Eccentric Experimenter
Eccentric Experimenter
Most researchers take a very slow, methodical approach to their studies, carefully changing one variable at a time and recording every boring result. You, however, take a far more proactive approach, often to unearthly—or even explosive—results. This disturbing, unconventional, or dangerous undertaking may have cost you friends, respect, and even a digit or two. Perhaps you conducted your experiments in secret because of the stigma attached to your field of study, or maybe you joyfully invited the entire academy to view your ongoing work.
Cube Herder
Cube Herder
You were raised as a cube herder, a hard and dangerous profession with long days and lonely nights. You’ve packed it all in to seek your fortune as an adventurer, far from the familiar acrid smells of your herd.
Why have you gotten out of the saddle? What caused you to leave the range, perhaps never to return? What did you leave behind you—and whom?
Convict
Convict
You have done time. Quite a lot of time, in fact; enough to fully acclimate to the life of a prisoner, whether you deserved it or not. Your time incarcerated has shaped you as an individual and it is highly unlikely that you bear much resemblance to the person you were before you went inside.
Beachcomber
Beachcomber
The ocean is both wide and incredibly bountiful, and, when filled with tempest and torment, some of that incredible bounty can be torn loose. Perhaps a ship beleaguered by the ocean upon storm-tossed waves has come to grief, or a storm has raged with sufficient power to swirl up previously buried treasures from the oceanic depths and abyssess and bring them to a peaceful rest upon a beach.
Aeronaut
Aeronaut
Aeronauts are folk who ply the skies aboard airships of every description. Much as a sailor, an aeronaut must be quite familiar with their vessel, skilled with every role from pilot to navigator to engineer to ensure the ship gets from port to port in one piece.
What skip did you fly with? Was it a dirigible or did it have wings or rotors? Were you a deckhand, officer, or the captain of your ship?
Wandmaker
Wandmaker
Botanotechnitian
Botanotechnitian
Arcano-Pugilist
Arcano-Pugilist
Heshgarat Cat
Heshgarat Cat
Feast of Cats
Feast of Cats
On the western outskirts of the sandy city of Heshgarat stands the Necanium. Easily the size of the city, these ancient cairns with high round domes contain the remains of the honored dead. The entrance of each is carved with multiple felines and statues of them line the pathways between the burial mounds. Local legends recognize cats as the guardians of the dead, and they are considered sacred in the Necanium and within the city’s walls. While all cats are revered, the Heshgarat cats that call the area home are especially so on account of their uncanny abilities and potency against the undead.
Locals grow catwort plants on the wide ledges that are popular on the city’s buildings, and most have feline figures embossed on them somewhere. Dozens of cats can be found in the streets and dogs, mice, and rats are conspicuous by their absence. Pestering a cat within the city results in stern looks from the locals, while hurting one usually results in being whipped and chased beyond the walls.
Each year the city holds a week-long celebration during the spring equinox, just before the rainy season begins: the Feast of Cats. Locals stake out cat-shaped frameworks covered in choice strips of raw meat and bowls of specially spiced milk. Thousands of cats appear at this time and even Heshgarat cats, typically only seen in the Necanium, can be found walking the streets.
Interactions with cats during the feast are considered signs of the god’s favor. As a consequence, many locals spend long hours sitting with food or milk on their laps, hoping to entice a cat to visit them and earn their blessings.
Game Mechanics
A Heshgarat cat is similar in size to a large lynx, with large rounded ears and thick black fur lined with silver and white stripes. Found primarily lairing in and around the cairns of the Necanium to the west of their namesake city, they are considered guardians of the dead.