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 ! style="width: 45px"|Roll !! style="width: 385px"|Form !! style="width: 55px"|Monthly<br>income†
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-| 01-03 || style="text-align: left"|Avenue-front city inn: stone house, highest quality; [7-12] generations; [9-16] rooms; bathhouse, laundry, stable & open air paddock; prestigious members of society || 700 g.p.
+| 01-03 || style="text-align: left"|[[Avenue|Avenue-front]] city inn: stone house, highest quality; [7-12] generations; [9-16] rooms; bathhouse, laundry, stable & open air paddock; prestigious members of society || 700 g.p.
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 | 04-09 || style="text-align: left"|Back-lane hospice: decrepit former home; [1-4] rooms, [5-8] palettes for sleeping; no services; indigent & criminals || 140 s.p.

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 * '''[[Executioner (profession)|Executioner]]''': character has performed [0-2 (d4-2)] official executions in his or her past.  If the character has committed an execution, it was sanctioned by a noble known only to the player, as the executioner character wore a hood in the act.  The character carries a writ of passage for free movement throughout the realm (no payment required for tolls or fees) and bears a tattooed mark that can be displayed if the character wishes to be known to the locals as a potential executioner for hire.  The character has learned a practiced indifference to death, which may or may not be embraced by the player.
-* '''[[Explorer (profession)|Explorer]]''': character is able to read and study books, possesses skill at navigating by the stars and can locate the best routes while travelling through a wilderness.  The character spent [9-36] months journeying to a strange and largely unknown land, randomly determined, before returning to the place where he or she enters the campaign — much is known about this place and the character has [2-5] allies and potential followers who dwell there.  During the journey, the character was merely an attendant to his or her progenitor explorer ... but should the character wish to raise money for another expedition to the same land, a sum of [2-5] thousand gold pieces is available — provided the character can match that amount from his or her own pocket.  There's no time limit on this offer.
+* '''[[Explorer (profession)|Explorer]]''': character is able to read and study books, possesses skill at navigating by the stars and can locate the best routes while travelling through a wilderness.  The character spent [9-36] months journeying to a strange and largely unknown land, randomly determined, before returning to the place where he or she enters the campaign — much is known about this place and the character has [2-5] allies and potential followers who dwell there.  During the journey, the character was merely an [[Attendant (servant)|attendant]] to his or her progenitor explorer ... but should the character wish to raise money for another expedition to the same land, a sum of [2-5] thousand gold pieces is available — provided the character can match that amount from his or her own pocket.  There's no time limit on this offer.
 * '''[[Graverobber (profession)|Graverobber]]''': graverobbing is not a matter of digging up random graves; the character must pay attention to whom is being buried, the corpse's former wealthiness and the apparent willingness of the family to bury valuables with the body.  Graverobbers usually strike within a week of the internment, when the soil is still soft and easily dug.  They look over the body's trinkets with a keen eye, recognising what should be left behind and which should be taken.  Then the goods are carefully fenced, so as not to reappear in the same place where the corpses' family might recognize Uncle Julian's gold circlet or Aunt Maztah's necklace.  In addition, the character has dodged and undead or two in his or her day.

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 * '''[[Surgeon (profession)|Surgeon]]''': character has assisted in scores of operations, has 10 pts. of knowledge in amputation and bloodletting, but no skill in other medical procedures.  Has familiarity with surgical tools and a high tolerance for blood and gore.  When the character acquires 30 pts. of knowledge, he or she will gain the ability to perform [[Minor Invasive Surgery (sage ability)|minor invasive surgery]].  These numbers can be surpassed if the character is able to specialise in the whole study of [[Medicine (sage study)|medicine]].
-* '''[[Tomb Robber (profession)|Tomb Robber]]''': character has plunged into many an underground environment; knows spelunking and navigating caves, and as such will be comfortable and ready for any dungeon he or she encounters.  Character has has had one adventure in the underground with his or her progenitor that resulted in the character obtaining a [[Magic Items|magic item]], as indicated by the '''Robber Items subtable'''.  Roll for the character class the character has become; with multiclass characters, roll d40 or d60 enabling all possibilties.  For example, an assassin cleric would roll 1d40; for results of 1-20, consult the assassin-friendly items; for results of 21-40, consult those of the cleric.
+* '''[[Tomb Robber (profession)|Tomb Robber]]''': character has plunged into many an underground environment; knows spelunking and navigating caves, and as such will be comfortable and ready for any dungeon he or she encounters.  Character has has had one adventure in the underground with his or her progenitor that resulted in the character obtaining a [[Magic Items|magic item]], as indicated by the '''Robber Items subtable'''.  Roll for the character class the character has become; with multiclass characters, roll d40 or d60 enabling all possibilties.  For example, an [[Assassin (class)|assassin]] cleric would roll 1d40; for results of 1-20, consult the assassin-friendly items; for results of 21-40, consult those of the cleric.
 :: Because the items are awarded to the character as the result of plunder, a reasonable selectivity and trading afterwards will allow the player to choose the single-use spell on any scroll that's been gotten.  All potions have 1 quaff.  No special weapons proficiency is given with the weapons, nor may they wish to have the [[Armour List|armour]] that's found, but the character possesses these things nonetheless.  The character is free to choose a proficiency in the weapon obtained and loan out armour to other party members until the character acquires a [[Henchfolk|henchfolk]].

