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[lawastooshort]

Hell yes - cowboy themed dress suits him good. Cowboy hat, black leather jacket, and the leather leg chaps thing. And spurs.
 
Also fighting style will be primarily headbutt based, I think. Yes. My head can cleave a car in twain, damn.

hmm, have to think about the last skill. Yes, Intimidating as F*CK works for now, I think.

[Infinityforce]

I think your head would pulverise/crush a car, but yes. sounds hella radical and awesome.

[lawastooshort]

If I hit the car with my ears they would be pointy enough to cut, I think. Or at least pierce.

[Infinityforce]

You can penetrate most surfaces with your headbutt, and can punch holes in buildings and vehicles.
To make a hole big enough for a crab, you probably need more than 1 attempt.
I'm not sure how much fine cutting your head/butt will do. You always have pincers.

Smooth Talkin'/Intimidatin' as fuckin' fuck - Do you want both?
If you want both of these, set one to be a decent skill, and the other to be a weak skill.

Spoiler: Ideas (click to show/hide)

Here are some questions for your character:
Is your cowboy bearded, or clean shaven?
Does he smoke, chew tobacco, or keep stems in his mouth? What is his drinking habit like (all crab truckers have drinking habits... probably)
Is he surly? rough? What is his personality like? Is he well-mannered or ill-as-a-coot?

[lawastooshort]

Right. He is MASSIVELY bearded. Because he's a ladies' man, he smokes with a Hunter S Thompson style cigarette holder. He's pretty ill-mannered, but he charms the ladies with his burning charisma.

Smooth Talkin as the decent skill; Intimidatin' as FUCK is the weak skill. Normally he's a bit busy being fucking smooth to really get into Intimidatin' all that hard. He drinks the favourite East Texas crab trucker cocktail - Gasoline and Beer.

No! Lassoing is going to be his weak skill.

So in order of power (bit of a rethink):

Fighting
Lassooing
Smooth Talkin
Dancing


err

[Infinityforce]

Your character
Great idea for your character! I can really see it.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Think about the voice next. I would hate to voice your character wrong, for example. I imagine him as a rogue with a heart of gold kind-of-thing, or a badass cowboy with tragedy in his eyes, and all romantic as hell, brooding and shit, his tiny beady eyes poking out over his huge manly beard. The women always ask him to shave; "we like stubble" they say, but no, he like the beard and ain't no one's bitch. Except one bitch who stole his heart... Why won't you tell me her name, Terence Johnson?! How did she hurt you?! It's okay to feel. I know you're a strong motherfucking crab and you can get the job done. I trust you motherfucker. I love you. *kisses the sexy beard*

Lasso usage and capability
Lasso seems quite a helpful skill,

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

you can use it to save/rescue a crab, cargo, bind an enemy's limb or body, as a sling, as a whip, hoist, choke, etc. and you can use it to get around by catching things and swinging on the rope. For example, the truck might have a rod sticking out of the top that Terence so lasso and climb to the roof. I'll basically add it for nothing.
but it'd have to maybe make it out of metal (perhaps upgradeable with tiers for how much weight it can handle)
You could also use that to move things around the battlefield, for example; enemies, your team-mates and any objects.
We'd also have to give it an effective range, which could also maybe be upgradeable as well.
In other words it would put you in quite a strategic position in the team, and it would give the game a lot of options. I like it.

Dancin' as a weak skill
You can use Dancin' to do a little dodge with 50/50 chance, as a weak skill. Up to you.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I think the way it will work is that enemies attacks on you will fail on a coin-flip (so about half the time), and during cutscenes or special events, I will also apply your dodge roll. Actually, lasso would make a good reaction skill too, anytime shit goes down, shout out "lasso" or whatever the hell you want with some shit after it describing what the fuck it does like "catch that crab!" or "trip that punk" etc. and I'll add it in to the scene for you.
I'll tell you the result and roughly what should happen, and you can narrate it. I might add some drama or plot occasionally, but I'll try to keep out of narrating fights mostly.

