The Howls of BSK-Sector, Paranoia the RPG

Congratulations, citizen! You now have the option* to become a trouble shooter and be promoted to    RED    security clearance!

* Should you decline, you will be sent to your new alternative assignment, as reactor shielding.

'If you are ready to start an exciting career as a trouble shooter, just fill out this form:

Additional information at: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14719285620A81805000&page=1#1

1) Your character name, in the form of a short name, the letter R (for Red Clearance), a three lector sector designation, and the number of your current clone (1): (example: Cannon-R-FDR-1):

__________________ - R - ___ - 1

2) Three adjectives you want to describe your character:

____________ , ____________ , and ____________

3) Look through the list of sixteen basic skills. Number five skills from 1 to 5, where 5 is your highest skill and 1 is your lowest skill. Number five more skills from -1 to -5, where -5 is the skill you have the highest chance of failing (or maybe succeeding) spectacularly. The remaining 6 skills number as 0. The letters listed after each skill will be used in the next step.

Athletics - V: ___

Guns - V: ___

Melee - V: ___

Throw - V: ___

Science - B: ___

Psychology - B: ___

Bureaucracy - B: ___

Alpha Complex - B: ___

Bluff - C: ___

Charm - C: ___

Intimidate - C: ___

Stealth - C: ___

Operate - M: ___

Engineer - M: ___

Program- M: ___

Demolitions - M:: ___

4) Your character stats represents your natural abilities in four fields. Count the number of V skills you have a positive number for, and write that number down for Violence Brains. Use the number of B skills for Chutzpah, C skills for Mechanics, and the number of M skills for Violence. When done, you should have four numbers ranging from 0 - 4, where the sum is equal to five. Do not count skills you have 0 or a negative number for. You might wonder why Guns count to Brains instead of Violence. The answer is, it's called Paranoia the RPG, not Sanity the RPG. Expect things to be screwed up.

VIOLENCE:

BRAINS:

CHUTZPAH:

MECHANICS:

5) Redefine: If you are the first person to fill out this form, ignore this step. Otherwise, look at the profile of the person above you. Choose ONE of the three adjectives he/she wrote in step two, then write down the opposite. For example, if Cannon-R-FDR-1 wrote brave, smart, and fast, you might choose 'slow'. Cannon-R-FDR-1 would then be brave, smart, and slow. Why are you doing this? It wouldn't be Paranoia if you didn't have a chance to mess with your fellow trouble shooters.

Adjective chosen: _________. Opposite: _________

edited 22nd Aug '16 10:18:10 PM by Nodrog

Silence- R - 101 - 1

Clever , Efficient , and Quiet

• Athletics - V: 0
• Guns - V: 3
• Melee - V: -3
• Throw - V: -2
• Science - B: 0
• Psychology - B: 1
• Bureaucracy - B: 4
• Alpha Complex - B: 0
• Bluff - C: -4
• Charm - C: -1
• Intimidate - C: -3
• Stealth - C: -2
• Operate - M: 0
• Engineer - M: 5
• Program- M: 2
• Demolitions - M: -5

VIOLENCE: 1

BRAINS: 2

CHUTZPAH: 0

MECHANICS: 2

I hope I got this right then.

edited 22nd Aug '16 11:19:38 AM by EchoingSilence

Phoenix- R - BRN - 1

Smart, Cunning, and Cool-headed

Athletics - V: -2

Guns - V: 4

Melee - V:-4

Throw - V: 2

Science - B: 3

Psychology - B:-5

Bureaucracy - B:-3

Alpha Complex - B:0

Bluff - C:0

Charm - C:0

Intimidate - C:0

Stealth - C:0

Operate - M:0

Engineer - M: 1

Program- M: 5

Demolitions - M:-1

VIOLENCE: 2

BRAINS: 2

CHUTZPAH: 1

MECHANICS: 0

Adjective chosen: Clever Opposite: Stupid

I wasn't too sure about the whole V= Brains thing...

edited 28th Aug '16 8:06:17 AM by UndyingPhoenix

Silence, your character is now clever foolish, efficient, and quiet. Your stats are violence 2, brains 1, chutzpah 2, and mechanics 0, due to a quirk in the solo player generation rules.

