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| − | <noinclude>← <small>[[Backstories]]</small></noinclude> | + | <noinclude>← <small>[[Backstories]]</small>{{br}} |
| − | {| {{STDT|sortable c_17}} | + | Note: these do not include the player-created backstories. Those can be found here: |
| − | ! Title<br />(Short | + | * [[List of player created childhood backstories A through M]] |
| − | + | * [[List of player created childhood backstories N through Z]] | |
| − | + | because the wiki can't display a page that large. | |
| − | + | </noinclude> | |
| − | |- | + | {| {{STDT| sortable c_17}} |
| − | ! Abandoned child | + | !Title <br/> (Short Title) !!Description !!Skill Modifications !!Incapable of !!Civil !!Raider !!Slave !!Trader !!Traveler !!Tribal |
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| + | ! Abandoned child{{br}}(Abandoned) | ||
| + | | [PAWN_nameDef] was born sickly. Thinking that [PAWN_pronoun] would only burden the tribe, [PAWN_possessive] parents left [PAWN_objective] out in the elements. Somehow, [PAWN_pronoun] survived. | ||
| + | | Melee: {{+|3}}</br>Crafting: {{+|3}}</br>Social: {{--|2}} | ||
| + | | None | ||
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | | {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Apocalypse survivor{{br}}(Survivor) | |
| − | |- | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] was born during a time of unrest on [PAWN_possessive] homeworld, as climate change threatened mass starvation and flooding. As [PAWN_pronoun] grew up the situation worsened - billions died and peaceful states descended into anarchy. [PAWN_nameDef] and [PAWN_possessive] parents did whatever they had to to survive. |
| − | ! Apocalypse survivor | + | | Shooting: {{+|4}}</br>Artistic: {{--|3}}</br>Intellectual: {{--|3}} |
| − | | | + | | None |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Cave child{{br}}(Cave child) | |
| − | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] grew up in a large and intricate cave complex that extended deep into a mountainside. [PAWN_pronoun] helped the adults maintain and improve the deep caves. | |
| − | ! Cave child | + | | Mining: {{+|3}}</br>Construction: {{+|3}} |
| − | | | + | | None |
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | | {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Caveworld tender{{br}}(Cave kid) | |
| − | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] grew up in cave complex deep beneath the surface of an inhospitable world. [PAWN_pronoun] worked with the other children tending the tribe’s fungus crops. | |
| − | ! Caveworld tender | + | | Plants: {{+|4}}</br>Mining: {{+|2}}</br>Shooting: {{--|3}} |
| − | | | + | | None |
| − | | {{ | + | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} |
| − | | | + | |- |
| − | | | + | ! Caveworld tunneler{{br}}(Tunneler) |
| − | |- | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] worked as a digger in the massive underground cave complex.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] knows rock so well that [PAWN_pronoun] can almost navigate caves by smell. |
| − | ! Caveworld tunneler | + | | Construction: {{+|1}}</br>Mining: {{+|6}}</br>Shooting: {{--|2}} |
| − | | | + | | Intellectual{{br}}Crafting{{br}} |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Child spy{{br}}(Spy) | |
| − | + | | Children are often presumed innocent, and can be ideal as spies. [PAWN_nameDef] was trained in the art of infiltration and information-gathering when [PAWN_pronoun] was just nine years old.{{br}}[PAWN_possessive] years behind enemy lines and the war-torn nature of [PAWN_possessive] homeworld meant [PAWN_pronoun] had limited opportunity for education. | |
| − | + | | Shooting: {{+|5}}</br>Intellectual: {{--|3}} | |
| − | + | | None | |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Child star{{br}}(Star) | |
| − | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] was well-known throughout [PAWN_possessive] homeworld as a child actor in films and TV shows. [PAWN_possessive] fame put [PAWN_objective] in contact with many different kinds of people, but also tended to get in the way of [PAWN_possessive] education. | |
| − | ! Child star | + | | Social: {{+|3}}</br>Artistic: {{+|3}}</br>Intellectual: {{--|2}} |