EDIT:
Lasso details and making it unique

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

you should have a special-made lasso unique item dealy that has some sort of extra function or power, elemental, technological, or possibly some ranged function. I'm thinking electrical, and you can incapacitate creatures and charge/destroy technology. Maybe he's some kind of techno-ranger?

Spoiler: ALL ABOUT HEADBUTT (click to show/hide)

Think about your headbutt specialty too:
Power of Headbutts
It'll be good as a BIG attack that can do serious damage, like an instant death kinda thing.
If you use it on a wall, it hurts the head of Terence, but doesn't harm him (much)
Smashing a car, for instance, also makes his head hurt, but quite a lot more.
Effect on Terence Johnson
At this stage, Terence can walk away without lasting damage,
as long as he doesn't keep using Headbutts on hard objects,
and doesn't get hit in the head
his head is still tougher than normal, and most attacks to that location don't usually have much effect.
Being hit by a bar is akin to smashing a wall.
A car hitting his face will hurt him and will make him sore.
Recovering from using Headbutt
He needs to recover for at least an hour or so (1-2 scenes normally) to go back to normal. He can keep using Headbutt, but it will take longer to recover, and Terence will become first, dizzy, and eventually, unconscious with repeated use.
Drinking alcohol or gas mitigates some of the pain and lowers his inhibitions towards death. It also causes him to deeply relax, lessening the impact of recoil force on his head (you get half as sore as normal, when drunk)
You can use a strong headbutt once a scene, a medium headbutt 2-4 times, and a weak headbutt 5-20 times.
Don't worry if your character gets injured, Monster Crabs Truckers can always bathe (submerge) in clean water to recover completely.

If you want to ask about the rating of an enemy, wall or object with regards to headbutt, just PM.
There's basically 3 tiers of use :
strong (once per scene, instant soreness)
medium (a few times per scene)
weak (quite a lot of uses)

[Infinityforce]

Driving announcement now placed in info post.

[snow dwarf]

Ok, so i thought of my character.

George MCpunch'face

Drivin'
Puchin' in faces
Heavy liftin'
Steel nerves

I imagine George as an average truck driver, red hat, a beard. I think his driving skill works that he knows his truck perfectly, every spot of it, it's weaknesses, how to drive on rough terrain etc. But when it comes to inspecting other machines and drivin' them, he is bad at it. He is this kind of guy who will do work by himself if he has to so that's why he has the liftin' skill.

[Infinityforce]

I like it Snow Dwarf, sounds cool as heck. I'd like if he had some accessories or habit, like the red hat is lucky and he touches it for luck or something.
It's all up to you. He sounds quite shy/reticent though. Maybe he changes after a few drinks and hankers for alcohol? How about an alcohol-induced berserk rage? You'd have to reason why he has pent up emotions that translates to enormous strength however.

Your skills should look like this

George McPunch'face

Spoiler: his name? (click to show/hide)

(McPunch-the-face? McPunch-in-face? McPunch-yer-face? What you wrote is fine too, but let's exclude anything you don't want. Actually I quite like the apostrophe it makes him sound vaguely foreign :p)

Spoiler: Fight/Drive/Lift are all 1 skill (usually) (click to show/hide)

Fight/Drive/Lift (All count as 1 skill - generic crab trucker abilities)
1 of these is your specialty, high-tier ability
1 of these will be a moderate ability you can do reasonably
1 of these you will be bad at, or can just about do it, or a fringe/situational/circumstantial skill
You can use a custom skill slot to improve a the tier from 1>2 or 2>3

(Then add 3 more custom skills of your very own choosing- and rank them in 3 tiers similar to above) so far we have:

Spoiler: Nerves of fuckin' Steel (click to show/hide)