Phoenix, your stats are right.

Wait what? So my stats completely changed? How does that work?

edited 22nd Aug '16 4:33:40 PM by EchoingSilence

Welp, here I go.

1. Clayr-R-GLC-1

2. Intelligent, Practical and Clumsy

3.

Athletics - V: -4

Guns - V: 0

Melee - V:-3

Throw - V: 0

Science - B: 5

Psychology - B: 2

Bureaucracy - B: 0

Alpha Complex - B: 3

Bluff - C: -2

Charm - C: 4

Intimidate - C: 0

Stealth - C: -5

Operate - M: 0

Engineer - M: 0

Program- M: 1

Demolitions - M: -1

4. VIOLENCE: 0

BRAINS: 0

CHUTZPAH: 3

MECHANICS: 1

5. Adjective Chosen: Cool-Headed. Opposite: Brash.

edited 22nd Aug '16 5:25:19 PM by secretlyasuperhero

Basically in the new rules, eack skill counts toward the next stat, so each skill you have in violence actually counts toward your brains, and so on.

I explained in step 4; it's a new twist in the rules for solo character generation. I picture it like the scene in Demolition Man where Stallone's character learns he now has the skill of knitting. Your starting skills were supposedly downloaded into your brain while you were being grown in a tank, it makes sense there could be a conflict betwen those and your stats.

edited 22nd Aug '16 5:19:32 PM by Nodrog

Welp. I'll do my best not being a bureaucrat.

When rolling for an attempt at something, you will roll 1+stat+skill dice, so the stats moving over don't really make a huge difference unless someone tries to min max by mainly focusing on one stat are.

I set up a discussion thread at https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14719285620A81805000&page=1#1 ; I plan to add information to that thread as needed. Please feel free to PM me any questions you have regarding Paranoia or Alpha Complex.

edited 22nd Aug '16 10:19:49 PM by Nodrog

Still waiting on one person's info and sign-ups are STILL open, if anyone else wants to join in. But, I already went and posted the RP thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14720593780A76870400&page=1#1

1) Bastion - R - OVR - 1

2) Quiet, efficient, and a heavy sleeper.

3) Attributes

Athletics - V: -1

Guns - V: 2

Melee - V: 4

Throw - V: 0

Science - B: 5

Psychology - B: -2

Bureaucracy - B: -3

Alpha Complex - B: 1

Bluff - C: -5

Charm - C: -4

Intimidate - C: 0

Stealth - C: 0

Operate - M: 0

Engineer - M: 3

Program- M: 0

Demolitions - M: 0

4) Totals

VIOLENCE: 1

BRAINS: 2

CHUTZPAH: 2

MECHANICS: 0

5) Redefine

Adjective chosen: Practical. Opposite: Idealistic.

Alright, all ready to go, finally!

edited 25th Aug '16 4:54:11 PM by Tojin

Efficient redefined as sloppy

Arch - R - ASI - 1

Oppurtunistic, Moralizing, Eloquent

• Athletics - V: 0
• Guns - V: -3
• Melee - V: 0
• Throw - V: -4
• Science - B: 1
• Psychology - B: 2
• Bureaucracy - B: 3
• Alpha Complex - B: 0
• Bluff - C: 5
• Charm - C: 0
• Intimidate - C: 0
• Stealth - C: 4
• Operate - M: -5
• Engineer - M: -2
• Program- M: -1
• Demolitions - M:: 0

VIOLENCE: 0

BRAINS: 0

CHUTZPAH: 3

MECHANICS: 2

edited 30th Aug '16 7:05:38 AM by pblades