Wednesday, May 21, 2025

A more modern Warrior for the Monstrous Heartbreaker

Last week, I finally statted out a character as the first proof-of-concept exercise for my own take on a fantasy heartbreaker...a Warrior from Ravnica named Sergiu Pijha.  I'm continuing those efforts today with a modern, Earth-based character, as a way to ensure that my oh-so-generic class rules will truly be suitable for the oh-so-unpredictable genre-jumping I'm sure I'll end up doing.

I also don't know exactly how explicit I've been about it, but one of the absolute goals of the Monstrous Heartbreaker is to have a basic set of rules that translate easily to skirmish gaming with action figures.  I have this grand idea to create an accompanying set of skirmish rules called People of Adventure (as a nod to a certain classic toyline) that can be used at any scale...but it'll probably be obvious that 3.75" figures are main game pieces I'm thinking of.  (And then the name can be abbreviated POA...get it?)  Anyway, I was slowly moving in this direction quite a while back...and somehow got off track...but I aim to get back...er, on track.

So I'll start by looking at these guys...


As you may know, these gentlemen are Torch and Thrasher, two of Zartan's goons in the Cobra-affiliated biker gang known as the Dreadnoks.  Thrasher (on the right) drove the Mad Max-ified vehicle known as the Thunder Machine and should maybe fall under some sort of driver/pilot class, but Torch...as a purveyor of violence who lacks formal training as a soldier (although he was in the merchant marine), he's probably a great candidate to be statted out as a general Warrior.

So here we go...

Torch

Warrior, Level 3


From the figure's YoJoe page

Human, 28 years old
Affiliation: Dreadnoks

STR       DEX        CON      INT       WIS      CHA
16 (+2)  13 (+1)   16 (+2)   5 (-2)    7 (-1)    9 (--)

HP 21     Move 30 ft. (6 units)
Attack Bonuses: +6 melee, +5 ranged (additional +2 when attacking with incendiary weapons)
Additional notes: +1 damage on all attacks, +1 AC
Hindrances: Illiterate

Proficiencies
Skills: Athletics, Intimidation, Survival
Talents: Metalworking, Motorcycling
Languages: English
Saves: Strength, Constitution
Weapons: All simple and martial weapons
Armor: All armor, shields


(So...Torch ended up being remarkably similar to Sergiu Pijha, just a couple of levels lower.  I think that can be taken as a positive though...)

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