Progenitor - Revision history

Bennettj at 14:24, 21 April 2026

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Tao alexis at 00:04, 30 March 2025

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Tao alexis: /* Random Determination */

2025-03-27T17:03:02Z

Random Determination

Tao alexis: /* Random Determination */

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Random Determination

Tao alexis: /* Random Determination */

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Random Determination

Tao alexis: /* Random Determination */

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Random Determination

Tao alexis at 17:01, 27 March 2025

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Tao alexis: /* Constitution Source */

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Constitution Source

Tao alexis: /* Strength Source */

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Strength Source

Tao alexis: /* Intelligence Source */

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Intelligence Source

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 | 22-39 || style="text-align: left"|Fisherfolk: [[Catch Fishing (sage ability)|catch fishing]]; [[Swimming (sage ability)|swimming]] || 7d10
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-| 40-57 || style="text-align: left"|Sailor: [[Sailing (sage ability)|sailing]]; +2 to dexterity checks when shipboard || 7d12
+| 40-57 || style="text-align: left"|Sailor: [[Sailing (sage ability)|sailing]]; +2 to [[Ability Checks|dexterity checks]] when shipboard || 7d12
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 | 58-74 || style="text-align: left"|Teamster: [[Teamstering (sage ability)|teamstering]]; start with cart, no animals || 9d12
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 | 01-09 || style="text-align: left"|Trapper: [[Set Snares (sage ability)|set snares]]; [[Tanning (sage ability)|tan leather and furs]] || 3d10
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-| 10 || style="text-align: left"|Hermit: [[Foraging (sage ability)|foraging]]; +2 constitution checks when outdoors || 1d10
+| 10 || style="text-align: left"|Hermit: [[Foraging (sage ability)|foraging]]; +2 [[Ability Checks|constitution checks]] when outdoors || 1d10
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 | 11-35 || style="text-align: left"|Scribe: [[Read & Write (sage ability)|read & write]]; add 5 pts. to character's chosen study, 1 pt. to all other studies || 6d10
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 | 60-65 || style="text-align: left"|Gamewarden: [[Hunting (sage ability)|hunting]]; [[Pathfinding I (sage ability)|pathfinding I]] || 8d10
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-| 66-70 || style="text-align: left"|Boathandler: [[Steershand (sage ability)|steershand]]; +2 to dexterity checks when shipboard; start with long boat || 8d10
+| 66-70 || style="text-align: left"|Boathandler: [[Steershand (sage ability)|steershand]]; +2 to [[Ability Checks|dexterity checks]] when shipboard; start with long boat || 8d10
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 | 71-80 || style="text-align: left"|Alchemist: [[Read & Write (sage ability)|read & write]]; amateur [[Alchemy (sage study)|alchemist]] || 4d10 x5
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 | 40-41 || style="text-align: left"|Draper: [[Draping & Canvassing (sage ability)|make canvas]]; [[Bargaining (sage ability)|bargaining]]; start with camp tent || 8d10 x5
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-| 42-43 || style="text-align: left"|Fuller: [[Fulling (sage ability)|pound fibres to make cloth]]; +2 strength checks || 4d10 x5
+| 42-43 || style="text-align: left"|Fuller: [[Fulling (sage ability)|pound fibres to make cloth]]; +2 [[Ability Checks|strength checks]] || 4d10 x5
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 | 44-46 || style="text-align: left"|Weaver: [[Weaving (sage ability)|make cloth]]; start with two bolts of ready cloth; cloth items of the character and party save at +2 || 4d10 x5
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 | 91 || style="text-align: left"|Juggler: [[Juggling (sage ability)|juggle objects]], [[Evade Missiles (sage ability)|evade missiles]]; +1 to hit with [[Missile Weapons|missile weapons]] || 2d10 x5
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-| 92-93 || style="text-align: left"|Toll keeper: [[Bribery (sage ability)|bribe officials]]; +1 bonus to wisdom checks || 3d10 x5
+| 92-93 || style="text-align: left"|Toll keeper: [[Bribery (sage ability)|bribe officials]]; +1 bonus to [[Ability Checks|wisdom checks]] || 3d10 x5
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 | 94 || style="text-align: left"|Forger: [[Forgery (sage study)|forge documents]], [[Read & Write (sage ability)|read & write]]; legitimate writ of passage; false papers of ownership || 4d10x5
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 ! style="width: 65px"|Roll<br>(d100) || style="width: 275px"|Profession & Benefits || Starting<br>Capital (g.p.)
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-| 01-02 || style="text-align: left"|Painter: amateur [[Painting (sage study)|painter]], [[Bartering (sage ability)|bartering]]; +1 bonus to dexterity checks || 4d10
+| 01-02 || style="text-align: left"|Painter: amateur [[Painting (sage study)|painter]], [[Bartering (sage ability)|bartering]]; +1 bonus to [[Ability Checks|dexterity checks]] || 4d10
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-| 03 || style="text-align: left"|Poet: amateur [[Poetry (sage study)|poet]], [[Busking (sage ability)|busking]]; +1 bonus to intelligence checks || 3d10
+| 03 || style="text-align: left"|Poet: amateur [[Poetry (sage study)|poet]], [[Busking (sage ability)|busking]]; +1 bonus to [[Ability Checks|intelligence checks]] || 3d10
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-| 04 || style="text-align: left"|Sculptor: amateur [[Sculpture (sage study)|sculptor]], [[Bartering (sage ability)|bartering]]; +1 bonus to strength checks || 5d10
+| 04 || style="text-align: left"|Sculptor: amateur [[Sculpture (sage study)|sculptor]], [[Bartering (sage ability)|bartering]]; +1 bonus to [[Ability Checks|strength checks]] || 5d10
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-| 05 || style="text-align: left"|Writer: amateur [[Prose (sage study)|writer]], [[Bargaining (sage ability)|bargaining]]; +1 bonus to wisdom checks || 6d10
+| 05 || style="text-align: left"|Writer: amateur [[Prose (sage study)|writer]], [[Bargaining (sage ability)|bargaining]]; +1 bonus to [[Ability Checks|wisdom checks]] || 6d10
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-| 06 || style="text-align: left"|Jester: amateur [[Clowning (sage study)|clown]]; +2 to charisma checks || 5d10
+| 06 || style="text-align: left"|Jester: amateur [[Clowning (sage study)|clown]]; +2 to [[Ability Checks|charisma checks]] || 5d10
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 | 07 || style="text-align: left"|Dancer: amateur [[Folk Dance (sage study)|folk dancer]]; +1 to both strength and dexterity checks || 4d10

