Herobizkit
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@Voda: I thought you were picturing your character as a giant by Asian terms... I kept getting this vision of a hunched-over cranky old guy.
[D20 Modern]Department 7 (OOC)
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perrinmiller
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Felix1459: If you want the full rational OOC, here it is. Or you could have Nick ask IC.
[sblock=Explanation]Nick’s two biggest influences for his adult life were the Marines, followed FBI HRT maybe, and his male relatives all being cops. Male children in some respects tend to have similar mannerisms picked up from their fathers and/or brothers; they cannot help it that’s the environment they developed in. To another cop he’s is going to subtly feel like an ex-cop, since he wasn’t an undercover operative trained to not be a cop. To a military person he will feel like an ex-soldier. Kara more that likely sees the Marine in Nick, and it feels like cop to her, SWAT guys and Feds are still cops too. This has nothing to do with his job performance and whether he met the standards set down by his boss in the FBI.[/sblock]
[sblock=RL Experience]It’s a little hard to describe unless you have experienced it. I was a Naval Officer and this is all from my personal experience. When I see a man (For women, all bets are off, are just not enough of them compared to men; perhaps to another woman, they can tell, but I never asked one to find out) in the military wearing civilian clothes, I just know by looking at them and hearing them speak a little. I could tell if they were enlisted or officer and often branch of service after hearing them talk for awhile, even Marines and Army guys act different. Even if the guy is a dirtbag (most likely an enlisted in that case) you can still tell. This carries true for ex-military while they are still in their 20’s or even early 30’s as well, unless they really let them selves go like gaining 50 pounds.
Like the military, police and law enforcement leave similar impressions, especially to another cop who grew up around cops. It’s the little things, how you wear your clothes, your haircut, the way you carry yourself, word choices, posture, attitude, body shape and muscle-tone, and particularly how you handle firearms. It’s the training mostly, I still fold most of my clothes the same way I did on active duty, it’s just habit and it makes some sense. These subtle impressions carry even carry over to children of those professionals, but the signals will be more in attitude and way of speaking and take much longer to pickup. But an Army brat can generally tell another Army brat once they get to know each other a little. This holds true to other professions as well, people can sometimes just tell. A professional athlete can tell by looking at someone very quickly if they are the same caliber or not.
It’s kind of funny, when I watch TV and see actors playing military guys, many of them just can’t pull it off very well. Professionals can still sense their own.[/sblock]
[sblock=Explanation]Nick’s two biggest influences for his adult life were the Marines, followed FBI HRT maybe, and his male relatives all being cops. Male children in some respects tend to have similar mannerisms picked up from their fathers and/or brothers; they cannot help it that’s the environment they developed in. To another cop he’s is going to subtly feel like an ex-cop, since he wasn’t an undercover operative trained to not be a cop. To a military person he will feel like an ex-soldier. Kara more that likely sees the Marine in Nick, and it feels like cop to her, SWAT guys and Feds are still cops too. This has nothing to do with his job performance and whether he met the standards set down by his boss in the FBI.[/sblock]
[sblock=RL Experience]It’s a little hard to describe unless you have experienced it. I was a Naval Officer and this is all from my personal experience. When I see a man (For women, all bets are off, are just not enough of them compared to men; perhaps to another woman, they can tell, but I never asked one to find out) in the military wearing civilian clothes, I just know by looking at them and hearing them speak a little. I could tell if they were enlisted or officer and often branch of service after hearing them talk for awhile, even Marines and Army guys act different. Even if the guy is a dirtbag (most likely an enlisted in that case) you can still tell. This carries true for ex-military while they are still in their 20’s or even early 30’s as well, unless they really let them selves go like gaining 50 pounds.
Like the military, police and law enforcement leave similar impressions, especially to another cop who grew up around cops. It’s the little things, how you wear your clothes, your haircut, the way you carry yourself, word choices, posture, attitude, body shape and muscle-tone, and particularly how you handle firearms. It’s the training mostly, I still fold most of my clothes the same way I did on active duty, it’s just habit and it makes some sense. These subtle impressions carry even carry over to children of those professionals, but the signals will be more in attitude and way of speaking and take much longer to pickup. But an Army brat can generally tell another Army brat once they get to know each other a little. This holds true to other professions as well, people can sometimes just tell. A professional athlete can tell by looking at someone very quickly if they are the same caliber or not.
