The streets of the slums are stained with blood, night after night. The cycle of violence grinds down the local populace with endless turf wars, blood feuds, and revenge hits. Sometimes the only way to survive is to be tougher and meaner than you thought you ever could be. You have survived, or perhaps even thrived under these savage conditions.

For people without family, friends, or hope, a gang can come to take their place. It’s a swift transition from you being recruited into a gang and taught their ways, to you recruiting others and brutally upholding the gang's code. While you might not have a long life expectancy, there’s nothing quite like riding a motorcycle down a road at full speed with your gang at your back.

Skill Proficiencies: Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Intimidation

Tool Proficiencies: Tool Proficiencies: One from among vehicles (land) or vehicles (water)

Languages: Languages: One of your choice

Equipment: Equipment: A set of common or fine clothes, a pistol, a dose of a common drug of your choice, a token from your gang, and a credit stick with 1,000₵.

Suggested Characteristics

Whatever hard-knock life leads a person to join a gang, it probably isn’t idyllic. Gangsters often put up a tough, intimidating front, which may or may not be feigned for appearances. They may not want to be a gangster, and could be looking for a way out. Unfortunately, most gangs tend to have unresolved abandonment issues.

 

d8	Personality Trait
1	I’m loud and rowdy, and I know how to have a good time.
2	It’s more satisfying to take something than to earn it.
3	I always look for the biggest, toughest mother****er in the room and size them up.
4	My silent glare chills people to the bone.
5	I won’t let shitheads **** with me or mine.
6	I look rough, but I’m friendly to people who deserve it.
7	I feel alive when I’m riding something fast.
8	There are winners and losers, and I am a loser.

d6	Ideal
1	Guardian. My community needs protection, and I’m willing to stand up for them. (Good)
2	Enforcer. So long as nobody crosses the line, nobody needs to get ****ed up. (Lawful)
3	Psycho. It isn’t a party until something gets lit on fire. (Chaotic)
4	Bastard. I don’t need a reason to break people. (Evil)
5	Survivor. I didn’t choose this life, but I’ll make the best of it. (Neutral)
6	Chieftain. I’ll lead the gang to be the biggest, baddest mother****ers around. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	My gang got destroyed by a rival gang, and now I want revenge.
2	If I can scrape together enough money, I can finally find a way out of this life.
3	My gang will claim the most turf, and we’ll go down as legends.
4	Bashing goon skulls just isn’t enough anymore, I need a bigger challenge.
5	My family have lived in a shithole community for long enough, it’s time that changed.
6	I would follow my gang leader to the grave, if they hadn’t disappeared.

d6	Flaw
1	I’m unreliable, and responsibility scares me.
2	I drive recklessly and endanger others.
3	When I get stressed, I need to break a few bones to calm down
4	I blow my money on sex and drugs.
5	I live in constant fear that the things I’ve done will catch up with me.
6	People insult me all the time, whether they mean to or not.