Character Professions

Food Gathering

Career	Grade	Description
Hunter	3	Hunters are experts at entering wild areas where they track down and kill game. As such, active hunters produce all manner of game meats as well as some hides. Hunters are generally skilled in things like tracking, and use of a weapon such as a bow, spear, blow gun, etc. Hunters also tend to know a bit about stealth and ambush.
Forager	3	A forager knows much of living off the natural fruits, vegetables and fungus that can be found in all manner of wild lands. Active foragers can spend time in the wild and produce food. The degree of success for a forager however has much to do with how fresh or foraged an area already is.
Farmer	3	Farmers are skilled in both the planting and harvesting of agricultural crops such as fruits and vegetables. They know how much of what seed to plant when and where as well as the proper time and method to harvest. Farmers are the back bone of most ancient civilizations and produce the most needed of all goods in the most efficient way.
Rancher	4	Ranchers are skilled at raising, breeding, maintaining and caring for a herd of animals. Generally these are food animals but are occasionally for products such as wool. Ranchers are needed to most efficiently manage a herd of animals without them falling to illness, hunger or mismanagement. Ranchers are most valued for their knowledge of veterinary medicine.
Pastoralist	2	Pastoralists like ranchers are responsible for the well-being of animal herds. Unlike Ranchers they are not quite so knowledgeable and manage herds poorly. They are however quite good at moving the herd and guarding it against predators when grazing. Pastoralists are often needed as assistants to ranchers to help them move and care for the herd as needed.
Milk Maid	2	A Milk Maid is a professional whose primary work is milking cows. More proficient milk maids are capable of milking cows faster and thus are more efficient. Aside from milking cows, milk maids often regulate feeding of calves and administering simple medical care.
Trapper	3	Trappers generally make their living in the wilderness by killing and skinning animals with snares, pits and the like. Traditionally trappers go after smaller game for their pelts. This of course produces both pelts and minimal meat. Trappers are capable of targeting larger prey but do so less efficiently than hunters.
Fisherman	3	Fisherman are another dependable and efficient provider of food. Fishermen were one of the first producers of food capable of producing surplus food for others. unlike other providers of meat, fisherman can do so in good quantity and consistently. Fishermen are skilled in fishing from a coast line with line and hook, in a stream with a spear or from a boat with nets. Fishermen can also prepare their catch for consumption.
Sea Divers	2	A sea diver can produce all manner of food from the sea. Their method is relatively simple. They swim down, pick it up and put it in a container. Sounds simple, but such deep diving requires skill and talent. When working, divers can get a wide variety of food from the sea such as crabs, clams, and kelp as well as other products such as coral and sponges.
Sea Trapper	3	Sea trappers are experts at making small cage like traps for to catch sea animals. They build them using little more than a knife or sharp rock from simple twigs, sticks and vine fibers. Leaving them in the right places over time, all they need do is pull them up and collect their prize. Generally crab and lobster.
Whaler	4	Whalers hunt large sea animals for food, hide, and blubber. A whaler however requires substantial equipment to go about his trade. He needs a large boat and special hunting weapons. With out these things, his skills go wasted.
Bee Keeper	2	Bee Keepers do just that. They maintain colonies of bees which produce honey and wax. In addition, bees are a great thing to cart around ones farms to pollinate some plants. A bee keeper knows best how to maintain colonies, handle them safely and keep them producing their goods.

