Characters

Molly Mayview

"Oh, I don't need sleep."

Rebecca

Race: Human

Gender: Female

Class: Wierd Scientist

Description:
Molly is a young wierd scientist, testing her inventions and making a name for herself out in the wierd west. Hopefully she will come across a ghost rock on her journies. And with luck, her exploits will get noticed by Hellstromme Industries, and land her a job in a real lab, with real scientists.

Background:
Molly never sleeps. It drove her parents and her sisters crazy. She was up at night tinkering with anything that caught her fancy, making improvements that would often fall apart or send springs flying.

Molly's inspiration was her father, who worked for Union Blue Railways in Chicago. He was head forman on train maintenance. His office supplied her with tools and blueprints, and she learned quite a bit about engineering there.

The family could afford some basic education for their girls, and Molly was an avid reader, costing the household a pretty penny in lamp oil. But her doting father loved that she took such an interest in such things. (He always wanted at least one son...)

One day, Molly got her hands on a tiny piece of Ghost Rock, and set to making her very first invention: A hovering tool box for dear old Dad. It worked pretty well for the first week, but when it broke, there was a terrible explosion. Her father healed up okay, but Molly was instructed not to tinker any more.

Faced with boredom, Molly decided to head off west, where she could invent in wide open spaces. She took her journal, a bit of Ghost Rock, and promised to write.
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Jordan

Race: Human-Chinese

Gender: Male

Role: Other

Class/Level: Chi Master - Shaolin Monk/Novice
Sister Lucille

"Eat Lead Sinner!"

Mark

Race: Human

Gender: Female

Class/Level: Holy Warrior/ Servant of God/Novice

Description:
Bursting from the pages of the Old Testament, Sister Lucille delivers the Lord's justice with a shotgun in her hands, a cigar in her mouth and a flask of Bourbon at her hip.

At first glance, most folks underestimate this aged, stockily-built nun who looks to have had one foot in the grave for the last 20-years. However, belying her age and religious accoutrements, Sister Lucille is quite fiesty and has a mean-streak a mile wide. Those who can stand her company for more than 5 minutes rapidly learn that this Nun is no saint and can talk dirty, drink, smoke and shoot with the best of them. After all, she's on a mission from God.

Background:
Born in Kentucky, Lucille is the first-born child of the noted Bourbon distillers Jack and Molly Daniels. As a girl, Lucille had the unenviable task of supervising her 10 younger brothers while her parents managed the family business. Faced with a neverending onslaught of teasing, pranking and bullying by her brothers, Lucille developed a mean streak to survive.

As an adolescent, Lucille greatly resented her assigned role in the family. She became rebellious and she could often be found drinking, smoking, skeet-shooting, gambling and carousing at various local establishments. It was obvious to all that Lucille would never be a traditional Southern belle. After being thrown out of her 4th finishing school, Lucille's parents approached the local Deacon about more radical alternatives. Shortly thereafter, Lucille was taken kicking and screaming from her room and carted off to The Lord's Grace Monastary in Savannah, GA.

Unsurprisingly, Lucille's first few weeks in the monestary did not go well. However, the old-school discipline gradually wore her down and, while never a model student, she began to find wisdom in the Word of the Lord. Despite all her training, Lucille's wild-ways never completely left her and other Nun's were often uncomfortable in her presence. This made Lucille uniquely qualified for missionary work in some of the less savory areas of the country and is the reason she can currently be found saving sinners and punishing the wicked in the Weird West.

Details:
Attributes
Agility - d6 (1)
Smarts - d6 (1)
Spirit - d10 (3)
Strength - d4
Vigor - d6 (1)

Pace - 5
Parry - 4
Toughness - 5
Charisma - (3)

Skills
Fighting - d4 (1)
Riding - d6 (2)
Shooting - d6 (2)
Gambling - d6 (1 + Elderly bonus)
Healing - d6 (1 + Elderly bonus)
Notice - d6 (1 + Elderly bonus)
Taunt - d6 (Elderly bonus x 2)
Guts - d8 (3)
Intimidation - d6 (2)
Faith - d10 (4)

Quirks
Elderly, Mean, Minor Habit (Cigars)

Edges
Arcane Background (Miracles), Conviction, Strong Willed
Holy Warrior

Key Equipment
Double Barrel Shotgun "True Confessions"
Jeremiah MacGregor

"Better lucky than good, but good is good too."

Jon

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Class/Level: Huckster/Novice

Description:
A dapper looking Southern gentleman with full goatee. Jeremiah is usually seen playing cards, and always with his double-action Colt Peacemaker strapped to his side.

