Difference between revisions of "Backgrounds of Liminal"
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* '''Acolyte:''' Acolytes serve as the ordained priesthood of the land, a personage in service to the Gods, whether Empyrean or Talion. These priests have taken oaths of service and devotion, and frequently also tend to a congregation or other population of the faithful, performing the sacred rites of that faith. | * '''Acolyte:''' Acolytes serve as the ordained priesthood of the land, a personage in service to the Gods, whether Empyrean or Talion. These priests have taken oaths of service and devotion, and frequently also tend to a congregation or other population of the faithful, performing the sacred rites of that faith. | ||
| − | * '''Charlatan:''' | + | * '''Charlatan:''' Con men and mountebanks, the lands of Rinhony abound with those who use deceit to make their way in the world. The shirefolk are notorious for their quick hands at games of chance, and the forgery of false documents, while it's said that the mountebanks of Guild trade-towns are masters of coin-clipping and the sales of goods that don't belong to them...or don't even exist at all! |
| − | * '''Criminal:''' | + | * '''Criminal:''' Those who break the law in order to make a living - or just for the excitement of it - are plentiful in all the lands of Rinhony. Most such folk about in cities, where there is plenty of anonymity and wealth in one place to ply their trade. |
| − | * '''Entertainer:''' | + | * '''Entertainer:''' Though it is rare to find entertainers who are so broadly-traveled as there once were in the days of Liminal, those who perform for the joy of an audience still wander the roads, seeking out warm inns in which to trade song and story for a bit of coin and a bit of ale. |
* '''Folk Hero:''' x | * '''Folk Hero:''' x | ||
* '''Gladiator (Entertainer Variant):''' x | * '''Gladiator (Entertainer Variant):''' x | ||
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* '''Sage:''' x | * '''Sage:''' x | ||
* '''Sailor:''' x | * '''Sailor:''' x | ||
| − | * '''Spy (Criminal Variant):''' | + | * '''Spy (Criminal Variant):''' With the destruction of Liminal, there are spies aplenty in all the lands, each reporting to some master or another...or simply selling what they discover to the highest bidder. |
* '''Soldier:''' x | * '''Soldier:''' x | ||
* '''Urchin:''' x | * '''Urchin:''' x | ||
Revision as of 03:06, 6 January 2015
- Acolyte: Acolytes serve as the ordained priesthood of the land, a personage in service to the Gods, whether Empyrean or Talion. These priests have taken oaths of service and devotion, and frequently also tend to a congregation or other population of the faithful, performing the sacred rites of that faith.
- Charlatan: Con men and mountebanks, the lands of Rinhony abound with those who use deceit to make their way in the world. The shirefolk are notorious for their quick hands at games of chance, and the forgery of false documents, while it's said that the mountebanks of Guild trade-towns are masters of coin-clipping and the sales of goods that don't belong to them...or don't even exist at all!
- Criminal: Those who break the law in order to make a living - or just for the excitement of it - are plentiful in all the lands of Rinhony. Most such folk about in cities, where there is plenty of anonymity and wealth in one place to ply their trade.
- Entertainer: Though it is rare to find entertainers who are so broadly-traveled as there once were in the days of Liminal, those who perform for the joy of an audience still wander the roads, seeking out warm inns in which to trade song and story for a bit of coin and a bit of ale.
- Folk Hero: x
- Gladiator (Entertainer Variant): x
- Guild Artisan: x
- Guild Merchant (Guild Artisan Variant): x
- Hermit: x
- Noble: x
- Knight (Noble Variant): x
- Outlander: x
- Pirate (Sailor Variant): x
- Sage: x
- Sailor: x
- Spy (Criminal Variant): With the destruction of Liminal, there are spies aplenty in all the lands, each reporting to some master or another...or simply selling what they discover to the highest bidder.
- Soldier: x
- Urchin: x
New Backgrounds
- Astrologer: x
- Crown-Forged: x
- Cultist: x
- Hospitaler: x
- Janissary: x
- Primordial Cultist: x
- Sellsword: x
- Shaman: x
