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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thomas Hobbes" data-source="post: 800860" data-attributes="member: 8623">John Parkinson, Smart Hero 3Occupation: AcademicAge: 23Height: 5'11"Weight: 130lbs.Eyes: BlueHair: BrownAbilities:STR: 8 (-1)DEX: 13 (+1)CON: 13 (+1)INT: 18 (+4)WIS: 8 (-1)CHA: 14 (+2)Numbers:HP: 19AC: 12INIT: +1BAB: +1Attack +2 ranged (2d8 or by ammo, Mossberg)Attack +2 ranged (2d6, SITES M9)Attack +0 melee (1d6-1, rifle butt)Attack +0 melee (1d3-1 nonlethal, unarmed strike)Fort: 2Rflx: 2Will: 1Rep: +1AP: 17Wealth: +13 (+5 base, +3 windfall, +1 profession, +3 Academic, +1 [roll of 14 at level 2], +1 [roll of 15 at level 3], -1 SITES M9)Skills:Craft: Chemical (6/10)Decipher Script (6/13) AcademicInvestigate (1/5)Know: Arcana (6/13) AcademicKnow: Current Events (2/6)Know: Earth & Life Sciences (4/8)Know: History (6/10)Know: Tactics (1/5)Know: Pop Culture (4/8)Know: Theology and Philosophy (6/12)Profession (6/6)Research: (6/16) AcademicJohn speaks, reads and writes the following: English, Russian, German, Japanese, French, Cantonese, Korean, Spanish, Italian, Welsh, BlackfootJohn can read and write in the following: Ancient Greek, Middle Egyptian, Sanskrit, LatinFeats:WindfallEducated (Arcana, Philosophy & Theology)Studious (Smart Hero 2nd level bonus feat)Personal Firearms ProficiencyTalents:LinguistSavant (Research) +3Stuff:Contractor's field bag containing:NotebooksOvercoatDigital cameraCellphoneMultitoolPenlightDigital audio recorderSnake-eye lenseConcealable cameraConcealed carry holster (lower back)SITES M9 (Spot DC 21, 17 with T-shirt, 23 with jacket)Oversize Range pack containing:Mossberg 500 ATP6C /w illuminator12 rounds buckshot6 rounds slug penetrator3 CS rounds3 CS penetrator rounds12 Riot rounds3 Dragon rounds16 rounds 9mm ammunitionMesh vestDuck tape25 zip-tiesGas maskPistol and rifle licenseBackground: Johnathan is the son of two lawyers living in Cambridge, a smaller city near Boston.  He grew up with both his parents and his two sisters (one older, one younger) in a pleaseant, unremarkable upper-middle-class life.  He went to a private high school, where he shone in all subjects, but particularly in the humanities, and showed a ridiculous faculty for languages, seeming to master a new one every year or two.  When he went on to College, he had his pick, but he chose to try something different and went all the way over the other coast, attending Reed college in Oregon.  He graduated with degrees in Philosophy and Anthropology, and now he’s working on his PhD.  Johnathan’s specialty is myth- his dissertation is a towering edifice looking at all sorts of myths from many different cultures (many of which Johnathan can read in their original languages), and comparing them to images in modern society.Johnathan has really absorbed himself in to his work, and as a result has lost touch with his parents, sisters, and friends.  Fortunately, Johnathan is fairly oblivious and forgetful at the best of times, and he hasn’t noticed his isolation until relatively recently.  As a grad student, Johnathan works for one of his professors, who was due to make a presentation to some collegues in [Idaho/Montana].  Unfortunately, he fell and broke his leg a few days before.  Since the Professor is a fairly likable individual, and Johnathan is a nice guy, he offered to head down there and make the presentation for him.  The plane tickets the professor would’ve used had gotten lost, however, requiring Johnathan to hastily pack, rent a car (he’ll charge it to the university), and go on a several-day road trip through middle America.  It was driving through the empty landscape that gave Johnathan time-too much time, really- to contemplate his life, and he’s realized his situation is poor.  He’s now heading back from the presentation (in which, by-the-by, he thinks he fared relatively well), and has resolved to contact his family and his friends, and see what they’re up to.  It’s been too long.Another thing he's realized, now that he thinks about it, is that he's pretty wealthy.[Windfall feat]  He's at a loss on how this state of affairs came in to being, since he doesn't pay attention to his finances very much- bills get payed, food gets bought, and otherwise he doesn't have any material concerns.  Eventually he was forced to mentally shrug and decide the large amount of money is just a side effect of not spending it.  [This is intentionally left open for you to play with or leave as you will, Jarval.]Johnathan’s personality is the absent-minded Professor in his younger years.  He’s got a genius-level intellect, and it shows sometimes- he uses big words, and sometimes over-uses them, turning a simple description in to a Babel-like tower of verbiage.  He’s also forgetful, sometimes easily distracted, tends to lose things (like his keys), and forget important dates (like the birthdays of his immediate family).  He’s fairly likable, however- he’s a nice fellow who tries to see the best in everybody.Appearance:  Johnathan is tall and very, very thin.  His frame posses almost no muscle or fat, a result of a fast metabolism and no exercise whatsoever.   His brown hair is long, down to his shoulders, and kept back in a ponytail.  Other than that, he tends not to pay much attention to his appearance.  Johnathan is short sighted, and so his usual appearance of a t-shirt and pants of some nature (usually jeans) is complimented (except when he misplaces them) by a pair of black wire-frame glasses.</blockquote>

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