RAH!

A Risus American Hero!


The G.I. Joe / Action Force campaign for Risus, the Anything RPG




Some suggested cliches



Joe: Fighting for freedom wherever there's trouble, valiantly leading comrades, diligently obeying commanding officers.

Cobra: Cheating, lying, backstabbing, frontstabbing, looking out for number one, repeating slogans, bullying inferiors, sucking up to superiors.

Greenshirt: being a good soldier, assisting G.I. Joe team members, staying in the background.

Saboteur: Sneaking in, wrecking and breaking and blowing stuff up, sneaking out.

Badass Ninja: Wearing fancy pajamas, sneaking around, avenging insults to honor, bringing knives to gunfights, talking like a zen fortune cookie.

Ninja Henchman: wearing not-so-fancy pajamas, dropping in unexpectedly, capturing helpless loved ones, getting butt kicked by badasses.

Airborne Ranger: Rolling parachutes, jumping out of planes, usually not breaking a leg, shooting stuff.

Corrupt Third-world Politico: Siezing power, ruling despotically, taking bribes, doing favors, fleeing the country.

Peasant: Suffering under the cruel yoke of tyrants, appealing for help from soft-hearted American soldiers, rejoicing in newfound freedom.

Demolitions: Blowing stuff up, not getting blown up.

Fighter Pilot: Dogfighting, strafing, locking on target, taking evasive action, bailing out.

Hand-to-hand Combat Instructor: Beating up students with embarassing ease, instructing.

P.R. Whiz: Understanding and manipulating public opinion, appeasing and outmaneuvering the press.

Pathfinder: Infiltrating by land, sea, or air; clearing LZ or DZ of obstacles; assisting pilots and airborne troops in landing and dropping.

Small Arms Armorer: Designing and building small arms and ammunition.

Spy: Sneaking, disguising, gathering information, discreetly eliminating security risks.

Mad Scientist: Playing God, tampering with things man was not meant to know, creating monsters, cackling insanely.

Crimson Guard: Soldiering, bodyguarding, infiltrating ordinary society incognito, waiting for orders to activate secret plan.

Techno-Viper: Light soldiering, learning and applying valuable technical skills, dreaming of private sector employment and stock options.

BATs: Advancing without regard to personal safety, firing indiscriminately, looking like a big scary robot.

Refrigeration and A/C Repairman: Maintaining and repairing the US military's invaluable refrigerators and air-conditioning units.

Armor: Driving tanks, armored warfare.



Some cliches without descriptions yet

Mad Scientist Assassin Terrorist Cobra soldier Cobra officer Crimson Guard BATs Viper Human Chameleon Biker Vietnam Vet Professor Politician Top Brass Corrupt Third-world Politico Bandit Thug Soldier Guerilla Fighter Cop Girlfriend Kid Infantry Infantry Heavy Weapons (machine gun) Infantry Artillery (anti-tank weapons) Infantry Special Weapons (flamethrower) Electronics / Special Weapons (laser weapons) Marine Fighter Pilot Artillery Artillery Coordinator Small Arms Armorer Aircraft Armorer Explosive Ordinance Disposal Demolitions Intelligence Psychological Warfare Covert Ops PT Instructor Hand-to-hand combat instructor Rifle Instructor Drill Instructor Survival Trainer Combat Engineer Medical Doctor Combat Medic Interpreter Chaplain's Assistant Social Services Counselor Special services (coach) Cook Bandsman [specify instrument] Choir Personnel Clerk Finance Clerk Firefighter Military Police Criminal Investigations Division Dog Handler SWAT Armor [tank crew] Transportation Motor Vehicle Driver heavy equipment operator hovercraft captain / pilot infantry transportable air recon [jet pack] mechanized infantry fast attack vehicle driver ground-effect vehicle operator (hovercraft) mechanized recon small craft pilot / motorized [diving vehicle] astronaut Fixed wing pilot, single and multiple engines Glider pilot rotary wing aircraft pilot Helicopter pilot helicopter assault Helicopter Gunship Gunner Airborne Infantryman HALO jumper (airborne infantry) parachute rigger Communications Electronics Engineer Computer Technology Radio Telecommunications microwave technician Radar Operator AFV Mechanic armored vehicle maintenance machinist refrigeration and air conditioning maintenance electronics maintenance Diver UDT (Underwater Demolitions) SEAL Tracker Recondo Jungle Warfare desert trooper mountain trooper Arctic Ski Patrol Commando Ranger warrant officer gunners mate Command night spotter mountaineering flame weapons specialist heavy weapons public relations stopped-rotor aircraft operator attack helicopter pilot advanced recon armored assault vehicle driver aeronautical engineer air defense artillery signal corps special operations journalist microwave transmission specialist



VEHICLE CLICHES - coming soon


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