Low Estate/Characters/Lazer Dennis

Man Out of Time

Lazer Dennis is a man out of time. He's prepared for the cyber-world of the 24th century, but has had the misfortune to be born now, when this is happening, and much less technology than he's suited for. Still, adapting to the circumstances he's born into, he is...

Aspects

Primary

   A - Man Out of Time (boon/penalty aspect)
   B - Improvised Tech Inventor

Secondary

   a - Weirdo
   b - Nobody Gets Me
   c - I'm Sad (partial penalty aspect)

Techniques to be unlocked:

• 'Gadget invention'
• 'Weapon improvisation'
• 'Far-thinking tactics'
• 'Social eccentricity'
• 'Lonerism'
• 'Manic/depressive moodiness'
• 'Sudden spurt of realization'
• 'Bizarro leaps outside the box'
• 'Last desperate gasp impulse'

Skill Details

GREAT

• +4 Academics: Scholarship, library research, academic subjects that are mostly theoretical or observational (philosophy, mathematics, history, astronomy, cartography, ancient languages, etc)
• +4 Fingersmithery: Physical activities involving manual dexterity, hand-eye coordination, and general cleverness: sleight of hand, lock-picking, knot-tying, juggling.
• +4 Resolve: Will, persistence, endurance: hanging onto a hot object, resisting a sleeping drug, leading troops on a steady charge into gunfire, staying watchful on a long guard shift. Generally not a suitable skill for actions taking less than a few minutes.

GOOD

• +3 Reflexes: Anything that involves quick reaction and/or spotting: dodging thrown objects, reacting when ambushed, finding a hiding spot while being chased. Generally not a suitable skill for actions taking longer than a few seconds.

FAIR

• +2 Science: “Applied academics” that are mostly hands-on: alchemy, biology, chemistry, medicine, creating and analyzing poisons. Building large machines.

• +2 Athletics: Physical activities involving the whole body that require both dexterity and strength: climbing, jumping, swimming, rolling.

Lazer Dennis is better at Academics than Science, as applies to this age, because he feels he's better than the currently-available means to do what he wants to do/can invent in his head. Therefore, he's let his Science skills go a little slack, and sometimes doesn't know what to do with the crude mechanics and tools at hand. Sometimes, though, his knack for making imaginative leaps allows him to use his Fair-level knowledge of conventional mechanics to create something truly remarkable in the nick of time.

AVERAGE

• +1 Stealth: Concealing people, actions, or things; or detecting concealed things: sneaking past a guard, making a surprise attack, setting up an ambush, finding a secret door.

Story Hooks

• Bastard son of 'Lord Gabriel Ballegheer'.
• Might he discover the secret of his parentage?