Stormyx — Roleplayer Guild

Been lurking around for a bit here and wanted to write a practice post before I went ahead with anything but I've finally got a character down. Lemme know if it's still kosher to be applying or if ya'll are waiting for that recruitment drive.

D R . T H I R T E E N
D R . T H I R T E E N

"You’d have to be stupid to not believe in ghosts and ghouls. You’d be even stupider if you believed them all."
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C H A R A C T E R   P O R T R A I T 
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C H A R A C T E R   S U M M A R Y
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Terrance Thirteen II
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35   |   Focusing on Himself Right Now
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Guten Lag! Beer-of-the-month club   |   Prefer Not To Answer

 N O T A B L E   A B I L I T I E S   &   T O O L S
N O T A B L E   A B I L I T I E S   &   T O O L S
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◼ CURSE OF THE THIRTEEN
A fact Terrance actively denies, Terrance is destined to be killed by magical means. Every member of the the Thirteen family has met their end by the hands, claws or non-corporeal graspers of the supernatural. The only benefit of this fact is a subconscious belief that no mundane force can kill Terrance and for such a skeptic of the truly supernatural, Terrance shows unparalleled bravery in the face of almost all danger.
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◼ QUARK MEDIAN DISTURBANCE METER 
A staple of Terrance's arsenal, the Qu.M.D.M. is a long, two pronged rod with a belt mounted power source capable of measuring possible disturbances in reality. It's not always accurate and can't detect every form of the supernatural but it works good enough for the jobs Terrance does.

◼ The Ghost Breaker 
A black 1978 Dodge Tradesman adorned with a portable chemistry lab, larger Qu.M.D.M., and the rest of Thirteen's usual arsenal. The most striking features of van is the heavy duty tires, light bar and beautiful air-brushing of a wizard on the side door, completed with a large 'X' through it.
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 N O T A B L E   S K I L L S   &   T A L E N T S
N O T A B L E   S K I L L S   &   T A L E N T S
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◼ TOP 30 INTELLECT
Terrance isn't stupid, he knows he's not the smartest man on the planet, hell he'd probably not even in the top ten. With his multitude of proficiencies including (but not limited to) parapsychology, mechanical and chemical engineering, occultism and business, Terrance doesn't think it's too out of the realm of believability that he'd in the top 30 of the smartest men on Earth.
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 T H E   S T O R Y   S O   F A R...
T H E   S T O R Y   S O   F A R...
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"Call a priest for a possession. Call Dr.13 to prove it's not."

December 24th, 1:13 am- an 8 year old Terrance Thirteen creeps down from his bedroom to try and catch a glimpse of Santa Claus. Instead young Terrance spied his own father laying out a large selection of wrapped gifts. The young Terrance was confused at first, watching his dad finish up and quickly scurry back to his room before being seen. The next day Terrance looked on in horror at the very presents his dad had left marked with “From: Santa”. To make matters worse the first gift Terrance opened that morning was an amateur magic kit.

It’s hard being a skeptic in a world where wizards are on every corner but Terrance persists. He spends his days running his occult-themed bookstore, and his nights moonlighting as a paranormal investigator, putting his multi-faceted genius to work either debunking paranormal claims or solving them through scientific means. Being so dedicated to his craft doesn't leave much room (or want) for a social life and the only people he really speaks to are the patrons at his local pub and a bartender, Traci, who's always got a kind word and a drink on the house for the shut in. 

Drinking, working and tinkering has encapsulated the majority of Terrance's adult life, finding a content monotony in it. Things are looking like they're changing though. Higher than normal Psycho-graph readings, more calls for help and a greater uptick in pizza deliveries to local Secret Societies hide outs spells that something big is on the horizon and Terrance is blindly looking it straight on.

 P L O T ( S )   &   G O A L ( S )
P L O T ( S )   &   G O A L ( S )
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Dr.Thirteen's always been on my radar but I never really started liking him until reading All-Star Western in High School. I liked him for the same reason I liked Ghostbusters; funny guy using science to fight the supernatural. Since then my love of ghost and ghouls has grown and writing a monster-of-the-week type story sounds like a lot of fun. With Terrance's story I want to keep the story structure mostly self contained with lil' tidbits building towards a bigger plot involving Traci Thirteen and a larger, supernatural threat. 

I plan on mostly keeping Terrance local in Hub City but making the occasional trip around the country for a fun road trip or to interact with other PCs. Everything I've got planned for the story is pretty loose right now but I'm shooting for a bit darker Ghostbuster's feel; more tangible threats but still with some slapstick levity (if I can pull it off).
@rocketrobie2

Can we slapstick? I think we can slapstick.
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