Supporting Cast

Migare, Wandering Merchant

by Brandon Cope

Art by andi jones

Supporting Cast: Migare, Wandering Merchant ST: 9 [-10] IQ: 12 [20] Speed: 5.5
DX: 10 [0] HT: 10 [0] Move: 5
Damage Swing: 1d-1 Thrust: 1d-3
Dodge: 5 Block: n/a Parry: 5 (shortsword)

33 years old, 5'5" tall, 115 lbs, red hair, green eye, lightly tanned skin, missing left eye. No armor; No encumbrance.

Advantages: Appearance: Beautiful [15]; Common Sense [10]; Wealth (Comfortable) [10].

Disadvantages: Gluttony [-5]; Lecherousness [-15]; One-Eyed [-15].

Quirks: Prefers younger men; Likes to talk people into buying things they don't need; Sensitive about her past; Rarely goes anywhere without a bodyguard; Has difficulty trusting others.

Skills: Area Knowledge-12 [1]; Carousing-11 [4]; Cyphering-12 [1]; Detect Lies-13 [6]; Fast Talk-16 [10]; Law (Trade)-15 [1]; Law (Other)-9 [0]; Merchant-17 [12]; Riding (Horse)-11 [4]; Sex Appeal-13 [8]; Shortsword-11 [4]; Streetwise-12 [2].

Point Total: 58.

Weapons: Fine quality shortsword.

Equipment: Pack horse with pouches containing trade goods ($500-2000), good clothing, other gear as required.

Conversions

Contemporary: Migare gains Literacy. Drop Cyphering, Riding and Shortsword and replace with Mathematics-10, Driving-11 and Guns (Pistol)-15. She ran away from a poor, rural home to one of the larger cities.

Near Future: As above, but she will probably have a cybernetic replacement for her missing eye. She may have been kidnapped by some dregs and managed to escape, but was unable to find any relatives.

Space: . . .

This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.



Article publication date: December 3, 1999

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