LUCY
COST: $123
PHYSICAL HEALTH: FRAGILE.
MENTAL HEALTH: DOING OKAY
TIME TOKEN VALUE: 2 (How much extra time they buy you if you hire them)

TRAITS:

  • [MEEK] She won't make a fuss, for better or worse. (Her presence passively reduces how much MOOD anomalies lose, regardless of source. -6 penalty to speech checks while she's in your party.)
  • [FELLOW RESEARCHER] A second head to bounce ideas off of. (+5 to researching samples, artifacts or experimenting on anomalies.)
  • [DISEASED] She's not winning any Olympic medals any time soon. (-5 to any and all strength or agility based tests. PHYSICAL HEALTH is capped to BLUE.)

THE MAN
COST: $165
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH: ???
TIME TOKEN VALUE: 3 (How much extra time they buy you if you hire them)

  • [JACK OF ALL TRADES] He claims that there's nothing he hasn't tried at least once. (+2 to all skill checks, passively improves the bonuses you gain from studying BOOKS.)
  • [INFORMANT] - He's the closet thing to an investigator you got. He can teach you how to pry information out of people (-30 to ABNOWATCH'S DC while in your party. DCs to other information-gathering skill checks is reduced by 6 as well.)
  • [FORGOTTEN] - Only you seem to remember him. (Can't interact directly with people or anomalies. Allies will think you're weird for talking to him.)
  • [ANOMALY?] - ??? (???)

COLT WESSON
COST: $50
PHYSICAL HEALTH: DOING FINE
MENTAL HEALTH: CONTENT
TIME TOKEN VALUE: ???

TRAITS

  • [PATRIOTIC FERVOR] (+5 to combat attack rolls and speech checks. Often gets TOO excited.)
  • [MEATHEAD] (-5 penalty to research skill checks while in the party.)

INVENTORY
-APPEAL TO HEAVEN (ARTIFACT. An old bolt action rifle. Bullets fired by it teleport right next to the nearest hostile target. Can never miss.)
-STARS AND STRIPES (ARTIFACT. A ash-stained USA flag. Unknown properties.)
-LOTS OF RIFLE AMMO (To feed his gun.)

SACA
PHYSICAL HEALTH: IRONCLAD.
MENTAL HEALTH: ???
COST: $100
TIME TOKEN VALUE: 3

TRAITS

  • [MADE OF STEEL] (+15 to physical strength rolls, +8 to combat attack rolls, takes far less physical damage. Can be augmented with spare parts.)
  • [EAGER WORKER] (Repair skill checks take 1 less time token, min 1, while it is in the party.)
  • [MACHINERY LIMITATIONS] (Has limited higher thinking functions and can't fit into small rooms. Expect it to take commands very literally.)

HIDAKA
PHYSICAL HEALTH: DOING FINE
MENTAL HEALTH: TENSE
COST: $99
TIME TOKEN VALUE: 2

TRAITS

  • [WAGESLAVE]: (+5 to rolls involving paperwork and menial labor. +5 to speech checks to appease high-ranking officials.)
  • [KEEN EYE]: (+7 to perception rolls. While she's in the party, you generally gleam more information from analyzing your anomalies.)
  • [PARANOID]: (Always worried that someone is watching her. Will have a hard time trusting her fellow coworkers.)

INVENTORY
LOOSE PAPER & PEN (For marking down notes.)

ASHTON
PHYSICAL HEALTH: HEALTHY
MENTAL HEALTH: TIRED
COST: $77
TIME TOKEN VALUE: 2

TRAITS

  • [FRIENDLY] She really does seem like a nice person to be around. She adds a +2 bonus to any speech check and most people will treat you better when she's around.
  • [SURVIVOR] A security guard like her has probably survived a LOT of crazy shit. Can ignore one source of PHYSICAL HEALTH damage a day. +6 to rolls resisting mental or physical stress.
  • [???] (You need more time working with her to unlock this.)
  • [HARVESTER?] (You need more time analyzing her to unlock this.)

ANTHONY
PHYSICAL/MENTAL HEALTH: ???
COST: $200
TIME TOKEN VALUE: 4

+Knows the facility like the back of his hand. Can help you find what you need here.
+Managed to survive this long as a facility guard. Likely has a lot of skills under his belt.
+Seems pretty chill. People seems to trust him.
-WAY past his physical prime. VERY old.

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Pub: 24 Aug 2025 01:24 UTC

Edit: 28 Oct 2025 02:52 UTC

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