Professions
Below is a list of Occupations/Professions that Players can pick for their characters. This is for both roll-playing purposes as well as determining Character wealth. Some professions have prerequisites that must be meet before a character can choose it as its profession.
In order to fully understand Bonus Income and Credit Rating please review the Wealth page.
Starting Professions
Some starting Professions have a prerequisite that the character must meet to qualify for the Profession. If they do not qualify they can choose a different profession and change professions once they do qualify however they do not get the Starting Bonus Income.
Professions can provide both a starting Bonus income as well as credit score range. All new characters start out at the lowest credit score for the Profession in question. They can also provide a suggestions as to what Starter Packs or other Equipment they may have on there person at starting level.
The Professions are also rated based on a how wealthy they make the Character.
- Very Poor: Professions#Jobless, Student, Criminal
- Poor: Rural, Adventurer, Religious, Creative
- Independent: Military, Law Enforcement, Investigative, Emergency Services, Blue Collar
- Rich: Academic, White Collar, Technician, Entrepreneur
- Very Rich: Doctor, Dilettante, Celebrity
Choose one Profession from the available selections and apply the benefits to the character as noted in the Profession's description.
Academic
Academics include librarians, archaeologists, scholars, professors, teachers, and other education professionals.
- Prerequisite: Age 23+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $12,000
- Average Monthly Income: $4,000
- Credit Rating Range: 8 - 12
Adventurer
Adventurers include professional daredevils, big-game hunters, relic hunters, explorers, extreme sports enthusiasts, field scientists, thrill-seekers, and others called to face danger for a variety of reasons.
- Prerequisite: Age 15+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $6,000
- Average Monthly Income: $2,000
- Credit Rating Range: 4 - 10
Athlete
Athletes include amateur athletes of Olympic quality and professional athletes of all types, including gymnasts, weight trainers, wrestlers, boxers, martial artists, swimmers, skaters, and those who engage in any type of competitive sport.
- Prerequisite: Strength 13 or Dexterity 13.
- Starting Bonus Income: $4,000
- Average Monthly Income: #1,500
- Credit Rating Range: 4 - 8
Blue Collar
Blue collar occupations include factory work, food service jobs, construction, service industry jobs, taxi drivers, postal workers, and other jobs that are usually not considered to be desk jobs.
- Prerequisite: Age 18+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $8,000
- Average Monthly Income: $3,000
- Credit Rating Range: 10 - 15
Celebrity
A celebrity is anyone who, for whatever reason, has been thrust into the spotlight of the public eye. Actors, entertainers of all types, newscasters, radio and television personalities, and more fall under this starting occupation.
- Prerequisite: Age 15+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $24,000
- Average Monthly Income: $8,000
- Credit Rating Range: 15 - 20
Creative
The creative starting occupation covers artists of all types who fan their creative spark into a career. Illustrators, copywriters, cartoonists, graphic artists, novelists, magazine columnists, actors, sculptors, game designers, musicians, screenwriters, photographers, and web designers all fall under this occupation.
- Prerequisite: Age 15+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $8,000
- Average Monthly Income: $2,500
- Credit Rating Range: 4 - 13
Criminal
This illicit starting occupation reveals a background from the wrong side of the law. This occupation includes con artists, burglars, thieves, crime family soldiers, gang members, bank robbers, and other types of career criminals.
- Prerequisite: Age 15+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $4,000
- Average Monthly Income: $1,000
- Credit Rating Range: 0
Dilettante
Dilettantes usually get their wealth from family holdings and trust funds. The typical dilettante has no job, few responsibilities, and at least one driving passion that occupies his or her day. That passion might be a charity or philanthropic foundation, an ideal or cause worth fighting for, or a lust for living a fun and carefree existence.
- Prerequisite: Age 18+.
- Reputation Bonus Increase: +1.
- Starting Bonus Income: $24,000
- Average Monthly Income: $8,000
- Credit Rating Range: 15 - 20
Doctor
A doctor can be a physician (general practitioner or specialist), a surgeon, or a psychiatrist.
- Prerequisite: Age 25+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $18,000
- Average Monthly Income: $6,000
- Credit Rating Range: 17 - 23
Emergency Services
Rescue workers, firefighters, paramedics, hazardous material handlers, and emergency medical technicians fall under this category.
- Prerequisite: Age 18+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $8,000
- Average Monthly Income: $2,500
- Credit Rating Range: 10 - 15
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurs have an obsession about being their own boss. They believe in themselves, have an abundance of confidence, and the ability to acquire the funds necessary to bankroll their newest moneymaking venture. These small to large business owners have a knack for putting together business plans, gathering resources, and getting a new venture off the ground. They rarely want to stick around after the launch, however, as they prefer to put their energies into the next big thing.
- Prerequisite: Age 18+.
- Reputation Bonus Increase: +1.
- Starting Bonus Income: $16,000
- Average Monthly Income: $5,250
- Credit Rating Range: 8 - 12
Jobless
Some people are just down on their luck. Or they are incapable of caring a job due to an disability. Or they are just lazy. Either the case most species will have civilizations now or in there history where people where poor and jobless. Some people may like the freedom but few enjoy the lack of comfort, security, stability wealthy can provide.
- Prerequisite: None
- Starting Bonus Income: $250
- Average Monthly Income: $0
- Credit Rating Range: 0
Investigative
There are a number of jobs that fit within this occupation, including investigative reporters, photojournalists, private investigators, police detectives, criminologists, criminal profilers, espionage agents, and others who use their skills to gather evidence and analyze clues.
- Prerequisite: Age 23+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $6,500
- Average Monthly Income: $3,000
- Credit Rating Range: 11 - 14
Law Enforcement
Law enforcement personnel include uniformed police, state troopers, federal police, federal agents, SWAT team members, military police, and bounty hunters.
- Prerequisite: Age 20+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $7,500
- Average Monthly Income: $2,500
- Credit Rating Range: 9 - 14
Military
Military covers any of the branches of the armed forces, including army, navy, air force, and marines, as well as the various elite training units such as Seals, Rangers, and Special Forces.
- Prerequisite: Age 18+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $8,500
- Average Monthly Income: $2,250
- Credit Rating Range: 9 - 14
Religious
Ordained clergy of all persuasions, as well as theological scholars and experts on religious studies fall within the scope of this starting occupation.
- Prerequisite: Age 23+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $6,000
- Average Monthly Income: $1,500
- Credit Rating Range: 5 - 10
Rural
Farm workers, hunters, and others who make a living in rural communities fall under this category.
- Prerequisite: Age 15+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $6,000
- Average Monthly Income: $1,500
- Credit Rating Range: 7 - 11
Student
A student can be in high school, college, or graduate school. He or she could be in a seminary, a military school, or a private institution. A college-age student should also pick a major field of study.
- Prerequisite: Age 15+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $3,000
- Average Monthly Income: $500
- Credit Rating Range: 1 - 4
Technician
Scientists and engineers of all types fit within the scope of this starting occupation.
- Prerequisite: Age 23+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $16,000
- Average Monthly Income: $4,000
- Credit Rating Range: 10 - 15
White Collar
Office workers and desk jockeys, lawyers, accountants, insurance agents, bank personnel, financial advisors, tax preparers, clerks, sales personnel, real estate agents, and a variety of mid-level managers fall within the scope of this starting occupation.
- Prerequisite: Age 23+.
- Starting Bonus Income: $14,000
- Average Monthly Income: $3,500
- Credit Rating Range: 14 - 20