other "River Watchers"). However, he has taken the precaution of keeping notes on all the agents that he has met - and some of them have been indiscreet after a few glasses of his rice wine. He has heard of the Morrow Project and knows that KFS propaganda is not entirely accurate. If he could learn to trust the Morrow Project... he might be able to help