Career

Full lists of Basic Careers and Advanced Careers are available.

Determining Career[]

Within each broad Career Class, there are a number of individual Careers, which narrow down and give additional details of the character's past and which give them some additional Trappings and Skills.

Players are not free to choose their Careers in the same way as they chose their general class, but must abide by a dice roll. Use the charts below to determine the character's career and consult the Basic Career Descriptions for details.

The selected career represents the charcter's past experiences - the character is now, of course, an adventurer. However, the player might like to consider the character to be actively engaged still in that career when not busy adventuring. This is especially true of Academic careers, where characters must continue studying in between adventures if they are going to become more powerful.

WARRIOR BASIC CAREER CHART
Human	Elf	Dwarf			Halfling	Gnome	Career
		Expatriate	Mountain	Norse
01-10	01-10	01-10	01-10	01-10	01-15	01-07	Bodyguard
11-20	-	11-15	-	-	16-20	08-14	Labourer
21-25	11-20	-	-	11-20	-	-	Marine
26-35	21-30	16-25	-	21-35	-	15-22	Mercenary
36-40	31-35	26-35	-	-	21-30	23-29	Militiaman
41-45	36-45	-	11-15	36-40	31-35	30-34	Noble
46-55	46-50	36-40	-	-	36-40	35-42	Outlaw
56-60	-	41-45	-	-	-	43-50	Pit Fighter
-	-	-	-	-	-	51-59	Prospector
61-65	51-55	46-50	-	-	-	60-65	Protagonist
-	-	-	-	-	-	66-73	Rat Catcher
66-70	56-65	-	-	41-50	-	-	Seaman
71-80	66-70	51-55	-	-	41-55	74-80	Servant
-	-	-	-	-	-	81-88	Smuggler
81-90	71-85	56-70	16-60	51-70	56-70	-	Soldier
91-95	86-95	71-75	-	-	71-80	-	Squire
-	-	76-85	61-65	71-75	-	-	Troll Slayer
-	-	86-95	66-90	76-90	-	89-96	Tunnel Fighter
96-00	96-00	96-00	91-00	91-00	81-00	97-00	Watchman

RANGER BASIC CAREER CHART
Human	Elf	Dwarf			Halfling	Career
		Expatriate	Mountain	Norse
01-05	01-10	-	-	01-05	-	Boatman
06-10	11-15	01-10	-	-	-	Bounty Hunter
11-15	16-20	11-15	-	-	01-05	Coachman
-	-	16-20	01	06-08	-	Farmer
16-20	21-30	-	-	09-10	06-10	Fisherman
21-30	31-40	21-25	-	-	11-20	Gamekeeper
31-40	41-50	-	02-11	11-20	21-30	Herdsman
41-45	51-60	26-30	12-25	21-35	31-40	Hunter
-	-	31-45	26-55	36-50	-	Miner
46-50	61-65	46-50	-	-	41-50	Muleskinner
51-55	66-70	-	-	-	-	Outrider
56-60	71-80	-	-	51-55	-	Pilot
61-65	-	51-60	56-65	56-65	-	Prospector
66-70	-	61-70	66-70	66-70	51-65	Rat Catcher
71-75	-	71-75	71-80	71-80	66-70	Roadwarden
-	-	76-85	81-90	81-90	-	Runner
76-80	-	86-90	-	-	71-75	Toll-Keeper
81-90	81-90	91-00	91-00	91-00	76-85	Trapper
91-00	91-00	-	-	-	86-00	Woodsman

