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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3594933" data-attributes="member: 18280"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Step Three: Background</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Choose the background of your character. Your background will determine your starting skill set.</p><p></p><p><strong>Academic:</strong> Academics include librarians, archaeologists, scholars, professors, teachers, and other education professionals. Academics gain a +4 bonus to the following skills: Administration (KNO), Cryptology (KNO), Gather Information (PCN), Knowledge (any five) (KNO), and Research (KNO). In addition, they gain either a +4 bonus to the Computer Use (KNO) skill, or the ability to speak four additional languages.</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><strong>Examples:</strong></em> Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton, Romana, and Zoë Herriot.</p><p></p><p><strong>Adventurer:</strong> Adventurers include professional daredevils, big-game hunters, relic hunters, explorers, extreme sports enthusiasts, field scientists, thrill-seekers, and others called to face danger for a variety of reasons. Adventurers gain a +2 bonus to the following skills: Bluff (PRS), Brawling (STR), Climb (STR), Escapology (AGL), Intimidate (PRS), Jump (STR), Move Silently (AGL), Spot (PCN), Swim (AGL), and Wilderness Survival (PCN). In addition, they gain a +4 bonus to any five of the following skills: Appraise (PCN), Archaic Weapons (STR), Balance (AGL), Demolitions (KNO), Drive (Automobiles) (DEX), Drive (Motorcycles) (DEX), Energy Weapons (DEX), Fast Draw (DEX), Firearms (DEX), Gamble (PCN), Pilot (Airplanes) (DEX), Pilot (Helicopters) (DEX), Ride (AGL), Search (PCN), Security Systems (KNO), Sense Motive (PCN), Streetwise (PRS), and Treat Injury (KNO).</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><em>Examples:</em></strong> “Captain Jack Harkness”.</p><p></p><p><strong>Athlete:</strong> Athletes include amateur athletes of Olympic quality and professional athletes of all types, including gymnasts, weight trainers, wrestlers, boxers, martial artists, swimmers, skaters, and those who engage in any type of competitive sport. Athletes gain a +4 bonus to the following skills: Balance (AGL), Brawling (STR), Intimidate (PRS), Jump (STR), Running (AGL), Sense Motive (PCN), Sports (any) (varies by sport), Spot (PCN), Swim (AGL), and Tumble (AGL).</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><em>Examples:</em></strong> None of the Doctor’s companions had been professional athletes. However, this background might be suitable for the contestants at the 2012 Olympics seen in <em>Fear Her</em>.</p><p></p><p><strong>Astronaut:</strong> As scientists and pioneers, astronauts have prepared their minds and bodies for the rigors of space travel and life in space. They are elite members of a sophisticated space program, hurling themselves into the void to advance science and shed light on the mysteries of the universe. Astronauts gain a +4 bonus to the following skills: Astrogation (KNO), Computer Use (KNO), Knowledge (Spacecraft) (KNO), Knowledge (Technology) (KNO), Leadership (PRS), Navigate (KNO), Pilot (Spaceships) (KNO), Repair (KNO), Sciences (Astronomy) (KNO), and Sciences (Physics) (KNO).</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><em>Examples:</em></strong> Steven Taylor.</p><p></p><p><strong>Blue-Collar Worker:</strong> Blue-collar occupations include factory work, food service jobs, construction, service industry jobs, taxi drivers, postal workers, and other jobs that are usually not considered to be desk jobs. Blue-collar workers gain a +4 bonus to the following skills: Bluff (PRS), Brawling (STR), Craft (KNO), Gather Information (PCN), Sense Motive (PCN), and Streetwise (PRS). In addition, they gain a +4 bonus to four of the following skills: Administration (KNO), Appraise (PCN), Drive (Automobiles) (DEX), Handle Animal (PRS), Heavy Machinery Operation (KNO), Intimidate (PRS), and Repair (KNO).</p><p><strong><em><p style="margin-left: 20px">Examples:</p><p></em></strong><em><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></em><p style="margin-left: 20px"> Jackie Tyler, Mickey Smith, Rose Tyler, and Tegan Jovanka.