2.2 Infancy

Template method

Yes, We Are All Individuals

Here are 16 templates which cover a wide variety of backgrounds. Any can be bought out of the 60 points for inborn traits & 10 points of learned skills gained up to age 5 (taking disadvantages up to a further 40Pts gives you points to buy advantages and race templates) each can be used "as is" to take a character up to "Testing times" without having to do much more than copy across to a character sheet. However, in most cases, this will result in an average looking character with no real depth.

Costs noted assume 5 points of disadvantage not included in the 40 points noted above (IE Choose one of): Edgy, Curious, Chummy, Enemy, Code of Honour, Compulsive behaviour, Light Sleeper, Mistaken ID, Obsession, Sleepwalker, Truthfulness, Minor Vow or Destiny. A 6pt Dependent may also be taken, granting the extra point, of course Note that these are mostly "Plot hook" Disadvantages Please note that no character created from an un-modified template would pass the wizard or preisthood tests.

Each template has a complimentary equipment list. This can either be purchased with character cash, or by paying one point for $500 of equipment. Note that most templates grab-bags don’t HAVE $500 of equipment in them – this allows the character to get some more free stuff to make up the difference.

BTW, Sorry it’s not too printer friendly, but you know how to cut/paste…

Court Page A robust upbringing which prepares the child for the duties of nobility and the pastimes of courtiers.					66
ADVANTAGES		LITERATE (5)
ST	+1	10	SKILLS
DX	+1	10	Admininstration MA	0.5	IQ-2
IQ	+1	10	Animal Handling MH	0.5	IQ-3
HT	+1	10	Dancing PA	0.5	DX-2
STATUS			Diplomacy MH	0.5	IQ-3
Wealth	X2	10	Falcolnry MA	0.5	IQ-2
Heir		5	Heraldry MA	0.5	IQ-2
			Riding PA	0.5	DX-2
			Savoire Faire ME	1	IQ-1
			Strategy,Theology, or Philosophy MH	0.5	IQ-3
			Area Knowledge ME	0.5	IQ-1
			Knife PE	0.5	DX-1
				6
Equipment
Item				$	Lb
Personal Basics				5	0.1
Small Knife				30	0.5
Blanket				20	5
Large belt pouch (Holds 10 lbs)				20	0.5
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs)				10	.1
Clothing –Upper Class				200	1
Book: Armorial				100	2
Book: Hornbook, Pamphlet				25	0.5
Book - Blank, Octavo				35	1
10 days of food				20	5
				465	15.7

Preist’s Pupil Formative years spent in a church-run school or orphanage.					66
ADVANTAGES		LITERATE (5)
ST	+1	10	SKILLS
DX	+1	10	Any Trade skill	0.5
IQ	+1	10	Calligraphy PA	0.5	DX-2
HT	+3	30	Diplomacy MH	0.5
STATUS			Holdout MH	0.5
Wealth			Language: Pockh MA	0.5
			Naturalist MH	0.5
			Savoire Faire ME	0.5
			Singing PEHT	0.5
			Stealth PA	0.5
			Theology MH	0.5
			Area Knowledge ME	0.5
			Knife PE	0.5
		60		6
Equipment
Item				$	Lb
Personal Basics				5	0.1
Small Knife				30	0.5
Blanket				20	5
Large belt pouch (Holds 10 lbs)				20	0.5
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs)				10	0.1
Clothing – Middle Class				40	1
Book: Teachings of Patra				200	4
Book – Mythal				50	1
Book - Chapbook				25	0.5
Book - Blank, Octavo				35	1
Calligrapher’s Set				50	1
10 days of food				20	5
				420	17.7

Wizard’s Ward Often wizards find themselves acting as tutor to one who may never set foot in Givaria.					66
ADVANTAGES		LITERATE (5)
ST	+0		SKILLS
DX	+2	20	Any Trade skill	0.5
IQ	+2	20	Any Sport Skill	0.5
HT	+2	20	Diplomacy MH	0.5
STATUS			Heraldry MA	0.5
Wealth			History MH	0.5
			Language: (choose)	0.5
			Mathematics MH	0.5
			Naturalist MH	0.5
			Research MA	0.5
			Savoire Faire ME	0.5
			Area Knowledge ME	0.5
			Knife PE	0.5
		60		6
Equipment
Item				$	Lb
Personal Basics				5	0.1
Small Knife				30	0.5
Blanket				20	5
Large belt pouch (Holds 10 lbs)				20	0.5
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs)				10	0.1
Clothing –Middle Class				40	1
Book – Armorial				100	2
Book – Bestiary, pqmplet				25	0.5
Book - Blank, Octavo				35	1
Book – Herbal, Octavo				50	1
Book – Hornbook, Pamplet, History				25	1
Book - Hornbook, Pamphlet				25	0.5
10 days of food				20	5
				430	18.2

