VINCENT CRUZ - LEVEL 1 RESEARCHER!
PHYSICAL HEALTH: DOING FINE
MENTAL HEALTH: DOING GOOD
MONEY: $824
TRAITS
-'THAT'S THAT' WAGESLAVE (+5 to all rolls involving paperwork, menial labor or brown nosing superiors, +11 bonus to checks involving keeping your composure or resisting mind-altering effects)
-GUNK KNOWLEDGE (+4 to all rolls involving cigarette mold or similar gunk.)
-SURFACE LEVEL ACADEMIC (+3 to human anatomy checks and +2 to chemistry and computer checks involving the MACOS. Improves as you study the books in your possession.)
-ANOMALY TOUCHED (+6 to speech checks with anomalies, +4 to checks involving ARTIFACTS, +2 to research rolls involving anomaly samples.)
UNRELATED BONUSES
+1 to repair and equipment creation checks
+2 to strength checks
+2 to combat OFFENSE and DEFENSE rolls
+6 to endurance-based checks (working out, pushing through pain, etc)
+4 to perception checks
GIFT:
SLUMBERING WISH. A small flower growing out of your wrist.
ABILITIES: PROTECT BODY/MIND. The flower has a chance to activate whenever your body or mind is at risk of being damaged. When you're in physical danger, the flower will summon a vine to lash out at any nearby threat. The vine attacks automatically, no input required.
When you're stressed, the flower may release a puff of pollen in order calm you down. Slightly heals MENTAL HEALTH to three nearby targets.
INVENTORY
MACOS FOR DUMMIES, CHEMISTRY and ANATOMY 101 (Three books you found from your lab. Can be studied to improve your SURFACE LEVEL ACADEMIC trait.)
WAGESLAVE UNIFORM x2 (White dress shirt, black dress pants, black dress shoes, purple tie for contrast. Offers no bonuses.)
LAYER 2 MAP! (Adds +4 to rolls that involve wandering around. May be used to unlock further free time actions.)
PPE GLOVE PACK (Contains 8 disposable gloves. Good for keeping yourself clean and safe.)
EGG? (Hardboiled. Can copy things. Causes memory loss. ???.)
SATCHEL (Used for carrying most of this garbage.)
LABCOAT (Completely torn to shreds. Needs to be replaced.)
CIGARETTE PACK (To keep you sane. In total, 8 cigarettes are here. Each one heals MENTAL HEALTH by a moderate amount but damages PHYSICAL HEALTH in return.)
PPE OUTFIT x5 (A low quality arrangement of PPE, including a respirator, meant to protect your whole body from biological contamination. Will likely only be good for one or two uses before needing a replacement.)
PISTOL AMMO x4 (Good for one combat encounter each.)
LEVEL 1 GUARD ID (Allows you access to certain storage lockers across the facility meant for guards. Don't get caught with this)
FIRST AID KIT x2 (Has three charge split across them. Heals moderate injuries.)
RUBBER GLOVES (Protects from electric shocks, increases your bonus to repair checks by 1.)
POLAROID CAMERA (Has enough film for about thirty pictures. Good for documenting your anomalies.)
MAKESHIFT WEAPON (A metal rod that has a hidden blade inside it. +5 to combat attack rolls. Can deal piercing or bludgeoning damage. Medium reach.)
JAX SERUM x2 (Massively increases physical defenses, restricts mobility. Can be refined into a better serum.)
HARVESTING GLOVE (Allows for easier, more precise harvesting of samples. There's a far lower chance of you accidently hurting an anomaly using this.)
ADRENALINE SYRINGE (Saved your bacon last time. Adds 2 TIME TOKENS, grants a +10 bonus to the next three PHYSICAL checks you roll. Deals HEAVY mental damage on use.)
TRANQUILIZER SYRINGE (Useful for dealing with threats without having to use lethal force or for calming down aggressive anomalies.)
