New Origins

[Aragathor]

Ok, as you have noticed this is the second thread dealing with origins. The other one is a "I challenge, you answer and challenge" game. This one is for origins that you already created and want to share with others.
So let's start.

IIWW Specialities-

Commonwealth
Black Watch: The Black Watch of Battles, First to Come and Last to Go.
•   [1.0]Bonus Feat: Battle Hardened
•   [1.0]You gain the Rifle weapon proficiency.
•   [1.0]Your base Defense score increases by 1.
•   [4.0] You gain a +1 morale bonus to action die results. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at Career Levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20.

Germany
Pionier: Compared to you assault infantry looks like children playing in a sandbox.
•   [1.0]Bonus Feat: Explosive Basics
•   [1.0]Your base Defense score increases by 1.
•   [1.5]You gain the Explosives and Tactical weapon proficiencies
•   [2.5]You gain a +1 Insight bonus with Science(Engineering) skill checks. You gain an additional +1 at Career Levels 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20
•   [1.0] You add a Caliber II Demolitions Kit pick to your possessions.

Soviet Union
Kuban Cossack: You’re a wild son of the steppe, and nothing can stop you.
•   [1.0]Bonus Feat: One Hand on the Wheel
•   [0.5]You are considered to have 1 additional feat for the purposes of any ability or feat that is based on the number of Chase feats you possess.
•   [0.5]You add a Caliber I Sabre to your possessions.
•   [1.5]You gain the Edged and Rifle weapon proficiencies.
•   [1.0]Your base speed increases by 5.
•   [2.0]You gain +1 insight bonus with Drive (Mounts and Animal-Drawn Vehicles) checks. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at Career Levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20

[Wolverine]

Just a quick question, by IIWW do you mean World War 2 aka WWII?

[Aragathor]

Yes, I wrote it the way it's spoken

And since I don't want to leave this thread empty:

Commonwealth
S.O.E.: The chaps at home won’t believe what you have seen and done during the war.
•   [1.0]Bonus Feat: World Traveller
•   [1.5]You gain 1 Cultures skill focus and 1 forte relating to this focus.
•   [1.0]You gain 1 acquaintance-grade contact. This contact improves by 1 grade at Career Levels 6, 12, and 18
•   [1.0]You gain 1 additional interest at Career levels 0, 2, 6, 10, 14, 18
•   [1.5]+1 to lower of Intelligence or Constitution.
•   [1.0]You gain the Handgun weapon proficiency

Italy
Bersaglieri: The German soldier impressed the world, the Italian Bersaglieri impressed the German soldier!
•   [1.0]Bonus Feat: Combat Mobility
•   [1.0]Your base speed increases by 5.
•   [1.0]You gain the Rifle weapon proficiency.
•   [4.0] You gain +1 bonus to Called Shot attacks, with an additional +1 bonus at Career Levels 5,10,15 and 20

Fucilieri: Avanti Savoia!
•   [1.0]Bonus Feat: Hard Core
•   [1.5]You gain the Rifle and Submachinegun weapon proficiencies
•   [4.0]Your Wisdom is considered to be 1 higher when determining stress damage thresholds. This bonus increases by an additional 1 at Career Levels 6, 12, and 18

[Aragathor]

WWII Specialities

Germany
Brandenburger: S.A.S.? Honourless dogs and amateurs. You can beat them with your eyes closed.
•   [1.0]Bonus Feat: Ghost Basics
•   [1.5]You gain the Handgun and Submachinegun weapon proficiencies.
•   [0.5]You are considered to have 1 additional feat for the purposes of any ability or feat that is based on the number of  Covert feats you possess.
•   [1.0]Your mission gear includes an additional 4 upgrades which may only be applied to weapons or security gear picks.
•   [1.0]You gain the camouflaged NPC quality for 1 terrain type. You may re-choose this terrain type each time you gain a Career Level (though you still only gain this benefit in 1 terrain type).
•   [2.0]You gain +1 insight bonus with Tactics checks. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at Career Levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20

Italy
Alpini: You may wear a funny hat, but there is no doubt that you belong to the best mountain unit in the world.
•   [1.0]Bonus Feat: Mountain Training
•   [1.0]You gain the Rifle weapon proficiency.
•   [1.0] You add a Caliber II Climbing Kit pick to your possessions.
•   [1.5]Once per scene, you may roll 2 dice when making a Reflex save, keeping the result you prefer. You may use this ability an additional time per scene at Levels 7 and 14.
•   [2.0]You gain a +1 insight bonus with Athletics checks. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at Career levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20

Soviet Union
Tankodesantnik: It’s only proper that you ride into battle, on a Tank!
•   [1.0]Bonus Feat: Combat Expertise
•   [1.0]You gain the Submachinegun weapon proficiency
•   [1.0]Your base Defence score increases by 1.
•   [4.0] You gain a +1 bonus with attack checks made as a part of an Autofire action. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at Career Levels 5, 10, 15, and 20

[Mister Andersen]

That last onedoesn't say tank/mechanized cavalry to me. There used to be a chase feat that made it easier to shoot from a moving vehicle...

[OverNinja]

That last onedoesn't say tank/mechanized cavalry to me. There used to be a chase feat that made it easier to shoot from a moving vehicle...

They didn't fight mounted (they were fully exposed and any machinegun could easily clear the whole lot), they just rode the vehicles into battle and then dismounted and fought on foot.

[Aragathor]

Tankodesantniki were infantry units attached to tank companies. They rode on the tanks or moved beside them.

As for the feat I haven't seen one among the chase feats. The combat expertise feat represents the ability to take cover behind the tank to avoid bullets.

