Rockerboy

If you live to rock, this is where you belong. As a Rockerboy, you’re one of the street poets, the social conscience, and the rebels. With the advent of digital porta-studios and garage music mastering, every Rockerboy with a message can take it to The Street, put it in the record stores, or bounce it off the comsats. Sometimes, your message isn’t something the Corporations or government wants to hear. Sometimes what you say is going to get right in the faces of the powerful people who really want to run this world. You don’t care, because as a Rockerboy, it’s your place to challenge authority, whether in straight-out protest songs that tell it like it is, playing kick-ass rock n’ roll to get the people away from the TV sets and into The Streets, firing up the crowd with speeches, or composing fiery writings that shape the minds and hearts of millions.

Rockerboys have a proud history that includes Dylan, Springsteen, U2, NWA, the Who, Jett, the Stones — the legions of hard-rock heroes who told the truth with screaming guitars or gut-honest lyrics. You have the power to get the people up; to lead, inspire, and inform. Your message can give the timid courage, the weak strength, and the blind vision.

Rockerboy legends like Johnny Silverhand, Rockerboy Manson (for whom the Role is named), and Kerry Eurodyne have led armies against Corporations and governments. Rockerboys have exposed corruption and brought down dictators. It’s a lot of power for someone doing gigs every night in another city. But you can handle it. After all: you came to play!

They’re not chanting my name in giant concert halls yet, but I’ve got fans, and I don’t have to compromise my message for anyone.

— Forty, Rockerboy

Role Ability

You can get new fans and to support from fans. Roll 1d10 + Role rank against DV8 for an individual, DV10 for a group up to six, or DV12 for a group up to one hundred people. When you make an impression on someone who isn’t a fan, make the roll as above to win them over. If someone is a fan, you may attempt the same roll to have them do something for you. The list below gives examples of what you might ask of your fans. Asks beyond this automatically fail. Each section also gives an example of what kinds of venues you perform at.

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Starting Gear