| − | | | + | | Dumb labor{{br}} |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Coma child{{br}}(Coma child) | |
| − | + | | A childhood accident put [PAWN_nameDef] into a coma. [PAWN_pronoun] didn’t wake up until [PAWN_pronoun] was in [PAWN_possessive] late teens. [PAWN_possessive] body never recovered from the years of inactivity, but people tend to take pity on [PAWN_objective] when they hear [PAWN_possessive] story. | |
| − | + | | Social: {{+|4}}</br>Construction: {{--|2}}</br>Mining: {{--|2}} | |
| − | + | | None | |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | ! Convent child{{br}}(Illicit) | |
| − | |- | + | | The child of an illicit affair, [PAWN_nameDef] was bought up by nuns in a medieval convent. [PAWN_pronoun] learned the value of hard work and submission, but was taught that technology is heretical. |
| − | ! Convent child | + | | Construction: {{+|3}}</br>Plants: {{+|3}} |
| − | + | | Intellectual{{br}}Violent{{br}} | |
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
| − | | | + | |- |
| − | + | ! Cult child{{br}}(Cult kid) | |
| − | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] was born into a powerful cult which shunned advanced technology and believed that all illness could be cured by cleansing the soul through sacred art.{{br}}After [PAWN_possessive] first glimpse of the outside world, [PAWN_pronoun] decided to run away. | |
| − | + | | Medicine: {{--|3}}</br>Artistic: {{+|5}} | |
| − | | | + | | Intellectual{{br}} |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Fire keeper{{br}}(Firekeep) | |
| − | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] was responsible for keeping the tribe’s fire going. [PAWN_pronoun] took this responsibility very seriously. | |
| − | + | | Crafting: {{+|2}}</br>Cooking: {{+|2}} | |
| − | + | | None | |
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| − | ! Fire keeper | ||
| − | | | ||
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | | {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Frightened child{{br}}(Scared) | |
| − | |- | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] grew up with a laundry list of phobias and neuroses. [PAWN_pronoun] feared, among other things, doctors and foodborne pathogens.{{br}}As a result, [PAWN_pronoun] learned to cook and care for [PAWN_objective]self, but many of [PAWN_possessive] fears dog [PAWN_objective] in adulthood. |
| − | ! Frightened child | + | | Medicine: {{+|3}}</br>Cooking: {{+|3}} |
| − | | | + | | Violent{{br}} |
| − | | {{ | + | | {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} |
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| − | | {{cross}} || {{cross}} | + | ! Herder{{br}}(Herder) |
| − | |- | + | | As a child, [PAWN_nameDef] tended the tribe’s muffalo herds, keeping them safe from predators and treating the sick. It was quiet work, but [PAWN_pronoun] enjoyed being away from people. |
| − | ! Herder | + | | Medicine: {{+|3}}</br>Melee: {{+|3}}</br>Social: {{--|2}} |
| − | + | | None | |
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | | {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | ||
| − | | | + | |- |
| − | + | ! Industrial orphan{{br}}(Orphan) | |
| − | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] never knew [PAWN_possessive] parents. [PAWN_possessive] earliest memories were of drudgery in the mines and workhouses of [PAWN_possessive] industrial world.{{br}}Because of this, [PAWN_pronoun] never received a proper education. | |
| − | ! Industrial orphan | + | | Crafting: {{+|3}}</br>Mining: {{+|3}}</br>Intellectual: {{--|2}} |
| − | | | + | | None |
| − | | {{ | + | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} |
| − | | | + | |- |
| − | | | + | ! Medical assistant{{br}}(Medic) |
| − | |- | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] was born during a catastrophic war in which both sides used napalm extensively. [PAWN_pronoun] grew up helping [PAWN_possessive] parents in an infirmary, treating the cascade of horrific burns from the battlefields. [PAWN_pronoun] was left with a lifelong fear of fire. |
| − | ! Medical assistant | + | | Medicine: {{+|5}} |
| − | | | + | | Firefighting{{br}} |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | ! Medieval lordling{{br}}(Lordling) | |
