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• Requirements : Humans and Halflings Only
• Description : You cannot stand to be in the dark. You stay constantly aware of your surroundings, peering into dim corners and dark shadows to see if something is there. While this has raised your Perception by 2, you will suffer a panic attack if you are in too dark an area, leading to -2 to Dexterity, Intelligence and Willpower, but you do gain +2 to Strength from the fear.

• Requirements : Humans, Dwarves, Gnomes, and Halflings Only
• Description : You are terrified of open spaces. As a child, you rarely went outdoors and spent your time reading and studying, gaining a +2 Intelligence. You are fine if you are indoors or even in a thickly forested area, but if you go into an outdoor open area, you suffer a panic attack, losing your Intelligence bonus and leading to -2 to Dexterity, Intelligence and Willpower, but you do gain +2 to Strength from the fear.

• Requirements : All
• Description : Spending your whole childhood inside a shop, you gain a bonus to Haggle, but suffer a penalty to Dexterity.

• Requirements : Humans Only
• Description : You recieved some Army training during your youth, but were discharged for having flat feet. You gain a bonus to your Strength (+1), as well as your Bow (+1) and Melee(+1), but you have a penalty on Dexterity (-1).

• Requirements : Human Only
• Description : You like fire. No, you LOVE fire! Fire fire fire! You were always picked on as a kid for being scrawny (-1 Strength and -1 Constitution) but you showed them! You studied explosives (+20 Expertise) and you burned their homes! Burned them to the ground! Ha ha! Then you ran away from home and snuck aboard the IFS Zephyr, which seemed highly flammable and an excellent target. You probably would have torched the zepplin if it hadn't been shot down.

• Requirements : Human Only
• Description : You are a gun-toting bandit. You ran afoul of the law and reached the IFS Zephyr just one step ahead of the authorities. You have your gun and some ammo, but you do not have any money. (After the press build was completed, this background was changed so that the character gets -1 to Charisma and +1 to perception.)

• Requirements : All but Half-Ogres
• Description : You were raised among a wild barbarian tribe in a far land. No one knows how or why you came to be a passenger aboard to IFS Zephyr, but given your ferocious demeanor, no one tried to find out. You gain +2 Strength and +1 Constitution and a +1 to Melee, while suffering -1 Intelligence, -2 Charisma, and a -2 to Haggle. You also possess barbarian armor but less money than other characters.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You are Ugly. There is just no other word for it, unless you consider hideous a better word. Children flee from you in terror and even the kindest of souls finds it difficult to stand your presence for long. As a result of your countenance, you take an extreme penalty to Beauty (-6), but, because you have to defend yourself from frequent attacks, you gain a bonus to Strength (+2), Dexterity (+2) and all of your Combat Skills (+1).

• Requirements : All but Half-Orcs and Half-Ogres
• Description : You have spent most of your life reading. You gain a bonus to Intelligence (+1). Unfortunately, myopia has set in, and you lose a point of perception (-1).

• Requirements : All
• Description : You were born during an astronomical event. As a result, you get critical hits and misses less often, but they tend to be spectacular when you do.

• Requirements : Human Females only
• Description : You were reanimated by a mad scientist to be the bride of his other creation, but somewhow you managed to escape before the wedding. You are very well constructed (Beauty +4, Constitution +4, Electrical Resistance +20%, Poison Resistance +10%), but slow (Dexterity -4) with a damaged brain-larynx connection (you use dumb dialog options) and a susceptibility to fire (Fire Resistance -10%). You also start out with no money whatsoever.

• Requirements : All but Half-Orcs and Half-Ogres
• Description : You were the class bully, big and dumb. Extortion and intimidation have afforded you a bonus to Strength (+1), but getting people to do your homework for you leaves you with a deficiency in Intelligence (-1).

• Requirements : All but Half-Orcs and Half-Ogres
• Description : Having been convinced by a travelling salesman to become his apprentice, you've given up your life in the military academy you were enrolled in. You gain a major bonus to Charisma (+6), but lose some physical Strength (-2) and Constitution (-2), as well as taking a penalty to all your Combat Skills (-1).

• Requirements : All
• Description : You start with your father's +1 sword and are known throughout the land as a child of a Hero. Therefore you incur terrible negative reaction for any evil act.

• Requirements : Dwarves only
• Description : Your parents did not belong to a clan, and would not discuss the reasons why. You gain no dwarven bonus to Tech skills, but you do start with an excellent dwarven hammer.

• Requirements : Elf Only
• Description : You believe in the philosophy of the dark elves, that technology must be brought down at any cost. This faith has strengthened your resolve (+2 Willpower), but the recent rise of technology has made you bitter (-2 Charisma).

• Requirements : All
• Description : Your eyes are overly sensitive to light. You are nearly blind in daylight, but you can see perfectly in darkness. Therefore, all skill lighting penalties are reversed for you.

• Requirements : All But Dwarves
• Description : You were born with a magickal aptitude that has affinity for the sun. During the day (between the hours of 6 AM and 6 PM), you possess a +20% bonus to your Magickal Aptitude, but at night you suffer a -20% to your Magickal Aptitude.

• Requirements : Females only
• Description : Your family is one of the most influential in all of Arcanum. As a young debutante, you have bonuses to Beauty (+3) and Charisma (+3). Of course the easy life has made you soft in mind and body. You have penalties in Strength (-1), Dexterity (-1) and all of your Combat Skills (-2).

• Requirements : Gnomes only
• Description : You are not a part of the Gnomish capitalist bourgeoisie and instead grew up as a day laborer. You suffer a significant penalty to Haggle (-2), but gain a bonus to Strength (+1).

• Requirements : All
• Description : You are a natural teacher. As you learn skill training, you can teach your followers the previous training step. So as an Expert, you can teach your followers as Apprentices, if they qualify. However, since you spend extra time with each follower, you cannot have as many as usual (-1 to maximum followers).

• Requirements : Humans, Half-Ogres, Gnomes and Halflings only
• Description : Your fathers's great-grandmother was an Elf. The character gains a bonus to Dexterity as well as an increase in your Magickal Aptitude (5%), but suffers a penalty to all Tech skills (-1).

• Requirements : Human Only
• Description : RYou have escaped from an insane asylum and stowed away aboard the IFS Zephyr. You are extremely resistant to damage (+25% to normal, fire, electrical, and poison resistance) but you have no money, you have stolen some cheap clothing, and most people are frightened or repulsed by you (-25 reaction).

• Requirements : All
• Description : You possess an extreme personality. People react more strongly to your presence, and tend to grow to either love or hate you.

• Requirements : Half-Orcs Only
• Description : You were a slave in a factory untill a recent escape. You have little money, but you gain a bonus to Strength (+1).

• Requirements : All
• Description : As an infant, your parents abandoned you in the middle of the forest. Having been raised by a pack of wolves gives you a considerable bonus to Dexterity (+3) as well as increases in the Thieving skills of Prowling (+1) and Pickpocket (+1). But, oblivious to table manners and the rules of good society, you recieve a severe penalty to Intelligence (-6) as well as decreases in the Social skills of Persuasion (-1) and Haggle (-1). You begin with half the normal starting wealth.

• Requirements : Elves only
• Description : Raised in the city, you lose the Elven bonus to Dexterity (-1) but gain a significant bonus to Persuasion (+0.5).

• Requirements : Human Males only
• Description : You were reanimated by a mad scientist from various body parts he found at gravesites, but somehow you escaped from the laboratory. You are very well constructed (Strength +4, Constitution +4, Electrical Resistance +30%, Poison Resistance +20%), but you are very slow (Dexterity -6) with a damaged brain-larynx connection (you use dumb dialog options) and a susceptibility to fire (Fire Resistance -20%). You also start out with no money whatsoever.

• Requirements : Half-Ogres only
• Description : Your Gnomish master recently died, and in his will you were freed from servitiude, as well as being left a small monetary gift. However, you are not very bright, and suffer a penalty to your Intelligence (-1).

• Requirements : Halflings only
• Description : Abandoned in a large city as a child, you survived by stealing and never recieved any education. You gain a significant bonus to Pickpocket, but lose a point of Intelligence (-1).

• Requirements : Humans, Half-Orcs, Dwarves, Gnomes, and Halflings Only
• Description : You are deathly afraid of water and of drowning. As a child, you constantly made up reasons to avoid entering even shallow water, gaining +2 to Persuasion. If you do find yourself in water, you suffer a panic attack, leading to -2 to Dexterity, Intelligence and Willpower, but you do gain +2 to Strength from the fear.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You are constantly busy. Your Dexterity is higher then normal (+1), but most people find you annoying, and your Charisma suffers (-1).

• Requirements : Human and Human Hybrids Only
• Description : You were institutionalized at a young age and believed to be mentally handicapped. After several years, the institute lost funding and you were turned out onto the street with nothing more than the clothes on your back. You are brilliant with a keen grasp of numbers and mathematics, but you are barely able to talk. You gain +6 points of Intelligence and +3 to Gambling, but years of being locked away makes you suffer physically and emotionally. You talk as if you had a much lower Intelligence and you suffer -1 to Strength and Constitution, and -2 to Dexterity and Willpower.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You were orphaned as a young child and inherited a lot of money. The easy life has cost you a penalty to Willpower (-1). Most of the money has been spent by now, but you begin with twice the normal starting wealth.

• Requirements : Males Only
• Description : Women swoon whenever they are near you. Being unusually good-looking, you gain a large bonus to Beauty (+6). Unfortunately, all that primping has you lacking in the more manly virtues...you lose points in Constitution (-2), Strength (-2) and Dexterity (-2).

• Requirements : All
• Description : You have performed numerous untested and dangerous medical experiments upon yourself but suffer from the adverse affects. You have gained +2 Intelligence and Perception, a +20% to Poison and Electrical Resistance, and a +4 to Healing skill but you suffer -1 to Beauty and Charisma, -2 to Dexterity and -3 to Constitution.

• Requirements : All but Elves and Half-Elves
• Description : You are severely allergic to magickal items, such that touching them causes you pain. Therefore, you have been devoted to technology since a young age and have developed a knack for it. You gain a +10% bonus to Technological Aptitude, but you cannot wield ANY magickal items.

• Requirements : All
• Description : Though born to a wealthy family as a young child, you mysteriously lost your sight. It was discovered that you had contracted a degenerative and always fatal disease. As blind child, your early development favored indoor activities and development befitting the wealthies of society. You gained +3 to Intelligence and Charisma. Your senses of touch, hearing and smell increase to compensate for your blindness, resulting in a +5 Perception. However, you suffer physically, leading to -3 Strength, -3 Dexterity and -5 Constitution. As a young adult, your parents, out of desperation, paid for the services of a renown, if unothodox physician, who miraculously resotred your sight. The operation cost your family its fortune, so you set out to make your own.

• Requirements : All But Dwarves
• Description : You were born with a magickal aptitude that has affinity for nature. While standing on a natural surface, you possess a +20% bonus to Magickal Aptitude. But on a man-made surface, you suffer a -20% to your Magickal Aptitude.

• Requirements : All
• Description : Nietzsche once said "That which does not kill me makes me stronger", and he may have been referring to you. All your life you have been making mistakes, but you always seem to come out better afterwards. In other words, you critically fail more than normal but you have a 10% experience point bonus.

• Requirements : All But Dwarves
• Description : You were born with a magickal aptitude that has affinity for the night. At night (between the hours of 6 PM and 6 AM), you possess a +20% bonus to your Magickal Aptitude, but during the day you suffer a -20% to your Magickal Aptitude.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You grew up as the only child of very permissive parents, and you basically always got your own way. As an adult, you expect nothing less that total obedience from those around you (Willpower +6), but your temperament reduces your Charisma by 4 and your Persuasion and Haggle Skills by 2 each.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You used to work as a knife thrower in a circus, untill losing an eye in a freak accident. Sadly, you lose a point of Perception (-1), but you gain a bonus to your Throwing skill (+1).

• Requirements : Non Elves
• Description : You start with a wonderful suit of Magickal Elven chain mail, but suffer a penalty to all tech skills (-1).

• Requirements : All
• Description : Piety has its advantages and disadvantages. You gain a bonus to Perception (+1) but renouncing the material world leaves you with only one quarter of the normal starting wealth.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You were a runaway orphan, homeless and starving, when an orcish family in the wilderness took you in and raised you. Their brutish ways have left you with increased Strength (+2) and Perception (+2), as well as a bonus to all Combat skills (+1). Unfortunately, your upbringing has also taken its toll on your personality, and you have a severe penalty to Charisma (-6).

• Requirements : All
• Description : You recieve a 20% increase in your poison resistance, but suffer a penalty to your Beauty (-1) due to the large number of bite scars on your arms and legs.

• Requirements : All
• Description : Being a veteran in the local pit fights, you gain a bonus to Strength (+2), Dexterity (+2) and an increase in all Combat skills (+2). The vicious combat has also taken a toll. Head trauma gives you a severe penalty to Intelligence (-6).

• Requirements : All
• Description : Having run away with a local troupe of circus performers, you have gained considerable physical Strength (+6), but have serious deficiencies in Intelligence (-2), Willpower (-3) and Perception (-1) due to all of the school that you missed.

• Requirements : Half-Ogres only
• Description : You were born to a human mother, who miraculously survived your birth. Having been raised in the city, you gain a considerable bonus to Intelligence (+2). City life has also lessened your ferocity, and you lose points in both Strength (-1) and Constitution (-1).

• Requirements : Human Females only
• Description : Instead of a general education, you were sent to charm school. You gain bonuses to both Beauty (+1)and Charisma (+2), but you lose points in both Intelligence (-1) and Strength (-2).

• Requirements : All
• Description : You were cooed and coddled incessantly as a child. As a result of overprotective parenting, you take a severe penalty to Strength (-6), but, being more sensitive, you have bonuses to Intelligence (+2), Willpower (+2) and Perception (+1).

• Requirements : All
• Description : Mother Nature can be a harsh mistress. Having been born with an extremely weak immune system, you have penalties to Strength (-2), Constitution (-4) and Dexterity (-1), but all is not lost. Afternoons spent with a fever and a good book have afforded you an unnaturally high Intelligence (+6).

• Requirements : All But Dwarves
• Description : You were born with a magickal aptitude that has affinity for the open sky. While outside and in clear view of the sky, you possess a +20% bonus to Magickal Aptitude. But while underground, indoors, or even under a heavy forest canopy, you suffer a -20% to your Magickal Aptitude.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You have made a pact with a demon. In exchange for more magickal power, you have dedicated your life to the pursuit of evil. You gain +20% to Magickal Aptitude, but suffer -20 reaction from others and a -20 alignment (and your alignment can NEVER go higher).

• Requirements : All
• Description : You have suffered congenital brain damage. You lack Intelligence, but you recieve more praise for doing good deeds.

• Requirements : Female Only
• Description : You are a stunningly gorgeous woman, and you have been pampered and coddled all of your life. You gain a tremendous bonus to Beauty (+6) at the cost of Willpower (-1), Strength (-2) and most of all Intellgence (-3).

• Requirements : Half-Orcs only
• Description : You do not really look very Orcish, but you're still very surly. You've a bonus to Beauty (+2), but suffer a slight penalty to your Charisma (-2).

• Requirements : Humans, Half-Elves, Half-Orcs and Halflings Only
• Description : You were raised on a potato farm in the rustic backwaters of a distant land. You worked hard (+1 Strength and +1 Constitution), but you never experienced any technology of any kind. Subsequently, you are afraid of technological items and cannot bring yourself to even pick one up.

• Requirements : Female only
• Description : As a little girl, you were always playing games with the boys. As a woman, you can hold your own against any man, and you have avoided the stereotypical female role in society. This background negates the gender effect by increasing Strength (+1) while decreasing Constitution (-1).

• Requirements : Half-Orcs and Half-Ogres only
• Description : You were born with thick, brutish skin. Although you resist damage more than the average bloke (10%), you unfortunately take a penalty to Beauty (-1).

• Requirements : All
• Description : The gods frowned upon you when you were born. Cursed with both Trollish looks and mannerisms, you recieve severe penalties to both Beauty (-4) and Charisma (-4). As everyone seems to think that you are spawned from monsters or worse, you often find yourself fending off hunters and holy men, and gain bonuses to Strength (+2), Constitution (+3) and Dexterity (+1).

• Requirements : Half-Ogres only
• Description : You were born to an Ogre mother and lived with an Ogre clan until very recently. After time spent in civilization, you recieve a bonus to Willpower (+1) but you still suffer a slight penalty to your Charisma (-1).

Fan-Created

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• Requirements : human, dwarf, half elf,
• Description : you were the best body guard and yet no one knew you lived, this is because you knew every single spell and technology college. you were also master in every skill (your alignment is stuck on 100 good.) One day anouther king wanted the land of your king and so a assasin was sent to kill your king. you found the assasin waiting out side a bank were your king was supposed to pass. As the king came you blocked the bullet in your chest and managed to disintergrate the assasin causing you to faint still invisible. when you woke up you found yourself in the hospital where you healed but due to the wounds all stats go to 1 and you foget all the skills but still have the schetimatics known. you also still have 750 in hit points and fatigue points. you are now determined to be as good or better than before. you then ended up on to the ifs zephyr by accident. you start with no money but get 20 experience points per level.

• Requirements : Human
• Description : Bum bandit.. tough job you are a sick bastard all hate you, and your pretty much useless, except for arse raping. giving you a -7 str -7 dex -7 int -7 will - 7 beu -7 char -7 con

• Requirements : Any
• Description : You are a complete and total airhead. You aren’t smart (intelligence -6), or accurate (Dexterity -2), or even capable of fighting (all combat skills -2,crit. failure+15%). But through some twisted chance of fate, you are a master thief (master rank in all thieving skills, master rank pick locks). You also don’t sound like an idiot when you speak.

• Requirements : Humans only
• Description : Your profession involves pioneering new technology, with the aid of supernatural powers.The ultimate goal of your practice is to find both the secret of eternal life, and a way to transmute lesser metals into gold (start with triple the wealth, and receive 1 piece of gold for each slain enemy). Your quest has taken you to some pretty vial places, and has driven you conduct many gruesome experiments (+8 to intelligence, and +4 to perception and wisdom). You smell of sulfur, and you look pale and ghoulish (-5 to beauty). You have poor social skills (-4 to haggle and persuation skills, and -5 to charisma), and you are scrawnier than most people (-3 to strength and constitution, and +2 to dexterity). You fight with guns (+3 to firearms and repair skills), and spells, rather than with simple weapons (-3 to melee and bow skills).

• Requirements : Female human, half elf, half orc only
• Description : Being raised as a nomadic amazon, you receive exceptional bonuses to strength, dexterity, and willpower (+1 to all), and bonuses to your bow, throwing and dodge skills (2 ranks to all). However, you are very foul tempered which causes a significiant penalty to your charisma (-3) and also penalties to your persuasion and haggle skills (-2 ranks to both). You are not aware of ANYTHING technological(-12 to all tech skills), and receive a natural +20 magic aptitude. Staying away from technology also caused a purity to you (+3 to beauty). Even YOU can not remember how and why you were in the IFS Zephyr, but it is rumored that you were meant to assasinate Stennar Rock Cutter. You would indeed prefer a Dread Armour, but you possess an elegant dress, but do not worry. You also have your long bow and a quiver of arrows as your backup option.

• Requirements : All
• Description : The last thing you remember was boarding a flying ship called the IFS Zephyr. You don’t know why. You’re lack of knowledge of, well, anything, makes you seem less intelligent (-2 Intelligance) but you’re already so confused that its hard to confuse you further (+1 willpower) and people find you enigmatic (+1 charisma).

• Requirements : Dwarf, Half-Ogre, Half-Orc and Human only
• Description : You were the unwilling subject in a dangerous new mechanical augmentation experiment. Fortunately for you, funding for the project ran out and you were set free. Unfortunately for you, the augmentations, now perminantly a part of you, are incomplete. As a result of constant uncontrolable mechanical missfires, your chance for critical failures is greatly increased as is your expenditure of fatigue points. However, the augmentations do give you a +1 bonus each in strength and dexterity as well as greatly improved night vision.

• Requirements : any
• Description :

• Requirements : No restrictions.
• Description : You were a criminal but you chose to die just to save a small child that was about to be killed by your gang.Because god could not decide between putting you in hell or in heaven he send you back to the land of Arcanum with a mission to prove yourshelf.God gave you special powers but they must only be used for good.If you ever do the smallest bad thing like hitting an innocent with an area spell just agreeing to do a bad thing stealing anything from anyone allowing a bad aligment guy to join your team ,visiting an impure place like a bordello and using the services of the woman there or just killing an innocent you will instantly die and be transported to hell.In order to help you in your quest god gives you 4 extra cp to spend the way you like.

• Requirements : Any
• Description : You have always hated technology (-20% to all tech skills) so instead you turned to magic (+20% magic aptitude) but people think you have gone to far in your fanatic hatred (-2 charisma) but you keep struggling on! (+1 willpower)

• Requirements : all
• Description : You have been trained as an apocalypse warrior you have grown up being trained in the arts of death and destruction you therefore gain a bonus to all combat skills (+5),a bonus to strength (+20) ,a bonus to dexterity (+20) a bonus to constitution (+20)and a bonus to intelligence (+20)you are also a natural leader (+20 charisma, +20 willpower)and have found it easy to make money (8 times starting wealth)

• Requirements : Human, Half-Orc, Elf Only
• Description : Your Kind has Been Dead for many years, but due to the recent happenings in Arcanum, You have began to resurface. You are quite the man and start with quite the equipment

• Requirements : any for males and women
• Description : you are an angel !!! so you are the most better, strongher, faster, nicer.... of arcanum you are the master in every skills good game fils d’arcanum

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You have been dumped into Arcanum by a whirling vortex of supernatural making. After battling Zombies on Earth, you were forced to cut off one of your hands, which was unexplainably taken over by some supernatural force (-3 dex and a restriction on Pick Locks and Pick Pocket). You used to work at a store (S-Mart) and therefore have a great bonus to Haggle. You have loved shotguns and firearms all of your life, and therefore get a bonus to Gunsmithy and Firearms. You have battled zombies at home, so you get a +3 strength as well. You start out with a Quality Axe in your inventory.

• Requirements : Any except Half-Ogres
• Description : You we’re a hired assasin before you retired to have a more normal life you gain +3 Dexterity +1 Strength 1/5 to Prowl skill and Backstab. However on one assasination attempt you were scarred and terribly disfigured you loose -4 Beauty, also being reputed for the heartless killings you loose -3 Charisma aswell as -3 Intelligence for the lack of education you start out with Thief leather, a Fine steel dagger and nice magical Elven boots but you start out with only 100 coins.

