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Phil Masters · 01-20-2017, 04:51 AM

Sailor

50 points

You’re an experienced professional crewman on one of the fine ships that sail the open seas of the Disc, without sinking on more than two voyages out of seven.

Attributes: ST 10 [0]; DX 10 [0]; IQ 10 [0]; HT 11 [10].

Secondary Characteristics: Damage 1d-2/1d; BL 20 lbs.; HP 10 [0]; Will 10 [0]; Per 10 [0]; FP 11 [0]; Basic Speed 5.25 [0]; Basic Move 5 [0].

Advantages: 35 points chosen from among ST +1 or +2 [10 or 20], DX +1 [20], HT +1 or +2 [10 or 20], HP +1 or +2 [2 or 4], Per +1 or +2 [5 or 10], Absolute Direction [5], Acute Vision [2/level], Alcohol Tolerance [1], Attractive [4], Cold or Heat Resistance 1 [1], Contacts (old shipmates or traders) [varies], Cultural Familiarities [1 each], Deep Sleeper [1], Fearlessness [2/level], High Pain Threshold [10], Improvised Weapons (Brawling) [1], Language Talent [10], Languages (any modern) [varies], Less Sleep [2/level], Luck [15], Night Vision 1-2 [1-2], Perfect Balance [15], or Resistant to Disease +3 or +8 [3 or 5].

Disadvantages: -20 points chosen from among Alcoholism [-15], Chummy [-5], Code of Honour (Pirate’s) [-5], Compulsive Behaviour (Carousing, Gambling, or Neatness) [-5*], Hidebound [-5], Lecherousness [-15*], Odious Personal Habit (Sea Shanties) [-5], One Eye [-15], One Hand [-15], Sense of Duty (Shipmates) [-5], Skinny [-5], Social Stigma (Uneducated) [-5], Status -1 [-5]; Struggling or Poor [-10 or -15], or Unattractive [-4].

Primary Skills: Seamanship (E) IQ+2 [4]-12.

Secondary Skills: Boating (A) DX+1 [4] 11; Knot-Tying (E) DX+2 [4]-12.

Background Skills: Any seven of Area Knowledge (The Oceans), First Aid, or Gesture, all (E) IQ [1]-10; Astronomy, Musical Instrument (Drum or Pipe), Naturalist, Shiphandling, or Shouting at Foreigners, all (H) IQ-2 [1]-8; Axe/Mace, Climbing, Spear, or Shortsword, all (A) DX-1 [1]-9; Carousing or Swimming, both (E) HT [1]-11; Fishing (E) Per [1]-10; Cartography, Gambling, Leadership, Merchant, Navigation (Sea), Smuggling, Streetwise, or Weather Sense, all (A) IQ-1 [1]-9; Brawling, Gunner (Catapult), Knife, or Sewing, all (E) DX [1]-10; or Survival (Island/Beach) (A) Per-1 [1]-9. • Then add +2 to two of these [3 each].

Note that if you want to take Shiphandling, you also need to put points into Leadership and Navigation.

01-20-2017, 04:51 AM	#4
Phil Masters Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: U.K.	Re: The Discworld RPG - Occupations Gone... Sailor 50 points You’re an experienced professional crewman on one of the fine ships that sail the open seas of the Disc, without sinking on more than two voyages out of seven. *Attributes:* ST 10 [0]; DX 10 [0]; IQ 10 [0]; HT 11 [10]. *Secondary Characteristics:* Damage 1d-2/1d; BL 20 lbs.; HP 10 [0]; Will 10 [0]; Per 10 [0]; FP 11 [0]; Basic Speed 5.25 [0]; Basic Move 5 [0]. *Advantages:* 35 points chosen from among ST +1 or +2 [10 or 20], DX +1 [20], HT +1 or +2 [10 or 20], HP +1 or +2 [2 or 4], Per +1 or +2 [5 or 10], Absolute Direction [5], Acute Vision [2/level], Alcohol Tolerance [1], Attractive [4], Cold or Heat Resistance 1 [1], Contacts (old shipmates or traders) [varies], Cultural Familiarities [1 each], Deep Sleeper [1], Fearlessness [2/level], High Pain Threshold [10], Improvised Weapons (Brawling) [1], Language Talent [10], Languages (any modern) [varies], Less Sleep [2/level], Luck [15], Night Vision 1-2 [1-2], Perfect Balance [15], or Resistant to Disease +3 or +8 [3 or 5]. Disadvantages: -20 points chosen from among Alcoholism [-15], Chummy [-5], Code of Honour (Pirate’s) [-5], Compulsive Behaviour (Carousing, Gambling, or Neatness) [-5], Hidebound [-5], Lecherousness [-15], Odious Personal Habit (Sea Shanties) [-5], One Eye [-15], One Hand [-15], Sense of Duty (Shipmates) [-5], Skinny [-5], Social Stigma (Uneducated) [-5], Status -1 [-5]; Struggling or Poor [-10 or -15], or Unattractive [-4]. *Primary Skills:* Seamanship (E) IQ+2 [4]-12. *Secondary Skills:* Boating (A) DX+1 [4] 11; Knot-Tying (E) DX+2 [4]-12. *Background Skills:* Any seven of Area Knowledge (The Oceans), First Aid, or Gesture, all (E) IQ [1]-10; Astronomy, Musical Instrument (Drum or Pipe), Naturalist, Shiphandling, or Shouting at Foreigners, all (H) IQ-2 [1]-8; Axe/Mace, Climbing, Spear, or Shortsword, all (A) DX-1 [1]-9; Carousing or Swimming, both (E) HT [1]-11; Fishing (E) Per [1]-10; Cartography, Gambling, Leadership, Merchant, Navigation (Sea), Smuggling, Streetwise, or Weather Sense, all (A) IQ-1 [1]-9; Brawling, Gunner (Catapult), Knife, or Sewing, all (E) DX [1]-10; or Survival (Island/Beach) (A) Per-1 [1]-9. • Then add +2 to two of these [3 each]. Note that if you want to take Shiphandling, you also need to put points into Leadership and Navigation. __________________ -- Phil Masters My Home Page. My Self-Publications: On Warehouse 23 and On DriveThruRPG.