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<noinclude>&larr; <small>[[Backstories]]</small></noinclude>
 
<noinclude>&larr; <small>[[Backstories]]</small></noinclude>
 
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! Title<br />(Short Title) !! Description !! Skill Modifications !! Incapable of !! Civil !! Raider !! Slave !! Trader !! Traveler !! Tribal
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!Title <br/> (Short Title) !!Description !!Skill Modifications !!Incapable of !!Civil !!Raider !!Slave !!Trader !!Traveler !!Tribal
 
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|-
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! Acolyte of stars (Priest)
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! Actor{{br}}(Actor)
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| Ever the dreamer, NAME traveled across the universe to find the thing HE felt was calling to HIM.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP became poorer and poorer, but used every means possible to carry on.
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| [PAWN_nameDef] travelled [PAWN_possessive] homeworld with a company of actors, playing to packed theatres and loving audiences everywhere. [PAWN_pronoun] was a perfectionist, and made [PAWN_possessive] own props and costumes rather than use the ones [PAWN_pronoun] was given.
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| Social {{--|3}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|4}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|7}}{{br}}Intellectual {{--|3}}
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| Social: {{+|8}}</br>Crafting: {{+|3}}
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| Dumb labor{{br}}Violent
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| Dumb labor{{br}}
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| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
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! Adventurer
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! Architect{{br}}(Architect)
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| NAME's thirst for adventure took her to many planets. HECAP visited the brightest glitterworlds and the darkest war-torn toxic planets in HIS quest to find novelty.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP worked as little as possible, often skirting ethical boundaries to make a quick buck. Among all jobs, HE hated cooking the most.  
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| [PAWN_nameDef] designed and constructed buildings. On [PAWN_possessive] glitterworld home, most of the technical aspects of architecture were handled by an AI. This enabled [PAWN_objective] to push the artistic limits of the craft, but also meant [PAWN_pronoun] never had to get [PAWN_possessive] hands dirty at building sites.
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| Shooting {{+|3}}{{br}}Melee {{+|3}}{{br}}Social {{+|3}}{{br}}Animals {{+|2}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|3}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|3}}
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| Construction: {{+|5}}</br>Artistic: {{+|7}}</br>Crafting: {{--|3}}
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| Cooking
+
| Dumb labor{{br}}
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| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
−
|-
 
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! Aromatherapist{{br}}(Therapist)
 
−
| NAME practiced aromatherapy, using essences extracted from home-grown plants.
 
−
| Shooting {{--|3}}{{br}}Melee {{--|3}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|4}}{{br}}Cooking {{+|4}}{{br}}Growing {{+|6}}
 
−
|N/A
 
−
| ? || {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Ascetic priest{{br}}(Priest)
 
! Ascetic priest{{br}}(Priest)
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| After taking a vow of silence, NAME joined a monastery on a peaceful backwater planet to spend HIS days in quiet contemplation.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP found happiness growing vegetables in the garden and making cheese in the monastery cellars.
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| After taking a vow of silence, [PAWN_nameDef] joined a monastery on a peaceful backwater planet to spend [PAWN_possessive] days in quiet contemplation.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] found happiness growing vegetables in the garden and making cheese in the monastery cellars.
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| Medicine {{+|2}}{{br}}Cooking {{+|2}}{{br}}Growing {{+|4}}
+
| Plants: {{+|4}}</br>Medicine: {{+|2}}</br>Cooking: {{+|2}}
−
| Violent{{br}}Social
+
| Violent{{br}}Social{{br}}
 
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 +
|-
 +
! Assassin{{br}}(Assassin)
 +
| [PAWN_nameDef] was a professional assassin. [PAWN_pronoun] was cold, calculating, and made a good profit. In this business, an utter lack of empathy was an asset.
 +
| Melee: {{+|10}}</br>Shooting: {{+|10}}
 +
| Intellectual{{br}}Dumb labor{{br}}Skilled labor{{br}}Social{{br}}Caring{{br}}
 +
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Bartender{{br}}(Barkeep)
 
! Bartender{{br}}(Barkeep)
−
| NAME worked as a bartender on a seedy space station. The job entailed one part drink mixing, one part diplomacy, and one part head-bashing.
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| [PAWN_nameDef] worked as a bartender on a seedy space station. The job entailed one part drink mixing, one part diplomacy, and one part head-bashing.
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| Melee {{+|2}}{{br}}Social {{+|4}}{{br}}Cooking {{+|2}}
+
| Social: {{+|4}}</br>Melee: {{+|2}}</br>Cooking: {{+|2}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Beast slayer{{br}}(Slayer)
+
! Biosphere manager{{br}}(Botanist)
−
| NAME traveled between planets, following news of animal attacks. HECAP would camp on the planet for weeks, learning about HIS prey before striking. HECAP most enjoyed hunting thrumbos.{{br}}{{br}}Preferring to work alone, NAME enjoyed the thrill of the hunt, and the meat from the kill.
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| [PAWN_nameDef] lived on a peaceful glitterworld where all menial work was done by robots and people devoted themselves to leisure. [PAWN_pronoun] managed the plant and animal life of a sprawling park, where citizens came to admire the natural beauty.
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| Shooting {{+|4}}{{br}}Melee {{+|4}}{{br}}Cooking {{+|3}}{{br}}Growing {{+|2}}
+
| Shooting: {{--|4}}</br>Animals: {{+|6}}</br>Plants: {{+|6}}
−
| Animals
+
| Dumb labor{{br}}Crafting{{br}}Cooking{{br}}
−
| ? || {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Behaviour research{{br}}(Scientist)
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! Blacksmith{{br}}(Blacksmith)
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| Captured as a feral child, NAME was forced into the ways of modern society. She quickly adapted and became a bevaioural researcher, eventually owning a private facility. She specialized in canines, but learnt a great deal about all animals. She never had interest in plants, however.
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| As a smith on a medieval world, [PAWN_nameDef] gained a reputation for the high quality of [PAWN_possessive] work. [PAWN_pronoun] wasn't bad at using the swords [PAWN_pronoun] forged either.
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| Melee {{+|1}}{{br}}Social {{+|2}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|6}}{{br}}Cooking {{--|2}}{{br}}Growing {{--|3}}{{br}}Intellectual {{+|8}}
+
| Shooting: {{--|5}}</br>Melee: {{+|4}}</br>Crafting: {{+|6}}
−
| Artistic{{br}}Firefighting
+
| Intellectual{{br}}
−
| ? || {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Blacksmith
 
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| As a smith on a medieval world, NAME gained a reputation for the high quality of HIS work. HECAP wasn't bad at using the swords HE forged either.
 
−
| Shooting {{--|5}}{{br}}Melee {{+|4}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|6}}
 
−
| Intellectual
 
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Bodyguard
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! Bodyguard{{br}}(Bodyguard)
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| NAME found work on a midworld, protecting whoever paid HIM from harm. HECAP gained proficiency in many different combat forms, and was known for HIS ruthlessness against those who crossed HIM.
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| [PAWN_nameDef] found work on a midworld, protecting whoever paid [PAWN_objective] from harm. [PAWN_pronoun] gained proficiency in many different combat forms, and was known for [PAWN_possessive] ruthlessness against those who crossed [PAWN_objective].
−
| Shooting {{+|4}}{{br}}Melee {{+|4}}
+
| Shooting: {{+|4}}</br>Melee: {{+|4}}
−
| Social
+
| Social{{br}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Bounty hunter{{br}}(Hunter)
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! Castaway{{br}}(Castaway)
−
| NAME was a bounty hunter on a massive glitterworld. HECAP worked sensitive assignments for extremely wealthy clients, and was known for quiet execution and total discretion.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] was the only survivor of a ship crash on an unhabited animal world. For many years until [PAWN_possessive] rescue [PAWN_pronoun] scrounged an existence out of whatever [PAWN_pronoun] could find.{{br}}[PAWN_possessive] survival skills became razor-sharp, but spending so long alone severely dampened [PAWN_possessive] conversatial abilities.
−
| Shooting {{+|8}}{{br}}Melee {{+|5}}
+
| Melee: {{+|5}}</br>Animals: {{+|3}}</br>Construction: {{+|4}}
−
| N/A
+
| Intellectual{{br}}Social{{br}}Artistic{{br}}
−
| ? || {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Castaway (1)
 
−
| NAME was the only survivor of a ship crash on an unhabited animal world. For many years until HIS rescue HE scrounged an existence out of whatever HE could find.{{br}}{{br}}HISCAP survival skills became razor-sharp, but spending so long alone severely dampened HIS conversational abilities.
 
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| Melee {{+|5}}{{br}}Animals {{+|3}}{{br}}Construction {{+|4}}
 
−
| Intellectual{{br}}Social{{br}}Artistic
 
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
−
|-
 
−
! Castaway (2)
 
−
| NAME was a passenger on a routine interstellar transit. When his ship was destroyed, he lived as a castaway on an uninhabited planet for several years.
 
−
| Cooking {{+|2}}{{br}}Construction {{+|2}}{{br}}Growing {{+|3}}{{br}}Mining {{+|2}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Cave tender{{br}}(Tender)
 
! Cave tender{{br}}(Tender)
−
| While the others were out hunting and foraging, NAME would stay at home to cook and take care of the young and sick.
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| While the others were out hunting and foraging, [PAWN_nameDef] would stay at home to cook and take care of the young and sick.
−
| Cooking {{+|4}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|3}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|2}}
+
| Cooking: {{+|4}}</br>Medicine: {{+|3}}</br>Crafting: {{+|2}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Chief engineer{{br}}(Engineer)
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! Caveworld illuminator{{br}}(Illuminator)
−
| As chief engineer on board a large spaceship, NAME was an expert in all things fiddly and complex.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP relied on other members of the crew for some of the basic necessities of life. HECAP and HIS ship eventually disappeared into a longsleep voyage of exploration.
+
| Among tunnel-dwellers, those with vision as strong as [PAWN_nameDef]’s are revered as sages. [PAWN_pronoun] would lead the way, marking spots to dig with bioluminescent fungus and warning others of impending danger.
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| Social {{--|2}}{{br}}Construction {{+|3}}{{br}}Mining {{+|2}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|3}}{{br}}Research {{+|3}}
+
| Mining: {{+|3}}</br>Social: {{+|2}}
−
| Animals
+
| None
−
| {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 +
|-
 +
! Charity worker{{br}}(Altruist)
 +
| Glitterworlds are havens of safety and comfort for those lucky enough to live there, but [PAWN_nameDef] could not ignore nearby planets where people suffered in poverty. [PAWN_pronoun] spent [PAWN_possessive] working life appealing for donations and supporting those in need.
 +
| Social: {{+|6}}</br>Mining: {{--|3}}
 +
| Violent{{br}}
 +
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 +
|-
 +
! Civil servant{{br}}(Clerk)
 +
| [PAWN_nameDef] worked as a low-ranking administrator for a moribund government bureaucracy. [PAWN_pronoun] is most at home filling out complicated paperwork and playing office politics.
 +
| Social: {{+|3}}</br>Intellectual: {{+|3}}</br>Construction: {{--|2}}
 +
| None
 +
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 +
|-
 +
! Colony settler{{br}}(Settler)
 +
| [PAWN_nameDef] was a settler on a new colony world.{{br}}Such a life requires a jack-of-all trades at basic hands-on tasks.
 +
| Construction: {{+|4}}</br>Plants: {{+|4}}</br>Mining: {{+|4}}
 +
| None
 +
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 +
|-
 +
! Con artist{{br}}(Con artist)
 +
| [PAWN_nameDef] never created anything in [PAWN_possessive] life. [PAWN_pronoun] did, however, prove to be a natural at getting others to give [PAWN_objective] what they had created.
 +
| Social: {{+|10}}
 +
| Violent{{br}}
 +
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 +
|-
 +
! Conceptual artist{{br}}(Artist)
 +
| [PAWN_nameDef] was well-known in art circles on [PAWN_possessive] home world for [PAWN_possessive] unique and creative conceptual artworks.{{br}}Nobody was sure exactly what [PAWN_pronoun] was trying to communicate, but [PAWN_possessive] pieces were highly valued by collectors.
 +
| Artistic: {{+|8}}</br>Crafting: {{+|1}}
 +
| Social{{br}}Caring{{br}}Hauling{{br}}
 +
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Construction engineer{{br}}(Builder)
 
! Construction engineer{{br}}(Builder)
−
| NAME was a construction worker on a midworld. HECAP lead a team which built everything from office blocks to cathedrals.{{br}}{{br}}HISCAP busy job and numerous nearby fast-food outlets meant HE never cooked for HIMself.
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| [PAWN_nameDef] was a construction worker on a midworld. [PAWN_pronoun] lead a team which built everything from office blocks to cathedrals.{{br}}[PAWN_possessive] busy job and numerous nearby fast-food outlets meant [PAWN_pronoun] never cooked for [PAWN_objective]self.
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| Construction {{+|8}}{{br}}Growing {{--|3}}
+
| Construction: {{+|8}}</br>Plants: {{--|3}}
−
| Intellectual{{br}}Cooking
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| Intellectual{{br}}Cooking{{br}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 +
|-
 +
! Counselor{{br}}(Counselor)
 +
| A terrifying trauma when [PAWN_nameDef] was a young adult caused [PAWN_objective] to develop a serious eating disorder. With counseling [PAWN_pronoun] learned to have a healthier relationship with food, and decided to put [PAWN_possessive] new skills to use helping others overcome their emotional problems.
 +
| Social: {{+|9}}
 +
| Cooking{{br}}
 +
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 +
|-
 +
! Courtesean{{br}}(Courtesean)
 +
| [PAWN_nameDef] was used for [PAWN_possessive] body by hundreds of customers in brothels on several planets. [PAWN_pronoun] gained some mental marks and a special kind of street smarts.
 +
| Social: {{+|8}}</br>Melee: {{+|3}}
 +
| Dumb labor{{br}}Skilled labor{{br}}
 +
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Deep space miner{{br}}(Miner)
 