| − | |- | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] was a minor noble in an old kingdom on a medieval world. [PAWN_pronoun] grew up in a manor made of stone, served by bowing lowerclassmen.{{br}}Such a life teaches no technical skills and instils a lifelong aversion to manual labor - but [PAWN_nameDef] learned early the ways of social manipulation. |
| − | ! Medieval lordling | + | | Social: {{+|4}}</br>Construction: {{--|1}}</br>Mining: {{--|1}}</br>Plants: {{--|1}} |
| − | | | + | | None |
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} | ||
| − | | | + | |- |
| − | + | ! Medieval slave{{br}}(Slave) | |
| − | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] grew up pulling carts and digging holes on a medieval world. Simple manual labor is [PAWN_possessive] oldest companion - along with the master's lash.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] didn't learn to read until age nine. | |
| − | ! Medieval slave | + | | Plants: {{+|2}}</br>Construction: {{+|2}}</br>Mining: {{+|2}}</br>Intellectual: {{--|3}} |
| − | | | + | | None |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} | ||
| − | | | + | |- |
| − | + | ! Music lover{{br}}(Musician) | |
| − | + | | As a child, [PAWN_nameDef] had a talent for playing musical instruments and singing. [PAWN_pronoun] was given expert training and loved to perform in recitals and concerts, though the lavish praise [PAWN_pronoun] received made [PAWN_objective] a little self-obsessed. | |
| − | ! Music lover | + | | Social: {{--|2}}</br>Artistic: {{+|5}} |
| − | + | | None | |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | ! Mute{{br}}(Mute) | |
| − | |- | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] was greatly affected by a traumatic event early in [PAWN_possessive] life. For many years [PAWN_pronoun] refused to speak to people, preferring instead to play with [PAWN_possessive] household's numerous pets. |
| − | ! Mute | + | | Animals: {{+|5}} |
| − | | | + | | Social{{br}} |
| − | | {{ | + | | {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} |
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | ! Organ farm{{br}}(Organ farm) | |
| − | |- | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] was raised in an illegal underground organ farm. [PAWN_possessive] body was used to grow organic implants for wounded mercenaries. Though [PAWN_possessive] upbringing has left [PAWN_objective] haunted, it has also given [PAWN_objective] a unique understanding of human biology. |
| − | ! Organ farm | + | | Medicine: {{+|5}} |
| − | | | + | | Violent{{br}} |
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Pyromaniac{{br}}(Pyro) | |
| − | + | | From an early age, [PAWN_nameDef] had an unhealthy fascination with fire. [PAWN_pronoun] would set refuse heaps ablaze and become so entranced by the flames [PAWN_pronoun] would absent-mindedly burn [PAWN_objective]self.{{br}}One day while playing with matches, [PAWN_pronoun] carelessly burned down [PAWN_possessive] home. | |
| − | + | | Social: {{--|3}}</br>Cooking: {{--|2}}</br>Artistic: {{+|3}} | |
| − | + | | Firefighting{{br}} | |
| − | |||
| − | ! Pyromaniac | ||
| − | |||
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Reclusive child{{br}}(Reclusive) | |
| − | |- | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] didn’t learn to speak until [PAWN_pronoun] was nearly 5 years old, and, even then, [PAWN_pronoun] preferred to keep to [PAWN_objective]self. When [PAWN_pronoun] was in [PAWN_possessive] early teens, [PAWN_pronoun] made a habit of wandering off from the village to live in the wilderness for weeks at a time. |
| − | ! Reclusive child | + | | Melee: {{+|4}}</br>Crafting: {{+|3}} |
| − | | | + | | Social{{br}} |
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | | {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Scavenger{{br}}(Scavenger) | |
| − | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] spent [PAWN_possessive] childhood escaping grunt work to go digging through wrecks and ruins for treasures. [PAWN_possessive] natural curiosity got [PAWN_objective] into a lot of trouble, but it also yielded many interesting finds. | |
| − | + | | Mining: {{+|3}}</br>Intellectual: {{+|3}} | |
| − | | | + | | Dumb labor{{br}} |
