Dexter "Dex" Raymond

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Dexter "Dex" Raymond Jan 29, 2019 13:59:39 GMT 9.5

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DEXTER “DEX” RAYMOND
Hard-boiled Shamus

Investigative Abilities

Accounting
Assess Honesty
Bargain
Cop Talk
Cryptography
Evidence Collection
Intimidation
Inspiration
Law
Locksmith
Photography
Reassurance
Research
Streetwise

Sources

VIRGINIA ASHBURY, Scientist - A slim, somewhat birdlike woman typically seen in her white lab coat, Dr. Virginia Ashbury dotes on Dex as she would on a younger brother.
Abilities: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Forensics, Geology.

MADAME EVA, Fortune Teller - This harmless grifter can assist Dex with information on the world of cults, spiritualism, and hermetic magic.
Abilities: Cthulhu Mythos, Occult.

DR. JEFF "MACK" MACKINTOSH, Shrink - Dex bounces questions off him, provided he can sit in his chair and puff on his pipe while doing it.
Abilities: Medicine, Outdoorsman, Pharmacy, Psychology.

ALFRED KELHAM, Professor - Proudly pedantic and a touch paternalistic, Kelham sees in Dex an echo of his own son, a soldier killed in WWI.
Abilities: Anthropology, Archaeology, History, Languages, Oral History, Theology.

MAX WEYL, Production Designer - He’s always willing to entertain Dex’s questions on the art world or movie gossip, provided he doesn’t have to stop moving.
Abilities: Architecture, Art History, Bureaucracy, Craft, Flattery.

General Abilities

Athletics - 2
Cool - 1
Conceal - 1
Devices - 1
Driving - 1
Filch - 1
Fighting - 2
Preparedness - 1
Sense Trouble - 2
Shadowing - 2
Stability - 2
Stealth - 2
Story - 2

Archetypal hardboiled private investigator Dex Raymond prowls Los Angeles’ haunted streets as an outsider by choice. With his smarts and grit, he could have wormed his way into its corrupt power structure. Instead, he operates on its fringes, righting wrongs for a modest fee, plus expenses. In addition to his contacts, he counts one more key friend — LAPD Detective Sergeant Ted Gargan, a rare honest man in a town where cops can be bought by the barrel.

Problems

Lonely: You should have gotten over her by now. She’s gone, and gone for good. It’s time you moved on, found someone new. Maybe someone who won’t play you for a sap this time. Oh hell, who are you kidding?
Smitten With Margaret: Uh-oh. Looks like you're in love again. You can feel your judgment getting interfered with already.

Edges

None

Pushes: 4

Last Edit: Feb 27, 2019 14:21:35 GMT 9.5 by Shifty: Added problem "Smitten With Margaret"

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Dexter "Dex" Raymond Feb 7, 2019 13:27:29 GMT 9.5

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Post by Shifty on Feb 7, 2019 13:27:29 GMT 9.5

Okay, so the first step in the process is deciding on an "Initial Problem" for Dexter. All characters in Cthulhu Confidential are expected to start with a problem that partly defines their motivations in an investigation. Dexter has four to choose from, and they are as follows:

Initial Problems

What Killed the Cat: Even when you shouldn’t look, or have no reason to want to know something, you can’t not look, can’t stop probing. You worry problems like a terrier worries a rat.

Lonely: You should have gotten over her by now. She’s gone, and gone for good. It’s time you moved on, found someone new. Maybe someone who won’t play you for a sap this time. Oh hell, who are you kidding?

Broke: Nobody could ever accuse you of loving money. You wouldn’t be an honest private eye if that were the case. But a man needs to eat, and keep the lights on. And you’re on the verge of being evicted from both your apartment and your office.

Vice Hound: Gambling, whores, the opium pipe. You’ve kicked all those vices before. So if you slip a bit and indulge one or more of your compulsions, you can straighten yourself up again, right? Right?

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Dexter "Dex" Raymond Feb 8, 2019 14:25:00 GMT 9.5

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Post by MrPickles on Feb 8, 2019 14:25:00 GMT 9.5

Ahh, I can still feel the tender touch of her, the way her fingers ran softly across my chest as she whispered in my ear: "I'm leaving" but I can't think about that now, not the way she smelled or the way her hair flicked in the breeze as she walked out the door. That time has passed, and yet, it lingers in my brain like the poorly written words to song with a catchy melody. She's unshakable. No, I must be strong, she's not coming back, not this time. Perhaps there will be someone like her, only less manipulative, or was that part of her charm? Does it even matter now? The nights are so cold, much colder than I had remembered and it's hard to keep my mind from the times that she had kept me warm.

I choose Lonely

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Shifty Goblin Warchanter Posts: 407	Dexter "Dex" Raymond Feb 21, 2019 9:31:20 GMT 9.5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Shifty on Feb 21, 2019 9:31:20 GMT 9.5 Added Problem 'Lonely'. Dexter starts with 4 Pushes.

Shifty Goblin Warchanter Posts: 407	Dexter "Dex" Raymond Feb 27, 2019 14:21:53 GMT 9.5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Shifty on Feb 27, 2019 14:21:53 GMT 9.5 Added problem "Smitten With Margaret"

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Post by MrPickles on Feb 8, 2019 14:25:00 GMT 9.5

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