Jedidiah Parrish

Jedidiah Parrish, the Cardshark Huckster

Pace 6/Parry 4/Toughness 4/Grit 1/ Charisma 0

CURRENT RANK:

Novice - 0xp

FATE CHIPS

EDGES:

Arcane Background(Magic) - Access to magic.

POWERS:

Bolt (Soul Blast) - Huckster hurls a card from his sleeve with devastating force called a "Soul Blast"

Fear - Huckster pulls a Joker from midair.  The image comes to life and frightens the target.

HINDRENCES:

Curious(Major) - Just can't let an interesting situation go.  Has to investigate.

Heavy Sleeper(Minor) - -4 to Notice rolls when asleep, -4 to vigor rolls made to stay awake

Loyal(Minor) - Would give life for friends

ATTRIBUTES:

D8 Agility

D10 Smarts

D6 Spirit

D4 Strength

D4 Vigor

SKILLS:

D6 Fighting

D10 Gambling

D8 Shooting

D8 Spellcasting

D10 Taunt

D4 Riding

WEAPONS:                   RANGE      ROF       DAMAGE        WEIGHT

Colt Peacemaker .45                12/24/48        1           2d6+1            6lbs each

GEAR:
CASH: $200.00

ITEM                      LOCATION         WEIGHT

Boots                              Feet                   4lbs

Work Shirt                     Torso                 2lbs

Trousers                         Legs                  2lbs

Duster                            Torso                 4lbs

Stetson Hat                    Head                    -

Colt Peacemaker           Hips                  12lbs

Holster                          Hip                     1lb

.45 Ammo (x50)            -                         -

Cigars

Matches

Playing Cards

HISTORY

Jedidiah Robard Parrish was born July 7, 1853 to Zebulon Charles and Christiana Faith Parrish in Independence, Missouri.

Jed’s mother, Christiana, was born an Osage woman.  Shortly after she met Zeb, she found faith in the True Christian God and was baptised one month before the couple married.  Leaving behind her “heathen Indian ways,” they moved to the growing frontier town of Independence, Missouri.

Although Christiana’s faith was strong, her prayer was not enough to turn Zeb from the card table. Zeb’s gambling got him into more than a little trouble, and the couple moved from town to town. Even after Jed was born, Zeb kept at it.  Jed, as a young lad, picked up his father’s zeal for the games.

Shortly after the breakout of the Civil War, the Parrishes left the warring states and moved to the New Mexico Territory.  It was during their stay in New Mexico that Jed found his father’s copy of Hoyle’s Book, hidden in the woodshed from his mother’s eyes.  He devoured that book, improving his reading skills in the process.  It was then that the first inklings of magic found its way into his soul.

The Confederates came to his town, looking to “recruit” new soldiers.  Zeb fled the town with his son, but in the chase he turned back, giving Jed enough time to escape.  Since then, Jed has been wandering the territories, going from town to town, table to table, to earn enough money to eat, sleep, and live as comfortably as he can.  When the heat gets to be too much, he moves on.