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | | {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Scout{{br}}(Scout) | |
| − | + | | Born to colonial administrators from a small imperial power, [PAWN_nameDef] was enrolled in a youth program that taught military scouting skills.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] learned to survive in the wilderness, to obey, and not to ask questions. | |
| − | + | | Shooting: {{+|3}}</br>Crafting: {{+|2}}</br>Construction: {{+|1}} | |
| − | + | | Artistic{{br}}Intellectual{{br}} | |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Shelter child{{br}}(Shelterkid) | |
| − | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] grew up in a shelter deep beneath a toxic world. [PAWN_pronoun] received a comprehensive education, but had no opportunity to do physical labour. | |
| − | + | | Intellectual: {{+|3}}</br>Medicine: {{+|3}}</br>Social: {{+|2}}</br>Construction: {{--|2}}</br>Mining: {{--|2}} | |
| − | | | + | | None |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Shopkeeper{{br}}(Shopkeep) | |
| − | + | | [PAWN_nameDef]'s mother was often ill, and it fell to [PAWN_objective] to run the store which was their only source of income. [PAWN_pronoun] learned a little about the exotic artifacts which [PAWN_pronoun] sold, and a lot about the art of the deal. | |
| − | ! Shopkeeper | + | | Social: {{+|4}}</br>Intellectual: {{+|2}} |
| − | | | + | | None |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Sickly child{{br}}(Patient) | |
| − | + | | As a child, [PAWN_nameDef] suffered from a rare disease. Quarantined in a research hospital, [PAWN_pronoun] had minimal human contact and got little physical exercise. In the sterile hospital environment, however, [PAWN_pronoun] became very familiar with science and medicine. | |
| − | ! Sickly child | + | | Intellectual: {{+|4}}</br>Medicine: {{+|5}}</br>Melee: {{--|2}}</br>Social: {{--|2}}</br>Construction: {{--|2}} |
| − | + | | None | |
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} | ||
| − | | | + | |- |
| − | + | ! Sole survivor{{br}}(Survivor) | |
| − | + | | [PAWN_nameDef]’s entire tribe was wiped out in a raid. Though [PAWN_pronoun] was adopted by another group, [PAWN_pronoun] was emotionally scarred, and preferred to stay near home, cooking and tending crops. | |
| − | ! Sole survivor | + | | Plants: {{+|3}}</br>Cooking: {{+|3}} |
| − | | | + | | Violent{{br}} |
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | | {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | ||
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | ! Story writer{{br}}(Writer) | |
| − | |- | + | | As a child, [PAWN_nameDef] was addicted to reading. [PAWN_pronoun] would spend all day in [PAWN_possessive] local library with [PAWN_possessive] nose in a book. When budget cuts forced the library to close, [PAWN_nameDef] was distraught. [PAWN_pronoun] decided to fill the gap by writing [PAWN_possessive] own stories instead. |
| − | ! Story writer | + | | Artistic: {{+|4}}</br>Intellectual: {{+|3}} |
| − | + | | None | |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | ! Test subject{{br}}(Testee) | |
| − | |- | + | | On the most corrupt urbworlds, scientists without a moral compass commit unspeakable atrocities in the name of research. [PAWN_nameDef] was kept alone in a sealed facility from birth and subjected to a variety of behavioural experiments in an attempt to turn [PAWN_objective] into a perfect super-soldier. |
| − | ! Test subject | + | | Shooting: {{+|4}} |
| − | + | | Social{{br}}Caring{{br}}Firefighting{{br}} | |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Tribe child{{br}}(Tribal) | |
| − | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] grew up in the tribe, running around the village, moving with the muffalo herds, learning essential skills from [PAWN_possessive] parents.{{br}}[PAWN_pronoun] never learned to read and never saw a machine that wasn't an ancient ruin. | |
| − | + | | Plants: {{+|2}}</br>Melee: {{+|2}}</br>Shooting: {{+|2}}</br>Intellectual: {{--|3}} | |
| − | + | | None | |
| − | |||
| − | ! Tribe child | ||
| − | | | ||
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | | {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Urbworld urchin{{br}}(Urchin) | |
