Pointman, Hacker & Thief: Group Templates

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My RPG, Pointman, Hacker & Thief, is back and going. I’ve gotten a second wind (after six months) and I’m going to get this thing completed. I’ve got a Google Doc right now I’m working on with all the rules, and I’ve got big plans. There are quite a few tweaks to the Warrior, Rogue & Mage rules, which will be revealed soon…

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Group Templates

There are a lot of options to look at when creating a character in PH&T. It is highly encouraged that you use a group template in order to create your team, rather than everyone making a character in a vacuum and hoping their PCs will work well together.

A group template is a bit like a group character sheet, uniting your team into a cohesive unit.

To create your group template, take ten points, and split them between the Pointman, Hacker and Thief attributes. During the course of the session, anyone in the group may use any number of those points to modify their roll. After it is used, the number in the group template is lowered by that amount for the rest of the session.

Example: Agent Redford has a heavy emphasis on Pointman, not much on Hacker. He needs to access a certain computer system, so he takes two points from the group’s Hacker attribute, raising his Hacker attribute by two for a single roll. The group’s Hacker attribute is now reduced by two for the rest of the session.

Below are a set of example group templates for you to use. Feel free to use them or not, modifying as necessary.

Ronin: P3, H3, T4. Street operatives, usually disavowed from their previous lives as spies and assassins, Ronin are trained extensively in combat skills. These individuals take on odd jobs as sort of “soldiers for hire” although they can also work for a particular cause or organization exclusively.
Although some are trained professionals, they are usually rugged and often resort to their own dirty tactics and experiences to get the job done.

Hackers: P1, H8, T1. This group lives on the fringes of cyberspace, racing processes at a million miles a minute. Cold, hard data is sometimes worth more than cash…and these guys love to be the brokers of that market. A group of hackers also needs people to deliver and protect the information they possess, so there are many different roles that can fit into the Hacker group.

Law Enforcement: P5, H3, T2. Agents for a government department or division or privately owned corporate security. These men and women put their necks on the block every day to maintain a semblance of order and protection for every day people. Of course, many are imperfect anti-heroes with their own loose judgements. Every one wears the badge for different reasons.

ACE: P4, H3, T3. The Allied Coalition of Espionage is a group of secret agents from all over the world, dedicated to protecting the world from the dangers that exist from both without and within. ACE agents are recruited from every walk of life for their own specific skills. Each agent is highly skilled at what they do.