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 | 07-09 || style="text-align: left"|artillerist || style="border-left:solid 2px black|56-60 || style="text-align: left"|leather worker
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-| 10 || style="text-align: left"|assassin || style="border-left:solid 2px black|61-66 || style="text-align: left"|mason
+| 10 || style="text-align: left"|[[Assassin's Guild|assassin]] || style="border-left:solid 2px black|61-66 || style="text-align: left"|mason
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 | 11-15 || style="text-align: left"|baker || style="border-left:solid 2px black|67-71 || style="text-align: left"|physician

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 | Assassin || style="text-align: left"|dagger +1 (1-9), gaseous form potion (10-14), shield +1 (15-20)
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-| Bard || style="text-align: left"|dagger +1 (1-10), leather armour +1 (11), philter of love (12-16), scroll w/2nd level bardic spell (17-20)
+| Bard || style="text-align: left"|dagger +1 (1-10), [[Leather Armour|leather armour]] +1 (11), philter of love (12-16), scroll w/2nd level bardic spell (17-20)
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 | Cleric || style="text-align: left"|club +1 (1-7), healing potion (8-10), scroll w/2nd level clerical spell (11-14), shield +1 (15-20)
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 * '''[[Tomb Robber (profession)|Tomb Robber]]''': character has plunged into many an underground environment; knows spelunking and navigating caves, and as such will be comfortable and ready for any dungeon he or she encounters.  Character has has had one adventure in the underground with his or her progenitor that resulted in the character obtaining a [[Magic Items|magic item]], as indicated by the '''Robber Items subtable'''.  Roll for the character class the character has become; with multiclass characters, roll d40 or d60 enabling all possibilties.  For example, an assassin cleric would roll 1d40; for results of 1-20, consult the assassin-friendly items; for results of 21-40, consult those of the cleric.
-:: Because the items are awarded to the character as the result of plunder, a reasonable selectivity and trading afterwards will allow the player to choose the single-use spell on any scroll that's been gotten.  All potions have 1 quaff.  No special weapons proficiency is given with the weapons, nor may they wish to have the armour that's found, but the character possesses these things nonetheless.  The character is free to choose a proficiency in the weapon obtained and loan out armour to other party members until the character acquires a [[Henchfolk|henchfolk]].
+:: Because the items are awarded to the character as the result of plunder, a reasonable selectivity and trading afterwards will allow the player to choose the single-use spell on any scroll that's been gotten.  All potions have 1 quaff.  No special weapons proficiency is given with the weapons, nor may they wish to have the [[Armour List|armour]] that's found, but the character possesses these things nonetheless.  The character is free to choose a proficiency in the weapon obtained and loan out armour to other party members until the character acquires a [[Henchfolk|henchfolk]].
 * '''[[Trapper (profession)|Trapper]]''': has familiarity with animal traps, one-person watercraft.  Familiar with 3-6 nearest wilderness hexes (size [[20-mile Hex Map|20-mile]] diameter), knowing holes and other mysterious places that might exist there.  Can skin and clean animal carcasses, has some contacts with furriers willing to pay for obtained furs.  Progenitor was loner with even more experience of wilderness, with no outside world contacts.
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 | 01-05 || style="text-align: left"|Rat catcher: +2 roll to hit against rats; +1 saving throw vs. poison; immune to disease from rats || 3d10
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-| 06-07 || style="text-align: left"|Graverobber: [[Fence Goods (sage ability)|fence stolen goods]], [[Appraisal I (sage ability)|appraisal I]]; +2 armour class vs. undead || 4d10
+| 06-07 || style="text-align: left"|Graverobber: [[Fence Goods (sage ability)|fence stolen goods]], [[Appraisal I (sage ability)|appraisal I]]; +2 [[Armour Class|armour class]] vs. undead || 4d10
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 | 08-33 || style="text-align: left"|Labourer: +2 bonus when learning skills; +1 strength when calculating encumbrance || 4d10