! Deep space miner{{br}}(Miner)
−
| NAME did the sweaty, grimy work of pulling metal out of asteroids on a deep space rig. HECAP used HIS hands-on industrial skills daily - and wasn't bad in a bar fight either.
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| [PAWN_nameDef] did the sweaty, grimy work of pulling metal out of asteroids on a deep space rig. [PAWN_pronoun] used [PAWN_possessive] hands-on industrial skills daily - and wasn't bad in a bar fight either.
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| Mining {{+|7}}{{br}}Construction {{+|3}}{{br}}Melee {{+|2}}
+
| Mining: {{+|7}}</br>Construction: {{+|3}}</br>Melee: {{+|2}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Defector
+
! Defector{{br}}(Defector)
−
| Early in HIS adulthood, NAME decided to leave the oppressive dictatorship where HE lived. HISCAP defection was not well-received, and agents were sent out after HIM.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP spent years on the run, treating HIS own wounds so no doctor could betray HIM. The ordeal made HIM bitter and untrusting.
+
| Early in [PAWN_possessive] adulthood, [PAWN_nameDef] decided to leave the oppressive dictatorship where [PAWN_pronoun] lived. [PAWN_possessive] defection was not well-received, and agents were sent out after [PAWN_objective].{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] spent years on the run, treating [PAWN_possessive] own wounds so no doctor could betray [PAWN_objective]. The ordeal made [PAWN_objective] bitter and untrusting.
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| Shooting {{+|5}}{{br}}Social {{--|4}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|3}}
+
| Shooting: {{+|5}}</br>Social: {{--|4}}</br>Medicine: {{+|3}}
−
| Artistic
+
| Artistic{{br}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Digger
+
! Digger{{br}}(Digger)
−
| NAME and HIS tribe carved their home deep into the side of a mountain. NAME feels most at home picking through rock and shoring up cave walls.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] and [PAWN_possessive] tribe carved their home deep into the side of a mountain. [PAWN_nameDef] feels most at home picking through rock and shoring up cave walls.
−
| Mining {{+|5}}{{br}}Construction {{+|2}}
+
| Mining: {{+|5}}</br>Construction: {{+|2}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Drifter{{br}}(Drifter)
 
! Drifter{{br}}(Drifter)
−
| NAME never figured out what to do with HIS life. HECAP travelled often, taking up casual work wherever HE found it.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP also occasionally worked on a novel that HE knew would be a bestseller - just as soon as HE could find a publisher who was interested.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] never figured out what to do with [PAWN_possessive] life. [PAWN_pronoun] travelled often, taking up casual work wherever [PAWN_pronoun] found it.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] also occasionally worked on a novel that [PAWN_pronoun] knew would be a bestseller - just as soon as [PAWN_pronoun] could find a publisher who was interested.
−
| Cooking {{+|3}}{{br}}Construction {{+|3}}{{br}}Artistic {{--|4}}
+
| Cooking: {{+|3}}</br>Construction: {{+|3}}</br>Artistic: {{--|4}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Dromedary knight{{br}}(Knight)
+
! Escaped convict{{br}}(Escapee)
−
| Having caught the eye of his people's Sand King, NAME was trained in the Sandy Boomlet fighting technique. Always with a camel to carry his things, he served his sand people faithfully.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] denies involvement in the crimes that brought about [PAWN_possessive] incarceration in a brutal penal colony. [PAWN_pronoun] escaped by tunnelling beneath the perimeter using modified cutlery.
−
| Shooting {{--|3}}{{br}}Melee {{+|4}}{{br}}Social {{+|4}}{{br}}Animals {{+|4}}
+
| Mining: {{+|4}}</br>Crafting: {{+|2}}
−
| Hauling
+
| Caring{{br}}
−
| {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Escaped convict{{br}}(Escapee)
+
! Evangelist{{br}}(Evangelist)
−
| NAME denies involvement in the crimes that brought about HIS incarceration in a brutal penal colony. HECAP escaped by tunnelling beneath the perimeter using modified cutlery.
+
| As a youth, [PAWN_nameDef] experienced a religious awakening. [PAWN_pronoun] decided to spend the rest of [PAWN_possessive] life spreading the word of [PAWN_possessive] deity, the beauty of its culture, and its unusual medical tradition.
−
| Mining {{+|4}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|2}}
+
| Social: {{+|4}}</br>Artistic: {{+|4}}</br>Medicine: {{--|3}}
−
| Caring
+
| None
−
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Engineered pilot (Pilot)
+
! Explosives expert{{br}}(Blaster)
−
| After this province was besieged by one of his neighbors,  NAME volunteered for a generic modification program that created pilots for the very fighter craft that he had helped develop. The modifications allowed him to pilot the ship, but also made him less able to focus on the people around him. By this time, people were calling him "Squirrel".
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] was an explosive engineer employed in mines. [PAWN_pronoun] took [PAWN_possessive] job very seriously and was well-versed in the technicalities - so much so that [PAWN_pronoun] refused to demean [PAWN_objective]self by helping with the clean-up once [PAWN_possessive] carefully-calculated explosion was complete.
−
| Shooting {{+|5}}{{br}}Melee {{+|2}}{{br}}Social {{--|2}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|2}}
+
| Mining: {{+|5}}</br>Intellectual: {{+|5}}
−
| N/A
+
| Dumb labor{{br}}
−
| ? || ? || {{check}} || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Factory worker{{br}}(Worker)
 
! Factory worker{{br}}(Worker)
−
| NAME did menial, unskilled work in an industrial-era factory. HISCAP job also included caring for the mules and horses which transported goods around the city.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] did menial, unskilled work in an industrial-era factory. [PAWN_possessive] job also included caring for the mules and horses which transported goods around the city.
−
| Animals {{+|3}}{{br}}Construction {{+|3}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|2}}
+
| Animals: {{+|3}}</br>Construction: {{+|3}}</br>Crafting: {{+|2}}
−
| Intellectual{{br}}Artistic{{br}}Cooking
+
| Intellectual{{br}}Artistic{{br}}Cooking{{br}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Fervent researcher (Researcher)
+
! Gardener{{br}}(Gardener)
−
| As a young adult, NAME was sure that HIS planet and its people were nearing their time of transcendence.{{br}}{{br}}A firm belief that HIS research would be the catalyst drove HIM to increasingly alarming acts as bureaucrats and bioethics committees worked to stall HIS progress.
+
| On industrial worlds, wealth concentrates in the hands of those who own the factories and sell the goods. [PAWN_nameDef] worked at the mansion of one such rich family, tending the lavish gardens as part of a team of servants.
−
| Shooting {{+|2}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|8}}{{br}}Research {{+|6}}
+
| Plants: {{+|8}}
−
| Dumb labor{{br}}Skilled labor{{br}}Artistic
+
| Intellectual{{br}}Crafting{{br}}
−
| ? || {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Gatherer
+
! Gatherer{{br}}(Gatherer)
−
| NAME is a master gatherer. HECAP can find food in the most barren of places using HIS deep knowledge of plants, roots, and berries.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] is a master gatherer. [PAWN_pronoun] can find food in the most barren of places using [PAWN_possessive] deep knowledge of plants, roots, and berries.
−
| Growing {{+|4}}
+
| Plants: {{+|4}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Glitterworld surgeon{{br}}(Surgeon)
+
! Geologist{{br}}(Geologist)
−
| NAME worked as a surgeon on a world mostly free of disease and human suffering.{{br}}{{br}}HISCAP job mostly involved elaborate and creative cosmetic surgeries. HECAP has a good understanding of human biology, but never had to remove a cancer -- or a bullet.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] worked with miners and cave-diggers, identifying rock types and natural formations.{{br}}During [PAWN_possessive] years underground [PAWN_pronoun] also gained experience repairing drilling machines and other technical equipment.
−
| Social {{+|1}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|3}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|5}}
+
| Mining: {{+|8}}</br>Crafting: {{+|3}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Herbalist
+
! Glitterworld empath{{br}}(Empath)
−
| NAME lived in the forest near a village. Though many of the villagers feared HIM, sick villagers would come to HIM to purchase salves and poultices made from the herbs HE grew in HIS garden. HECAP was happy to help them -- for a price.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] had an amazing ability to relate to others and mediate conflict. [PAWN_pronoun] was selected to train as an empath. The training intensified [PAWN_possessive] natural abilities, but [PAWN_pronoun] became unable to harm others.
−
| Social {{--|2}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|4}}{{br}}Growing {{+|4}}
+
| Social: {{+|8}}</br>Medicine: {{+|2}}
−
| N/A
+
| Violent{{br}}
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! House servant{{br}}(Servant)
+
! Glitterworld officer{{br}}(Officer)
−
| Early in HIS adulthood, NAME was kidnapped and sold to wealthy aristocrats as a domestic servant.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP got to know the kitchens and basements of HIS master's mansion well, but never did any work outside.
+
| Though glitterworlds are peaceful places, they often remain prepared for war. [PAWN_nameDef]'s unit rarely saw any real action.{{br}}Though [PAWN_pronoun] pursued [PAWN_possessive] artistic hobbies, [PAWN_possessive] subordinates preferred to entertain themselves by brawling, so [PAWN_nameDef] got good at breaking up fights.
−
| Cooking {{+|4}}{{br}}Growing {{--|3}}{{br}}Mining {{--|3}}
+
| Melee: {{+|6}}</br>Artistic: {{+|4}}
−
| Intellectual{{br}}Crafting
+
| Dumb labor{{br}}
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Hunter
+
! Glitterworld surgeon{{br}}(Surgeon)
−
| NAME was a master hunter. He learnt to track and trap any animal in the most dangerous of places, and had deep knowledge of many ingenious methods of taking down specific large animals.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] worked as a surgeon on a world mostly free of disease and human suffering.{{br}}[PAWN_possessive] job mostly involved elaborate and creative cosmetic surgeries. [PAWN_pronoun] has a good understanding of human biology, but never had to remove a cancer — or a bullet.
−
| Shooting {{+|6}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|4}}{{br}}Growing {{+|2}}
+
| Artistic: {{+|5}}</br>Medicine: {{+|3}}</br>Social: {{+|1}}
−
| Mining
+
| None
−
| ? || ? || ? || {{check}} || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
−
|-
 
−
! Illegal shipwright{{br}}(Shipwright)
 
−
| There is a law that say that you're not allowed to put terawatt-range grasers on a cargo scow. Especially if you hide them under what looks like a communications dish for better ambush potential. NAME discovered that there is great profit to be made, however, from those who are uninterested in these laws.
 
