Gen

Gen is a spy for the Muromachi Bafuku. He affects a reckless bravado, saying that he is only in it for the money (often the job pays very poorly) or only in it for the excitement (and in truth, Gen has lived a very exciting life). To most people he seems a cynical blade for hire. However, secretly Gen is devoted to his job. He grew up in Edo, and saw the city and his family destroyed during the clan wars. On some basic level, he understands the importance of his work as a hedge against instability and war. Gen has been fighting in one way or another all his life, and has never had the opportunity to pick up the finer arts - something he is sensitive about, but will hide under a rough jest about the uselessness of a classical education in a time of war.

In appearance, Gen is a muscular samurai, in his middle thirties. He habitually has a slight growth of beard and his usual outfit is shabby clothes (although when the situation demands it he can play the autocratic well-bred samurai).

CHA	VAL	COST	NOTES
STR	15	+10	3d6, 200 Kg lift
DEX	20	+30
CON	14	+8
BOD	12	+4
INT	13	+3
EGO	11	+2
PRE	13	+3
COM	13	+1
PD	3
ED	3
SPD	4	+10
REC	6
END	28
STUN	28	+2
Total cost		+73

OCV: 7 (+2 with swords, ± 3 with MA)

DCV: 7 (± 3 with MA)

ECV: 4

Run: 6"

Jump: 7"

Swim: 4"

	Powers, skills, etc
3	Perk: Samurai (right to mete out low justice)
2	Languages: Japanese (native, literate, accents)
3	Skill modifier: Samurai
3	KS: Classical literature, KS: Poetry, PS: Calligraphy, KS: Mon, KS: Clans and alliances (all 11-)
1	AK: Japan (8-)
27	Concealment, Stealth, Lockpicking, Shadowing, Sleight of hand, Acrobatics, Riding, Breakfall, Iajutsu (all 13-), Disguise (11-)
6	Cryptography, Bribery (Both 12-)
4	FAM : Common Melee weapons, Common Missile Weapons
5	Combat sense (12-)
4	Combat skill levels: +2 with Katana
6	Combat skill levels: + 3 levels with Martial Arts
6	Combat skill levels: +2 DCV to offset armour penalties
20	Multipower - Martial arts: 20 point reserve
1	(u) Bind weapon (18) + 5 STR for bind/hold only (-1), -1 DCV
1	(u) Defensive Strike (11) +1 OCV, +3 DCV
1	(u) Fast Strike (20) +8 STR (only for strike, -1), +2 OCV
1	(u) Martial Block (10) +2 OCV, +2 DCV
1	(u) Martial Dodge (15) + 5 DCV
1	(u) Bo Shuriken technique (15) +2 range levels & +4 CSL (Thrown weapons)
1	Bump of Direction (activates 11-)
6	+2" swimming, +4"superleap
	Total powers cost
	Total Character cost

Normal Equipment

Grubby clothes

Daisho

Finely made chain link shirt concealed under clothes (5 DEF)

Tanto

5 Bo shuriken

Iron pipe

Pen and ink

Well-filled coin purse (inside chain shirt)

Nearly empty coin purse (inside sleeve)

Disadvantages (+75)

10	Psych Lim: Likes to drink and gamble (Common, Moderate)
15	Psych Lim: Devoted to duty (Common, Strong)
10	Psych Lim: Sensitive about lack of education
20	Hunted by various Samurai Clans (8-, extensive NCI, MoPo)
15	Secret ID (Bakufu spy)
5	Reputation (Bakufu spy)

 

 

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