Careers

Acrobat

You used to earn your fare by performing spectacular and dangerous acrobatic feats.
Skills: acrobatics, climb.
Items: clothes (comfortable and colourful leotard), missile hand weapon (throwing daggers), rope (made of silk, expensive), wooden pole, 2ʂ.

Agitator

You know how to incite people with fervent speeches, and how to quickly run away from city guard patrols.
Skills: fleet footed, leadership.
Items: clothes (working class attire), simple hand weapon (hammer), 2× fire bomb, scroll (pamphlet denouncing the Emperor, or at least they told you so: you can’t read after all), junk (nails, to hang your pamphlets), 1ʂ.

Apothecary

You are a master at mixing miraculous ointments and potent poisons.
Skills: apothecary, poisons.
Items: clothes (spotless white apron and bags to carry ingredients), simple hand weapon (sickle), apothecary tools, medicinal herbs, 2ʂ.

Artisan

You are an experience craftsman, taking pride in the excellence of your creations.
Skills: crafting, piercing strike.
Items: clothes (thick leather apron), simple hand weapon (your main tool of the trade, such as a hammer, a pair of scissors, etc.), toolbox, 10ʂ.

Assassin

For the right amount of coins, you can discreetly get rid of anyone.
Skills: sneak attack, stealth.
Items: clothes (dark cloak), simple hand weapon (dagger), missile hand weapon (hand crossbow), black adder venom, 2ʂ.

Barber-surgeon

A sharp razor and a steady hand are required for both a clean shave and delicate surgeries.
Skills: heal, strike to injure.
Items: clothes (bloodstained apron), simple hand weapon (razor), medicine box, surgical tools, 2ʂ.

Beast tamer

There is no beast you can’t break and train to obedience.
Skills: animal handling, dodge blows.
Items: clothes (numerous claw marks), simple hand weapon (bullwhip), 2ʂ.
Followers: boar (Lucius, tamed, short-tempered).

Beggar

You used to spend your days sitting in the corner of busy roads, hoping to receive a few shillings from generous passers-by.
Skills: disease resistance, frugal.
Items: clothes (dirty, stinky rags), simple hand weapon (sturdy stick), crutch (sometime it pays to pretend you are lame), 2× alcoholic drink, ration (mouldy bread), camping kit, 2ʂ.

Berserker

You are a savage, bloodthirsty warrior, barely able to control your bloodlust.
Skills: battle frenzy, cleave.
Items: clothes (blood-splattered hides and furs decorated with the skulls of your foes), martial great weapon (glaive), 4ʂ.

Boatman

You have ferried passengers and smuggled goods along the many rivers flowing across the Kingdom.
Skills: river lore, swim.
Items: clothes (wet and mouldy), simple great weapon (boat hook), fishing tools, 8ʂ.

Bodyguard

You worked for the rich and powerful, protecting them from robbers and other scum.
Skills: protect, shield mastery.
Items: clothes (marked with the insignia of your last employer), simple hand weapon (baton), shield, 2ʂ.

Bone-picker

One person’s rubbish is another person’s treasure: you scour the roads, graves, and gutters looking for something valuable to sell for a few pennies.
Skills: frugal, quick draw.
Items: clothes (mismatched rags, scavenged from various dumpsites), simple hand weapon (femur, fragile), junk (bag of dung), junk (dirty wig), junk (broken boots), wheelbarrow (damaged), 2ʂ.

Bounty hunter

You used to roam the cities and the countryside, capturing wanted criminals and fugitive outlaws to collect the bounty on their head.
Skills: disarm, strike to stun.
Items: clothes (large coat and wide-brimmed hat), mancatcher, dream sand, manacles & key, 2ʂ.

Brawler

Your fists are deadly weapons: nobody is stronger than you!
Skills: brawling, wrestling.
Items: clothes (hand wraps to protect your knuckles), 2× corpse mandrake, lucky charm (lucky belt), 4ʂ.

Burglar

There is no lock you can’t open and no safe you can’t crack.
Skills: burglary, pack rat.
Items: clothes (comfortable and with generous pockets), simple hand weapon (cudgel), lockpicks, rope, grappling hook, 6ʂ.

Charlatan

You are a cunning liar, fooling people to appropriate their money.
Skills: acting, charm.
Items: clothes (fake city watch uniform, won’t stand scrutiny), simple hand weapon (dagger), disguise kit, signet ring (stolen from a wealthy noble), 2ʂ.

