I was playing around with Tiny Living Dead and was making up characters for a possible game. This one came to mind.
Jack Wyatt SEX M AGE 36 HEIGHT 5’11” WEIGHT 195 lb BACKGROUND Former high school shop teacher and weekend mechanic. Church usher. Lost his brother on day one. DESCRIPTION Ball cap, leather jacket, work boots. Weathered face, steady hands. Wears a ring on a chain. BELIEF Everyone gets one chance to do the right thing. FAMILY TRADE Auto shop work, Advantage to fix vehicles or jury-rig tools. TRAITS • Quick Shot, Advantage on the first ranged attack each fight • Perceptive, Advantage to notice danger, tracks, or hidden details • Tinkerer (New), once per scene repair or improvise a simple device; Advantage to start or keep engines running under stress WEAKNESS Bad knee in cold weather. RELATIONSHIPS • Melissa Wyatt, sister in Ohio, last heard on day three • “Deacon” Alvarez, church friend, radio tech HIT POINTS Current HP: 6 EQUIPMENT • Pump shotgun with bandolier • Tire iron • First aid pouch • Duct tape • Flashlight • Old wedding band on a chain WEAPONS MASTERED [X] Ranged [ ] Light Melee [ ] Heavy Melee Mastered weapon, specific: Pump shotgun BACKSTORY The first winter stripped the town to the studs. Jack kept the church lights on by trading repairs for food and quiet. He hardened the doors, rewired the bell tower, and mapped a safe loop to the river. He learned to sleep in his jacket, count shells by touch, and keep a go bag by the stairs. The radio brought Deacon Alvarez back into his life, then brought a trickle of strangers who followed the signal to the steeple. Spring turned the trickle into a line. Jack wrote rules on cardboard. No shouting near the nave. No open flames inside. No shooting unless someone is already bleeding. He fixed boots, tuned rifles, and taught a boy to check brake lines. He searched for Melissa on every westbound run and found only her street, quiet and chewed.