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Old 10-30-2015, 12:27 AM   #1
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Default [Fantasy] Any Background Lenses out there I can use?

I'll be starting a short adventure in my TL4^ Ranoc muskets-and-magery setting shortly, and I was looking at the idea of presenting players with a list of background lenses for their characters, something to help define where they came from.

I've come up with two lenses, but I'm open to others:

Town Guard (8 points)
Advantages: Guard Rank 0 [0]; Legal Enforcement Powers 2 [10].
Disadvantages: Duty to Town Guard (12) [-10].
Skills: Brawling (E) DX+0 [1]; One of Broadsword, Shortsword, Polearm, or Spear, all (A) DX+0 [2]; One of Crossbow or Guns (Longarm), both (E) DX+0 [1]; One of Guns (Pistol) or Shield (E) DX+0 [1]; Knife (E) DX+0 [1]; Savoir-Faire (Police) (E) IQ+0 [1]; Streetwise (A) IQ+0 [2]; Judo (H) DX-1 [2] or Wrestling (A) DX+0 [2].

Farmhand (0 points)
Disadvantages: Wealth (Struggling) [-10].
Skills: Animal Handling (Cattle or Equines) (A) IQ+0 [2]; Carpentry (E) IQ+0 [1]; Farming (A) IQ+1 [4]; First Aid (E) IQ+0 [1]; Teamster (Equines or Oxen) (A) IQ-1 [1]; Weather Sense (A) IQ-1 [1].


Comments? Other lenses would be helpful.
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