• Requirements : Half-Ogre & Half-Orc only
• Description : You are a murderer. Due to your recent escape from an asylum, you have have gone crazy (-6 Intellegence) and starving. (Beauty -1..you are too slim to be considered "beautiful") But, since you have killed thousands and thousands of people, you gain Strength (+6) and a bonus to Melee and Dodge. Finally, due to your murdering, you are evil. (-40 to Alignment)

• Requirements : Human / Dwarf / Elf / Half Elf
• Description : You have a very naturalistic view of the world, and a deep understanding of the hows and whys of magick making your spells more powerful, but you are also skilled in the use of technology affording you more devistating attacks with technological items. You have after years of study, come to understand that the afterlife is no more than a continuation of this life caused by the nature of energy’s reaction to material things. Your study of social behavior and the species of arcanum allows you to train your followers, and you also fight more effectively against animals. Your belief that the gods of Arcanum are no more than magical beings, who have risen from their natural level through the manipulation of energy can cause negative reactions to religious activity harming your ability to learn for a short time. It’s best to keep a secular take on life. You start with 600 gold.

• Requirements : All except elves and half-elves
• Description : You were always a bright child, yet you did poorly in school. You have a short attention span and find it easy to get distracted (-3 Perseption). However you do posses a higher level of intelligence than most of your peers ( +3 intelligence).

• Requirements : Coolness
• Description : You are the best of the best, no one can come near you in any way shape or form. You have been trained as a master of every field and you are the fastest, strongest, smartest, and best looking hero in the land. So you start off with +10 to all stats, and +5 to all skills. You are also a master of all skills.

• Requirements : Human Only
• Description : You Are A Captain Of The Kingdom Of Azeroth And You start with St+3 Cn+3 Dx+4 Be-2 In+5 Pe+6 Wp+4 Ch+9

• Requirements : Humans, Elves, Half-Elves
• Description : You died, now your back. Brought back to life after a while of being dead, you have gained enlightenment from life’s greatest mystery (+ 8 Intelligence). Unfornatly, Death ain’t pretty and neither are you (-7 Beauty). Also the fact that all that rotting has weakened your muslces ( -3 strength), but made you more flexible ( +3 dexerity). Also, because of the magikal nature of your resurrection, you have a high magical aptitude.

• Requirements : Humans, Elves, Half-Elves
• Description : You died, now your back. Brought back to life after a while of being dead, you have gained enlightenment from life’s greatest mystery (+ 8 Intelligence). Unfornatly, Death ain’t pretty and neither are you (-7 Beauty). Also the fact that all that rotting has weakened your muslces ( -3 strength), but made you more flexible ( +3 dexerity). Also, because of the magikal nature of your resurrection, you have a high magical aptitude.

• Requirements : Any
• Description : You are a very very mean man. You hate everone!(-6 Charisma) And your very forcefull.(+6 Willpower) In-fact, your not mean, oh no, your pain evil!(-20 Alignment) And your certainly not beautifull.(-6 Beauty) Being so mean/evil you’ve learned how to use firearms to scare off people.(2 ranks in firearms) and you are very rich to, so you start out with a large amout of money, a double-barrel rifle and 100 bullets. Also, dispite your technoligical bounus, you are mastered in Mental Magick. (Nightmare...etc) also you gain a 20% of attacks to fear you and run away.

• Requirements : Goblin only
• Description : You get +20 to all stats. That’s fair, right?

• Requirements : All
• Description : dexterity, willpower, constitution all +4, charisma +3, - 4 ranks to all combat skills, -2 strength, -2 intelligence, -2 dexterity, -3 perception.

• Requirements : Human
• Description : Born illegitimately to a serving girl in your fathers court has left you to be raised with the bitter knowledge that your father not only won’t recognize your status but also refused to compensate your mother monetarily(-10 reaction).At an early age you began to coerce people into plots against your father so that you might gain the throne yourself(+1 persuasion +1 charisma -10 alignment).Youir father eventually found out about this executed your mother and was going to have you killed but you escaped on the zephyr.You start with no money but gain an envenomed sword that you were going to use to kill your father with.

• Requirements : all other than half orc , half ogre
• Description : you got hit around the head by a ogre with a tree you gain - 6 to beauty and chasima and -4 to intellgence but + 5 to strenghn and dexterity you also 2 ranks in melee and dodge and because your angry +2 to wisdom

• Requirements : Male, Human only
• Description : Your incredibly skilled in combat. str +10, dex +10, melee 3 ranks.

• Requirements : Dwarves only
• Description : As a small child, you skipped school in order (-4 intelligence) in order to perfect you skill with the ax. As a result you never learned the skills that are common to most dwarves (-3 to repair, no dwarven tech bonuses). On the plus side, all your training has made you very adept at "beatin’ the bleedin’ tar" out of your oponents (+5 strength). Also, you are asquick as lightning (+5 dexerity) and take a beating as well as you can dish it out (+5 Constitution). Not only that but hand to hand is you strong suite and Axes by far are your speciality (+50% Critical hit when using an axe), whether it’s throwing or chopping (+3 to both throwing and melee for the the purpose of using an Ax). Like wise, when you are about to die (under 20% health),your strength and dexerity max out but your persception drops to one. Unfortunately, all this training has left you with a bunch of scars (-4 beauty) and lacking any social grace (-4 charisma).

• Requirements : Half-Orc, Half-Ogre, Dawrf, Human.
• Description : Let’s face it. You are big, bad, dumb and slow. You have always taken advantage of the smaller ones, and you like that. With a lot of effort and imagination you archived to count up to 20 with your fingers (-3 Inteligence, -1/2 of Technological skills), and cosntant battles and fights haven give you nice looks or reputation (-3 Charisma, -2 Beauty, -1/2 of Social skills), adding that you might be large, but extreamly slow and brute, (-2 Dexterity). Yet, you have developed big muscles (+4 Strengh, +1/2 combat and thief skills) and a hard skin (+3 Constitution) You start with a very nice (and big) hammer too.

• Requirements : Human male
• Description : The player founded a big corporation and is known as the Bill Gates. Modifiers: All people react negatively to you. Start with 5 times more gold Start with glasses -20 to all magickal skills +20 to all tech skills +3 to int -3 to str

• Requirements : Human, Elf, Half-Elf.
• Description : Several years ago, you were known as a world famous wizard. Therefore, you start with a +20% Magickal aptitute and a -20% Technological one. You were afraid of death and decided to live forever. You tried to trun yourself to a Lich, but something went wrong and ended as a Demi-Lich. Yet, not all is lost, and somehow you managed to twist the curse you casted overyourself and you have started slowly turning to a Lich, and with time, you will end as one. You start knowing 2 black necromancic spells, and with a bonus of +2 inteligence, +2 perception and +3 willpower, yet, with penalties of +3 constitution, -3 charisma, -3 beauty and -3 strengh.

• Requirements : Dwarf only
• Description : Somehow the much-vaunted dwarven technological skill has skipped a generation. You grew up with the taunts of your peers and grew used to the jokes and the name of ’Black Thumb’ but that didn’t help you learn anything of the skills of forge or factory (-2 to all tech skills). Instead you spent much of your life outside of the caverns and workshops, gaining an appreciation of the natural world. It was there that you met a human healer who has shared much of her knowledge with you (Herbology - Heal Lite schematic. +2 Healing). These skills have helped you to gain acceptance in your community and even some status, along with a formidable bedside manner (+1 Persuasion). Your appreciation of life in all its forms have made violence distateful to you (-1 Combat skills).

• Requirements : Human,Half-Elf
• Description : You were part of an elite group of swordsmen for whom learning the art of swordsmanship was a way of life. You were born into this grim brotherhood of warriors, and spent years honing your skill with the sword with an almost religious devotion.The brotherhood hired their skills out to the highest bidder, but their ethics forbade them from working more than once for any employer. After completing a job they always moved on.You grew tired of this tedious and monotonus existance, and you were not the first to do so. Like others before you, you broke away and left to find your fortune elsewhere.Thus you boared the I.F.S. Zephyr, with the intention that wherever it landed would be the place where you would settle down and begin life anew.You have spent years training with the sword, honing your skills to an almost mystical level. Indeed, there are few that can stand against you in a duel of blades.Whenever weilding any kind of sword, you gain a +2 to your melee skill, and a rank of master.You also gain +3 to dexterity, because a sword feels to you an extension of your own body, guided by thought and instinct alone.However when weilding any other kind of weapon, your melee skill remains 0 and your rank apprentice, no matter what they were before. However when fighting unarmed your melee skill remains the same(although you dont have the bonus you recieve while weilding a sword), but your rank remains that of an apprentice.’A true warrior must not know how to harm alone, but to heal as well.’ Remaining true to ancient brotherhood teachings you have also trained in the way of the healer, for years of training are of no use if the warrior dies of his first wound. You recieve +2 in healing.You were trained to fight with speed and skill,always on the offensive. Thus you cannot wear any armour other than Leather. Also, you cannot use a shield.Your whole body is marked by scars due to the numerous battles you have fought, and through mishaps during training. You recieve a -4 to beauty.Since you spent most of your life with the brotherhood you have little knowledge of the way of life of others and of their customs. This ignorance leadas to many social incidents. You recieve a -2 to charisma.

• Requirements : Human,Half-Elf
• Description : You were part of an elite group of swordsmen for whom learning the art of swordsmanship was a way of life. You were born into this grim brotherhood of warriors, and spent years honing your skill with the sword with an almost religious devotion.The brotherhood hired their skills out to the highest bidder, but their ethics forbade them from working more than once for any employer. After completing a job they always moved on.You grew tired of this tedious and monotonus existance, and you were not the first to do so. Like others before you, you broke away and left to find your fortune elsewhere.Thus you boared the I.F.S. Zephyr, with the intention that wherever it landed would be the place where you would settle down and begin life anew.You have spent years training with the sword, honing your skills to an almost mystical level. Indeed, there are few that can stand against you in a duel of blades.Whenever weilding any kind of sword, you gain a +2 to your melee skill, and a rank of master.You also gain +3 to dexterity, because a sword feels to you an extension of your own body, guided by thought and instinct alone.However when weilding any other kind of weapon, your melee skill remains 0 and your rank apprentice, no matter what they were before. However when fighting unarmed your melee skill remains the same(although you dont have the bonus you recieve while weilding a sword), but your rank remains that of an apprentice.’A true warrior must not know how to harm alone, but to heal as well.’ Remaining true to ancient brotherhood teachings you have also trained in the way of the healer, for years of training are of no use if the warrior dies of his first wound. You recieve +2 in healing.You were trained to fight with speed and skill,always on the offensive. Thus you cannot wear any armour other than Leather. Also, you cannot use a shield.Your whole body is marked by scars due to the numerous battles you have fought, and through mishaps during training. You recieve a -4 to beauty.Since you spent most of your life with the brotherhood you have little knowledge of the way of life of others and of their customs. This ignorance leadas to many social incidents. You recieve a -2 to charisma.

• Requirements : Gnome
• Description : You are a Blessed Gnome, so gifted in fact, that you can make Gnomish PilotedWarMachines, they stand roughly 12 feet tall and only a gnome can fit in them (GPWM’s see the created Schematics Category), but, sadly, your lust for knowledge has decreased your social skills drastically (-6 to Charisma) but you are ingnomishly intelligent (+5 to Intelligence)

• Requirements : none
• Description : An accident when you were young left you permently blind. You have had to learn to survive without your eyes and thus gain a (+1) in melee and sense traps and (+3) in willpower. But due to the fact that brail was not around you get a (-2) in intelligence and (-3) in perception.

• Requirements : Human, Elf, Half-Elf, Half-Orc, Half-Ogre only
• Description : You have some proud ancestry, one of your forefathers was a gargoyle. Due to this, you are abnormally strong and hardy (+4 Strengh, +6 Constitution). Aside from that, you are very stubborn about defending things (+2 Willpower). But the other side of your ancestry shows, as you are hideously ugly (-6 Beauty), and soltitude has withered away your mannerisms (-4 Charisma). Also you, much like your ancestors, are rather stone-like (-2 Dexterity). You also gain a bonus in your melee and dodge skills, but a penalty in persuasion and haggle due to your hideousness.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You were born in an abandoned Sunroom, without anybody to give birth to you. The mages made sun shine all the time. You never were raised and didn’t know how to walk (-3 strength, dexterity, constitution).The Sunshine made you incredibly tan, but your skin was sensitive and burned (-3 beauty). You were never taught anything, just how to eat the fungi that grew there (-3 intelligence). Growing up to survive left you no choice to do other things (-3 willpower).A couple decades in the room has made you babble on just about the sun (-3 charisma).After a couple of decades, someone opened the room, freed you, and taught you how to walk and how to talk. You set out in the dark world for adventure you never knew of.Years in the sunroom has made your perseption go INCREDIBLY high(+21 perseption).

• Requirements : Male only
• Description : Your father was one of the better puglists around town. As you grew up, you were taken in by the boxing community, where you displayed great natural talent and skill. As a result of this early training, you receive bonuses to Stength and Dexterity (+1 each), but your many fights have caused slight brain damage (-1 Intelligence) and your face is not that well aligned, due to several broken noses (-1 Beauty).

• Requirements : Human Male
• Description : After breaking a cambelt the night before your big race, at the night drags. DOH! You borrow your dad’s dilorean! But something goes horribly wrong after exceding 80MPH on the track you find yourself in a large field surrounded by mountains and out of gas :-(. A large airship falls out of the sky and totals the dilorean! Fortunatley u have fast reactions from your super fast gear changes (+5 Dexterity) and a uncanny ability to predict traffic lights(+5 Perception) also constantly tinkering with cars every weekend (+20 Technological apptitude) But lacking your diet of high fat fast food (-2 Constitution) the natives having a strong mistrust for your strange ways (-7 Carisma) and a large assortment of car keys (-3 prow) its gonna be a long walk home!

• Requirements : none
• Description : lala

• Requirements : Half-Ogre
• Description : Bred into servitude for gnomish high society your speech and thought is more refined than your wild kin (+1 Charisma, +1 Persuasion, +1 intelligence). Missing out on the average Half-Ogre’s struggle to survive in the wilderness your physical and mental fortitude is lacks somewhat in comparison(-2 CN, -1 WP). Recently, you trampled your master’s prize tulip bulbs in absent minded haste. Horrified and surprised by this accident, your employer sold you off into service as a waiter on the IFS Zephyr. You begin with nothing on your person but crisp, white, tailored manservant’s garb and a bottle of the House Caladon red 1856. (Large Manservant’s Clothing, Wine)

• Requirements : all
• Description : you get + 2 to dex and str but can never go highier than -10 rep and you also have - 3 chaisma

• Requirements : any
• Description : You are witty, so witty in fact you can talk anyone into just about anything or out of virtually any situation. This has positive and negative effects as everyone around you thinks you’re a weasel. You gain an impressive bonus to persuasion (2pts)and haggle (+2pts)and +1 to intelligence. Unfortunately you also severe penalty to charisma (-3) and willpower(-2).

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You are a faithful servant of almighty God. But, years of celebacy have taken its toll on you. You start to admire the little boys who come to mass, and would would like nothing more than to "get to know them" better. You were already caught once and it almost cost you your career. Now the fantasies are becomming too much for a man to handle. You become mad with lust and turn to the darkside. The only thing you can imagine doing from now on is remaining a "man of the cloth" so you can lure your young male victims into the confession booth where you will ravage their little bodies to bloody mush. +10 willpower and charisma, but -20 strength constitution. +5 speed for chasing those sweet lil boys. starts with a lot of cash and a priest robe, but no weapons of any sort.

• Requirements : Elf and Half-Elf only
• Description : Son to a druid mother or father, you have acquired your powers from nature, granting you the ability to control plants at will (Entangle Spell- Nature College), and have gained and emmense amount of Beauty (+5) and have also gained Charisma (+3),inherited from your parents as well. However, due to the time you’ve put into your arcane studies, you’ve lost a great deal of Strength (-4).

• Requirements : ALL
• Description : Your father was a Villain, but you yourself aren’t nesseceraly a villainous person. Unfortunately, people consider you to be like father, like son (or daughter).You start with -50 Alignment for the purposes of dealing with others. On the upside, being the child of Villain does have it’s advantages. You have some of the more villanious arts down (+3 Backstab), and learning your father’s secrets has given you +4 intelligence. Unfortunately, this has made you less likeable (-4 Charisma).

• Requirements : All but elves
• Description : You grew up in a small village bordering an elven forest, which was out of bounds to hunters but proved too tempting for your father. You spent much of your time together learning the ways of the forest wildlife, studying (+1 Perception) and tracking them (+2 Prowling). You both became skilled hunters (+2 Bow) and setters of snares (+2 Arm/Disarm Traps). But you also had to avoid the elven scouts and the traps they set for trespassers (+2 Spot Traps). Unfortunately, your father went on one too many hunting trips, and you both were caught. Your father was executed but due to your tender age, the elves simply branded you. (-2 Beauty) This experience and your isolated childhood has left you a brooding and taciturn individual. (-2 Charisma)

• Requirements : Good
• Description : You are the embodiement of all that is good in the Universe, as such you were given special abilities to help you on your quest. You gain +2 strength, + 2 dexterity, +2 willpower, +2 intelligence, 20% to your magical aptitude, and because you shine with goodness +2 beauty and charisma. Since you are the Child of Light you can never do anything evil.

• Requirements : human,half-ork
• Description : In your life you were a great mage. You were assasinated for your doings, however, and found yourself amond a society of undead beings. They return you your soul, but they couldn’t return all your power to you. They could only save the first two necromantic black spells, as well as the first three fire spells. Being ressurected you get +6 Strength, +6 Dexterity and +8 Constitution. You sufer from penalties to beauty(-2) because you’re UNdead, however this has its up-s and you get +20%damage resist and +50% poison resist. You remember that your assasins had medalions of an unknown origin representing an eye in a hexagram and now you’re off to seek revenge.

• Requirements : Human only.
• Description : 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 your money for a cheap armor and 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 5 points of charisma and get minus 3 ranks in your persuasion skill. You also start out with no money whatsoever. But who needs money when you already have a cheap armor and 3 ranks in every fighting skill ?From all those years of training you also get +1 to strength and from your stubbornness +1 to willpower.

• Requirements : All but Dwarves
• Description : Ever since a young age, you have received visions of the near-future. As you grew older, you learned to rely on these dreams more and more. This reliance has had an adverse effect on your physique (-1 Strength), but has given you an uncanny ability to predict and exploit people (+1 to Social Skills.) The most vivid of your dreams revolves around an airship, the IFS Zephyr. Trusting in your visions, you purchase a ticket the next day. After all, they haven’t steered you wrong yet...

• Requirements : Dwarf
• Description : You are a dwarf born and bred, which gives you a more favorable reaction from other dwarves (+10 reaction), but unfortunately you also suffer from a few stereotypes which makes communicating with elves a bit strained (-10 reaction). You also get a extra bonus to Spot Traps and Repair.

• Requirements : Not Half-Ogre or dwarf
• Description : You are a famous stand-up comedian ("Have you ever noticed how dwarves walk like this, and elves walk like this? And what’s the deal with zeppelin food?"). You are very fun to be around (+2 CH), and have five times the normal starting amount of money. However, in order to have any good material, you have to be bad with the opposite sex (-3 BE). Also, you don’t work out, so you can make fun of buff guys (-2 ST). You have +15 fatigue, so you can out last the buff guys who try to chase you after your shows. Your agent got you a gig as the ship comedian on the IFS Zephyr. Pretty sweet, eh?

• Requirements : Halfling, Male Only
• Description : As a young lad, you were adopted by a couple of nomadic elves, and had adapted to living in the wilderness (+1 Dx) (+1 St). However, your family turned out to be concealed from the world, decieving all as to who they are. The shock of the realization led you to rebel against your parents until you left home, making you bitter, resulting in -4 to Charisma, but the vow you had taken to keep your family’s secret leads to +2 Willpower. After leaving home, you could not find an honest way of making a living. And thus, you turned to crime. You gain +1 ranks to Backstab, Pick Pocket, and Prowling for your initial petty thefts of various technological devices. These lead to fascination with mechanical locks and traps, resulting in +1 ranks to Lock Pick , Disarm Trap and +2 to Spot Trap. However, this lead to your eventual demise in an explosion trap in a Tarantian warehouse. You were resurrected by a passing mage, however you suffered physically from this, recieving -2 each to Constitution and Beauty. However, all of this thievery eventually caught up with you. The constabulary of Caladon, your last hit stand, caught you in a heist of a city warehouse. However, before you could be questioned, you broke free from your captivity, and used all of your remaining funds to purchase a ticket on the IFS Zephyr, bound for Tarant. Your plans were to then head over the Grey Mountains to the Glimmering Forest to lay low for a while, but it seems that your plans will include no such thing! Because of this, you will recieve -10 Reaction from all people in Caladon, and guards there will attack you if you question them. You begin with a mechanical dagger, an Auto Skeleton Key, some stolen oiled thieves leather, but no money.

• Requirements : none
• Description : Due to an insatiable lust for controversy, an irrational need to get shake things up and get a reation from people, and the belief that you are totally sane and the rest of the world is crazy, you trounced around the continent looking to stir up controversy. Due to your extreme personality, you have a +25 to charisma since you’re good a drawing a crowd. Searching out controvesial topics has become second nature (+17 perception) and you have an uncanny ability to make a mountain out of a molehill (+19 intelligence, +11 willpower) However, you tend to neglect grooming (-7 Beauty) and your mouth is the only thing that gets regular exercise (-10 strength, -9 dexterity) While you’ve been good at finding controversy, you tended to become fully absorbed by in your shaking things up you never saw the approach of those who let their fists do the talking until it was too late, but this has toughened you up a bit (+9 constitution) Your efforts landed you in an assylum where you were denied all input from the outside world. While there were plenty of contoversial topics within the happy home, you eventually milked them all for what they were worth, but no new ones reared thier ugly head, leaving you to mope around in boredom. Eventually, the doctors misinterpretted this behaviour as a complete loss of interest in controversy; ergo no longer a threat to the public peace, and you were eventually released. But wait! Back in the world means new controversial topics to exploit! And more of them! And all that time cooped up in the funny farm has made you appriciate controversy even more, as well as tempered your lust for it! However, your passion has not blinded you to the fact that your old raving grounds aren’t safe anymore (contoversy rich though they may be) So you board the Zephyr bound for virgin territory. Oh, a whole other land waiting to be stirred up! Heaven awaits! BWAAAHAHAHAHA!!! However, the zeppelin is shot down. Perhaps they knew you were coming? Oh well, it’s as good a controversy as any. (Based on an impromanga by Yves Belanger)

• Requirements : Human only
• Description : ( By Shellman)4/11 9:26am RE: New Backgrounds on Official Site "You are a gun-toting bandit. You ran afoul of the law and reached the IFS Zephyr just one step ahead of the authorities. You have your gun and some ammo, but you don’t have any money."I believe I edited this a couple weeks ago. You now get a + to PE and, if I recall correctly, a - to CH in addition to the gun and the ammo.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You are afraid of everything. Sight of even the tamest dog causes you to wet your pants. You have developed quite an affinity for running away (+15 Dex!) but your more courageous aspects suffer severely (-7 Willpower, -3 Charisma). You are also afraid of the dark (-5 to all stats except Dex at night), claustrophobic (-5 to all stats except dex while in a building).

