Connor McClark
Engineer in searches for knowledge

A 1-Victory Newbie Contractor played by niceping in Still Waters

Connor McClark is a uninspiring repairman who will risk his life to gain knowledge to engineer a solution to at least one of global issues.

He is 23 years old, and often appears as young man dressed in work smock with safety glasses and a toolbox.

Connor McClark lives in Still Waters, a setting where the occult lurks just under the surface.

His journal has 2 entries.

Attributes

Brawn

3 Charisma

2 Dexterity

3 Intellect

5 Perception

3

Abilities

1 Alertness

1 Animals

2 Athletics

2 Brawl

5 Crafts

0 Culture

0 Drive

0 Firearms

0 Influence

1 Investigation

0 Legerdemain

1 Medicine

2 Melee

0 Occult

0 Performance

2 Science

0 Stealth

0 Survival

3 Technology

(TapClick for Combat reference)

Initiative: 0 dice

Movement: 0 feet

Dash: 0 feet

Perception + Alertness: 0 dice

At the start of Combat, roll Initiative: Dexterity + Perception Difficulty 6.

Each round of Combat represents 3 seconds of near-simultaneous action.

It's my Turn

You get one Movement and one Action on your turn every Round of Combat.

Movement

Movement is taken immediately before OR after your Action. It cannot be split.
You may Move (0) feet for free. Minimum 5 feet.
You may Dash up to an additional (0 feet).
- Dashing penalizes your Action -1 die per 5 feet.
All-out Sprint: instead of using free Movement or Dash, you may spend your Action and roll Brawn + Athletics ( dice) Difficulty 6. You move (0 + (Outcome x 5) Feet).

Actions

Attack with your weapon or hands.
Evade by rolling to Defend or Dodge. Your Outcome is "spent" to reduce the Outcome of any incoming attacks until your next Action.
Activate a Power or use an Ability as normal.
Hold your Action by declaring an Action and a triggering event. If the event occurs before your turn on the next Round, you perform the Action.

I'm being attacked

If you have not yet spent your Action this Round, you may use it as a Reaction.

Reactions

Dodge by rolling Dexterity + Athletics ( dice) Difficulty 6. Your Outcome is subtracted from the attacker's.
Defend with your weapon by rolling its attack roll. Your Outcome is subtracted from the attacker's. Availability depends on weapon match-up (tap/hover).
Clash with the attacker using the same roll you would use to Defend. The higher Outcome (not contested) is treated as the result of a successful, undefended attack roll against the loser.

Desperate Defense

If you have already used your Action, you may Exert your Mind to perform a Reaction. Your next Round's Action receives a -2 dice penalty. You cannot Clash as a Desperate Defense.

Will to Survive

Once per Contract, you may reduce the severity of an incoming Injury up to 4 Severity levels (to a minimum of Severity 4). You take a point of Mind damage, and the Battle Scar you suffer from this Injury always lingers after the Injury is healed, even with proper Stabilization.

If an attack's Outcome is positive after defense, it results in a new Injury with Severity = Outcome + Weapon damage - Armor

Injuries

Hit to the chest

Giant centipede bite to the leg

(TapClick for Severe Injury reference)

Injuries Severity 4+ cause a Battle Scar and require Stabilization

Each Injury can only be successfully Stabilized once

Unstabilized Injuries increase in Severity by 1 level every half hour

Proper Stabilization

Requires an advanced first aid kit for Severity 4 Injuries, a field surgery kit for Severity 5 Injuries, and a surgery theater for Severity 6+ Injuries.

Roll Intellect + Medicine, Difficulty equal to Severity

An Outcome of 1 or greater will Stabilize the Injury and stop its degradation.
Complete success (Outcome 4+) puts the Injury on track to heal clean: its Battle Scar heals with it.
Failed attempts can be retried at +1 Difficulty per failure.
On a Botch, the Injury's Severity increases by 1.

Makeshift Stabilization

Attempt a major treatment using insufficient or improvised medical equipment.

Roll Intellect + Medicine, Difficulty > Severity

(Difficulty based on materials and tactics used)

Any positive Outcome (1+) will Stabilize the Injury and stop its degradation.
However, any Outcome less than 4 increases the Injury’s Severity by 1. Botches also worsen its Battle Scar.
Regardless of Outcome, any Battle Scars caused by the Injury will persist after it is fully healed.
Failed attempts can be retried at +1 Difficulty per failure.

Self-stabilization attempts are rolled at +1 Difficulty.

Battle Scars

Penalties from Battle Scars do not stack with Wound Penalty

(Connor McClark has no Battle Scars)

Body 7

Penalty

8 Mind

Agitated

Bruised

Distracted

Hurt

-1

Rattled

Injured

-1

Worried

Wounded

-2

Alarmed

Mauled

-3

Frantic

Maimed

-4

Delirious

X_X

Limits

Atrocities

Murder

Anguish

Traumas

(Connor McClark has no Traumas)

Assets And Liabilities

Conditions

Conditions are GM-assigned status effects.

Examples of Conditions include supernatural curses, enchantments, and diseases. Conditions are created by GMs and Playgroup leaders and are not subject to any standardized balance. Therefore, their effects may be altered or ignored outside the Playgroup where they were obtained. For example, lycanthropy may be contagious in one Playgroup, but not another.

Circumstances

Circumstances describe your Contractor's situation in various Playgroups.

Enemies, wealth, notoriety, status, contacts, fame, and imprisonment are all examples of potential Circumstances.

Equipment

Max Encumbrance: 0 pounds.