Army Brat Born in a barracks. Often taken on as a bugler, drummer boy, or standard bearer.					67
ADVANTAGES		FIT (5)
ST	+2	20	SKILLS
DX	+2	20	A Trade skill	0.5
IQ	+1	10	Apt Weapon Skill	0.5
HT	+1	10	Diplomacy MH	0.5
STATUS			Hiking PAHT	0.5
Wealth			Holdout MH	0.5
			Language: (BattleTongue[secret])	0.5
			Lifting PHST	0.5
			Musical Instrument MH	0.5
			Running PHHT	0.5
			Savoire Faire Military ME	0.5
			Survival MA	0.5
			Tactics MH	0.5
			Area Knowledge ME	0.5
			Knife PE	0.5
		60		7
Equipment
Item				$	Lb
Personal Basics				5	0.1
Small Knife				30	0.5
Blanket				20	5
Large belt pouch (Holds 10 lbs)				20	0.5
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs)				10	0.1
Clothing –Lower Class				10	1
Backpack (Holds 40 lbs)				60	3
Tool Belt				200	2
Tiny Musical Instrument				1	0.1
10 days of food				20	5
				376	17.3

Deck Rat It’s unlikely that someone this young would do much real work - but they may pick up some useful tips							66
ADVANTAGES		FIT (5)
ST	+2	20	SKILLS
DX	+3	30	Acrobatics PH		0.5
IQ	+1	10	Climbing PA		0.5
HT	+0		Diplomacy MH		0.5
STATUS			Language: Flags ME		0.5		IQ-1
Wealth			Lifting PHHT		0.5
			Meteorology MA		0.5
			Repertoire: Sea Shanties & Legends MH		0.5
			Running PHHT		0.5
			Seamanship ME		0.5
			Swimming PE		0.5
			Area Knowledge ME		0.5
			Knife PE		0.5
		60			6
Equipment
Item				$		Lb
Personal Basics				5		0.1
Small Knife				30		0.5
Blanket				20		5
Large belt pouch (Holds 10 lbs)				20		0.5
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs)				10		0.1
Clothing – Lower Class				10		1
10 days of food				20		5
				115		12.2

Bumpkin Farms: Childhood homes to many heroes.							65
ADVANTAGES		FIT (5)
ST	+2	20	SKILLS
DX	+1	10	Agronomy MA		0.5
IQ	+1	10	Animal Handling MH		0.5
HT	+2	20	Carpentry ME		0.5
STATUS			Diplomacy MH		0.5
			Lifting PHST		0.5
Wealth			Meteorology MA		0.5
			Naturalist MH		0.5
			Packing MA		0.5
			Area Knowledge ME		0.5
			Knife PE		0.5
		60			5
Equipment
Item				$		Lb
Personal Basics				5		0.1
Small Knife				30		0.5
Blanket				20		5
Large belt pouch (Holds 10 lbs)				20		0.5
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs)				10		0.1
Clothing – Lower Class				10		1
Book: Mythal				50		1
Tool Belt				200		2
10 days of food				20		5
				365		15.2

Street Urchin Not necessarily a pauper’s child, and not necessarily a thief, but certainly a child used to fending for herself on the city streets.							66
ADVANTAGES		ALERT (5)
ST	+1	10	SKILLS
DX	+3	30	Diplomacy MH		0.5
IQ	+1	10	Fasttalk MA		0.5
HT	+1	10	Holdout MH		0.5
STATUS			Merchant MA		0.5
Wealth			Panhandling ME		0.5
			Running PHHT		0.5
			Scrounging ME		0.5
			Stealth PA		0.5
			Streetwise MA		0.5
			Survival: Urban MA		0.5
			Area Knowledge ME		0.5
			Knife PE		0.5
		60			6
Equipment
Item				$		Lb
Personal Basics				5		0.1
Small Knife				30		0.5
Blanket				20		5
Large belt pouch (Holds 10 lbs)				20		0.5
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs)				10		0.1
Clothing – Lower Class				10		1
10 days of food				20		5
				115		12.2