BOTTLE OF PAINKILLERS (Strong enough to numb a horse. Reduces any injury-related penalties.)
BLOODY GAS MASK (A face-covering mask made out of a durable rubber. Protects from most toxic gases and airborne contaminants. Offers slight head protection.)
DAMAGED CHROME DEAGLE (A ROBUST pistol for a ROBUST MAN. Took some damage in the scuffle. Uses PISTOL AMMO. Adds +8 to ATTACK ROLLS.)
"TT" BRAND WET CAT FOOD x10 (Used for feeding a cat, obviously. Could also feed your mold or your other anomalies.)
DISHWASHER? SCRAP (It's hard to tell but you know this could make a dishwasher or a washing machine if you really, really tried.)
MYSTERIOUS BLUE PILL x3 (???. Needs further analysis before you can use it.)
UNTITLED BOOK (???. A jet black cover stares back up at you. An ominous aura surrounds the book.)
M.A.D WORLD (A pair of cheap eclipse glasses. Allows you to see things which normally can not be seen. ???)
MAN-MADE SALTS x3 (Accidentally developed during 'Argentina Salt Revolts' in 2019. Grants a short term immunity to biological and psychological contamination.)
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BEING AFRAID (A jet black manual meant to 'teach' you what fear truly means. . Offers a slight but permanent boost to MENTAL HEALTH, consumed on use)
LAB INVENTORY
FOOD SURPLUS (Contains enough spam, bread, soda, water, salad mix, orange juice to feed yourself and your various anomalies for four days.)
HARVESTING KIT (Contains a chemical testing kit with 6 tests worth of supplies, 4 beakers, a scalpel and 5 syringes.)
CLEANING SUPPLIES (Mop, broom, several buckets, four gallons of water, and about four days worth of various random cleaning supplies.)
TOOLBOX (Contains a screwdriver, wrench, wirecutters and hammer. Has enough scrap metal, wires, screws and bolts to make about 10-11 repairs.)
SPARE PARTS (Contains enough scrap metal, wiring and bolts for 2 repairs. There's also a new floppy disk drive and some replacement parts for CRT displays.)
ENRICHMENT BUNDLE (Toys include a rubix cube, five random stuffed animals and a box of off-brand legos. CD player has a soft jazz, heavy metal, white noise, orchestral and elevator music CD. Has a DVD player with a crime drama DVD proved with it. Also has 8 AA batteries.)
CIGARETTE MOLD x4 (Your main source of money. More will be produced overtime and a small amount will always be kept to grow more of for later.. These samples are used to passively grow more CIGARETTE MOLD for M O N E Y.)
BOTANICAL SUPPLIES (Two bags of soil, three ceramic pots, a bag of fertilizer and a water can.)
NEON BLUE FLESH SAMPLE (A vacuum sealed bag filled with about half a pound of meat. It leaks a neon blue fluid that fizzles and pops like carbonated soda.)
'DIE TO SEXUALIZE' SAMPLE (A vacuum sealed bag filled to the brim with a thin, stringy fiber that reminds you of fabric. Has the consistency of playdough.)
BUCKET x5 (Can hold 2 gallons of fluid each. Used to carry various random anomalous fluids and extracts.)
COMPUTER PARTS (Can be used to upgrade your Mac.)
ELECTRONIC SCRAP x5 (Contains a variety of random electronic parts. Can be used to make makeshift electronics to improve the condition of containment cells.)
AC PARTS (Contains enough spare parts to make a single AC unit. Air condition is a blessing, after all.)
POWER BUNDLE (Contains four car batteries, two packs of AA batteries, three phone batteries and a small generator.)
BLOOD WINE SAMPLE x2 (Extracted from COLT's blood. Unknown properties.)
STATIC BLOOD SAMPLE x1 (Squirms and twists in the dark. Darker than darkness itself)
STATIC SCALES SAMPLE x3 (Twists and reflects both darkness and light)
STATIC POLLEN SAMPLE x2.5 (Harvested from IN LIMBO.)
