Gangs of Texas Character Profiles

[KitanaVorr]

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Level 1
32 Point Buy
Max HP 1st Level, Every level after that is 75% or I roll it for you.(so a 1d6 is 4...etc)
Post characters using this template text file.

WEALTH BONUS:
For people who live in the Fifth Ward, your starting wealth bonus +2 (add your occupation bonus to that).
For any teenagers from the Fifth Ward the starting wealth bonus is +1. (add your occupation bonus to that).
Everyone else starting bonus is +4 (add your occupation bonus to that).
I am willing adjust this depending on your profile history as long as you give me a compelling reason.
After starting Level, I roll wealth for you.

REPUTATION & KNOWLEDGE:
Those of you who live in the Fifth Ward gain +2 to reputation, gather information, knowledge(streetwise) checks for the Fifth Ward area and anyone from the Fifth Ward.

LANGUAGE BONUS:
You can take an additional number of languages equal to your intelligence bonus but those languages are spoken only.

SKILL EMPHASIS FEAT:
You can pick one skill to emphasize for for +3. This feat can be taken several times, but each time it applies to a different skill.

SKILL FOCUS FEAT:
You can pick two skills to emphasize for a bonus of +2 to each. This feat can be taken several times, but each time it applies to a different skill.

*You cannot take a Skill Emphasis + Skill Focus on the same skill.*


Gangs of Texas Theme Song

Current Cast Members

 

[Krizzel]

T-Bull

T-Bull
Derek T. Roosevelt
Strong 2
Blue Collar [craft (mechanical), drive, intimidate]

Updated for 2nd Level
T-Bull has continued working out and kicking tail, and gained another level of Strong. He’s made progress in the Vietnamese martial arts class Jessica got him started on, and therefore has learned Combat Martial Arts, giving him a little more flexibility for exactly how he’d like to bust heads. Also thanks to the class, and Jessica’s help, he’s finally learned to speak Vietnamese reasonably well. Lastly he’s improved a little bit on the business aspects of running the garage (profession), and gained a little more confidence in dealing with gang members (intimidate).

T-Bull has lived in Fifth Ward all his life, just a block off of one of the more major (but not a main) streets. He grew up the child of a broken home, living with his mother and younger sister. He works at Johnson’s Neighborhood Garage just a block away from home, a job he’s had since entering Phyllis Wheatley High School. With Mr. Johnson too old to do much more than the books now, T-Bull acts as the manager. He uses most of the money he earns to put his sister Kia through college at U of H.

Gangs have always been a part of his life. Both of T-Bull’s best friends in high school were killed by gang violence. When he got old enough, he decided to do something about it and keep the gangs out of the neighborhood however he could.

There was no way to defeat the gangs head on, however, so what T-Bull ended up doing was organizing his own group out of the neighborhood kids, and working to drive out any gang members within the few blocks that they considered theirs. If there weren’t any gang members living there, then rival gangs wouldn’t come through to shoot up the neighborhood. They also started cracking down on solo bullies, and generally taking care of anything else the police couldn’t.

But there was also a need for some way to keep the gangs from getting angry. T-Bull took two tacks on this. First, he does free work on the cars of the local gang leaders in return for them keeping their people out of the area. Secondly, he’s kept careful records of all the gang-related information he’s learned over the years, and made it clear when he had to that if anything ever happens to him, his family, or his people, copies will go straight to the police.

Now T-Bull spends most of his time at the garage, which also serves as the headquarters for his ‘Neighborhood Watch.’ They have a separate phone line for people who need help, and there’s always a few guys hanging about who can go pick up people who need a safe ride, etc.. There are also a few cots in the back room in case someone needs a place to stay for a night (and T-Bull is often there so late that he sleeps there too). He’s hoping to get his mom moved out of Fifth Ward soon so he’ll feel okay with taking people there, in addition to having her somewhere safe.

T-Bull has a girlfriend of one year, Jessica Nguyen. They met when she had car trouble on the highway and had to walk down into Fifth Ward for help. She studies law at Harvard, and has a brother who is a police officer. She stays with her parents in Sugarland when in Houston.