ROGUE BASIC CAREER CHART
Human	Elf	Dwarf			Halfling	Gnome	Career
		Expatriate	Mountain	Norse
01-05	01-05	01	-	-	01-05	-	Agitator
06-15	06-10	02-05	-	-	06-10	01-06	Bawd
16-25	-	06-10	-	-	11-15	07-16	Beggar
26-35	11-25	11-15	-	-	16-25	17-27	Entertainer
36-45	26-30	16-20	-	-	26-30	28-33	Footpad
46-50	31-40	21-25	-	-	31-35	34-42	Gambler
51-55	-	26-35	-	-	36-40	43-51	Grave Robber
56-60	-	36-45	-	-	41-45	52-59	Jailer
-	-	-	-	-	-	60-68	Jester
-	41-50	-	-	-	-	-	Minstrel
61-65	51-60	46-50	-	-	46-55	69-78	Pedlar
66-70	61-70	51-55	-	-	56-65	79-85	Raconteur
71-75	71-75	56-60	-	-	66-70	-	Rustler
76-80	76-85	61-70	-	-	71-80	-	Smuggler
81-95	86-00	71-90	-	-	81-95	86-94	Thief
96-00	-	91-00	-	-	96-00	95-00	Tomb Robber

ACADEMIC BASIC CAREER CHART
Human	Elf	Dwarf			Halfling	Gnome	Career
		Expatriate	Mountain	Norse
01-10	01-10	01-09	01-05	-	01-10	01-10	Alchemist's Apprentice
11-20	11-15	10-19	06-28	01-28	11-25	11-20	Artisan’s Apprentice
21-25	-	-	-	-	-	-	Druid
-	-	20-34	29-53	29-53	-	21-30	Engineer
26-30	-	35-38	-	-	26-30	-	Exciseman
31-35	16-30	-	54-58	54-58	31-40	-	Herbalist
36-38	-	-	-	-	41-47	-	Hedge-Wizard’s Apprentice
39-42	31-35	-	-	-	-	31-35	Hypnotist
43-52	36-40	39-43	59-63	59-63	48-52	36-40	Initiate
53-57	41-45	44-53	64-73	64-73	53-62	41-49	Pharmacist
58-62	46-50	54-58	74-78	74-78	63-38	50-54	Physician’s Student
-	-	59-63	79-86	79-86	-	-	Runescribe
-	-	64-67	87-90	87-90	-	-	Runesmith’s Apprentice
63-72	51-55	68-71	-	-	69-78	55-63	Scribe
73-77	56-65	72-75	-	-	79-83	64-70	Seer
78-82	66-70	76-80	-	-	84-88	71-80	Student
83-92	71-85	81-98	91-00	91-00	89-98	81-90	Trader
93-00	86-87	99-00	-	-	99-00	91-00	Wizard’s Apprentice
-	88-00	-	-	-	-	-	Wood Elf Mage’s Apprentice

Additional Skills[]

The career description includes additional skills for the character. These are acquired immediately. Some skills require a percentage foll for them to be available to the character. If the player rolls a D100 which is equal to or less than the percentage chance given for the skill, it can be added.

It is possible that a skill gained at this stage will duplicate one that the character has already gained - as a mandatory skill of their race, for example. Most skills can only be acquired once, so a skill gained for a second time is usually ignored.

Additional Trappings[]

The description also includes additional trappings for the character. These are acquired immediately.

Magic Points[]

Some Academics have the ability to cast spells. In order to do so, they need magic points. Magic points represent the psychic energy the character draws on to cast a spell.

If the additional skills for your character's career include Cast Spells, your character will need magic points. The starting magic points will be listed with the career information.

Advance Scheme[]

Every career has an associated Advance Scheme. The scheme represents the way a character gets better at its job as time goes by and allows the player to increase certain characteristics during play.

The scheme indicates which of the character's characteristics may be increased and by how much. This is not an immediate bonus - the advances must be earned during play. Schemes are related to characters' careers and represent their potential to exploit their background by developing certain aspects of their physique and personality.

The Free Advance[]

Adventurers are a cut above the normal population of the world - that is what marks them out as heroes with a destiny. To reflect this, the first advance is 'earned' immediately and the player is allowed to advance any one characteristic by +1 for S, T, and W or by up to +10% for other characteristics.