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 * '''[[Musician (profession)|Musician]]''': character has performed with music before an audience since being a child; has multiple abilities associated with the study of folk music, with 10 pts. of knowledge in the full study.  The study of music and emotional form has provided in the character with immoderate acuity on subjects related to intelligence and wisdom, enabling bonuses to ability checks for those stats without raising the actual number of each.
-* '''[[Nobility (rank)|Nobility]]''': character is a member of the aristocracy and potential heir to the title over a provincial estate.  This circumstance may not correlate with the circumstances of the character's birth [see '''Circumstances of Noble/Royal Birth subtable''']. The character must be the eldest sibling to inherit the title; if not, the character may still rely upon the bequest of an estate within the province following the death of the progenitor.  It can be seen from the circumstances surrounding the character's birth that the player character doesn't begin the game as a reigning noble, but instead must take some steps to become one — either waiting for the progenitor's death or taking matters in hand to become a usurper.  In any case, the character may wait before deciding the time is right to possess the position.
+* '''[[Nobility (rank)|Nobility]]''': character is a member of the [[Aristocracy|aristocracy]] and potential heir to the title over a provincial estate.  This circumstance may not correlate with the circumstances of the character's birth [see '''Circumstances of Noble/Royal Birth subtable''']. The character must be the eldest sibling to inherit the title; if not, the character may still rely upon the bequest of an estate within the province following the death of the progenitor.  It can be seen from the circumstances surrounding the character's birth that the player character doesn't begin the game as a reigning noble, but instead must take some steps to become one — either waiting for the progenitor's death or taking matters in hand to become a usurper.  In any case, the character may wait before deciding the time is right to possess the position.
 :: He or she is entitled to use the apellation "your grace," "my lord" or "my lady" with reference to his or her self in the presence of legitimate power; the character possesses a heraldic crest that demonstrates this right.  The noble has been rigorously educated and therefore all studies associated with the character's class gain +2 points of knowledge above normal.  "Improve morale" is a sage ability that sets the [[Standard Morale|standard morale]] for hirelings and associate non-player characters at 8, while those standing within 30 ft. of the character are improved to 7.

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 All sage abilities and studies have 10 pts. of knowledge; studies enable the possession of all amateur abilites therein.  Each ability or whole study increases at d4-1 (0-3) per level, unless superseded by the character's class.  These abilities/studies are possessed regardless of class.  Further notes on the intelligence source table are as follows:
-* '''[[Alchemist (profession)|Alchemist]]''': character has multiple sage abilities associated to study of alchemy, knows how to set up a lab, has worked as an apprentice to his or her alchemist progenitor for two years.  Has 10 pts. of knowledge in full study.
+* '''[[Alchemist (profession)|Alchemist]]''': character has multiple sage abilities associated to study of alchemy, knows how to set up a lab, has worked as an [[Apprenticeship|apprentice]] to his or her alchemist progenitor for two years.  Has 10 pts. of knowledge in full study.
 * '''[[Architect (profession)|Architect]]''': character has multiple sage abilities associated to study of construction architecture, enabling simple builds and the ability to keep a crew of up to eight persons working.  He or she will have worked on many sites for a collective period of two years.  Trade gained may be carpetry, excavation, masonry, brickwork, tile work or thatching.  Has 10 pts. of knowledge in full study.

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 * '''[[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.
-* '''[[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.
+* '''[[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 [[Animal|animals]] and can clean hooves, can't shoe animals.  Has local knowledge of shippers, places to buy loads and warehouse overseers.
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 | 86-87 || style="text-align: left"|Tinker: [[Tinkering (sage ability)|repair items]], [[Mechanical Repair I (sage ability)|repair tools & machines]]; +1 to hit and damage with short hammer || 5d10 x5
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-| 88 || style="text-align: left"|Metallurgist: [[Allow Metal (sage ability)|make metal alloys]]; -1 damage per die against heat-based attacks || 8d10 x5
+| 88 || style="text-align: left"|Metallurgist: [[Alloy Metal (sage ability)|make metal alloys]]; -1 damage per die against heat-based attacks || 8d10 x5
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 | 89 || style="text-align: left"|Diemaker: [[Metal Carving I (sage ability)|carve metal]]; [[Appraisal I (sage ability)|appraisal I]]; [[Counterfeit I (sage ability)|counterfeit coins]] || 5d10 x5

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 * '''[[Bookbinder (profession)|Bookbinder]]''': familiar with a printing press, setting type and binding books between leather, requiring a workshop, the character is also able to read and write.  See librarian, under [[Character Background Generator#Wisdom Source|wisdom source]], for an explanation of practical books.
-* '''[[Brewer (profession)|Brewer]]''': character can brew, strain and cask his or her own lager beer, though this will be of middling quality as the character begins as an amateur.  Intoxication is calculated according to how much a character weighs, the character's race and the amount of alcohol inbibed.  A greater relative weight would mean the character has more difficulty becoming intoxicated.
+* '''[[Brewer (profession)|Brewer]]''': character can brew, strain and cask his or her own lager beer, though this will be of middling quality as the character begins as an amateur.  Intoxication is calculated according to how much a character weighs, the character's race and the amount of [[Alcohol|alcohol]] inbibed.  A greater relative weight would mean the character has more difficulty becoming intoxicated.
 * '''[[Butcher (profession)|Butcher]]''': character can make better use of hunted or live animal foods, since the character is adept at getting all meat from the bone.  The cleaver is a highly sharpened 12-inch long cutting tool that normally causes 1-4 damage on a hit; the butcher is assumed to have the tool/weapon as a bonus weapon proficiency; the character must buy the tool.