• Requirements : Any
• Description : All stats are normal. Except: When hit you take twice as much damage, but heal twice as fast.

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You have devoted your life to serving the Great One. Sent to Arcanum on a mission to convert everyone to Cthulhu’s Religion, you get +5 Charisma, but -3 Beauty. The Great One has rewarded you with many gifts, hence you have +3 strength, +4 Constitution, and +3 Perception. Since you are totally devoted to Cthulhu, he as taken over your soul and mind, giving you -5 Willpower. You also start out with a "Cthulhu Amulet," which gives you a +5 strength but -20 alignment (in inventory, not worn).

• Requirements : Human male and half-elf male only
• Description : 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 believes 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.You lost all your money so now you start with no money whatsoever.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. Better hideous than dead. So you suffer a minus 5 to your beauty.Because someone might recognize your speech you constantly use dumb language options like a fool .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 and make everybody else to suffer just to enjoy yourshelf.You get a +12 bonus to willpower.After all what all the other people were just raw meat wogs.You will now try another carreer like a mage.The prospects look bright.Everyday a fool is borned

• Requirements : Human, Half Orc only
• Description : You were once a prosperous, hard-working citizen, until you were lured into a lab by a phony business offer. You were then knocked out and your brain was transplanted into the body of a robot. You find yourself waking up, back in your home, but you feel different. You are stronger (strength +5, constitution +5) and faster (dexterity +4), but due to what happened, you are confused about the world around you (perception -4). Also due to your new metallic body, you are tougher than any(DR +50%)and are invulerable to magic and poison(MR & PR +100%). But due to your technological body, you can’t use magic and have a permanent technological aptitude of 100.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You are an incorrigible risk-taker, addicted to the adrenaline rush of danger. There is no challenge you’ll back away from or bet you won’t accept (+2 Gambling). Either you achieve spectacular successes or terrible failures (+5% chance of both critical successes and failures). Most people find you exciting and charming company (+1 Charisma) but your many injuries are starting to catch up with you (-1 Dexterity).

• Requirements : Elves only
• Description : You think Elves should rule all races. You recieve terrible raction from other races, but they are afraid to attack you (reaction is one point higher than "hatred" and it doesn’t go up no matter what you do), and you know why they won’t even touch you (you have +1 willpower and you dark necromancy spells cost you no character points, but still have level and willpower requirements). Of course that doesn’t mean that they won’t defend themselves. Your aligment is -20, but can go up (dark elves can actually be good rullers of the Arcanum ;). Other elves don’t see and enemy in you (reaction is normal), and dark elves tend to like you (+20 reaction).

• Requirements : Elf/Half Elf
• Description : You grew up in a elvish city(+3 bow). Your family was murdered by a gang of humans and orcs. You secretly started the way of the dark elf.You left you city and moved to the elven burial ground and, lived with dark elfs. Soon you heard that your city was destroyed. You moved to another place with your companions. They went hunting and were gone for a couple days. You went to find them. They were dead and soon you stole a ticket(+2 pickpocket) and left on the Zephyr.

• Requirements :
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• Requirements : none
• Description : none

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You have a very strange gift, you can bend the laws of nature and sometimes break them! For instance, as a young child you were able to scale a 20ft. wall with ease. Giving you a +4 to Dexterity. Also, now you’ve learn how to dodge faster and better then almost anyone you know. giving you +3 ranks in dodge, and your and Expert in it. You have unbelievable strength, and skill in melee weapons. giving you +6 Strength, and +3 ranks in Melee, your also and Expert in that as well. You have a uniquely calm, and emotionless personality. giving you a +2 to Willpower. But since you spend most of your time training you find yourself very distant from people, leading to a -6 to Charisma and you have only a maximum of 2 followers. You also look VERY odd, particulary the way you dress giving you a -50 to reaction. What’s very sad is that even with all this great power, your broke! but that’s ok. You start out with a Black Leather trench coat that you made, a black pair of glasses (no penalties) black boots, and a very old, yet still in contact, samuri sword.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You think, no, you’re sure that you’re really a werewolf! You must be! They’re the coolest ever! During the day, you feel disappointed and lethargic (-3 willpower and Dexterity during daylight hours) but at night you turn into an unstoppable force of nature! Raarrgh! (+4 Strength and Constitution during the hours of darkness). However, your refusal to groom has left you with a constant -1 to Beauty.

• Requirements : Male Half Elf or Elf
• Description : You lived in a great Elven City. A gang of wild orcs raided it. You started running into the underground passage to leave(there were too many for you too handle)But all of a sudden you collapse. When you stand up you don’t have control(+6 Strength)(+4 Dodge) you charge back and kill over 1/2 of them! But then you have control again. You escape and go to tarant and find a Demontoligist. He looks in your eyes and says you have in you some blood of Jal’ick’alion. The most evil demon in history.

• Requirements : Any
• Description : On the night of the red moon a witch called forth a powerful demon lord to pleasure her. 6 months later on a dark, stormy night she gave birth to a child...a demon child that was bursting with powerful energy. The witch taught the child everything she knew in the ways of black magic. Then one day as the child was out in the woods gathering herbs, the witch was caught and hung as part of the local witch hunt that was taking place in that area. The child stole a ticket for a flight to another place far away, so that one day he/she might grow stonger and return to extract revenge on the people that killed his/her mother and teacher. You start out strong as a god with (st+3), (cn+9), (dx+1), (be+1), (in+10), (wp+9), (pe+2), (ch+4), (dodge+2, pickpocket+1, haggle+1, heal+3, persuasion+3), you are a master in the necro arts and highly skilled in the mental and summoning.

• Requirements : Females only
• Description : You are a member of an ancient order of female warriors, who have sworn to destroy demons and other abhominations. Your training has strengthened your body (+1 strength, +1 dexterity, +2 dodge, +2 melee), and your order’s occult dealings have given you an affinity for magik (+5% magik allignment). However, the general seclusion of your order has left you unskilled and untrained in technology (-2 all tech skills) and you are focused and serious to the point of being humorless (+1 willpower, -1 charisma).

• Requirements : none
• Description : You were once the dictator of a small nation. You lived a life of pleasant excess, with your days spent slaughtering peasants for sport, and your nights filled sipping fermented human blood while watching the pyres of traitors ’cleanse’ the air. Eventually your trusted aide deposed you and you were forced to flee the country. You bought a ticket for Tarant on the airship and vowed to return to your country and make it pay. Your previous life has had an effect on you - you are completely without compassion or emotion. You can never have an alignment over -50. Your taste for slaughter has resulted in considerable abilities at manipulation (+3 CH) - others will do what you say just to get rid of you. However you are not very buff due to your sedentary lifestyle (-3 CON).

• Requirements : Elf or Half-Elf
• Description : +3 in and +3 wp from the strong magickal abilitites of your ancestor, +3 ch because of the Panarii worshipers.

• Requirements : Elf female, half-elf female, human female.
• Description : Not perfect, but defenitely, you took sights from each man’s mouth when you were young. Very beautiful (+3 Beauty), smart too (+2 Inteligence), and very likeable (+ 2 Charisma). You are warm and friendly to those you consider close to you (+ 10 reaction modifier to people you know), yet, you don’t open yourself too willingly to strangers (-10 reaction modifier to people you don’t know). However, as you need felt threathed by anyone, you never felt that you need to learn how to defend yourself (-1 to all Comabt Skills, -2 Strenght).

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You are speeding along in your turbo-charged Honda when a strange cosmic event warps you (and your car) into a different realm. Upon ariving, the magic of the land upsets the delicate balance of power between your racing ignition system and 5 million watt car stereo, and your car ceases to function. While attempting to find a solution to the problem, a flaming blimp crashes on your car and you barely manage to escape alive. You start with no money, a +30 technical aptitude from working on cars, a repair of 2 and an intelligence of +1. Since you speak in slang which none of these "friggin primates" have heard before, you gots a -20 reaction modifier dogg.

• Requirements : Human, Gnome, Halfing
• Description : You a very nice person. You try to help others with your healing skills (+3 healing), you ability to talk things out (+ 3 Persuasion), and generally are well like for your deeds (+5 Charisma). However, you dest violence (-3 Melee, -3 Firearms), and as such you never saw fit to train for the occasion when violence is the only option (-5 strength).

• Requirements : None
• Description : From the first day you can remember as a a child you always had a natural talent for healing people .When the other kids stoped fighting they came to you just to heal them.You gain 3 ranks in healing .You lose one rank in melee ,dodge and throwing from lack of expirience as a child.

• Requirements :
• Description : Dwarven Tech Prodigy (Created By Panzergewehr) Requirements : Dwarf only Description : From an early age, your parents had noticed your amazing ability to make, repair, and improve many household appliences. As you got older, your father began to teach you the secrets of the Dwarven smiths, but you were more interested in learning about modern science and engineering. You began takeing lessons from the village engineer, but your skill soon surpased his(+4 to all tech skills, and +5 to intelligence). You wanted to leave your village in search of prestige and profit, but your family was relatively poor, so your worked several extra jobs to get enough money to travel. You were a smith (+1 to strength), a miner (+1 to constitution), and you served in the army (+1 to firearms and melee skills). You were called into action, and crippled in combat (-5 to dexterity, and -1 to beauty). You were honorably discharged, and sent home. Despite your injuries, you decided to travel anyway (+1 to willpower), and you had earned more than enough money to make your journey (start with double the wealth).

• Requirements : Human/Elf/Half-Elf
• Description : You are part of a powerful race of dragonriders. You are trained in the art of swordsmanship and gain +10 strength when using a sword. Being what you are you start with +20 strength, +20 dexterity, +20 speed, +20 peception.From your mage mother you gain +20 inteligence and +20 constitution. Because you think of your self as better than every body els you have -5 carisma.

• Requirements : None
• Description : All your life you felt like you’ve had the blood of dragons flowing through your veins, and you may very well be right. You start off with +10 to all stats, and +5 to all skills.

• Requirements : Humans, Elves, Half-Elves, and Halflings only
• Description : You were born into a family with a long history of being Druids you start out with first two Nature spells and +2 Willpower you gain natural beauty +2 Beauty as well as great intelligence +3 Intelligence but having read through most of your life you loose -3 Strength -1 Constitution -1 Dexterity and a penalty to all combat skills.

• Requirements : Elf Only!
• Description : You`ve always lived a different life than others. People would shout at you and call you "Fathers Freak" you never knew why? Your mother told you that your father had ran off when he found out that your mother was with child. One day you decided you`d had enough and decided to find out the truth! But; before you could leave your mother said;"It`s time you knew the Truth"(she slowly began to tell you what she`d been hiding for the past 200 years). Your mother being an Elf and your father being a Vampire...You leaped up in a frantic rage and said;"God No!". In those last words you left your home, found a town that had a IFS Zephyr. But with having no gold you had to smuggle yourself aboard... Thus your journey for the truth begins. Race:Elf/Dunpeal Str.+6(to normal stat=7) Con.-4(to normal stat=5) Dex.+4(to normal stat=10) Bet.-2(to normal stat=6) Int.-2(to normal stat=6) Wil.+8(to normal stat=10) Pes.+3(to normal stat=6) Chr.-4(to normal stat=4) Limited 0-1 follower +3 to Throw,Melee,Dodge Combat Skills +2 to Heal Skill Can`t use any Tech Skills or Schematic Trees Can only use Necromancy & Phantasm Magick. Starts with Harm & Minor Healing Spell Has a Ashe Robe & Staff of Mage starting off Loses 15HP during day Loses 5FT during day HP:52 FT:102

• Requirements : Dwarves only
• Description : You are a rather unique dwarf. Unlike the other dwarves, you have never had any interest in technology (-1 all tech skills, -15% tech allignment). Rather, you have a propensity for magik and have moved in that direction (spells cost normal casting cost). Having to "go it alone" most of your life, you are also a bit more determined (+1 willpower).

• Requirements : Dwarf only
• Description : From an early age, your parents had noticed your amazing ability to make, repair, and improve many household appliences. As you got older, your father began to teach you the secrets of the Dwarven smiths, but you were more interested in learning about modern science and engineering. You began takeing lessons from the village engineer, but your skill soon surpased his(+4 to all tech skills, and +5 to intelligence). You wanted to leave your village in search of prestige and profit, but your family was relatively poor, so your worked several extra jobs to get enough money to travel. You were a smith (+1 to strength), a miner (+1 to constitution), and you served in the army (+1 to firearms and melee skills). You were called into action, and crippled in combat (-5 to dexterity, and -1 to beauty). You were honorably discharged, and sent home. Despite your injuries, you decided to travel anyway (+1 to willpower), and you had earned more than enough money to make your journey (start with double the wealth).

• Requirements : Elf only
• Description : You are the best the elves can offer part swords man part mage you have trained all your life and it shows you gain a bonus of 10 to your Strength,Dexterity,Willpower an Charisma aswell as a bonus of 4 to your melee and doge skills. You also know all force spells

• Requirements : Elf Only
• Description : You once lived in a great Elven City, you were known for your hunting (+4 Bow) {+3Melee). When you were a 100 you were sent on a trip to get food around the Moribiahn Forest. While you were gone a group of orcs raided your city and it was destroyed only a few people survived your brother Rein was one of them. When you returned with a bear instantly you wanted REVENGE!

• Requirements : Half-Orc
• Description : You were given birth to by a human woman, even though you were born an Orc she loved you alot and tried to raise you well. However one day your mother died from an ilness when you were a mere 5 years old you were taken from your home and taken in as a slave to work for nothing on the docks for all the work you’ve done throughout the years you gain 2+ Strength, 1+ Constitution, +1 Dexterity however you resemble alot of your Orcish father’s apperance so you loose -2 Beauty despite your Orcish looks you don’t have much of the Orcish temper so people have taken more of a liking to your kinder ways +2 Charisma but since you worked as laborer on the docks all your life and didn’t recieve an education you loose -5 intelligence.

• Requirements : Halfling, Human, or Gnome
• Description : You escaped from prison three days before the IFS Zephyr was to set flight. Being a theif you were unseen till then (+3 ranks of Prowling, Pick Pocket, Backstab, and Spot Trap +Expert status), also while on the run you got into a few battles (+2 ranks to Melee, and Dodge) you also needed to be fast (+6 to Dexterity) and can see ahead before running into a trap (+6 to Perception) you are also skilled with a gun and a lock pick, you are also skilled at trap disarming (+3 ranks to Firearms, Lock Picking, and Trap Disarming +Expert Status). But being a Theif has some desadvantagist, all towns in Arcanum know you, and the prices are ten times more than usaul, and you suffer a big penatly to willpower, and beaty (-6 to both). And your Haggling, Persuasion, Gambling, Repair, Bow, and Throwing will never raise no matter how many points are put into them. The three days on the run had its good side you were able to steal 2 Charged Rings, Goggled Helm, a Flow Specktrometer, and a Electric Light from the local inventor. You were also able to steal a hushed revolver, and 50 bullets, from the local gun smith. You also had the time to run by your hideout and pick up your Oiled Theives Leather, Auto Skeleton Key, your empty Key Ring, Fine Stout Boots. You also stole the only ticket on the blimp from a rather rich Halfling. But you forget to take his money, So you unforantly start with no money.

• Requirements : Male, human, half-orc, half-ogre only
• Description : As a child, you had your wanker chopped off to become a lady’s servant. Ouch. You spent most of the first twenty years of your life serving rich, stuck up ladies, until you managed to steal some jewelry and ran away. Just before you boarded the IFS Zephyr you found a priest who cured this horrible malady. All your years spent without your privates means your body is a lot less developed (-3 Strength, -2 Constitution). On a brighter note, your childish good looks help (+2 Beauty) and your rather unique childhood gives you a new outlook on life (+2 Perception, +1 Willpower).

• Requirements : Human, Gnome, Dwarf
• Description : You are EVIL! An evil scientist hell-bent on taking over the world. Being a scientist bestows to you a bonus on all tech skills and +20% to your tech aptitude. You, however, have an alignment of -20 (cannot go up) and a -10 reaction to people.

• Requirements : Elf,Half Elf,Human
• Description : You are a ex warrior and you were had lots of follower but you had a hit to your head and you lostyour memory you got +2 follower you are a good warrior you got +5 st +4 dx but hit hurted you much -& intelligent

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You were put under a spell in which you were turned into a frog. You eventually managed to turn back into a human by earning the love a princess. Not content to live happily ever after, you traveled to Arcanum in search of adventure. Because your a handsome prince, you gained +5 to beauty. Also, because of your ability to get on the princesses’ good side you have +5 to charisma. However the incident with magic has left you traumatized (-50% to magical aptitude).

• Requirements : Humans and Halflings only
• Description : +1 perception, +1 intelligence- For natural curiosity and inquisitiveness. -1 willpower- can’t resist taking a closer look, poking nose where it may not belong. -1 constitution- too much time spent in dirty, diseased tombs (both book and crypt varieties)

• Requirements : Half-Elf or Elf only
• Description : Through your elven heritage, you are descended from the ancient and powerful Tuatha de Danaan, a mythic race of sorceror/warriors known as the True Fae. Magick and battle flow through your veins, and you possess an otherworldly quality. As the descendant of legends, you gain more magickal aptitude and are stronger and more beautiful than anyone else around you. However, your otherworldly beauty tends to get in the way of social interaction and you are not very comfortable around cold iron and technology.

• Requirements : Males of all Races
• Description : As a young boy, you were heavily influenced by your dad’s records on Elton John and eventually learnt about his "Dark Side" and strived to be the greatest faggot of all time and be even better than your hero, Elton. Therefore, you get -20 reaction from males and +20 reaction from females and +18 to beauty

• Requirements : Dwarf
• Description : Let’s face it your digestive system is just not in harmony. This has caused serious detriments to your social abilities -5 BE -40 Reaction. But you have overcome your failings with a great sense of humor +3 CH, and a great aptitude for technology +2 IN, +2 all Tech Skills for having spent so much time alone.

• Requirements : Human Male Only
• Description : The truth is anybody might mistake you for the fairer sex +3 BE, +3 Persuasion, -3 ST. But you have dedicated your life to changing that perception and fighting with anyone accusing you of being a homo +2 all Combat skills.

• Requirements : Human
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• Requirements : Any
• Description : All your life you’ve wanted be a doctor like your father, from when you were a child you even played as one. Most kids taunted you because you were a weakling however now as an adult you sure put them in they’re place.You’ve now become a famous doctor known thruout the world therefor you gain +5 Charisma as well as a slight bonus to persuasion you are also gifted with great intelligence +6 Intelligence you gain 3 points in Theraputics and Herbology. All though you’re reputation for being a great doctor is unmatched you do loose -4 Strength, -4 Dexterity, -2 Constitution and a great penalty to all combat skills. Allthough you’re weak you start out with a grand total of 5,000 gold.

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You we’re born into an average family, and decided at a young age to set out for adventure. You turned out to be good, no, better, you were a naturally talented ace. So, after completing many fablous deeds and quests, you began to make some money. Start with 1000 gold and gain +5 str./int./will/.....

• Requirements : All females except half-orc
• Description : From a small child you had a fascination with pure muscle strentgh .So you trained and trained until your body lost some of its agility -1 to dexterity and a lot of its female beauty -3 to beauty .However you end up much stronger that the average woman and indeed man. +4 strentgh

• Requirements : female characters
• Description : you get(+20 to all)and (RM of 200) a (+20 to MF)and every one wants to fuck you

• Requirements : Women only
• Description : You are a stunningly beautiful and dastardly femme fatale! You gain substantial bonuses to Dexterity, Beauty and Willpower (+3 each) but you are a stereotypical blonde (-3 Intelligence), and incredibly self involved (-4 perception and -2 charisma).

• Requirements :
• Description : You are a con artist. you lie cheat and steal. You gain +2 in, +1 pe, and +1 persuasion being aware of a opportunity. You also get +1 haggle and +1 ch in order to woo unsuspecting rubes. For money there’s +2 gambling as a way of hustling money. Quick and nimble fingers give you +2 dx, +1 pickpocket, +1 prowling, and +1 lockpick to let you slip those five finger discounts. However, you got beat up quite a bit, and are weak [-4 st] , sickly [-4 cn], and quite scarred[-3 be]. you have no money, no clothes [underwear only]as they were wagered on board the Zephyr. Too bad they caught fire in the crash, but you got your lucky lock picks

• Requirements : Male Human, Half-Elf, Elf, Half-Orc
• Description : You are a follower of the samurai code of Bushido, the way of the warrior. You fight and live under this strict code of honor (+1 willpower, -2 backstab, x2 allignment penalty for evil actions), and have better honed your body for battle (+1 dexterity, +1 melee and +1 dodge). You already wear the scars of combat (-1 beauty), and have boarded the ISF Zephir, sensing the call to honor in this new land.

• Requirements : Elves only
• Description : All sylvan elves live in harmony with nature, but sometimes an elven child is born who is truly one with the trees - a Forestchild. As a Forestchild, you have a mystic link with the forest (Entangle spell - Nature college) and unlike the generally sociable elves you spend most of your time alone in the wilderness (-2 Charisma), travelling for days living off the land (+1 Strength, +2 Prowling).

• Requirements : Half-Ogre only
• Description : As long as you can remember you have been fascinated by fire, which is why you spent so much time hanging around the village forge. You are not sure whether it was simple kindness, or the loss of his son in the war, but the elderly blacksmith took you in and let you work in the forge with him. You started simply, working the bellows (+1 Strength) but you watched and learned as he worked (+1 Repair, Smithy - Pure Ore schematic). Working in such a dangerous environment has made you cautious (-1 Dexterity) but even so, there have been a few accidents and scars to remind you of your years at the forge (-2 Beauty). Eventually, the old smith died, but the villagers didn’t trust you as his replacement, so you have left the village seeking work.

