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Gearhead
3-point Quality The Gearhead is a natural born mechanical genius, who unlike a Brainiac or Nerd really likes to get his hands dirty. Gearheads are always tearing things apart and putting them back together, just to see how they work and to make some small “improvements”. They also excel at invention and kitbashing, and are much more likely to build their own devices then just theorize about them like a Brainiac might. Although the quality is named Gearhead it is more of a mindset then a title, the character can specialize in any machinery or electronic equipment. Geeks who build their own desktops and overclock their hard drives, are just as much Gearheads as those grease monkeys who supe up their hotrods. Gearheads get a + 1 to Perception and Intelligence, and a +2 to the Mr. Fix-It Skill. Unfortunately Gearheads cannot stop themselves from tinkering and improving technological devices. Whenever they are presented with some new technological gadget, they must make a Willpower (doubled) roll to keep from taking a look at or tinker with the inner workings of the gadget. With penalties of -1 to -5 to the roll, depending on how high tech or relevant to the Gearhead’s particular area of obsession the gadget is. |