Veteran (Town of Salem)

Background

The Veteran is a role in Town of Salem that will shoot anyone that visits them if they go on alert, no matter the faction.

The Veteran laughed in the darkness. Afraid of the dark, no way. Afraid of the monsters in the bed? The man with his hand on trigger of a gun laughed nervously. He wasn't scared of anything he had told himself. Sure he was a past war time hero, but he was so used to ambushes and life threatening situations that it made the man simply neurotic. His heart pulsed with ever sound that was made and just a simply shadow would make him pull the trigger. Yes, he was this scared of death. How could he not, seeing so many die in horrible ways. All he knew from being kidnapped and miraculously escaping his enemies was that there was no mercy. His thoughts suddenly stopped at the sound of a door creaking open. Sweat began to show on his face as the steps started to become louder as it headed his way. Heart pounding like crazy, he lifted the gun up to the door. Suddenly the door opened and he pulled the trigger. The stranger had dropped and so had his sense of worry. It was done. It was over.

The pain in his knee flared up again. The Veteran scowled at it. He didn´t mind the pain, but he could have done without the memories it brought. The cursed Battle of Barrow Hill. He shuddered. So many people died that day. Yes, they had won ultimately, but the price for victory had been high. The Veteran had seen friend after friend fall to gunshots or explosions, unable to save them. After the war he had settled in a small town called Salem to find some peace, but it wasn´t meant to be. Lately town members have been disappearing, sometimes found brutally murdered in their homes. “Human nature never changes”, thought the Veteran. He knew the shape of the world, knew how it worked. But he´d be damned if he accepted it without a fight. Jaw clenched he dismantled and cleaned his old rifle. A fine piece of craftsmanship from years gone by. Old as it was, it still packed a punch. “And so do I”, thought the Veteran. “Sooner or later they´ll come for me. And when they do, I´ll be ready.” With a satisfying clicking sound he put the last piece of the rifle back together.

He runs through it again in his head. He was only 18 when he was drafted into the war, no man, no he was a boy, should have to go through that. He given a gun and a direction, and was sent off. Supposedly a mindless killing machine, but it’s not that simple. When the war finally ended, after watching both friends and enemies die slowly and painfully in front of him, he was the same. Nobody would be the same after going through what he’s seen. Yet, according to the government, he was ready to just go back to society. He wakes up screaming in a cold sweat, and reaches for the .44 revolver in his nightstand, just in time to hear the door creak open. BAM! He shoots and the person in the doorway staggers before falling, and quickly another comes through the doorway, BAM! A second shot rings out, and another figure comes through the door, again he shoots, BAM! No matter how many he shoots down, they just keep coming. Only when he’s out of bullets do the figures stop coming. When the sun creeps out from behind the clouds, the Veteran finally moves from his bed, and he hasn’t slept all night. He checks the bodies, to see he’s killed the Mafioso, Disguiser, and Janitor. But he also got the Sheriff, Investigator, and the Transporter. He can’t tell if he’s done more good or bad, but he doesn’t care. He just knows that there will be more sleepless nights in Salem.

Codex Statistics

Tier: 9-C

Name: Veteran

Origin: Town of Salem

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Human, Veteran, Town

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Peak Human level (Has a powerful attack stat scaling him above the Vigilante who can use guns. Due to having a powerful attack stat he should also scale to the Bodyguard)

Durability: Peak Human level, Higher in Alert (Gains basic defense)

Striking Strength: Peak Human Class

Lifting Strength: Regular Human

Travel Speed: Athletic Human

Combat Speed: Athletic Human

Reaction Speed: Athletic Human

Stamina: Above Average

Range: 1.2 kilometers with gun

Intelligence: Above Average (Noted as a war hero which should give him years of experience)

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Powers and Abilities

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery (Marksmanship; Proficient with his weapons, is noted as a war hero in his summary), Social Influencing (A major mechanic of Town of Salem is talking with the town and convincing them of your innocence or someone else’s guilt), Divine Protection (Protected by a Guardian Angel), Statistics Amplification (Will gain basic defense when he goes into alert), Astral Projection (One of the roles with the Astral Visit ability).

Resistance to Power Nullification (Has roleblock immunity), Possession & Mind Manipulation (Has control immunity, which allows him to resist the effects of the Witch attempting to control him), Corruption (A vampire cannot convert him while he’s in alert)

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Standard Equipment

A Firearm

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Other

Standard Tactics: The Veteran stays in one spot and shoots whoever is near him.

Weaknesses: None notable

Battle Records

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