Military

Career	Grade	Description
Warrior	5	Warriors are skilled in a variety of weapons, armor and fighting styles. They live by their swords and their wits. Warriors are not soldiers. They lack fundamental skills of living as part of an army and fighting as a unit. Few warriors have any interest in the soldier's rigid lifestyle. In stand up one on one fights, a warrior will almost always win against a soldier or even two. When 10 soldiers fight 10 warriors, the soldiers have an advantage however. When100 soldiers engage 100 warriors, the soldiers are practically a sure thing. Warriors have their edge alone or in small groups, soldiers have theirs in large unit tactics.
Soldier	3	The professional soldier makes up the bulk of most militaries. They are trained to fight well as a unit, be competent with a weapon and capable of making due in the field and during marches. A professional soldier can make due with being poorly equipped, but also has the training and experience to completely benefit from good arms and armor.
Archer	4	Archers are also professional soldiers who are well skilled in the difficult long bow. Archers lack the strength and endurance of their melee oriented brothers yet are an important part of a military.
Ranger	5	Rangers are skilled in archery, hunting, trapping, survival and scouting. There greatest value is their ability to operate on extended missions in the wild, alone or in small groups without need of supply. Rangers are also quite good at reconnaissance work and setting ambush. In more traditional warfare they function as archers one rank lower than rangers. Likewise, if set to a simple life as hunters or trappers they function at those careers as rangers one rank lower.
Dragoon	5	A dragoon a professional soldier specially trained to ride well and fight from the back of a mount. Dragoons specialized training however puts them at disadvantage compared to other professional soldiers when not equipped with a mount, and other horseman's weapons.
Knight	6	Knights are elite soldiers trained in the use of heavy armor, fine weapons, shields and mounted combat. Though an awesome force when well equipped, they are at considerable disadvantage when not properly outfitted. A knight spends most of his time away from the battle field in practice and physical conditioning. Knights who spend too much time doing more mundane work quickly loose their edge.
Military Officer	7	Military officers are professional soldiers with special training in tactics and leadership. Military officers generally rise to their position through displays of bravery. Though a bit less skilled than your average professional soldier in brute combat ability their courage and knowledge are important.
Military Commander	8	Commanders are generally older and no longer really suited as combat personal. Instead they are skilled in the more mentally demanding elements of war such as strategy, tactics, and logistics. Armed forces without a competent Commander are generally doomed by bad decisions.
Arms Master	6	Arms masters are generally old veterans who no longer have the wherewithal to continue normal military service. Instead they put their considerable experience to use training younger soldiers. Most Arms Masters are quite good with their weapons of choice but are far too past their prime to stand the rigors of normal military service
Siege Machinist	4	The Siege machinist is an expert in the construction, maintenance and operation of a variety of siege machines. Due to their great amount of training in this area, they lack most other skills of a professional soldier.
Siege Engineer	6	The siege engineer is a specialist in the construction of simple fortifications, and tactical usage of advanced ones. Siege Engineers are also formidable in knowing and devising ways to foil other defenses. Due to their great amount of training in this area, they lack most other skills of a professional soldier.

Wood Production

Career	Grade	Description
Lumberjack	3	A lumberjack is a skilled professional who chops down trees for timber. Cutting the right trees safely and efficiently is much more challenging than it sounds. This timber is the base material of all wood craft, making the lumberjack vital to many economies.
Lumber Splitter	2	Wood splitting is a more menial job than that done by a skilled lumberjack. Splitters generally spend their time removing tree branches and bark so that lumber can be transported and milled.
Lumber Miller	5	A Lumber Miller is skilled at taking timber and sawing, planing and otherwise working it into usable lumber. Unlike many professionals a lumber miller requires more than simple tools to ply their trade. A well equipped lumber mill must be constructed allowing them all the facilities and tools to properly work.
Lumber Curer	6	A lumber Curer knows how to take lumber and treat it with water, heat, sealants, rope binding and bracing to form it into more advanced shapes such as are needed for boats, barrels, etc. A lumber curer also requires a facility and materials to work their craft.

Stone Production

Career	Grade	Description
Quarry Worker	3	These workers are well skilled in safely and efficiently removing all manner of workable stone and minerals from where deposits are found. Unlike miners, Quarry workers have no experience tunneling into the earth.
Stone Cutter	4	Stone cutters have the difficult task of cutting, chiseling and filing large stone chunks into usable building stone. Stone Cutters can perform this task producing accurately shaped and uniform bricks with little broken or inadequate product. The most highly ranked stonecutters are artisans capable of magnificent reliefs and statues.

Metal Crafts

Career	Grade	Description
Miner	4	Miners specialize in extracting metal ore from the earth. Most often this includes digging into a rock face, crushing rock inch by inch and separating out tiny clumps of ore. In this way, miners are the foundation of the entire metal economy.
Smelter	5	Smelters are skilled in using great furnaces to heat and melt metal ores into their pure, crystalline, useful forms.
Blacksmith	5	A blacksmith is a skilled laborer who specializes in taking metal ingots, generally wrought iron, and working them into tools and other useful implements. Typical iron products include shovels, hammers, chain, horseshoes and nails.
Bellfounder	6	Bellfounders specialize in the production of larger items which are cast molded using molten metals. They are known most for the great bronze bells they cast. Other products include skillets, cauldrons, dutch ovens, griddles, lamp posts, anchors, bed frames, bath tubs, anvil and stoves.
Weapon Smith	5	The weapon smith is skilled in crafting iron and steel into efficient weapons of all kinds.
Armor Smith	6	Armor smiths are generally quite skilled professional men who can craft and alter suits of metal armor. Better armor smiths can craft a wider variety of better armor types.
Horologist	8	These professionals are experts in measurement and making of exact tools. They are highly skilled, learning astronomy, navigation, smithing and mathematics. Because of them, complicated items such as astrolabes, sundials, sextants and gearworks can be created.