[Aragathor]

Red Devil: It takes a madman or a devil to jump behind enemy lines, luckily you’re both.
•   [1.0]Bonus Feat: Skydiving Training
•   [1.5] You gain the Rifle and Submachinegun weapon proficiencies
•   [1.0]Acrobatics is always a class skill for you. Further, your result cap with this skill increases by 5 (max 60).
•   [1.5] Once per scene, you may roll 2 dice when making a reflex save, keeping the result you prefer. You may use this ability an additional time per scene at Levels 7 and 14.
•   [2.0]Your base Defence score increases by 2

Ranger: Lead the Way!
•   [1.0]Bonus Feat: Autofire Basics
•   [1.5] You gain the Rifle and Submachinegun weapon proficiencies
•   [1.0]Your speed increases by 5ft.
•   [1.0]Your mission gear includes an additional 4 upgrades which may only be applied to weapons or security gear picks.
•   [2.5]You gain a +1 insight bonus with Tactics checks. This bonus increases by an additional +1 at Career levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20

[glimmerrat]

Red Devil: It takes a madman or a devil to jump behind enemy lines, luckily you’re the latter.

Why not alter it to read:
Red Devil: It takes a madman or a devil to jump behind enemy lines, luckily you’re both.

This is appropriate. We have Paras in the family (some of which fought at Pegasus Bridge) and i can vouch for them that they are indeed really quite insane.

S.A.S.? Honourless dogs and amateurs.

I am deeply offended, and so is my grandfather. They most certainly are *not* amateurs. 

[Aragathor]

This is appropriate. We have Paras in the family (some of which fought at Pegasus Bridge) and i can vouch for them that they are indeed really quite insane.

Not for me, you can't say that someone is mad if you don't know him. And I doubt that you've been there in 1944.

I am deeply offended, and so is my grandfather. They most certainly are *not* amateurs.

Sorry, didn't want to offend you. But this is the way the Brandenburgers saw S.A.S.:
Often they used captured equipment or disguised themselves as soldiers from the opposite side, sometimes including false identification papers, but unlike their allied counterparts, the Brandenburgers were very particular about donning another nation's uniform. This chivalric code, while perhaps rather anachronistic, required that men always wore their German uniform beneath the enemy's, and before combat. The men would hold fire until they made their own uniforms visible.

[glimmerrat]

Ok, i think my sense of humour just went totally over your head, or did you miss the smiley? 

As for not knowing someone, i do. I said so in my last post. And so what if i wasn't there? I said i know people who were. Several of them. And as i said, they're all mad - fearless, psychotic old guys who'd fight the world if it looked at them funny.

Y'know what? Forget i said anything. 

[Aragathor]

Aww c'mon!
I saw the smiley and baited you 

I'll change the description, you're right, a guy who would fight the world if it looked at them funny must be mad.

[Aragathor]

A side-project of mine, human "bloodlines".

Psychic Abomination: You are a result of an experiment gone horribly wrong. Some say your soul has been flayed from your skin, but you know that the truth is far worse than they imagine.
•   [2.5]+2 WIS, +2 INT/-2 CHA.
•   [0.5]You gain the Lowlight vision NPC quality
•   [1.0]You gain the Fearless I NPC quality.
•   [1.5] You may send and receive telepathic messages with anyone who shares your Talent in a radius equal to your Career Level x 5 miles.
•   [1.0] You may go without sleep without penalty for a number of days equal to your Constitution score. After that period you suffer 1d6 points of stress damage per additional day you remain awake and cannot recover from stress damage until you sleep for at least 8 hours.
•   [2.0] You gain a +1 bonus to Knowledge checks bonus. This bonus increases by a further +1 at career level 4, 8, 12, 16 & 20.
•   [-1.5] The disposition of any character that does not share your native culture and is aware of your talent is reduced by 2 grades.

Bio-Soldier: You weren’t born, you were made to wage war on the enemies of the human race. With rock hard muscles and the mind of a predator you’re the pinnacle of combat ability.
•   [1.5]+3 to lower of STR or CON/-1 CHA.
•   [1.0] The bleeding condition does not affect you.
•   [1.0] You gain DR 1/-
•   [1.0] Your unarmed, melee and non-exotic hurled attacks possess the Armour Piercing (2) quality.
•   [1.5] You gain the Fast Healing NPC quality.
•   [2.0] You gain a +1 bonus to Initiative. This bonus increases by a further +1 at career level 4, 8, 12, 16 & 20.
•   [-1.0] Favoured Classes: If you have more levels in any base class than your highest level in either Soldier or Scout class, your starting action dice are reduced by 2.

Advanced DNA: Through genetic modification you were made perfect, almost godlike in the eyes of the scientists. You have a keen wit, the stamina of a horse and a brilliant intellect.
•   [0.0] +2 Lowest/ - 2 Highest
•   [2.0] You gain a bonus feat.
•   [1.0] You gain an extra Associate grade contact. This contact improves by 1 grade at career levels 6, 12 & 18
•   [1.0] Your Speed increases by 5 ft.
•   [1.5] Class skill & +5 result cap (any 1)
•   [1.5] Extra skill focus or forte (any 1)

[Nepenthe]

Any ideas on, say Pararescue or my personal specialty, REMF 

[Aragathor]

Nah, not really. Try to post it as a challenge in the other topic.

Cyberneticaly Enhanced Humanoid: Accidents happen and disease can cripple anyone. Luckily technology can help anyone back on their feet, even if it has to replace them.
•   [1.0]+1 Any.
•   [1.0] The armour piercing and keen qualities of all attacks against you are reduced by 3.
•   [1.0] Defence bonus +1
•   [4.0] Your current lowest attribute increases by 1. This increase applies to your lowest attribute at career level 5, 10, 15 & 20.