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Working on getting everything entered, about to finish my rolls but here my outline:

Christopher Johns - Photographer



An English photographer who covered the Great War, he carries scars both physical and mental from his time capturing the worst of humanity. The atrocities of trench warfare, the permanent damage to his right eye from a stray bullet, and the fact that the work he risked his life and sanity for was censored and ignored on his return- have left him adrift from his former colleagues and carefree youth. He copes by hiding his dead eye behind a patch and throwing himself into freelance work, taking the most dangerous and remote jobs available. When the opportunity to travel to Egypt and photograph the Tomb came over the wires, he couldn’t turn down the opportunity…

Rolls:

Age: 27

STR - 50
CON - 70
DEX - 55
APP - 65
POW - 80
SIZ - 65
INT - 80
EDU - 60 [50 + 10 from Improvement Check = 60]


Sanity - 80 - 11= 69
Magic - 16
Luck - 60
Hit Points - 72 12
MOV - 7
Occupation Skill Points - 240

EDU Improvement Check

EDU Improvement Role

Luck:

Is this the correct occupation listing for Photojournalist? The Kindle Version of the Investigators guide I have is terrible and this is the only other source I found online while I'm waiting on my hardcover version to arrive.

Given the background you've described, I'd like to give you a little extra spice, the War Experience Package. This will give you a few extra skill points at the cost of injuries/scars both physical and mental. (Use the Rank and File skill list)

Your Other Language might benefit from being German, for the purposes of the scenario and of course your background in the war.

Also I've edited your hitpoints. Size + Con / 10 = 12

How are you getting on?

That's perfect, thank you!

Absolutely, that's what I was going for. Thanks for fixing the HP, I knew something seemed off there.

Occupation Skill Points - 240
Bonus Skills [70]
Personal Interest Skill Points [160]

Credit Rating - 15
Art/Craft [Photography] - 55 [base 5 + 50 Personal Interest Points]
Persuade - 70 [base 10 + 60 skill points]
Other Language [German] - 61 [base 1 + 60 skill points]
Firearms [Handgun] - 80 [base 20 + 60 Personal Interest points]
Listen - 70 [base 20 + 50 skill points]
Fighting [Brawl] - 75 [base 25 + 50 Personal Interest points]
Stealth - 50 [base 20 + 30 Skill Points]
First Aid - 75 [base 30 + 25 Skill Points + 20 bonus skill points]
Spot Hidden - 75 [base 25 + 50 bonus skill points]

Looking good!

To help with background, roll :
Ideology/beliefs 1d10
Significant people 1d10
Why significant 1d10
Treasured possession 1d10
Meaninigful location 1d10
Traits 1d10

Background Rolls

How do I apply these points to my backstory? I've got quite a bit typed up for that but not sure how it works with the score if I need to re-write it.

Ideology The occult (e.g. astrology, spiritualism, tarot).
Significant person : Person who taught you your highest occupational skill. Identify the skill and consider who taught you (e.g. a schoolteacher, the person you apprenticed with, your father)
Why? You seek to prove yourself to them. How? (e.g. by getting a good job, by finding a good spouse, by getting an education).
Possession: An item connected with your highest skill (e.g. expensive suit, false ID, brass knuckles).
Location: Your family home (e.g. a country estate, a rented flat, the orphanage in which you were raised).
Trait: Ladies’ man/seductress (e.g. suave, charming voice,
enchanting eyes).

Note these are all just for ideas, you can pick and choose as you like. What you do need is one key element, the thing you use to ground yourself (and recover sanity between scenarios)

Hey, how are you getting on? Just two of you we're waiting on now