Miscellaneous

Career	Grade	Description
Charmiser	3	Charmisers are individuals who specialize in creating charcoal form wood. They bury wood under large amounts of turf in an ancient burning technique to create a very useful product.
Mortar Maker	4	A mortar maker specializes in fabrication of various building materials which hold brick and stone together. Burning limestone in their great kilns, the best can make cements that harden under water and those that can make walls and floors without need for stone or brick.
Rope Winder	3	Rope winders are skilled at drying, winding and soaking hemp and other fibrous plants into ropes and twine. They are also skilled at making these into other products such as nets.
Engraver	5	Engravers meticulously etch metals with fine and complicated patters. Most commonly employed in the manufacture of jewelry, they also work in the creation of currency.
Furniture Maker	6	Furniture makers have very good wood working skill as well as some experience with leather and textiles. As good as they are with cabinetry and such there a poor substitute for a carpenter when doing structural tasks. You may consider a furniture maker as if he were a carpenter of 1 rank lower than his rank as a furniture maker.
Wicker Worker	2	A wicker worker crafts reeds, twigs palms and vines by interlacing them into useful shapes such as baskets, furniture and even light structures.
Beaurocrats	6	Beaurocrats excel in areas of law, procedure, organization and accounting. Higher ranked Beaurocrats do their jobs more efficiently and accurately. Beaurocrats are the perfect people to put into positions such as judges, lawyers, tax collectors, accountants, legislators and bankers.

Medical

Career	Grade	Description
Churgeon	7	The best trained, educated and skilled of the healing professions. Churgeons use surgical techniques and Apothecary medicines to treat the most dire of injuries and maladies. Though highly skilled, they also require good tools and facilities.
Apothecary	6	The apothecary uses all manner of herbs and chemicals to craft medical poultices, potions, elixirs and salves. Apothecaries are best at treating infections like viruses, bacteria and fungal infections.
Healer	5	Healers are medical practitioners best at what today would be considered first aid and urgent care. They are skilled at effectively treating most injuries as well as providing long term care for those suffering the likes of fever, dehydration and shock.
Herbalist	6	A herbalist per se is not completely a healer. Rather they gather and produce many of the herbs that Apothecaries utilize in their craft. This does not mean they are lacking in medical knowledge, they are generally quite capable of doing the same work as an Apothecary, but generally in a much less efficient manner.
Barber	4	Barbers primarily help to provide for general grooming and hygiene needs. Traditionally, barbers are known to dabble in some basic medical practice similar to a healer. There reputation for providing questionable dentistry services are well known.
Midwife	4	Midwives are medical specialists who work with pregnant women and help them birth babies more safely. The assistance of a midwife who understands child birth more completely can save the lives of many a mother and child.

Cloth, Fabric and Textile Production

Career	Grade	Description
Spinner	3	Spinners are people, generally women, whose job it is to turn fibers such as flax, cotton, and wool into yarn and thread. This yarn and thread is the fundamental building block of the entire textile industry. Spinners do require special tools to do any meaningful work.
Crocheter	3	A Crocheter is a person who creates crochet and nalbinding cloth items from yarn. These products are generally considered fanciful and delicate. They are however relatively quick to produce as fair as fabric items go. Crochet is generally best for blankets and pillows.
Knitter	4	Knitters produce fabric products directly from yarn by knitting them knot by knot with special needles. Most garments of average quality are knit in this manner. Knitting is the quantity over quality approach used to cloth most commoners in the medieval setting.
Weaver	4	A weaver is a person, usually a woman, who turns thread and yarn into cloth. Somewhat complicated looms are necessary for this work. The cloth that is generally produced is much finer than that produced by crochet or knitting. Finished cloth has great versatility when worked by a tailor, and is quite valuable and sought after.
Tailor	4	A tailor is a professional at producing items such as garments from cloth. They have no expertise at all in producing cloth itself, but can cut it apart into patterns and sew it back together into the highest quality of garments and other cloth goods.
Leather Worker	5	The making and fashioning of leather is one of mankind's oldest professions. Throughout history, this process has been subdivided into several specialized crafts with specialized titles. Titles like skinner, tanner, cobbler and glover are all related to professionals which were involved in the process of animal hides being turned into useful products. For the sake of simplicity, we will use "Leather Workers" as the generic classification for all individuals who cut, clean, salt, boil, lime, treat, tan, dry, tailor and fashion animal hides into leather goods.