Allegiance: Local neighborhood, Mom & Kia, Jessica, Mr. Johnson, Malcolm & Lamar
Age: 25
Gender: male
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 215lbs
Eyes: brown
Hair: black
Skin: rich chocolate

STR: 17 +3
DEX: 13 +1
CON: 14 +2
INT: 10
WIS: 10
CHA: 12 +1

Hit Dice: 2d8+4
HP: 18
Defense: 13 (10+2+1)
Initiative: +1
BAB: +2
Melee: +5 (+2+3)
Ranged: +3 (+2+1)
Speed: 30’

FORT: +4 (+2+2)
REFL: +1 (+0+1)
WILL: +0 (+0+0)

REP: +0
AP: 11
Wealth: +7 (5 + 2 2nd level)

Brawl Attack +6 1d6+3 non-lethal 20/x2 melee
Brass Knuckles (Brawl) +6 1d6+4 lethal 20/x2 melee
Martial Arts +5 1d4+3 lethal/non-lethal 20/x2 melee, considered ‘armed’
Baseball Bat (2-hand) +5 1d6+4 20/x2 melee

Class Abilities: Extreme Effort (Strong 1)

Feats: Brawl (1st), Personal Firearms Proficiency (1st), Simple Weapons Proficiency (Strong 1), Combat Martial Arts (Strong 2)

Skills:
Craft (mechanical) +1 / 1
Drive +2 / 1
Intimidate +4 / 3
Knowledge (streetwise) +3 / 3
Profession +3 / 3
Repair +2 / 2
Read/Write 1
Speak 1

Languages: English (native), Vietnamese (read/write/speak)

Equipment:

Brass knuckles +1 20/x2, bludgeoning, melee, 1 lbs, purchase DC 5 (free)
Baseball bat 1d6 20/x2, bludgeoning, melee/10’, 3 lbs, purchase DC 4 (free)
Day pack 8 lbs capacity, 2 lbs, purchase DC 5
First aid kit (2) 3 lbs each, purchase DC 5
Flashlight, standard 1 lbs, purchase DC 4
Rope, 150’ 12 lbs, purchase DC 5

 

[GWolf]

Ferris Buckler

Age: 22
Gender: Male
Height: 6’
Weight: 191lbs
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black

Fast 2
Dilettante: +6 Wealth, Reputation +1 Gain another language.

Str 10
Dex 18
Con 10
Int 12
Wis 12
Cha 12

HP: 14

Defense: 19 (Touch 18, Flat-Footed 15)

Action Points: 6
Wealth Bonus: +4 (+4 base, +6 Dilettante, +3 Windfall,-0 Aircraft License, -0 Pistol License, -4 Purchase Albatros D.II -2 purchase Deluxe Mech. Tool kit, -2 purchase colt double eagle, -0 3 boxes 10mm [9 shots per box] -0 Leather Jacket & Hat [Fighter Pilot Style] –1 Cell phone,)
Note I took twenty nearly everything
Reputation: 1

Colt Double Eagle +4 2d6 20/x2 Ballistic 30ft Semi-Auto Small 3lbs

BAB: +1
Melee: +1
Ranged: +5

Fort: +0
Ref: +6
Will: +0

Speed: 30'

Initiative: +4

Skills:
Pilot +9
Drive +9
Escape Artist +9
Sleight of hand +9
Tumble +7
Profession (BusBoy)+2
Repair +3
Knowledge (Streetwise) +3

Languages:
English
French (Spoken Only)
German


Feats:
Simple Weapons Proficiency
Personal Fire Arms Proficiency
Windfall
Defensive Martial Arts


Talents:
Evasion

Possessions:
Aircraft License
Pistol License
Albatros D.II
Colt Double Eagle
3 clips of 9 shots (10MM)
Deluxe Mech. Took Kit
Cell Phone
Leather Jacket & Hat

Ferris Buckler is the son of an extremely wealthy but not famous businessman and gambler. Ferris didn’t get to spend much time with his father as a young boy, even though he admired him quite a lot. His father was always busy with work and him, his son (Ferris), and personal assistants were constantly traveling all over North and South America, and sometime England.

Even though Ferris lacked conventional schooling he had no problem making friends, even though his chances to do so were limited. Ferris enjoyed reading books, and his father had bought him many at a young age. Reading was when Ferris first discover his passion-Old Aircraft.

