{1}{Cult leader

(by chrisbeddoes T-A bank)All your life you wanted money women and power .You were also extremely good in telling lies and cheating people. You promised freedom and all you gave people was slavery and poverty.However after a period of time your believers understood that you were selling a piece of blue sky and hunted you down .At the last minute you managed to escape their wrath by leaving with the airship.Because you know that if you ever show your face you will be instantly recognized and killed you have paid a strong man to deform you face beyond recognition.-5 to your beauty.The fact that all those years you had lots of servants believers that is to do your bidding has atrophied your muscles -4 to strength and also given you a huge belly -3 to dexterity .The only thing that has remained from your former glory is your incredible willpower to rule +8 willpower .You start with 400 gold}

{2}{Gigolo Man

Description : You are an incredible good looking man.Because you loved money you "leased yourshelf " to ugly rich ladies .After a period of time a very jealous husband caught you on the act and beat the hell out of you.You manage to escape barely alive with one eye only and board the Zephur .Because of the beating that you took for the jealus husband you now suffer a penalty of -4 in dexterity and -4 in constitution and -4 in perception.Amazingly you incredible beauty did not suffer at all.Your charisma is also above average .You have bonus of +6  to beauty and + 3 to charisma and 3/4 to persuasion.You start with 600 gold.}

{3}{Son of da bitch

(By Petruschka )You are a son of an one-leged woman and pack of drunken sailors.Because of the starvation in your childhood you suffer penalty to your strength (-2) and constitution (-4)  but you gain a bonus to your dexterity (+2) and pick pocket abilities (+1).On the score of your frequent simulation of facial nerve paralysis (to cadge more money) you suffer penalty to your beauty (-2).As an experienced bastard and man without conscience you start with a magickal sword that you pickpocketed from someone known as the child of a hero and a bonus of +3/4 in pickpocket... .You also start with 400 gold}

{4}{Double Poster 

(By Shards)Through no fault of your own, you seem to post double on all message boards. Because this endears you to the inhabitants you gain +1 CH. Unfortunately, reading all of your own posts twice has caused you to suffer from eyestrain, resulting in -1 PE .You also get a small 1/4 disadvantage in your persuasion  skill because some people dont believe you.You start out without any money whatsoever .Everything was spend to defend yourshelf against doubleposting charges.}

{5}{Bastard son of Joni 

You are the bastard son Joni,The infamous geek of Funland and as result you have almost no tolerance to -annoying.You get a minus -3 to charisma  but on a plus side your are faster than normal +1 to dexterity and smarter than average +1 to Intelligence.You start with 300 gold.}

{6}{Family trouble 

(By Boatlover)  You were annoyed by you little brother in your youth so you get a plus one (+1) to strength for beating him and a plus 3/4 to meele.But when your little brother grows up he becomes a powerfull mage and curses you -4 to beauty.You start with 600 gold.}

{7}{No respect 

(By Evilon69)You have no respect for no one whatsoever, all your life you have been trying to offend ppl, your lack of respect for authority makes u suffer a -20 reaction when talking to people, however because you are  used to get into lots of fights at bars and whatnot you gain a +2/4 to melee and a +3/4 to dodge.You start with 400 gold.}

{8}{ Female champion 

(By Aurora) You are tired of being ignored and sometimes downright mocked by man. You know that you're just as good as a man - in fact, you're better! (+1 strength, +2 intelligence) You have devoted yourself to bettering the cause of female equality, and will defend it strongly (+1 willpower). However, both men and women become annoyed with your unpopular viewpoints after they discover them (-4 charisma). You start with 600 gold.}

{9}{ Chosen one

You believe that you are the chosen one and one day you will be a great hero and save the world from a great danger. You have spend all you free time training in  melee ,dodge, bow and throw training. You bought a ticket to the airship in order to find your destiny. However years of constant hysteric laughing from everybody around you have made you very bitter.You lose 6 points of charisma. From all those years of training you  get +1 to strength and from your stubbornness +1 to willpower.You also get a huge bonus 4/4 in every fighting skill including firearms.You start with no gold having spend  all of your gold in training..}

{10}{ Female bodybuilder

From a small child you had a fascination with pure muscle  strength.So you trained and trained until your body lost some of its agility -1 to dexterity and a lot of its female beauty -5  to beauty .However you end up much stronger that the average woman and indeed man. +4 strength}

{11}{ Fire Spell

When you were a small child you were trapped in a burning house with no way out. Your uncle a powerful wizard cast a spell on you to save your life. From now on you are almost immune to fire.You got a permanent 95 % fire resistance but the spell and the fire damage  made you permanently ugly .You lost 4 points in beauty and  it can never go higher than 4.You start with 600 gold.}

