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Re: Just some templates I made
Social Lenses
Clergyman [50]
Spoiler:
You are a Priest (Status 1 or 2) or a Bishop (Status 3).
Advantages: Status 1 [5], Wealth (Comfortable) [10], Clerical Investment [5], Legal Immunity [5], 45 points from Animal Empathy [5], Blessed [10 or 20], Charisma 1-4 [5/level], Claim to Hospitality [5], Sensitive [5] or Empathy [15], Fearlessness 1-5 [2/level], Healing (Faith Healing +20%) [36], Mind Shield 1-5 [4/level], Magic Resistance 1-5 [2/level], Spirit Empathy [10], True Faith [15], increase Status to 2 or 3 [5/level], or increase Wealth to Wealthy [10] or Very Wealthy [20].
Disadvantages: -30 points from Bad Sight (Mitigator, Glasses -60%) [-10], Charitable [-15], Chummy or Gregarious [-5 or -10], Compulsive Generosity [-5], Fanaticism [-15], Guilt Complex [-5], Honesty [-10], Pacifism (Reluctant Killer or Cannot Harm Innocents) [-5 or -10], Selfless [-5], or Truthfulness [-5].
Skills: Exorcism (Will-1) [2], Religious Ritual (IQ-1) [2], Theology (IQ) [4], Public Speaking (IQ) [2].
Impoverished [0]
Spoiler:
You are one of the teeming, unwashed masses. At Status -1, you are a farmer or factory worker. At status -2, you are a bum.
Advantages: 20 points from Per [5 points/level], Pitiable [5], Fit or Very Fit [5 or 15], Rapid Healing or Very Rapid Healing [5 or 15], Luck [15], or Serendipity 1 [15]
Disadvantages: Wealth (Poor) [-15], Status -1 [-5], -10 points from Status -1 [-5], Social Disease [-5], Social Stigma (Criminal Record) [-5], Skinny [-5], or Odious Personal Habits [-5 or -10].
Skills: Urban Survival (Per+1) [4], Panhandling (IQ+2) [4], Area Knowledge (City) (IQ+1) [2]
New Money [25]
Spoiler:
You are a business owner. At Status 1, you own a medium-sized town house and 3 servants. At Status 2, you own a larger house, 5 servants, and a horse. At Comfortable Wealth, you start with $6,000 worth of “adventuring” gear. If Wealth is increased to Wealthy, this increases to $15,000, or $60,000 at Very Wealthy.
Advantages: Wealth (Comfortable) [10], Status 1 [5], 30 points from Business Acumen [10 points/level], Contacts (Business) [Varies], Reputation [Varies], Status +1 [5], or increase Wealth from Comfortable to Wealthy [10] or Very Wealthy [20].
Disadvantages: -30 points from Code of Honor (Professional) [-5], Enemies (Rival or Watcher) [Varies], Greed [-15], Honesty [-10], Incurious [-5], Intolerance [-5 or -10], Jealousy [-10], Miserliness [-10], Paranoia [-10], Reputation [Varies], Secret [-5 or -10], Sense of Duty (Employees) [-5], Stubbornness [-5], or Workaholic [-5].
Skills: Merchant (IQ+1) [4], Finance (IQ) [4], Economics (IQ-1) [2]
Noble [50]
Spoiler:
You are a low to middle ranking nobleman. A Status 2 Knight starts play with a fairly large house, two ordinary horses, a carriage, and around 5 servants. A Status 3 Baron owns a large and luxurious house, or two houses of size and quality similar to the Knight’s, a staff of around ten servants, three horses, and a fine carriage. A Status 4 Viscount (the highest rank available to starting characters) has a large house with grounds, a city home comparable to a Baron’s, a staff of around 20 servants, and a stable of around 6 horses. 2 or more servants or horses may be traded for a single Chimaera constructed to serve the same purpose. Its overall usefulness and competence is determined by the number of ordinary servants or horses traded in. 3 servants or horses may be traded in for a single mechanical equivalent, which doesn’t work or run any faster, but is somewhat stronger, never tires, and will never run off or betray you.
Advantages: Status 2 [10], Wealth (Very Wealthy) [30]. 36 points chosen from Allies (particularly loyal servants) [Varies], Appearance (Attractive or Handsome) [4 or 12], Legal Immunity [5 or 10], Reputation [Varies], Status +1 or +2 [5 or 10], or increase Wealth from Very Wealthy to Filthy Rich [20].
Disadvantages: -30 points chosen from Code of Honor (Gentleman’s) [-10], Enemies [Varies], Intolerance [-5 or -10], Reputation [Varies], Secret [-5, -10 or -20], or Sense of Duty [-2 to -10].
Skills: Savoir-Faire (High Society) IQ+1 [4].
You start play with $60,000 in “adventuring” gear ($300,000 if Filthy Rich) in addition to your Status-appropriate house, transportation, and servants.
Working Class [0]
Spoiler:
You are a member of the working class: a smith, carpenter, barber, bartender, or any of various other professions that are neither particularly lucrative nor so low-paying as to leave you in poverty. You begin the game with a small house. If you improve Wealth to Comfortable you also have a single servant.
Advantages: 20 points from Wealth (Comfortable) [10], Reputation [Varies], Contacts (Business) [Varies], Fit [5], High Manual Dexterity [5/level], Single-Minded [5], or a Talent appropriate to your field [5-15/level].
Disadvantages: -30 points from Wealth (Struggling) [-10], Alcoholism [-15], Charitable [-15], Code of Honor [Professional] [-5], Greed [-15], Hidebound [-5], Honesty [-10], Intolerance [-5 or -10], Miserliness [-10], Stubbornness [-5], Truthfulness [-5], or Workaholic [-5].
Skills: 4 points in a primary job skill. Area Knowledge (City) (IQ+1) [2], Current Affairs (IQ+1) [2], Merchant (IQ) [2].
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