Ogre:CharacterCodex:Character Creation:Profession

Character Creation

This section describe all the steps to create your character.

1. Introduction
2. Choose your Campaign Setting
3. Choose your Concept
4. Choose your Race
5. Choose your Culture
6. Choose your Profession
7. Choose your Character Background
8. Choose your Skills
9. Choose your Equipment

Profession

Your profession represents a set of skills you have learn by working or studying before you became an adventurer. Your character may have done more than one profession before adventuring, but you probably are much older than others because of your longer work experience. You do not need to choose a profession if you did not get any training or specific job before adventuring. Profession depends on your campaign setting, this section contains general profession, for a more complete list of profession, consult your specific Campaign Setting Codex.

Aptitudes

This is a list of all aptitude learn during your work. If you use the skill system, you can trade 1 rank of an aptitude for 2 ranks of a specific skill under that aptitude. But even if you received 2 ranks in an aptitude, you can only trade for 2 ranks in 2 different skills, you cannot have 4 ranks in a skill by trading ranks this way.

All profession gives you either 1 rank in profession aptitude or 2 ranks in a particular profession skill.

Academician (10 xp)

Academicians spend long time studying in university and continue to seek knowledge as their job after their study. Academicians are very curious, cultivated and intellectual.

Profession: Professor, researcher, journalist

Aptitudes

Information: 1 rank

Lore: 1 rank

Lore, Mystic: 1 rank

Lore, World: 1 rank

Tongues: 1 rank

Artist (8xp)

Artists are people trying to lives by their art. Few are very successful and live richly, but most live modestly by performing once in a while their art and have a second job.

Profession: Painter, Photograph, Sculptor, Singer, Musician, Poet, Writer, etc.

Aptitudes

Craft, Art: 1 rank

Influence: 1 rank

Lore: 1 rank

Performance: 1rank

Detective (8xp)

Detectives are investigators that seek the truth ant try to solve crimes. During their work, detective may often meet danger and most are train to at least defend themselves against attacker.

Profession: Policeman, Private detective, Journalist

Aptitudes

Combat: 1 rank

Information: 1 rank

Investigation: 1 rank

Influence or Manipulation: 1 rank

Merchant (10xp)

Aptitudes

Influence or Manipulation: 1 rank

Lore: 1 rank

Merchant: 2 ranks

Diplomat (10xp)

Diplomats serve as emissaries from countries, company or group tat seek allies in other group or try to solve problems between them.

Profession: Herald, Representative, etc.

Aptitudes

Influence or Manipulation: 1 rank

Lore: 1 rank

Lore, World: 1 rank

Merchant: 1 rank

Tongues: 1 rank

Fighter (10xp)

Fighters are people train in the art of war and battle. Their jobs are multiple, but they always contain a certain amount of danger and fight.

Profession: Soldier, Guard, Policemen, Bodyguard, etc.

Aptitudes

Combat: 1 rank

Combat, Attack: 1 rank

Combat, Defensive maneuver: 1 rank

Combat, Offensive maneuver: 1 rank

Protection: 1 rank

Martial Artist (10xp)

Martial artists spend their lives studying the art of unarmed combat.

Profession: Martial Art Teacher, Actor, Soldier, Guard, Bodyguard, etc.

Aptitudes

Acrobatic: 1 rank

Combat: 1 rank

Combat, Martial art: 1 rank

Combat, Defensive maneuver: 1 rank

Combat, Offensive maneuver: 1 rank

Medic (8xp)

Medic job is to save people's lives and be sure they stay in good health.

Profession: Doctor, Nurse, Pharmacist, Dentist, etc.

Aptitudes

Medical: 2 ranks

Nature or Craft, Chemical: 1 rank

Pilot (10 xp)

Pilots love to drive vehicles and take care of their vehicles.

Profession: Boat Captain, Racer, Driver, etc.

Aptitudes

Vehicles: 2 ranks

Craft: 1 rank

Craft, Engineering: 1 rank

Scout (8xp)

A scout job is to do reconnaissance and see what is ahead to be sure the path is clear of danger.

Profession: Explorer, Guide, etc.

Aptitudes

Nature: 1 rank

Stalking: 1 rank

Perception - Spot: 1 rank

Perception - Listen: 1 rank

Thief (8xp)

Thieves lives of crime by taking the riches of other.

Profession: Pickpocket, Burglar, Bandit, Spy, etc.

Aptitudes

Device: 1 rank

Merchant: 1 rank

Subterfuge: 1 rank

Stalk: 1 rank