{12}{ Vampire

Your mother was bitten by a Vampire before your birth.After your birth she turned into a vampire and was killed by the local priest.However the priest did not dectect sings of vampirism on you.So he kept you as his own child.You learned the truth when signs of vampirism appeared on you.When that happened he tried to kill you.But you were much faster than him.After that you swear to never drink blood again.Because of this you get a huge penalty to your constitution.Your constitution can never be more than 2.You also get a  negative reaction from common people that detect something negative about you -20 reaction and -1 to charisma.Also because of your vampirism your fire resistance can never be more than zero.But you are faster than others.You get a plus 6 to speed (not dexterity).You also start with no gold because you escaped in a hurry.}

{13}{ Herbalist

You have studied to become a herbalist.You were reading herbalist books since a small child when the other children were playing .You gain +30 expertise in herbal science but permanently loose 8 fatigue points .You start with 600 gold.}

{14}{ Chemistry Scientist

You have studied to become a Chemist.You were reading chemistry books when you were a small child when the other children were playing .You gain +30 expertise in chemistry science but permanently loose 8 fatigue points .You start with 600 gold.}

{15}{ Electrical Scientist

You have studied to become a electrician.You were reading electricity books when you were a small child when the other children were playing .You gain +30 expertise in electrical science but permanently loose 8 fatigue points .You start with 600 gold.}

{16}{ Explosives Scientist

You have studied to become a explosives scientist.You were reading explosives books when you were a small child when the other children were playing .You gain +30 expertise in explosives but permanently loose 8 fatigue points .You start with 600 gold.}

{17}{ Gun Smithy Scientist

You have studied to become a gun smith.You were reading gun making books when you were a small child when the other children were playing .You gain +30 expertise in gun smithy  science but permanently loose 8 fatigue points .You start with 600 gold.}

{18}{ Mechanics Scientist

You have studied to become a mechanics science.You were reading mechanics books when you were a small child when the other children were playing .You gain +30 expertise in mechanics science but permanently loose 8 fatigue points .You start with 600 gold.}

{19}{ Smithy Scientist

You have studied to become a smithy.You were reading smithy  books when you were a small child when the other children were playing .You gain +30 expertise in Smithy science but permanently loose 8 fatigue points .You start with 600 gold.}

{20}{ Therapeutics Scientist

You have studied to become a Therapeutics scientist.You were reading therapeutics  books when you were  a small child when the other children were playing .You gain +30 expertise in therapeutics science but permanently loose 8 fatigue points .You start with 600 gold.}

{21}{ Fragile bones

Description : You are suffering from a terrible disease. Your bones are very fragile .Therefore you lose 50 % of your hit points .To compensate for this and just to stay alive you have run all your life and thrown rocks to your enemies. You get a speed increase of  +6 and also 6 ranks in the throw skill..You start with 600 gold}

{23}{ Dimensional traveller.

(By Loko)Arcanum is most certainly not your home. The mysterious experiments that brought you here have proven too difficult to repeat, and so you resolve to find a new life in this place. Your scientific past gives you  +4 to intelligence and +4 perception. On the other hand, Arcanum's strange culture and attitudes give you -6 to charisma and , and -35 to reaction (You look...very odd, somehow).You dont have any local money but you start with a weapon and some bullets.}

{24}{Tragic Doctor

You have been trained as a doctor.You get a huge bonus 12/4 in healing and 4 points in intelligence .You also get a  bonus of 30 expertise in therapeutics and a bonus of 30 expertise in herbal sciences.Unfortunately one of your patients has died by your mistake.He was your only son.Your  personality suffers tremendusly.Your willpower drops to 2 and can never go higher.You also get more critical failures in combat +20.You have donated all your money to the poor so you start with nothing.}

{25}{Mule

You could  always carry more than other people of the same strength (+2000).But your speed is reduced by one.You start with 600 gold}

{26}{Dark Knight

 (By Zed) You joined a cult called the Dark Knights. You gain +1 strength and +1 dexterity, but you loose all starting wealth, and suffer a  negative reputation of -35 }

{27}{Negotiator

(By Zed)You are very skilled, in  language,. You gain a huge bonus to persuasion  6/4  and also a little bonus to Haggle 2/4 , and by selling many books, you start with double wealth (1200 coin). The bad thing is because you talk so much with people you dont have time for everybody. Therefore you can have one less maximum follower.}