Mudlark							66
ADVANTAGES		ALERT (5)
ST	+1	10	SKILLS
DX	+2	20	Diplomacy MH		0.5
IQ	+2	20	Fishing ME		0.5
HT	+1	10	Holdout MH		0.5
STATUS			Merchant MA		0.5
Wealth			Running PHHT		0.5
			Scrounging ME		0.5
			Streetwise MA		0.5
			Survival – Riverside MA		0.5
			Survival - Urban MA		0.5
			Swimming PE		0.5
			Area Knowledge (docks of home city) ME		0.5
			Knife PE		0.5
		60			6
Equipment
Item				$		Lb
Personal Basics				5		0.1
Small Knife				30		0.5
Blanket				20		5
Large belt pouch (Holds 10 lbs)				20		0.5
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs)				10		0.1
Clothing – Lower Class				10		1
10 days of food				20		5
				115		12.2

Vagabond Sometimes entire families follow nomadic lifestyles, moving form town to town – or even from country to country – to ply their trade, be it that of Mendicant, Merchant, or Minister							63
ADVANTAGES		ALERT (5)
ST	+2	20	SKILLS
DX	+1	10	Animal Handling MH		0.5
IQ	2	20	Diplomacy MH		0.5
HT	+1	10	Fast Talk MA		0.5
STATUS	-1	-5	Hiking PHHT		0.5
Wealth			Holdout MH		0.5
App			Language (Choice)		0.5
			Language (Choice)		0.5
			Meteorology MA		0.5
			Packing MA		0.5
			Repertoire:Folk Tales/Bard Lore MH		0.5
			Running PHHT		0.5
			Scrounging ME		0.5
			Survival (Choice) MA		0.5
			Survival (Choice) MA		0.5
			Area Knowledge ME		0.5
			Knife PE		0.5
					8
Equipment
Item				$		Lb
Personal Basics				5		0.1
Small Knife				30		0.5
Blanket				20		5
Large belt pouch (Holds 10 lbs)				20		.5
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs)				10		.1
Clothing – Middle Class				40		1
Backpack (Holds 40 lbs)				60		3
10 days of food				20		5
				205		15.2

Prodigy The Kid’s got talent! Really! It’s not just the parents saying that !							69
ADVANTAGES		Musical Ability +3 (3) Attractive (5)
ST	+0		SKILLS
DX	+1	10	Musical Composition MH		0.5
IQ	+2	20	Conducting MA		0.5
HT	+1	10	Diplomacy MH		0.5
STATUS			Musical Notation ME		0.5
Wealth	x2	10	Musical Instrument MH		1
App			Repertoire: Bard Lore MH		0.5
Voice		10	Savoire Faire ME		0.5
			Singing PEHT		0.5
			Language MA		.5
			Area Knowledge ME		0.5		IQ-1
			Knife PE		0.5		DX-1
		60			6
Equipment
Item				$		Lb
Personal Basics				5		.1
Small Knife				30		.5
Blanket				20		5
Large belt pouch (Holds 10 lbs)				20		.5
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs)				10		.1
Clothing – Middle Class				40		1
Book – Mythal				50		1
Book – Musical scores Quarto				100		2
Book - Blank, Quarto				75		2
Calligrapher’s Set				50		1
10 days of food				20		5
				420		18.2

Lilly Sometimes, a child is a little overprotected.									69
ADVANTAGES		Attractive (5)
ST	+0		SKILLS
DX	+2	20	A Genteel Craft Skill				0.5
IQ	+3	30	A Genteel Craft Skill				1
HT	+1	10	Administration MA				0.5
STATUS			Artist MH				0.5
Wealth			Cooking ME				0.5		IQ-1
Equipment		2	Dancing PA				0.5
			Diplomacy MH				1
			Savoire Faire ME				0.5		IQ-1
			Singing PEHT				0.5		HT-1
			Theology MH				0.5
			Area Knowledge ME				0.5		IQ-1
			Knife PE				0.5		DX-1
		60					7
SUGGESTED GENTEEL CRAFTS
Chandlery MA				Gardening ME	Pottery MA
Dyeing MA				Herbary MA	Sculpting PA
Featherworking MA				Needlecraft PA	Weaving ME
Flower arranging ME				Origami ME	Writing MA
Food Presentation PA				Poetry MA
Equipment
Item						$		Lb
Personal Basics						5		.1
Small Knife						30		.5
Blanket						20		5
Large belt pouch (Holds 10 lbs)						20		.5
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs)						10		.1
Clothing – Middle Class						40		1
Winter Clothing Middle Class						80		1
“Best” Clothing – Upper Class						200		1
Book: Teachings of Patra						200		4
Book – Mythal						50		1
Book - Chapbook						25		.5
Book - Blank, Octavo						35		1
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs of spices)						100		4.1
Basic Cookware Set						90		40
10 days of food						20		5
						925		64.8