−
| Construction {{+|7}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Loner
+
! Healer{{br}}(Healer)
−
| NAME never much liked the tribal council or the yearly festivals. HECAP prefers the open plain and the lonely whistle of wind through the rocks.<br/ ><br />HE visits HIS tribe from time to time, but for the most part HE takes care of HIMself using HIS own survival skills.
+
| After [PAWN_possessive] tribe’s elder healer was killed in a raid, [PAWN_nameDef] took on the role. [PAWN_pronoun] spent [PAWN_possessive] days scrounging up herbs and mineral compounds from the nearby area to use in surprisingly effective remedies.
−
| Shooting {{+|3}}{{br}}Melee {{+|2}}{{br}}Growing {{+|5}}{{br}}Construction {{+|1}}
+
| Medicine: {{+|4}}</br>Plants: {{+|3}}
−
| Social
+
| None
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Luddite rebel{{br}}(Luddite)
+
! Herbalist{{br}}(Herbalist)
−
| When the majority of people on HIS world chose to give up their individuality and biological humanity to join together in an online hivemind, NAME joined a rebel faction that chose to forsake most technology.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] lived in the forest near a village. Though many of the villagers feared [PAWN_objective], sick villagers would come to [PAWN_objective] to purchase salves and poultices made from the herbs [PAWN_pronoun] grew in [PAWN_possessive] garden. [PAWN_pronoun] was happy to help them — for a price.
−
| Melee {{+|3}}{{br}}Construction {{+|3}}{{br}}Mining {{+|2}}
+
| Plants: {{+|4}}</br>Medicine: {{+|4}}</br>Social: {{--|2}}
−
| Intellectual{{br}}Crafting
+
| None
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Mafia Boss{{br}}(Boss)
+
! Hermit{{br}}(Hermit)
−
| NAME was a high-ranking member of an urbworld crime syndicate.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP bribed officials, maintained the loyalty of HIS subordinates, and extracted overdue payments - by any means necessary.
+
| Worn out by the pressures of social interaction, [PAWN_nameDef] left [PAWN_possessive] crowded midworld city to live a simple life in the wilderness. There, [PAWN_pronoun] spent [PAWN_possessive] days alone, tending [PAWN_possessive] garden and crafting the simple tools [PAWN_pronoun] needed to survive.
−
| Shooting {{+|4}}{{br}}Melee {{+|3}}{{br}}Social {{+|4}}
+
| Plants: {{+|4}}</br>Crafting: {{+|3}}</br>Construction: {{+|1}}
−
| Dumb labor{{br}}Caring{{br}}Cooking
+
| Social{{br}}
−
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Master chef{{br}}(Chef)
+
! Hiveworld drone{{br}}(Drone)
−
| On a glitter world, NAME found a job washing dishes at a famous restaurant and worked his way up the ranks. A few years later, his career came to an end when someone poisoned the meal he was preparing for the mayor. Jobless, he and left to explore the stars once again.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] worked as a mindless construction drone in a massive hiveworld civilization. Though [PAWN_pronoun] is now freed from the brutal social experiments to which [PAWN_pronoun] was subjected, [PAWN_pronoun] remains incapable of creative thought and leadership.
−
| Cooking {{+|8}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|4}}
+
| Construction: {{+|5}}</br>Mining: {{+|4}}</br>Social: {{--|2}}
−
| N/A
+
| Artistic{{br}}Intellectual{{br}}
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Medieval doctor{{br}}(Quack)
+
! House servant{{br}}(Servant)
−
| NAME worked as a doctor on a medieval planet. HECAP firmly believes that most ailments can be cured with a little bloodletting.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP was also a master anaesthetist, developing a specialty technique that involved a heavy blow to the head.
+
| Early in [PAWN_possessive] adulthood, [PAWN_nameDef] was kidnapped and sold to wealthy aristocrats as a domestic servant.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] got to know the kitchens and basements of [PAWN_possessive] master's mansion well, but never did any work outside.
−
| Melee {{+|6}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|1}}
+
| Cooking: {{+|4}}</br>Plants: {{--|3}}</br>Mining: {{--|3}}
−
| N/A
+
| Intellectual{{br}}
−
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Medieval farm oaf{{br}}(Oaf)
+
! Housemate{{br}}(Housemate)
−
| Tilling, hoeing, guiding ox carts, pushing wheelbarrows. Digging ditches, planting seeds, predicting the harvest.{{br}}{{br}}Medieval-level farmers aren't educated in the usual sense, but they know a lot about growing plants without technology. That said, such a life leaves one essentially incapable of participating in intellectual, technology-driven activities.
+
| As an adult, [PAWN_nameDef] kept house and cared for children while [PAWN_possessive] spouse worked.
−
| Growing {{+|8}}{{br}}Mining {{+|3}}
+
| Cooking: {{+|3}}</br>Medicine: {{+|3}}</br>Crafting: {{+|2}}
−
| Intellectual
+
| None
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Mercenary leader (Mercenary)
+
! Human computer{{br}}(Computer)
−
| Alone, NAME set out to rebuild her father's life's work. She challenged the leader of a small band of mercenaries and took control, then led the pandas they hijacked trade ships and stole valuable cargo. Her men mutinied. She was abandoned, arrested, and sentenced to death.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] turned out to have an excellent memory and a gift for performing complex calculations in [PAWN_possessive] head. A midworld dictator decided to employ [PAWN_nameDef] to keep track of [PAWN_possessive] state's finances and expenditure, since electrical computers were too susceptible to hacking.
−
| Shooting {{+|4}}{{br}}Melee {{+|4}}{{br}}Social {{+|4}}
+
| Shooting: {{+|3}}</br>Intellectual: {{+|7}}
−
| N/A
+
| Artistic{{br}}
−
| ? || {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Muffalo shaman{{br}}(Shaman)
+
! Illegal shipwright{{br}}(Shipwright)
−
| Because of HIS quiet wisdom and great strength, NAME became the spiritual leader for a nomadic tribe that followed the herds of roaming muffalo.
+
| There is a law that says that you're not allowed to put terawatt-range grasers on a cargo scow. Especially if you hide them under what looks like a communications dish for better ambush potential. [PAWN_nameDef] discovered that there is great profit to be made, however, from those who are uninterested in these laws.
−
| Melee {{+|5}}{{br}}Social {{+|2}}
+
| Construction: {{+|7}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
−
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
+
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Novelist
+
! Inventor{{br}}(Inventor)
−
| NAME lived on a glitterworld, penning wildly successful novels. HECAP lived a carefree lifestyle, spending HIS days writing and HIS nights partying...and never did a day's manual labour in HIS life.
+
| On [PAWN_possessive] homeworld, [PAWN_nameDef] worked as a moderately successful inventor. [PAWN_pronoun] developed several minor technologies.
−
| Construction {{--|5}}{{br}}Mining {{--|5}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|8}}
+
| Crafting: {{+|5}}</br>Intellectual: {{+|2}}
−
| Dumb labor{{br}}Social
+
| None
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Pit brawler
+
! Jailbird{{br}}(Jailbird)
−
| NAME was nine years old when HE got in HIS first fight. HECAP won, but more important was the enjoyment of HIS audience. Pit fighting turned out to be a lucrative career for those who could survive it. And it was even mostly legal.{{br}}''Note: Prevents Brawler [[Traits|trait]].''
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] spent most of [PAWN_possessive] life in prisons, where [PAWN_pronoun] was put to work in the kitchens. [PAWN_pronoun] had a habit of getting into fights, and developed an aggressive way of speaking.
−
| Melee {{+|8}}
+
| Melee: {{+|5}}</br>Cooking: {{+|3}}
−
| Intellectual{{br}}Caring
+
| Social{{br}}Caring{{br}}
−
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Ranch owner{{br}}(Rancher)
+
! Joywire artist{{br}}(Joywirer)
−
| NAME owned and operated a successful ranch where HE raised animals for meat and wool.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP refused to do any dumb labour HE could pay someone else to do for HIM.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] worked in an urbworld lab developing cutting-edge joywire software to maximize user pleasure.{{br}}When the local government imposed harsh restrictions on joywire manufacturing, [PAWN_pronoun] began selling [PAWN_possessive] products on the black market.
−
| Animals {{+|8}}{{br}}Cooking {{--|4}}{{br}}Mining {{--|4}}
+
| Artistic: {{+|3}}</br>Intellectual: {{+|2}}</br>Medicine: {{+|2}}
−
| Dumb labor
+
| Dumb labor{{br}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Roboticist
+
! Loner{{br}}(Loner)
−
| NAME felt more comfortable with robots and artificial intelligences than with organic people, so she worked as a roboticist. She took a particular interest in mechanites and ancient technology. NAME relied of other people for her basic needs.
+
| Loner never much liked the tribal council or the yearly festivals. [PAWN_pronoun] prefers the open plain and the lonely whistle of wind through the rocks.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] visits [PAWN_possessive] tribe from time to time, but for the most part [PAWN_pronoun] takes care of [PAWN_objective]self using [PAWN_possessive] own survival skills.
−
| Construction {{+|3}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|6}}{{br}}Intellectual {{+|4}}
+
| Shooting: {{+|3}}</br>Melee: {{+|2}}</br>Plants: {{+|5}}</br>Construction: {{+|1}}
−
| Cooking{{br}}Plant work
+
| Social{{br}}
−
| {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Runaway dancer{{br}}(Dancer)
 
−
| Grown by and for science, NAME gave it up. Instead, she wanted to dance for crowds across many worlds, from the glamor of the glitter worlds to the dangers of the rim. Such work required wearing a smile on her face and a pistol under her costume.
 
−
| Shooting {{+|2}}{{br}}Social {{+|6}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|4}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Scout
 
−
| Since HIS tribe has made contact with local outlanders, NAME has contracted HIS services out as a guide to the local area. Frequent contact with ancient relics has made HIM fairly comfortable with the old technology.
 
−
| Shooting {{+|2}}{{br}}Social {{+|2}}{{br}}Intellectual {{+|2}}
 
−
| N/A
 
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Shaman of Shadows{{br}}(Shaman)
+
! Lore keeper{{br}}(Keeper)
−
| When the monsters of fire came from the sky, NAME was called upon by HIS tribe to guide them into battle.{{br}}{{br}}NAME made use of medicine and rituals to inspire and lead the warriors of many tribes against the invaders. The pirates were forced to retreat without capturing a single slave.{{br}}''Note: comes with "accursed child" as [[List of childhood backstories|childhood backstory]].''
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] was one of a long line of lore keepers in [PAWN_possessive] tribe. Every night around the fire, [PAWN_pronoun] would pass on ancient knowledge and helpful wisdom through stories.
−
| Social {{+|6}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|4}}{{br}}Construction {{--|2}}{{br}}Growing {{+|2}}{{br}}Research {{+|2}}
+
| Intellectual: {{+|2}}</br>Social: {{+|3}}</br>Artistic: {{+|2}}
−
| Hunting
+
| None
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Sheriff
+
! Low-wage worker{{br}}(Grunt)
−
| NAME was the law enforcer in an isolated industrial town. HECAP was known for having an arrogant attitude and a mean streak. HECAP refused to lift so much as a finger unless it was for money, alcohol, or revenge.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] worked a variety of casual jobs to support [PAWN_possessive] family, gaining a set of basic hands-on skills.
−
| Shooting {{+|8}}{{br}}Melee {{+|5}}{{br}}Social {{--|3}}
+
| Cooking: {{+|4}}</br>Plants: {{+|3}}</br>Crafting: {{+|3}}
−
| Dumb labor{{br}}Skilled labor{{br}}Social{{br}}Caring
+
| None
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Smuggler
+
! Luddite rebel{{br}}(Luddite)
−
| As a contract pilot, NAME had a knack for stealing goods and trafficking contraband without getting caught. She eventually saved up enough to buy her own ship, and used it to travel from world to world dealing her goods in person.
+
| When the majority of people on [PAWN_possessive] world chose to give up their individuality and biological humanity to join together in an online hivemind, [PAWN_nameDef] joined a rebel faction that chose to forsake most technology.
−
| Shooting {{+|2}}{{br}}Melee {{+|2}}{{br}}Social {{+|5}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|2}}{{br}}Intellectual {{--|2}}
+
| Melee: {{+|3}}</br>Construction: {{+|3}}</br>Mining: {{+|2}}
−
| Art
+
| Intellectual{{br}}Crafting{{br}}
−
| ? || {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Space pirate{{br}}(Pirate)
+
! Machine collector{{br}}(Collector)
−
| Piracy appears everywhere that governments are weak and society spread thin. NAME was part of this age-old part of human existence, extorting and smashing peaceful trade ships for profit.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] was obsessed with old machines and arcane pieces of technology. [PAWN_pronoun] obtained them wherever [PAWN_pronoun] could, and loved taking them apart to see how they worked.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] had a habit of talking about [PAWN_possessive] collection long after people around [PAWN_objective] had stopped listening.
−
| Melee {{+|4}}{{br}}Shooting {{+|4}}
+
| Social: {{--|3}}</br>Crafting: {{+|6}}</br>Intellectual: {{+|6}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
−
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Special forces{{br}}(Specialist)
+
! Mafia boss{{br}}(Boss)
−
| Give me a reason to kill - a good reason! NAME was a soldier and a skilled one - so skilled that he entered the special forces to battle militants and xenohuman raiders. He never imagined himself a lone hero, but he played his part in the group well.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] was a high-ranking member of an urbworld crime syndicate.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] bribed officials, maintained the loyalty of [PAWN_possessive] subordinates, and extracted overdue payments - by any means necessary.
−
| Shooting {{+|7}}{{br}}Melee {{+|6}}{{br}}Social {{+|2}}
+
| Shooting: {{+|4}}</br>Melee: {{+|3}}</br>Social: {{+|4}}
−
| Intellectual{{br}}Animals{{br}}Artistic
+
| Dumb labor{{br}}Caring{{br}}Cooking{{br}}
−
| ? || {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Slave chemist
+
! Mathematician{{br}}(Math prof)
−
| NAME became a gifted pharmaceutical scientist, but was captured by slavers. HECAP was sold to a warlord and forced to create drugs to test on other slaves. This left HIM with deep and troubling questions on the ethics of scientific research and medicine.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] did mathematical research at a university.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] spent much of [PAWN_possessive] spare time immersed in shooting simulations, though [PAWN_pronoun] was frequently ridiculed by other players for [PAWN_possessive] terrible aim.
−
| Melee {{--|1}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|5}}{{br}}Construction {{--|1}}{{br}}Mining {{--|2}}{{br}}Research {{+|4}}
+
| Shooting: {{--|3}}</br>Intellectual: {{+|8}}
−
| Firefighting
+
| Dumb labor{{br}}
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || {{check}} || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Space bartender
+
! Medieval doctor{{br}}(Quack)
−
| NAME became a bartender on a space station. He interacted with and befriended many strangers. As time went on, NAME used his knowledge of herbs in order to craft his own strange concoctions for his customers.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] worked as a doctor on a medieval planet. [PAWN_pronoun] firmly believes that most ailments can be cured with a little bloodletting.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] was also a master anaesthetist, developing a specialty technique that involved a heavy blow to the head.
−
| Social {{+|4}}{{br}}Cooking {{+|5}}{{br}}Growing {{+|4}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|2}}
+
| Melee: {{+|6}}</br>Medicine: {{+|1}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
−
| ? || ? || ? || {{check}} || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Taster
+
! Medieval farm oaf{{br}}(Oaf)
−
| As the taster for a medieval king, any dish served at the royal table had to be sampled first by NAME. HECAP lived a decadent lifestyle at court, getting fat and doing very little work.
+
| Tilling, hoeing, guiding ox carts, pushing wheelbarrows. Digging ditches, planting seeds, predicting the harvest.{{br}}Medieval-level farmers aren't educated in the usual sense, but they know a lot about growing plants without technology. That said, such a life leaves one essentially incapable of participating in intellectual, technology-driven activities.
−
| Cooking {{+|7}}{{br}}Construction {{--|4}}{{br}}Crafting {{--|4}}
+
| Plants: {{+|8}}</br>Mining: {{+|3}}
−
| Dumb labor
+
| Intellectual{{br}}
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Test subject{{br}}(Subject)
+
! Medieval lord{{br}}(Noble)
−
| NAME's tests went from geometry to quantum physics, and HE could run the grand gauntlet without a scratch.{{br}}{{br}}One day, Mother said that HIS final test lay beyond the red door, and that even if HE couldn't hear her voice, Mother would always be there.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] was a lord on a preindustrial planet. [PAWN_pronoun] went to parties, managed the underlings, and even learned some swordplay.{{br}}[PAWN_possessive] soft hands did not hold a work tool during that entire time. [PAWN_pronoun] considers manual labor to be beneath [PAWN_objective].
−
| Melee {{+|4}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|3}}{{br}}Cooking {{+|1}}{{br}}Research {{+|4}}
+
| Social: {{+|7}}</br>Melee: {{+|5}}</br>Shooting: {{+|5}}
−
| Caring{{br}}Social{{br}}Plant work{{br}}Mining
+
| Dumb labor{{br}}Skilled labor{{br}}
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Test subject{{br}}(Experiment)
+
! Medieval minstrel{{br}}(Minstrel)
−
| Kidnapped as a teenager, NAME was an unwilling test subject in experimental gene therapies for six years. Labs and scientists scare her.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] was a traveling entertainer on a medieval world.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] could always be found telling stories or singing songs, and is capable of protecting [PAWN_objective]self from the dangers of the road. However, [PAWN_pronoun] was always conspicuously absent whenever there was hard labour to be done.
−
| Shooting {{+|6}}{{br}}Melee {{+|8}}{{br}}Social {{--|4}}
+
| Social: {{+|4}}</br>Artistic: {{+|3}}</br>Melee: {{+|2}}
−
| Intellectual
+
| Skilled labor{{br}}Hauling{{br}}
−
| ? || {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Tool mechanic{{br}}(Mechanic)
+
! Message carrier{{br}}(Messenger)
−
| NAME was a famous tool mechanic in a dusty rim world. After his firm closed due to scandal, he joined a tribe to survive, crafting fine knifes and hammers, traveling, and dealing his wares between settlements.
+
| On a medieval world, the fastest way to send a message is to give it to somebody on a horse and hope they survive the journey. [PAWN_nameDef] was that somebody.
−
| Construction {{+|5}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|2}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|8}}
+
| Melee: {{+|3}}</br>Animals: {{+|4}}
−
| Animals{{br}}Artistic{{br}}Plant work
+
| Intellectual{{br}}
−
| ? || ? || ? || {{check}} || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Torturer
+
! Midworld chef{{br}}(Chef)
−
| Working for a tyrannical monarch on a medieval world, NAME earned a reputation as an expert in 'persuasion.' Any prisoner who went down into the dungeons left with no secrets - and with NAME's smile scarred permanently into their nightmares.{{br}}''Note: Prevents Psychopath [[Traits|trait]].''
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] ran a high-class midworld restaurant. [PAWN_pronoun] was famous among patrons for [PAWN_possessive] creative culinary specialties, and infamous among kitchen workers for [PAWN_possessive] casual disdain for grunt work.
−
| Melee {{+|6}}
+
| Cooking: {{+|6}}</br>Social: {{+|2}}
−
| Social{{br}}Caring
+
| Cleaning{{br}}Dumb labor{{br}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Treasure hunter
+
! Military commissar{{br}}(Commissar)
−
| NAME explored outer rim planets in hopes of finding rare treasures. After succeeding in finding one legendary sculpture, he was betrayed by his men. He survived their treasonous attack, but the sculpture was taken. He created the Anvil Mercenary Company to help him seek revenge.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] was an internal spymaster in an Imperial army battalion. [PAWN_pronoun] made sure that the men were loyal, and did not fall back unless ordered. This made [PAWN_objective] unpopular, but [PAWN_pronoun] gained great skill at detecting the slightest dishonesty.
−
| Shooting {{+|5}}{{br}}Melee {{+|5}}{{br}}Social {{+|4}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|2}}{{br}}Cooking {{+|2}}
+
| Shooting: {{+|3}}
−
| Dumb labor{{br}}Animals{{br}}Artistic
+
| None
−
| {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Tunnelworld illuminator{{br}}(Illuminator)
+
! Model{{br}}(Model)
−
| Among tunnel-dwellers, those with vision as strong as NAME's are revered as sages. HECAP would lead the way, marking spots to dig with bioluminescent fungus and warning others of impending danger.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] modelled clothes and jewellery for advertisers, and was also used as a physical blueprint for characters in virtual reality simulations.
−
| Mining {{+|3}}{{br}}Social {{+|2}}
+
| Social: {{+|5}}</br>Artistic: {{+|6}}
−
| N/A
+
| Dumb labor{{br}}Intellectual{{br}}Skilled labor{{br}}Caring{{br}}
−
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Urbworld sex slave
+
! Muffalo shaman{{br}}(Shaman)
−
| NAME was sold into sexual slavery. Having been designed to be inhumanly attractive and too weak to rebel against HIS masters, HE was passed between dozens of owners and knew nothing of freedom.{{br}}''Note: Automatically grants the beautiful [[Traits | trait]]
+
| Because of [PAWN_possessive] quiet wisdom and great strength, [PAWN_nameDef] became the spiritual leader for a nomadic tribe that followed the herds of roaming muffalo.
−
| Social {{+|6}}{{br}}Cooking {{+|2}}{{br}}Artistic {{--|2}}
+
| Melee: {{+|5}}</br>Social: {{+|2}}
−
| Hunting{{br}}Researching
+
| None
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Villain
+
! Navy scientist{{br}}(Scientist)
−
|After rising to the top of his criminal band, NAME was taught the arts of villainy, from handling firearms to developing new weapon technologies. He excelled at bending others to his will.
+
| Interstellar warfare is won by technology, so imperial navies are always on the peak of modern research. Even better, they have first access to archotechnological artifacts because they find them in space.{{br}}[PAWN_nameDef] worked in a navy lab.
−
| Shooting {{+|4}}{{br}}Social {{+|6}}{{br}}Mining {{--|2}}{{br}}Intellectual {{+|2}}
+
| Intellectual: {{+|8}}
−
| Hauling
+
| None
−
| ? || {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Ace Fighter Pilot{{br}}(Ace)
+
! Novelist{{br}}(Novelist)
−
| NAME graduated from the Star Academy with honors and distinguished HIMself as an ace fighter pilot in three campaigns against more advanced aggressor cultures. However, after one vicious battle, HE found HIMself stranded and HIS carrier ship destroyed. With nowhere to go, HE entered HIS escape pod and prayed.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] lived on a glitterworld, penning wildly successful novels. [PAWN_pronoun] lived a carefree lifestyle, spending [PAWN_possessive] days writing and [PAWN_possessive] nights partying - and never did a day's manual labour in [PAWN_possessive] life.
−
|Shooting {{+|3}}{{br}}Melee {{+|2}}{{br}}Social {{+|3}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|3}}{{br}}Mining {{--|3}}{{br}}Research {{+|2}}
+
| Construction: {{--|5}}</br>Mining: {{--|5}}</br>Artistic: {{+|8}}
−
| N/A
+
| Dumb labor{{br}}Social{{br}}
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Explorer
+
! Nurse{{br}}(Nurse)
−
| NAME traveled from planet to planet, gathering samples, stories, and research. HECAP hoped one day to compile a record of every animal, plant, mineral, and machine and device in known space: The Complete Traveler's Guide to the RimWorlds.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] worked in an industrial-era hospital, doing routine work such as changing bandages and taking temperatures.{{br}}It was a busy job, but [PAWN_pronoun] could always find time for a chat with a patient.
−
| Shooting {{+|2}}{{br}}Melee {{+|2}}{{br}}Mining {{+|3}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|2}}{{br}}Research {{+|3}}
+
| Social: {{+|4}}</br>Medicine: {{+|5}}
−
| N/A
+
| Violent{{br}}
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || {{check}} || ?
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Nurse
+
! Paramedic{{br}}(Paramedic)
−
| NAME worked in an industrial-era hospital, doing routine work such as changing bandages and taking temperatures.{{br}}{{br}}It was a busy job, but HE could always find time for a chat with a patient.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef]'s job was to respond rapidly to medical emergencies. [PAWN_pronoun] is used to dealing with severe injuries with only limited medical supplies.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] treated so many gunshot wounds over the years that even seeing a gun made [PAWN_objective] uncomfortable.
−
| Social {{+|4}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|5}}
+
| Shooting: {{--|5}}</br>Medicine: {{+|6}}
−
| Violent{{br}}Hunting
+
| None
 
