Basic Info:
Player: bluesoul
Position: Hired hand by the Foundation, he does heavy lifting, repairs things as needed, and occasionally recontains things that can be contained by sheer muscle power.
Demeanor: Something of a loudmouth, he can appear brash and a bit too quick to rely on his muscles to solve a problem.
Nature: While the above isn't too far off, he hasn't lived this long by being foolhardy. He will defer to others if he feels they're better equipped to deal with a problem. He will try and make friends, though his boisterous nature may cause the opposite at times.
Description: A six-foot tall, barrel-chested wall of a man, clean-shaven with dark hair and brown eyes. Shakes your hand a bit too firmly. A bit slow to get the punchline, but his laughs seem to shake the walls. Speaks with a higher pitch than you'd think by looking at him.
Stats:
Health
- Physical Health: 7
- Mental Health: 7
Basic Skills
- Physical Defense: 5
- Mental Defense: 1
- Perception: 3
- Agility: 2
- Strength: 6
- Persuasion: 1
- Intimidation: 4
- Bluff: 2 (+2) = 4
Pseudo-Specialty Skills
- Melee: 3 (+3) = 6
- Ranged: 1
- Survival: 2
- Sneak: 1
- Science: 1
- Engineering: 3
- Medical: 1
Specialty Skills:
- "Eh, it'll hold.": 5. J.R. is a master of jury-rigging, and can come up with surprisingly well-made tools and repairs.
- Five-Finger Discount: 4. A byproduct of a misspent youth, J.R. has a knack for surreptitiously pocketing small objects.
- "They're called skips.": 3. Exposure to what few objects have been contained gives him a bit of additional insight on the workings of the Foundation.
Possessions:
List everything your character carries on their person here. Be reasonable.
- Roll of 1/2" duct tape
- Pocketknife, kept sharp
- Swiss-Army knife (Victorinox Soldier 1951)
- A thoroughly ratty pocket notepad with various notes on repairs, tasks to do, and rudimentary common containment procedures.
- Pen and pencil
- Book of matches
- Pack of cigarettes, Chesterfield
And everything that they keep in their room at Site 19. Anything that's not listed here will be difficult for them to get a hold of.
- Small toolbox with various screw and drill bits, screwdrivers, wrenches, tapes, glues, magnifying glass, and small widgets and doodads of his own making.
- Welder's Mask
- Decanter, Gordon's Dry Gin
- Carton of cigarettes, Chesterfield
- Bible, KJV and dog-eared in various places
- Playboy Magazine, December 1953, featuring Marilyn Monroe
Personal History:
J.R. Ballard Jr. was born in Dearborn, Michigan in 1922, the son of an engineer and a bookkeeper. He inherited his father's love for tinkering, and his mother's love for petty theft. He parlayed his mother's knowledge of manipulating money with his natural bulk and strength, and was a mildly successful boxer along the eastern seaboard. Cutting inside deals with sports bookies, he was a rich man for a couple of years. One thing led to another, though, and by the ripe old age of 27, J.R. was on the run from the law. On a fateful day in 1953, J.R. happened onto a derelict old building and met The Administrator, who offered him a job as a hired hand after showing a basic knowledge of welding.
Miscellaneous:
Call him J.R., Bob, or Junior, just don't call him Jeffrey. That was his father's name, Lord bless him.