| − | |- | + | | The urbworlds - ancient and deep industrial cityscapes bursting with humanity and poison. [PAWN_nameDef] grew up in the dark, unwanted reaches of such a place. [PAWN_pronoun] had to fight for every scrap of food. |
| − | ! Urbworld urchin | + | | Melee: {{+|4}}</br>Shooting: {{+|2}} |
| − | + | | None | |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Vatgrown soldier{{br}}(Vatgrown) | |
| − | + | | [PAWN_nameDef] wasn't made as a person, but as an instrument of destruction. Grown in a bioweapons facility and taught combat during [PAWN_possessive] accelerated growth, [PAWN_nameDef] still has a proclivity for combat of all kinds and an aversion to human contact. | |
| − | ! Vatgrown soldier | + | | Melee: {{+|4}}</br>Shooting: {{+|4}} |
| − | | | + | | Social{{br}}Caring{{br}} |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} | ||
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| − | + | ! Vengeful child{{br}}(Vengeful) | |
| − | |- | + | | As a child, [PAWN_nameDef] returned to [PAWN_possessive] village to find that it had been wiped out by bandits. [PAWN_pronoun] swore revenge on the attackers and began a violent rampage across the wilderness. |
| − | ! Vengeful child | + | | Melee: {{+|3}}</br>Shooting: {{+|3}} |
| − | + | | Caring{{br}} | |
| {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | | {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} | ||
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | ! War refugee{{br}}(Refugee) | |
| − | |- | + | | War broke out in [PAWN_nameDef]'s home when [PAWN_pronoun] was a baby. [PAWN_possessive] parents fled with [PAWN_objective], seeking safety wherever they could find it. [PAWN_nameDef]'s earliest memories are of being taught how to defend [PAWN_objective]self.{{br}}The violence and destruction [PAWN_pronoun] witnessed left [PAWN_objective] scarred for life. |
| − | ! War refugee | + | | Cooking: {{+|2}}</br>Crafting: {{+|2}} |
| − | + | | Violent{{br}} | |
| {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{cross}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | ! Wreckage explorer{{br}}(Explorer) | |
| − | |- | + | | Two generations before [PAWN_nameDef] was born, an apocalyptic war dragged [PAWN_possessive] home planet into anarchy. [PAWN_nameDef] was tasked with watching [PAWN_possessive] tribe's herds, but often shirked [PAWN_possessive] duties to go exploring the crashed warships scattered around the planet. |
| − | ! Wreckage explorer | + | | Animals: {{+|3}}</br>Intellectual: {{+|3}} |
| − | + | | None | |
| {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | | {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{check}} || {{cross}} | ||
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Revision as of 16:24, 9 May 2019
← BackstoriesTemplate:Br Note: these do not include the player-created backstories. Those can be found here:
- List of player created childhood backstories A through M
- List of player created childhood backstories N through Z
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| Abandoned childTemplate:Br(Abandoned) | [PAWN_nameDef] was born sickly. Thinking that [PAWN_pronoun] would only burden the tribe, [PAWN_possessive] parents left [PAWN_objective] out in the elements. Somehow, [PAWN_pronoun] survived. | Melee: +3 Crafting: +3 Social: −2 |
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| Apocalypse survivorTemplate:Br(Survivor) | [PAWN_nameDef] was born during a time of unrest on [PAWN_possessive] homeworld, as climate change threatened mass starvation and flooding. As [PAWN_pronoun] grew up the situation worsened - billions died and peaceful states descended into anarchy. [PAWN_nameDef] and [PAWN_possessive] parents did whatever they had to to survive. | Shooting: +4 Artistic: −3 Intellectual: −3 |
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| Cave childTemplate:Br(Cave child) | [PAWN_nameDef] grew up in a large and intricate cave complex that extended deep into a mountainside. [PAWN_pronoun] helped the adults maintain and improve the deep caves. | Mining: +3 Construction: +3 |
