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Murdoch
The King Snake

A 8-Victory Novice Contractor played by Strazhari in Maelstrom

Murdoch is a psychotic tweaker who will risk his life to become the ultimate Snake Oil Salesman and Bring his Snake Oil to the world.

He is 70 years old, lives in an armored APC, typically between Mexico & the USA, and often appears as a scraggly, drug addicted wastelander.

Murdoch lives in Maelstrom, a setting where videos of the supernatural go viral every day. His journal, "The Truth is out there...", has 14 entries.

Attributes

Brawn

3 Charisma

3 Dexterity

6 Intellect

4 Perception

2

Abilities

1 Alertness

2 Animals

3 Athletics

0 Brawl

5 Crafts

0 Culture

2 Drive

5 Firearms

0 Influence

1 Investigation

2 Medicine

1 Melee

0 Occult

0 Performance

3 Science

3 Stealth

3 Survival

0 Technology

3 Thievery

4 Mad Raving

(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 Free Move (0) feet. 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 suffer a Major Battle Scar that 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

(Murdoch is unharmed)

(TapClick for Severe Injury reference)

Injuries Severity 4+ cause a Battle Scar and require Stabilization

Stabilization is the Injury's main treatment, and each Injury can only be successfully Stabilized once

Unstabilized Injuries worsen by 1 Severity 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

Dice penalties from Battle Scars do not stack with Stress

(Murdoch has no Battle Scars)

Body 7

Stress

8 Mind

Agitated

Bruised

Distracted

Hurt

-1

Rattled

Injured

-1

Worried

Wounded

-2

Alarmed

Mauled

-3

Frantic

Maimed

-4

Delirious

X_X

Limits

Capture

Monsters

Addiction

Traumas

All Children are Fish Monsters Roll Self Control to not assume children are fish monsters

Phobia of Spiders When you encounter the subject of your phobia, you must roll Self-Control to avoid entering a fight-or-flight response. If you fail, you may Exert your Mind to face your fear.

Delusion that all Conspiracies are true You must succeed a Self-Control roll in order to not believe your delusion, even when confronted with compelling evidence, or in order to act in a way that is contrary to your delusion.

The Rush

Whenever , regain one Source. Cooldown: one day

Circumstances

In Maelstrom

Point of Contact: Smugglers

From Assets and Liabilities

You know someone in a specific industry or area of influence, and can lean on them for assistance. Once per Contract, and once per Downtime, you may call in a favor from _____. Your contact is not brainwashed or supernaturally compelled, and they may refuse to do things which are unreasonable or absurd. You may attempt to call in additional favors beyond the first one, but these are not guaranteed, and over-use of your contact may cause you to lose them, as well as create potential Loose Ends.

Polyglot: Spanish, Vietnamese, Navajo

From Assets and Liabilities

You can speak, read, and write in the chosen languages. You may be given a roll to decipher some amount of meaning from a related language at GMs discretion.

Respected Expert: The Lunatic Fringe

From Assets and Liabilities

You are highly respected and influential within a given field or industry. Just about anyone in _____ will know of you and respect your status and ability within that field. Social rolls made against anyone in your chosen field receive +2 dice.

Stockpile: Drugs

From Assets and Liabilities

You have a stockpile of a specific type of weaponry or hard-to-find items. During a Downtime, you may obtain up to three items from your stockpile.

Average

Given by Strazhari

You can live stably off your money. You have access to $2,500 (or equivalent currency) per Contract.

Cash (spent on Casa de Murdoch)

Given by ShadyTradesman

Profits from selling 5 consumables to Offr $375,000 USD

Offr Red membership

Given by ShadyTradesman

You are a proud Offr Red member. Lucky you! Sales associate: Mandy

Conditions

From Assets and Liabilities

Forgetful Your mind is a sieve, and while you can recall broad strokes, committing anything more detailed to memory is quite difficult. You must roll Mind Difficulty 6 in order to remember any details (locations, names, address, where you left something that you set down, physical descriptions of things, bits of information you were told, etc…) If you fail the roll, you may Exert your mind to remember, but if you botch the roll, you are stuck.

