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Polamedes

A 20-Victory Professional Contractor played by jumbohiggins in Maelstrom

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Polamedes is a Computer Programmer who will risk their life to become the ultimate Techcrafter and Free the internet from the hands of corrupt social media companies.

They are 28 years old, live in Tennesee, in the bar FireHazard., and often appears as Pale normalish male with thick glasses, wrinkled clothing, and looking generally unkempt and tired.

Polamedes lives in Maelstrom, a setting where videos of the supernatural go viral every day. Their journal has 39 entries. Their Questionnaire has 55 answers.

Attributes

Brawn

3 Charisma

3 Dexterity

3 Intellect

8 Perception

3

Abilities

4 Alertness

1 Animals

2 Athletics

4 Crafts

0 Culture

1 Drive

2 Firearms

0 Melee

0 Occult

0 Performance

3 Influence

3 Investigation

1 Medicine

2 Science

3 Stealth

2 Survival

6 Technology

2 Thievery

5 hacking

(TapClick for Combat reference)

Initiative: 0 dice

Movement: 0 feet

Dash: 0 feet

Perception + Alertness: 0 dice

At the start of Combat, roll Initiative: Dexterity + Perception Difficulty 6.

Each Round of Combat represents 3 seconds of near-simultaneous action.

It's my Turn

You get one Movement and one Action on your turn every Round of Combat.

Movement

Movement is taken immediately before OR after your Action. It cannot be split.
You may Free Move (0) feet. Minimum 5 feet.
You may Dash up to an additional (0 feet).
- Dashing penalizes your Action -1 die per 5 feet.
All-out Sprint: instead of using free Movement or Dash, you may spend your Action and roll Brawn + Athletics ( dice) Difficulty 6. You move (0 + (Outcome x 5) Feet).

Actions

Attack with your weapon or hands.
Evade by rolling to Defend or Dodge. Your Outcome is "spent" to reduce the Outcome of any incoming attacks until your next Action.
Activate a Power or use an Ability as normal.
Hold your Action by declaring an Action and a triggering event. If the event occurs before your turn on the next Round, you perform the Action.

I'm being attacked

If you have not yet spent your Action this Round, you may use it as a Reaction.

Reactions

Dodge by rolling Dexterity + Athletics ( dice) Difficulty 6. Your Outcome is subtracted from the attacker's.
Defend with your weapon by rolling its attack roll. Your Outcome is subtracted from the attacker's. Availability depends on weapon match-up (tap/hover).
Clash with the attacker using the same roll you would use to Defend. The higher Outcome (not contested) is treated as the result of a successful, undefended attack roll against the loser.

Desperate Defense

If you have already used your Action, you may Exert your Mind to perform a Reaction. Your next Round's Action receives a -2 dice penalty. You cannot Clash as a Desperate Defense or React more than once to a given Action.

Will to Survive

Once per Contract, you may reduce the severity of an incoming Injury up to 5 Severity levels (to a minimum of Severity 5). You also take a point of Mind Damage and suffer a Battle Scar as normal.

If an attack's Outcome is positive after defense, it results in a new Injury with Severity = Outcome + Weapon damage - Armor

Injuries

(Polamedes is unharmed)

(TapClick for Severe Injury reference)

Injuries Severity 4+ cause a Battle Scar or Equipment destruction and always require Stabilization

Stabilization is the Injury's main treatment, and each Injury can only be successfully Stabilized once

Unstabilized Injuries worsen by 1 Severity level every half hour

Proper Stabilization

Requires an advanced first aid kit for Severity 4 Injuries, a surgery setup for Severity 5 Injuries, and a surgery theater for Severity 6+ Injuries.

Roll Intellect + Medicine, Difficulty equal to Severity

An Outcome of 1 or greater will Stabilize the Injury and stop its degradation.
Outcome 4+ puts the Injury on track to heal clean: its Battle Scar heals with it.
On a Botch, the Injury's Severity increases by 1.
Failed or Botched attempts may be re-attempted at +1 Difficulty per failure.

Makeshift Stabilization

Attempt a major treatment using insufficient or improvised medical equipment.

Roll Intellect + Medicine, Difficulty > Severity

(Difficulty based on materials and tactics used)

Outcome 1+ will Stabilize the Injury and stop its degradation.
However, any Outcome less than 4 increases the Injury’s Severity by 1. Botches also worsen its Battle Scar if it caused one.
Regardless of Outcome, any Battle Scars caused by the Injury will persist after it is fully healed.
Failed or Botched attempts may be retried at +1 Difficulty per failure.

Self-stabilization attempts are rolled at +1 Difficulty.

Battle Scars

Dice penalties from Battle Scars do not stack with Stress

Chimera augment [Left hand] (You are at a -1 die penalty for any roll utilizing the affected hand.)

