Name: Gingerbread Guardsman Val Char Cost 18 STR 8 14 DEX 12 13 CON 6 5 BODY -10 10 INT 10 EGO 15 PRE 14 COM 2 4 PD 3 ED 2 SPD 7 REC 26 END 21 STUN Characteristic Rolls: STR: 13-, DEX: 12-, CON: 12-, INT: 11-, EGO: 11-, PER: 11- Run: 6 ", Swim: 0", Jump: 3.5", Lift: 300 kg Cost Powers END/Roll 6 "Tough Cookie," Armor 4 PD Cost Skills, Talents, Perks Roll Halberdier Maneuvers 3 Legsweep, +2 OCV, -1 DCV, STR+1D6 Strike; Target Falls 4 Parry (Martial Block), +2 OCV, +2 DCV, Block; Abort 3 Hook and Pin (Martial Grab), -1 OCV, -1 DCV, +10 STR for Grabs 5 Chop (Offensive Strike), -2 OCV, +1 DCV, +4 DC Strike 5 Jab (Defensive Strike), +1 OCV, +3 DCV, Weapon Damange 4 Lunge (Martial Strike), +2 DCV, +2 DC Strike 4 Martial Disarm, -1 OCV, +1 DCV, +10 STR for Disarm 2 AK: Candy Land 11- 2 KS: Halberdier Maneuvers 11- 2 PS: Palace Guard 11- 2 WF: Polearms 6 +2 Levels with Halberdier Maneuvers 0+ Disadvantages 20 Subject to Orders, very frequent, major consequences 25 Susceptible to Milk, 3D6 per Phase, uncommon substance 10 Reputation 11-: Tough Cookie 5 Distinctive Features: Royal Guardsman 1 Quirk: Natty Dresser OCV: 5 (7 with Halberd); DCV: 5; ECV: 3; Mental Def.: 0; Phases: 2, 6 PD/rPD: 4/4 ; ED/rED: 3/0 Costs: Char.: 23 Disad.: 71 Powers: + 48 Base: + 0 Exp.: + Total: = 71 Total: = 71 Background: The Gingerbread Guard is an elite corps that has guarded the Candy Land royal family for generations. They're famous for their loyalty, their martial skill, and their immaculate frosting uniforms. A phalanx of Guards presenting arms is an imposing sight. Their presence was essential to ensuring prosperity and order in Candy Land. Unfortunately, the majority of the corps vanished along with King Kandy and the Candy Castle. Without the King's wisdom and generosity to temper their militaristic inclinations, the remaining Guards have tended to deal harshly with Candy Land's citizens in a vain attempt to check anarchy. They will tend to assume that outsiders, such as the player-characters, are logical suspects in the King's disappearance and will make it difficult to get an interview with Queen Frostine or Princess Lolly. It's a good thing for the adventurers that Guardsmen's hard-baked brains aren't overly bright or creative. Powers and Abilities: "Tough cookie" is more than just a phrase when it comes to the Gingerbread Guard. Their crispy construction makes them stronger than the average denizen of Candy Land and gives them a natural armor. Their skill with polearms is truly dazzling. Disadvantages: Since the King's disappearance, the average Candy Land resident has learned to fear Guard patrols. People tend to hide, and give assistant grudgingly. It is a little-known fact that Guardsmen dissolve quickly in milk. Fortunately for them, the substance is rare in Candy Land -- although there are milk springs near the Chocolate Works. In addition, while their hard-baked bodies are tough, they are also brittle. Any blow capable of getting past their Armor will tend to shatter them. Height: cm (5' 8"), Weight: kg (160 lbs), Sex: None, Race: Gingerbread Cookie Appearance: Gingerbread Guardmen are dark brown man-sized animated cookies whose 19th-century style uniforms are carefully sculpted from various colors of frosting. They tend to be impassive and a bit grim. Their halberds, peppermint stick hafts and polished rock candy blades, are functional and formidable weapons. ========== Hero System write-up by Kevin Scrivner. Candy Land is trademarked by Milton-Bradley.