Jozan "Last Chance" Tsarin

[Jozan-LastChance]

My Lord Inquisitor,

It has come to my attention that you need someone to help take down a witch-cult.  I would suggest a bounty hunter I've worked with before.  His name is Jozan Tsarin.  He is called "Last Chance" due to his preference for 'dead or alive' contracts.  He prefers dead psykers.
To follow is a few things you may want to know about him

He is tall and muscular.  He has long black hair and light blue eyes.  All I know of his home world is that it was the subject of an exterminatus when a black ship crashed on it and caused a deamongate to open.  It is well known he blames the psykers carried on the chip for the loss of his family.  
When his contract at that time ended he found work on a black ship.  During one riot his body was badly scarred.  I know he latter had the Litanies of Spite inscribed directly onto the scar tissue.

A few years ago he was removed from the ship and added to my pool of talent.  

During this service he saved the life of an Astartes Battle-brother, if I remember corectly I think it was Brother Onitatsu of the Storm Raptors Chapter.  I can contact Brother Librarian Radeshyam of the Death Watch, as his kill team witnessed the fight with the Eldar pirate witch.  I believe the Space Marine was either under the control of a psyker or battling a few of them.]  I have yet to ask Jozan directly.  I do know for his exceptional valor he was gifted with an ornate bolt-pistol.  I have recently found out he has a second.  I hear he constantly trains with it.

I pray he will be able to aid you to the quality you expect.
Your humble servant,
Talisian D'Argent.


Jozan
WS: 45 BS: 65 S: 60 T: 56 I: 75 Wp: 70 Sg: 64 Nv: 77 Ld: 60
Abilities: Jozan is right-handed
Witch-hound, Lightning Reflexes, Dead Eye Shot.
when using his bolt-pistol (no other weapons) Jozan can use the following abilities
Ambidextrous, Gunfighter, Hipshooting QuickLoad, Fast Draw.

Equipment:

Inscribed Carapace Armour- all locations except head
Litanies of Spite
Black Charter
Null Collars x3
Bolas Launcher
Shock-nets x2

Ornate Bolt-pistol
reload
Kraken penetrator rounds x3


Though he is not my warbands leader, he is my favorite.  What do you all think of him?

Edits were done in blue with deleted content done in strike through this is to show any suggestions that i deside to use.

[Alyster Wick]

I like the character a lot.  There are some points in the backstory that could use some fleshing out (as I personally think they sound interesting). 

As far as the bolt pistols, I like him being gifted with an ornate one as a reward for valor.  However, the fact that one bolt pistol has an interesting story behind it and the 2nd one is literally just tacked on is kind of unfulfilling.  They are powerful weapons and I think it'd be good to stick with one.

I also think that the combination of his natural dead eye shot and the bolt-pistol specific ambi, hipshooting and gunfighter is completely over the top.  That is every advantage that you can give to someone abilities-wise when it comes to shooting (and to top it off he gets the advantage with his most powerful guns). 

To balance him out I'd suggest loosing the 2nd bolt pistol and maybe having an instinctual advantage with the ornate one (perhaps he practices so much that he halves the off-handedness penalty when using it, I'm actually using that rule with an Assassin character who isn't naturally ambidextrous but practices excessively to try and reach that point).  I think it'd make for a more characterful and fun individual (after all, if you're blowing craters in Space Marines constantly then what chance do the rest of us have?).

Quick random idea for the story, the Astartes could be Deathwatch and the psycher in question could be an alien.  It would add a bit more depth of experience to Jozan and help with specifics.

[Jozan-LastChance]

Thank you for the feedback.  I edited the post with some of the changes and made a few others.  I removed the hip shooting and switched it with quickload and fast draw, as he favors this weapon and drills/practices with it constantly.

[MarcoSkoll]

...he favors this weapon and drills/practices with it constantly.

Just a quick note on this one. Bolt ammunition is set out as being exceptionally expensive.