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| Caveworld tenderTemplate:Br(Cave kid) | [PAWN_nameDef] grew up in cave complex deep beneath the surface of an inhospitable world. [PAWN_pronoun] worked with the other children tending the tribe’s fungus crops. | Plants: +4 Mining: +2 Shooting: −3 |
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| Caveworld tunnelerTemplate:Br(Tunneler) | [PAWN_nameDef] worked as a digger in the massive underground cave complex.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] knows rock so well that [PAWN_pronoun] can almost navigate caves by smell. | Construction: +1 Mining: +6 Shooting: −2 |
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| Child spyTemplate:Br(Spy) | Children are often presumed innocent, and can be ideal as spies. [PAWN_nameDef] was trained in the art of infiltration and information-gathering when [PAWN_pronoun] was just nine years old.Template:Br[PAWN_possessive] years behind enemy lines and the war-torn nature of [PAWN_possessive] homeworld meant [PAWN_pronoun] had limited opportunity for education. | Shooting: +5 Intellectual: −3 |
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| Child starTemplate:Br(Star) | [PAWN_nameDef] was well-known throughout [PAWN_possessive] homeworld as a child actor in films and TV shows. [PAWN_possessive] fame put [PAWN_objective] in contact with many different kinds of people, but also tended to get in the way of [PAWN_possessive] education. | Social: +3 Artistic: +3 Intellectual: −2 |
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| Coma childTemplate:Br(Coma child) | A childhood accident put [PAWN_nameDef] into a coma. [PAWN_pronoun] didn’t wake up until [PAWN_pronoun] was in [PAWN_possessive] late teens. [PAWN_possessive] body never recovered from the years of inactivity, but people tend to take pity on [PAWN_objective] when they hear [PAWN_possessive] story. | Social: +4 Construction: −2 Mining: −2 |
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| Convent childTemplate:Br(Illicit) | The child of an illicit affair, [PAWN_nameDef] was bought up by nuns in a medieval convent. [PAWN_pronoun] learned the value of hard work and submission, but was taught that technology is heretical. | Construction: +3 Plants: +3 |
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| Cult childTemplate:Br(Cult kid) | [PAWN_nameDef] was born into a powerful cult which shunned advanced technology and believed that all illness could be cured by cleansing the soul through sacred art.Template:BrAfter [PAWN_possessive] first glimpse of the outside world, [PAWN_pronoun] decided to run away. | Medicine: −3 Artistic: +5 |
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| Fire keeperTemplate:Br(Firekeep) | [PAWN_nameDef] was responsible for keeping the tribe’s fire going. [PAWN_pronoun] took this responsibility very seriously. | Crafting: +2 Cooking: +2 |
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| Frightened childTemplate:Br(Scared) | [PAWN_nameDef] grew up with a laundry list of phobias and neuroses. [PAWN_pronoun] feared, among other things, doctors and foodborne pathogens.Template:BrAs a result, [PAWN_pronoun] learned to cook and care for [PAWN_objective]self, but many of [PAWN_possessive] fears dog [PAWN_objective] in adulthood. | Medicine: +3 Cooking: +3 |
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| HerderTemplate:Br(Herder) | As a child, [PAWN_nameDef] tended the tribe’s muffalo herds, keeping them safe from predators and treating the sick. It was quiet work, but [PAWN_pronoun] enjoyed being away from people. | Medicine: +3 Melee: +3 Social: −2 |
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| Industrial orphanTemplate:Br(Orphan) | [PAWN_nameDef] never knew [PAWN_possessive] parents. [PAWN_possessive] earliest memories were of drudgery in the mines and workhouses of [PAWN_possessive] industrial world.Template:BrBecause of this, [PAWN_pronoun] never received a proper education. | Crafting: +3 Mining: +3 Intellectual: −2 |
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| Medical assistantTemplate:Br(Medic) | [PAWN_nameDef] was born during a catastrophic war in which both sides used napalm extensively. [PAWN_pronoun] grew up helping [PAWN_possessive] parents in an infirmary, treating the cascade of horrific burns from the battlefields. [PAWN_pronoun] was left with a lifelong fear of fire. | Medicine: +5 | FirefightingTemplate:Br | |
