Name: Dr. Lionel Carpenter
Age: 62
Sex: Male
Occupation: Doctor
Current Residence: London, England
Characteristics:
STR: 8 [includes -1 from age]
CON: 9 [includes -1 from age]
SIZ: 10
DEX: 8
APP: 9
INT: 13 (Idea - 65)
POW: 14 (Luck - 70)
EDU: 17 (Know - 85) [includes +4 from age]
Sanity: 70 -1 (69%)
Phobias/Mental Disorders: None
Maximum Sanity: 96
Hit Points: 10
Magic Points: 14
Damage Bonus: +0
Appearance & Personality: Dr. Lionel Carpenter is a dedicated physician who is just over the hill but has no intention of retiring. He is a short, thin man who stands at about 5' 4" (a couple of inches shorter than his daughter), with thinning white hair. He has few wrinkles for man his age, but he is not the most handsome of men either. He treats others with kindness and respect, and expects to be treated the same way himself.
Background: Lionel was born in the spring of 1945. His father Oliver Carpenter had always planned to be a doctor, though the outbreak of war interrupted his studies. In a rush of patriotism, he had joined up right after the invasion of Poland, when he was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant. He had shown great potential not only for his medical skills but also for leadership and covert operations. He joined the Special Air Service when it was formed in 1941 and was trained as a paratrooper, fighting first in North Africa and Italy. He landed in Normandy in the wee hours of June 6, 1944 as part of the leading edge of the D-Day invasion. He sprained his ankle due to a bad landing, and a French Resistance fighter named Claire Deveraux saved his life. He later saw action in the disastrous Operation Market Garden and in the Battle of the Bulge. After the war in Europe ended, by which time Oliver had been promoted to the rank of major, he went to France to look up Claire and found that she had recently given birth to a baby boy (Lionel) that he had fathered during their time together in France. He immediately married her, and they moved back to his hometown of London, where he resumed his studies and became a doctor.
Lionel had no doubt growing up that he wanted to be a doctor like his father, and through hard work he made his dream come true. During his residency in the early 1970's, he met and fell in love with a beautiful blonde nurse named Beatrice Lunsford, and she was just as taken with him. Within a few years, they got married. In the late 1970's, their daughter Sarah was born.
Tragedy struck one day when Sarah was six. Lionel had had to work beyond the end of his shift at the hospital, and Beatrice had been home alone with Sarah when she had suffered a stroke and died. Both Lionel and Sarah were devastated by the loss, but they still had each other. While Sarah had blamed herself because she had been there, even though she had done everything she could, Lionel blamed himself for not having been there and for missing the early warning signs of a stroke. He knew he could never bring Beatrice back, but he resolved to do everything he could for Sarah. She was all he had left of Beatrice, and she became his whole world. He raised her as best he could, leaving almost no time for himself until she was grown. He knew she had the adroitness and talent to be a surgeon and he had encouraged her to go to medical school, but she chose to become a nurse instead like her mother, as she had been afraid of having so much responsibility in life and death situations. He still kept in constant contact with her once she was an adult and living on her own, but he had some free time at this point and he took up hunting (which Sarah never approved of, but she didn't criticise him for it).
Last year, Sarah had found a new boyfriend, a young lawyer named Lyle Hamilton. He struck Lionel as rather intense and there seemed to be something off about him, but Sarah wouldn't hear anything bad about him. As their relationship developed, Sarah came to realize that Lyle was trying to monopolize her, and when she had asked him for some breathing room he blew up at her. Her heart shattered, she broke up with him on the spot and ran crying to her father, who comforted her.
Things went from bad to worse when Lyle began to stalk Sarah. Lionel went to bat for her and went with her to the police, but there was nothing they could do since they couldn't prove that Lyle had broken any laws. They got a restraining order against him, though that piece of paper ultimately proved useless. Lionel offered to let Sarah move in with him, but as frightened as she was, she refused to let fear rule her life. Instead she trained herself to fight back in case the worst happened.
