Bradley

## Bradley Briggs

**Bradley** is the character played by Briggs in Rustage's One Piece D&D: Marines streams. He is a fish-man and a Chief Petty Officer, who is a member of Branch 101 in the Marines. He decided to join the Marines to strengthen human and Fishmen relationships and learn more about human culture, as well as to find his sister.

## **Appearance**

Bradley is a male stingray Fishman with black hair and a white headband. He wears the standard Marines uniform with rolled up sleeves.

## **Personality**

He lacks a lot of knowledge of the human world, but he is curious of humans and is willing to learn their ways, which was one of the reasons why he joined the Marines. He has a strong hatred for pirates due to them kidnapping his sister and killing many of his relatives. Bradley hates pirates so much that he even stated one of his main reasons for joining The Marines was to kill pirates.

Bradley is one of the more lighthearted members of Branch 101, often telling jokes even during serious events, like when he scared Taiga by pretending to be mind controlled by Kane Kibbleton while he was grieving the loss of his brother.

## **Abilities / Powers / Equipment**

#### Overview

Bradley has proficiency in acrobatics, athletics, performance, persuasion, and stealth. He is also a skilled martial artist.

#### Fishman Karate

A martial art that is practiced by certain skilled members of the Fish-Man race. It has the same properties as a rapier

At 3rd level after training with Kai, he learned to project water giving himself a ranged attack with his Fishman Karate. His ranged attack is a reflavored short-bow with a short range of 80ft and a long range of 320ft

#### Fishman abilities

Amphibious-Can breath air and water and has a swim speed of 30 feet.

Sea Specialist-Has advantage on attacks underwater.

#### Darkvision

Bradley has the ability to see in the dark. Its unknown by how far he can see but it's most likely similar to other D&D races where he can see dim light within 60 feet of him as if it were bright light and darkness as dim light.

#### Communication with Animals

Bradly has the ability to communicate in a limited manner with sea creatures.

#### Zeal's gun-axe

Bradley took the axe gun because he thought it looked cool but is not proficient with it as a weapon.

#### Rogue abilities

Sneak Attack

Beginning at 1st level, Bradley can strike a opponent how from stealth or while their distracted with another opponent. Once per turn, he can deal an extra 3d6 damage to one creature he hits with an attack if he has advantage on the attack roll or if an ally is within 5 feet of the creature. He is seen using his sneak attack with his Fishman karate.

Cunning Action

Starting from 2nd level, Bradley can take the dash, disengage, or hide action as a bonus action.

#### Fast Hands

Starting at 3rd level, Bradley can use the bonus action granted by his Cunning Action to make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, use his thieves' tools to disarm a trap or open a lock, or take the Use an Object action.

#### Second-Story Work

At 3rd level, Bradley gained the ability to climb faster than normal; climbing no longer costs him extra movement.

In addition, when he makes a running jump, the distance he covers increases by a number of feet equal to his Dexterity modifier.

#### Uncanny Dodge

Starting at 5th level, when an attacker Bradley can see hits him with an attack, he can use his reaction to halve the attack's damage against himself.

## **Relationships**

### **Branch 101**

#### Kai

While Bradley and Kai got along well when they met, Bradley was unimpressed with Kai's combat performance after their first fight with pirates, describing him as a weak coward. During the groups battle in the Washingram Library, Bradley yelled at Kai for the latter’s decision to hide on the roof. His words (alongside Belles encouragement) helped Kai join the battle despite his cowardice.

#### Damian

Despite one of their first interactions resulted in Damian electrocuting Bradley, the two seemed to get along. Shortly after their first meeting, they worked together to rescue Lieutenant Pluto. Bradley said he was glad to have someone as strong as Damian on their team.

#### Yokan

Bradley and Yokan have been training together for some time. He stated they sparred multiple times, and she always beats him. Yokan also said that when she played hide and seek with Bradley she never found him. She was annoyed that Bradley joined The Marines to kill pirates, telling him that he should be ashamed of himself. Despite this annoyance, they worked together with to rescue Lieutenant Pluto.

#### Taiga

Although Bradley dislikes Taiga, especially after a misunderstanding made him think he was a slaveowner, he still sees him as a comrade to the point in which he stabilized him during the group's battle at the Washingram Library. Bradley also tried to protect Taiga from Yokan's wrath during their misunderstanding.

During their mission in the Ballywood Kingdom, Bradley took notice of Taiga's discomfort, telling him that he could hide in his shadow anytime. When Taiga offered him money to teach him some of his stealth techniques, Bradley shot down the idea of being paid, stating that they were a crew now and that he would teach him for free. Later during the mission the two got pizza together while the rest got Meat Mountains. After the groups battle against a mind-controlled Bailey Turner, Bradley pretends to be possessed by Taiga’s father Kane Kibbleton in order to scare him. This prank greatly irritated Taiga.

#### Pluto

Though they haven't interacted much, due to Pluto being Bradley's superior officer, he worked with his fellow Branch 101 members to rescue him when he was captured by pirates.

#### Bailey Turner

Bailey is Pluto and, therefore, Bradley's superior officer. Bailey was impressed with the abilities of Bradley and his associates.

### **Family**

**Salina** his sister that was kidnapped by the Hito-Hito Pirates.

**Bradley's father** was a great white shark fish man. Bradley stated that his father was a "nasty fucking shark". He is stated to be racist towards humans. As well, Bradley's dislike of shark fishmen seems to stem from his father.\

**Bradley’s mother** was a stingray fish man. He says that he takes more from his mother’s side of the family than his fathers.