It’s kind of funny, when I watch TV and see actors playing military guys, many of them just can’t pull it off very well. Professionals can still sense their own.[/sblock]
It's all good. Nick probably came off coplike when he said whatbhe said when he was talking to Ms. Johnson and then he reverted back to his normal attitude and demeanor when he found out he wasn't. His marine/ FBI training will be very obvious to Kara if/when he pulls his gun out in future adventures. As far as his normal demeanor, he is very casual and sarcastic. It's a defense mechanism he picked up from being teased and from always being a dissapointment to his dad. He is a rule breaker even though he upholds the law. I tried to flesh that out when I wrote his background since I stated he was romantically involved with his partner. Of course that was just Kara's first impression and we can all agree that first impressions aren't always a hundred percent accurate. But yeah, Nick typically acts very casual, relaxed and aloof. Which is his attempt to have people underestimate him.
perrinmiller
Adventurer
No worries, just making sure you didn't think I made an IC faux pas. 
perrinmiller
Adventurer
I stand corrected.
Herobizkit
Adventurer
So hey, everyone having fun?
If you haven't figured it out yet, Rory isn't a goon. I'm trying to play him as the socialite/face of the team (Rodny is clearly the brains, and the rest all have "military" backgrounds) who just got asked if he's ok with killing people. I'm trying to keep a realistic attitude without throwing off the campaign too much. Rory intends to head into the Wizard advanced class asap; that said, he does have Simple, Archaic, and Personal Firearm proficiencies, but a Str 11 and Dex 12.
@ VanorDM: How "realistic" is said armory... that is, are we looking for tons of surveillance and spy-type gear, heavy and light firearms... or are we looking at crossbows and longswords and such? Or both?
If you haven't figured it out yet, Rory isn't a goon. I'm trying to play him as the socialite/face of the team (Rodny is clearly the brains, and the rest all have "military" backgrounds) who just got asked if he's ok with killing people. I'm trying to keep a realistic attitude without throwing off the campaign too much. Rory intends to head into the Wizard advanced class asap; that said, he does have Simple, Archaic, and Personal Firearm proficiencies, but a Str 11 and Dex 12.
@ VanorDM: How "realistic" is said armory... that is, are we looking for tons of surveillance and spy-type gear, heavy and light firearms... or are we looking at crossbows and longswords and such? Or both?
perrinmiller
Adventurer
Sure, no worries on Rory's in-game comments. I appreciate the translations on the slang, make's for more entertainment. It takes all kinds to make a party.
perrinmiller
Adventurer
Specifically gear from which sources? I was looking at firearms from d20 Modern Ultramodern Firearms and Sniper Rifles In d20 Modern. But as Herobizkit is bringing up spy-gear, what about gear from D20 Modern Manual - Spycraft 2.0?
The armory is pretty well stocked with the type of equipment you might find useful... Dept 7 has been doing this for a while so they know what type of gear is likely to be useful, and stock the armory accordingly.
That means things like swords and other melee weapons, because those might be needed. Wooden stakes, sliver bullets, holy water, and other 'Monster hunting gear' is also there.
You'll find some spy stuff, but not a lot and not much of the more exotic stuff. So things like bugs, shotgun mic's, and the like would be there but not something like a card reader/code cracker... The card you stick in a card reader and it finds the code for you...
For modern weapons, you'll find a selection of hand guns, some combat style shot guns, some light SMG's and some assault type weapons, but nothing much heaver then say a M16.
For the most part, tell me what you want and I'll let you know if they have it. If they don't there's always a chance you can request it from Ms Johnson.
That means things like swords and other melee weapons, because those might be needed. Wooden stakes, sliver bullets, holy water, and other 'Monster hunting gear' is also there.
You'll find some spy stuff, but not a lot and not much of the more exotic stuff. So things like bugs, shotgun mic's, and the like would be there but not something like a card reader/code cracker... The card you stick in a card reader and it finds the code for you...
For modern weapons, you'll find a selection of hand guns, some combat style shot guns, some light SMG's and some assault type weapons, but nothing much heaver then say a M16.
For the most part, tell me what you want and I'll let you know if they have it. If they don't there's always a chance you can request it from Ms Johnson.
perrinmiller
Adventurer
Do you really want him to re-post what's at the beginning of the thread?
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