A 12-year-old Ferris was looking through a magazine at a huge library while he father was in the area on business. Ferris had found the magazine lying on a table he had sat down at. The magazine was a pilot’s magazine and was opened to a page about Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (A.K.A the Red Baron) and the Albatros planes. Ferris was amazed at their beauty, and the story of the Red Baron. He knew one day, he’d be a flier just like that.

On the way back to the hotel Ferris had the driver stop at a magazine shop and a model shop. Ferris purchased 13 magazines on aircraft from 1900-1950. At the model shop he purchased a model of the Albatros D.II. He instantly began to read the magazines on the way back. When he returned home, he assembled the model in 2 hours (not painted). Ferris stayed up until 1am waiting for his father to come home. When his father did get home, Ferris showed him the model and told him all about the magazines. Ferris’ father was quite impressed and happy that his son had found something that interested him so much. Ferris’ father promised he’d spend the next after noon painting Ferris’ model. They did, and they both enjoyed their time together.

When Ferris turned sixteen his Father signed him up for piloting lessons, this was out on Long Island New York. Ferris lived with his personal tutor, and Personal Flight Instructor. They lived together in a small condo near a small hanger. Ferris spent a long time learning how to fly, and becoming good at it. He also learned how to use weapons mounted on aircraft (a part of a deal he made with his flight instructor, who happened to be a war veteran).

It was 5 years later when Ferris received news of his father’s problems. It seemed for some unstated reasons (most likely gambling related, Ferris believed) his father was a semi-wanted man by a number of gangs throughout the US. Ferris’ father suggested he relocated to live be himself in a small downtown Houston apartment and start a new life. Ferris also changed his last name (now Buckler, was something else) on the trip.

Before leaving Ferris studied the area and decided he would need some protection with all the news of gangs and other violence taking place in the city, he acquired a pistol license, some pistol training and a Colt Double Eagle…Just in case.

His father left him one final letter in his new condo; this letter included the keys to a permanent hanger in the Sugar Land Airport, and also noted the deduction of some of his funds for what was in the hanger.

Ferris raced to the Airport eager to see what his father had left him (with some of Ferris’ funds as well). AS he opened the hanger the biggest smile crossed his face, it was none other then an Albatros D.II. He immediately took it up for a flight. It was just as good as he always imagined.

Now Ferris is mostly concerned with making friends, getting a job, perhaps finding a girlfriend, and finding out what he can do to help his father, and any news on his father.
In the meanwhile though he spends immense amounts of time keeping his aircraft in top condition. And at hsi job as a busboy in a chinese resturant.

(He looks something like that of the above)

 

[Jemal]

Michael Matthews, Charismatic Hero 1
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 162 lbs
Eyes: brown
Hair: Dyed white

Occupation : Celebrity (+1 Perform:Sing, +1 Reputation, +4 Wealth)

Str: 10 (2 Points)
Dex: 12 (4 Points)
Con: 10 (2 Points)
Int: 16 (10 Points)
Wis: 12 (4 Points)
Cha: 16 (10 Points)

Def: 11 HP: 6

Rep: 6
Wealth: 13
BAB: 0

Saves: Fort: +1 Refl: +2 Will: +1
Init: +1

AP: 5

Talents: Charm

Skills(Total/ranks): Bluff(+7/4), Craft:Song Writing(+7/4), Diplomacy(+7/4), Intimidate(+7/4), Knowledge:Current Events(+7/4), Knowledgeop Culture(+7/4), Knowledge:Streetwise(+7/4), Perform:Sing(+8/4), Profession:Singer(+6/4),

Languages: English, German, Russian,

Feats: Simple Weapons Proficiency, Renown, Windfall

Equipment:
Cell Phone
more

History:
Michael Matthews was born 24 years ago in Houston. He lived alone with his father for most of his life and the moved from one slummy neighbourhood to another, but the one he remembers most was 5th ward. His father was a good man, and always made sure Michael was in school no matter what, so he's grown up well educated, and was always involved with music in one way or another. A few years ago, his natural talents with Rap, and his natural charm paid off when he signed a contract with a recording company.

