Talents for Parenthood

[Tolenkar]

Continuing the vein of translating real-world skills in a fun and joking way into TFT... here are some skills for parenting if they were TFT talents. All in good spirit:

Parenting Talents

IQ 8:
Baby burping (1) – Successful on a 3 vs. DX roll. Failure costs 5 G.P. for dry cleaning.

IQ 9:
Advice Giving (2) – Basic ability to mold and shape a child’s character. Prolonged use will put children asleep (roll 3 vs ST of children inside one mega-megahex).

Soothe Boo-Boo (1)– Ability to heal a kid’s minor bumps and scrapes and stop children from sobbing.

IQ 10:
Spousal Appeasement (2) – Like Diplomacy, the ability to resolve simple marital/family arguments on a successful roll of 3 vs. IQ . Roll 4 vs. IQ in critical situations. 5 vs. IQ if fighting (6, during PMS). -1 to reaction rolls for a week from spouse if roll is failed.

IQ 11:
Fatherhood I (2) – Like the Monster Followers talent. Prerequisite: Advice Giving, as well as: Common Sense, Compassion, Tolerance, Discipline, and Understanding.

IQ 12:
Fatherhood II (2)– Prerequisite: Fatherhood I.
Roll 1 less die when answering questions. This talent includes the Mechanician talent for making simple repairs around the home.

IQ 13:
Clemency (3) – Ability to be forgiven by spouse or other immediate family members. Prerequisite: Spousal Appeasement.

Fatherhood III (3)– Prerequisite: Fatherhood II.
The ability to beat up any bully’s father. FH3 also gives a limited Spying ability and the “Analyze Teenager” spell. Useful for investigating your daughter’s boyfriends.

[Skarg]

See now we really need to be able to exceed our IQ in talents, or the people are doomed!