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
!Addiction Counsel
+
! Pit brawler{{br}}(Brawler)
−
|After recovering from a joywire addiction, NAME adopted a non-violent way of life and vowed to help others. Traveling between communities, HE used medicine, arts, and crafts to aid others who struggled with their own addictions.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] was nine years old when [PAWN_pronoun] got in [PAWN_possessive] first fight. [PAWN_pronoun] won, but more important was the enjoyment of [PAWN_possessive] audience. Pit fighting turned out to be a lucrative career for those who could survive it. And it was even mostly legal.
−
| Social {{+|8}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|3}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|3}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|3}}{{br}}
+
| Melee: {{+|8}}
−
|N/A
+
| Intellectual{{br}}Caring{{br}}
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
+
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Mathematician{{br}}(Math prof)
+
! Psychiatric patient{{br}}(Patient)
−
| NAME did mathematical research at a university.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP spent much of HIS spare time immersed in shooting simulations, though HE was frequently ridiculed by other players for HIS terrible aim.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] spent most of [PAWN_possessive] adult life in an insane asylum. [PAWN_possessive] industrial homeworld had a poor understanding of mental illness, and [PAWN_pronoun] was treated more like an animal than a person.{{br}}Though [PAWN_pronoun] eventually recovered and was released, [PAWN_possessive] experience dampened many of [PAWN_possessive] basic life skills.
−
| Shooting {{--|3}}{{br}}Research {{+|8}}
+
| Cooking: {{--|2}}</br>Crafting: {{--|2}}
−
| Dumb labor
+
| Social{{br}}Caring{{br}}Violent{{br}}
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Paramedic
 
−
| NAME's job was to respond rapidly to medical emergencies. HECAP is used to dealing with severe injuries with only limited medical supplies.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP treated so many gunshot wounds over the years that even seeing a gun made HIM uncomfortable.
 
−
| Shooting {{--|5}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|6}}
 
−
| N/A
 
 
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Gardener
+
! Ranch owner{{br}}(Rancher)
−
| On industrial worlds, wealth concentrates in the hands of those who own the factories and sell the goods. NAME worked at the mansion of one such rich family, tending the lavish gardens as part of a team of servants.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] owned and operated a successful ranch where [PAWN_pronoun] raised animals for meat and wool.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] refused to do any dumb labour [PAWN_pronoun] could pay someone else to do for [PAWN_objective].
−
| Growing {{+|8}}
+
| Animals: {{+|8}}</br>Cooking: {{--|4}}</br>Mining: {{--|4}}
−
| Intellectual{{br}}Crafting
+
| Dumb labor{{br}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Charity worker{{br}}(Altruist)
+
! Recruiter{{br}}(Recruiter)
−
| Glitterworlds are havens of safety and comfort for those lucky enough to live there, but NAME could not ignore nearby planets where people suffered in poverty. HECAP spent HIS working life appealing for donations and supporting those in need.{{br}}''Note: Prevents Psychopath [[Traits|trait]].''
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] was part of an revered order of martial artists, infamous both for their skill in combat and for their practice of refusing to treat their wounded.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] travelled [PAWN_possessive] homeworld, judging the young people [PAWN_pronoun] met to determine if they might be suitable for training.
−
| Social {{+|6}}{{br}}Mining {{--|3}}
+
| Melee: {{+|5}}</br>Social: {{+|5}}
−
| Violent
+
| Caring{{br}}
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Low-wage worker{{br}}(Grunt)
+
! Sailor{{br}}(Sailor)
−
| NAME worked a variety of casual jobs to support HIS family, gaining a set of basic hands-on skills.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] traversed the oceans on journeys of exploration, seeking out plant and animal specimens from exotic places, and occasionally fending off pirates. [PAWN_pronoun] loved the sea so much [PAWN_pronoun] refused to do all but the barest minimum of work on land, except to sell the treasures [PAWN_pronoun] collected.
−
| Cooking {{+|4}}{{br}}Growing {{+|3}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|3}}
+
| Melee: {{+|4}}</br>Social: {{+|4}}</br>Animals: {{+|4}}
−
| N/A
+
| Skilled labor{{br}}
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Model{{br}}(Model)
+
! Scout{{br}}(Scout)
−
| NAME modelled clothes and jewellery for advertisers, and was also used as a physical blueprint for characters in virtual reality simulations.{{br}}''Note: Automatically grants the beautiful [[Traits | trait]]''
+
| Since [PAWN_possessive] tribe has made contact with local outlanders, [PAWN_nameDef] has contracted [PAWN_possessive] services out as a guide to the local area. Frequent contact with ancient relics has made [PAWN_objective] fairly comfortable with the old technology.
−
| Social {{+|5}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|6}}
+
| Shooting: {{+|2}}</br>Intellectual: {{+|2}}</br>Social: {{+|2}}
−
| Dumb labor{{br}}Intellectual{{br}}Skilled labor{{br}}Caring{{br}}Crafting
+
| None
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Taxonomist
+
! Sculptor{{br}}(Sculptor)
−
| NAME travelled between star systems, studying and classifying the plant and animal life HE found in the hopes of creating a complete catalogue.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] started off sculpting person-sized chunks of stone, but [PAWN_pronoun] soon began to think bigger. With the help of mining robots, [PAWN_pronoun] learned how to carve huge monuments out of cliffsides. Soon the nature parks of the glitterworld where [PAWN_pronoun] lived were full of giant rock figures.
−
| Animals {{+|5}}{{br}}Growing {{+|5}}
+
| Plants: {{--|4}}</br>Mining: {{+|4}}</br>Artistic: {{+|9}}
−
| Violent
+
| Dumb labor{{br}}Crafting{{br}}Cooking{{br}}
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Geologist
+
! Sheriff{{br}}(Sheriff)
−
| NAME worked with miners and cave-diggers, identifying rock types and natural formations.{{br}}{{br}}During HIS years underground HE also gained experience repairing drilling machines and other technical equipment.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] was the law enforcer in an isolated industrial town. [PAWN_pronoun] dealt with petty crime, dispute resolution, and the occasional drunken saloon shootout.
−
| Mining {{+|8}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|3}}
+
| Shooting: {{+|4}}</br>Melee: {{+|4}}</br>Social: {{+|4}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
−
|-
 
−
! Courtesean
 
−
| NAME was used for HIS body by hundreds of customers in brothels on several planets. HECAP gained some mental marks and a special kind of street smarts.{{br}}''Note: Automatically grants the beautiful [[Traits | trait]]''
 
−
| Social {{+|8}}{{br}}Melee {{+|3}}
 
−
| Dumb labor{{br}}Skilled labor
 
−
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Space marine{{br}}(Marine)
 
! Space marine{{br}}(Marine)
−
| NAME was a warrior in an Imperial navy. HISCAP job was to punch into enemy starships, gun down the crew, and capture the ship intact. And HE was good at it.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] was a warrior in an Imperial navy. [PAWN_possessive] job was to punch into enemy starships, gun down the crew, and capture the ship intact. And [PAWN_pronoun] was good at it.
−
| Melee {{+|5}}{{br}}Shooting {{+|7}}
+
| Melee: {{+|5}}</br>Shooting: {{+|7}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
 
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Assassin
+
! Space pirate{{br}}(Pirate)
−
| NAME was a professional assassin. HECAP was cold, calculating, and made a good profit. In this business, an utter lack of empathy was an asset.
+
| Piracy appears everywhere that governments are weak and society spread thin. [PAWN_nameDef] was part of this age-old part of human existence, extorting and smashing peaceful trade ships for profit.
−
| Melee {{+|10}}{{br}}Shooting {{+|10}}{{br}}Mining {{--|2}}{{br}}Growing {{--|2}}{{br}}Construction {{--|2}}
+
| Melee: {{+|4}}</br>Shooting: {{+|4}}
−
| Intellectual{{br}}Dumb labor{{br}}Skilled labor{{br}}Social{{br}}Caring
+
| None
 
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Sailor
+
! Starship janitor{{br}}(Janitor)
−
| NAME traversed the oceans on journeys of exploration, seeking out plant and animal specimens from exotic places, and occasionally fending off pirates. HECAP loved the sea so much HE refused to do all but the barest minimum of work on land, except to sell the treasures HE collected.
+
| While other passengers pass the years between star systems in cryptosleep sarcophagi, [PAWN_nameDef] had to wake up at periodic intervals to perform inspections, check the navigation systems, and to oil the mechanoids.
−
| Melee {{+|4}}{{br}}Social {{+|4}}{{br}}Animals {{+|4}}
+
| Construction: {{+|2}}</br>Crafting: {{+|3}}
−
| Skilled labor
+
| None
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Jailbird
 
−
| NAME spent most of HIS life in prisons, where HE was put to work in the kitchens. HECAP had a habit of getting into fights, and developed an aggressive way of speaking.
 