**Unnamed relatives** Bradley mentioned who were killed by pirates.

## **History**

### Past

#### Birth and Childhood

Bradley was born to a great white shark fish-man father & a stingray fish-man mother. Sometime before he joined the Marines, he witnessed the deaths of his relatives at the hands of pirates and the kidnapping of his sister. He went to Gallan Bay University some time before the series. He washed up on the island of Olms where he met Yokan. Two years before the story, he was training with Yokan to join the Marines.

#### Bradley the Marine

About a decade after the adventures of the Devil's Luck Pirates, Bradley was a seaman recruit.

## **Trivia**

* Bradley's race and class were first announced during a Kick stream by Briggs (revealed at 1:31:36)
* Bradley's name may have come from Briggs jokingly calling Baki Hanma "Brad"
* Bradley's accent may be a reference to Sebastian.
* According to Damian, Bradley was the first fishman he'd seen in the Marines
* Due to Bradley being a stingray fishman, he has two penis like organs called "claspers." For visualization sake, they look kind of like fingers and are located around the stinger. However, due to Bradley being a fishman, his claspers are forward facing like a human.
* Bradley is very weak and short for a fishman. He can't lift a house and is well under 8 feet tall. This is exemplified when Kai, an ordinary human, was able to overpower him while both were in the water.
* Bradley loves mimes
* Bradly likes eating fish raw
* Bradly canonically does the "Naruto Run" when he runs.
* Bradley has a scar on his butt cheek.
* Bradley's favorite color is green.

## **Quotes**

* "What did you say about eating fish?"
* "You better watch out! Now you see me now you don't!"
* "I don't really know much about human culture."
* "And they say I'M cold blooded."
* "It just said, if you want to kill pirates sign here, and I signed up."
* "Everything is open door policy down below!"
* "You can't see me!"
* "Sleeping with the fishes is great, what are you talking about?"
* "We have the High Ground, boys!"
* "Never turn your back on me!"
* "I'm learning a lot about the human world!"
* "Have you ever heard about fishmen water torture? It involves crabs somehow."
* "So, mister duck, were you born that way?"
* "Well guys, it turns out I cannot speak duck."
* "Just don't call me fish bait!"
* "Ja-ja-ja"
* "I am very good at navigating underwater, but the second I am on a ship I have no clue of what's going on!"
* "It was just a joke, but we do not joke about slavery!"
* "I say that's pretty sus."
* "Never give up, never surrender!"
* "I told that professor I didn't deserve to fail biology!"
* "You looked at the wrong hand!"
* "I am not something you can catch and eat!"
* "You don't wanna run into my dad, he's a nasty fucking shark!"
* "Look at my shadow, you can always hide in it."
* "We are paying with our lives since we joined the Marines!"
* "Seas get the greese, my friends!"
* "Now you see me, now I don't think you're gonna live through this one!"
* "One of my friends ate a Devil Fruit, what an idiot! A fishmen eating a Devil Fruit!"
* "Good job everybody! I didn't take any damage...I also did nothing!"
* "I don't know what a milkshake is! If it's anything like a pizza I wanna try it!"
* ”Where’s the bathroom?”
* ”You don’t like pistacchio?!”
* ”I’ve been training for this! Ranged Fishmen Karate!”
* "Turns out piss isn't the best weapon"
* ”Bu!”
* "We should be mimes instead. Mimes are so much cooler!"
* "I think Mafia are, like, land pirates?"
* "I am the master of Pissman Karate after all!"
* "If we go inside the burger, does that mean we are the meal?"
* "I'm the only one not been seen around here!"
* "Just because you see me it doesn't mean you can hit me."
* "The boys at GBU call that gaming!"
* "Welcome to my element!"
* "I'm not mad, just disappointed."
* "My parents used to tell me that if I ate a Devil Fruit, I'll sink all the way into Davy Jones's Locker."
* "Welcome back to the world of the living, my friend!"
* "Things aren't always back and white, for example, I'm blue."
* "If you can stay calm in front of a ghost, you can stay calm in front of a girl."
* "It's ok to care about things."
* "I'll never eat a Devil Fruit, but if it can improve my mime capabilities, I just might!"
* "Mamma mia! It's a-me Bradley!"
* "Never underestimate a mime."
* "(Sarcastic) Yeah, I will non-violently let you guys kill us. It makes a lot of sense if you don't think about it!"
* "You do realize humans can learn Karate too, right?"
* "If you kill someone they can never change their ways, but maybe if we lock them in a cell for the rest of their life they will!"
* "I couldn't understand what he said, but it sounded racist."
* ”Take that you racist human!”
* ”Honestly, I thought he was a little bit stronger than that.”
* ”Does anyone understand what this nerd is saying?”
* ”Why is everyone so weak!?” - Bradley after accidentally killing another pirate.
* "I know it seems I'm a litte bit impatient, but my sister could be downstairs, god dammit!"
* "Yeah, he has a condition. It's called being an idiot."
* "Fishman Karate is really good!"
* "The bad thing about Fishman Karate is that you could kill your opponent, bit it's also the good thing about Fishman Karate!"
* "Ah, my pain receptors!"
* "Now I can see!"
* "You know what I realized? I think that everyone is a bunch of cunts. It's just what you make of it."
* "I can see his perspective a little bit. Strength is important, but to me, he's too filled with hatred and rage to get along with anybody. All he does is kill his opponents and enemies. What kind of life is that? What do you accomplish? One day, somebody stronger than him is going to come along and kill him. It's inevitable. And all you do is make people hate you by doing that."