• Requirements : Half-Orc and Half-Ogre only.
• Description : You used to live in a filthy dungeon. After you let a hero get by you, the dungeon master was killed and you ended up getting cast out into the world. All that training made you every good at hand to hand combat (+3 Melee, and +3 Dodge), and EXTREMELY strong (+5 Strength). Likewise, living underground has given you keen night vision (+5 persception in a dark situation). However, living a filthy dungeon made an already ugly person even uglier (-5 Beauty) and less than friendly (-5 Charisma). Also the person you working for was less than friendly as well (-20 alignment).

• Requirements : Humans Only
• Description : You were a Marine at age 17. Having been through such rigorous training you have Strength +2, Expert Firearms, and schematics for the first 2 guns. You also get +1 to Dex, Perception and Willpower. You are also a Expert Melee fighter. Seeming to be uncaring from all the experiences in training and combat you have -2 to Charisma, -2 to Persuasion and haggle for your poor language skills. Scars from combat have left you with -2 Beauty.Because you believe Marines do not Lie, Cheat, or Steal you take a -2 hit to all thieving skills.

• Requirements : All except halflings, gnomes and half-ogres
• Description : You used to be a very skilled warrior before that horse ran into you! The accident left you mentally handicapped (-4 intelligence but you still remember how to fight (+3 in melee and dodge, +1 dexterity). You bought a ticket for the IFS Sephyr, hoping for a better life without accidents in Tarant...

• Requirements : Humans only
• Description : You were commanding a army of Techies and you recruited many bandits (3 persuasion) you also happened to possess heros armour (start with Heros Armor) but a arrow in the eye has made you no longer a fighting general (6 beauty) You possessed your fathers revolver( start with revolver)

• Requirements : Half-Ogre only
• Description : You are suffering from a terrible disease. Your bones are very fragile .Each successful melee hit you get hit with becomes a critical hit. Each original critical melee hit that you get hit with has a 50 % chance of crippling you.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 4 and 3 ranks in the throw skill.

• Requirements : Half Orcs Only
• Description : You have been created by Dr. Frankenstein himself. You have extreme strength (+10), but since you are made of piece-meal parts people react to you rather harshly (-50 reaction). Igor, has chosen for you the brain of a super genious (+15 intelligence) and the hands and legs of a newly deceased theif (Dexterity + 6), but the heart and chest of a little boy (constitution -2).

• Requirements : Dwarf Only
• Description : You were disfigured from birth (-4 St, -4 Co, -4 Be) Bullies always picked on you and peole always said a lot of hurtful and unfair things, and so you learned to dodge the attacks (+2 De, +2 Dodge) and developed sharp tongue and sunni upbeat personality to cope with insults, once people get to know you, you win them over (+2 In, +4 Ch, +2 Persuasion), You hate Abuse and you hate pushing people around (-2 Wi) but when things get hairy you relay on your gun rather than on your brawn (+2 Firearms)

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You were originally from a world without magick, until you were sucked into Arcanum by mistake during a powerful spellcasting. You start with a huge bonus to your tech skills (+50 Tech Aptitude), as well as a nifty gun and some valuable techie bits and pieces, but your money is worthless here and you start with NO money AT ALL. You also cannot learn any spell discipline past 3rd level spells.

• Requirements : Humans only
• Description : You were not born on Arcanum. Instead, you claim to be from a place called "Earth". You know a lot about medicine which no other knows (+3 heal, +2 constitution), and you have strange ideas about stuff like "cars" and other advanced technical things (+4 intelligence). However, being used to a comfortable life in that futuristic Earth place, you lose 3 points of willpower and strength. Also, you dont know the language very well, which makes you talk like you had an intelligence of four or lower.

• Requirements : Humans and Half-elves only
• Description : You began gambling when you where 10, and continued right up to now. You get a enourmous bonus of +6 gambling, but betting on cards, and playing roulette have left you with no money.

• Requirements : Human Only
• Description : Your a low down dirty gangster(-2charisma) but are related to the Kingpin(-1willpower) you start with 2000 gold and gain a +3 bonus to all combat skills but you cannot use any magick or use magick items (+50%technology aptitude)you can only wear a suit and no other armor but you have a (+5) to all tech skills and (+3) to perception in all those gin fights you have scars (-6 beaty) but your strength is very high (+6 to strength) you can however pursuade people to do most anything (+5 persuasion)

• Requirements : Human
• Description : Youe are the ultimate in human development. You abilites are unknown but you are superior in every way.

• Requirements : Not Elf
• Description : You are a test tube baby, created by a before-his-time (read: crazy) scientist. You were meant for organ farming, but escaped before you could be harvested. You have four livers (400% poison resist), three lungs (+2 constitution), and four eyes (+4 perception). Unfortunately, you grew up in a glass tube and were never exposed to people or taught to speak (-4 charisma, stupid speech options). You smuggled yourself into the IFS Zephyr as a coatrack.

• Requirements : Male Human, Male Elf, Gnome, Dwarf.
• Description : You are a true gentleman. Your fathers where very well respected, and you are treated equally. You are well manered and very educated (+3 Inteligence), and your social skills are very well developed, (+3 to social skills, +4 charisma). You grew knowing and respecting all the rules of good manners and accepted them willingly, (+2 Willpower)and you where trained form child in the use of guns and knowing when is the righ moment to do so (+2 perception, +2 to firearms), yet, you lack from physical atributes, (-4 Strengh, -3 Dexterity, -1 to combat skills) and a true gentlemen would never do anything that isn’t polite or educated, (-3 thief skills.).

• Requirements : Half-Ogre
• Description : You are one of the two last giants in the world of Arcanum. You were foraging one day near the town of Ashbury, and suddenly passed out. You woke up in a cage, in the storage section of the IFS Zephyr. After the crash you vowed to wreak havoc upon everyone who threatened you. You also strive to kill the Stillwater Giant, so you can be the only giant in Arcanum. From your enormous size you derive godly strength (+3 strength). Unfortunantly, being huge takes it toll on you, you tend to be slower than normal (-8 speed). Although you have a gigantic head, your brain is relatitvely small (-4 intellegence). People are awed from the sight of you (+3 beauty), but people also tend to be afraid of you (can only have 1 follower}. Also weapons have a hard time peircing your skin (+40% damage resistance), but magic effects you greatly (magic resistance max 0%).

• Requirements : Human male only.
• 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 jealus 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 dint suffer at all. You start with 4 times the normal wealth and a bonus of +12 (20) to beauty

• Requirements : Gnomes only
• Description : +6 to Strength; Constitution; Dexterity; Willpower and Perception. The bitter northern wilderness has hardened your tribe, and the constant battles with orcs and ogres has strengthened them in body and mind. However, the daily struggle to survive has left you and your kind with no time for pleasantries -4 Charisma; Persuasion and haggle. Your tech skills also suffer -2 to all tech skills.

• Requirements : any
• Description : +50,000,000 all stats Immune to all attacks and stuff master in all skills (all start at level 5) desintergrate/teleport and tempus fugit cost no fatigue (just for kicks) +Infinite followers free churches unlimited starting wealth . . . . this was a test :O)

• Requirements : All
• Description : You get everything :)

• Requirements : Female Human, Elf, Half-Elf only
• Description :

• Requirements : Any
• Description : You are the child of a God and a woman. You gain +5 ranks in all skills, +20 to all stats, +1000000 coins.

• Requirements : Human / Half Elf
• Description : During your youth you spent much of your time reading and studying (+4 intelligence). Books about culture became your favorite past time, and you quickly became fascinated by both the Dwarves and the Elves. Because you spent much of your life reading you suffer eye damage, and your perception can never be raised above 7 without eye gear. You conduct yourself very well verbally, using whole words and rarely slurring, earning you a +6 charisma bonus and a +50 reaction bonus among educated individuals, but those lacking in wits are often annoyed by your intellectual superiority. Anyone with less than 4 intelligence has a -100 reaction to you, and you often find your self hated by orcs and ogres.

• Requirements : cant be half ogre
• Description : +6 to ch from your natural leadership, +4 to pe from your attention to detail, +3 to in from your accelerated learning classes, -3 to st from not being active, +2 to dx from your skills in thievery -3 to be from being a dork.

• Requirements : human only
• Description : You invented the goth movement several hundred years early. All that black face paint puts people off (-4 Beauty) but you’re very individualistic (+3 Willpower) and attract a cult following (+1 Charisma). You’re also more of a night person, and suffer a one point penalty to speed during the daylight hours, but gain one point of speed at night.

• Requirements : (Halflings and Gnomes only)
• Description : In less reputable factories, owners hate to have to shut down and dismantle machinery for repairs. To minimise down-time they use young members of the Minute races to actually crawl inside the machines and carry out repairs that way. Picked up from an orphanage, you were just such a Greasemonkey, and you spent several years repairing factory machinery of all types (+2 Repair), crawling into tight and often dangerous places (+1 Spot Traps, +1 Arm/Disarm Traps) dragging an unreliable electric lamp everywhere that you grew to hate, even as you learned to dismantle and reassemble it blindfolded (Electric Light schematic). Unfortunately, the dim, cramped workspaces and poor living conditions took their toll (-1 Perception, -1 Strength, -1 Constitution), and now that you have grown up enough to be less useful and start asking questions, you have been kicked out onto the streets.

• Requirements : Human or Elf only
• Description : Your parents and you were traveling you were ambushed by a gang of theives.They murdered your parents and let you live because you were only a small child. You were stranded in the middle of a forest.Three days past and then you found a house. You charged in and there was a master mage of fire(1st two spells in fire)(+20 Magicle Apptitude). He took you in and Trained you in fire. You lived there until you were level 7.

• Requirements : Human Only
• Description : Your strengh will all your status +4

• Requirements : Halflings Only
• Description : You lived in Vendigroth and was known for inventing.(all gun smith and smithy schematics) but was called out to an island for some research on the way weather was down there. You had four companions with you. Three years later you are heading back, you here gun shots on the blimp your on. For that reason you pass out and when you wake up you look around and see dead people all around you. You don’t remember anything.

• Requirements : All but Elves, Halflings, and Gnomes
• Description : As a youngin’, you were a jock. Playing sports and working out instead of studying (-3 intelligence) even at night you worked out in the darkness (-3 perception).Eating sugary foods did no good on your body (-3 dexterity and constitution). You couldn’t resist the sugary sweet foods (-3 willpower), and they made you have a fat stomach (-3 beauty). Because of many punches from fights, you have a speaking disorder (-3 charisma).Sacrificing all this, you got lots of muscles and got very strong when you grew up (+21 strength).

• Requirements : none
• Description : You were the forgotten triplet in a dirt poor family. When it came time to cut corners they cut you out. You started stealing just to have something to eat but one day you were caught and dragged kicking and screaming to the dark underground of the thieves guild. The leader of the guild took a liking to you, which was a miracle because nobody liked you (-5 charisma, +3 Will Power). You learned that you had a natural knack for all thief skills and gain a bonus to all of them and because your skills are so excellent you start with twice the wealth.

• Requirements : Human Female
• Description : Your parents were killled at an early age, and you were rasied in an orphanage. During your childhood you started haveing dreams of an Evil Mage distroying the world to remake it in his image. Your Dreams showed you fighing to stop him. The orphanage was supported by the local Tecknologist Guilds so you decided to study the creation of firearms (3/4 firearms) and explosives (3/4 explosives) you are however scared of the forces the Mage controls (-30% magick). For your 18th birthday, the Local guild bought you a ticket to Tarrent on the Zypher. You start with a wellcrafted flintlock pistol, and some bullets and double the normal gold

• Requirements : All but Elves
• Description : Your parents were Gun Smiths. You grew up to be one too.(You know all the gun smithing schematics.)(+2 Strength)You start out with 500 coins from the guns that you sold.(+ Leather armor) (30 bullets)(Clerrington Rifle)

• Requirements : Human Male only
• Description : You are a trained gunslinger. You have the ability to dual wield pistols. you get a bonus to perception (+2) and firearms (+2), but penalties to Strength (-2) because you devoted all your time to shooting, and Beauty (-4) because you rarely shave and you have bad teeth. You start out with two revolvers and 12 bullets, and a serape, but no cash. You could name yourself Roland, even.....

• Requirements : Human Male only
• Description : Description : You are a trained gunslinger. You have the ability to dual wield pistols. you get a bonus to perception (+2) and firearms (+2), but penalties to Strength (-2) because you devoted all your time to shooting, and Charisma (-4) because you rarely shave and you are a cigar smoking loner. You start out with two revolvers and 12 bullets, and a serape, but no cash. You could name yourself Roland, even.....

• Requirements : Half Orcs only
• Description : You were raised by a powerful half orc shaman in a far away tribe. Magick comes very easily to you (+20% Magick Apptitude) and you possess a great deal of discipline (+2 Willpower). On the downside, you have a slight problem with ritual scarring (-2 Beauty) and begin with no money at all.

• Requirements : Half-elf
• Description : You are unnatural. You are an half-elf interested in technology. Since you have spent your childhood in a factory away from your home you have lost all of you magickal aptitude but has gained +2 perception of all examinations of things and a slight bonus to all tech skills.

• Requirements : All Races
• Description : Unknown to you, you have the blood of a demon in you. This will give you a number of abilities

• Requirements : None
• Description : You’va always loved technology, although this has left some marks as well, leaving you with -1 to strength and constitution, but +1 to dexterity and +2 to Intelligense, and you get +2 to all tecnological skills

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You are a scientist who has invented a potion that resurrects people. Since you are a doctor, you receive an exceptional bonus to INT (+7) and knowledge of Pharmaceutical (spelling) technologies (level 5 in that field). Since you used "devious" means to procure corpses for your experiments, you start out with a -10 alignment. You studies have also been hazerdous, and you receive a -2 DEX and -2 CON from your "overzealous" creations. The scientific life has left you with -2 STR. Your marvelous invetntion leaves you with 3 Reanimator potions as well as the Schematic and some materials for making it.

• Requirements : Humans,dwarfs and half-elves
• Description : From the time you could walk you should great intrest in plants and herbs. You read every book you could on botany. You gain +2 to intelligence and the first two levels of herbologist. However, being hunched over all the time in the forest causes -1 to dexterity and -1 to perception.

• Requirements : male human, half or half elf only
• Description : You are a suarve and dashing highwayman, robbing from the rich to give to the beautiful ladies! You get a bonus to Beauty(+3), Dexterity (+3) and Perception (+1). However, you’re not as tough as you act (-3 Strength) and are very easily fooled (-2 Intelligence and -2 Willpower).

• Requirements : Male
• Description : By a freak accident, you, mining ship Red Dwarf’s computer becomes an organic being. As you (reputedly) have an IQ in excess of 6,000 you Intelligence is phenominal (+12), your Intelligence makes you truly charismatic (+12 charisma) and you can see everything (+12). However, you have never performed any physical action, affecting Strength (-7), Constitution (-7) and Dexterity (-7), Out of the faces in the world, you choose the ugliest (-7) and you never had to be persistant as a solution to a problem came instantly (-7), you also have no money.

• Requirements : Elf Male only
• Description : You are the Commander of the Holy Paladins. You where born with a natural bonus to Charisma +2 and 4/4 in Persuasion. You gained +2 Willpower due to your undivided faith to the Holy Paladins. In your training you recieved you aquired 4/4 in Bow, Melee, Dodge and recieved +1 to tour Stength. Due to the numerous scares you have over you body you suffer -4 Beauty. After the War of the Elves you recieved a great blessing from the Supreme Holy Paladin and recieve +2 to all statistics expect for beauty. This last year you trained but only lost Beauty. -1 Beauty. Purchasing a ticket aboard the IFS Zephyr spent your last money which you had saved. Therefore you start with no money what so ever.

• Requirements : Male only
• Description : Your gay and no one likes you =p (-40 reaction) plus being the fairy you loose (-6 strength, -7 Charisma, -6 Constitution) However you’re preety good at running away from everyone trying to beat the hell out of you (+6 Dexterity) you’re also preety smart for having your nose in the books (+4 Intelligence) you also gain an exceptional amount of will power (+4 Willpower) your also verry preety powdered little girl =P (+2 Beauty)

• Requirements : Not Elf or Halfling
• Description : Ordinarily, you’re a nice guy. Too nice, probably. You get a small charisma bonus (+1), but -3 strength, and -3 constitution. However, when someone attacks you before you attack them, or you lose at gambling, or you are insulted, or a follower refuses to join your party or leaves for any reason other than crowding, you go into a berserk rage, returning you to normal stats (IE, without the bonuses and penalties), and you get +4 strength and constitution, -3 charisma, -1 beauty, and -2 perception. You cannot leave combat mode untill either the thing that attacked or insulted or beat you dies, or the NPC who refused to join you dies or is KO’d.

• Requirements : All
• Description : At a very early age you were abandoned by your parents and were left to die in the wilderness. Determined to survive you became a hunter. The wilderness has made you tougher then normal(+1 str and con), you are also quite fast(+1dex), also your senses were increased(+1 perception). From hunting you learned how to fight(+1 combat skills), stalk(+1 prowling), and trap(+1 arm/disarm traps). Sice sometimes you got hurt you had to learn how to to lick your wounds(+1 healing). In your earlier hunting days you collected a lot of scars(-4 to beauty), since you didn’t have anybody to talk to during your childhood you grew up less talkative(-4 to charisma), also since you never before seen technology you get a penalty to inteligence(-4 int). You also begin with no money or possesions except some cheap clothing and a homemade spear.

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You are Ichabar Crane who defeated the Headless horseman, people are afraid of you (no followers allowed) after your experience with the headless horseman you were sent by the government to investigate a new paranormel threat (the ghost of Bessie Toone). But the zeppelin was shot down and you are stuck. Because of your experience with the headless horseman you start with +4 in firearms +4 in Gunsmithy +4 in Chemestry and +4 in Therputicks. You also have +6 in +6 pe +6 wp +2 dx +2 st +1 be +3 ch +4 cn + 25% resistance to magic and + 60% technological adapt. you also start with a elephant gun and ammo.

• Requirements : All except half bred races
• Description : You were born miraculously of a virgin mother. Seeing as you’re scientifically impossible, you get a 15% bonus to magickal apptitude; however the abscene of a strong father figure has taken its toll on your strength (-1).

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• Requirements : none
• Description : You’re going to be a big factory owner some day! You’re very determined (+2 Willpower) and very good at business (+4 ranks to haggle). However, you like exploting hapless workers and are a miser, so you get -3 Charisma for being such a meany.

• Requirements : All
• Description : As an inquisitor you are much more perseptive when it comes to experience, thus you gain 50% more experience but you also lose out

• Requirements : All males
• Description : Let’s face it, you only care about yourself. You especially terrible with women (-5 charisma when talking to women), and not really a social person (-1 to all social skills). How ever this has left you more time to yourself to study, train or whatever (+3 intelligence, +2 strength, +1 to all combat skills).

• Requirements : None
• Description : You’re ain’t the best, but you sure know your share. As a young child, you read about everything and ask a lot of question, dus being quite knowledgeable (int. +2). Technology is no stranger to you ( +2 to all tech skills), and combat is your cup o’ tea (all combat skills +1), and taking what ain’t your is fine by you (all thief skills +1). And you know how to make your way around people (all social skills +2). But people do get impatient with you (cha -3), nobody likes being told how to do what they know best.

• Requirements : Human Male
• Description : As the hero of Deus Ex you start out with + 100% technological aptitude. You are open minded (+ 5 charisma, +50% magical aptitude) and have a mastery in picklock, firearms and haggle. However, the Bob Page incident left you with a mental scar (-3 perception). However, you get five times the starting wealth.

• Requirements : Not Gnome
• Description : Nothing goes your way. Your critical miss chance doubles and your critical hit chance halves. However, you worked hard to make your own luck, and have +1 in every stat.

• Requirements : Half-elf
• Description : Even though you look like a half-elf, you’re really a Kender -- a completely innocent race. You tend to pick up anything that’s not nailed down (+3 Pick Pocket, Double Starting Cash) and even a few things that are nailed down (+1 Pick Locks). You also seem to have boundless energy (+1 Constitution) even though you aren’t as strong (-1 Strength). Kenders aren’t really good with technology (-1 All Tech Skills) -- but that doesn’t stop them from trying. Your innocent, completely sunny outlook on life may help you get through the hard times, but it tends to piss off everyone else (-1 Charisma).

• Requirements : Human only
• Description : You are a young, handsome man, and all the ladies are complmenting you so you get a gigantic bonus to beauty (+10 beauty) and you like gambling (+4 gambling) but all that basking around has afforded you no time for swords aand weapons (-6 strength) and willpower (-2 wp) and you cannot wield any shields. But all those ladies money is in your bank account, so you start with 2500 gold.

• Requirements : Dwarfs only
• Description : You are the leader of a small dwarven clan that your father Lothar of the Hill People once ruled. Due to this you start with four times the normal starting amount of money, a fine dwarven axe, and have been schooled in the arts of technology (+ 3 to all tech skills). Unfortunatly due to your wonderful life you are driven only in the most dire of circumstances (-6 to willpower, -4 to constitution, -2 to strength and dexterity). But you are well liked and people will do anything for you (+ 4 to chrisma and no max to followers).

• Requirements : Half-orc’s Only
• Description : Plucked from an orphange by an eccentric Gnome philanthropist, you were given the best education (+2 Intelligence, +1 Persuasion, Healing, Haggle), healthcare (+2 Constitution) and grooming (+1 Beauty) that money could buy, in the hope that you would become the city’s first half-orc academic. However the good life has resulted in you being out of condition (-3 Strength), a little overweight (-1 Dexterity) and with a taste for gambling (+1 Gambling). Recently your benefactor died and his family’s lawyers have stripped you of nearly everything but your memories of his kindness and generosity and a burning resentment of the prejudices that still pervade society. (1/4 starting wealth)

• Requirements :
• Description : when you grow up you were the rich boy on the block you did really have any friends but you had all the money you ever wanted in till you wanted to go out and explore but when you were doing so you triped on the train tracks on the other side of the town you go hit by the train. when you woke up in the hostpitle you coulden’t remember who or where you were. so your on this journy to find out every thing

• Requirements : Male only.
• Description : Your were always better that anyone else .You always made everything better.You always corrected teachers mistakes.You were always superior to everyone and as an adult you treated everyone else with arrogance.As a result of your incredible arrogance no one will ever become your follower.Not even virgil..From your extensive knowledge of everything you gain 3 ranks in every skill.