One night about a month ago it almost did. Lionel was awakened out of a sound sleep by a phone call from the police, and his heart sank. He was certain they were going to tell him that Lyle had murdered Sarah, and was relieved to discover that she had in fact managed to slay him in self-defense before he managed to rape her or cause her any serious injury. He rushed to the hospital to be at her side, and this time she took his offer to move in with him until she found a new flat.
Lionel had been working an extended shift at Mercy Cross Hospital today, and he just got finished this afternoon. He knew that Sarah's shift would end in a few hours, so he decided to surprise her and treat her to dinner in a nice restaurant. To while away the time, he has gone to the cinemaplex across the street from the hospital to take in a movie or two.
Lionel's greatest fear is that something terrible will happen to Sarah. His greatest hope is that she will find and marry a good man who will protect her after he's gone.
Family Members: Lionel's father Oliver Carpenter and his mother Claire both died five years ago, within a fortnight of each other. He has two younger sisters, Betty (60) and Victoria (57), who are both married with a number of children and grandchildren. Betty's family lives in Manchester, and Victoria's family lives in Edinburgh. Lionel's daughter Sarah is 30 years old. She lives in London, in a new flat near Mercy Cross Hospital, where both she and her father work.
Skills: (Non-default skills BOLD, Professional Skills ITALICS, Hobbies preceded by a DOT)
Accounting (10%):
Anthropology (01%):
Archaeology (01%):
Art (05%):
Astronomy (01%):
Bargain (05%):
Biology (01%): 51%
Chemistry (01%):
Climb (40%):
Computer Use (01%):
Conceal (15%):
Craft (05%):
Credit Rating (15%): 50%
Cthulhu Mythos (00%): 03%
Disguise (01%):
Dodge (DEX x 2): 16%
.Drive Auto (20%): 30%
Electrical Repair (10%):
Electronics (01%):
Fast Talk (05%):
First Aid (30%): 80% +5+2 (87%)
Geology (01%):
Hide (10%):
History (20%):
Jump (25%):
Law (05%):
Library Use (25%): 50%
Listen (25%):
Locksmith (01%):
Martial Arts (01%):
Mechanical Repair (20%):
Medicine (05%): 70% +6 (76%)
.Natural History (10%): 25%
.Navigate (10%): 25%
Occult (05%):
Operate Heavy Machinery (01%):
Own Language: English (EDU x 5%): 85%
Persuade (15%): +10 (25%)
Pharmacy (01%): 51%
Photography (10%):
Physics (01%):
Pilot (01%):
Precognition (POW x 1%): +1 (15%)
Psychoanalysis (01%): 26%
Psychology (05%): 45%
Ride (05%):
Sneak (10%):
.Spot Hidden (25%): 50%
Swim (25%):
Throw (25%):
.Track (10%): 30%
Hand-to-Hand:
Fist/Punch (50%): 50% +2+1+5 (58%)
Grapple (25%):
Head Butt (10%):
Kick (25%):
Firearms:
Handgun (20%):
Machine Gun (15%):
.Rifle (25%): 50%
.Shotgun (30%): 50%
SMG (15%):
Inventory:
Gray suit with jacket (worn)
Bandanna made of napkins and cloth (worn over mouth and nose)
Paramedic's first aid kit (slung over hip)
Mobile phone (in jacket pocket)
Empty vodka bottle (in jacket pocket; 25% base skill, 1d6 damage until 6 rolled, then 1d6+2 until 6 rolled)
[The rest to be listed later.]
EDIT (8/3): +3 Cthulhu Mythos
EDIT (8/5): Added some inventory
EDIT (8/8): More inventory
EDIT (8/14): Applied 7 skill points
EDIT (9/3): Added photo
EDIT (10/5): Added skill points
EDIT (10/8): Fixed broken photo link
EDIT (10/9): 3 skill increases
EDIT (10/11): Took 4 damage...
EDIT (10/11): ...and healed 4 damage!
EDIT (10/11): Lost 1 Sanity, gained Precognition, applied 1 bonus point
