2025 Character Creation Challenge, Day 24: Bongo, Rogue Zoner

Day twenty-four and I'm circling back around to solo TTRPGs! This time it's Rogue Zone from Scragend. They also produced Lemuria Space Station, featured earlier in this challenge.

Rogue Zone banner art

Rogue Zone is clearly inspired by the novel Roadside Picnic and the video games Stalker and Escape From Tarkov. Strangeness happened somewhere and the place got walled off for the safety of everybody concerned. The character's job is to go in, explore, and make it out with some loot before the weirdness or the lethal threats calling the spot home take exception to the intrusion. Rogue Zone adds a cyberpunk twist to the fantastic elements already present in the concept. The art favors bright colors over drab greys and browns. Cybernetic enhancements replace the variety of guns and gun mods common in the video games who run with the idea.

Character generation is mostly random, but certain things like names and traits can be selected. I'm continuing to let my dice fly, as I have for much of this challenge.

Bongo's education left her with a piece of paper and a pile of debt. The Zone represents an intellectual challenge and a chance to add to her meager savings. She doesn't have much more than her wide brimmed hat, but at least it will keep off the rain.

Stats
HP 22 STR 13 DEX 13 TECH 9

My dice were hot when I rolled 4d6 for hit points. 3d6 are used for the other stats. Bongo is fairly strong and quick, but not the most mechanically inclined.

I rolled only 50 funds, so there's nothing Bongo can afford in terms of weapons, cybernetics, gear, or armor. Fortunately, there's a weapon free to all starting Zoners. Unfortunately, it's a lever action rifle that puts out puny damage. It's better than nothing, but I'm not sure of Bongo's chances for her first time in the Zone.