−
| Melee {{+|5}}{{br}}Social {{--|3}}{{br}}Cooking {{+|3}}
 
−
| Social{{br}}Caring
 
−
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Actor
 
−
| NAME travelled HIS homeworld with a company of actors, playing to packed theatres and loving audiences everywhere. HECAP was a perfectionist, and made HIS own props and costumes rather than use the ones HE was given.
 
−
| Social {{+|8}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|3}}
 
−
| Dumb labor
 
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Tactician
 
−
| NAME joined the space navy in an unstable system, fraught with large-scale interplanetary wars. they turned out to have a sharp mind for battle, and became adept at commanding large armies to great effect.
 
−
| Shooting {{+|4}}{{br}}Research {{+|4}}
 
−
| Social{{br}}Artistic
 
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Glitterworld officer{{br}}(Officer)
 
−
| Though glitterworlds are peaceful places, they often remain prepared for war. NAME's unit rarely saw any real action.{{br}}{{br}}Though HE pursued HIS artistic hobbies, HIS subordinates preferred to entertain themselves by brawling, so NAME got good at breaking up fights.
 
−
| Melee {{+|6}}{{br}}Artistic{{+|4}}
 
−
| Dumb labor
 
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Biosphere manager{{br}}(Botanist)
 
−
| NAME lived on a peaceful glitterworld where all menial work was done by robots and people devoted themselves to leisure. HECAP managed the plant and animal life of a sprawling park, where citizens came to admire the natural beauty.
 
−
| Shooting {{--|4}}{{br}}Animals {{+|6}}{{br}}Growing {{+|6}}
 
−
| Dumb labor{{br}}Crafting{{br}}Cooking
 
 
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Veterinarian{{br}}(Vet)
+
! Tactician{{br}}(Tactician)
−
| NAME treated sick and injured animals for a living. Seeing their suffering affected HIS stance on the practice of eating meat, and for many years HE lived as a vegetarian, rejecting the meat-loving culinary tradition of HIS homeworld.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] joined the space navy in an unstable system, fraught with large-scale interplanetary wars. [PAWN_pronoun] turned out to have a sharp mind for battle, and became adept at commanding large armies to great effect.
−
| Animals {{+|4}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|4}}{{br}}Cooking {{--|4}}
+
| Shooting: {{+|4}}</br>Intellectual: {{+|4}}
−
| N/A
+
| Social{{br}}Artistic{{br}}
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Explosives expert{{br}}(Blaster)
 
−
| NAME was an explosive engineer employed in mines. HECAP took HIS job very seriously and was well-versed in the technicalities - so much so that HE refused to demean HIMself by helping with the clean-up once HIS carefully-calculated explosion was complete.
 
−
| Mining {{+|5}}{{br}}Research {{+|5}}
 
−
| Dumb labor
 
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Counsellor{{br}}(Counsellor)
 
−
| A terrifying trauma when NAME was a young adult caused HIM to develop a serious eating disorder. With counselling HE learned to have a healthier relationship with food, and decided to put HIS new skills to use helping others overcome their emotional problems.
 
−
| Social {{+|9}}
 
−
| Scary{{br}}Cooking
 
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Recruiter
 
−
| NAME was part of an revered order of martial artists, infamous both for their skill in combat and for their practice of refusing to treat their wounded.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP travelled HIS homeworld, judging the young people HE met to determine if they might be suitable for training.
 
−
| Melee {{+|5}}{{br}}Social {{+|5}}
 
−
| Caring
 
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Psychiatric patient{{br}}(Patient)
 
−
| NAME spent most of HIS adult life in an insane asylum. HISCAP industrial homeworld had a poor understanding of mental illness, and HE was treated more like an animal than a person.{{br}}{{br}}Though HE eventually recovered and was released, HIS experience dampened many of HIS basic life skills.
 
−
| Cooking {{--|2}}{{br}}Crafting {{--|2}}
 
−
| Social{{br}}Caring{{br}}Scary{{br}}Cooking
 
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! VR designer{{br}}(Game dev)
+
! Taster{{br}}(Taster)
−
| NAME designed virtual reality simulations for glitterworld citizens. HECAP paid great attention to the details of HIS worlds, including learning all HE could about plant life to make HIS landscapes more realistic.
+
| As the taster for a medieval king, any dish served at the royal table had to be sampled first by [PAWN_nameDef]. [PAWN_pronoun] lived a decadent lifestyle at court, getting fat and doing very little work.
−
| Construction {{+|3}}{{br}}Growing {{+|4}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|5}}
+
| Cooking: {{+|7}}</br>Construction: {{--|4}}</br>Crafting: {{--|4}}
−
| Dumb labor
+
| Dumb labor{{br}}
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Human computer{{br}}(Computer)
 
−
| NAME turned out to have an excellent memory and a gift for performing complex calculations in HIS head. A midworld dictator decided to employ NAME to keep track of HIS state's finances and expenditure, since electrical computers were too susceptible to hacking.
 
−
| Shooting {{+|3}}{{br}}Research {{+|7}}
 
−
| Artistic
 
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Architect
+
! Taxonomist{{br}}(Taxonomist)
−
| NAME designed and constructed buildings. On HIS glitterworld home, most of the technical aspects of architecture were handled by an AI. This enabled HIM to push the artistic limits of the craft, but also meant HE never had to get HIS hands dirty at building sites.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] travelled between star systems, studying and classifying the plant and animal life [PAWN_pronoun] found in the hopes of creating a complete catalogue.
−
| Construction {{+|5}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|7}}{{br}}Crafting {{--|3}}
+
| Animals: {{+|5}}</br>Plants: {{+|5}}
−
| Dumb labor
+
| Violent{{br}}
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
−
|-
 
−
! Message carrier (Messenger)
 
−
| On a medieval world, the fastest way to send a message is to give it to somebody on a horse and hope they survive the journey. NAME was that somebody.
 
−
| Melee {{+|3}}{{br}}Animals {{+|4}}
 
−
| Intellectual
 
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Sculptor
 
−
| NAME started off sculpting person-sized chunks of stone, but HE soon began to think bigger. With the help of mining robots, HE learned how to carve huge monuments out of cliffsides. Soon the nature parks of the glitterworld where HE lived were full of giant rock figures.
 
−
| Growing {{--|4}}{{br}}Mining {{+|4}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|8}}
 
−
| Dumb labor{{br}}Crafting{{br}}Cooking
 
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Machine collector{{br}}(Collector)
+
! Teacher{{br}}(Teacher)
−
| NAME was obsessed with old machines and arcane pieces of technology. HECAP obtained them wherever HE could, and loved taking them apart to see how they worked.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP had a habit of talking about HIS collection long after people around HIM had stopped listening.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] was educated in the liberal arts and taught at a public school. [PAWN_pronoun] was widely knowledgeable and well-liked by [PAWN_possessive] students.
−
| Social {{--|3}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|6}}{{br}}Research {{+|6}}
+
| Intellectual: {{+|3}}</br>Social: {{+|4}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
 
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Colony settler{{br}}(Settler)
+
! Torturer{{br}}(Torturer)
−
| NAME was a settler on a new colony world.{{br}}{{br}}Such a life requires a jack-of-all trades at basic hands-on tasks.
+
| Working for a tyrannical monarch on a medieval world, [PAWN_nameDef] earned a reputation as an expert in 'persuasion.' Any prisoner who went down into the dungeons left with no secrets - and with [PAWN_nameDef]'s smile scarred permanently into their nightmares.
−
| Construction {{+|4}}{{br}}Growing {{+|4}}{{br}}Mining {{+|4}}
+
| Melee: {{+|6}}
−
| N/A
+
| Social{{br}}Caring{{br}}
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
−
|-
 
−
! Medieval lord{{br}}(Noble)
 
−
| NAME was a lord on a preindustrial planet. HECAP went to parties, managed the underlings, and even learned some swordplay.{{br}}{{br}}HISCAP soft hands did not hold a work tool during that entire time. HECAP considers manual labor to be beneath HIM.
 
−
| Social {{+|7}}{{br}}Melee {{+|5}}{{br}}Shooting {{+|5}}{{br}}Construction {{--|5}}{{br}}Growing {{--|5}}{{br}}Mining {{--|5}}
 
−
| Dumb labor{{br}}Skilled labor
 
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Urbworld entrepreneur{{br}}(Entrepreneur)
 
! Urbworld entrepreneur{{br}}(Entrepreneur)
−
| In the urbworlds, most suffer. But someone has to run the corporations.{{br}}{{br}}NAME learned the skills of the trade - greasing palms and technical analysis. HECAP is a sociointellectual machine.
+
| In the urbworlds, most suffer. But someone has to run the corporations.{{br}}[PAWN_nameDef] learned the skills of the trade - greasing palms and technical analysis. [PAWN_pronoun] is a sociointellectual machine.
−
| Social {{+|6}}{{br}}Research {{+|3}}
+
| Social: {{+|6}}</br>Intellectual: {{+|3}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
 
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Navy scientist{{br}}(Scientist)
+
! Veterinarian{{br}}(Vet)
−
| Interstellar warfare is won by technology, so imperial navies are always on the peak of modern research. Even better, they have first access to Transcendent artifacts because they find them in space.{{br}}{{br}}NAME worked in a navy lab.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] treated sick and injured animals for a living. Seeing their suffering affected [PAWN_possessive] stance on the practice of eating meat, and for many years [PAWN_pronoun] lived as a vegetarian, rejecting the meat-loving culinary tradition of [PAWN_possessive] homeworld.
−
| Research {{+|8}}
+
| Animals: {{+|4}}</br>Medicine: {{+|4}}</br>Cooking: {{--|4}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Military commissar{{br}}(Commissar)
+
! VR designer{{br}}(Game dev)
−
| NAME was an internal spymaster in an Imperial army battalion. HECAP made sure that the men were loyal, and did not fall back unless ordered. This made HIM unpopular, but HE gained great skill at detecting the slightest dishonesty.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] designed virtual reality simulations for glitterworld citizens. [PAWN_pronoun] paid great attention to the details of [PAWN_possessive] worlds, including learning all [PAWN_pronoun] could about plant life to make [PAWN_possessive] landscapes more realistic.
−
| Shooting {{+|3}}
+
| Construction: {{+|3}}</br>Plants: {{+|4}}</br>Artistic: {{+|5}}
−
| N/A
+
| Dumb labor{{br}}
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
+
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Healer
+
! Warrior{{br}}(Warrior)
−
| After HIS tribe's elder healer was killed in a raid, NAME took on the role. HECAP spent HIS days scrounging up herbs and mineral compounds from the nearby area to use in surprisingly effective remedies.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] was a fearsome warrior, proficient with many weapons. [PAWN_pronoun] participated in many battles.
−
| Medicine {{+|4}}{{br}}Growing {{+|3}}
+
| Melee: {{+|6}}</br>Shooting: {{+|2}}</br>Social: {{--|2}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Lore keeper{{br}}(Keeper)
+
! Weaver{{br}}(Weaver)
−
| NAME was one of a long line of lore keepers in HIS tribe. Every night around the fire, HE would pass on ancient knowledge and helpful wisdom through stories.
+
| [PAWN_nameDef] was an expert at working muffalo wool, plant fibres and natural dyes into beautiful clothing for [PAWN_possessive] kin. [PAWN_possessive] beautiful handicrafts were traded frequently between local tribes.
−
| Research {{+|2}}{{br}}Social {{+|3}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|2}}
+
| Crafting: {{+|5}}</br>Plants: {{+|2}}
−
| N/A
+
| None
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
−
|-
 
−
! Hiveworld drone{{br}}(drone)
 
−
| NAME worked as a mindless construction drone in a massive hiveworld civilization. Though HE is now freed from the brutal social experiments to which HE was subjected, HE remains incapable of creative thought and leadership.
 
−
| Construction {{+|5}}{{br}}Mining {{+|4}}{{br}}Social {{--|2}}
 
−
| Artistic{{br}}Intellectual
 
−
| {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Evangelist
 
−
| On HIS 21st birthday, NAME experienced a religious awakening. HECAP decided to spend the rest of HIS life spreading the word of HIS deity, the beauty of its culture, and its unusual medical tradition.
 
