Bob Weaver
SOC-12
New Prior Career: School
The School career represents the pursuit of higher education wit the goal of learning a specific skill or to enter a specific profession. Most people who foll w this path go into normal careers, but every once in a while, a highly trained and education professional chooses a life of adventure rather than a normal career.
I used the College rules from High Guard as the basis. The admission, success, honors and education rules are directly from Book Five. There are four skill tables as is standard for CT chargen. Unlike the other prior careers, in School everyone can use Table 1 but the player must decide what kind of school the character will go for (Trade School, College or Professional School) at the time of the admission roll. Skills can only be rolled for on that table. The success roll if made gives the character +1 EDU, representing their overall studies. If the success roll is missed, do not roll for Honors. In subsequent terms, the character may transfer up (TS>C>PS) but this must be announced before making the success roll.
Skill acquisition goes as follows:
Term 1 roll 1d on the Personal Development table and 1d on the appropriate school table. Receive Skill-2 in the skill rolled on the school table. Honors students get Skill-3 instead of Skill-2.
Subsequent terms are resolved the same as term one, but the student gets only one skill roll, or two if they make the honors list. Instead of rolling, the player can choose +1 in an existing skill or they can roll and take Skill-1 in a new skill. Note also the increasing penalty towards retention in school after the second term.
Career: School
Admission – 9+ DM +2 if Edu 9+
Success – 7+ DM +2 if Int 8+
Honors – 9+ DM +1 if Edu 9+
Retention – 6+ DM -1 per term past 2
Skill Tables (I'm sorry about the formatting)
Roll Personal Development Trade School College Professional School
1 +1 Edu// Mechanical// Admin// Medical
2 +1 Edu// Gravitics// Broker// Engineering
3 +1 Str// Robotics// Trader// Instruction
4 +1 Int// Computer// Survey// Legal
5 +1 End// Electronics// Navigation// Science
6 Brawling// Jack-o-T// Commo// Pilot
Mustering Out Tables
Roll Benefits Cash
1 Low Passage 1000
2 Equipment 2000
3 +1 Int 2000
4 Credentials 3000
5 Credentials 4000
6 High Passage 5000
7 +1 Soc 5000
DM +1 if any skill at Skill-5
Notes on Skills
All skills are taken from CT books 1-8 with the exception of Science. Science is a cascade skill which the player can select. Any branch of science not covered by another held skill can be specified.
Notes on Benefits
Credentials means that the character is formally recognized by a relevant professional or trade organization. This includes formal degrees from an accredited institution and some recognized contribution to the field such as research or innovative practice. It has no cash value and cannot be transferred, but a Credentialed character can claim greater compensation from a patron and get a bonus (Referee's discretion) on reactions when operating within the character's chosen field.
Equipment means the character has been given at no cost a set of standard tools (or other logical equipment) relevant to the area of highest skill. For example, a character with Mechanical-3 would receive a standard Mechanical tool kit. If the highest skill does not have standard tools, then the player can choose a set for another skill.
I happen to work in higher education, so this seemed like an interesting alternative to the more militarily oriented standard six careers in CT. I have read the article on the Imperial Academy of Science and Medicine in JTAS 22, but that seems over-complicated and gets way too specific in its scientific fields. So this aims to be simpler. Hope you like it.
The School career represents the pursuit of higher education wit the goal of learning a specific skill or to enter a specific profession. Most people who foll w this path go into normal careers, but every once in a while, a highly trained and education professional chooses a life of adventure rather than a normal career.
I used the College rules from High Guard as the basis. The admission, success, honors and education rules are directly from Book Five. There are four skill tables as is standard for CT chargen. Unlike the other prior careers, in School everyone can use Table 1 but the player must decide what kind of school the character will go for (Trade School, College or Professional School) at the time of the admission roll. Skills can only be rolled for on that table. The success roll if made gives the character +1 EDU, representing their overall studies. If the success roll is missed, do not roll for Honors. In subsequent terms, the character may transfer up (TS>C>PS) but this must be announced before making the success roll.
Skill acquisition goes as follows:
Term 1 roll 1d on the Personal Development table and 1d on the appropriate school table. Receive Skill-2 in the skill rolled on the school table. Honors students get Skill-3 instead of Skill-2.
Subsequent terms are resolved the same as term one, but the student gets only one skill roll, or two if they make the honors list. Instead of rolling, the player can choose +1 in an existing skill or they can roll and take Skill-1 in a new skill. Note also the increasing penalty towards retention in school after the second term.
Career: School
Admission – 9+ DM +2 if Edu 9+
Success – 7+ DM +2 if Int 8+
Honors – 9+ DM +1 if Edu 9+
Retention – 6+ DM -1 per term past 2
Skill Tables (I'm sorry about the formatting)
Roll Personal Development Trade School College Professional School
1 +1 Edu// Mechanical// Admin// Medical
2 +1 Edu// Gravitics// Broker// Engineering
3 +1 Str// Robotics// Trader// Instruction
4 +1 Int// Computer// Survey// Legal
5 +1 End// Electronics// Navigation// Science
6 Brawling// Jack-o-T// Commo// Pilot
Mustering Out Tables
Roll Benefits Cash
1 Low Passage 1000
2 Equipment 2000
3 +1 Int 2000
4 Credentials 3000
5 Credentials 4000
6 High Passage 5000
7 +1 Soc 5000
DM +1 if any skill at Skill-5
Notes on Skills
All skills are taken from CT books 1-8 with the exception of Science. Science is a cascade skill which the player can select. Any branch of science not covered by another held skill can be specified.
Notes on Benefits
Credentials means that the character is formally recognized by a relevant professional or trade organization. This includes formal degrees from an accredited institution and some recognized contribution to the field such as research or innovative practice. It has no cash value and cannot be transferred, but a Credentialed character can claim greater compensation from a patron and get a bonus (Referee's discretion) on reactions when operating within the character's chosen field.
Equipment means the character has been given at no cost a set of standard tools (or other logical equipment) relevant to the area of highest skill. For example, a character with Mechanical-3 would receive a standard Mechanical tool kit. If the highest skill does not have standard tools, then the player can choose a set for another skill.
I happen to work in higher education, so this seemed like an interesting alternative to the more militarily oriented standard six careers in CT. I have read the article on the Imperial Academy of Science and Medicine in JTAS 22, but that seems over-complicated and gets way too specific in its scientific fields. So this aims to be simpler. Hope you like it.