Steel nerves - you rarely flinch or give anything away. In combat and whilst driving, you keep your cool no matter what. You resist mental/psychic/emotional attacks and when attacked physically, you don't budge, but you still take damage.
It can kick in occasionally or provide a passive effect such as +1 to various rolls e.g. driving or lifting under pressure or attack, that's fine as well.
This can be any tier at the moment. I see it leaning towards the low side and giving passive defensive bonuses, preventing flinch and helping in tricky situations with +1 to roll.
It's biggest advantage is to be able to do stuff without being interrupted or suffering penalties, specifically, driving and lifting (currently)
If it is specialty, high-tier skill, you become basically unstoppable in your actions (which is handy if you like to enter the fray) and you can steamroll and intimidate other people, which is similar to Terence, but that's not what I really want (unless you want, in which case I can make it work no problem, I just want everyone to have a lot of fun and be happy!).
anyway, think about it

Good ideas for custom skills are technology, clothing, theme, ability, hobby,

EDIT:
You can do your skills like this:

Spoiler: Sorting out your skills (click to show/hide)

Drivin' - Specialty: he can handle the truck like no one else and push it to the limit (TO THE MAX) and can do all sorts of stuff whilst driving but it will affect his ability to concentrate on the road. Still, you can add a specialty to driving such as one of the following (or a custom ability)
Drivin' Gunner
You can operate weapons whilst driving, using the driving skill. You can have a weapon emplacement in the cab for free.
Drivin' Maneuvers
You can make all kinds of risky maneuvers no sweat. This also includes ramming other vehicles. Your truck is slightly armoured and collisions are safer for cargo.
Drivin' Steady
The truck never tips over when you drive. The truck resists ramming, falling and generally being unbalanced. Neither cargo nor crabs will slide around in the truck unless you will it.

Liftin' - moderate skill (he does it because he has to, right? His heart is in the truck, not pickin up stuff. Still he's goodish at it cus he does it a lot. Nothin' outstanding but gets the job done better than average) He can toss cars and such, see the section under lifting and pick a specialty.

Punchin' (actually Fightin) - should either be a weak skill with a gimmick, a technical/trick-skill, or put it as a custom skill that he's REALLY good at (like drivin), or he can do it well (like liftin) but it uses a custom skill slot
not recommended to use a custom slot, it's better if you make up something unique.
I'd rather you:
-make this a different kind of fighting than fists, such as guns (sniper rifle, bolt action, shotgun, bb gun etc.) or anything which you can do reasonably well from the driving cab of the truck. This would then be a combat skill of medium or high tier.
-make it a weak skill with some kind of gimmick that is really useful, but only works about half the time. Guns are still fine, but there are many options.

Lifting would and should stay as a medium skill and can be "specialty-throwing", but you need things to throw, and that might be difficult from the driving seat. Perhaps you could throw crabs at opponents, launching them from the truck like missiles from a mobile base? Your driving skill would have to be quite good to keep the truck steady whilst you're doing this, Alternatively, you can throw crabs around so you can make a route to/from the truck, which may offer advantages such as emergency escape.
As long as lifting is medium, you can also handle reasonably heavy cargo, cars, and crabs.

-Third option: Keep lifting as a medium skill (preferred) and use a skill slot to bump up Fightin to either High or medium. This leaves less room for your custom-ness. Also, I'd still prefer if you avoided punchin'/melee unless you have some sort of gimmick to boost it/make it effective from the driving wheel.

In any case, all motherfuckin crab truckers such as George will end up with:
2 high tier skills,
2 mid tier skill
2 low tier skills
and this will include Drive/Fight/Lift and 3 custom skills.
Preferably, you should choose 1 of Fight/Drive/Lift as being not-so-good in order to diversify team roles, but you may spend 1 custom skill slot to bump Drive/Fight/Lift, as long everything obeys the rules of 2 skills per tier.

Spoiler: Choosing custom skills: placing the fighting skill (click to show/hide)

You have to ask yourself: is my heart in punching? Or am I doing it to get by???
If your heart is in combat (fighting to destroy enemies and obstacles)Technology = Destuction
You can have literally anything, from guns to elemental jets of destruction. You are a destroyer and should make Fighting medium or higher.
If your heart is in strategy (fighting as a weak skill)Technology = Function
Instead of an outright fightin skill he could have weapon specialty that enables him to fight from the truck or afar, that allows him to affect things and change situations from afar. Maybe a projectile with special properties, or some laser-eye power that needs to be concentrated to do damage. This would be low tier.