−
| Social {{+|4}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|4}}{{br}}Medicine {{--|3}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Civil servant{{br}}(Clerk)
 
−
| NAME worked as a low-ranking administrator for a moribund government bureaucracy. HECAP is most at home filling out complicated paperwork and playing office politics.
 
−
| Social {{+|3}}{{br}}Construction {{--|2}}{{br}}Research {{+|3}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Starship janitor{{br}}(Janitor)
 
−
| While other passengers pass the years between star systems in cryptosleep sarcophagi, NAME had to wake up at periodic intervals to perform inspections, check the navigation systems, and to oil the mechanoids.
 
−
| Construction {{+|2}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|3}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Con artist
 
−
| NAME never created anything in HIS life. HECAP did, however, prove to be a natural at getting others to give HIM what they had created.
 
−
| Social {{+|10}}
 
−
| Violent
 
−
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Hermit
 
−
| Worn out by the pressures of social interaction, NAME left HIS crowded midworld city to live a simple life in the wilderness. There, HE spent HIS days alone, tending HIS garden and crafting the simple tools HE needed to survive.
 
−
| Growing {{+|4}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|3}}{{br}}Construction {{+|1}}
 
−
| Social
 
−
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Midworld chef{{br}}(Chef)
 
−
| NAME ran a high-class midworld restaurant. HECAP was famous among patrons for HIS creative culinary specialties, and infamous among kitchen workers for HIS casual disdain for grunt work.
 
−
| Social {{+|2}}{{br}}Cooking {{+|6}}
 
−
| Dumb labor{{br}}Cleaning
 
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Medieval minstrel{{br}}(Minstrel)
 
−
| NAME was a traveling entertainer on a medieval world.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP could always be found telling stories or singing songs, and is capable of protecting HIMself from the dangers of the road. However, HE was always conspicuously absent whenever there was hard labour to be done.
 
−
| Melee {{+|2}}{{br}}Social {{+|4}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|3}}
 
−
| Skilled labor{{br}}Hauling
 
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Housemate{{br}}(Housemate)
 
−
| As an adult, NAME kept house and cared for children while HIS spouse worked.
 
−
| Medicine {{+|3}}{{br}}Cooking {{+|3}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|2}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Glitterworld empath{{br}}(Empath)
 
−
| NAME had an amazing ability to relate to others and mediate conflict. HECAP was selected to train as an empath. The training intensified HIS natural abilities, but HE became unable to harm others.
 
−
| Social {{+|8}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|2}}
 
−
| Violent
 
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Inventor{{br}}(Inventor)
 
−
| On HIS homeworld, NAME worked as a moderately successful inventor. HECAP developed several minor technologies.
 
−
| Crafting {{+|5}}{{br}}Research {{+|2}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Teacher
 
−
| NAME was educated in the liberal arts and taught at a public school. HECAP was widely knowledgeable and well-liked by HIS students.
 
−
| Research {{+|3}}{{br}}Social {{+|4}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Joywire artist{{br}}(Joywirer)
 
−
| NAME worked in an urbworld lab developing cutting-edge joywire software to maximize user pleasure.{{br}}{{br}}When the local government imposed harsh restrictions on joywire manufacturing, HE began selling HIS products on the black market.
 
−
| Artistic {{+|3}}{{br}}Research {{+|2}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|2}}
 
−
| Dumb labor
 
−
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Conceptual artist{{br}}(Artist)
 
−
| NAME was well-known in art circles on HIS home world for HIS unique and creative conceptual artworks.{{br}}{{br}}Nobody was sure exactly what HE was trying to communicate, but HIS pieces were highly valued by collectors.
 
−
| Artistic {{+|8}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|1}}
 
−
| Social{{br}}Caring{{br}}Hauling
 
−
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Genetic engineer
 
−
| NAME carried out HIS first genetic experiments on farm animals. HECAP soon grew to become quite skilled in all forms of genetic engineering. A horrifying lab accident left HIM with a mortal fear of rodents.
 
−
| Medicine {{+|2}}{{br}}Growing {{+|1}}{{br}}Research {{+|6}}
 
−
| Hunting
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Serial murderer
 
−
| NAME started to enjoy killing people, so HE did more often and perfected HIS methods. HECAP lurked in the darkest streets, stalking prey for hours.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP enjoyed making artworks of HIS victims, and was known for leaving HIS signature on the bodies of those HE killed.
 
−
| Shooting {{+|4}}{{br}}Melee {{+|4}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|4}}
 
−
| Animals
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Galactic sightseer{{br}}(Sightseer)
 
−
| NAME traveled the stars. HECAP could barely scrape together travel costs doing odd-jobs on stations, but it was all worth it. Seeing the wonders of the galaxy was where HE found HIS calling.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP loved camping on exotic worlds and learning the patterns of strange wildlife. The wonders of the universe inspired HIM like nothing else could.
 
−
| Shooting {{+|2}}{{br}}Melee {{+|2}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|2}}{{br}}Growing {{+|2}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|2}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Alcoholic trucker{{br}}(Alcoholic)
 
−
| NAME was a space trucker working for Arcknight Industries when HE killed HIS wife and daughter in a crash.{{br}}{{br}}HISCAP body was repaired with an experimental nano-genetic therapy. Now HIS muscles continually regenerate and harden, and every movement tears the tissue anew. HECAP bears the pain in silence.
 
−
| Shooting {{+|2}}{{br}}Melee {{+|2}}{{br}}Mining {{+|4}}
 
−
| Intellectual{{br}}Caring{{br}}Artistic{{br}}Cleaning
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Core world jeweler{{br}}(Jeweler)
 
−
| After NAME had completed all of HIS surgeries, HE found that HE had a lot of time and energy to dedicate to HIS passion: trinket crafting. HECAP spent years perfecting HIS art as a jeweler, then left HIS home world to sell HIS wares across the galaxy.
 
−
| Shooting {{--|1}}{{br}}Cooking {{--|3}}{{br}}Construction {{+|3}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|5}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|7}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Information broker{{br}}(Broker)
 
−
| NAME caught a ship to the next star system and began a life of travel and learning, quickly collecting a massive bank of knowledge from people of all shapes and sizes.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP learned to sell this knowledge for great profit, and became a powerful broker of information.
 
−
| Shooting {{--|1}}{{br}}Melee {{--|2}}{{br}}Social {{+|5}}{{br}}Research {{+|4}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Mercenary chef{{br}}(Mercenary)
 
−
| Following in HIS family's footsteps, NAME was a soldier for hire.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP is a naturally gifted sharpshooter. However, HIS real passion is in perfecting a new recipe or dissecting a new gadget.
 
−
| Shooting {{+|4}}{{br}}Cooking {{+|5}}{{br}}Construction {{--|3}}{{br}}Mining {{--|3}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|5}}
 
−
| Plant work
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! AI researcher{{br}}(Researcher)
 
−
| NAME was a renowned researcher in artificial intelligence, robotics, and interactive holography. HISCAP friendships with the artificial minds he created gave HIM the confidence to interact with real people, and HE soon excelled at personal communication.
 
−
| Melee {{--|2}}{{br}}Social {{+|4}}{{br}}Mining {{--|2}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|1}}{{br}}Research {{+|6}}
 
−
| Dumb labor
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Spy{{br}}(Spy)
 
−
| NAME was trained by HIS government in infiltration and espionage. HECAP learned to keep a cool head and to talk HIS way out of tight situations. When talking didn't work, HE was capable of more violent direct action.
 
−
| Shooting {{+|2}}{{br}}Melee {{+|2}}{{br}}Social {{+|7}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Pop idol{{br}}(Pop idol)
 
−
| NAME performed and did interviews constantly. HECAP refined HIS skills in dancing and singing, and became a master of social presentation.{{br}}''Note: Automatically grants the beautiful [[Traits | trait]]
 
−
| Shooting {{--|4}}{{br}}Melee {{--|4}}{{br}}Social {{+|8}}{{br}}Mining {{--|4}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|8}}
 
−
| Dumb labor{{br}}Cleaning{{br}}Hauling{{br}}Plant work{{br}}Mining
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Criminal surgeon{{br}}(Surgeon)
 
−
| Being near many injured fellow criminals, NAME took it upon HIMself to work on them.{{br}}{{br}}Although many people died, HE did get better at using knives.
 
−
| Melee {{+|6}}{{br}}Social {{--|2}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|5}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|1}}{{br}}Research {{--|3}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Ninja assassin{{br}}(Ninja)
 
−
| NAME performed stiletto-precise assassinations for an interplanetary conglomerate. HECAP was assigned the most complex missions involving disguise, deception, subterfuge, and efficient violence.{{br}}{{br}}A nasty incident with a potted plant and an assassination gone wrong left HIM with an aversion to plant life.
 
−
| Shooting {{+|4}}{{br}}Melee {{+|3}}{{br}}Social {{+|2}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|2}}
 
−
| Plant work
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || {{check}} || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Wandering healer{{br}}(Healer)
 
−
| NAME studied to be a doctor, but was dissatisfied with HIS practice on an otherwise peaceful midworld.{{br}}{{br}}Instead, HE chose to pull up roots and travel to the rimworlds in order to care for people who needed HIM most.
 
−
| Social {{+|3}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|7}}{{br}}Cooking {{+|2}}{{br}}Construction {{--|1}}{{br}}Mining {{--|1}}
 
−
| Violent
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Combat engineer{{br}}(Engineer)
 
−
| NAME became a combat engineer. HECAP built bases, fixed guns, and repaired vehicles for the army - when HE wasn't shooting at people, that is.
 
−
| Shooting {{+|5}}{{br}}Constructing {{+|2}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|3}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Urbworld pimp
 
−
| At first, NAME made a small profit from selling drugs. Then, HE switched to selling women and made a fortune.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP developed great skills with HIS fists. HECAP also learned to fix up the injuries HE inflicted on the girls.
 
−
| Melee {{+|6}}{{br}}Social {{+|4}}{{br}}Medicine {{+|5}}
 
−
| Cleaning
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Combat negotiator{{br}}(Negotiator)
 
−
| After escaping HIS homeworld, NAME took HIS skills to the stars.{{br}}{{br}}HECAP chose to operate as a hired gun, working for various rebel organizations, enslaved groups, and merchant enclaves. HISCAP specialty was negotiation in combat situations.
 
−
| Shooting {{+|4}}{{br}}Melee {{+|3}}{{br}}Social {{+|3}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Graphic designer{{br}}(Designer)
 
−
| NAME's interest in artistic expression led HIM to become a designer. HISCAP eye for detail made HIM a reasonably well-known artist on HIS planet, though HIS meticulousness often led HIM to spend too much time perfecting a single project.
 
−
| Artistic {{+|7}}{{br}}Crafting {{+|1}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Flaneur{{br}}(Flaneur)
 
−
| NAME sipped and strolled HIS way through the streets and cafes of HIS world, pursuing freedom at every turn, never becoming attached.{{br}}{{br}}Through all this time, HE remained distrustful of others. And never took an order from anyone.
 
−
| Social {{+|6}}{{br}}Cooking {{+|3}}{{br}}Artistic {{+|3}}{{br}}Intellectual {{+|3}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Unethical doctor (Doctor)
 
−
| NAME became a doctor to save lives and research medicine. She soon realized the only way to make progress on her research was to perform experiments on human patients. She often used patients for her experiments - whether they were willing or not.
 
−
| Medicine {{+|6}}{{br}} Intellectual {{+|6}}
 
−
| Wardening{{br}} Plant cutting{{br}} Hauling{{br}} Cleaning
 
−
| ? || {{check}} || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! War chief
 
−
| NAME was a tribal gang leader on a neolithic planet. For him, the battlefield is a game, and there is nothing more fun than the fires of war.
 
−
| Shooting {{+|7}}{{br}}Melee {{+|5}}{{br}}Social {{+|2}}
 
−
| Cleaning{{br}}Hauling{{br}}Plant work
 
−
| ? || ? || ? || {{check}} || ? || ?
 
−
|-
 
−
! Warrior
 
−
| NAME was a fearsome warrior, proficient with many weapons. HECAP participated in many battles.
 
−
| Melee {{+|6}}{{br}}Shooting {{+|2}}{{br}}Social {{--|2}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
−
|-
 
−
! Weaver
 
−
| NAME was an expert at working muffalo wool, plant fibres and natural dyes into beautiful clothing for HIS kin. HISCAP beautiful handicrafts were traded frequently between local tribes.
 
