Main Character of A Red Door
To start, UNE says that Philip is a “romantic clairvoyant”.
Philip has always wanted more from life, convinced of idealistic principles since he was a child. The fact that he was able to see…
Ghosts? FC: No. Demons, then.
demons and malevolent spirits when he was a kid served in fostering that feeling. Life was definitely more than people said. There were other worlds to see and explore. But that was a long time ago. His gift drifted off on its own, or was it removed? Did it ever exist? That part of his memories is a bit murky. Nowadays, his life is good.
To generate his current job, I generate another NPC using UNE. He’s a corrupt worker, motivated by advocating envy, oppressing affluence and associating the poor. He’s… a union representative.
He’s a union lawyer, representing the poor workers when their rights have been abused. He’s happy, he’s able to make a difference in the world, even if it’s very little and even if he doesn´t always succeed. Of course, his college friends earn much more money than he does. At least he’s not a drone. He hasn’t sold his soul to the establishment. He’s very clear in making this point when he talks to his mother: he’s not a drone. And if he took that payment once from that company, well, that was because he was going to get evicted and, hey, the workers were not going to be without a job, they were just losing some overtime money. It was nothing. He’s making a difference. But he also has to survive.
To generate his trouble and relations, I ask the oracles. Is his trouble something social or personal? 50% chance: Social. For his relation… does he have a SO? 50% chance: no. He lives alone, with his golden retriever, Jupiter.
I generate these using the Deck of Fate. They will also give me more information on how Philip does things. Because I don’t want him necessarily to be super powerful, I’m going to lower his stats: one +2, two +1, three +0.
Interesting: he’s clever and can be underhanded or manipulative, specially in the courtroom. But he’s not one for physical activity or very attentive to details.
I’m going to use five individual boxes, ala Blades in the Dark. I will also use stress as fate points: this will also reduce the things I have to track as a GM.