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Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 1:26 am
by Ravenheart87
I miss the following occupations from the list:

Fisherman (knife, fishing net)
Militiaman (spear, flask of spirits)
Sailor (cutlass, rope)
Vagabond (staff, rations for five days)

Which occupation's would you add?

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:19 am
by MrHemlocks

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:09 am
by abk108
Lots of maritime occupations, or at least something saying
" Hunter ( or Fisherman if applicable)"
along the occupations we already have.

I don't know if this can help, but here you can find an occupation list I created for my homebrew game: http://www.mediafire.com/file/5l4osggwd ... rsonae.pdf

Anyway, what would be highly appreciate on my part is to get 6 separate tables, which are tied to the PC highest stat. So that you recreate something similar to racial stats (if for example dwarven profession are tied solely to STA and STR, or Halfling one are available only if your highest stat is AGI or LUCK), and you don't get odd PCs if you don't want to (a 3 INT apprentice wizard, or a 3 STR blacksmith..). If you want these odd PCs, you can just roll randomly to determine on which table to roll for profession.

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:10 am
by abk108
wouldn't that be simply a herder of bees? :D

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:17 pm
by JediOre
abk108 wrote:wouldn't that be simply a herder of bees? :D

I would not want to attempt to HERD bees! :lol:

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:14 am
by finarvyn
abk108 wrote:what would be highly appreciate on my part is to get 6 separate tables, which are tied to the PC highest stat
A nice idea and one which would make a great magazine article if it doesn't make its way into the rulebook. Makes sense that folks with certain stats would gravitate to certain professions.

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:17 am
by finarvyn
JediOre wrote:
abk108 wrote:wouldn't that be simply a herder of bees? :D
I would not want to attempt to HERD bees! :lol:
It's actually easy once you figure out how to lasso the lead bee without getting the lariat caught in his wings. The rest of the herd follows the leader bee. :lol:

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:28 am
by finarvyn
finarvyn wrote:
JediOre wrote:
abk108 wrote:wouldn't that be simply a herder of bees? :D
I would not want to attempt to HERD bees! :lol:
It's actually easy once you figure out how to lasso the lead bee without getting the lariat caught in his wings. The rest of the herd follows the leader bee. :lol:
My sister has just informed me that my argument is absurd and that you need to lasso the queen bee, not the "lead" bee. Just thought I'd pass this along. :P

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:38 am
by JediOre
Your sister is right.

Unless you are a bee keeper, it is a rare thing to see anything but female bees. The queen bee is the key to transporting a bee colony.

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:10 pm
by Blood Axe
The Warhammer Career compendium has a LOT of careers. A LOT!! Some excellent ideas there.

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:53 pm
by GnomeBoy
How about 'sister'? That way, your character will have all the answers... :wink:

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:29 am
by Tortog
Most of what I would suggest has already been posted, but I think if they leave the racial occupations on the chart, then:

Human Artisan, Human Forester, Human Miner would be nice...

I'd like to see:
Acolyte.......club......Holy Scrolls of the faith

Gladiator....short sword, or 20% chance pf spear... shield, or 20% chance of net; +1hp

Mason....hammer.....hand cart Roll 1d6 for contents (1. bricks: limestone, 2. bricks: marble, 3. bricks: granite, 4. bags of sand, 5. rubble, 6. nothing)

Teamster/ Drover... whip.....wagon and pony; (Roll 1d4: 1. as farmer, 2. as wainwright, 3. as mason for wagon, 4. nothing) for wagon contents

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 7:31 am
by Blood Axe

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:04 am
by JediOre
GnomeBoy wrote:How about 'sister'? That way, your character will have all the answers... :wink:
Keep up with smartalek comments like that and we'll revoke your "He-man Woman-hater" club membership! :lol:

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:30 am
by GnomeBoy
*gives high sign*

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 4:50 pm
by dunbruha
Blood Axe wrote:Here is some food for thought.
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Which book is this from?

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:36 pm
by Blood Axe
dunbruha wrote:
Blood Axe wrote:Here is some food for thought.
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Which book is this from?
The rare Warhammer Career Compendium. :wink:

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:23 pm
by jamescbennett
Stevedore, gandydancer, and roustabout have always been my favorites. Much better titles than anything you see in a modern company. Alas, most of them aren't medieval-appropriate.

I'd like some barbarian professions (barbarian, nomad, northman, savage) and some maritime professions (cabin boy, fisherman, pirate, sailor). However, professions are so easy to throw together that I imagine we will get a slew of 3rd-party profession tables.

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:58 pm
by Blood Axe
Maybe we can stat out some of these occupations to add?

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 9:16 pm
by ScrivenerB
Stylite. It has Vancian provenance afterall. Comes with rope and a bucket. Weapon: cat-o-nine-tails (d5 subdual). Knows about religion, balance, being bizarre, and the weather. Oh yes, intimately familiar with the weather.

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylites

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 12:49 am
by Ravenheart87
ScrivenerB wrote:Stylite. It has Vancian provenance afterall. Comes with rope and a bucket. Weapon: cat-o-nine-tails (d5 subdual). Knows about religion, balance, being bizarre, and the weather. Oh yes, intimately familiar with the weather.

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylites
I like this. :)

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:16 am
by fuel
Rat Catcher: trap, small terrier dog

Prostitute: small knife, blanket

Dung Shoveler: shovel, wheelbarrow

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:23 am
by Jim Skach
fuel wrote:Dung Shoveler: shovel, wheelbarrow
Gong Farmer...

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:51 am
by fuel
So that's what a gong farmer is!

Re: Occupations you'd like to see

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:38 pm
by Jim Skach
fuel wrote:So that's what a gong farmer is!
Also referred to as Nightmen...because they were only allowed to work at night...