- Play
- Guide
-
Quick Nav
- Community
-
Discord Server
- Looking for Game
- Find a Playgroup
- Hall of Fame
- Scenario Exchange
- Contractors
- Create Contractor
- Graveyard
- Gifts
- Create Gift
- Stock Gifts
- Website
-
Get Early Access
- Buy Merchandise
- News and Updates
Use the "PDF / Print" option under the "Download or Print" dropdown at the top of the character sheet to print this Contractor
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 65 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 12 entries.
Attributes
Brawn
3
Charisma
3
Dexterity
4
Intellect
4
Perception
2
Abilities
1 Alertness
2 Animals
3 Athletics
0 Brawl
5 Crafts
0 Culture
2 Drive
4 Firearms
0 Influence
1 Investigation
2 Medicine
1 Melee
0 Occult
0 Performance
3 Science
3 Stealth
3 Survival
0 Technology
3 Thievery
Injuries
(Murdoch is unharmed)
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"
Powers
The Rush
"THOUGHTYOUWASGONNAGETAWAYBUTUHUHNOSIRNOWAY!!!" *BLAMBLAMBLAM*
Veins fizzing with adrenaline & amphetamine, Murdock relives the 'Nam in almost every firefight, unloading whole magazines with wild abandon.
You gain the following benefits as long as High on Speed and engaged in combat with firearms.
+2 dice to all firearms rolls.
You also gain the following effects:
- I Shoot with my Mind: You may Exert your Mind to fire a shot completely blind without penalty.
- Quick Fingers: Drawing your weapon is a Free Action as long as it is on your person. You may reload or swap ammo as a Free Action.
- Swift Shooter: You may move your full Dash distance and make an attack without a movement penalty in the same Round of combat.
- Reminder: Bonus Damage stacks with Weapon Damage, but does not stack with any other Bonus Damage. Instead, the highest Bonus Damage is used.
Monkey Wrench
"Just gotta put some elbow grease in that bad boy, yessir, bit of duct tape & it'll be right back on the road again, you betcha!"
Given a roll of Duct Tape & a hit of Speed, Murdock can jury rig almost anything to be up & at 'em faster than you can say Skeech-Mo!
Spend 10 Rounds. Select a Object within arm's reach that is no larger than an SUV. Cannot be used on Alien technology. This Effect cannot be used unless High on Speed. You must use up Duct Tape in order to activate this Effect. More than half the target object must be present in order to begin repairs. Roll Intellect + Crafts at Difficulty 6.
If you succeed, your target is repaired back to a functional state. If you fail, you spend the full time working before realizing you cannot repair the target. If your target only requires fuel or power and is otherwise in working order, this Effect costs no Exertion, and the target is fueled/powered for the next 24 hours.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
- Your target must be within line of sight, or within range of another sense if more fitting for the Gift's flavor.
Legendary Artifacts
The Yellow Submarine
Break on Through to the Other Side
"I know I had that ammo in here somewhere...just a sec" *doses his eyes with liquid LSD* "Ahahahaha, THERE you are!!"
If opened while on LSD, the cosmos swirls & unravels beyond the contents of the bag. To anyone else, it looks relatively normal.
Murdock loses things fairly often: tools, guns, drugs, you name it - if you ask him, he'll tell you these things fall into the Spirit World. Sometimes, if he has access to his old army duffel, he can find them again too. When he's riding high with Lucy in the Sky, that is.
Anyone else opening the duffel finds the usual contents.
This Artifact can be used as a container. It is roughly the same size as a Duffel Bag and just as difficult to conceal. Unless High on LSD, this Artifact behaves as its mundane counterpart.
Your Duffel Bag holds 5 times what it normally could. Objects stored inside are weightless.
Living things can be stored in your Duffel Bag. They will have access to anything else inside but cannot break free.
If your Duffel Bag is destroyed, things inside may get out, and it will cease to function until it is repaired.
Only you may open and close the container. Others can still destroy it to get at the contents
- There is no cost to use your container.
Crafted Artifacts
Tin Foil Hat
Tin Foil Hats
"You're not Crazy if they really are out to get ya!"
No one fashions a Tin Foil Hat like Old Man Murdock! Has bits of Oregonite in there too, don't-ya-know??? Typically a straw cowboy hat, but other models are possible.
Conspiracy Theorist: Every time you are told a Conspiracy Theory, you must make a Trauma roll to not believe it implicitly. Effect persists up to a month after removing the hat.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
You get +2 dice to any Mind resistance rolls you make. You also gain the following effects:
- Acute Self-Care: You may heal any Traumas and Mind Damage received in the last 24 hours by converting an existing Trauma into a permanent Condition. If you have no existing Traumas, you may take a new permanent Condition instead.
