Cortex Prime: Urchins

DISTINCTIONS

ANCESTRY | ROLE | QUIRK

Distinctions are each always set at

Urchins are orphans of the empire, the unwanted, unclean, and lost. Most typically urchins come from the following ancestries. Others may be created with the approval of the GM.

Barbarian

To the north of the Empire, the Barbarian Horselords rule the Clanlands of the Thundering Plain and the Sundered Steppe. It is rare that a Barbarian finds themselves in the Empire proper, and rarer still for them to lose one of their young ones to the street, but some Barbarian children find themselves among the ranks of the Urchins. Barbarians tent to be tall and strong with little regard for climate or weather.

Halfdwarf

Halfdwarves are often stigmatized, and many a Halfdwarven child finds themselves among the ranks of the Urchins. Halfdwarves tend to be stocky and tough and often brash.

SFX

Hinder: Sometimes your distinction works against you. Gain 1 plot point when you roll a instead of a

Rocky Exterior: Your skin is tough as native stone. When defending vs physical damage (an attack or a fall, etc), you may spend 1 PP to reroll any dice that come up 1. Any dice that come up 1 again cannot be rerolled.

Stonecunning: You have an almost transcendent connection to both worked and unworked stone and the raw earth beneath your feet. When you spend a PP to create an asset by revealing something about the surrounding stone or earthen terrain or structures, step that asset up to

APPROACHES

INFILTRATION | INVESTIGATION | SABOTAGE

Approaches default to

Players may instead choose to step up one to by stepping back one to a

ROLES

FIXER | RUNNER | SCRAPPER | SKULKER | TRACKER | TRICKSTER

Assign one of the following dice to each role:

KNACKS

Each Character's Role gets either one free knack or two free knacks

Each Character's Role gets one free knack

Characters may purchase knacks as normal for their Roles.

Characters may not purchase knacks for their Role