Spoiler: Custom skill: Crooning at the moon (click to show/hide)

EDIT EDIT: Lonely Truckin' Songs
How about Singin'? Being on the road gets lonely and George sings beautiful heart melting songs to the clouds, stars, moon and sun to keep himself company, the sound of which lessens and ceases hostilities by living things and brings peace to all who hear the strength of its purity. It's power would depend on which tier you put it.
If this is a medium skill it is quite effective on enemies, crabs, and most wildlife/creatures.
Otherwise, if it is low tier, it just provides a passive benefit when you use it, or has reduced range or something.
He could also use the song to cheer up his team-mates and give them +1 to their rolls temporarily (this may need some roleplay by you such as song topic/lyrics or emotions/feelings)
Lastly it can be some kind of magical song with special powers, such as causing enemies to fall asleep, combust, explode, rain stars from the sky, or causes some effect or change in George.

Spoiler: Custom skill: Gas tank (click to show/hide)

EDIT EDIT EDIT: Drinking, storing, igniting Gas
He drinks oil and sprays it everywhere
He can drink and store a reserve of fuel due to his fondness and understanding of his truck
(Some kind of special the power the truck has shared with him for faithfulness)
He can have flamethrower breath using a lighter (does George McPunch'face smoke at all?), or set ambushes.
He could do this on the road while driving from behind the wheel to deter attackers. He can't reach the roof of rear of the truck (he CAN brake sharply though)
He can regurgitate it and fuel the truck, or use it offensively.
Alternatively, he can regurgitate it for a fellow crab to allow them to get the temporary (and harmful) effect of drinking Gasoline. (gross I know. He vomits it up so the other crabs can drink it)
George can also drink gasoline for the bonuses without experiencing the normal ill-effects or penalties.
Depending on the kind of gasoline the truck uses, this can be any tier you like. Be careful of explosions near the truck when fuel is being transferred however, and explosions/fire near George if he's in the middle of regurgitating.
EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT: How about when George drinks gas, his punches get raised to Tier 2 or 3?
EDIT AGAIN: We can replace the gas with alcohol (for example) and make it increase his punches power, while decreasing his driving. A kind of tradeoff. This would add a little time constraint to missions since George will have to sober up to make tricky passages.

Spoiler: Please make sure you read this if you are the main driver (click to show/hide)

MORE EDIT: I hope you read this if you intend on being driver. 'S a big responsibility.
Think about what kind of stuff you can do and want to do whilst in the truck and driving when creating your skills, as you will be the last person to enter combat and the first person to leave it.
You will also be in charge of strategy regarding the truck, but should work together with team-mates.

V- This post explains what a driver can do/has to do and is/may be updated here and there as I think of stuff -V

[Infinityforce]

ANNOUNCEMENT

Tracking stats, game flow, player responsibilities

Don't worry about adding rolls and +1s etc., I'll handle it and tell you the result by PM, then you narrate your action by editing your post
Similarly, players are not expected to keep track of stats, number of skill uses, gas remaining etc. per se, because I will do it anyway and can let you know the sitch.
If you have a fatiguing skill, I will tell you how many uses you have left, so don't worry about monitoring rationing etc. I will let you know what you should track.

Game flow: Specifically:
1-I tell you what's going on in a narration
2-You guys say your action/intention through PM or in OOC,
3- PM if you want advice or info before making decisions, or I will PM you after letting you know your odds/options are.
4-I tell you result of the action after confirming your decision in PM or OOC. I/You might also bring another player into your decision for multi-actor action, or team-play.
5-You guys edit or add posts to narrate the result. If you need to remove a post for any reason, just replace it with "---" and we'll skip over it.

Alternatively, this thread will be OOC, and you guys can make team plans, and another thread will be the IC for the narration.

It's not such a big fucking deal in any case, but I'm leaning towards an OOC/IC thread or PMs or a combination of the 2 to keep everything mysterious via PMs *raises GM screen* or explaining/telling you via OOC *lays and sets game table and chairs*
It's cool, whatever the players want is best too and we can all hash it out soon-ish.

