CC25 Character 1: Frank Malone (Mini Six)

For 2025, I’m participating in the 2025 Character Creation Challenge. The idea is to create one RPG character per day for each day in January, for a total of 31 characters. You can find new characters as they're created here.

Character 1: Mini Six

My first character is for the Mini Six RPG (Bare Bones Edition) from AntiPaladin Games. Mini Six comes up now and then as a suggestion for a quick and simple RPG that still delivers a certain level of mechanical crunch. It’s a streamlined, simplified version of the OpenD6 system, which is itself an IP-neutral version of the old West End Games Star Wars RPG.

I’ve played a bit of the Star Wars RPG here and there over the years. The longest run was a short campaign I played in back with the Food Court Gaming Crew in South Korea. While it never really stuck with me personally, I know at least two gamer friends who absolutely swear by West End Games d6.

Setting: Duskhollow P.D.

For this character, I had a particular setting in mind: Duskhollow P.D. from the book Odd Jobs by MacGuffin & Co. Duskhollow is a sort of supernatural noir setting that exists outside of any specific time or place. The players are police investigators in a weird city where it’s always raining, technology is a mix of modern and mid-20^th century, and everyone remains skeptical of the supernatural…even though most of the crimes are supernatural. I’m on the hunt for a system to run a short Duskhollow campaign at some point in the theoretical future.

The Character: Frank Malone

There are million stories in this city, and Frank has seen them all. He never wanted to become a cop. In fact, he can’t exactly remember how he got this job to begin with. But he certainly remembers all the other poor schlubs who have walked this lonely, rain-soaked beat alongside him. He remembers their faces, if not their names. Wide-eyed rookies, hardened beat cops, and everything in between. And every single one of those cops ended up the same: chewed up and spit out by this job. This bloody, grimy, gin-soaked ruin of a job.

Every cop, that is, except Frank. While the years have not been easy on Frank, they have left him tough. He’s developed a thick skin against the very worst the city has to offer. If it’s made Frank jaded and detached from his fellow humans, that’s just the price of trying to keep law and order in a place where the shadows are thicker than the daylight and every smile hides a knife.

GAME STATS

FRANK MALONE (Mini Six)

Might 2D+1
• Fisticuffs 3D
• Stamina 3D+1

Agility 2D

Wit 3D+1
• Investigation 4D

Charm 3D+1
• Contacts 4D
• Detect Lies 5D
• Intimidate 4D+1
• Streetwise 4D

Perks & Complications: Favors, Too Old for This

Static Defenses
Block: 9
Dodge: 6
Parry: 6
Soak: 7

Gear
Trench coat, cuffs, a reliable wristwatch.

Weapons
.38 Special Revolver (3D+2)

Notes
Too Old for This: You’ve been at this a long time, and you’re starting to physically break down. Unexpected physical activity (a chase, a friendly witness throwing a sudden punch, etc.) might give a -1D penalty (GM’s discretion). When this happens, you earn 1 CP.