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 * '''[[Mercenary (profession)|Mercenary]]''': character has participated in at least one campaign lasting two seasons, six or seven months, as a combatant; this should be somewhere that a war has taken place in the last 6 to 10 years.  This gives a fair knowledge of travel routes to and from that part of the world, along knowing that culture.  Character has killed a person in combat.  The character knows where to hire mercenaries and what to expect from them, but gives no special knowledge with regards to managing such persons.
-* '''[[Outrider (profession)|Outrider]]''': an "outrider" is a cavalry scout or dispatch rider, and so the character will have months of experience acting and training in this duty.  "[[Horse Handling I (sage ability)|Horse Handling I]]" enables the character to direct the horse and ride at various gaits.  The horse that starts with the character will have been in his or her possession for 6-18 months; roll random for [[Horse Breeding (sage ability)#pedigree|pedigree]], with a minimum average and no result less than 10 (reroll lowest rolls until average is achieved).  If the character is shorter than 4 ft. 6 inches tall, treat result as "mercenary."
+* '''[[Outrider (profession)|Outrider]]''': an "outrider" is a cavalry scout or dispatch rider, and so the character will have months of experience acting and training in this duty.  "[[Horse Handling I (sage ability)|Horse Handling I]]" enables the character to direct the horse and ride at various [[Horse Gait|gaits]].  The horse that starts with the character will have been in his or her possession for 6-18 months; roll random for [[Horse Breeding (sage ability)#pedigree|pedigree]], with a minimum average and no result less than 10 (reroll lowest rolls until average is achieved).  If the character is shorter than 4 ft. 6 inches tall, treat result as "mercenary."
 * '''[[Sailor (profession)|Sailor]]''': character has spent at least a year at sea and is capable of acting as a crew for any sort of ship.  This says only that the character is an able-bodied sailor and nothing more.  Can manage a single-person [[Catboat|sailboat]].  Has basic swimming skill.

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 :* [[Progenitor#Strength Source|Strength]]
 :* [[Progenitor#Intelligence Source|Intelligence]]
 :* [[Progenitor#Wisdom Source|Wisdom]]
 :* [[Progenitor#Constitution Source|Constitution]]
 :* [[Progenitor#Dexterity Source|Dexterity]]
 :* [[Progenitor#Charisma Source|Charisma]]

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 Once we know the source, we can roll on that table.  Each table is organised for a d100 roll, with the commonest progenitors at the top and the rarest (and with the most status) at the top.  So a high roll on any of these tables is sure to produce good results.  Feel free to jump ahead once the correct table has been identified:
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+:* [[Progenitor#Strength Source|Strength]]
 * [[Progenitor#Strength Source|Strength]]
-* [[Progenitor#Intelligence Source|Intelligence]]
+:* [[Progenitor#Intelligence Source|Intelligence]]
 * [[Progenitor#Wisdom Source|Wisdom]]
-* [[Progenitor#Constitution Source|Constitution]]
+:* [[Progenitor#Wisdom Source|Wisdom]]
 * [[Progenitor#Dexterity Source|Dexterity]]
-* [[Progenitor#Charisma Source|Charisma]]
+:* [[Progenitor#Constitution Source|Constitution]]
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 == Skill and Knowledge Points ==