If at any time you see something like "SCENE IN PROGRESS" that means I'm still writing it, and you should wait until that message is gone before posting.

[snow dwarf]

I'm thinking on the character and will post a sheet after I'm done, but I see George as kind' a sitting in the bar. Somebody walks up to him with a knife and he just grabs the guy by his head and smashes him into the table, while still drinking his beer and smoking a cig, than he just goes to his truck packs the shit up and fucks away.

[Infinityforce]

I'm thinking on the character and will post a sheet after I'm done, but I see George as kind' a sitting in the bar. Somebody walks up to him with a knife and he just grabs the guy by his head and smashes him into the table, while still drinking his beer and smoking a cig, than he just goes to his truck packs the shit up and fucks away.

Transformin' truck?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Snow Dwarf, I want you to consider a transforming truck. As the driver, the truck should be most fun for you. Anything goes, and we can always limit its effectiveness in some way, such as fuel consumption, balance/weight etc .[spoiler]It can have other functions and George can "drive" in more than 1 way. For example;

Truck : "Flying Jenny"
Cab: Detachable helicopter cab with a mounted gun that has a hook underneath to carry cargo. The truck will be defenseless, but you the driver can  carry away the delivery, or a target, to safety, or drop it in a volcano :p
Sides: Folds out to become a plane (needs cab for this) uses fuel like a motherFUCKER, wings can control stability and self-right the thing.
Back/Top: Turbo jet engine that massively increases speed and blasts enemies behind you. Uses a shitload of fuel and destroys any pursuers
Just the driving cab from this loadout would be a good addition. I was thinking either that, or motorbikes to deploy the crab forces from the moving battleship battletruck!

One advantage of flying is that Terence can lasso on for a ride and engage air foes. Terence can also deal with aerial threats using the lasso, and possibly control the movement of some flyers, or even use them for a ride. He'll probably get a chance to do that anyway though,

REAL NERVE

LOVE IT! I will meditate on this. Is George the kind of person to spit on an assailant?
Do his "nerves" extend to his personality? Is he withdrawn, and if so, in what circumstances does he show emotion?
Is he secretly nice to children, or really loves the Crab Goddess and prays every night?
Does he have a burning rage in his beating crab heart? Does he get upset or violent when he sees injustice?
Does he like bringing order and peace? Does he do things for others if they need help? Does he get worried for others?

Think about George a little. Does he have a little Crab children? Crab wife? an entire Crab family? all safely back on Crab Mountain.
But the worlds a helluva lot more dangerous than Crab Mountain, and George has to defend his shit, and the Crab Goddess knows best how transporting this shit helps the world to be a better place. What else can he do? He can't take on all the crazy, but he can work in a team and get to the destination every day. Maybe seeing a lot of shit has made him impervious or detached. Either way, he definitely cares about *something*

IDEA:

Spoiler: He's steely and got nerves (click to show/hide)

Is your character tough/rough/hard? Which describes him well?
Steely Nerves needs some "moods" or "modes" and maybe (probably} it can be a fatiguing skill with limited uses. Alcohol can help a little.
Steadfast Nerves
George McPunch'face doesn't flinch and drives smoothly in a pinch. He has bonuses to evasive maneuvers and recovering from accidents. He is good under duress.
Road Rage!, Don't touch my fucking truck!
The driver gets angry when the truck gets attacked and turns into a steely maniac thirsty to crush foes with his wheels and weapons.
He gets bonuses to any attack maneuvers and Truck-weapon attacks. He becomes steely determined to deal with the threat.
He can also get +1 to Fight! essentially raising it half a tier, but with time, or alcohol, he can raise it a little more.
This would favour assigning Fight! to a lower tier, and it can be powered up situationally.