Coach driver

You worked for a coaching company, driving stagecoaches through the dangerous roads of the Kingdom and protecting them with your trusty blunderbuss.
Skills: drive carts, steady aim.
Items: clothes (coat and wide brimmed hat, for the rain), long gun (blunderbuss), 4ʂ.

Cutpurse

Some are born with too much: those wealthy nobles aren’t going to notice if they are a few shillings short.
Skills: steal, stealth.
Items: clothes (hood covering your face), simple hand weapon (knife), gold jewel (necklace with a noble family emblem, stolen), 2ʂ.

Duellist

You are a skilled duellist, constantly looking for a worthy opponent to hone your skills.
Skills: ambidextrous, fast strike.
Items: clothes (a few stitched up cuts), martial hand weapon (thrusting sword), simple hand weapon (parrying dagger), handgun (pistol), 2ʂ.

Fire eater

You were a performer at a travelling carnival, executing a vast array of exciting tricks with fire.
Skills: contortionist, fire eating.
Items: clothes (covered in soot), missile hand weapon (throwing daggers), 2× alcoholic drink, 2× torch, flint & tinder, 2ʂ.

Footpad

You have spent years mugging unaware victims in shady alleys and dark forest roads, and occasionally killing for money.
Skills: sneak attack, strike to stun.
Items: clothes (scarf to cover your face), simple hand weapon (cudgel), garrotte, silver jewel (stolen bracelet), 6ʂ.

Gambler

Luck come and goes at the gaming table, but it has never abandoned you, not with the help of a few clever tricks.
Skills: lucky, play games.
Items: clothes (large, comfortable sleeves), missile hand weapon (darts), cards (marked), dice (loaded), 8ʂ.

Hunter

When you hunt in the dark forests of the Kingdom, you sometimes wonder if you really are the hunter or rather the prey.
Skills: bushcraft, hunt.
Items: clothes (decorated with trophies from your preys), missile great weapon (bow), 4ʂ.

Jester

You have spent your life making a fool of yourself to entertain the nobles, but you will have the last laugh!
Skills: acrobatics, blather.
Items: clothes (colourful, with a bell hat), simple hand weapon (stick with bells, jingles cheerfully when it strikes), 2× reaper’s spice, 2ʂ.

Knight

With your honour lost and no coin left to your name, you wander the lands selling your fighting skills for money.
Skills: ride, skilled blow.
Items: clothes (colourful livery), martial hand weapon (warhammer), saddle, 4ʂ.

Labourer

Your bones and muscles have been hardened by years of toiling under sun and rain.
Skills: pack rat, tough.
Items: clothes (drenched in sweat), simple great weapon (sledgehammer), simple great weapon (shovel), 2× ration (packed lunch), 8ʂ.

Lawyer

Nobody is above the law, but you can help those with enough money wiggle through its many loopholes.
Skills: charm, politics.
Items: clothes (court attire), simple hand weapon (heavy gavel), book (Laws of the Kingdom), 2ʂ.

Messenger

Time is of the essence when carrying messages across the Kingdom, and you sure are a fast runner.
Skills: fleet footed, languages.
Items: clothes (dusty and sweaty), missile hand weapon (sling), scroll (blank), quill & ink, lockbox & key, 8ʂ.

Miner

Crawling through dark, cramped tunnels, breaking rocks and breathing dust, wasn’t the life you deserve.
Skills: dark vision, piercing strike.
Items: clothes (sweaty and dusty), simple great weapon (pickaxe), 2× oil lamp, lantern, flint & tinder, 8ʂ.

Noble

Your house has fallen and you must now mingle with the lowly scum, but the day will come when you can reclaim what’s yours by birthright!
Skills: consume alcohol, poison resistance.
Items: clothes (ostentatious fripperies, old and full of holes), martial hand weapon (dented sword, family heirloom), signet ring (proof of your identity), 4ʂ.

Peasant

Your life was simple: growing crops and tending to livestock, trying to put enough food on the table to survive another winter.
Skills: farming, gossip.
Items: clothes (stinking of manure), simple great weapon (hoe), simple great weapon (pitchfork), 4ʂ.
Followers: chicken (Bertha, dumb and brave), duck (Jonathan, noisy and loud), pig (Hans, picky about food).