Disfigured, Hand stains (All social rolls are made at +1 Difficulty. The Beautiful Asset is suppressed as long as you have this Battle Scar)

Body 7

Stress

9 Mind

Miffed

Agitated

Bruised

Distracted

Hurt

-1

Rattled

Injured

-1

Worried

Wounded

-2

Alarmed

Mauled

-3

Frantic

Maimed

-4

Delirious

X_X

Limits

Injustice

Animal-Lover

Capture

Traumas

Augment BrainHacks: +3 dice to Hacking

Augment BrainHacks: Zippy Your Free Movement is increased by 15 feet

Augment brain hacks +3 dice to sneaking

I.T. Crowd Irrational anger and disrespect of people who have truly shoddy security setups.

Ram

Whenever , regain one Source. Cooldown: one hour

Circumstances

In Maelstrom

Hacker's Mark Wanted

Given by Metal

If your calling card is seen in public it will be called in. If it is called in at least twice you will acquire the loose end, FBI Cybercrimes manhunt

Alias: Alex Murphy

From Assets and Liabilities

You have an officially established alternate identity. Your alias has all proper legal documentation and will hold up to the highest scrutiny. If it is exposed, you may make a Move to replace it.

Helmet is notorious for mass execution of billionaires at charity event: https://thecontractrpg.com/playgroup/13/world-events/#event-960

Given by ShadyTradesman

You are easily recognized and treated badly by the public at large due to something bad in your past. There is a strong hatred of you in English speaking cultures, and anyone who watches the news or is tuned in to popular culture will reflect that attitude. You get -3 dice for any rolls in social situations, and must roleplay your notorious status when relevant.

Database: Phone information

Given by RNGrant

You have access to a specific database of non-public information. As long as you have internet access or cell service, you may search for relevant information in your database. GMs may require you to make a roll and/or spend a significant amount of time for particularly complex or nuanced information requests, at their discretion.

Network of Babel

Given by Ricterx

You have created, and with alternative means, maintained a digital node based network that is an alternate form of internet. As long as you have a valid internet connection or connection with a device you own you may access your private network. This network acts just like the normal internet however activities on it can't be tracked and traced with out an Int + Investigation or Technology roll @9, lowered by 1 if the investigator has access to one of the nodes. Only an overwhelming success will grant where the original message came from, but not the person who may have sent it. The same rules apply to anyone attempting a hack, this network can't be accessed through the normal internet. Due to management the contractor gains 35,000 that can be used each downtime or during contracts.

Point of Contact: Point of Contact: Chief Engineer Lucas Miles

Given by leonvanderblight

You know someone in a specific industry or area of influence, and can lean on them for assistance. Once per Contract, and once per Downtime, you may call in a favor from Lucas Miles Your contact is not brainwashed or supernaturally compelled, and they may refuse to do things which are unreasonable or absurd. You may attempt to call in additional favors beyond the first one, but these are not guaranteed, and over-use of your contact may cause you to lose them, as well as create potential Loose Ends.

Conditions

From Assets and Liabilities

Nimble Fingers Your fingers are particularly long and slender. You receive a +2 dice bonus to any action that requires fine manual dexterity.

Seen Things Your exposure to unspeakable horrors has hardened you. You are at -1 Difficulty to all Trauma rolls. Requires Seasoned status (10 victories).

Deleted Conditions with active Assets and Liabilities

Ugly

Loose Ends

Individual Enemy: The Original

Imminent Fateful Given by leonvanderblight

Whether through misfortune or deliberate provocation, you have made a lifelong enemy out of someone, and they will stop at nothing to take you down.

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Advancement

Professional

20 Victories - 4 Failures

Remaining Exp: 15
(Earned: 398 - Spent: 383)

An itemized record of every Contract, advancement, and more

Journal

View Polamedes's Encountered Contractors

Latest 3 of 39 entries

New goals?

Basebuilding and playing detective.

I'm finally ready.

Questionnaire

Latest 3 of 55 answers

Moves

Polamedes has made 4 Moves.

Only GMs who have permission to run Contracts and post World Events in Maelstrom can post Moves for Polamedes.

Biography

Polamedes has worked in silicon valley since graduating college early. He works at a security company developing new automated regression and penetration testing algorithms. His general demeanor has made him alienated with those in charge and he doesn't advance much or get a lot of responsibility. His goal is to undermine the tech ruling class and "Free" the internet from them. To do this he will often follow them home, and hack their home networks looking for blackmail and then use that to get them fired anonymously or leak it to the internet. His eventual goal is for a fully decentralized non government or technocracy controlled internet. That is anonymous, free, powerful, and accessible by all. Any attempt to build this to scale in the past has been thwarted by those in power so the only solution is to remove those in power or get enough personal power to build it despite them.

A tragically ugly child, Polamedes often would be isolated and sought to reading and computers to fill the void. His nose is bulbous, he has constant acne despite best efforts. Hair like a dandelion tuft, one ear bigger then the other, and a monobrow.

Nanomades Talotech

Assets And Liabilities

Assets

-6 Alias

Name: Lex Murphy

-3 Nimble Fingers

-0 Seen Things

Liabilities

+3 Ugly