</p><p></p><p><strong>Celebrity:</strong> A celebrity is anyone who, for whatever reason, has been thrust into the spotlight of the public eye. Actors, entertainers of all types, newscasters, radio and television personalities, and more fall under this starting occupation. Celebrities gain a +4 bonus to the following skills: Bluff (PRS), Diplomacy (PRS), Intimidate (PRS), Knowledge (Current Events) (KNO), Knowledge (Popular Culture) (KNO), and Leadership (PRS). They also gain a +4 bonus to four of the following skills: Appraise (PCN), Artistic Expression (PRS), Gamble (PCN), Perform (Act) (PRS), Perform (Dance) (AGL), Perform (Keyboards) (DEX), Perform (Percussion Instruments) (DEX), Perform (Sing) (PRS), Perform (Stand-Up) (PRS), Perform (Stringed Instruments) (DEX), Perform (Wind Instruments) (DEX), and Sense Motive (PCN).</p><p><strong><em><p style="margin-left: 20px">Examples:</p><p></em></strong><em><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></em><p style="margin-left: 20px"> None of the Doctor’s companions have been celebrities. However, this background would be appropriate for many of the guests on Platform One in <em>The End of the World</em>, including “The Last Human,” Cassandra.</p><p></p><p><strong>Colonist:</strong> Colonists are wayfaring pioneers who set the foundations of new societies on far-flung continents, planets, or moons. To survive in their new surroundings, they learn to live off the land and defend themselves against indigenous predatory life forms and hostile forces of nature. Colonists gain a +4 bonus to the following skills: Brawling (STR), Climb (STR), Craft (any) (KNO), Treat Injury (KNO), and Wilderness Survival (PCN). In addition, they gain a +4 bonus to five of the following skills: Archaic Firearms (DEX), Archaic Weapons (STR), Archery (DEX), Computer Use (KNO), Diplomacy (PRS), Energy Weapons (DEX), Firearms (DEX), Handle Animal (PRS), Heavy Machinery Operation (KNO), Jump (STR), Knowledge (Alien Species) (KNO), Knowledge (Planets) (KNO), Listen (PCN), Navigate (KNO), Profession (any) (KNO), Repair (KNO), Ride (AGL), Sciences (Ecology) (KNO), and Search (PCN).</p><p><strong><em><p style="margin-left: 20px">Examples:</p><p></em></strong><em><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></em><p style="margin-left: 20px"> None of the Doctor’s companions has been a colonist, but this background would be appropriate for colonists such as those in <em>Colony in Space</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 3594933, member: 18280"] [SIZE=3][B]Step Three: Background[/B][/SIZE] Choose the background of your character. Your background will determine your starting skill set. [B]Academic:[/B] Academics include librarians, archaeologists, scholars, professors, teachers, and other education professionals. Academics gain a +4 bonus to the following skills: Administration (KNO), Cryptology (KNO), Gather Information (PCN), Knowledge (any five) (KNO), and Research (KNO). In addition, they gain either a +4 bonus to the Computer Use (KNO) skill, or the ability to speak four additional languages. [INDENT][I][B]Examples:[/B][/I] Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton, Romana, and Zoë Herriot.[/INDENT] [b]Adventurer:[/b] Adventurers include professional daredevils, big-game hunters, relic hunters, explorers, extreme sports enthusiasts, field scientists, thrill-seekers, and others called to face danger for a variety of reasons. Adventurers gain a +2 bonus to the following skills: Bluff (PRS), Brawling (STR), Climb (STR), Escapology (AGL), Intimidate (PRS), Jump (STR), Move Silently (AGL), Spot (PCN), Swim (AGL), and Wilderness Survival (PCN). In addition, they gain a +4 bonus to any five of the following skills: Appraise (PCN), Archaic Weapons (STR), Balance (AGL), Demolitions (KNO), Drive (Automobiles) (DEX), Drive (Motorcycles) (DEX), Energy Weapons (DEX), Fast Draw (DEX), Firearms (DEX), Gamble (PCN), Pilot (Airplanes) (DEX), Pilot (Helicopters) (DEX), Ride (AGL), Search (PCN), Security Systems (KNO), Sense Motive (PCN), Streetwise (PRS), and Treat Injury (KNO). [INDENT][b][i]Examples:[/i][/b] “Captain Jack Harkness”.