Squire Great Knights have to start somewhere...					67
ADVANTAGES		FIT (5) Code of Honour -10 or -15
ST	+2	20	SKILLS
DX	+2	20	Acrobatics PH	0.5
IQ	+0		Animal Handling MH	0.5
HT	+2	20	Apt Weapon Skill	1
STATUS			Apt Weapon Skill	0.5
Wealth	x2	10	Diplomacy MH	0.5
Heir		5	Engineering (Seige) MH	0.5
			Falcolnry MA	0.5
			Heraldry MA	0.5
			Leadership MA	0.5
			Mechanic (Seige) MA	0.5
			Riding PA	0.5
			Savoire Faire ME	0.5	IQ-1
			Strategy MH	0.5
			Tactics MH	0.5
			Tournament Law ME	0.5	IQ-1
			Area Knowledge ME	0.5	IQ-1
			Knife PE	0.5	DX-1
		75		9
Equipment
Item				$	Lb
Personal Basics				5	.1
Small Knife				30	.5
Blanket				20	5
Large belt pouch (Holds 10 lbs)				20	.5
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs)				10	.1
Clothing –Middle Class				40	1
Book – Armorial				100	2
Book - Blank, Octavo				35	1
Book - Hornbook, Pamphlet				25	.5
Saddle, Bit & Bridle				150	20
Practice weapon				40	5
Chess Set				5	1
10 days of food				20	5
				500	41.7

GuildFoundling Some guilds educate their members’ offspring.					66
ADVANTAGES		LITERATE (5)
ST	+2	20	SKILLS
DX	+3	30	Diplomacy MH	0.5
IQ	+1	10	Language: Guild Secret (ME)	0.5	IQ-1
HT	+0		Lifting PHST	0.5
STATUS			Merchant MA	0.5
Wealth			Naturalist MH	0.5
			Running PHHT	0.5
			Savoire Faire ME	0.5
			Guild-related Trade Skill	1
			Guild-related Trade Skill	0.5
			Area Knowledge ME	0.5
			Knife PE	0.5
		60		6
Equipment
Item				$	Lb
Personal Basics				5	0.1
Small Knife				30	0.5
Blanket				20	5
Large belt pouch (Holds 10 lbs)				20	0.5
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs)				10	0.1
Clothing – Lower Class				10	1
Tool Belt				200	2
Book - Blank, Octavo				35	1
10 days of food				20	5
				350	15.2

Kitchen Girl / Boy							66
ADVANTAGES		FIT (5)
ST	+2	20	SKILLS
DX	+0		Agronomy MA		0.5
IQ	+2	20	Cooking ME		1
HT	+2	20	Diplomacy MH		0.5
STATUS			Lifting PHST		0.5
Wealth			Merchant MA		0.5
			Naturalist MH		0.5
			Repertoire:Bard Lore MH		0.5
			Running PHHT		0.5
			Savoire Faire ME		0.5
			Area Knowledge ME		0.5
			Knife PE		0.5
		60			6
Equipment
Item				$		Lb
Personal Basics				5		0.1
Small Knife				30		0.5
Blanket				20		5
Large belt pouch (Holds 10 lbs)				20		0.5
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs)				10		0.1
Clothing – Middle Class				40		1
Book – Mythal				50		1
Book – Formulary, Octavo (Cooking)				50		1
Book – Herbal, Octavo				50		1
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs of spices)				100		4.1
Basic Cookware Set				90		40
10 days of food				20		5
				395		19.3

WilderKinder Again, a child used to fending for himself. However, this child lives in an area of very low population.							67
ADVANTAGES		ALERT (5)
ST	+1	10	SKILLS
DX	+2	20	Camoflage		0.5
IQ	+1	10	Climbing PA		0.5
HT	+2	20	Hiking PHHT		0.5
STATUS			Language: Trail Sign ME		0.5
Wealth			Naturalist MH		1
			Navigation MH		0.5
			Stealth PA		0.5
			Survival - (Choice) MA		0.5
			Survival - (Choice) MA		0.5
			Tracking MA		0.5
			Traps MA		0.5
			Area Knowledge ME		0.5
			Knife PE		0.5
		60			7
Equipment
Item				$		Lb
Personal Basics				5		0.1
Small Knife				30		0.5
Blanket				20		5
Large belt pouch (Holds 10 lbs)				20		0.5
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs)				10		0.1
Clothing – Lower Class				40		1
Small pouch (Holds 3 lbs of spices)				100		4.1
Basic Cookware Set				90		40
Small Wineskin (1 gallon/8lbs)				10		0.1
Small Ceramic bottle (1 quart/2lbs)				3		1
Backpack (Holds 40 lbs)				60		3
Tiny Musical Instrument				1		0.1
10 days of food				20		5
				409		60.5

Oops, I Miscounted.

OTHER YOUTH TEMPLATES (Not Completed)

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