NAME:  Joseph DiBono
AGE:  48/49
HEIGHT:  5'8"
WEIGHT:  195#
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
With short, salt-and-pepper hair and piercing brown eyes straddling a roman nose over thin lips that are sometimes obscured by a mustache and beard of silver with little hints of the brown and the red that used color his hair, he appears soft, with a bit of a gut that belies his surprising endurance and stamina.  He tends to dress in jeans of different styles, tee shirts, under Hawaiian-style shirts or hoodies, boots, hats or caps, and leather jackets.

PERSONALITY:
Joseph is a survivor.  He has many contradictory personality traits (called biphasic traits) that allow him to shift into a trait that allows him to do whatever needs to be done in any given moment, then switch to another trait in another moment.  This, and the ability to compartmentalize so that he can handle different things from one moment to the next.
In general, he is compassionate and sensitive to the needs and feelings of others, cares about children and animals, and believes that survivors have to help each other in order to do more than just get by.  He has a strange, often macabre sense of humor with a love of puns, and is a fan of movies, TV shows, and rock-and-roll music
But, when he feels it is necessary, he can be selfish, cruel, and ruthless.  He also seems to have an obsessive need to be prepared for virtually any circumstance, and is quite resourceful.

BACKGROUND:
As a kid born in Kentucky, Joseph was a lover of movies and TV, an avid reader, and a Boy Scout who spent a lot of time outdoors.  He was also a responsible older brother who helped his widowed mother take care of his siblings.  He was also teased, bullied, and assaulted a great deal by others.
He joined the army after high school because he felt the need to prove his worth to himself by becoming a good soldier.  Shortly after training, he was deployed for war in the Middle East.  Though he did not see combat in the war, working in Military Police, he still saw a lot of death.
Coming home, he was changed, and moved out of the family home and out on his own. After a number of years, making both good and bad decisions, and working many different jobs, Joseph found himself married for the third time, with three children, working as a high school custodian.  Despite living a life that seemed to be coming together, he did his best to prepare for a coming apocalypse, both in supplies, and in the ability for his family to handle themselves.
When the shit hit the fan, he packed up his family in their two cars, and headed for Louisiana.  A friend of his, a former Marine Corps Recon (and friends of his from each of the other branches' Spec Ops units) had gone down there to build an off-the-grid survival camp.
Along the way, their vehicles eventually ran out of fuel, and they had many encounters.  Unfortunately, they were split up by circumstances, and Joseph hopes that, and wonders if, they are alive and will meet up again.

STRENGTH:  4
AGILITY:  4
ENDURANCE:  6
INTELLIGENCE:  5
PERCEPTION:  6
CHARISMA:  5

SPECIFIC SKILLSET:
Animal Handling-2
Animal Husbandry-1
Animal Training-1
Climbing-1
Communication systems technology-2
Cooking-2
Driving-3
Interrogation-2
Investigation-2
First Aid-2
Firearms-Handgun-3
Firearms-Rifle-2
Firearms-Shotgun-1
Law-2
Land Navigation-3
Lingustics-1
Martial Arts-2
Melee Weapons-2
Survival-1
Swimming-1

CARRY WEIGHT: (strength + endurance ×5) 50
ARMOR RATING: (0-5 depending on type)
ATTACK:  MELEE (Strength+weapon skill):  6
         RANGED (Agility+weapon skill):  7/6/5/4


INVENTORY-PTS:
*undergarments
*tee-shirt
*hoodie
*jeans
*boots
*bandana
*cap
*boots
*leather jacket (non-armor)
*backpack
Compass-1
Boy Scout knife-1
Pocket knife-1
Lighter-1
Toilet paper-1
Jar of peanut butter and jelly-3
Box of crackers-3
Canteen-3
Combat knife-3
Sleeping bag-3
Entrenching tool-5
Flashlight-5
Holster-5
Box 50 pistol cartridges-5
Handgun-10 (Paraordnance p-14 .45ACP with Mag 14+1 [10])
-M4A1 rifle chambered in 5.56 NATO. With ACOG sight, vertical foregrip, flashlight and IR laser
-6 30 round magazines
-1 radio with throat mic and electronic earmuffs
-1 25 piece trauma kit
-1 dual band starlight/IR night vision
-1 3 liter CamelBak
-10 zip cuffs
-1 smoke grenade
-2 fragmentation grenades
-2 flashbang grenades