[/INDENT] [B]Athlete:[/B] Athletes include amateur athletes of Olympic quality and professional athletes of all types, including gymnasts, weight trainers, wrestlers, boxers, martial artists, swimmers, skaters, and those who engage in any type of competitive sport. Athletes gain a +4 bonus to the following skills: Balance (AGL), Brawling (STR), Intimidate (PRS), Jump (STR), Running (AGL), Sense Motive (PCN), Sports (any) (varies by sport), Spot (PCN), Swim (AGL), and Tumble (AGL). [INDENT][B][I]Examples:[/I][/B] None of the Doctor’s companions had been professional athletes. However, this background might be suitable for the contestants at the 2012 Olympics seen in [I]Fear Her[/I].[/INDENT] [B]Astronaut:[/B] As scientists and pioneers, astronauts have prepared their minds and bodies for the rigors of space travel and life in space. They are elite members of a sophisticated space program, hurling themselves into the void to advance science and shed light on the mysteries of the universe. Astronauts gain a +4 bonus to the following skills: Astrogation (KNO), Computer Use (KNO), Knowledge (Spacecraft) (KNO), Knowledge (Technology) (KNO), Leadership (PRS), Navigate (KNO), Pilot (Spaceships) (KNO), Repair (KNO), Sciences (Astronomy) (KNO), and Sciences (Physics) (KNO). [INDENT][b][i]Examples:[/i][/b][i][/i] Steven Taylor.[/INDENT] [b]Blue-Collar Worker:[/b] Blue-collar occupations include factory work, food service jobs, construction, service industry jobs, taxi drivers, postal workers, and other jobs that are usually not considered to be desk jobs. Blue-collar workers gain a +4 bonus to the following skills: Bluff (PRS), Brawling (STR), Craft (KNO), Gather Information (PCN), Sense Motive (PCN), and Streetwise (PRS). In addition, they gain a +4 bonus to four of the following skills: Administration (KNO), Appraise (PCN), Drive (Automobiles) (DEX), Handle Animal (PRS), Heavy Machinery Operation (KNO), Intimidate (PRS), and Repair (KNO). [b][i][INDENT]Examples:[/INDENT][/i][/b][i][INDENT][/indent][/i][INDENT] Jackie Tyler, Mickey Smith, Rose Tyler, and Tegan Jovanka.[/INDENT] [B]Celebrity:[/B] A celebrity is anyone who, for whatever reason, has been thrust into the spotlight of the public eye. Actors, entertainers of all types, newscasters, radio and television personalities, and more fall under this starting occupation. Celebrities gain a +4 bonus to the following skills: Bluff (PRS), Diplomacy (PRS), Intimidate (PRS), Knowledge (Current Events) (KNO), Knowledge (Popular Culture) (KNO), and Leadership (PRS). They also gain a +4 bonus to four of the following skills: Appraise (PCN), Artistic Expression (PRS), Gamble (PCN), Perform (Act) (PRS), Perform (Dance) (AGL), Perform (Keyboards) (DEX), Perform (Percussion Instruments) (DEX), Perform (Sing) (PRS), Perform (Stand-Up) (PRS), Perform (Stringed Instruments) (DEX), Perform (Wind Instruments) (DEX), and Sense Motive (PCN). [b][i][INDENT]Examples:[/INDENT][/i][/b][i][INDENT][/indent][/i][INDENT] None of the Doctor’s companions have been celebrities. However, this background would be appropriate for many of the guests on Platform One in [i]The End of the World[/i], including “The Last Human,” Cassandra.[/INDENT] [b]Colonist:[/b] Colonists are wayfaring pioneers who set the foundations of new societies on far-flung continents, planets, or moons. To survive in their new surroundings, they learn to live off the land and defend themselves against indigenous predatory life forms and hostile forces of nature. Colonists gain a +4 bonus to the following skills: Brawling (STR), Climb (STR), Craft (any) (KNO), Treat Injury (KNO), and Wilderness Survival (PCN). In addition, they gain a +4 bonus to five of the following skills: Archaic Firearms (DEX), Archaic Weapons (STR), Archery (DEX), Computer Use (KNO), Diplomacy (PRS), Energy Weapons (DEX), Firearms (DEX), Handle Animal (PRS), Heavy Machinery Operation (KNO), Jump (STR), Knowledge (Alien Species) (KNO), Knowledge (Planets) (KNO), Listen (PCN), Navigate (KNO), Profession (any) (KNO), Repair (KNO), Ride (AGL), Sciences (Ecology) (KNO), and Search (PCN). [b][i][INDENT]Examples:[/INDENT][/i][/b][i][INDENT][/indent][/i][INDENT] None of the Doctor’s companions has been a colonist, but this background would be appropriate for colonists such as those in [i]Colony in Space[/i].[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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