- Compartmentalizing: You can take a maximum of 1 Mind Damage per Round.
- Instant Karma: If the Outcome of your Mind resistance roll is greater than the attacker’s Outcome, you may reflect the attack back at them, or to another valid target within an appropriate distance.
- Naturally Resistant: Any time you make a Mind resistance roll, the individual who you are resisting must Exert their Mind, or your resistance succeeds automatically.
Possession of this Artifact causes the following Trauma to manifest over the course of a day: Conspiracy Theorist. If you lose possession of this Artifact, the Trauma heals over the course of the next month.
- These bonuses apply only to Mind rolls made to resist Effects and other supernatural phenomena. They do not apply to Trauma rolls or self-control rolls.
Consumables
2
Snake Oil: Kickstarter
"This here will put some pep in your step, yessir rightaway sir!"
A small metal bottle filled with a foul smelling substance not unlike used motor oil. Anyone who can force it down will feel like they were struck by lightning - ignoring all penalties for the duration.
The Metal Bottle has a tag proclaiming it to be "Old Man Murdock's Kickstarter Snake Oil - will get you on your feet & rooting, tooting, jivving, jiving & feeling the groove in no time!"
Trauma roll is usually addiction based. Contains Stimulants, subjects will be unable to sleep for 15+ hours
Use up this Snake Oil and spend an Action to activate. Make a Trauma roll when you activate this Effect. Roll 7 dice Difficulty 6, penalty does not apply.
Your Body and Mind Penalties are reduced to 0. Lasts three hours.
You may move at your normal speed and still maintain Concentration.
If you are Stunned, asleep, drugged, or otherwise made unconscious for any reason other than being Incapacitated, you may Exert your Mind to wake up. Any penalty which was caused by this condition is removed.
- This consumable is destroyed when used and cannot be used again.
1
Snake Oil: Patented Cure All
"There you go, knock that bad boy back & you'll be feeling better in no time."
It has the consistency of motor oil. It's smell is intolerable, it's taste, unforgettable...but a dose of Murdock's patented "Snake Oil" will not just curl your toes...it will restore vim & vigor like you can't even imagine!
After the first does takes effect, a sip or so each day thereafter is recommended as a Constitutional. Don't worry: It's an Acquired taste: Soon, you won't be able to get enough of the stuff!
Snake Oil includes Amphetamines as a component, & causes the appropriate effects.
Use up this Snake Oil and spend 1 minute to activate. Select a Living target within arm's reach. Your target must make a Trauma roll when you activate this Effect. Roll 7 dice Difficulty 6, penalty does not apply.
If you succeed, the Injury is reduced in Severity by your Outcome. If you reduce its Severity to 0, the Injury is fully healed. Otherwise, it is partially healed and will heal the rest of the way at its natural rate.
This counts as a successful Makeshift Stabilization if the Injury was not already Stabilized; any Battle Scars caused by the Injury will remain.
- This consumable is destroyed when used and cannot be used again.
- Unstabilized wounds do not degenerate during treatment.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
Equipment
On Person
- Clothes
- Wallet
- Keys/Handcuff Key
- Tinfoil lined Hat
- Lighter
- Tactical Body Armor (Boots, Legs, Torso)
- Amphed Patches (12)
- LSD Tabs (12)
- Fetanyl (20 ml)
- Ruger Max 9
- Ruger EC 9
- Snake Oil (4)
- Small Roll of Duct tape
- Multitool
- Lockpicks (in Socks)
In Bag (Faraday Cage, Mundane)
- Advanced Trauma Kit
- Bottle of 151 Rum
- Rolls of Duct Tape x2
- Snake Oil (12)
- 4 Magazines 9mm
- Waterproof Army Jacket
- Chemical Heating Packs x4
- MRE x5
- Water Bottle
- Life Straw w/Backup Filter
- Maglight w/ Extra Batteries
- Glow Sticks x4
In Bag (Spirit World)
- Sawed Off 12 Gauge Shotgun
- Box of Shotgun Shells
- Box of Dragonsbreath Shells
- Ruger AR-556 w/Night Vision Scope
- .556 Magazines x12
- M4 w/Holographic Sites
- Box of 5.56x45mm NATO
- Beretta 9mm
- Beretta Magazine x4
- 9mm Blanks Magazine x1
- Remote Detonator
- Analog Timed Detonator
- Tear Gas Grenades x2
- Flash Bang Grenades x1
- Molotov Cocktails (Jellied Petrol) x4
- Spool of Fishing Line (100 meters)
- Spool of Paracord (100 meters)
- Spool of Piano Wire (10 meters)
- Nylon Rope (25 meters)
- Rolls of Duct Tape x12
- Heavy Parka w/ Integral Heating Element
- Snow Boots, Gloves w/ Integral Heating Element
- 4 Extra Heavy Duty Lithium-Ion Batteries
- Hammer Drill w/ Attachments
- Blowtorch
JAWS APC (Stolen)
- Tear Gas Grenades (2)
- Flash Bang Grenades (1)
- M4 w/Holographic Sites (1)
- Beretta 9mm (1)
- Box of 5.56x45mm NATO (1)
- Portable Chemistry Lab
Casa de Murdoch
(Decommissioned Nuclear Silo outside Catalina, Airizona)
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 Gift system.