From Maelstrom

Ate the Firebird Yum! May re-roll one Botch one time.

Loose Ends

Dark Secret: Composition of his "Snake Oil"

Imminent Dangerous Given by a Liability

You have a secret which, if it got out, would lead to immediate and significant consequences for you.

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Contractor Timeline

8 Victories - 0 Failures

Remaining Exp: 7 (Earned: 256 - Spent: 249)

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An itemized record of every Contract, Reward, Experience change, Condition, Circumstance, and Move

Journal: "The Truth is out there..."

Latest 3 of 14 entries

Rocket Man

To the Moon!

Boy Howdy

Questionnaire

Latest 0 of 0 answers

Moves

Murdoch has made 0 Moves.

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Biography

Drugs designed for human consumption have minimal positive mechanical Effects.

All drugs risk Addiction. If you would gain a Trauma while under the effect of a substance you are not already addicted to, that Trauma will be an addiction to the given substance. Onset Time

No drug acts immediately. The quickest onset time available to a drug is 1 minute when administered intravenously (via IV or with carefully with a syringe directly into major vein). Drugs administered via snorting or muscular injection (i.e. a dart) have an onset time of 5 minutes. Drugs that are ingested have an onset time of one hour. Recreational drugs

Normal dose: Recreational drugs have no mechanical benefits. They give at least a -1 Penalty, which can increase depending on the specific drug and how much you consume, at GMs discretion.

Truth Serums

Despite what Vice News tells you about scopolamine and similar drugs, no effective truth serum exists. This is because effective doses for sufficiently reducing inhibitions also cause delirium, confusion, and memory loss, making the information gained extremely unreliable.

Stimulants

Normal dose: Reduce Mind Penalty by 2 for the next 4 hours, but during this time all Mind rolls are at +1 Difficulty. You cannot fall asleep while under the effects of a stimulant, and you cannot have restful sleep until 16 hours after the initial dose. 
Overdose: You are affected by the following Traumas: hallucinations, paranoia, delusions of invincibility. All Wound and Mind Penalties are ignored. Mind rolls are at +3 Difficulty. 
Massive Overdose: After 2 hours roll Body, Difficulty 9. If you fail, you suffer a heart attack (Severity 7 Injury that cannot be reduced with Will to Survive).

Painkillers / sedatives

Normal dose: Reduce Body Penalty by 2 for the next 4 hours, but you take 1 point of Mind Damage when you consume the painkiller.
Overdose: Take an additional Mind damage. You must roll Mind, Difficulty 8 to avoid falling asleep whenever you sit still. All physical Actions are performed at a -2 Penalty that cannot be reduced. Body Penalty is ignored.
Massive Overdose: Sleepless no longer prevents you from sleeping. If you fall asleep, you stop breathing. If you remain asleep for more than 3 minutes, you take a Severity 1 Injury that worsens every 30 seconds that you are not receiving artificial respiration.

Assets And Liabilities

Assets

-6 Illicit Supplier

Stockpile Type: Drugs

-3 Respected Expert

Field: The Lunatic Fringe

-6 Point of Contact

Contact: Smugglers

-3 Polyglot

Language: Spanish, Vietnamese, Navajo

Liabilities

+6 Forgetful

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Murdoch The King Snake

Murdoch is a psychotic tweaker who will risk his life to become the ultimate Snake Oil Salesman and Bring his Snake Oil to the world.

Attributes

Brawn

3

Charisma

3

Dexterity

6

Intellect

4

Perception

2

Abilities

It's my Turn

I'm being attacked

Injuries

(Murdoch is unharmed)

Proper Stabilization

Makeshift Stabilization

Battle Scars

(Murdoch has no Battle Scars)

Body 7

8 Mind

Limits

Traumas

The Rush

Circumstances

In Maelstrom

Conditions

Loose Ends

Dark Secret: Composition of his "Snake Oil"

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Murdoch
The King Snake