Taking off from there, his career as a singer developed further until he gained a certain amount of fame.. at least in some circles. His biggest break came last year when he managed to land a deal which got him his first CD released. It was a fairly big hit, and the sales served to help solidify the fact that he was finally on top.

Now that he's made it, Mike has been trying to use his wealth and influence to help others who aren't as fortunate. As he said in a recent interview, "It's just stupid that people gotta F*cking live like, you know, with all the hate and sh*t. I just wanna help put an end to all that sh*t, and my raps about that. These f*cking gangs going around doing all that sh*t's just wrong, man, you know?"

 

[Keia]

Malcolm Winters
Fast Hero 2
Athlete[Balance, Drive, Tumble]

Updated for 2nd Level
Malcolm has continued working out, running, and training, and gained another level of Fast. The nasty spill he almost had on his run home that night reminded him to roll the shoulder (Tumble). The late night SportsCenter and newscasts have improved his Pop Culture, and Current Events. His run-ins with the gangs and his brother have made him more Streetwise and keep him on the lookout (Spot). Finally, seeing the TEC-9 reminded Malcolm that he had practiced with guns before (Personal Firearms Proficiency), he just didn’t have a use for them.

Description: 17 year old Caucasian male, standing 6’1” and weighing about 225, with blue eyes and curly brown hair. He wears a brown jacket and a day bag with casual, comfortable clothing.

Personality: A lot rides on Malcolm – his family future, his life style. He is a responsible young man who has taken on the ‘man of the house’ role for several years. Malcolm has fun too, usually of the no one gets hurt variety (parties and what-not). Malcolm always has his eye on the brass ring – college and the pros. With money from the pros, Malcolm can move his family from the dangerous elements of Houston that are oh so close.

History: Malcolm Winters is 17 years old and on the edge of greatness. Malcolm is a decent student and extremely popular in school. He lives at home with his mother and younger brother (father passed away years ago). Malcolm participates in a ‘Neighborhood Watch’ organized by his older friend and inspiration, T-Bull. T-Bull has been watching out for the neighborhood for a long as Malcolm can remember.

Malcolm has been good friends all his life with Lamar Watson, a basketball star at the school. Malcolm wasn’t good at basketball, but excelled at his sport of choice, football. Star running back for Phyllis Wheatley High School, Malcolm broke all kinds of records for the state. In fact, already accepted to the Texas Longhorns on a full ride scholarship for football (as a running back), Malcolm only has to keep his nose clean until the end of summer - but his younger brother, Jeffrey, is complicating things.

Never good in school but good athletically, Jeffrey always been with the wrong crowd. Toughs, thugs, gangs: these all appealed to Jeffrey. Whenever Jeffrey got into trouble Malcolm was always there to get him out of it. Lately Jeffrey's been wearing colors again and disappearing for long lengths of time. He's been gone several days now (the longest time away by far), and Malcolm's mother is frantic, what with all that's going on.

Allegiance: Good / Family (Mom, Jeffrey) / Phyllis Wheatley H. S. (U of Texas)
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 225 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown straight cut short
Skin: lightly tanned

STR: 14
DEX: 18
CON: 14
INT: 12
WIS: 8
CHA: 12

Hit Dice: 2d8 + 4
HP: 18
Defense: 19 [10+4+4+1]
Initiative: +4
BAB: +1
Melee: +3
Ranged: +5
Speed: 30’

FORT: +2
REFL: +6
WILL: -1

REP: 0
AP: 10
Wealth: 2

Attacks-Weapons:
Brawl +4, 1d6 + 2 (20) non-lethal
Stun Gun +3, 1d3 Electricity + 1d6 rds. paralysis (FORT DC 15)

Class Abilities: Brawl

Feats: Heroic Surge, Combat Reflexes, Personal Firearms Proficiency

Skills [Total Bonus / # of Ranks]:
Balance +6 / 1
Drive +6 / 1
Escape Artist +8 / 4
Hide +8 / 4
Knowledge:
- Current Events +3 / 2
- Popular Culture +3 / 2
- Streetwise +4 /3
Move Silently +7 / 3
Read/Write (Spanish)
Speak Language (Spanish)
Spot +0 / 1
Sleight of Hand +5 / 1
Tumble +10 / 5

Languages: English (s/w), Spanish (s/w), French (s/-)

Equipment:
Stun gun 1 lbs, DC 5
Casual Clothing 2 lbs, DC 8
Daypack, 2lbs, DC 5

 

[garyh]

...and at shooting guard...