• Requirements : Human, Gnomes, Dwarves, Elf, Half-Elf.
• Description : You have been lonely all your life. Although in school you had some friends, you always tried to be alone, in order to work efficiently. As a young adult, you have gave your life to study, gaining a bonus to Inteligence and Perception.(+3 Inteligence, +2 Perception). You aren’t cold or too serious at all, but people have that impression of you (+2 Charisma, -7 reaction modifier). Your have always demanded yourself more of what you can give (+2 Willpower, -2 Constitution) and a life in a cold laboratory isn’t exactly healthy (-2 Dexterity, -2 Strengh).

• Requirements : Human, Halfing, Gnome only
• Description : You have feelings of self doubt and self worthlessness. As a result you have very little willpower (-4). You do however have a way of generating sympathy from those around you (+4 charisma).

• Requirements : Half Orc Male
• Description : You were summoned from the void by a foolish mage, a summoner, who thought he could use YOU as a slave. You are Lucavi, and unlike the simple beast that others have summoned you are immortal, a former gin who has sought escape since the pre-history of Arcanum. The summoner who called you is now your host, having infused your dark spirit to the weak flesh of a mortal, you have a gateway and with it you shall return. Your power is beyond that of mortals and you’re magickal link to darkness grants you the ability to cast spells with great power and no level restrictions, causing you to be much more effective as a mage than mortals. Your alignment is always -90 or less, as you are Lucavi, the destroyer. You have just established your place in the mortal relm and your host sometimes resist your influence, causing you to recieve critical misses against unarmed people and holy men.

• Requirements : Male Human only.
• Description : You have escaped from the law and stowed away aboard the IFS Zephyr.You are skillful to persuading people by intimidating them. You start the game with a basic rifle a cheap armor a high quality dagger and 3 ranks in the backstab and firearms skill and 2 ranks in the persuasion skill. Unfortunately people can sense that you are evil and hate you. As a result you get a 20 points negative reaction modifier.

• Requirements : All but dwarves
• Description : Your parents were both mages and most of your knowledge pertains to magick. You were apprenticed to a mage when you escaped to make your own fortune. You start with +15% to your magickal aptitude and +1 to Willpower and Constitution, but your limited schooling and lack of knowledge about the world gives you a -2 penalty to intelligence and a -2 penalty to charisma due to your lack of social skills.

• Requirements : Any
• Description : You have trained all your life to be an expert in unarmed combat. This gave you little time for study, so you recieve a -3 penalty in Willpower, Charisma, and Intelligence. After gaining enourmous skill in every form of martial arts in Arcanum, you still wanted to be more powerful. You found an ancient Half-Orc wizard who cast a spell on you that gave you superhuman strength, dexterity, and most of all speed. He also cast a flesh-hardening spell. You gain a +4 bonus to Strength and Dexterity, as well as a bonus of +10 to speed, and a 25% bonus to Damage Resistance. All this was in exchange for all your gold and one eye. Therefore, you start with no money, and your perception suffers a -2 penalty.

• Requirements : Any
• Description : ’Runt of the litter’ was perhaps the kindest comment passed on you, and no-one seemed keen to give you a job. (-1 Constitution, -1 Strength, -1 Beauty, -1 Charisma) Then a troupe of travelling performers came to your village and the Stage Magician with them was looking for a new asssistant. He decided your unfortunate looks would add a touch of humour to his act. The fact that you actually showed some ability and quickly learned many of his skills and was soon helping him design and create his illusions was a bonus (+1 Prowling, +1 Persuasion, +1 Pickpocketing, +1 Repair, +1 Lockpicking, +1 Spot Traps, +1 Arm/Disarm Traps) until he began to get jealous of your rapid progress and kicked you out of the troupe.

• Requirements : elf only
• Description : You were concived during an ancient elven ritual under the sign of the living one. Thus your physical and mental attributes have been maxed. However, because of your magical birth you may only use magical items and may not increase any of your technological skills.

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You have used your hole life to fight with your fists and feet. Therfore you gain +15 to your damadge bonus and +5 to your melee skill. But you cannot use any weapon or shield. You also have a cracked nose wich gives you -2 beuty.

• Requirements : Any
• Description : You have spent most of your life studying and using firearms and explosives. (firearms +25, throwing +25, explosives +100 gun smithy +100 You have very good eyes but you looks are not as good as most (be -2) because some of your experiments tend to blow up!(critfailchance +5). You start with a Rifled Cannon, ammo, and a few Explosive Grenades.

• Requirements : Human, Half-orc, and Dwarf only
• Description : Over time, you have become atuned to the symphony of steam engines, grinding gears, and clanking metal. In fact, you were so interested in machines that you work on your own mechanical marvels. Because you worked so hard in factories, the places where your interest could grow, you gain (+6) to your strength. Becaues you experimented with creating your own machines, which strengthened your mind, you gain (+4) intelligence and a 20% increase to your tech skills. Since you worked extensively at your craft, you gain +20% to your Mechanical, Smithy, Electrical, and Gun Smithy Expertise levels. As a mater of fact you still have two of your first creations; an Automation and a Repeater Rifle. Alas, you spent so much time with things of a mechanical that you neglected the development of your social skills and wind up with (-6) Charisma. You have burn scars from the scolding steam your machines make, and have (-2) to your Beauty because of it. Also, you have an aversion to magick in any form and get -20% to your Magick Aptitude. In spite of all your short comings, you have managed to become quite wealthy, and have double your starting wealth. You are so very good at selling your creation, and gain 1 rank to your Haggle skill.

• Requirements : All races and gender
• Description : You are ugly, but horny. You suffer major penalties to willpower, charisma and beauty, but your dexterity and strength is above anyone else!

• Requirements : All
• Description : You’ve lost your eye in an awful accident. Fortunately for you, the rise of technology brought you mechanical eye. And it was tested on you. You have increased perception (+2) and zoom (no range penalty for bow/firearms/throwing). Unfortunatly this eye only works, if you have technological or neutral aptitude. Further more you suffer loss of beauty (-5) from an accident. If you use any helmet/hat/glasses(even eye gear), you lose your bonus; if you use any kind of robe or helmet your beauty loss is less visible and becomes -3 instead of -4. You also recieve +11 technological aptitude because of technological nature of new eye.

• Requirements : All but Half-Ogres and Half-Orcs
• Description : As a young boy, you wanted adventure. You went on a dare (-1 Willpower) to go to the Village Wizard, up in a dark tower.There you found the Wizard wasn’t home, but his spellbook was still there. You read one incantation, which reversed your entire physical being!Now as an adult adventurer, you constantly are reminded of yourself reading the incantation, because your skills wax and wane constantly.Every enemy you kill, one skill goes up, while one skill goes down. 1 out of 5, 2 goes up and 2 goes down. 1 out of 15, 5 goes up and 5 goes down.

• Requirements : Elfs Only
• Description : Part of the Great Elven Council. You were one of the Three that Banished Arronax. But once you sealed it with the Ring of Brodgar you were so hurt from the war before, you died. Now someone ressurected you.(you get +20 to magick)(+Staff)(+Elven Boots)(+Magick Robe) (And you been dead so long you don’t remember much.)

• Requirements : Humans, Half-Orcs, Half-Elves only
• Description : You ran away from home at a young age and dont like to talk about your past. Since you can remember, you’ve been good with technology (+30% to tech). You’re also smarter than most people (+2 Intelligence). Because of this, you realized the power of the coin (+ 1 Haggle). You decided one day at 15 years to hire yourself out as a thug. You quickly toned your body into a fierce war machine (+2 Strength, + 2 Dexterity, +2 Melee). Also, you learned about guns (+3 Perception, +2 FireArms). However, you’ve isolated yourself from others and practically killed off your emotions, making it impossible for you to tolerate others working with you( - 9 Charisma). You board the IFS Zephyr in the hopes of earning more coin. You also start out with a Clarington Rifle and Bronzed Platemail.

• Requirements : Female only
• Description : For most of your life you have been helping bring new life into the world, first with your mother and then alone. She taught you much (+2 Healing, Herbology - Heal Lite schematic) and dealing with all the traumas and life and death decisions of childbirth taught you more (+1 Willpower, +2 Persuasion). Violence disgusts you as you have worked hard to bring these people into the world, and you don’t want anyone taking them out of it before their time (-3 Combat skills) and you hate guns with a passion (-3 Firearms)

• Requirements : none
• Description : You where a scientist for the military.While you where designing a device that could kill any creature with one shot terrorists invaded your lab and killed all of your staff and fellow scientists.As you fled from your lab you here Cmdr.Newground shout to you that you must get to Tarant and warn HQ of the attack,you board the IFS Zepher not knowing what will become of the world if the terrorists descover the power of your device... Your starting stats are +2 to all tech skills You are a doctorate in gun smithing and machanical,but you suffer +4 penalties in charisma and +1 penalty in beauty.Also because of your paranoia that anyone and everyone is an enemy you are not allowed to have any followers.

• Requirements : Dwarves only
• Description : You are a scientist for the military.While you where developing a device that could destroy any form of matter in one shot terrorists invaded you lab,and killed all of your staff.While you fled your lab you hear Lt.Newground shout to you that you must go to Tarant and warn HQ of the attack.You board the IFS Zephyr wondering what will happen if the terrorists descover your device,and if they do what will become of the world. You start with(+20)intellegence and you are a doctorate at both gunsmithing and mechanical colleges,but because of you days isolated from contact with other people you have(-4)charisma.Also because of you life indoors you have very pale skin(-1)beauty and(-3)perception.After the Zephyr crashed you got extremely paranoid that the terrorists where after you so you suffer(-1)reaction and you can have only 1 follower.

• Requirements : All
• Description : Being trained as a Special Forces Sniper, you have incredible patience and sight(+3 Per. and Will.), and the ability to survive all kinds of conditions(+2 Con.) However, the view of the world through a sniper’s scope, and the many battles have left you practically emotionless, and most people get nervous around you(-2 Charisma). Also, since the death of your partner, you allow very few people to get close to you(No more than two followers). You have boarded the IFS Zephyr with the plans for your Looking Glass Rifle, a Fine Pistol and some bullets, ready for any challenges that await you.

• Requirements : Humans only
• Description : You wher born as a freakishly powerful telepath. Infact you were so powerful that one of the doctors delivering you died of a stroke. You start out with the Mentalic Shockwave spell [see Fan-created spells] and a 20% bonus to all mental spells that you learn without any penalties to tech and you also have increadable mental powers (+10 Intelligence) (+7 Willpower). But you have a severe speach handcap (you speak as if your Intelligence were 2), and physicaly you are very frail (-7 Strength, -2 Constitution, -1 Speed)and ugly (-6 beauty). On top of that people fear your powers so you suffer a negative 15 Reaction.

• Requirements : any
• Description :

• Requirements : male
• Description : Your past is a dark one. You just want to forget it. You don’t want to talk about it. You have increased strength but reduced beauty from your scars(+1ST, -1BE). You are quick witted and careful, yet your mind tends to wander. (+1IN, +1WP, -1PE, +10% chance of crit. Fail) You are constantly pushing people away, but they mind you less, hoping to find out your past (-2Persuasion, +1 extra followers, alignment requirement for followers are halved)

• Requirements : male
• Description : Your past is a dark one. You just want to forget it. You don’t want to talk about it. You have increased strength but reduced beauty from your scars(+1ST, -1BE). You are quick witted and careful, yet your mind tends to wander. (+1IN, +1WP, -1PE, +10% chance of crit. Fail) You are constantly pushing people away, but they mind you less, hoping to find out your past (-2Persuasion, +1 extra followers, alignment requirement for followers are halved)

• Requirements : Male Human
• Description : When you were a kid you kept telling your mom that everything was Green and Yellow and she was made up of 0’s and 1’s, she took you in for therapy amd everyone thought you were insane(-3 to charisma & -20 to reaction), but kid’s were amazed when you stopped all their projectiles from hitting you (+4 to perception), and that one time when you fought the school bully, well the whole school, and they didn’t land a blow...(+4 to strength)(+4 to dexterity) eventually you learned that Arcanum was actually the Matrix and you learned to manipulate it and learn almost everything(+6 to intelligence & all tech skills mastered)but since everything came easy to you (-6 to willpower)

• Requirements : Half-Elf
• Description : Your mother was a powerful elven sorceress, and your father a noted human technologist. These combinations of background have given you a foundation in both disciplines. You retain the beauty and dexterity of other half-elves (+1 to beauty and dexterity), but growing up helping your father with his heavier equipment has helped you overcome your elven ancestors’ physical frailties (+1 to strength and constitution). Your mother and father were both very fastidious in passing on their individual talents, and you have benefitted from their tutelage (+10% to Magickal Aptitude, +1 to Tech Skills). Because of your heritage, you are definitely inclined towards magick, but not at the expense or ignorance of technology. You see the blending that magick and technology can hold for the future, and you live as an example of how powerful the two forces can be when joined in harmony.

• Requirements : Elf only
• Description : You are a Night-elf living in Kalidmor, home of Night-elf. Night-elf are beautiful but self-centered (+1be -1ch). They are skillful and have great will but is weak.(+1dx -2cn +1wp). All Night-elf has good night vision (no light penalty), and they can become invisible at night. (+12prowling during night). Having arrival to the mutli-race Arcanum, you feel uneasy to find sentinal being other than elf, result as poor reaction with other race(-10 reaction to race other than elf, including elf, dark-elf, high-elf, city-elf, and of course, Night-elf).

• Requirements : Elf, Human, Halfling, Half-Elf
• Description : You grew up under the guidence of a martial arts master. Because of this you start with a katana and gain benefits in dexterity, perception, constitution, melee, prowling, and dodge. However, you being swift did not gain great strength.

• Requirements : any
• Description : You are one sexy bitch, so you get bonuses to beauty [+12] and charisma [+12] but sadly, with such great power comes great responsibility...so you lose 2 points of strength,constitution, and dexterity. Hey, no one said looking good would be easy

• Requirements : Half-orc only
• Description : The Orcish Horde of Azeroth is a nomadic tribe. But the Horde has a highly develped shamanic culture, that makes any orcish member seems less brute than other orc(-1st). You are a half-orc living in the tribe and is affected by the shamanic rite, results as a rise in willpower (+1wp). But in a tribe of pure-orc makes you look very orcish(-1 more be), and you know orc very well(+20reaction to orc and half-orc). The orcish fighting style tells you how to deal more damage (+4damage bonus) but is harder to aim(-20th). You start with less money(200coins), but with a fine orcish axe.

• Requirements : Any
• Description : You are a being not wholely of this world, you exist part in this reality and part in a higher plane of existance. As a result you have extremely high magic skill, but cannot use any technology. Because of not fully being part of this world, your alignment can never be higher than -15 and your strength 5. You can never develop mele above 2 but can carry far more than other people ( 10000lb +) and have a higher fatigue and healt levels than ordinary.

• Requirements : Half-orc
• Description : You’ve never been able to live in society. Beacuse of your orcish heritage, people have never accepted you into civilization. You lose 2 to charisma and willpower, but your constant struggle with assassins, holy men and adventurers looking to put an end to you has strengthened your body. (+2 to strength and dexterity) You took your savings (700 gold)and snuck abord the Zephyr in hopes to find a more accepting people in Arcanum.

• Requirements : Any Race
• Description : Born into a world filled with death and destruction, you vowed onto yourself to battle against evil (+10 allignment) with the skills of a Jedi. Learning from the insightful manual, "Idiots guide to Being A Jedi", you feel learned enough to take on the bad guys. As a Jedi, you get +5 Strength and +15 Dexterity for your long training. You also get a full tree for "Mental" skills and have a full tree for "Force" too. The only downside is that you have a crude look (-4 beauty) and you’re simply hopeless in technology ( Max Magickal Aptitude but cannot go lesser into the Technological side)

• Requirements : Human,Elf,Half-elf only
• Description : Trying to become a paladin, you have spend many years training in an ancient order of holy paladin.You are a holy person,and start with a good heart(+20ali).But you are under an oath of not doing evil deed,and if your aliment reach or is under 0 you will die immediately.The many years of training give you fine combat skill(+4melee+4dodge+1dx), but the combat disciple make you never strike an enemy’s back(-12backstab,-4 to all other thief skill).Your priesthood life give you faith(+1wp),but leave you little money (100coins),yet you have bought along your sword and chainmail(begin with a magical sword and chailmail) to the zephey. The jounrey of truth and fate has just started!

• Requirements : Human only
• Description : You have been raised by an ancient order of holy paladins. Because of the firm beliefs the Order has instilled in you, you gain +2 to Willpower. Your training has also given you a bonus to your Melee skill and +1 to Dexterity and Charisma. The accumulation of personal wealth is frowned upon by the Order and so you start with no money. You boarded the IFS Zephyr on a quest to prove that you are ready to become a full paladin.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You grew up lonely and alone. So much so that you looked within yourself for answers and contentment, (+4 Willpower). This has given you a great advantage in magic however, Magical Aptitude (20%). You are gifted both physically and mentally but because of a lack of any father figure you have not worked to improve yourself physically by engaging in sports etc. (-2 Strength, -4 Dexterity). However your will has given you an inexhaustible stamina (+2 Constitution). Your extremely intelligent (+4 Intelligence) but you have genetically poor senses (-4 perception). Your poor and lonely upbringing has left you without any exposure to technology so you suffer a penalty to all Tech skills (-1). While you are rather good looking no one will ever notice because your poor self esteem has rendered your hygiene horrible (-2 Beauty) However your reflective nature has made you very emphatic (+2 Charisma, +2 ranks to Persuasion).

• Requirements : none
• Description : Created in a lab you excell at everything. You know nothing about your past and are on a quest to find out. +2 strength,Dexterity,Charisma. +3 intelligence, willpower. +5 to pick locks, pickpocket.

• Requirements : Elf, Human, Half-Elf, Half-Ogre, Half-Orc
• Description : You are the result of decades of research into psychological and physical experimentation. The military has designed you to be a completeley perfect instrument of destruction, strategy, and espionage (+30 Strength, +10 Willpower, +20 Charisma, +30 Intelligence, +50 Constitution, +20 Perception, +75 Dexterity).

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You are most certainly a perfectionist. You pay close attention to even the smallest details, and feel that everything you do must be without error. If you make a mistake, you start all over and try again, or dwell on the mistake for months or even years. You have perfected your aim, gaining +30% to attack rating and +15% critical hits, however your perfectionism gets annoying, and even frightens some people (-7 charisma). You have spent hours on end studying gaining +7 to intelligence and have perfected your reflexes with continual sit ups and summersaults (+4 dex) but because this has made you exceptionally haughty and arrogant, you suffer a -70 reaction penalty. All of your social skills suffer a -3/4 penalty and you have -2 max followers. You start with 500 gold.

• Requirements : Human, Gnome, Half-Elf, Half-Orc, Halfling.
• Description : You have graduated as a Physician from one of the best schools of medicine in Arcanum. You are specially knowledgeable (+3 Inteligence) and have developed a smooth, but firm personality (+2 Charisma, +2 Willpower). As a new physician, you know how to treat several mind and body disseases (+4 Heal, +4 Persuasion). Unfortunately, you lack of any physical perparation (-3 Strenght, -2 Constitution, -2 Dexterity), as study has demanded too much time of your life, and, as a new member of the Arcanum Intelectual Elite, you wouldn’t dare to do something that could spoil your reputation (- 4 Backstab, -4 Pickpocket).

• Requirements : Human and Half-Elf
• Description : You are a nerd with very bad acne. You lose -5 to strength and -3 to derexity but gain +8 to intelligence and start out with 1 machined plate mail

• Requirements : females only
• Description : once a month you suffer from severe cramps, so you made it your mission to make yourself feel better. You have learned the basics for alchemy and herbology and your tolerance for pain has earned you a huge bonus to CON (+6), STR (+2) and WP (+1). However you receive severe penalties in socal situations and most people feel that you complain too much. So you have a penalty to charisma (-4)and to beauty (-3) and to your haggle and persuasion skills.

• Requirements : Human
• Description : Through your witty talk and candid conversation, you are easy to quel tension. This unusual talent has given you the nick name of "wimp", however and recieve -1 ST and -2 CN. However, your recieve +2 CH and a bonus to Haggle and Persuation(+1 to both).

• Requirements : All
• Description : At the age of 7 you witnessed a shard of meteor crash near your home, you went to investigate and blacked out. From then on you have had dreams of unknown lands and strange creatures. You somehow have gained the strengths of those creatures (+3strength,+3dexterity,+3perception,+1 melee,dodge and prowling) and have figured out that you must be possesed. However your body has been changing to be more similar to those creatures(-5beauty,-3charisma)and the blackouts have weakened your memory(-3intelligence).

• Requirements : All
• Description :

• Requirements : Female Elf only
• Description : You are a priestess of the Night-elf goddess Elune. You are charged with the mission of protecting the land of Night-elf.Knowing a evil is going to appear in Arcanum, you are sent to the arcanum port of Rosebrough and get onto the Zephey.Being a Night-elf you have the Night-elf modifier(+1be -1ch +1dx -2cn +1wp, no light penalty, +12prowling during night, -10reaction to non-elf). And Elune has grant you great power of moon(+3wp+3pe+3dx+2be+2ch at night), and you are skilled in bow(+4bow),and never try close combat(-8melee-8backstab).You always ride on your frosttiger but it is not here now, leaving you many troble(-2speed -1000carryweight -2st).And you lack knowlege of techology thus suffer from (-4 to all tech skill).

• Requirements : Elf, Half-Elf , Human
• Description : You were raised as the son of the Lord of Darkness, Your alignment is stuck at -100 but you have a positive reaction modifier of 10, All stats are +10. Being the son of the Lord of Darkness you have an inate ability to see at night, but incur no penalties during the light. Since you were raised in Hades you were tutored by many great heros and scholars of the past. You had access to all new information as well and studied hard, you are now just entering adolesence at 1500 and are tired of sitting and studying, you have a +5 to all skill levels, and have a 20exp bonus each kill, since you spent most of your time studying you gain no bonuses to your combat skills. You have all schematics learned and begin with 100000 gold coins.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You are well learned and respected through the upper class society. You have studied much, and are able to teach with ease. You may train followers, but must spend more time with them so you may not have as much (-1 max followers). You also get +10 reaction with nobles, and +2 IN. However, the poor don’t like your snobbish appearance (-10 reaction to poor) and your bookwork leaves you a bit weaker. (-1 ST and DX)

• Requirements : Any
• Description : You have been blessed by the gods and the All-Father (+6 Beauty +2 Intelligence +2 Strength +2 Dexterity and +30 Good Alingment)to fight against an evil in a final confrontation. You will recieve terrible negative reaction to any evil act (-25 reaction) you also gain +20% to magickal apptitude and can’t go any lower. Due to the envy of your beauty you loose (-2 Charisma and a slight loss to persuasion)

• Requirements : All
• Description : At the mere age of seven your entire family was murdered by a band of mysterious knights. Luckily some sort of mystical warriors showed up and saved you. Then taking you back to their colony to be trained as a psychic. These years of training earn you Charm and Stun from the Mental College along with +1 strength and +3 willpower. However the only other spell colleges availible to you will be Morph, Summoning and White Necromancy. Also, Due to leaving school at seven you lose 4 points of intelligence.