WHAT KIND OF NERVES?
Decide what kind of nerves best describe George. He sounds like his Steeliness has different facets, such as patience. If you can describe how it helps your crab, you can make it a usage of your skill

Example:
Your crab is so steely, calm, quiet and patient, he can sense his surroundings with heightened accuracy. He can tell when attacks are imminent by the way people move, when people are lying and other stuff. Maybe you can work it in to "Steel Nerves" or make a new skill of the subtype Sense! which is for... well sensory powers. Here you can add other stuff like hearing, or sight, which George uses to absorb the natural beauty of the world whilst he's driving and trucking. It could even give him great personal strength to deal with things (like assailants)
In any case, some sort of sensory power would warn when attacks are imminent, and would grant bonus to Fightin and Drivin actions against attackers
Perhaps this could be a generic mood such as alertness/awareness which fatigues George when it is used.

Watchful
George McPunch'face can sense things a little before this happens like the description above of heightened senses, on the road and off it. It fatigues him a little, and a day's watch will wear him out. He can probably do it for a bunch of hours safely. Maybe coffee helps and you can get it in bars.

Steel Nerves affect team-mates?
How about extensible Nerves? :p he can calm down his team mates with his presence, and his rich, deep, calm voice.
Nearby team mates can get a bonus or shrug penalties based on the situation.
If you like, it can have a similar/same effect to alcohol or better, but because of how reticent George is to speak, he only speak a few words during each encounter and no more. It can be a kind of limited-use thingamajig with fatigue.
Good Nerves
Your calmness reassures others. You speak but a little, yet your words are founded on a demeanour of steel. It fatigues you, but you can do things to other people like convince/persuade them. Alcohol helps.

Please tell me via PM if I'm being too picky or ruining your character concept. Just let me know what is an acceptable level of input.

George's fighting style.

Spoiler: Supplementing Boxin' (click to show/hide)

I think Fighting with fists could be good for George but if you want some kind of temporary invincibility, or some kind of movement or ranged option and maybe we can work in Steely Nerves there as well. Maybe he can use his claws to send supersonic shockwaves over short distances, like a pistol shrimp's punch. It doesn't have to do damage, but it could slow down and push back enemies, disrupt energy or bullet attacks and/or something else. Perhaps he has a lightning punch and can get the drop on enemies when he strikes. Car-blasting power (mid tier) is quite good, but if you have some tactical features, you can play with Boxin' as a low tier yet useful skill.

Spoiler: Boxin' effects (click to show/hide)

: If he's still a boxer, he can punch things and turn them into projectiles.
Tier 1 would be small objects like stones, rocks, tyres, furniture, animals
Tier 2 is cars, crabs, cargo. boulders
This would still fall under "Fightin'"
Maybe some part of his nerves gives him an advantage, such as every so often, his steely nerves allow him to stop even a speeding truck or enormous monster with his extreme concentration. He might do this when he's fatigued and enters a trance of super-relaxation

P.S Just suggest anything, any idea or concept and I'll chime in. Let me know and I can work it in, no problem. Make sure you let me know wha gwaan

Truck Actions and Specialties

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Drive Penalties
The driver can probably access and use all the parts of the truck through the driving cab. It might cause your Drive! skill to be spread thin when doing different truck things at once: handling driving, using truck weapons, operating truck parts all use the Drive! skill, and if you try to do them all at the same time, you will suffer penalties such as -1 to the next actions roll. It's difficult to shoot and drive at the same time, so you might lose your concentration and swerve off the road.
Depends if you choose a drivin' specialty, maybe you have a dream, you can work it out if you have a deep held desire to see the truck performing backflips, in which case you could choose your specialty like so:

Truck Specialty: Truck Backflips / Jumping Truck (hip-hop truck)
Can jump over traffic, do little jumps/hops and can self-right easily. Maybe it dances like Terence. I dunno. Up to you.

The other ones I got are like:
Specialty: Truck Gunner
will make driving and shooting at the same time easier. Probably you will suffer no penalty for doing both at the same time, but if you then attempt, for example, a combat ram with the truck, that will tax your Drive skill as 3 separate actions

Specialty: Steady Driving
If you're worried or concerned about the truck being tipped over, falling off the path etc. that's good and you should be, it often makes your team vulnerable for roaming enemies. With steady driving, you balance the truck much better during driving action.
The truck also moves less during driving combat and driving engagements are easier for Crabs to move around in.
Yet another bonus is that you can stop the truck more quickly, for example, to avoid traps.