Lamar Watson

Male Human Fast Hero 1: HD 1d8+3; hp 11; Init +4 (+4 Dex); Spd 30ft; AC 17 (+3 Class, +4 Dex); Melee non-lethal punch, +3 (1d6+2/crit 20/x2); Ranged +4, none; Reputation 0; AL: Chaos; Action Points 5; SV Fort +3, Ref +5, Will -2; Age-Adjusted Stats: Str 14, Dex 18, Con 16, Int 13, Wis 6, Cha 11, Base Stats: Str 14, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 14, Wis 8, Cha 12.

Skills (total/ranks): Balance (9/4), Drive (7/2), Jump (6/4), Knowledge (Current Events) (2/1), Knowledge (Popular Culture) (3/2), Knowledge (Streetwise) (3/2), Profession (2/4), Sleight of Hand (8/4).

Languages: English, Spanish.

Feats: Dodge, Run.

Occupation Features:

Athlete
Skills: Balance*, Drive*, Jump.
Bonus Feat: Brawl.
Wealth Bonus Increase: +1

Class Features:

Simple Weapons Proficiency.
Talent (Fast): Evasion.

Possessions: Day pack, basketball, team windbreaker.

Wealth: +3 (+1 background, +1 occupation, +1 Profession)

Capacity: 58 lbs./116 lbs./175 lbs.

Description: 6'4", 200 lbs. African-American. Age 17. Black hair, brown eyes. Could make a pretty good Kobe Bryant impersonator.

History: After an outstanding junior season at Phyllis Wheatley High School, Lamar is already being recruited by premier NCAA basketball programs throughout the country. He enjoys the attention, but is determined to wow the scouts enough this upcoming senior year to get a ticket straight to the NBA. He certainly seems to have the "tools" to play in the big show, but his individualistic playing style shows a lack of maturity, and scouts are dubious about Lamar's ability to be a part of a team and mesh with a system that doesn't revolve around him. This cockiness carries over to the rest of Lamar's life, but off the court it becomes an asset for him, and he's got a natural way with people. In the end, Lamar's a good kid, even if he's got his head in the clouds and he's a bit full of himself sometimes.

His older brother, Jerome, was not a good kid, though, and he was killed three years ago by a rival gang - Lamar still doesn't know which one - for his affiliation with the Panthers. While Lamar has done his best to steer clear of the 5th Ward gang, the Panthers still occassionally come looking to recruit him.

His parents have never been what you'd call successful, and Lamar hopes he makes the Big Show so he can help them out - one rare instance where he thinks beyond himself. His father, Hank, is a bus driver, and his mother, Regina, was a secretary at Enron until the compay's collapse, and is now out of work.

 

[Timothy]

Misty Morning
Charismatic Hero
Criminal (Prostitude)
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Height: 5’4’’
Weight: 120 Lbs
Eyes: brown
Hair: black
Skin: Creamy chocolate

STR: 10 +0
DEX: 18 +4
CON: 9 -1
INT: 10 +0
WIS: 10 +0
CHA: 16 +3

Hit Dice: 1d6-1
HP: 5
Defense: 14 (10+4)
Initiative: +4
BAB: +0
Melee: +0
Ranged: +4
Speed: 30’

FORT: +0 (+1-1)
REFL: +5 (+1+4)
WILL: +0 (+0+0)

REP: +2
AP: 5
Wealth: ?????


Class Abilities: Charm (Males only) (Charismatic 1)
Feats:, Simple Weapons Proficiency (Charismatic 1), Personal firearms proficiency, Dodge, Stealthy.