• Requirements : Human Only
• Description : You are a street-wise punk who grew up in the slums. You have very little money, and barely enough clothes to keep you warm. Living on the streets has affected you in many ways; You gain a HUGE bonus in Thieving Skills (+4) and a bonus in perception.(+2) But living on the streets isn’t all fun and games. You are a rough looking young man, who hasn’t bathed in months (Beauty -4) and people tend to dislike your attitude.(Reaction -4)

• Requirements : female elf
• Description : You have just awoken on this zepplin, completely unsure of who you are and what you are doing on this plane. Everyone is staring at you wondering where the hell you came from and why your skins is purple...you’re just as shocked as they are. One passanger has mention you just appeared on the floor. You ask him where the zepplin is going, he tells you, "The city or Tarant." You figure you might as well rest your eyes until you arrive at Tarant. During this brief nap you have a very strange dream. You are in a world full of chaos and hatred. You see people being slaughtered by the thousands. Blood and fire everywhere. In the distance you see a statue of a very powerful yet sinister man...engraved at the base is "Survival of the Fittest." You then see several people that look extremely familar. The sight of them brings you hope. You see a man in red mask...he looks determined and stern. At his side is woman...completely covered except her face. She has a strange white streak in her hair. You see a clown adorned in bright colors. A man on fire, another on ice. And finally you see a savage man. He is extremely large. His eyes are very cold, his teeth very sharp. At first you feel frightened but then you suddenly feel safer then you have ever felt before... Suddenly you awake to the sound of gunfire...people around you are panicing yet you remain completely calm. You merely sit there and reflect on this dream you’ve just had. Suddenly an image enters your mind...it feels as though its burning itself into your brain. It is an image of an...’X’. ( * You are a former X-man. Rebel fighter for a dying dream of coexistence between humans and mutants. You have fought with conviction and determination (+6 willpower) unlike any other that has ever existed. Isolation from the rest of the world, to evade the wrath of Apocalypse’s Horsemen, has left you with poor social skills (-4 charisma and -2 to haggle and persuasion).)

• Requirements : humans, dwarvs, elves, half-elves
• Description : You have an obsession with fire and can’t think of anything else (Explosive expertise +30, first 2 fire spells). However, this obsession has left you lacking a sense of anyting not fire related (-1 to strength, dexterity, and charisma), on top of that you had an accident and burned your face (-2 to beauty). You are a little smarter now and a little more energetic (+1 to intelligence and constitution).

• Requirements : All but Humans and Half-Ogres
• Description : Instead of going to a school for education, you went directly to a school for magic, forced there by your parents (-1 Willpower) there you learned magic but lacked normal education (-3 Intelligence).After many hours in a dark room reading (-3 perseption) and gaining no excersize (-1 strength and -2 dexterity) you finally learned many magic powers (you know every Fire College Spell).You tried to get away on a train, to show off your powers, but you had an accident with the mechanics (-2 beauty) and were thrown off (-1 charisma). You boarded a Zeplin and headed for adventure.

• Requirements : Elves Only
• Description : Ever since you saw your first fireworks display at a human fair held near the edge of your ancestral forest, you have been fascinated by the power lurking in the crude black powder you eventually got hold of. You have learnt much since then (Gunsmithy - Crude Flintlock schematic, Explosives - Bullets schematic, +3 Firearms, +1 Repair) mostly self-taught. All through this process you have been fighting against your own magickal nature which has caused some nasty accidents (-3 Beauty) and also the prejudices of your people. "Powdermonkey" is the nicest thing they call you, so you spend much of your time alone with your obsession (-2 Charisma).

• Requirements : Any
• Description : You were raised in large city and never taken to a Protestant Christian church (-2 INT)and were taught not to be "intolerant"(-2 STR)and you were also taught that gun rights should be non-existent and guns should be taken from American citizens(no firearms skills whatsoever), however, because you are "tolerant" and believe that all religions and even gays go to heaven you are well liked by everyone except people with half of a brain.(+2 maximum followers, +3 charisma)

• Requirements : White human male only
• Description : You were raised to support the Caladonain Bush dynasty of tyrants. You learned to spot the differences between humans and half-humans quickly (+3 Perception). You also have +2 to the explosives discipline, to help you bomb abortion clinics. However, your Uber Christian family home schooled you to keep you away from zionist conspiracies (-4 intelligence). You get a (-20 reaction from non-humans, and +20 reaction from humans wearing white robes). You cannot talk to men, because you fear you’d like it too much.

• Requirements : All except Half-Ogre, Half-Orc
• Description : Your parents turned you over to a mage living away from any civilization. He intended to teach you magic before he died and had you train your Willpower to enormous levels beforehand (+6). Yet, lacking a bit in social skills and formal education, your Intelligence and Charisma is a bit below par (-2) and you suffer penalties in Haggle and Convince.

• Requirements : All
• Description : Your parents went on a long journey and never returned. Your mysterious uncle raised you in his tower far from civilization. You loose -1 to intelligence from a lack of schooling and from the darkness of his tower, you loose -1 to perception and -1 to all tech skills. However, due to your uncle’s training you recieve +2 to willpower and +2 to haggle. Before you left your uncle, he gave you a magical ring:+1 willpower.

• Requirements : Human
• Description : Orphaned at birth you were taken in by a secret order of assassins. They showed you their ways and raised you as one of their own. You eventually left in order to seek your own place in the world. Since you training required stealth, and the ability to break into an area, you have +3 Prowl, +3 Back Stab and +3 Lockpicking skills. Also required are the tools of the trade, meaning you start with a Strong Poison Schematic and a Scoped Rifle Schematic. However, all the time secretly killing people has done little for your demeanor, and you have -3 haggle, -3 persausion, and -5 charisma. Likewise you almost always followed orders, leading to a -5 in willpower. How ever your life long training led to a +5 in Dexterity.

• Requirements : Elf
• Description : (by Megaman-alpha)You where a child when Dwarves found you staving to death in the forest, Inspite of the Dwarfish dislikement of elves you where raised like one of their own. They tought you how to use technogy rather than magic giving you an bonus to tech (techpts+15)and tech skills! but you lost your magic (magicpts-15)(willpower -1). being an miner gave you +2 to constitution and +1 to strength but had it’s toll, taking your good looks Beauty (-1) and being surounded by swearing dwarves 24/7 doesn’t help your Charisma (-1) and your elven Dexterity failed too (-1). You start with 800 gold.}

• Requirements : All but Elves
• Description : You were born in the Icelands, and were raised by Eskimos. Eating seal fat for early parts of your life have made you weak (-3 strength), you had no schooling (-3 intelligence). The seal fat made you heavy and fat (-3 dexterity). Living in the snow has numbed your senses (-3 perception). Your eskimo parents did nothing but order you around (-3 willpower). Many scars because of being wipped by your father show on your face (-3 beauty and charisma).Of course, eating NOTHING BUT seal fat has made your body able to resist a few swordstrikes (+21 constitution).

• Requirements : none (make sure you make one for large, medium, and small build characters. (servants clothes need to fit)
• Description : You have been raised by a small troup of gypsies. Since childhood, they have schooled you in their ways of trickery and fast talking. You have since become the troups expert in things regarding theivery. (you gain bonuses to all theiving skills, +2 DX, +1 Haggle). Your not bad looking, yet most people dont favor gyspies (-2 CH), so first impressions usually dont go to well. Although quick-witted, not having any real education or social ettiquet has taken a toll (-1 IN, -2 WP). Your troup leader recently sent you on your own to blaze your own path and take you where life may lead you. You’ve snuck onboard the airship posing as a servant in hopes of starting a new troup all your own in a new land. You only have the clothes on your back and NO money, but have managed to "Aquire" a few fancy adornments from the more fortunate aboard the ship.

• Requirements : Elves only
• Description : When you were born, you were abandoned by your parents near a small village of humans. Found by a young couple, you were taken in a raised among humans. Since humans do not have an aptitude towards either magic or technology, you lose your 15% magikal aptitude bonus, but living among humans has raised your strength(+1) and your hardiness(CN +1).

• Requirements : all
• Description : You were orphaned from birth, eating anything. Upon finding out what a rock tastes like, you tossed it, freeing the serpents from the local zoo. The serpents, gratified, took you to their secret village where you were raised. You were taught well (+1 to int, wp, ch, haggle and persuasion skill) and fought with the serpents(+1 St, melee and dodge). You are reminded about that very first lock you "picked," and learnt more about lock smithy(+4 to lockpicking). You are loved for this (never get attacked by serpents), but you lose 4 points to bow, firearms heal, repair, spot and disarm traps, since you never saw these. You also gain a 20% resistance to poison, but start with nothing but your lockpicks as you decide to venture out into the world to help more serpents out there.

• Requirements : Human, Halfling only
• Description : Orphaned as a small child, you were taken in by a guild of Thieves. They trained you into the fine arts of liberating other people’s property. You eventually ran away, seeking your own fortune, but not before taking some money and an autoskeleton key schematic for yourself. You are a highly skilled at stealing (+3 Pick Pocket), sneaking (+3 Prowling), and opening locks (+3 Pick locks). Likes wise, you spot as well as disarm traps (+3 Spot Trap, +3 Disarm Trap). Also you start with X1.5 Starting cash. However, since you’ve always taken things you’ve wanted, you get -3 to Haggle. Also, you can only have one follower, because nobody trusts a thief. Like wise from from lack of schooling you have -5 intelligence. Spending most of your life by less reputable people has made you very ill-mannered (-5 charisma). Finally, you focused on being agile more than being strong (-3 strength, +3 dexterity).

• Requirements : Human, Elf, Half-Elf
• Description : Growing up on the wrong side of the tracks you were forced to steal to keep food on the table. You became excellent at your trade and recieve a large (+2) increase in both pickpocket and picklock and a +2 to your dexterity. Unfortunately you weren’t that great and your proffesion landed you in prison. You managed an escape and was hiding from the local sherif in a crate that, unbeknownst to you, was bound for the IFS Zephyr. After being incarserated into jail you were stripped of all possesions and you start out with no money. Your lack of schooling results in a -2 to intelligence and your lifestyle made you a bit rougher and you start out with a -1 to charisma.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You tend to go on a bit....the extra practice means you use dialogue options as if you were much more intelligent than you really are, but you lack focus (-1 Willpower) and people find you annoying (-1 Charisma).

• Requirements : Humans only
• Description : You have always lived a shy live never really interested in social activities, talking to people is not your strong point(-3 charisma -2 haggle -3 gambling -1 persuasion) but having lived on your own has given you the time to exercise your physical and mental state(+2 dexterity +2 strength +1 constitution +2 intelligence +2 willpower +2 perception. Not having any knowledge of magick or guns you have a large disadvantage than most others.(-3 firearms -50% Magickal Aptitude)

• Requirements : Humans and Half-Orcs only
• Description : You are a strange mystic. You worship someone called Emperor Haile Sellassie, ex-ruler of some place called Evie’s myopia (Ethiopia). You wear your hair in long ropy coils known as dreadlocks, which gives you a sort of exotic beauty (Beauty +1) and the fortitude of your beliefs and years spent at manual labor have given you inner and outer strenth (Strength and Willpower +2). Because of your mysticism, you are magickally inclined (Magickal Aptitude +30%) Unfortunately, your smoking of the hallucinogenic ganja leaves has left you somewhat woozy (Perception -1) and your fierce demeanor and the innumerable lice you carry around in your dreads has left people wary of you (Charisma -1) You also denounce technology as "Tool of the Babylon shitstem" and are naturally suspicious of it (Technological Aptitude -25%)

• Requirements : All
• Description : You were born into an old aristocratic family and are heir to a large family fortune(triple starting wealth). Life has treated you very well indeed. Unfortunately, this has made you very haughty and arrogant indeed (-4 Charisma). You are also vehemently opposed to any change in the status quo, seeing as how you’ve benefitted so much from it and view technology as a threat to your privileged position in society due to its egalitarian nature (-50% technological aptitude)

• Requirements : No Requirements
• Description : You Escaped from a Drug Rehab Centre in a major town, Your mind is fried by drugs(-3 int.) and your paranoid nature gives you poor social skills (-3 cha). but your violent nature gives you much needed combat exp.(+2 Dex)Drug usage gives (+2 str) and 10% damage resistance. Due to your warped mind magic has difficulty affecting you also givin you a bonus of 10% resistance to magic.

• Requirements : None
• Description : You may be the reincarnation of this Living One character, but he isn’t the only one shacking up in your body. Though it gets a bit cramped at times, the gods’ mistake is your blessing. Having the spirits of a mage (+20 Intelligence/+20 Willpower/max heal/all spells), an alchemist (all chemistry, explosives, herbology, theraputics), a master thief (+20 Dexterity/+20 Perception/max pickpocket, prowling, picklock, spot trap, disarm traps), and a hero (+20 Strength/+20 Constitution/max combat skills, firearms, repair/all gun-smithing, smithy/1000 HP&Fatigue) makes you a powerful force.

• Requirements : Humans
• Description : You believe unquestionably in serving a higher power. You are oblivious to pain (+30% to all resistances, +5 Constitution), and your faith makes you push your self more than a normal person would (+3 Strength, + 3 willpower). On the down side all you can ever talk about is this higher power of yours and people find you irritating (-6 charisma). Also your single mindedness leaves weak in other areas (-5 intelligence, -5 persception).

• Requirements : human/elf/half-elf/half-orc
• Description : You are a renagade who used to be a cop. During your life on the right side of the law, you were framed and sent to prison for five years (thus losing -1 beuaty). You escaped and stole four-hundred dollars to survive, as well as a gun (a standard-issue repeater rifle!). Needless to say, any guard will attack you unless you have a helmet on. Tough luck, kid.

• Requirements : Humans and Half Orcs
• Description : +2 charisma- skilled at swaying others to your cause+1 combat skills- extensive guerrilla training.-1 Strength, -2 Constitution- grew up in substandard living conditions under repressive political regime.

• Requirements : Male Human, Dwarf, Half-Elf, Elf
• Description : You were teased so much at school that you decided to take fate in your own hands. You killed all your classmates (-20 alignment),and you escaped from the police by bluffing your way out(+1 persuasion). But, now you killed off half your school, you have obviously missed out on some things (-2 intelligence), and you have become hately of all living things, afraid they will tease you. (-1 charisma) (-1 followers) However, you killed your classmates by telling them to walk into a active volcano by using the Mental College spells, and of course some persuasion. (spells of Mental college require -2 willpower to learn). As for combat, you have no knowlege of any fighting, being too scared to come out of the cupboard, afraid of being teased. This results in a -1 to all combat skills, but making yourself scarce has also had its benefits (+3 ranks of prowling) (+2 dexterity) All in all, you are also wanted by the police for murder, which gives you a -40 reaction to all guards, except the ones in Tarant, whom you have payed to keep silent (1/2 starting wealth).

• Requirements : human male
• Description : You are the king of get down the pounds! you are physically fit (+4 strength and constitution) and all that dancing away the fat has made you very coordinated (+5 dexterity). However, you are an absolute airhead (-4 intelligence), who won’t shut up (-2 persuasion), and NO ONE can stand to be within eyeshot or earshot of you for more than 2 minutes (-10 charisma). But being a health guru has advantages. Because you are so annoying, people instantly agree with you (master haggler)- just to get rid of you. Your relentless exercise gives you +100 HP and fatigue. And you start with 5000GP from all the books and tapes you’ve pawned off on unsuspecting simpletons. Still, are the advantages worth being, well...YOU?

• Requirements : Human males olny
• Description : Your are the famous Robin Hood. The character gains a bonus +2 to Dexterity as well as an +2 Bow, but suffers a penalty to all Tech skills (-1). Starts with an bow,50 arrows and an Elvish chain mail.

• Requirements : Half-Ogre only
• Description : You have always been smarter than your peers (+2 Intelligence), but also strangely lopsided in appearance (-1 Beauty) and less hardy (-1 Constitution, lose Damage resistance bonus). A city doctor you consulted suggested that because the Ogre side of your heritage is actually Giant blood that is slowly degrading, your very physical form is unstable. You are not sure what he means, but you have noticed that in times of stress (mainly fights with less understanding Half-Ogres) your fists have swelled into mighty bony clubs (Harden Hands spell - Morph college). While frightening, it also means that the fights have been becoming less frequent.

• Requirements : Human only
• Description : You were attacked and nearly killed by a vampire a few weeks ago. At first you thought yourself to be lucky for surviving the attack but it was not long before your attacker’s master gained control over you, and drew you to his lair. You were imprisoned their so that you could undergo the transformation without interruption. But you escaped in short order and sold everything you had to buy passage on the IFS Zephyr (Start with half the wealth). During the voyage you have started to notice that you become weak during the day (-4 to strength, dexterity, and constitution in the daytime), your skin wrinkles when exposed to sunlight (-4 to beauty when outside during the day), and you have turned so carnivorous that you have your meat served nearly raw (Absorb 10 HP every melee hit, and loose 10 HP every day). The good news is that your physical prowess seems to improove every night (+5 to strength, dexterity, and constitution at night), and you apparently seem more attracive in the moonlight (+5 to beauty when outside at night).

• Requirements : Human Female Only
• Description : Once, on your way to visit your sick grandmother, you came across a magikal talking wolf. You told him where your going and when you finally got there, the wolf had disguised himself as your grandmother and hid her in the closet. It was only by the aide of a near-by Hunter that you were able to save both yourself and your grandma. As a form of hero worship, you learned some of the hunter’s technique’s (+3 firearms, +3 prowling). To better learn your skills, you became more persceptive (+4) and more dexterious (+4). However this incident also left you traumtized. When fighting wolves you lose start to panic (-6 perseption, -6 intelligence when fighting wolves). Also all this time hunting did little to make you popular with the other girls(-4 charisma). You took a ride in the IFS Zypher in search of more interesting and more challenge prey to hunt.

• Requirements : Humans only
• Description : Ones a proud and noble Solimic Knight, Owning hundreds of Castles and Farms, wemon wanted you, people looked up to you. You beleived in the great gods and used the hightes chivary. You couldn’t even hit a dazed man. You were one of the best Knights who ever lived. It was a great life. But, you start to despise all things the knights started doing. They started accepting money, beating helpless people, and slaughtering those without weapons. You turned to the gods for advice, asking them, pleading to them, what to do, and they told you, coming from there great empires in the sky. You thought what you were doing was right. You turned on the Knights, everything you once beleived in, ruining them, but also, ruining your once perfect life.(Any knights along the way depise, although there are very few).Being highly trained, you get +1 ranks to Melee, dodge, but, the people do not know what you did for them, thinking that you were being greedy. You Blame the gods for this, you now hate them as much as the knights you once fought along side with. So, you suffer -5 in Chrisma, not only for hating the gods, but what you did to the knights.You also suffer -3 in will power because you no longer feel like living.But, you gain +5 to beauty, +2 to strengh and constitution. and + 3 to dexterity. Making you a GREAT warrior. You also start off with a whole suit of armor, gloves, helmet and a fine magical blade, blessed by the gods. You once tried to sell it, because of what the gods did to you(so you think), but after a good nights rest, it was back on you belt, glowing and giving off a strange aura. But you have very little god because of being on the run. Watch your back, not everyone is like you, in fact, there is no other.

• Requirements : Humans only
• Description : Ones a proud and noble Solimic Knight, Owning hundreds of Castles and Farms, wemon wanted you, people looked up to you. You beleived in the great gods and used the hightes chivary. You couldn’t even hit a dazed man. You were one of the best Knights who ever lived. It was a great life. But, you start to despise all things the knights started doing. They started accepting money, beating helpless people, and slaughtering those without weapons. You turned to the gods for advice, asking them, pleading to them, what to do, and they told you, coming from there great empires in the sky. You thought what you were doing was right. You turned on the Knights, everything you once beleived in, ruining them, but also, ruining your once perfect life.(Any knights along the way depise, although there are very few).Being highly trained, you get +1 ranks to Melee, dodge, but, the people do not know what you did for them, thinking that you were being greedy. You Blame the gods for this, you now hate them as much as the knights you once fought along side with. So, you suffer -5 in Chrisma, not only for hating the gods, but what you did to the knights.You also suffer -3 in will power because you no longer feel like living.But, you gain +5 to beauty, +2 to strengh and constitution. and + 3 to dexterity. Making you a GREAT warrior. You also start off with a whole suit of armor, gloves, helmet and a fine magical blade, blessed by the gods. You once tried to sell it, because of what the gods did to you(so you think), but after a good nights rest, it was back on you belt, glowing and giving off a strange aura. But you have very little god because of being on the run. Watch your back, not everyone is like you, in fact, there is no other.

• Requirements : Female only
• Description : You were raised a princess among a family of highly influencial nobles, and gain a bonus to your Persuasion (+2), Beauty (+3), and Charisma (+2), but were pampered and coddled from a young age, and suffer a penalty to your Strength (-3), and Constition (-2). You don’t let others know of your royal roots, and have fled from the palace, taking with you double the amount of gold a normal traveler might have.

• Requirements : Human only
• Description : You were born in a far away land, and trained in the arts of the samarai. ( +1 Dexterity, +1 Strength, +2 ranks to melee, and +2 ranks to dodge) but your training has caused you to lose touch with the world of technology you gain slight penalty to all technology skills.( technical aptitude -20%). You start with a Katana, and Leather Armor.

• Requirements : Elf, Human, Half-Elf
• Description : You are a master with bladed weapons, receiving a huge bonus to Melee, (3/4 full stat) STR (+4) CON (+3) DEX (+6) but a penalty to CHR (-10) INT (-2) and WLP (-3) due to your intense, life-long training. You also start out with a Katana.