On Person

Pants, long sleeve shirt, cap and boots.
Leather jacket and a beanie
Medical mask
Wallet, keys, smartphone (295 euro)
Lighter
Pocket knife

Grey toolbox (contents temporarily transfered to bag)

Work gloves
Flat-nosed screwdriver
Cross-nosed screwdriver
Pliers
Cutter
Hammer
Duct tape

Green bag

Flashlight
Compass
Mosquito-repellant
Water bottle, crackers, two cans of beef stew
Energy drinks
Makeshift door wedges
Sea salt
Advanced first aid kit
Crowbar
Medical mask
PPE (work smock, protective glasses)
Power bank and charger
Metal junk (improvised caltrop)

(Click to toggle Weapons reference)

All firearms use Dexterity + Firearms ( dice) Difficulty 6

Firearms may be fired at targets at up to 3x the listed range at up to +3 Difficulty.

Firearm

Damage

Range

Handgun

50 feet

Rifle

400 feet

Shotgun

75 feet

Heavy Sniper Rifle

1500 feet

Weapon Type

Roll

Damage

Knife

Either Brawn or Dexterity plus either Melee or Brawl, Difficulty 6.

Club/Improvised Weapon

Brawn + Melee Difficulty 6

Sword/Axe

Brawn + Melee Difficulty 6

Thrusting Sword

Dexterity + Melee Difficulty 6

Great Sword/Giant Axe

Brawn + Melee Difficulty 6

Weapon

Roll

Damage

Range

Slingshot

Dexterity + Athletics Difficulty 8

150 feet

Sling

Dexterity + Athletics Difficulty 8

150 feet

Bow

Dexterity + Athletics Difficulty 8 Requires a Brawn rating of 3 or higher to use

150 feet

Crossbow

Dexterity + Firearms Difficulty 8

150 feet

Thrown Weapon damage is capped at your Brawn rating (0)

Weapon

Roll

Damage

Range

Improvised Thrown Weapon

Brawn + Athletics, Difficulty between 7 and 9 at GMs discretion

50 feet

Throwing Knife/Shuriken

Dexterity + Athletics Difficulty 6

50 feet

Throwing Axe/Javelin

Brawn + Athletics Difficulty 6

50 feet

Weapons in the Player's Guide

Trophies

Trophies are special objects and equipment.

Examples of Trophies include healing potions, scrolls, sci-fi technology, or any supernatural item that was not created with The Contract's Power system. Trophies are not subject to standardized balance. Therefore, their effects may be altered or ignored outside the Playgroup where they were obtained.

Contractor Timeline

1 Victories - 1 Failure

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Remaining: 6 Exp. (Earned: 160 - Spent: 154)

An itemized record of every Contract, Gift, Improvement, and Experience changes

Biography

Connor is your average, uninspiring man in his early twenties, who has been working as a repairman in a small repair shop, that doesn't has that much work going on. Interestingly enough, while being quite lackluster in theoretical field, he is quite talanted in practical work, even though he is quite young.

Connor is an average uninspiring repairman in his early twenties. Despite the fact that he, perhaps, never will be important, he decided that, perhaps, dreaming is not harmful, but it is harmful to not dream. And so he dreamed, that he will leave a mark in history, by inventing something that, if not groundbreaking, would still be an important enough to be remembered.

Journal

Latest 1 of 2 entries

Limping Limb

TODO:
- Restock medkit
- Look up first aid
- Look up giant centipedes
- Get a pocket knife

My knee almost doesn't hurts now, and I can actually walk without limping. I did, however, decided to inspect my medkit I have in my house. Inspection revealed that I don't have anything to handle serious injuries. I don't think some pills, including some expired ones and even one pack of unlabeled pills, as well as some bandages can count as decent medkit. Most of it went straight to the garbage, and restock of the medkit took some time and funds, just like the following refreshment on my first aid knowledge, but now if I ever get a serious injury - again - I can somewhat confidently say that I'll be alright.

Other thing I decided to do was investigate into giant centipede species, and I haven't found anything about it. Either the centipedes ate everyone who tried to investigate them, or no one found them until now. I doubt both are the case, because then people would still catch on, so there is likely more going on than meets the eye. I honestly don't want to think about it, because the more I think, the more ridiculous ideas come to my mind, like a doomsday cult worshipping those giant centipedes as deities or something.

It did spiraled out of my control into research into other insect and animal species. Thank God for modern technology and the ability to watch documentaries on animals from home, and not having to do the research myself, be it out in the open field or in the library.

Lastly, I got a pocket knife. Two pocket knives, even, one of which I keep near my bed at all times, and the other stays with my bag or in my pockets. This is completely normal behavior, and I don't care if anyone says otherwise - I'll listen to their opinion only when they will get bitten by a giant poisonous centipede.

Connor McClark Engineer in searches for knowledge

Connor McClark is a uninspiring repairman who will risk his life to gain knowledge to engineer a solution to at least one of global issues.

Attributes

Brawn

3

Charisma

2

Dexterity

3

Intellect

5

Perception

3

Abilities

It's my Turn

I'm being attacked

Injuries

Proper Stabilization

Makeshift Stabilization

Battle Scars

(Connor McClark has no Battle Scars)

Body 7

8 Mind

Limits

Traumas

(Connor McClark has no Traumas)

Assets And Liabilities

Conditions

Circumstances

Equipment

On Person

Grey toolbox (contents temporarily transfered to bag)

Green bag

Trophies

Contractor Timeline

View Connor McClark's Encountered Contractors

Biography

Journal

Limping Limb

Connor McClark
Engineer in searches for knowledge