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| Medieval lordlingTemplate:Br(Lordling) | [PAWN_nameDef] was a minor noble in an old kingdom on a medieval world. [PAWN_pronoun] grew up in a manor made of stone, served by bowing lowerclassmen.Template:BrSuch a life teaches no technical skills and instils a lifelong aversion to manual labor - but [PAWN_nameDef] learned early the ways of social manipulation. | Social: +4 Construction: −1 Mining: −1 Plants: −1 |
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| Medieval slaveTemplate:Br(Slave) | [PAWN_nameDef] grew up pulling carts and digging holes on a medieval world. Simple manual labor is [PAWN_possessive] oldest companion - along with the master's lash.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] didn't learn to read until age nine. | Plants: +2 Construction: +2 Mining: +2 Intellectual: −3 |
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| Music loverTemplate:Br(Musician) | As a child, [PAWN_nameDef] had a talent for playing musical instruments and singing. [PAWN_pronoun] was given expert training and loved to perform in recitals and concerts, though the lavish praise [PAWN_pronoun] received made [PAWN_objective] a little self-obsessed. | Social: −2 Artistic: +5 |
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| MuteTemplate:Br(Mute) | [PAWN_nameDef] was greatly affected by a traumatic event early in [PAWN_possessive] life. For many years [PAWN_pronoun] refused to speak to people, preferring instead to play with [PAWN_possessive] household's numerous pets. | Animals: +5 | SocialTemplate:Br | |
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| Organ farmTemplate:Br(Organ farm) | [PAWN_nameDef] was raised in an illegal underground organ farm. [PAWN_possessive] body was used to grow organic implants for wounded mercenaries. Though [PAWN_possessive] upbringing has left [PAWN_objective] haunted, it has also given [PAWN_objective] a unique understanding of human biology. | Medicine: +5 | ViolentTemplate:Br | |
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| PyromaniacTemplate:Br(Pyro) | From an early age, [PAWN_nameDef] had an unhealthy fascination with fire. [PAWN_pronoun] would set refuse heaps ablaze and become so entranced by the flames [PAWN_pronoun] would absent-mindedly burn [PAWN_objective]self.Template:BrOne day while playing with matches, [PAWN_pronoun] carelessly burned down [PAWN_possessive] home. | Social: −3 Cooking: −2 Artistic: +3 |
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| Reclusive childTemplate:Br(Reclusive) | [PAWN_nameDef] didn’t learn to speak until [PAWN_pronoun] was nearly 5 years old, and, even then, [PAWN_pronoun] preferred to keep to [PAWN_objective]self. When [PAWN_pronoun] was in [PAWN_possessive] early teens, [PAWN_pronoun] made a habit of wandering off from the village to live in the wilderness for weeks at a time. | Melee: +4 Crafting: +3 |
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| ScavengerTemplate:Br(Scavenger) | [PAWN_nameDef] spent [PAWN_possessive] childhood escaping grunt work to go digging through wrecks and ruins for treasures. [PAWN_possessive] natural curiosity got [PAWN_objective] into a lot of trouble, but it also yielded many interesting finds. | Mining: +3 Intellectual: +3 |
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| ScoutTemplate:Br(Scout) | Born to colonial administrators from a small imperial power, [PAWN_nameDef] was enrolled in a youth program that taught military scouting skills.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] learned to survive in the wilderness, to obey, and not to ask questions. | Shooting: +3 Crafting: +2 Construction: +1 |
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| Shelter childTemplate:Br(Shelterkid) | [PAWN_nameDef] grew up in a shelter deep beneath a toxic world. [PAWN_pronoun] received a comprehensive education, but had no opportunity to do physical labour. | Intellectual: +3 Medicine: +3 Social: +2 Construction: −2 Mining: −2 |
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| ShopkeeperTemplate:Br(Shopkeep) | [PAWN_nameDef]'s mother was often ill, and it fell to [PAWN_objective] to run the store which was their only source of income. [PAWN_pronoun] learned a little about the exotic artifacts which [PAWN_pronoun] sold, and a lot about the art of the deal. | Social: +4 Intellectual: +2 |
