Ruby “Roo” Tailor

“Oh! Was I in the way? I can move!”

Overview

Ruby “Roo” Tailor is the newest intern at ENDS Studio, organized, enthusiastic, and completely unaware of the effect she has on literally everyone around her.

She works hard, smiles easily, and throws herself into every task with genuine care. Unfortunately, her natural charm, graceful movements, and disarming warmth tend to derail scenes, fluster co-workers, and accidentally escalate situations far beyond her intent.

Look

Type

The Charmer, “The Charming One”

Ruby succeeds not through force or control, but through sincerity, kindness, and accidental timing.

Signature Ability, Audience Favorite

• Ruby begins every session with one extra Gag Token above the standard starting count.
• Her social checks against a crowd of three or more gain 1 automatic Success.

Shtick

The Lovable Dope

One-Sentence Identity: “I didn’t mean to do that... but I’m glad it helped!”

In-Shtick Play:

• Helping others in small, genuine ways
• Misunderstanding situations in harmless ways
• Creating unintended advantages
• Remaining kind and open under pressure

Against-Shtick Play:

• Acting deliberately manipulative
• Fully understanding the chaos she causes
• Withholding help or warmth

Core Mechanic, Accidental Influence

Ruby passively alters the emotional and narrative tone of scenes.

Natural Disruption (Passive)

Whenever Ruby enters or meaningfully participates in a scene:

• One NPC or character becomes flustered, distracted, or softened
• The GM may:
  • Add +1 Boon die to social interactions involving her
  • Introduce minor unintended complications

Innocent Advantage

Activation: Quick Action · Limit: once per scene

Ruby does something small and helpful (adjusting, handing, organizing).

• Grant another character +1 Boon die
• If that character fails, Ruby gains a Misplaced Timing trigger

Misplaced Timing

Activation: Triggered (on failure nearby) · Limit: once per scene

When another character fails:

• Ruby accidentally interferes
• Convert failure into partial success
• Introduce a new complication or attention shift

Overwhelming Presence

Activation: Action · Limit: once per session

Ruby unintentionally becomes the emotional focus of the scene.

• All characters must react to her in some way (protective, flustered, distracted, impressed)
• Gain +1 automatic Success on a social or positioning action
• Generate +1 Chaos Point

Bit Repertoire

Oops, Sorry!

Activation: Quick Action · Limit: once per scene Ruby bumps into, drops, or adjusts something at the wrong time. Create a small but meaningful environmental change.

Helpful Hands

Activation: Maneuver · Limit: once per scene Ruby assists someone nearby. Grant them +1 Boon die on their next roll.

Warm Smile

Activation: Action · Limit: once per scene Ruby diffuses tension with kindness. Reduce hostility or remove a minor negative condition.

Just Trying to Help

Activation: Action · Limit: once per session Ruby attempts to fix a situation she doesn’t fully understand. The outcome succeeds, but not in the way intended.

Skills (Suggested)

Ruby is socially powerful, but not strategically.

Want

“Do a good job and make people happy.”

Ruby’s goals are simple:

• Help others
• Be useful
• Do her work well

The influence, the changed outcomes, the co-workers quietly orbiting her desk: she has noticed none of it.

Bonds (Examples)

• +1 (Fridge): “You always make me feel safe.”
• +1 (Brock): “You’re very energetic!”
• -1 (Monty): “I don’t think he likes me...”
• -2 (E.V.I.L.): “Why does it keep calling me ‘critical variable’?”

Personality

• Warm, sincere, and emotionally open
• Slightly oblivious to social undercurrents
• Genuinely hardworking
• Avoids conflict, but doesn’t flee from it
• Responds to tension with kindness

Voice

• Soft, friendly, and slightly breathy
• Curious tone, often rising at the end of sentences
• Quick to apologize, quick to thank

Catchphrases

• “Oh! I can help!”
• “Sorry! Sorry!”
• “Did that fix it?”
• “I think it worked...?”

Role in ENDS Studio

Ruby is:

• A production intern
• A runner / assistant / organizer
• Someone everyone ends up relying on, even if they won’t admit it

Visual Gags

• Tail knocks things over at perfect/worst timing
• Small gestures cause large reactions
• Characters freeze or stumble when she enters
• Papers, props, or tools fall into exactly the right place

GM Hooks

• Ruby unknowingly resolves a major conflict
• Someone tries to manipulate her (bad idea)
• She is placed in a leadership role accidentally
• Her absence causes systems to fail
• She begins to realize her impact, slightly

The Central Irony

RUBY enters carrying a tray of coffee. The duel stops. Two rivals reconcile. A subplot quietly resolves. RUBY exits, wondering where she left the stapler.