Even an Inquisitor would have to be fairly careful about how much bolt ammunition he uses, because while the Astartes and Sororitas use it by the truckload, they're both major military forces with entire forge-worlds producing said ammunition and millions of people working the logistics systems that ship it to them.

Desirable as having a bolt weapon is, it does have some practical problems. One of my Inquisitors has bolt weapons in his personal armoury, but they scarcely get used. No point in using up the ammunition if lesser weapons will do the job - best to save them for when they're actually needed.

Not that I'm saying you can't have bolt weapons - 40k isn't about what's practical, it's about what's cool - but it is worth thinking about these elements when looking at a game like Inquisitor.

[Jozan-LastChance]

I had that point in mind.  You don't necisarily have to shot a weapon in order to train with it.  He might shot the pistol when he gets the chance, but he needs to practice to get the Fast draw and Quickload, and these don't require shotting to learn.

Also, he has the Bolas launcher and Shock-nets for time when either he has to bring his targets in alive, or the pistol is empty.

I've considered adding bolt ammunition as part of his standard contract.  "When I find the target, you can either pay me lots of money, or a magazine of this ammunition."

--I spent 4 years in the US Marine Corps out of Highschool. We spent more time training and getting used to the M-16 A2 Assault rifles then the time we actually spent firing them.

[DapperAnarchist]

The "paid in bolts" is good, and would be much easier than trying to buy them on the open market...

[MarcoSkoll]

You don't necisarily have to shot a weapon in order to train with it. He might shoot the pistol when he gets the chance, but he needs to practice to get the Fast draw and Quickload, and these don't require shooting to learn.

While Quickload doesn't need live-fire to learn, if you're going to learn the act of being able to draw and fire in a single swift motion, then you will need to spend at least some ammunition.

Those two aside, you're not going to manage BS 80 and Deadeye shot without live-fire practice.
While it is possible to practice basic shooting principles with a less costly firearm, that won't give familiarity with the quirks and nuances of the bolt weapon - and that familiarity is necessary to maintain that kind of marksmanship level.

If only for the fairness issues that might arise from having both that much ballistic talent and firepower, it wouldn't be unreasonable to give him a less stellar Ballistic Skill.

[Kaled]

All I know of his home world is that it was the subject of an exterminatus when a black ship crashed on it and caused a deamongate to open.

If a Blackship did crash on a planet and exterminatus was called as a result, then I'd have thought that the details wouldn't be too hard for an Inquisitor to obtain...

[Jozan-LastChance]

You don't necisarily have to shot a weapon in order to train with it. He might shoot the pistol when he gets the chance, but he needs to practice to get the Fast draw and Quickload, and these don't require shooting to learn.

While Quickload doesn't need live-fire to learn, if you're going to learn the act of being able to draw and fire in a single swift motion, then you will need to spend at least some ammunition.

Those two aside, you're not going to manage BS 80 and Deadeye shot without live-fire practice.
While it is possible to practice basic shooting principles with a less costly firearm, that won't give familiarity with the quirks and nuances of the bolt weapon - and that familiarity is necessary to maintain that kind of marksmanship level.

If only for the fairness issues that might arise from having both that much ballistic talent and firepower, it wouldn't be unreasonable to give him a less stellar Ballistic Skill.

You have a very good point.  Due to low levels of the the bolt ammunition I'm dropping his BS to 65.  He's still a natural with fire arms and Dead Eye Shot fits with his personality.  I'm also dropping him down to one reload.  He will run out faster and have to use the shock-nets and his not so great WS.  I am thinking of giving him some type of close combat weapon to offset when he runs out of ammo.

All I know of his home world is that it was the subject of an exterminatus when a black ship crashed on it and caused a deamongate to open.

If a Blackship did crash on a planet and exterminatus was called as a result, then I'd have thought that the details wouldn't be too hard for an Inquisitor to obtain...

The character sending the message is my Rogue Trader.  He is sending the message to a Witch-Hunter character I occasionally use.  The Inquisitor could easily find the name of the world.  Though the RT hasn't had the inclination to look that deeply.