• Requirements : Small Indians Only
• Description : 2 + 2 = cya if u no . no more time in the basket i get that alot. if only u fagots knew. the toilet has numerous sayings from the abyss. i drink my own urine while fingering my asshole with a large amount of strawberry jam. too many penis

• Requirements : None
• Description : Because you are a satanist, you are naturally evil and gain a permanent -100 on your alignment. You also get a -10Charisma and get a -30 reaction from good-aligned people. However, you get a +10Constitution because you endured all the tests from the satanists community. You also get a +50 reaction to evil-aligned people. You also get a +50% on haggle and persuasion since THEY have taught you their secrets in "persuading" others. You also start with all your fire and dark spells. You also have less chance of having random encounters, for even creatures fear you and your beliefs. You also start with an evil robe, and evil staff, and evil ring and an evil pair of gloves.

• Requirements : None
• Description : Because you are a satanist, you are naturally evil and gain a permanent -100 on your alignment. You also get a -10Charisma and get a -30 reaction from good-aligned people. However, you get a +10Constitution because you endured all the tests from the satanists community. You also get a +50 reaction to evil-aligned people. You also get a +50% on haggle and persuasion since THEY have taught you their secrets in "persuading" others. You also start with all your fire and dark spells. You also have less chance of having random encounters, for even creatures fear you and your beliefs. You also start with an evil robe, and evil staff, and evil ring and an evil pair of gloves.

• Requirements : no half orcs or half ogres
• Description : They won’t catch you running away, you’re too fast! You get +6 to Dexterity, but -3 to Strength and Constitution, -1 to Charisma for being such a wimp, and -1 rank to all combat skills except Dodge, which recieves a 4 rank bonus.

• Requirements : Human males Only
• Description : You were born the son of a Prostitute and left your mother as soon as you could grow a beard you quickly got reputation as a good sailor and fair captain but fate was not on your side and you lost all your crew and your ship you went on the IFS Zephyr simply to commit suicide but before you could get the change the IFS Zephyr fell from the sky you woke up as the only surviver and decide to take another shot on life you get a (+2) to DX,CH,IN and a small bonus to your Meelee,Dodge,Firearms & Haggle skill but because of the IFS Zephyr’s crash you got yourself some bad longtime injury’s you receive a (-1) to ST, CN & BE (Tech aptitude +5%) (Magick aptitude -5%)

• Requirements : human, elf
• Description : You seek truth and justice, using any means possible. Your combat attributes are increased but suffer from a lack of beauty, and charisma from your determined and scary looks and because everyone tries to manipulate you.

• Requirements : Gnome only
• Description : Family is paramount to all Gnomes - all children are sacred but treasured most of all are those born with second sight. As a Seer, you are expected to become a guardian of your kin, using your skills to ensure the family’s safety and prosperity. You grow up able to sense the motives of those around you (Sense Alignment spell - Divination college) and extremely keen senses (+2 Perception). Unfortunately, most Seers are frail and a little absent-minded. (-2 Strength, -1 Intelligence).

• Requirements : All
• Description :

• Requirements : Any
• Description : Just a short week ago, you were kidnapped by a mad scientist, who performed a sex change on you! You managed to escape while the scientist was asleep, stealing enough money to board the IFS Zephyr. Unfortunately, you haven’t quite gotten used to your new body yet, making you a bit clumsy (-2 Dexterity, -1 Strength), and you definately aren’t the speaker you used to be (-2 Charisma). On the better side, your struggle has given you some new found strength (+1 Willpower, +10 HP). You also need a little more help to work things out (+1 Maximum Follower). The really sad part about this it that you look better than you did before (+2 Beauty).

• Requirements : Half-Orc Only
• Description : You like tits. You like to carress men’s genitalia, due to this nature you have down syndrome and a slight case of the sneezes. You recieve no items throughout the entire game. You have a very small penis. The turtles are having fun in the feces. All the things you think are really lies that Jesus Christ tells you through a megaphone in a time warp somewhere far away. You eat grass. You enjoy easy bake ovens. Chimneys arouse you. -100 to every stat.

• Requirements : Any
• Description : As a child you were a prankster, and always getting into some trouble or another. Unfortunately, one day your prank landed unintentionally in the lap of a very powerful Gypsy. Seeing you hiding in the shadows to watch the affects of your prank, she cursed you to *be* a shadow, for the rest of your life. As a result, you recieve Prowl at Master rank to start. Unfortunately, this causes others to view you with a great deal of mistrust simply because they have problems seeing you at all (-20 AL, -2 CH, -2 PB). And Holy Knights are always trying to kill you as a shadow-wraith. Even with a good allignment they hate you.

• Requirements : Male Human, Male Half-Orc, or Dwarf only
• Description : For the better part of the last year, you have served as an Elite Storm Troop in a bloody war between the Dwarves and Ogres. Although you managed to make it out in one piece, the experience of seeing many of your compatriots go home in either a wheel chair or a wooden box has left you shaken to say the least. You were honorably discharged, and the Dwarven military booked you a flight on the IFS Zephyr, and you are on your way home. But the war has left you with some deep emotional scars (-5 to willpower and charisma, and -3 to wisdom), and the time away from home has robbed you of your civilian manners (-5 to haggle and persuasion skills). Plus the horrors of the front lines have made you lean, pale, and grim looking(-3 to beauty), and you suffer from flashbacks. Fortunatly, you have not forgotten your elite training (+4 to strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, and perception) in fire arms(+3 to firearms and repair skills), and hand to hand combat (+2 to melee). Aside from that, you also have several schematics (molotov, poison, repeating rifle, looking glass rifle, and elephant rifle), your uniform, your trenchcoat, your bayonet, and your military wages (start with one half of the normal wealth).

• Requirements : Human, Male
• Description : You are Sherlock Holmes. You have great analytical and thinking powers (+10 INT, +10 PER) but you are very dedicated to your work, resulting in a -10 Charisma. After being taught how to think, you also have a -1 STR and a -1 DEX. CON stays the same.

• Requirements : All but Females, Ogres, Orcs, Elves, and Hybrids
• Description : At a young age you learned how to fire a gun quite well (Start as a Firearms Master, with a Revolver and a Marksmans Rifle). Unfortunatly you became a bit famous around town(+1 to charisma), and the village youth began to emulate you to the point where one kid challenged you to a duel. You simply pushed pushed him aside, but he wouldn’t take no for an answere. The little basterd shot you in the ass! Out of force of habit, you spun around shot the kid dead. Although this boys death was his own fault, The townfolk couldn’t see past you shooting a child. So rather than being put to death you were banished from your home, with a limp that would last forever (Start with half the money and -5 to dexterity, -2 to constitution and -1 to beauty).

• Requirements : Half-Elves only
• Description : Whether it is a quirk of breeding or a family enchantment, the combination of elven and human features have resulted in you being a very attractive specimen (+1 Beauty, +1 Charisma). Somehow you seem to know what people are thinking and know exactly what to say to get them to do what you want (Charm spell - Mental college). The ease with which you breeze through life has given you a very laid-back attitude (-3 Dexterity).

• Requirements : Women only
• Description : You’re a dirty prostitute and you have been for a few years now. Due to sexually trasmited diseases you loose -2 strength -3 dexterity -3 constitution -3 beauty all though you live your life as a prostitute you are smart you recieved a great education since you were born with wealthy parents before you decided to become what you are, you’ve only recently decided to head to Tarant for a good job waiting for you. You gain +4 Intelligence from your education and +4 Willpower you also gain better reaction from people for any good act you do (+10 to reaction)

• Requirements : Human, Dwarf, Gnome, Half Orc only
• Description : Being a very skilled sniper, you receive exceptional bonuses to your perception, intelligence and dexterity (+3 to both) and a bonus to your firearms skill (3 ranks). Being reputed as a cold blooded bounty hunter, you have an adjustment to your alignment (-20) and reaction (-10). This lifestyle also caused a penalty to willpower (-2) and your haggle skill (-2 ranks). Even if you had used your bounty for improved firearms and stuff, you still begin with twice the normal starting wealth. The rest of your money was spent for an awesome looking glass rifle.

• Requirements : human women only
• Description : You are really a princess, and used to live with seven dwarves thanks to a slight altercation you had with your wicked stepmother. Doing dwarven housework all day has left you with a lot of stamina (+2 constitutuion) and taught you a lot about technology (+2 ranks to all tech skills). You’re also the fairest in the land, recieving a +6 to Beauty. However, since you’ve fallen out with your prince charming you’re rather bitter (-2 Charisma), and lets face it, you fell for the poisoned apple trick! (-3 Willpower, -3 Intelligence).

• Requirements : Human Male
• Description : Born with the eyes of a hawk, (perception +12) your parents sent you off to war at the age of 15. After spending the last five years of your life in war, you finally get to return home. War has left its mark on you. You are stronger(strength +3, constitution +3), faster (dexterity +4), and smarter (intelligence +4). War has taught you how to heal(Heal +2 ranks),fix (Repair +2 ranks), fight (Melee +2 ranks and apprentice), and shoot (firearms +5 ranks and master), but war has left you badly scarred (beauty -3) and uncultured due to the lack of manners needed (Charisma -3, -1 rank to social skills). But still, the people look upon you as a hero (reaction +5). You have 200 gold (due to the lousy pay) and have a rifle, ammunition, boots, leather gloves, an officers uniform, and a bullets schematic. As a farewell gift, the government gave you a ticket on the IFS Zephyr to make your trip to your home in Tarant shorter.

• Requirements : human, elf or half-elf
• Description : Your father was a Stormgod and you’re a halfgod. This gives you above avarage physical features (+4 str, +4 con, +4 dex) and more resistance (+10% to all resistances), but you didn’t have to do as much to reach your goals (- 6 wp) and you are arrogant towards mortals (-6 chr).

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You’re father was once a great hero of Cumbria and all it’s inhabitants; he fought demons, evil sorcerers, the undead he fought them all and won. He gained a handsome amount of money from the King and aswell as a large house however due to Cumbria’s new king; King Praetor and his terrible leadership you have lost your home and most of you’re money but you’ve been able to save enough to head for Tarant and start a new life you gain +6 Charisma 2 points in haggle and persuasion as well as +1 Beauty and +35 to reaction. However due to the easy life you loose -3 Strength -3 Dexterity -2 Willpower -3 Constitution, you start out with 3,000 gold.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You are the son of an adventurous knight who was a champion of good. He left you his quality sword, chain mail, arcane helm, quality revolver, and 1,500 gold when he passed away (start with quality sword, chain mail, arcane helm, quality revolver, and 1,500 gold). You suffer negative reactions (-20) when you commit evil deeds. You brought a ticket for the IFS Zephyr in order find adventure and find your destiny...

• Requirements : Human, Male
• Description : You are the spawn of the Great Nyarlahotep. You are EXTREMELY ugly, giving you a -6 Beauty, and with a -6 charisma, but you have exceptional power in the following fields: (+4 STR) (+7 CON) (+5 WIL). You also start out with the knowledge of a spell called "Summon Nyarlahotep," which summons a level 50 monster to fight by your side. The monster, if killed, kills you, and summoning it gives you a -115 alignment which can never go higher. You are hated by almost everyone, and start out with almost no money. You cannot have ANY followers, and you cannot buy anything from almost any storkeeper (Killing them is the only approach).

• Requirements : All
• Description : As a child, you came infront of a werewolf one night. Your father shot it with a shotgun right as it was about to bite you. Instead, it spat on you.Every since that night, werewolves have been spitting on you when they see you. This massive dose of werewolf spit has changed your body.On your first day you are a male, and have supernatural guy powers (+1 strength, -1 beauty). Your second day you will suddenly turn into a female, with super gal powers (+1 beauty, -1 strength)Now that you change from male and female, you have gained a little charisma (+2 but are confused with your ever-changing senses (-2 perseption). When talking to women when your female, you get on their good side, adding 2 charisma. When talking to men when you are male, you get on THEIR good side, adding 2 charisma.

• Requirements : Elf only
• Description :

• Requirements : Human or Half-Elf only
• Description : You are a member of the group called the Speakers for the Dead (kudos to author Orson Scott Card). Your training allows you to easier find the truth (+3 Perception) and makes you a little better speaker (+1 Charisma). Unfortunately, the rest of the world thinks that you’re just another crazy cultist. (-20 Reputation, 1 Maximum Follower, 1/2 starting cash)

• Requirements : all
• Description : Just a test to see if i can make a char using the dumb dialog...

• Requirements : All
• Description : You were born into a society of criminals. No area of schooling was left untouched as your were growing up(+1 to all skills and stats), but growing up around thieves and assassins doesn’t teach great manners(-25 reaction). You decided to leave and find someplace to test your skills, so you grabbed some loot and headed off on the IFS Zepher. Start with Oiled Theives Leather, a Balance Sword, and 2000 gold.

• Requirements : Male only, Human, half-elf, halfling, half-orc only
• Description : No one liked you in high-school. Maybe it was those glasses (-2 to perception, start w/ glasses). Maybe it was your lack of social skills (-2 charisma). Maybe it was the acne (-2 beauty). Whatever it was, you sat a atable by yourself in the corner, and your life revolved around homework (+2 intelligence). But then one day, a girl, a cheerleader no less, smiled and said hi to you in the lunch line. You returned to life with a new sense of purpose (+6 Willpower). The girl never left your mind. In your later life, you worked at a doll factory in Tarant, gluing the eyes on. (-2 Dexterity from arthritis.) Then, you got word that the girl who looked at you was getting on the IFS Zephyr from a private detective. The rest is history.

• Requirements : Human, Half-Elf, Half-Orc
• Description : A thirst for adventure led you to jump onto the first train you saw passing your village. Luckily when you were discovered they were a man short, so instead of being thrown off you found yourself heaving coal and learning a little of the arcane secrets of the steam engine (+2 Repair). Unfortunately, railway workers are not the most refined company and you have picked up some of their bad habits (-2 Charisma) and a few of their tricks (Mechanical - Spike Trap schematic).

• Requirements : none
• Description : You were a very successful thief who one day decided to rob a successful Magickal university. Inside, you were subjected to a great deal of magickal radiation from multiple experiments in the University labs, and this has affected your character. You get a bonus to Magickal Aptitude (+30), Dexterity (+2), and Prowling (++), but suffer a minus to Strength (-1), Constitution (-2), and Beauty (-2)

• Requirements : Dwarf only)
• Description : Although dwarves have embraced technology more than any other race, except perhaps humans, still there are rare individuals born who look at a rock and see more than its ore content and specific gravity. They are the Stone Speakers, and you are one of the last of these dwarven mystics. Because of their magickal bias, Stone Speakers find magick easier to use than most dwarves (+50% fatigue cost instead of +100%) and are kept away from dwarven machinery. Thus they never learn the technical skills of their brethren (loss of all tech skill bonuses) or take part in the physical labour and training (-2 Strength). You have an almost spiritual affinity with stone (Strength of Earth spell - Earth college) and are preternaturally sensitive to your surroundings (+1 Perception). Despite their isolation from the mainstream of Dwarven culture, Stone Speakers are valued members of the community because their abilities assist in predicting and preventing cave-ins and other disasters in the dwarves' subterranean cities.

• Requirements : Half-Orc only
• Description : You are not sure when the madness first struck you (-2 Willpower). You had heard tales of Orc Shamans who worshipped storms, but thought little of it. Until you found yourself standing naked in the woods near your home, howling at the black sky above as lightning bolts crashed all around, half-blinding you. (-1 Perception). Ever since you have been troubled by a nervous tic (-1 Dexterity), but you can feel the power of the storm boiling inside you (Shield of Protection spell - Force college, +20% Electrical Resistance).

• Requirements : Male
• Description : You are attracted to other men. You are wimpy, foppish and girly. You have +2 beauty, +2 charisma but -4 strength. You are emotionally perceptive (+1 perception) but you have limp wrists (-1 constitution). You gain a +20 reaction with women, but a -20 reaction with men.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You aren’t a true member of your race, but an alien from planet X’lar whose spaceship crashed on a remote forest. Using the last remnants of the ship’s working technology, you changed yourself into one of the native race. The transformation wasn’t perfect, leaving you a bit ugly and scarred (-2 beauty) but also keeping your original eyesight, which is better than average (+1 perception). You also rescued a schematic for a laser gun. You know very few things about Arcanum, so you are quite confused most of the time (-2 willpower) and magic completely baffles you (-10% Magical Aptitude). However, you have studied a lot to qualify for spaceship pilot (+3 intelligence, +2 constitution, +20 Expertise) and you are adept at using and repairing guns (+1 Repair, +2 Firearms). Moreover, your former race has a very advanced technology (+10% Technological Aptitude). After wandering around the land for a while and earning a bit of gold, you heard rumours about the city of Tarant. It seemed to be a better place to try finding the materials needed to fix the ship, or survive if you failed, so you spent most of your money on a ticket aboard the IFS Zephyr (you start with half the normal wealth).

• Requirements : All
• Description : While out walking one stormy night, a lightning bolt struck you down. Amazingly you awoke the next day with only minor memory loss (-1 Int) and a striking white streak in your hair (+1 Beauty). Later you discovered you had also gained increased electrical resistance (+15%?) and a strange magnetic aura that disrupted machinery (+5% chance of failure of tech items).

• Requirements : Female Only
• Description : You are a passionate campaigner for equal rights, a skilled speaker (+2 Persuasion) and a veteran of many protests (+1 Throw and Dodge). However you have a distaste for female fashion (-1 Beauty) and your argumentative nature (-1 Charisma) has cost you a few friends.

• Requirements : Half-Orc
• Description : Most members of your father’s race flirt with danger because they fancy themselves invulnerable (although few could boast the ability to spell the word). You do it because you hope that you are not. Scorned as an unwanted half-breed, you have been angry and bitter with life in general for as long as you can remember. You are straddling the fence with whether or not you care if you live or die. This makes you reckless and irresponsible. You are also scarred from several life-threatening experiences (-4 Beauty) however, you are also tougher for having come out of these experiences alive (+10 Constitution and +20 Fatigue). You’re stubborn, which is a double-edged sword (+4 Willpower and -4 Charisma). You’re intelligent, being mostly human in your head (+3 Intelligence) but since you never take care to watch what you’re doing, your dexterity suffers (-2). You gain a 20% expertise with firearms and explosives, since you love destruction so much. Despite your hatred of the people who torment you, you are deep down a good person with a strong moral character (alignment +10). Perhaps after your trip on the IFS Zephyr, you’ll find someone willing to see beneath your half-orc shell and accept the real you as a friend.

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You are a super brain(int 20+ tech skills +4) however your parents restricted your education and you had to study at night degrading your sight (pe -3) but the repeated beatings given when they found out sustained you’re physical attributes. However after selling patents to inventions you made you became rich(triple starting wealth) and changed your name. As one of the main investors in the Airship technology you were on it’s main flight and retain a half ogre guard on top of your normal party. However your well known status also forces you to pay more in stores etc(+20% charges on items to be bought).

• Requirements : Half-ogre only
• Description : You were born to superhuman strength, speed, and beauty (+10 strength, dexterity, and beauty). Unfortunately, you spent so much time admiring yourself that you slacked on schoolwork (-5 intelligence), didn’t take time to look around you (-5 perception), and didn’t talk to people very much, except to boast about your beauty (-6 willpower).

• Requirements : Any,Males only
• Description : Well your superman (and a cheat to pick this background =p) You gain Godly strength +20 Strength your extreemly fast +20 Dexterity aswell as 30 speed bonuses you start out with full bar to all Combat skills you have 95%+ to all resistances +20 Beauty, +20 Charisma, +20 Perception, +20 Intelligence, +20 Constitution you start out with 200 extra HP and Fatigue

• Requirements :
• Description :

• Requirements : Any, women only
• Description : You’re Superman’s wife and the only one able to lower his self-esteem by nagging him to death =p you gain everything your counter-part gains.

• Requirements : Female Human
• Description : Ever since you can remember you’ve been yacking too all of your friends about really important things like ’What am I going to wear to that party on Saturday?’ and ’Does this make me look fat?’. As such, you constantly annoy everyone around you without realising it -8 charisma. You’re also incredibly vain and narrow minded, -8 Intelligence +12 Beauty. You also have a tendency to SMS EVERYONE you can with absolutely nothing important to say at all. As such, because you’ve wasted all your money on paying off your mobile phone bill, you start with nothing but a pocket watch. You’re on the Zephyr because your parents had to pay off your bad debts to the mobile phone company so they kicked you out of home because they couldn’t afford to look after you anymore.

• Requirements : Human Male
• Description : Taken in as an Orphan at a young age, trained to protect and sevre the Tarant authorites (melee +1, firearms +2, Pe +1, Dex +1). You are a master of disguise, you can track a target anywhere, hiding in the shadows waitng for your moment to pounce (prowling +2). The government equips you with all the best stuff (start with hushed revolver, mechanical eyewear, fine dagger, smoking jacket), and you have the state check book to buy anything with (Double start funds). Unfortunately this type of lifestyle has made you a loner, friends tend to be a liability (no NPC party members allowed), unless they are secret agents assigned to your command of course. Despite this you are a charmer (reaction +20) and make the ladies swoon in your presence.

• Requirements : Male Human only
• Description : Being raised by wolves, you are well, very well built (+3 to strength, constitution and beauty). You are also well liked by the nature, you receive +20 reaction by elves and half elves. (.....)

• Requirements : Human Half-elf Elf
• Description : The original Ninja almost vanished due to the increase in technology. As a Techno ninja you are capable of using technology as well as traditional ninja tactics. Due to the use of technology the techo ninja is also a master thief as well as a strong assasin. Because you have adopted the technological society you are not magically inclined and have difficulty learning magic.

• Requirements : Elf
• Description : You are a mage, but a using a different kind of magik. The new powers of technology, rather than the old way of magik, becons to you. Your profinity runs toward the technological (-15 magik allignment, +5 tech allignment) and you have practiced your skills in that field (+2 all tech skills). And as you have studied your new steam powered sorcery, you find you have lost some of the focus required for magik (+1 Intelligence, -1 Willpower).

• Requirements : Human / Half Orc / Half Ogre
• Description : As a technocrat you believe that technology will ultimately solve all of the problems that mankind faces. You scorn the dwarves for their slow technological progress and adore any new form of technology and science developed so long as you see potential for progress. You start with a technology aptitude of 50 and it can never go any lower, and as a result of your intellectual fanaticism you receive a bonus of +10 intelligence and +5 will power. Due to your pro-technology views those with a magical aptitude will hate and rebuke you, and elves despise you. Your surly and arrogant attitude towards dwarves cause many to attack you after exchanging a few simple words, and few of your own kind agree with you (-3 charisma). You suffer -6/4 points in persuasion and your reliance on technology has weakened your body (-6 constitution, -2 strength). You start with 1800 gold having cashed in on the technological revolution.