WIRE FLOWER SAMPLES x4 (Harvested from IN LIMBO)
OBSCURA SYRAH SAMPLE x5 and RÊVE CHARDONNAY SAMPLE x1 (harvested from NOWHERE'S SOMMELIER.)
FET FLESH SAMPLE (Oozes a royal purple ichor. ???)
HUMAN FLESH SAMPLE x3 (No value in of themselves, useful for testing anomalous samples or drugs.)
DENTED BULLET x2 (Contains small traces of Ashton's blood. Not as good as a full sample but still useful.)
MARTIAL ARTS TAPE x2 (Clearly some bootleg, knockoff thing from the 1980s. Might still be useful. Good for one use, slightly improves the combat prowess of whoever watches it.)
ROTTEN BROWN FLUID SAMPLE and MAGGOT SAMPLE x2 (Both extracted from EL FELINO. Something's clearly wrong with this cat.)
BUCKET OF SNOW x1 (Harvested from LOST SINCE 199X's cell. ???)
OILY BLACK HAIR x3 (Harvested from LOST SINCE 199X. ???, ???)
BLACK BILE x5 (Harvested from LOST SINCE 199X. ???. ???.)
ASHTON'S TOOTH (Could offer insight into her HARVESTER biology. Gnarly.)
EXTREME WEATHER CLOTHING SET (Helps you to deal with various extreme weather conditions that your anomalies may manifest in their environment)
STATIC BLOOD and WIRE FLOWER EQUIPMENT (???. Needs future research.)
BLOODRED FLOWER (???.)
CHERRY MOLD SAMPLE x1 (???)
LAB EQUIPMENT
FAX MACHINE (For calling your SPONSORSHIP COMPANIES or Upper Management, for a price. Use the latter in emergencies only.)
TABLETOP CENTRIFUGE (A machine meant to separate substances of different densities. Allows for the isolation of specific components from anomaly samples.)
HOT PLATE (Allows you to heat up substances to see how they respond to high temperature.)
MICROSCOPE (Does what microscopes do.)
A WEIGHT SET THAT WE JUST FOUND IN THE STORAGE ROOM (Exercise, baby!!! Contains one barbell, a dumbbell and a variety of random weights from 5 to 50 lbs.)
HANDCRANKED POWER STATION (For powering up heavy equipment.)
WELDING SUPPLIES (A welding torch and mask for help out with repairs. Has three tanks worth of fuel.)
MINIFRIDGE (Still has two cold beers and some leftover pizza inside. Score.)
SEWING MACHINE (Comes with enough cloth to make two or three outfits of.)
SUIT OF WORKERS - ACE OF BATONS (Automated robot that helps with sanitation. Very effective. Attaching knives onto this voids warranty.)
PERSONAL TV (Portable and contains tailor-made programming just for (You). The voice of the world, right by your side.)
CHEM EXTRACTOR (Consumes samples to extract their raw chemicals so you can have an easier time making your own chems. Offers some basic chemical analysis of your samples.)
MAKESHIFT GUARD ARMOR (A thick, bulky pile of tactical gear that was shoddily repaired by you. Offers great protection from slashing and moderate protection from bullets. Your movements are a lot clunkier when you wear this.)
ART SUPPLIES (Contains a canvas, two buckets of paint and some brushes. Allows for self expression. Some anomalies may enjoy it.)
ARC RESEARCH BUNDLE (Everything a researcher here needs to keep themselves nice and clean. Contains three spare labcoats, three biohazard bags and three bottles of disinfectant.)
BOX OF FLASHBANGS (DON'T LOOK AT THE BLINDING FLASH, DUMBASS. Contains flashbangs. Good for dealing with groups of enemies.)
TRASHED LANDLINE (Found in a destroyed ARC facility. Unknown make and model. Still rings. Suspected to be anomalous.)
BEER VENDING MACHINE (Beer. Good for improving coworker morale.)