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| Sickly childTemplate:Br(Patient) | As a child, [PAWN_nameDef] suffered from a rare disease. Quarantined in a research hospital, [PAWN_pronoun] had minimal human contact and got little physical exercise. In the sterile hospital environment, however, [PAWN_pronoun] became very familiar with science and medicine. | Intellectual: +4 Medicine: +5 Melee: −2 Social: −2 Construction: −2 |
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| Sole survivorTemplate:Br(Survivor) | [PAWN_nameDef]’s entire tribe was wiped out in a raid. Though [PAWN_pronoun] was adopted by another group, [PAWN_pronoun] was emotionally scarred, and preferred to stay near home, cooking and tending crops. | Plants: +3 Cooking: +3 |
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| Story writerTemplate:Br(Writer) | As a child, [PAWN_nameDef] was addicted to reading. [PAWN_pronoun] would spend all day in [PAWN_possessive] local library with [PAWN_possessive] nose in a book. When budget cuts forced the library to close, [PAWN_nameDef] was distraught. [PAWN_pronoun] decided to fill the gap by writing [PAWN_possessive] own stories instead. | Artistic: +4 Intellectual: +3 |
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| Test subjectTemplate:Br(Testee) | On the most corrupt urbworlds, scientists without a moral compass commit unspeakable atrocities in the name of research. [PAWN_nameDef] was kept alone in a sealed facility from birth and subjected to a variety of behavioural experiments in an attempt to turn [PAWN_objective] into a perfect super-soldier. | Shooting: +4 | SocialTemplate:BrCaringTemplate:BrFirefightingTemplate:Br | |
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| Tribe childTemplate:Br(Tribal) | [PAWN_nameDef] grew up in the tribe, running around the village, moving with the muffalo herds, learning essential skills from [PAWN_possessive] parents.Template:Br[PAWN_pronoun] never learned to read and never saw a machine that wasn't an ancient ruin. | Plants: +2 Melee: +2 Shooting: +2 Intellectual: −3 |
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| Urbworld urchinTemplate:Br(Urchin) | The urbworlds - ancient and deep industrial cityscapes bursting with humanity and poison. [PAWN_nameDef] grew up in the dark, unwanted reaches of such a place. [PAWN_pronoun] had to fight for every scrap of food. | Melee: +4 Shooting: +2 |
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| Vatgrown soldierTemplate:Br(Vatgrown) | [PAWN_nameDef] wasn't made as a person, but as an instrument of destruction. Grown in a bioweapons facility and taught combat during [PAWN_possessive] accelerated growth, [PAWN_nameDef] still has a proclivity for combat of all kinds and an aversion to human contact. | Melee: +4 Shooting: +4 |
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| Vengeful childTemplate:Br(Vengeful) | As a child, [PAWN_nameDef] returned to [PAWN_possessive] village to find that it had been wiped out by bandits. [PAWN_pronoun] swore revenge on the attackers and began a violent rampage across the wilderness. | Melee: +3 Shooting: +3 |
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| War refugeeTemplate:Br(Refugee) | War broke out in [PAWN_nameDef]'s home when [PAWN_pronoun] was a baby. [PAWN_possessive] parents fled with [PAWN_objective], seeking safety wherever they could find it. [PAWN_nameDef]'s earliest memories are of being taught how to defend [PAWN_objective]self.Template:BrThe violence and destruction [PAWN_pronoun] witnessed left [PAWN_objective] scarred for life. | Cooking: +2 Crafting: +2 |
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| Wreckage explorerTemplate:Br(Explorer) | Two generations before [PAWN_nameDef] was born, an apocalyptic war dragged [PAWN_possessive] home planet into anarchy. [PAWN_nameDef] was tasked with watching [PAWN_possessive] tribe's herds, but often shirked [PAWN_possessive] duties to go exploring the crashed warships scattered around the planet. | Animals: +3 Intellectual: +3 |
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