Pedlar

You made a small fortune transporting and trading exotic goods, but you lost everything because of a bad business decision.
Skills: bargain, languages.
Items: clothes (excessive amounts of cheap fake jewellery), simple hand weapon (dagger), clothes (made of silk, expensive).

Physician

You are an erudite doctor, knowledgeable about poison, disease, surgery, and healing.
Skills: heal, medicine.
Items: clothes (spotless black coat), simple hand weapon (scalpel), cure, medicine box, 2ʂ.

Pit fighter

You have fought for money in illegal arenas and as a judicial champion for hire.
Skills: fast strike, wrestling.
Items: clothes (torn, dusty, and covered in old blood), martial hand weapon (morningstar), net, 4ʂ.

Priest

Yours is the burden to teach and guide people so that they don’t succumb to the lure of darkness.
Skills: faith, incorruptible.
Items: clothes (priestly robes and religious paraphernalia), simple great weapon (staff), power scroll (sacred).

Raconteur

You have travelled far and wide across the kingdom, singing songs and acting out enthralling stories.
Skills: acting, music.
Items: clothes (flamboyant and fashionable), simple hand weapon (knife), music instrument (fiddle, lute, flute, or drums), book (music sheets), 2ʂ.

Rat catcher

Rats are everywhere and nobody likes them. You make a living getting rid of them, but you swear they are getting larger and nastier by the day.
Skills: disease resistance, poison resistance.
Items: clothes (partly made of rat fur), simple hand weapon (pointy stick), trapping tools, 2ʂ.
Followers: small dog (Brutus, trained to hunt rats, small but vicious).

Scholar

Hunched over dusty ancient tomes, you have accumulated vast amounts of knowledge: time to put it into practice!
Skills: alchemy, erudition.
Items: clothes (night gown and comfortable shoes), simple hand weapon (cane), quill & ink, book (blank, you can’t wait to fill it with your learnings), looking glass.

Sharpshooter

Your skill with a bow or a gun has no equals: you can shoot a moving squirrel from half a mile away.
Skills: steady aim, skilled shot.
Items: clothes (wide brimmed hat to shade your eyes), long gun (arquebus), 4ʂ.

Slayer

There is good pay for slaying giant monsters: it’s a dangerous job, but you are brave and foolish enough to do it.
Skills: dodge blows, monster slaying.
Items: clothes (thick hardened leather, cut, burnet, scratched, and torn), martial great weapon (pike), 4ʂ.

Soldier

You have fought for the Kingdom and seen the horrors of war, the nightmares will never stop.
Skills: skilled blow, skilled shot.
Items: clothes (uniform from your regiment, has seen better days), martial great weapon (halberd), 4ʂ.

Soothsayer

You are blessed, or maybe cursed, with the ability to see what others can’t.
Skills: divination, lucky.
Items: clothes (hooded robes), simple hand weapon (cleaver), divination tools, lucky charm (rabbit foot), 2ʂ.

Thug

A sturdy club is the best way to send a strong message, as you like to say.
Skills: brawling, intimidate.
Items: clothes (covering your face), simple hand weapon (spiked club), 2× crimson weed, 10ʂ.

Tomb robber

Precious treasures are buried in ancient crypts and old tombs: their previous owners aren’t going to miss them.
Skills: burglary, climb.
Items: clothes (capacious rucksack to store the loot), simple great weapon (spade), crowbar, flint & tinder, rope, torch, 7ʂ.

Witch hunter

Warlocks, witches, and sorcerers are a threat to mankind: they are destined to meet their end engulfed in the flames of a pyre.
Skills: magic sense, magic shield.
Items: clothes (wide brimmed hat, pitch black clothes), handgun (pistol), 2× blessed water, 8ʂ.

Wizard

You are a secretive scholar of the esoteric arts: many fear you, and with good reason.
Skills: meditation, sorcery.
Items: clothes (comfortable robes), simple hand weapon (dagger), power scroll (profane).

Woodsman

You used to fell trees for timber in the cold and dreary forests of the Kingdom.
Skills: bushcraft, tough.
Items: clothes (greenish cloak), simple great weapon (woodcutting axe), warm clothes (bear furs), 4ʂ.

Zealot

You have a dark past and many sins to atone for: you are going to save your soul by purging the heretic!
Skills: battle frenzy, bravery.
Items: clothes (bloodstained monastic habit), martial hand weapon (flail), book (Holy Scriptures).