−
| Crafting {{+|5}}{{br}}Growing {{+|2}}
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}}
 
 
|}
 
|}

Revision as of 16:22, 9 May 2019

← Backstories

Title
(Short Title)		 Description Skill Modifications Incapable of Civil Raider Slave Trader Traveler Tribal
ActorTemplate:Br(Actor) [PAWN_nameDef] travelled [PAWN_possessive] homeworld with a company of actors, playing to packed theatres and loving audiences everywhere. [PAWN_pronoun] was a perfectionist, and made [PAWN_possessive] own props and costumes rather than use the ones [PAWN_pronoun] was given. Social: +8
Crafting: +3 		Dumb laborTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
ArchitectTemplate:Br(Architect) [PAWN_nameDef] designed and constructed buildings. On [PAWN_possessive] glitterworld home, most of the technical aspects of architecture were handled by an AI. This enabled [PAWN_objective] to push the artistic limits of the craft, but also meant [PAWN_pronoun] never had to get [PAWN_possessive] hands dirty at building sites. Construction: +5
Artistic: +7
Crafting: −3 		Dumb laborTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
Ascetic priestTemplate:Br(Priest) After taking a vow of silence, [PAWN_nameDef] joined a monastery on a peaceful backwater planet to spend [PAWN_possessive] days in quiet contemplation.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] found happiness growing vegetables in the garden and making cheese in the monastery cellars. Plants: +4
Medicine: +2
Cooking: +2 		ViolentTemplate:BrSocialTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
AssassinTemplate:Br(Assassin) [PAWN_nameDef] was a professional assassin. [PAWN_pronoun] was cold, calculating, and made a good profit. In this business, an utter lack of empathy was an asset. Melee: +10
Shooting: +10 		IntellectualTemplate:BrDumb laborTemplate:BrSkilled laborTemplate:BrSocialTemplate:BrCaringTemplate:Br Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
BartenderTemplate:Br(Barkeep) [PAWN_nameDef] worked as a bartender on a seedy space station. The job entailed one part drink mixing, one part diplomacy, and one part head-bashing. Social: +4
Melee: +2
Cooking: +2 		None Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png
Biosphere managerTemplate:Br(Botanist) [PAWN_nameDef] lived on a peaceful glitterworld where all menial work was done by robots and people devoted themselves to leisure. [PAWN_pronoun] managed the plant and animal life of a sprawling park, where citizens came to admire the natural beauty. Shooting: −4
Animals: +6
Plants: +6 		Dumb laborTemplate:BrCraftingTemplate:BrCookingTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
BlacksmithTemplate:Br(Blacksmith) As a smith on a medieval world, [PAWN_nameDef] gained a reputation for the high quality of [PAWN_possessive] work. [PAWN_pronoun] wasn't bad at using the swords [PAWN_pronoun] forged either. Shooting: −5
Melee: +4
Crafting: +6 		IntellectualTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png
BodyguardTemplate:Br(Bodyguard) [PAWN_nameDef] found work on a midworld, protecting whoever paid [PAWN_objective] from harm. [PAWN_pronoun] gained proficiency in many different combat forms, and was known for [PAWN_possessive] ruthlessness against those who crossed [PAWN_objective]. Shooting: +4
Melee: +4 		SocialTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png
CastawayTemplate:Br(Castaway) [PAWN_nameDef] was the only survivor of a ship crash on an unhabited animal world. For many years until [PAWN_possessive] rescue [PAWN_pronoun] scrounged an existence out of whatever [PAWN_pronoun] could find.Template:Br[PAWN_possessive] survival skills became razor-sharp, but spending so long alone severely dampened [PAWN_possessive] conversatial abilities. Melee: +5
Animals: +3
Construction: +4 		IntellectualTemplate:BrSocialTemplate:BrArtisticTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
Cave tenderTemplate:Br(Tender) While the others were out hunting and foraging, [PAWN_nameDef] would stay at home to cook and take care of the young and sick. Cooking: +4
Medicine: +3
Crafting: +2 		None Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png
Caveworld illuminatorTemplate:Br(Illuminator) Among tunnel-dwellers, those with vision as strong as [PAWN_nameDef]’s are revered as sages. [PAWN_pronoun] would lead the way, marking spots to dig with bioluminescent fungus and warning others of impending danger. Mining: +3
Social: +2 		None Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png
Charity workerTemplate:Br(Altruist) Glitterworlds are havens of safety and comfort for those lucky enough to live there, but [PAWN_nameDef] could not ignore nearby planets where people suffered in poverty. [PAWN_pronoun] spent [PAWN_possessive] working life appealing for donations and supporting those in need. Social: +6
Mining: −3 		ViolentTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
Civil servantTemplate:Br(Clerk) [PAWN_nameDef] worked as a low-ranking administrator for a moribund government bureaucracy. [PAWN_pronoun] is most at home filling out complicated paperwork and playing office politics. Social: +3
Intellectual: +3
Construction: −2 		None Check.png Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png
Colony settlerTemplate:Br(Settler) [PAWN_nameDef] was a settler on a new colony world.Template:BrSuch a life requires a jack-of-all trades at basic hands-on tasks. Construction: +4
Plants: +4
Mining: +4 		None Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Con artistTemplate:Br(Con artist) [PAWN_nameDef] never created anything in [PAWN_possessive] life. [PAWN_pronoun] did, however, prove to be a natural at getting others to give [PAWN_objective] what they had created. Social: +10 ViolentTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png
Conceptual artistTemplate:Br(Artist) [PAWN_nameDef] was well-known in art circles on [PAWN_possessive] home world for [PAWN_possessive] unique and creative conceptual artworks.Template:BrNobody was sure exactly what [PAWN_pronoun] was trying to communicate, but [PAWN_possessive] pieces were highly valued by collectors. Artistic: +8
Crafting: +1 		SocialTemplate:BrCaringTemplate:BrHaulingTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
Construction engineerTemplate:Br(Builder) [PAWN_nameDef] was a construction worker on a midworld. [PAWN_pronoun] lead a team which built everything from office blocks to cathedrals.Template:Br[PAWN_possessive] busy job and numerous nearby fast-food outlets meant [PAWN_pronoun] never cooked for [PAWN_objective]self. Construction: +8
Plants: −3 		IntellectualTemplate:BrCookingTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png
CounselorTemplate:Br(Counselor) A terrifying trauma when [PAWN_nameDef] was a young adult caused [PAWN_objective] to develop a serious eating disorder. With counseling [PAWN_pronoun] learned to have a healthier relationship with food, and decided to put [PAWN_possessive] new skills to use helping others overcome their emotional problems. Social: +9 CookingTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
CourteseanTemplate:Br(Courtesean) [PAWN_nameDef] was used for [PAWN_possessive] body by hundreds of customers in brothels on several planets. [PAWN_pronoun] gained some mental marks and a special kind of street smarts. Social: +8
Melee: +3 		Dumb laborTemplate:BrSkilled laborTemplate:Br Ex.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Deep space minerTemplate:Br(Miner) [PAWN_nameDef] did the sweaty, grimy work of pulling metal out of asteroids on a deep space rig. [PAWN_pronoun] used [PAWN_possessive] hands-on industrial skills daily - and wasn't bad in a bar fight either. Mining: +7
Construction: +3
Melee: +2 		None Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
DefectorTemplate:Br(Defector) Early in [PAWN_possessive] adulthood, [PAWN_nameDef] decided to leave the oppressive dictatorship where [PAWN_pronoun] lived. [PAWN_possessive] defection was not well-received, and agents were sent out after [PAWN_objective].Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] spent years on the run, treating [PAWN_possessive] own wounds so no doctor could betray [PAWN_objective]. The ordeal made [PAWN_objective] bitter and untrusting. Shooting: +5
Social: −4
Medicine: +3 		ArtisticTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png
DiggerTemplate:Br(Digger) [PAWN_nameDef] and [PAWN_possessive] tribe carved their home deep into the side of a mountain. [PAWN_nameDef] feels most at home picking through rock and shoring up cave walls. Mining: +5
Construction: +2 		None Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png
DrifterTemplate:Br(Drifter) [PAWN_nameDef] never figured out what to do with [PAWN_possessive] life. [PAWN_pronoun] travelled often, taking up casual work wherever [PAWN_pronoun] found it.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] also occasionally worked on a novel that [PAWN_pronoun] knew would be a bestseller - just as soon as [PAWN_pronoun] could find a publisher who was interested. Cooking: +3
Construction: +3
Artistic: −4 		None Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
Escaped convictTemplate:Br(Escapee) [PAWN_nameDef] denies involvement in the crimes that brought about [PAWN_possessive] incarceration in a brutal penal colony. [PAWN_pronoun] escaped by tunnelling beneath the perimeter using modified cutlery. Mining: +4
Crafting: +2 		CaringTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
EvangelistTemplate:Br(Evangelist) As a youth, [PAWN_nameDef] experienced a religious awakening. [PAWN_pronoun] decided to spend the rest of [PAWN_possessive] life spreading the word of [PAWN_possessive] deity, the beauty of its culture, and its unusual medical tradition. Social: +4
Artistic: +4
Medicine: −3 		None Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
Explosives expertTemplate:Br(Blaster) [PAWN_nameDef] was an explosive engineer employed in mines. [PAWN_pronoun] took [PAWN_possessive] job very seriously and was well-versed in the technicalities - so much so that [PAWN_pronoun] refused to demean [PAWN_objective]self by helping with the clean-up once [PAWN_possessive] carefully-calculated explosion was complete. Mining: +5
Intellectual: +5 		Dumb laborTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Factory workerTemplate:Br(Worker) [PAWN_nameDef] did menial, unskilled work in an industrial-era factory. [PAWN_possessive] job also included caring for the mules and horses which transported goods around the city. Animals: +3
Construction: +3
Crafting: +2 		IntellectualTemplate:BrArtisticTemplate:BrCookingTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png
GardenerTemplate:Br(Gardener) On industrial worlds, wealth concentrates in the hands of those who own the factories and sell the goods. [PAWN_nameDef] worked at the mansion of one such rich family, tending the lavish gardens as part of a team of servants. Plants: +8 IntellectualTemplate:BrCraftingTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png
GathererTemplate:Br(Gatherer) [PAWN_nameDef] is a master gatherer. [PAWN_pronoun] can find food in the most barren of places using [PAWN_possessive] deep knowledge of plants, roots, and berries. Plants: +4 None Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png
GeologistTemplate:Br(Geologist) [PAWN_nameDef] worked with miners and cave-diggers, identifying rock types and natural formations.Template:BrDuring [PAWN_possessive] years underground [PAWN_pronoun] also gained experience repairing drilling machines and other technical equipment. Mining: +8
Crafting: +3 		None Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png
Glitterworld empathTemplate:Br(Empath) [PAWN_nameDef] had an amazing ability to relate to others and mediate conflict. [PAWN_pronoun] was selected to train as an empath. The training intensified [PAWN_possessive] natural abilities, but [PAWN_pronoun] became unable to harm others. Social: +8
Medicine: +2 		ViolentTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png
Glitterworld officerTemplate:Br(Officer) Though glitterworlds are peaceful places, they often remain prepared for war. [PAWN_nameDef]'s unit rarely saw any real action.Template:BrThough [PAWN_pronoun] pursued [PAWN_possessive] artistic hobbies, [PAWN_possessive] subordinates preferred to entertain themselves by brawling, so [PAWN_nameDef] got good at breaking up fights. Melee: +6
Artistic: +4 		Dumb laborTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Glitterworld surgeonTemplate:Br(Surgeon) [PAWN_nameDef] worked as a surgeon on a world mostly free of disease and human suffering.Template:Br[PAWN_possessive] job mostly involved elaborate and creative cosmetic surgeries. [PAWN_pronoun] has a good understanding of human biology, but never had to remove a cancer — or a bullet. Artistic: +5
Medicine: +3
Social: +1 		None Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
HealerTemplate:Br(Healer) After [PAWN_possessive] tribe’s elder healer was killed in a raid, [PAWN_nameDef] took on the role. [PAWN_pronoun] spent [PAWN_possessive] days scrounging up herbs and mineral compounds from the nearby area to use in surprisingly effective remedies. Medicine: +4
Plants: +3 		None Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png
HerbalistTemplate:Br(Herbalist) [PAWN_nameDef] lived in the forest near a village. Though many of the villagers feared [PAWN_objective], sick villagers would come to [PAWN_objective] to purchase salves and poultices made from the herbs [PAWN_pronoun] grew in [PAWN_possessive] garden. [PAWN_pronoun] was happy to help them — for a price. Plants: +4
Medicine: +4
Social: −2 		None Check.png Check.png Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png
HermitTemplate:Br(Hermit) Worn out by the pressures of social interaction, [PAWN_nameDef] left [PAWN_possessive] crowded midworld city to live a simple life in the wilderness. There, [PAWN_pronoun] spent [PAWN_possessive] days alone, tending [PAWN_possessive] garden and crafting the simple tools [PAWN_pronoun] needed to survive. Plants: +4
Crafting: +3
Construction: +1 		SocialTemplate:Br Ex.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
Hiveworld droneTemplate:Br(Drone) [PAWN_nameDef] worked as a mindless construction drone in a massive hiveworld civilization. Though [PAWN_pronoun] is now freed from the brutal social experiments to which [PAWN_pronoun] was subjected, [PAWN_pronoun] remains incapable of creative thought and leadership. Construction: +5
Mining: +4
Social: −2 		ArtisticTemplate:BrIntellectualTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
House servantTemplate:Br(Servant) Early in [PAWN_possessive] adulthood, [PAWN_nameDef] was kidnapped and sold to wealthy aristocrats as a domestic servant.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] got to know the kitchens and basements of [PAWN_possessive] master's mansion well, but never did any work outside. Cooking: +4
Plants: −3
Mining: −3 		IntellectualTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
HousemateTemplate:Br(Housemate) As an adult, [PAWN_nameDef] kept house and cared for children while [PAWN_possessive] spouse worked. Cooking: +3
Medicine: +3
Crafting: +2 		None Check.png Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png
Human computerTemplate:Br(Computer) [PAWN_nameDef] turned out to have an excellent memory and a gift for performing complex calculations in [PAWN_possessive] head. A midworld dictator decided to employ [PAWN_nameDef] to keep track of [PAWN_possessive] state's finances and expenditure, since electrical computers were too susceptible to hacking. Shooting: +3
Intellectual: +7 		ArtisticTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Illegal shipwrightTemplate:Br(Shipwright) There is a law that says that you're not allowed to put terawatt-range grasers on a cargo scow. Especially if you hide them under what looks like a communications dish for better ambush potential. [PAWN_nameDef] discovered that there is great profit to be made, however, from those who are uninterested in these laws. Construction: +7 None Ex.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
InventorTemplate:Br(Inventor) On [PAWN_possessive] homeworld, [PAWN_nameDef] worked as a moderately successful inventor. [PAWN_pronoun] developed several minor technologies. Crafting: +5
Intellectual: +2 		None Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
JailbirdTemplate:Br(Jailbird) [PAWN_nameDef] spent most of [PAWN_possessive] life in prisons, where [PAWN_pronoun] was put to work in the kitchens. [PAWN_pronoun] had a habit of getting into fights, and developed an aggressive way of speaking. Melee: +5