Background:
From his speech Jeremiah is obviously a native of Georgia. From what he speaks of, he is obviously an educated man. It's too bad that Jeremiah is usually a no-good sonofabitch. He's dueled men who've accused him of cheating at poker, taken jobs of dubious moral value and even operated a brothel for a spell until he was muscled out. Currently in the Weird West, Jeremiah makes his living as a gambler when times are good, and as a hired thug in the rare instances when the cards turn against him for a spell. His education has also proven quite useful in the uncouth West, and people will turn to him for advice when he's not drunk.

Jeremiah was born to the wealthy Rathbourne family of Savannah, Georgia. Despite the war, Jeremiah was sent to Harvard for his education, though he was expelled for gambling and philandering in his senior year. Still living off of his family's wealth, he moved to New York and frequented the seedier parts of that city. Soon he began to study Hoyle's Book of Games.

Jeremiah had a natural talent for hexes, which caught the attention of certain unsavory elements in New York, especially Boss Tweed and his gang-enforced political machine. Jeremiah killed two of Boss Tweed's men in self defense after refusing a job for Tweed and fled West to avoid an influenced murder trial, taking the name MacGregor in place of Rathbourne. There is still a sizable reward offered by New York state for the "Murderer and Foul Warlock: Jeremiah Rathbourne."

He will move from time to time as a new Wanted poster from New York arrives, though from his behavior few would recognize Jeremiah as the Harvard-educated scion of one of Savannah's leading families that the posters describe. Still, occasionally a hex goes bad and Jeremiah gets noticed, and so he moves on with his trusty horse, Peaches. His family has also hired the Pinkertons to find their missing heir.

Details:
Rank: Novice (8 XP, 5 Spent)

Attributes:

* Agility d6
* Smarts d8
* Spirit d6
* Strength d6
* Vigor d6

Skills:
* Fighting d4
* Gambling d6
* Guts d6
* Knowledge (occult) d6
* Notice d6
* Riding d4
* Shooting d6
* Spellcasting d8
* Streetwise d4
* Taunt d4

Charisma: +0
Pace: 6
Parry: 4
Toughness: 5
Grit: 1

Hinderances: Wanted (major), Bad Eyes (minor), Vengeful (minor)

Edges: Arcane Background (magic), Card Sharp

Hexes: Bolt, Deflection, Trinkets
Paul Renard

"I've got a bad feeling about this."

Matthew

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Role: Other

Class/Level: Huckster/Seasoned +1 Advancement

Description:
Paul Renard is a gambin' Huckster from a small town in Missisippi. Accustomed to the finer things in life, he is rarely seen without a fine suit, and as-often-as-not a glass of fine brandy, a good cigar, deck of cards, and a smile. Since he came out West, Paul keeps his double-action Colt Peacemaker close to hand, and a few tricks up his sleeve.

Background:
Paul is the product of a idle childhood. He grew up on a plantation with a CSA contract. As a result of not having to work very hard for a living, he focused on gambling and drinking - until an unfortunate encounter with a mysterious gambler named the Stranger took away everything he held dear.

Details:
Attributes
Agility - d8
Smarts - d8
Spirit - d8
Strength - d4
Vigor - d6

Derived Stats
Pace - 6
Parry - 6
Toughness - 5
Grit - 3
Charisma - 0

Skills
Fighting - d8
Shooting - d8
Spellcasting - d8
Guts - d8
Notice - d6
Gambling - d4
Knowledge
(Occult)- d4

Hindrances
Overconfident(major), Heavy Sleeper (minor)

Edges
Arcane Background (Magic), True Grit, Common Bond, High Roller, New Power: Gambler ("All In")

Power Points: 10
Powers:
Armor, Burst ("54 Card Pick-Up"), Speed, Gambler ("All In")

Key Equipment
Double-Action Colt .45 Peacemaker, Winchester '76
Joseph Dubois

Ulysses

Race:

Gender: Male
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Trey

Race: Indian

Gender: Male

Role: Other

Class: Shaman

Details:
RANK:Seasoned

ATTRIBUTES:
Agility: d6
Smarts: d8
Spirit: d10
Strength: d4
Vigor: d6

SKILLS:
Shooting: d4
Throwing: d4
Riding: d4
Notice: d4
Survival: d4
Healing: d6
Occult: d4
English: d4
Guts: d6
Persuasion: d4
Tribal Medicine: d8

GRIT: 3
CHARISMA: -2 (hindrance)
PACE: 6
PARRY: 2
TOUGHNESS: 5

HINDRANCES:
Curious, Outsider, Old Ways Oath (minor), Enemy (minor)

EDGES:
Arcane (shamanism), New Power (x3), True Grit, Fetish Creator, Beast Master

POWERS:
Healing, Succor, Fear, Shape Change, Teleport