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 * [[Progenitor#Charisma Source|Charisma]]
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 == Skill and Knowledge Points ==

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	'''Progenitor''' is a blanket term for the strongest person in the character's early life, who instigated or acted as the antecedent to the character's eventual career as a class-levelled person. Most often, this is the character's father and mother, but it might be an uncle or a mentor, depending on the generated [[Character Background Generator#Family\|family]] above. This person's profession was experienced and lightly transferred to the character prior to advanced training as a fighter, mage, thief or whatever — and that profession forms the character's "secondary skill," or in terms of [[Knowledge Points\|knowledge]], a "[[Sage Ability\|sage ability]]."		'''Progenitor''' is a blanket term for the strongest person in the character's early life, who instigated or acted as the antecedent to the character's eventual career as a class-levelled person. Most often, this is the character's father and mother, but it might be an uncle or a mentor, depending on the generated [[Character Background Generator#Family\|family]] above. This person's profession was experienced and lightly transferred to the character prior to advanced training as a fighter, mage, thief or whatever — and that profession forms the character's "secondary skill," or in terms of [[Knowledge Points\|knowledge]], a "[[Sage Ability\|sage ability]]."
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 * '''[[Witchhunter (profession)|Witchhunter]]''': in a world of magic, there are spellcasters who use their powers against the good of society instead of for it; the character has accompanied his or her progenitor in the pursuit of the villains on many occasions, and as a result the character has been taught the secrets behind resisting magic, gaining a +3 bonus against saving throws.  In addition, the character has learned the art of making healing salve from scratch, a semi-magical ointment that heals 1-4 hit points.
-=== Constitution Source ===
+== Constitution Source ==
 There are 12 professions and personages associated with the constitution stat, indicating professions that require considerable fortitude, good health, along with a willingness to do dirty and unpleasant work.  Here we speak of the worst sort of environments, where heat, confinement, isolation and grime are the order of the day.

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 * '''[[Teamster (profession)|Teamster]]''': can master a wagon or cart over most kinds of terrain, whether pulled by donkey, mule, horse or oxen, in teams of two or four; six-handed teams require 30 points of knowledge.  Has skill in loading and unloading, recognise health issues with draft animals and can clean hooves, can't shoe animals.  Has local knowledge of shippers, places to buy loads and warehouse overseers.
-=== Intelligence Source ===
+== Intelligence Source ==
 There are 15 professions associated with the intelligence stat — these include possibilities that demand complex thinking, memory, problem solving and application of design.  Occasionally, such pursuits lead characters into the strangest of places.
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 * '''[[Veterinarian (profession)|Veterinarian]]''': has worked as an apprentice vet in area before joining campaign; has multiple sage abilities associated with animal physiology, is familiar with the care and treatment of most barnyard animals.  Has 10 points of knowledge in full study.  Add +1 [[Morale|morale]] for animals while in the veterinarian's care or possession.
-=== Wisdom Source ===
+== Wisdom Source ==
 There are 14 professions and personages associated with the wisdom stat — these relate to matters of pursuing education and the application of experience, ethics and knowledge of the greater good.  While on the surface this may suggest a staid, responsible member of society, often it's also the wisdom to recognise the culture's faults and reasons why it should fall.
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 * '''[[Weaponsmith (profession)|Weaponsmith]]''': character is an amateur maker of weapons of all non-magical types, whether fashioned of wood, bone, metal or other hardened material.  He or she has spent two years learning the craft.  The character may count the cost of his or her proficient weapons as a bonus over and above the character's starting capital.  A smithy is required to make metal weapons from scratch.  The character is assumed to be maintaining the party's weapons continuously.
-=== Dexterity Source ===
+== Dexterity Source ==
 There are 42 professions and personages associated with the dexterity stat, the balance of which includes a wide range of artisans who have been trained to work with their hands to make practical objects.  Other progenitors associated with dexterity represent arts where nimble fingers, fast movements and sharp practice.  Many persons from these backgrounds treat the pursuit of an experience level and character class as an escape from the drugery of their rigorous family obligations.
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 * '''[[Woodcutter (profession)|Woodcutter]]''': able to choose the best wood from a standing forest and practice selective cutting of trees.  Time spent avoiding felled trees and riding logs on water has increased the character's balance.  The short axe is a 15-inch tool with handle and metal axe-head that normally causes 1-4 damage on a hit; the woodcutter is assumed to have the tool/weapon as a bonus weapon proficiency; begins the game with his or her own axe.
-=== Charisma Source ===
+== Charisma Source ==
 There are 27 professions and personages associated with the charisma stat, with most of these possessing status, fame or recognition of like sort.  It's argued that persons who rise to the heights of notariety do so in large part because of their ability to relate positively to others; and in the case of some, because they are trained from an early age to see their life as an obligation towards the greater good of their family and the realm as a whole.

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