Cooking: +3 		SocialTemplate:BrCaringTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Joywire artistTemplate:Br(Joywirer) [PAWN_nameDef] worked in an urbworld lab developing cutting-edge joywire software to maximize user pleasure.Template:BrWhen the local government imposed harsh restrictions on joywire manufacturing, [PAWN_pronoun] began selling [PAWN_possessive] products on the black market. Artistic: +3
Intellectual: +2
Medicine: +2 		Dumb laborTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png
LonerTemplate:Br(Loner) Loner never much liked the tribal council or the yearly festivals. [PAWN_pronoun] prefers the open plain and the lonely whistle of wind through the rocks.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] visits [PAWN_possessive] tribe from time to time, but for the most part [PAWN_pronoun] takes care of [PAWN_objective]self using [PAWN_possessive] own survival skills. Shooting: +3
Melee: +2
Plants: +5
Construction: +1 		SocialTemplate:Br Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png
Lore keeperTemplate:Br(Keeper) [PAWN_nameDef] was one of a long line of lore keepers in [PAWN_possessive] tribe. Every night around the fire, [PAWN_pronoun] would pass on ancient knowledge and helpful wisdom through stories. Intellectual: +2
Social: +3
Artistic: +2 		None Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png
Low-wage workerTemplate:Br(Grunt) [PAWN_nameDef] worked a variety of casual jobs to support [PAWN_possessive] family, gaining a set of basic hands-on skills. Cooking: +4
Plants: +3
Crafting: +3 		None Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Luddite rebelTemplate:Br(Luddite) When the majority of people on [PAWN_possessive] world chose to give up their individuality and biological humanity to join together in an online hivemind, [PAWN_nameDef] joined a rebel faction that chose to forsake most technology. Melee: +3
Construction: +3
Mining: +2 		IntellectualTemplate:BrCraftingTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Machine collectorTemplate:Br(Collector) [PAWN_nameDef] was obsessed with old machines and arcane pieces of technology. [PAWN_pronoun] obtained them wherever [PAWN_pronoun] could, and loved taking them apart to see how they worked.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] had a habit of talking about [PAWN_possessive] collection long after people around [PAWN_objective] had stopped listening. Social: −3
Crafting: +6
Intellectual: +6 		None Check.png Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png
Mafia bossTemplate:Br(Boss) [PAWN_nameDef] was a high-ranking member of an urbworld crime syndicate.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] bribed officials, maintained the loyalty of [PAWN_possessive] subordinates, and extracted overdue payments - by any means necessary. Shooting: +4
Melee: +3
Social: +4 		Dumb laborTemplate:BrCaringTemplate:BrCookingTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png
MathematicianTemplate:Br(Math prof) [PAWN_nameDef] did mathematical research at a university.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] spent much of [PAWN_possessive] spare time immersed in shooting simulations, though [PAWN_pronoun] was frequently ridiculed by other players for [PAWN_possessive] terrible aim. Shooting: −3
Intellectual: +8 		Dumb laborTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
Medieval doctorTemplate:Br(Quack) [PAWN_nameDef] worked as a doctor on a medieval planet. [PAWN_pronoun] firmly believes that most ailments can be cured with a little bloodletting.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] was also a master anaesthetist, developing a specialty technique that involved a heavy blow to the head. Melee: +6
Medicine: +1 		None Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
Medieval farm oafTemplate:Br(Oaf) Tilling, hoeing, guiding ox carts, pushing wheelbarrows. Digging ditches, planting seeds, predicting the harvest.Template:BrMedieval-level farmers aren't educated in the usual sense, but they know a lot about growing plants without technology. That said, such a life leaves one essentially incapable of participating in intellectual, technology-driven activities. Plants: +8
Mining: +3 		IntellectualTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Medieval lordTemplate:Br(Noble) [PAWN_nameDef] was a lord on a preindustrial planet. [PAWN_pronoun] went to parties, managed the underlings, and even learned some swordplay.Template:Br[PAWN_possessive] soft hands did not hold a work tool during that entire time. [PAWN_pronoun] considers manual labor to be beneath [PAWN_objective]. Social: +7
Melee: +5
Shooting: +5 		Dumb laborTemplate:BrSkilled laborTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Medieval minstrelTemplate:Br(Minstrel) [PAWN_nameDef] was a traveling entertainer on a medieval world.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] could always be found telling stories or singing songs, and is capable of protecting [PAWN_objective]self from the dangers of the road. However, [PAWN_pronoun] was always conspicuously absent whenever there was hard labour to be done. Social: +4
Artistic: +3
Melee: +2 		Skilled laborTemplate:BrHaulingTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png
Message carrierTemplate:Br(Messenger) On a medieval world, the fastest way to send a message is to give it to somebody on a horse and hope they survive the journey. [PAWN_nameDef] was that somebody. Melee: +3
Animals: +4 		IntellectualTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
Midworld chefTemplate:Br(Chef) [PAWN_nameDef] ran a high-class midworld restaurant. [PAWN_pronoun] was famous among patrons for [PAWN_possessive] creative culinary specialties, and infamous among kitchen workers for [PAWN_possessive] casual disdain for grunt work. Cooking: +6
Social: +2 		CleaningTemplate:BrDumb laborTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png
Military commissarTemplate:Br(Commissar) [PAWN_nameDef] was an internal spymaster in an Imperial army battalion. [PAWN_pronoun] made sure that the men were loyal, and did not fall back unless ordered. This made [PAWN_objective] unpopular, but [PAWN_pronoun] gained great skill at detecting the slightest dishonesty. Shooting: +3 None Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
ModelTemplate:Br(Model) [PAWN_nameDef] modelled clothes and jewellery for advertisers, and was also used as a physical blueprint for characters in virtual reality simulations. Social: +5
Artistic: +6 		Dumb laborTemplate:BrIntellectualTemplate:BrSkilled laborTemplate:BrCaringTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Muffalo shamanTemplate:Br(Shaman) Because of [PAWN_possessive] quiet wisdom and great strength, [PAWN_nameDef] became the spiritual leader for a nomadic tribe that followed the herds of roaming muffalo. Melee: +5
Social: +2 		None Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png
Navy scientistTemplate:Br(Scientist) Interstellar warfare is won by technology, so imperial navies are always on the peak of modern research. Even better, they have first access to archotechnological artifacts because they find them in space.Template:Br[PAWN_nameDef] worked in a navy lab. Intellectual: +8 None Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
NovelistTemplate:Br(Novelist) [PAWN_nameDef] lived on a glitterworld, penning wildly successful novels. [PAWN_pronoun] lived a carefree lifestyle, spending [PAWN_possessive] days writing and [PAWN_possessive] nights partying - and never did a day's manual labour in [PAWN_possessive] life. Construction: −5
Mining: −5
Artistic: +8 		Dumb laborTemplate:BrSocialTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
NurseTemplate:Br(Nurse) [PAWN_nameDef] worked in an industrial-era hospital, doing routine work such as changing bandages and taking temperatures.Template:BrIt was a busy job, but [PAWN_pronoun] could always find time for a chat with a patient. Social: +4
Medicine: +5 		ViolentTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
ParamedicTemplate:Br(Paramedic) [PAWN_nameDef]'s job was to respond rapidly to medical emergencies. [PAWN_pronoun] is used to dealing with severe injuries with only limited medical supplies.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] treated so many gunshot wounds over the years that even seeing a gun made [PAWN_objective] uncomfortable. Shooting: −5
Medicine: +6 		None Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Pit brawlerTemplate:Br(Brawler) [PAWN_nameDef] was nine years old when [PAWN_pronoun] got in [PAWN_possessive] first fight. [PAWN_pronoun] won, but more important was the enjoyment of [PAWN_possessive] audience. Pit fighting turned out to be a lucrative career for those who could survive it. And it was even mostly legal. Melee: +8 IntellectualTemplate:BrCaringTemplate:Br Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Psychiatric patientTemplate:Br(Patient) [PAWN_nameDef] spent most of [PAWN_possessive] adult life in an insane asylum. [PAWN_possessive] industrial homeworld had a poor understanding of mental illness, and [PAWN_pronoun] was treated more like an animal than a person.Template:BrThough [PAWN_pronoun] eventually recovered and was released, [PAWN_possessive] experience dampened many of [PAWN_possessive] basic life skills. Cooking: −2
Crafting: −2 		SocialTemplate:BrCaringTemplate:BrViolentTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Ranch ownerTemplate:Br(Rancher) [PAWN_nameDef] owned and operated a successful ranch where [PAWN_pronoun] raised animals for meat and wool.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] refused to do any dumb labour [PAWN_pronoun] could pay someone else to do for [PAWN_objective]. Animals: +8
Cooking: −4
Mining: −4 		Dumb laborTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png
RecruiterTemplate:Br(Recruiter) [PAWN_nameDef] was part of an revered order of martial artists, infamous both for their skill in combat and for their practice of refusing to treat their wounded.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] travelled [PAWN_possessive] homeworld, judging the young people [PAWN_pronoun] met to determine if they might be suitable for training. Melee: +5
Social: +5 		CaringTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
SailorTemplate:Br(Sailor) [PAWN_nameDef] traversed the oceans on journeys of exploration, seeking out plant and animal specimens from exotic places, and occasionally fending off pirates. [PAWN_pronoun] loved the sea so much [PAWN_pronoun] refused to do all but the barest minimum of work on land, except to sell the treasures [PAWN_pronoun] collected. Melee: +4
Social: +4
Animals: +4 		Skilled laborTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png
ScoutTemplate:Br(Scout) Since [PAWN_possessive] tribe has made contact with local outlanders, [PAWN_nameDef] has contracted [PAWN_possessive] services out as a guide to the local area. Frequent contact with ancient relics has made [PAWN_objective] fairly comfortable with the old technology. Shooting: +2
Intellectual: +2
Social: +2 		None Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png
SculptorTemplate:Br(Sculptor) [PAWN_nameDef] started off sculpting person-sized chunks of stone, but [PAWN_pronoun] soon began to think bigger. With the help of mining robots, [PAWN_pronoun] learned how to carve huge monuments out of cliffsides. Soon the nature parks of the glitterworld where [PAWN_pronoun] lived were full of giant rock figures. Plants: −4
Mining: +4
Artistic: +9 		Dumb laborTemplate:BrCraftingTemplate:BrCookingTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
SheriffTemplate:Br(Sheriff) [PAWN_nameDef] was the law enforcer in an isolated industrial town. [PAWN_pronoun] dealt with petty crime, dispute resolution, and the occasional drunken saloon shootout. Shooting: +4
Melee: +4
Social: +4 		None Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Space marineTemplate:Br(Marine) [PAWN_nameDef] was a warrior in an Imperial navy. [PAWN_possessive] job was to punch into enemy starships, gun down the crew, and capture the ship intact. And [PAWN_pronoun] was good at it. Melee: +5
Shooting: +7 		None Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Space pirateTemplate:Br(Pirate) Piracy appears everywhere that governments are weak and society spread thin. [PAWN_nameDef] was part of this age-old part of human existence, extorting and smashing peaceful trade ships for profit. Melee: +4
Shooting: +4 		None Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
Starship janitorTemplate:Br(Janitor) While other passengers pass the years between star systems in cryptosleep sarcophagi, [PAWN_nameDef] had to wake up at periodic intervals to perform inspections, check the navigation systems, and to oil the mechanoids. Construction: +2
Crafting: +3 		None Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png
TacticianTemplate:Br(Tactician) [PAWN_nameDef] joined the space navy in an unstable system, fraught with large-scale interplanetary wars. [PAWN_pronoun] turned out to have a sharp mind for battle, and became adept at commanding large armies to great effect. Shooting: +4
Intellectual: +4 		SocialTemplate:BrArtisticTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
TasterTemplate:Br(Taster) As the taster for a medieval king, any dish served at the royal table had to be sampled first by [PAWN_nameDef]. [PAWN_pronoun] lived a decadent lifestyle at court, getting fat and doing very little work. Cooking: +7
Construction: −4
Crafting: −4 		Dumb laborTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
TaxonomistTemplate:Br(Taxonomist) [PAWN_nameDef] travelled between star systems, studying and classifying the plant and animal life [PAWN_pronoun] found in the hopes of creating a complete catalogue. Animals: +5
Plants: +5 		ViolentTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png
TeacherTemplate:Br(Teacher) [PAWN_nameDef] was educated in the liberal arts and taught at a public school. [PAWN_pronoun] was widely knowledgeable and well-liked by [PAWN_possessive] students. Intellectual: +3
Social: +4 		None Check.png Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png
TorturerTemplate:Br(Torturer) Working for a tyrannical monarch on a medieval world, [PAWN_nameDef] earned a reputation as an expert in 'persuasion.' Any prisoner who went down into the dungeons left with no secrets - and with [PAWN_nameDef]'s smile scarred permanently into their nightmares. Melee: +6 SocialTemplate:BrCaringTemplate:Br Check.png Check.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png
Urbworld entrepreneurTemplate:Br(Entrepreneur) In the urbworlds, most suffer. But someone has to run the corporations.Template:Br[PAWN_nameDef] learned the skills of the trade - greasing palms and technical analysis. [PAWN_pronoun] is a sociointellectual machine. Social: +6
Intellectual: +3 		None Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
VeterinarianTemplate:Br(Vet) [PAWN_nameDef] treated sick and injured animals for a living. Seeing their suffering affected [PAWN_possessive] stance on the practice of eating meat, and for many years [PAWN_pronoun] lived as a vegetarian, rejecting the meat-loving culinary tradition of [PAWN_possessive] homeworld. Animals: +4
Medicine: +4
Cooking: −4 		None Check.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png
VR designerTemplate:Br(Game dev) [PAWN_nameDef] designed virtual reality simulations for glitterworld citizens. [PAWN_pronoun] paid great attention to the details of [PAWN_possessive] worlds, including learning all [PAWN_pronoun] could about plant life to make [PAWN_possessive] landscapes more realistic. Construction: +3
Plants: +4
Artistic: +5 		Dumb laborTemplate:Br Check.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png
WarriorTemplate:Br(Warrior) [PAWN_nameDef] was a fearsome warrior, proficient with many weapons. [PAWN_pronoun] participated in many battles. Melee: +6
Shooting: +2
Social: −2 		None Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png
WeaverTemplate:Br(Weaver) [PAWN_nameDef] was an expert at working muffalo wool, plant fibres and natural dyes into beautiful clothing for [PAWN_possessive] kin. [PAWN_possessive] beautiful handicrafts were traded frequently between local tribes. Crafting: +5
Plants: +2 		None Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png
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