Because Trophies may have GM-created systems, they also record the Playgroup they were acquired in.
Artifact Crafting Gifts
Tin Foil Hats
"You're not Crazy if they really are out to get ya!"
No one fashions a Tin Foil Hat like Old Man Murdock! Has bits of Oregonite in there too, don't-ya-know??? Typically a straw cowboy hat, but other models are possible.
Conspiracy Theorist: Every time you are told a Conspiracy Theory, you must make a Trauma roll to not believe it implicitly. Effect persists up to a month after removing the hat.
You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.
You get +2 dice to any Mind resistance rolls you make. You also gain the following effects:
- Acute Self-Care: You may heal any Traumas and Mind Damage received in the last 24 hours by converting an existing Trauma into a permanent Condition. If you have no existing Traumas, you may take a new permanent Condition instead.
- Compartmentalizing: You can take a maximum of 1 Mind Damage per Round.
- Instant Karma: If the Outcome of your Mind resistance roll is greater than the attacker’s Outcome, you may reflect the attack back at them, or to another valid target within an appropriate distance.
- Naturally Resistant: Any time you make a Mind resistance roll, the individual who you are resisting must Exert their Mind, or your resistance succeeds automatically.
Possession of this Artifact causes the following Trauma to manifest over the course of a day: Conspiracy Theorist. If you lose possession of this Artifact, the Trauma heals over the course of the next month.
- These bonuses apply only to Mind rolls made to resist Effects and other supernatural phenomena. They do not apply to Trauma rolls or self-control rolls.
Consumable Crafting Gifts
Snake Oil: Kickstarter
"This here will put some pep in your step, yessir rightaway sir!"
A small metal bottle filled with a foul smelling substance not unlike used motor oil. Anyone who can force it down will feel like they were struck by lightning - ignoring all penalties for the duration.
The Metal Bottle has a tag proclaiming it to be "Old Man Murdock's Kickstarter Snake Oil - will get you on your feet & rooting, tooting, jivving, jiving & feeling the groove in no time!"
Trauma roll is usually addiction based. Contains Stimulants, subjects will be unable to sleep for 15+ hours
Use up this Snake Oil and spend an Action to activate. Make a Trauma roll when you activate this Effect. Roll 7 dice Difficulty 6, penalty does not apply.
Your Body and Mind Penalties are reduced to 0. Lasts three hours.
You may move at your normal speed and still maintain Concentration.
If you are Stunned, asleep, drugged, or otherwise made unconscious for any reason other than being Incapacitated, you may Exert your Mind to wake up. Any penalty which was caused by this condition is removed.
- This consumable is destroyed when used and cannot be used again.
Snake Oil: Patented Cure All
"There you go, knock that bad boy back & you'll be feeling better in no time."
It has the consistency of motor oil. It's smell is intolerable, it's taste, unforgettable...but a dose of Murdock's patented "Snake Oil" will not just curl your toes...it will restore vim & vigor like you can't even imagine!
After the first does takes effect, a sip or so each day thereafter is recommended as a Constitutional. Don't worry: It's an Acquired taste: Soon, you won't be able to get enough of the stuff!
Snake Oil includes Amphetamines as a component, & causes the appropriate effects.
Use up this Snake Oil and spend 1 minute to activate. Select a Living target within arm's reach. Your target must make a Trauma roll when you activate this Effect. Roll 7 dice Difficulty 6, penalty does not apply.
If you succeed, the Injury is reduced in Severity by your Outcome. If you reduce its Severity to 0, the Injury is fully healed. Otherwise, it is partially healed and will heal the rest of the way at its natural rate.
This counts as a successful Makeshift Stabilization if the Injury was not already Stabilized; any Battle Scars caused by the Injury will remain.
- This consumable is destroyed when used and cannot be used again.
- Unstabilized wounds do not degenerate during treatment.
- You can target yourself if you qualify as a valid target by the other requirements.
Contractor Timeline
Moves
Murdoch has made 0 Moves.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.