Jane (Janie) Calder Copyright (c) 1995 by Brandi Weed 5' 8", 135 lbs., brown hair, blue eyes. Think the butch looks of k.d. lang and the limber rubberiness (and toothy grin) of Jim Carrey. Janie was born 31 October 1968 in Bristol, England to Patrick Calder, a police seargeant, and Rachel Sheimholtz Calder, an American national living in the UK. A bright child, she soon proved to be intensely interested in computers, and her parents did what they could to encourage her in the new technology. She studied computer science at Cambridge and eventually entered the training academy for MI5 with plans to specialize in encryption and tracking computer crackers (though she also got standard field training). Her first assignment, however, turned out to be far, far more than she bargained for... She is now living in Los Angeles, effectively exiled from her home country, working as a security expert/live-in companion for a woman named Opal Call. (Brief description of Opal: ex-model and would-be actress, Very Beautiful, Wealthy, and Lecherous. I can work out more detail if you care, but that should give you a good idea...). Janie is no longer interested in anything but living what's left of her life as comfortably as she can; if I were to use her as an NPC in a Horror or Illuminati campaign, players would find her a great source of information but would have a very very hard time soliciting her help. She would have to either be convinced of the gravity of the situation or forced to help-- and if forced, she will make sure the PCs regret it. ( 0) ST: 10 ( 20) DX: 12 Thrust: 1d-2 ( 45) IQ: 14 Swing: 1d ( 10) HT: 11 Basic Speed 5.75 Move 6 Dodge 5 Parry 8 -5 Compulsive Carousing -10 Extemely Curious (IQ-2) -10 Nearsighted -5 OPH: Prankish Telesends -20 Secret: Telepath and murderer -10 Wealth: Struggling -15 Weirdness Magnet -1 Loves cats -1 Chocoholic -1 Film freak -1 Interested in fringy subjects -1 Likes to read animals minds 0 Competent Dependent (Opal) 5 Alertness +1 10 Charisma +2 5 Double Jointed 10 Mathematical Ability 4 Strong Will +1 50 Unusual Background: Survived medical experiment that left her psi-active. 15 Telepathy, Power 3 2 ESP, Pwr 2, psychometry only 3 Mind link with Opal (Power 6) Skills: Acrobatics (PH) 1 10 AK: Los Angeles (ME) 1/2 13 AK: United Kingdom (ME) 1/2 13 Artist (MH) 1 12 Carousing (PA - HT) 1 10 Computer Op. (ME) 1 14 Computer Hacking (MVH+3) 1 14 Computer Prog. (MH+3) 1 15 Cooking (ME) 1 14 Criminology (MA) 2 14 Driving (car) (PA) 4 13 Electronics (sec) (MH) 4 14 Elec. Op. (sec) (ME) 1 13 Escape (PH+3) 1 13 Fast Draw (pistol) (PE) 1 12 Fast Draw (clip) (PE) 2 13 Fast Talk (MA) 1 14 First Aid (ME) 1 14 Guns/9mm pistol (PE+2) 2 15 Hobby - Films (MA) 1/2 13 Holdout (MA) 2 14 Hypnotism (MH) 1 12 Judo (PH) 2 11 Kama Sutra (PH+1 - HT) 1 10 Karate (PH) 8 13 Language - French (MA) 1 13 Language - German (MA) 1 13 Lockpicking (MA) 2 14 Mathematics (MH+3) 1 15 Mechanic (MA+3) 1/2 16 Meditation (MH) 2 13 Occultism (MA) 2 14 Research (MA) 2 14 Running (PH - HT) 1 9 Scrounging (ME) 1 14 Sex Appeal (MA - HT) 1 10 Shadowing (MA) 2 14 Speed Load (clip) (PE) 2 13 Stealth (PA) 4 13 Swimming (PE) 1 12 Telesend (MH) 6 15 Telereceive 6 15 Telecontrol 1 12 Illusion 6 15 Psychometry 2 13 Attributes: 75 points Advantages: 104 points Disads & Quirks: -80 points Skills: 86 points Character Total: 185 Note: Kama Sutra is what we thought of before the Erotic Arts skill showed up in GURPS Vampire. Also, in this game-world Telecontrol victims *remember* what is done to them; Telecontrol as described in GURPS Psionics would probably have at least a +50% cost. It may also be worth noting that at one point in the campaign this character had the 50-point disadvantage Terminally Ill... that experiment was not all skittles and beer. Opal is treated as a Competent Dependent rather than a Patron since she doesn't give Janie any really unusual access to equipment or money.