The other option (so far, we can develop some more) is
Specialty: Tricky Maneuvering
Lets you take risky roads much more easily.
Risk of bad/difficult falls down a trench, ditch, mountainside etc. can be lethal. Enemies prey on trucks struggling to get back onto the road.
Often risky roads should be travelled slowly and carefully, especially as enemies will often attack you when you are vulnerable. Doing careful navigation on mountain roads will be considered a maneuver. Those dirt roads get thin, and in many places, a truck wasn't meant to pass.
300lb crabs can change a lot of things. If a 300lb crab had a shovel, he could probably dig a path.
Crabs should try to fight off the threats on the trucks during difficult driving sections:
anything like high speed, and combat rams and fighting on/inside trucks are dangerous maneuvers.
Maneuvers also allows you to avoid obstacles, traps and attacks with evasive driving. Just say "George starts driving evasively" or some shit and it'll happen. He gets Steely Nerves +1 most of the time anyway. Figure out what the fuck you want.

Since you have a High tier Drive skill, with Steel Nerves basically give you +1 on the road, and you get +1 depending on your how your nerves are feeling.
Your odds look something like this:
If you attempt fast driving, then using gun, you will add +1 to your roll target, which is not bad, but the +1s are cumulative when you do Drive actions.
Scoring 1 is a critical failure, and can cause crashes, for example. Steely Nerves might give you a bonus to controlling the vehicle in those situations too. It all adds up. I think you George McPunch'Face should change moods depending on his outlook and what he sees around him. Things might make him concentrate a lot more or flip out. That's fine and it can change every few scenes. His specialty is more concrete than his mood, something he's good at or well-practiced in. If you're not sure, I'd recommend taking steady driving OR maneuvers
Think about taking a Drive! specialty, it will help a lot to have some kind of advantage in your pocket, and you can acquire more later.

[Infinityforce]

General Announcement

Another thing for everyone: You can attain specialties later on, as well as starting with them. Don't worry if we you don't start with lots of abilities, you will have chances to get more as you play. Probably after completing the journey and praying to the Crab Goddess by reflecting on the ass-kicking you did, and how much ass-kicking you need to do. You and her will probably negotiate for it, whatever suits the game. Another way might be meeting a skill sensei or an ability alchemist. We'll see as we go, and work out the details in OOC.

Idea: How about extensible claws/pincers?

To any newcomers: Crabs of all classes welcome. It is good if we have 2 drivers who can work in shifts and relieve each other. Sign up if you like that shit, or become a lifter or fighter. DO EET

[lawastooshort]

Limited text as on phone, but:
Martha was the woman what did Terence wrong; she left him because he motherfucking drank too much, and when he drank he'd try his sexy beard dance out on the disreputable ladycrabs. She didn't like that. He is indeed, beneath his gruff exterior, romantic and brooding - sometimes he even plays country songs on his guitar.

His lasso is intertwined with strands of her long golden crabhair, and he often sleeps with it. When he's not sharing his bed with disreputable ladycrabs to forget his pain, that is.

[Infinityforce]

Lasso
I love it. Angelhair Lasso. Maybe he does something special like wrapping it around himself like a belt or bandanna and goes berserk? It seems like he'd become smoother though... need to think about that... maybe doing it improves his dancing or fighting in some way?
And when he drinks alcohol it heightens the effect (because of repressing/remembering memories of his True Love)? It should develop over scenes.
I can quite see him using the lasso as an angelic noose to choke enemies. I can also see it having some magical effect.

Dancing
Tbh I see Terence's dancing as sexy spanish styles like flamenco, samba, passionate and romantic. I also see him dancing around enemies using it. Maybe he sniffs the lasso of her hair and gets a +1 bonus remembering his steamy nights dancing heart-to-heart with ♥♥Martha♥♥
Anyway, think about it.