Skills:
Knowledge (streetwise) +4 / 4
Perform (Dance) +7/ 4/3
Bluff +4/ 4
Disguise +7/ 4/3
Gather Information +7/ 4/3
Move Silently +10/ 4/4/2
Hide +10/ 4/4/2

Languages: English (native), Phillipino (?) (native)

Equipment:
Taser
Pepper Spray
Metal Batoon

 

[Velenne]

Carlos Munguia
Dedicated Hero 2
Doctor[Computer Use, Treat Injury]

Updated for 2nd Level
Carlos is finishing up his residency and gained another level of Dedicated. He has been certified to perform surgeries now (Surgery feat, Treat Injury) with the most cutting-edge medical technology available (Computer Use, Knowledge: Technology). His surgery training has given him an impressive eye for detail (Spot). Not much longer now, and he'll finally be finished with his studies (Knowledge: Earth and Life Sci, Phy Sci). Overall, he's made significant progress in becoming an independant, specialized physician. (Profession: Doctor)

Carlos was a typical teenager growing up in 5th ward. He was smart but had yet to apply himself in anything his parents could see as worthwhile. That all changed when a random drive-by shooting left him a unilateral AK amputee at the age of fifteen. Essentially, he lost his left leg approximately seven inches below the waist. Paramedics had been too late in arriving, nothing could be done to save the limb.

For a long time, he was bitter and made secret promises to avenge himself against the kids at school who he thought (wrongly) were to blame. The words of his grandmother slowly began to chisel away at his growing hardness. He was being encouraged to succeed by physical therapists who were helping him with his new prosthetic leg. He would eventually learn to run on it, and even developed a tough physical fitness regimen in order to keep himself looking good.

Carlos graduated Valedictorian from Phyllis Wheatley HS. His grades and poor economic background earned him several academic scholarships to good Texas schools. He eventually settled on Stephen F Austin University where he earned his PreMed undergraduate. While there, he impressed many professors with his steadfast work ethic, and served as an intern in local hospitals. He graduated from medical school in Fort Worth and has recently returned to his home town of Houston to complete his residency in the field of Orthotics and Prosthetics.

He has also recently won an award for an article he published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on integrating cutting-edge technology with prosthetics to make them more life-like and functional.

Allegiance: Amy Nguyen, T-Bull, Mike Mathews,
Age: 25
Gender: male
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 131 lbs
Eyes: brown
Hair: black
Skin: light brown (see picture)

STR: 10
DEX: 9
CON: 12
INT: 16
WIS: 16
CHA: 12

Hit Dice: 2d6 + 2
HP: 12
Defense: 11
Initiative: -1
BAB: +1
Melee: +1
Ranged: +0
Speed: 30’

FORT: +3
REFL: -1
WILL: +5

REP: +1
AP: 11
Wealth: +8

Attacks-Weapons:
Punch +1 1d3, 5’
Ranged +0, 5’

Class Abilities: Healing Knack(+2 to Treat Injury), Bonus Feats(Surgery)

Feats: Renown, Windfall, Surgery

Skills:
Computer Use +8 / 5
Craft(Pharmaceutical) +6 / 3
Craft(Writing) +6 / 3
Knowledge:
- Earth & Life Sciences +8 / 5
- Physical Sciences +8 / 5
- Technology +6 / 3
Profession(Doctor) +8 / 5
Spot +8 / 5
Treat Injury +11 / 5

Languages: English, Spanish

Equipment:
Desktop Computer 10 lbs, DC 22
Used Chevy Cavalier DC 25
Medical Kit 5 lbs, DC 15
Cell phone DC 9
Used PDA 0.5 lbs, DC 15
Coat 2 lbs, DC 8
Broadband Modem 1 lbs, DC 3
Hospital Scrubs and Coat 2 lbs, DC 0

 

[Velenne]

bump

 

[KitanaVorr]

Amy Nguyen - NPC

Amy Nguyen
Dedicated
Doctor[Knowledge(Earth and Life Sciences),Treat Injury]

Amy is a surgical resident physician at Ben Taub Hospital and she works primarily out of the emergency center. She's a very serious type of person with difficulty grasping at certain types of humor, mostly the sarcasm and teasing from her younger sister, Jessica. Her heart is good though, and she's not easily intimidated by anyone. Her first love is actually research of various diseases, specifically virology.

Age: 28
Gender: female
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 115 lbs
Eyes: dark brown
Hair: black
Skin: lightly tanned