• Requirements : Human, Dwarf, Halfling, Gnome
• Description : You are a technologically-inclined thief with a love for firearms. You have a +6 INT, +6 DEX, -3 STR, -3 CON, -3 CHR, -3 Beauty. You start out with an Auto Skeleton Key, a Hushed Revolver, and a +10 technological apititude in Mechanics and Gunsmithy, and a slight bonus to all thief skills (slight impediment to Melee and Magic). You should start your journey by improving your Lockpick and Pick Pocket skills, and the continue on by making more guns and contraptions as you see fit (Auto Skeleton Key, Mechanical Decoy, Hushed Revolver are all good things to have as a thief).

• Requirements : Dwarf only
• Description : Your father was the greatest expert in technology but was murdered by an unknown assassin. You’ve inherited his abillities(+3)to all technological skills, 1 level to every technological college, and (+6 Intelligence). You’ve also been given every one of his greatest inventions: A small Electro Armor, Goggled Helmet, and a Machanical Dagger. But on the downside, your rather sheltered life has resulted in a few problems, (-4 Charisma), (-2 haggle), (-3 Constitution), (-2 Dexterity), (-2 Willpower), and (-1) to all Thieving skills. You set forth with your only friend and pet, a Mechanized Arachnid, to find who ever is responsible for your fathers death.

• Requirements : Woman
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• Requirements : Elf Female
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• Requirements : Human Male
• Description : As a child you had been through many great adventures, traveled to other dimensions, and learned how to use a one-of-kind magical knife(Magical Aptitude +70%, +4 Dexterity). You were always aloof(-6 Charisma), but were always on the outside evaluating situations(+5 Perception). You got into quite a few fights(+2 Strength), and were very self-motivated person(+3 Willpower). However the Knife Bearer’s Mark is not a very pretty sight(-4 Beauty). Since you were constantly on the run and on adventures, you haven’t had much time to healthy(-2 Constitution). Your Aloofness also keeps you from trusting other(-2 Max. Followers). You come from a long line of warriors(+3 to all combat skills). During your many travels you have seen and learned many unique things(+4 Intelligence). You were trying to enter the world of your beloved after you had been separated and were no longer allowed to use the magical knife. Trying to travel to another world by meditating as you were told by a magical creature, you find yourself transported Arcanum. You have been to many to strange lands, but this takes the cake. Your currency is no good here(start out with no money), and you are strange and seem uneducated to others(-20% to initial Reaction). You smuggled yourself aboard a strange Zeppelin in order to get somewhere.

• Requirements : its the best
• Description : it give you max evey think

• Requirements : All but Half-Ogres
• Description : As a kid you were picked on because you were a wimp (-3 strength and constitution). You never won school races (-3 dexterity). Your whole life behind glasses has made your senses slack (-3 perseption). You did things the stronger kids said to do, to not get hurt (-3 willpower). You are shrimpy (-3 beauty) and are very nervous (-3 Charisma).But hours behind books and being the teacher’s pet have paid off. (+21 intelligence)

• Requirements : Gnome
• Description : Let’s face it. Gnomes are special, in the sense that their Family is similar to the italian Mafia. A little at least. Somewhat mobsters. So, you, as being the first borned from one of the most powerful Patriarch, you can call yourself lucky. As a great mobster you must dominate the skills necesary to cheap someone else (+4 charisma, +3 Gamble, +3 Haggle). You have developed a quick mind and eye, in order to avoid any trap that can be set against you (+2 Inteligence, +2 Perception). You are a master gun-fighter (+3 to firearms and you start knowing a little of Gun Smithing), but, constant accidents had damaged your presentetion (-2 beauty, -2 constitution) and you don’t have a good fame in nearby cities (-5 reaction modifier, -10 Alingment) and you should always be weary for any townsmen that could attack from behind, attemping to arrest or even taking revenge (-10 reaction modifier in cities) and you don’t belive in that riff raff so called "Magick" (-20% magickal aptitude).

• Requirements : Half-Orc, Human, Gnome, Dwarf, Half-Ogre.
• Description : You think higly of yourself and don’t doubt to show it to the rest. You have always though that you have the reason in always, and you live to show everyone how bad they are. Although you are somewhat more inteligent (+2 Inteligence), you don’t surprise the great thinkers or the educated people of the realm (-10 reaction from educated beings), but you do surprise the not to clever ones (+10 reaction from uninteligent beings) and your transparent flatery leaves you bad more than smoothes you, (-2 Charisma).

• Requirements : none
• Description : For years you’ve dedicated your life to supplying the small villages with the means to defend themselves. Firearms and ammo are your game. Not only do you know more than the average joe about the use and repair of weapons, but you can sell them for a fair coin as well (BIG bonus to Firearms, Repair and haggle). Unfortunately, harsh life on the road alone and the occasional dissagreement with the locals has left you with a weather worn face, and a firey short temper (-3 CH, -2 BE). But very aware of your surroundings (+2 PE) You know your ropes when it comes to traveling great distances, but you prefer to do it alone, making you leary of other companions (-1 number of companions). You boarded the IFS Zephyr to make a quick trip to Tarant. Your normal "inventory" is being stored below deck, yet you managed to stow your trusty pistol and some ammo on your person.

• Requirements : Human
• Description : Ever since you were a little kid you had a obsession with stealing. You learned the basics of theiving early on (+1 pick pocket)(+1 Pick locks) (+ 4 dex). However stealing from others instead of working for possesions yourself has made you really lazy as well as a poor haggler. (-2 Willpower) (-1 Haggle)

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You are half man/half demon, becasue of this Demonic Creatures are friendly to you! And society has no place for a half demon (-3 to Charisma/-2 to max followers/-3 to Beauty) But being half Demon does have some advantages, you are gifted with advanced knowledge of necromancy and fire (know 3 of the necromantic black and fire spells) and your inhumanly strong (+10 to Strength), smart(+5 to Intelligence)and very resilient (+7 to Constituiton) but the extra muscle slows you down (-2 to Dexterity) and the inept magical aptitude(+50 to magical aptitude) allows no Technological Items (Technophobia!!)

• Requirements : Human
• Description : You once had a life, were engaged to be married, and nearing the end of your college years... when suddenly, on a trip with a few friends up to a strange cabin in the woods.. you find yourself in the battle for your sanity and your life. Everything you knew, was stolen from you.. and at the end, a portal rips you from the protective womb of your world, thrusting you into the strange unrecoganizable playing field that is.. Arcanum. You have a knowledge of gun powder and more modern weapons, yet you are completely out of your element here. There’s a reluctance on your part to get involved, to help others, for fear of the worse coming back to haunt you. You begin with a double barrelled shotgun, rags for clothing, and a chainsaw (or the Arcanum equivalent), but no starting wealth. You aren’t that much of a looker, but you have a very charismatic way about you, the way you move, and how you approach the world.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You are a person travelling form the year 3000. Due to no knowlage of the past you lose (-2 charisma) but you get (+5 To firearms) (+12 to Perception) and 50%Tech aptitude

• Requirements : Timemaster
• Description : You travel through time lines and because of its nature became stuck in arcanum.this is both good and bad

• Requirements : All but elves
• Description : You are a wandering soul, never staying long in one place, selling reconditioned goods and supplying minor repairs for everything from a kettle to a padlock. (+2 Repair, +2 Picklock, +2 Haggle). You seem to have a magick(*g*) touch with technology, despite your lack of formal training (-5% chance of failure of tech items/tech skills) Unfortunately your itinerant lifestyle means people always see you as an outsider and most mistrust you, often making you the scapegoat for the petty crimes and mishaps that strike even the smallest communities. (Some kind of negative reaction penalty) You had a close shave at one village where you were soundly beaten before the constable brought the crowd under control. Ever since your back has troubled you, but you are thankful to be alive. (-2 Strength)

• Requirements :
• Description :

• Requirements : Human, Half-Elf, Elf, Halfling
• Description : You have read too much Tolkien in your life. Following his adventures, you abysmally hate Orcs and Goblins, and have a -20 initial reaction from them. Those of your race, however, initially like you, resulting in a +20 reaction. You are a Legoas wannabe, and therefore have great skills with the bow as well as a high DEX (+5). You hate technology, preferring magic and fighting, as described by Tolkien in LotR. The infinite reading has resulted in a -1 perception but a +6 Willpower.

• Requirements : Female half-elf only
• Description : You are the daughter of a powerful good necromancer (who also dabled in other schools of magick (ie: elemental, divination, force and meta) and a beautiful Elven warrior-princess. You were taught the ways of wizardry at a young age and then were taught battle skills by elven warriors in hope to preserve your mother’s legacy. Due to these circumstances, you gain a bonus to Intelligence (+4), a bonus to Strength (+3), a bonus to Dexterity (+2) and a bonus to all Combat Skills (+3), but are inept in the ways of Technology (-2).

• Requirements : Female Half-Elf Only
• Description : You are daughter to a zealous Summoner and Elven thief-princess. You were taught the ways of wizardry at a young age and then self-taught yourself acrobatics in hope to preserve your mother’s legacy. Due to these circumstances, you gain a bonus to Intelligence (+3) and a bonus to all Thieving Skills (+2), but you are inept in the ways of Technology (-1.5).

• Requirements : All
• Description : You are on the cutting edge of a fast growing pre-occupation...trainspotting! You have extra sharp senses (+1 perception) and are very good at technology (+2 ranks to all tech skills). But, for some reason, no one seems to like you...(-2 Charisma).

• Requirements : Human Female
• Description : You just could not stand the sight of natures harmony being interupted(or maybe you just liked to watch Burly men sweat it out in the forest). This gives you a natural ability in the wild ;) +3 PE, +2 Healing, +2 CON, but has deteriorated your social skills -2 CH, -4 IN.

• Requirements : Any
• Description : You are of true blood. Your family’s birthright is to be stronger (+2 Strength, +2 Willpower, +2 Constitution), smarter (+2 Intelligence, +2 Perception), faster(+2 Dexterity, +2 Speed), and more charming (+2 Charisma, +2 Beauty, +2 ranks to haggle, +2 ranks to persuasion) than most other mortals. Use your gifts wisely.

• Requirements : Any
• Description : You are very ugly and very stupid. You loose -6 Beauty and -6 Intelligence however you actually gain something from being a ugly retard +4 Strength you feel barely any pain aswell 45%+ to all Resistances you also gain +3 Constitution aswell as years of fending off stupid punk kids and other people you gain 1/5 in Dodge and Melee you start out with no money but you do start with some leather armor and a rusted axe.

• Requirements : All but Half-Orcs and Half-Ogres
• Description : You are a brilliant and methodical thinker (+6 Intelligence). However, your relentless dedication to your mental pursuits has left you with a disturbingly cold and impersonal manner, and your neglect of physical activities in favor of study and contemplation has taken its toll on your fitness (-4 Charisma, -2 Dexterity, -1 Strength).

• Requirements : elf,human,half elf
• Description : you are a crazed pyromancer you like no love to burn things you get the first 3 fire spells and 45% fire resistance and your undead so you get a slight bonus for + 2 constution but - 4 to beauty -2 to chaisma and dexerity

• Requirements : Human, Half-elf, Elf
• Description : Born in a militant’s family, you were raised to become a deadly assasin. Life has been simple for you and you’ve learnt alot of things( +6 Intelligence), however beyond all knowledge one thing haunts your mind.....you are a dreaded assasin. People are afraid of you and various evils would attack you on sight.(-25 reaction to EVIL npcs) The government has sent you on a training mission where you’ve learnt everything an assasin needs...(+3 ranks Melee,Dodge,Backstab,Pickpockets,Plicklocks and Heal.) However during this period you’ve missed out alot of social needs (-3 haggle,persuasion) and the government prohibits you from having followers due to risk of your identity. (NO followers not even Virgil). But assasination attemts have made you very accurae and patient.(+4 Perception,+5 Willpower.) ============================================= You start with high schematics (Herbology MAX/ Gunsmithy- Looking Glass Rifle/ Explosives- Dynamite) You start with 5 times the wealth with a hushed revolver, looking glass rifle, guards leather, 500 bullets and elven boots)

• Requirements : Any
• Description : You are one of those individuals who leave society behind and slip into the shadows where all of society’s ills are hidden and ignored. You are the type of person that ’normal’ folk cross the street to avoid. Homeless you might be in one sense, but all of the city is your home in another. Dressed in rags that have never been washed (-3 Charisma, -3 Beauty), mumbling to yourself, you are effectively invisible, and you have a unique perspective on life and the city around you (+4 Intelligence). Through necessity you have gained the skills you need to survive (+1 Thieving skills, +1 Tech skills) but your material resources are slim (1/4 starting wealth).

• Requirements : Any
• Description : Being undead your physical abilities have increased beyond those of average person. You gain +2 Strength +4 Dexterity +2 Constitution +4 Intelligence 35% to all resistances and a speed increase of 5. Due to being a vampire you aren’t very good looking -2 Beauty you also loose -4 Charisma a huge penalty to Persuade and Haggle aswell as -20 reaction for any bad deed you do you will gain double the negative reaction.

• Requirements : Human, Male
• Description : You are the product of the cross-breading between the most powerful vampire who ever lived, and a human woman. you have lived for over 10,000 years, and are tormented by the pain you have watched the races of the world put through over the ages. So, to help pass the time of an endless existense, you wonder the world helping others witch randomly led you to board the IFS Zephyr. Being only half vampire alaws you to live in the day, but you get no advantages from your vampiric blood while the sun is still in the sky. To over come this you have trained extensively in technology and fighting. (maximum stats in all none tech skills)(+2 to all stats and max all tech based skills with a maximum tech aptitude in the day) Yet at night the blood running through your veigns awakens with great power, making you nearly invulnerable, (+500 life and 95% resistent to all forms of damage at night)and giving you ungodly strength, ugility, and clerity. (Max All stats at night)The downside to the blood is, it’s purely petrenatural and magical quality causes you to be unable to use any kind of technology at night, (0 in all tech based skills at night) the up side to this is that you are able to weild all forms of magic and are a master at Necromancy. (+500 fatigue and max in all magic fields with a maximum aptitude to magic at night)

• Requirements : human,elf,half-elf
• Description : In life, you were among one of the most elite knight regimes of Cumbria;In death, you return as a fetid horror-a vampire.Being a member of the undead you are utterly immune to poison,have higher resistance to damage,and are less prone to take harm from magic(100%Poison Resist,45%Damage Resist,30%Magic Resist);however,rising up from the grave doesn’t afford the best looks (-6 Beauty),and doesn’t make you the best with people (-6 Charisma,-50 Reaction).Your undead form grants great strength (+6 Strength),unnatural speed(+6 Speed,+4 Dexterity),and a high threshold for pain(+4 Constitution).Being undead,you know several secrets of the necromantic arts(first 3 Black Necromantic spells),and how to mentally dominate others(first 2 Mental spells).You hid on the IFS Zephyr hoping to get fresh blood,and to avoid the holy knights that have been after you.

• Requirements : All
• Description : You ae halfbreed U have all powers of vampire and U can walk on daylight. these vampiric powers has given you more strenght (+2) agility (+2, speed & dexterity) and vampiric charm (charisma +2) but on weaknessall evil guys hate you and good guys ewact strongly to your negative deeds.

• Requirements : Human, Elf, Half-Ogre, Half-Orc
• Description : You are very stupid (-6 intelligence), but you have tremendous str and con (both +10).You don’t have any money but you have got a Barbarian Heavy Blade and a Mahcined Plate.

• Requirements : Elf
• Description : In life, you were among one of the most elite knight regimes of Barovia;In death, you return as a fetid horror-a vampire.Being a member of the undead you are utterly immune to poison,have higher resistance to damage,and are less prone to take harm from magic(100%Poison Resist,45%Damage Resist,30%Magic Resist);Your undead form grants great strength (+6 Strength),unnatural speed(+6 Speed,+4 Dexterity),and a high threshold for pain(+4 Constitution).Being undead,you know several secrets of the necromantic arts(first 3 Black Necromantic spells),and how to mentally dominate others(first 2 Mental spells).You hid on the IFS Zephyr hoping to get fresh blood,and to avoid the holy knights that have been after you.

• Requirements : Any but Half-Orc and Half-Ogre
• Description : You really hate to stay in one place For some odd reason open lands and strange places call to you and you can’t help but feel anxious to move on from place to place. Because of this you never spend much time worrying about how you look (-2 Beauty) and you have very little gold (only start with 100 gold). However, because of you’re constant moving around you have gotten used to defending yourself against bandits and wild animals (+1 Strength and Dexterity). You also constantly reflect on old lessons and are a fast learner due to survival instincts (+1 intelegence). You’re still not quite sure how you got a ticket for the IFS Zephyr, but you’re happy it’s taking you to new lands.

• Requirements : none
• Description : As a child, you were always following other people around. You were very shy and withdrawn, and spent all your time wishing to be like everyone else. When a mage came to your tiny hometown, you begged him to make you more confident. He tried, but failed, leaving you a highly attractive (Beauty +3) but inconfident (Charisma-3). Your introverted childhood also lead you to read a lot of books (Intelligence +2) but the mage’s spell has left you mildly allergic to magic (+20 to Tech Aptitude) and with half the starting money.

• Requirements : none
• Description : you were a leutanent in the great mountain wars and lead your sqaud very bravley (chr +3).unfortanly a grenade struck right in front of u and took ur left eye(pe -2) and made a great number of scars on your body (beu -2).due to these wounds u miracly survived and the wounds healed faster than on normal people (con +3). after abut 1 month in war hospital you began heavly fysicaly training(stren +3 and training with your gun(pe +2). Again you were send into battle this time losing lots of squad members and you had to amputate legs and pick out grenade shatter(heal +1) yet you had to ran back to the hospital with 2-3 squad member which builded up boath your muscles(stren +1) and your speed (dex +4). For these heroic efforts you later were rewarded with the unified cross.

• Requirements : Any
• Description : Foriegn shores, countless battles, your tour of duty is over. A soldier. The war has made you hard and sharp (+1 to dexterity and strength). Bitter. You have grown weary of death destruction (-1 to willpower). Scarred. The old wound hurts still, and constantly reminds you of who you are (-1 to beauty). You have borded the Zephyr, and began to think of home.

• Requirements : none
• Description : You are the weapons master. You are the best at combat (max combat skills), and you have trained your entire life (+5 str, con, dex). Your training has kept you from people however, and you incur a penalty to charisma. (-4 ch)

• Requirements : None
• Description : You were abducted by wolf people at a young age. Soon after being taken away you were bitten. Ever since then you make monthy transformations at the full moon. However, when nessecary you can force the changes upon youself at will, even in broad daylight. You have +2(Strength) +1(Constitution) +3(Perception) and +1(Dexerity). Unfortionately, due to constant skirmishes and a few wolf bites you gain a -2 Beauty.

• Requirements : Elf
• Description : Your life has been so simple, running through the forests, so freely, nothing bothering you. For 200 years, you have lived in peace. One day, as you were basking in the sun light, with no care, you heard crackling. The sound of burning wood. When you saw what was happing, you almost killed yourself on the spot. Your great forest(you claimed it yours)was on fire, orcs rampaging through buring EVERYTHING.You had but no choice to get out of the forest. Not turning back, you ran for days and days(Gain +6 to dexterity, strengh). You get in trouble with the law,for steal food, and you find yourself on the blimp, as a stow away, trying to hide. The god of Life, comes to you in a dream(+6 too willpower, blessed by the gods, good luck is always there, gain 5 fate points), and tells you what you must do, in return, he promisses your forest back. So, you start of on your joruney, into the unknown world of Arcanum,(suffer -4 intellegince and -2 in Chrisma)With no money, and only rags as clothes. You have a beautiful magical lance, the tip made out of pure silver, that you found in side the Great Red Ceader Tree, south of your home.

• Requirements : Every male
• Description : You have been known since childhood by your suave manners, and common witticism. Your cleverness and good humour have granted you some good friends, and loyal followers (+3 Inteligence, +3 Charisma, +1 Persuasion). Unfortunately, your good friends weren’t always there to help you against your not-so-good mates, that your created with your rather cold personality to strangers. (-3 Strenght, -3 Dexterity, -1 Throwing).

• Requirements : Human, Halfing, Half-Ogre, Half-Orc only
• Description : Born into poverty, you were always low on money. Almost reduced to begging, you spent you last remaining coins on a lottery ticket instead of food. Smart move. Turned out the lottery ticket was a winner. You use your new found wealth to take the IFS Zephyr to Tarant. Unfortunatly, living in the slums and filthy has done very little to help you in life (-3 strength, -3 intelligence, -3 constitution, -3 beauty), how ever with your new found wealth (10 times starting cash) and a thirst for more ( +3 gambling, your future is looking bright.

• Requirements : Human only
• Description : You shun the urbanite lifestyle, and spend your time in the forest with the trees and wildlife. You are an amazing hunter and trapper, and gain a bonus to Firearms (+1) and Spot Trap (+1), but The lack of people living out there with you has really caused you to forget how to be social, and you take penalties to Haggle (-1) and Persuasion (-1). Lucky for you though, nobody will want to mess with someone so rugged, being as how living in the wild has earned you a bonus to Constitution (+2).

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• Requirements : all
• Description : U where the teacjers faverit and u got all grades to a A+. u get +40 to all exept strenge

• Requirements : Requirements : all
• Description : U where the teacjers faverit and u got all grades to a A+. u get +40 to all exept strenge. you also like to pick your ass

• Requirements : Human Male, Half-Elf Male
• Description : You were born with more good looks and charm than anyone needs, (+1 to Beauty and Charisma) and insatiable appetites for pleasure. (-2 Willpower) Not only do you enjoy venal revels, you like manipulating others into fulfilling your desires. You seduced your mother’s new maid and got her pregnant. After that, your parents sent you to a boarding school for well-to-do gentry, where you seduced another youth at the school and broke his heart afterwards just to see if you could. Now you’ve been expelled and are on the Zephyr returning home. You excel at all the social skills, but have a slight penalty to technology as you’ve never bothered to study.

• Requirements : Half Orcs only.
• Description : You are a modern half orc in a modern world. You are charming, in a phoney sort of way, and rather intelligent (+1 Charisma, +2 ranks to Persuasion, +1 Intelligence). You’re an old hand in the world of business (+2 ranks to haggle) but are rather cowardly (-2 Strength) and used to running with the crowd (-1 Willpower).