Prospector

Dowser

Milkmaid

Cowpolk

Butcher

Brewer

Construction Professionals

Career	Grade	Description
Engineer	7	One of the most skilled of workers and scholars is the engineer. Engineers apply their knowledge of structure, material, motion and forces to design buildings and devices which require careful planning and advanced understanding of applied sciences.
Carpenter	5	A carpenter is a highly skilled professional at the use of lumber in building tasks. They are skilled at cutting and joining lengths of lumber to achieve a number of structural goals. Almost any wooden work can be done by a carpenter. Carpenters make furniture as if they were furniture makers 2 ranks lower then their carpentry rank.
Mason	4	Masons are skilled at making structures from stone and clay brick, joining them together with mortar. Anybody could slop bricks together with mortar. A masons skill is both ability to custom cut stone bricks to exacting needs and to assemble them together with balanced precision.
Thatcher	3	A thatcher is an individual who is skilled in making relatively weather resistant building roves from hay and twine. Properly made "thatch" roves insulate against extreme temperature and keep out most moisture.

Character Development

Rank- All characters will be ranked in their profession(s) with four different suffixes to their career title. These will be poor, adept, master or grand master. Poor is the least skilled, grand master being the most. Thus a fisherman could be a poor fisherman, an adept fisherman, a master fisherman, or a grand master fisherman. The better a professional character, the more efficiently he does his work and often with greater potential. For example, only grand master architects can build the most monumental structures, and only grand master wizards can cast those most impressive spells.

Grade- A career grade represents how hard a particular profession is to excel at. Simple jobs like herding animals have a low career grade, very demanding careers such as being a wizard have a very high career grade. Career grades will be very important when it comes to learning new careers and advancing characters in the ones they already have.

New Professions- It's easy for a character to change career. Simply inform the game master of what the particular character(s) will be doing this turn instead of their normal careers. It's as easy as this. The new career has begun. This does not bean the character's past profession has changed. The character simply begins to have multiple careers, each with their own Rank. Keep in mind however that this new profession is not picked up over night. The character still has to get enough on the job experience, as described later, to pick up the new profession. Until that time they are considered "new", and you shouldn't expect much from their performance.

Profession Points- Each month a character gains 1 Profession Point (PP) to apply to the career they have been working at. On some occasions, such as when a character is holding down multiple different jobs, this one PP may be divided into fractions among his various professions.

Advancement- As mentioned earlier, characters gain PPs into careers they work at. gaining enough PPs will advance the Rank of that individual in his profession. The number of PPs a character needs to earn in his profession to raise it's Rank are based upon it's current Rank and the Grade of the profession. Consult the chart below for specifics.

Rank	PPs Needed
Advancing "New" to Poor	Profession Grade X 6 PPs
Advancing Poor to Adept	Profession Grade X 8 PPs
Advancing Adept to Master	Profession Grade X 15 PPs
Advancing Master to Grand Master	Profession Grade X 24 PPs

Learning from scratch- Learning from scratch is what happens when a character wants to start a profession that he has no learning outlet from. This means he has no professional contact with anybody of that profession. They pick what looks to be a good place to start, do their best at it, and try to go from there. They receive no instruction and have very little insight into their new profession other than knowing it's something they want to do, and the most rudimentary concepts of what that profession is. Learning in this way does require the needed equipment for that profession and active (attempted) practice of the career. Ultimately this is the trial and error method by which all careers were originally created. When learning a profession "from scratch", the character starts as "new" for his Rank, and gains only half the PPs in that profession as normal.

Changing Careers -There are some professionals in some fields which are similar enough that transition from one directly to another is possible with out having to start from the bottom. These are primarily military careers. In these cases they start as one rank lower in their new career than they were in their old one. It is not uncommon for old soldiers and warriors of various sort to become armsmasters or for officers to become commanders.