Children of the (Historical Folks & Action Specialist) lenses

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by Infornific

Apologies on Veteran - I was thinking of adding advanced lenses for specialist soldiers. This would be the whole power up:

Advantages: Combat Reflexes [15] or Danger Sense [15]. Another 10 points in Born Tactician [10/level]; Born War Leader [5/level]; and Fearlessness [2/level].


Notes: Represents someone who has been in a lot of dangerous situations and knows how to act in combat.

I've added it. And uploaded.

Can't quite remember where I got the phrase "Outlaw" for Code of Honor. I may have been thinking it sounded more generic than Pirate but it's basically the Pirate's Code of Honor. Blame Walton Goggins in Justified.

Its a fine convention. In GCS it makes the list of custom traits for this project.

For Outcast, I thought Subjugated was a little extreme for a PC but you could add that to the options.

When I look at this project it screams "Make Detailed NPCs Quickly*!". Subjegated can come or go. Right now its in.

The "Outcast" was a way of handling the Pariah - a professional lens defined more by Disadvantages than skills or Advantages.

Which would be why Outcast didn't come with "Subjugated": you're not a outcast rejected from society if you're subjugated, you have a very narrowly and cruely defined place in it.

Note that the Power Ups and Disadvantage lenses are much more of a rough draft. I'm not surprised you're finding problems.

I am very open to suggestions for Power Ups and Disadvantage lenses.

I think the Veteran upgrade could use a lot more than fearless and leadership options. Increased ST, HT, Will, or Per all feel justified, as does Less Sleep, Fit, High Pain Threshold, Extra FP, Enhanced Block and Military Rank. Skills wouldn't go amiss either, though I do get that power-up templates are usually advantage based.

[ericthered]

And now for the list of custom skills from the project:



Artist

• Needlecraft
• Fashion Design
• Featherworking
• Culinary
• Horticulture
• Weaving
• Perfumery
• Body Art

Area Knowledge

• River/Harbor/Landings
• Caravan Route
• Underwater coasts
• Fishing Grounds
• Village Surroundings
• Pastures
• Village
• Local Wilds
• Beat
• Kingdom
• Surrounding Area
• Local Forest

Mechanic

• Distilling Equipment
• Construction
• Chariots
• Clockwork
• Fire Engine
• Locks
• simple devices
• Millwork
• Mining
• Wagons
• Torture Equipment

Merchant

• Wine or Beer or Spirits
• Prostitutes
• Animals
• Food
• Jewelry
• Perfumes

Professional Skill

• Puppetry
• Hairdressing
• Distilling
• Glassblowing
• Butcher
• Weaving
• Bartender
• Server
• Chandler
• Mortician
• Dyer
• Cooper
• Prostitute
• Thatching
• Felting
• Fulling
• Spinning
• Childcare
• Miller
• Firefighter
• Florist
• Law Enforcement
• Locksmith
• Tanner
• Massage
• Wickerwork
• Torturer
• Forestry
• Charcoal burning

Its been a pleasure noticing all of these. Some of them really got a laugh, and others made me say "Oh yeah, I forgot about that."

[Infornific]

I added in an option for Smiths to be Redsmiths (copper) or Whitesmiths (Tin & Lead.) If I can think of more secondary skills that would be appropriate I'll add them.

[Infornific]

Originally Posted by ericthered

And now for the list of custom skills from the project:



Artist

• Needlecraft
• Fashion Design
• Featherworking
• Culinary
• Horticulture
• Weaving
• Perfumery
• Body Art

Area Knowledge

• River/Harbor/Landings
• Caravan Route
• Underwater coasts
• Fishing Grounds
• Village Surroundings
• Pastures
• Village
• Local Wilds
• Beat
• Kingdom
• Surrounding Area
• Local Forest

Mechanic

• Distilling Equipment
• Construction
• Chariots
• Clockwork
• Fire Engine
• Locks
• simple devices
• Millwork
• Mining
• Wagons
• Torture Equipment

Merchant

• Wine or Beer or Spirits
• Prostitutes
• Animals
• Food
• Jewelry
• Perfumes

Professional Skill

• Puppetry
• Hairdressing
• Distilling
• Glassblowing
• Butcher
• Weaving
• Bartender
• Server
• Chandler
• Mortician
• Dyer
• Cooper
• Prostitute
• Thatching
• Felting
• Fulling
• Spinning
• Childcare
• Miller
• Firefighter
• Florist
• Law Enforcement
• Locksmith
• Tanner
• Massage
• Wickerwork
• Torturer
• Forestry
• Charcoal burning

Its been a pleasure noticing all of these. Some of them really got a laugh, and others made me say "Oh yeah, I forgot about that."

Very helpful to get them all down. A lot of people have put in a lot of work over the years.

[Infornific]

A probably final addendum to this thread. In a fit of boredom, I decided to create a slimmed down 10 points GURPS Historical Folks skill set list. Basically, the previous skill sets minus Advantages and with a few skills trimmed off.

[jason taylor]

Voyageur:

Low Status
Social Stigma: Valuable Property (Contract Worker)
Reputation: Veteran

Advantage:

High Pain Threshold
Area Knowledge (Canadian Rivers)
Cultural Familiarity (Algonquian, French-Canadian).

Disadvantage:

Hazardous Duty (fur cartel)
Sense of Duty (comrades)
Code of Honor (frontiersman)

Quirks (Likes folk tales)

Skills:

Brawling
Carrousing
Pilot
Hiking
Packing
Rowing
Survival (subarctic)
Firearms (musket)
Tomahawk
Knife