Backstories/Offworld Nonspecific Child

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Title
(Short Title)
Description Skill Modifications Work types Traits Tribal Outlander Pirate Offworld Outsider Imperial
Common
Imperial
Fighter
Imperial
Royal
Bodytype
Vatgrown Soldier
(Vatgrown)
[PAWN_nameDef] wasn't made as a person, but as an instrument of destruction. Grown in a bioweapons facility and taught combat during [PAWN_possessive] accelerated growth, [PAWN_nameDef] still has a proclivity for combat of all kinds and an aversion to human contact.
  • Melee: +4
  • Shooting: +4
  • −Social
  • −Caring
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Sickly Child
(Patient)
As a child, [PAWN_nameDef] suffered from a rare disease. Quarantined in a hospital, [PAWN_pronoun] had minimal human contact and got little physical exercise. In the sterile hospital environment, however, [PAWN_pronoun] became very familiar with science and medicine.
  • Intellectual: +4
  • Medicine: +5
  • Melee: −2
  • Social: −2
  • Construction: −2

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Frightened Child
(Scared)
[PAWN_nameDef] grew up with a laundry list of phobias and neuroses. [PAWN_pronoun] feared, among other things, doctors and foodborne pathogens.
As a result, [PAWN_pronoun] learned to cook and care for [PAWN_objective]self, but many of [PAWN_possessive] fears dog [PAWN_objective] in adulthood.
  • Medicine: +3
  • Cooking: +3
  • −Violent
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Coma Child
(Coma Child)
A childhood accident put [PAWN_nameDef] into a coma. [PAWN_pronoun] didn’t wake up until [PAWN_pronoun] was in [PAWN_possessive] late teens. [PAWN_possessive] body never recovered from the years of inactivity, but people tend to take pity on [PAWN_objective] when they hear [PAWN_possessive] story.
  • Social: +4
  • Construction: −2
  • Mining: −2

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Pyromaniac
(Pyro)
From an early age, [PAWN_nameDef] had an unhealthy fascination with fire. [PAWN_pronoun] would set refuse heaps ablaze and become so entranced by the flames [PAWN_pronoun] would absent-mindedly burn [PAWN_objective]self.
One day while playing with matches, [PAWN_pronoun] carelessly burned down [PAWN_possessive] home.
  • Social: −3
  • Cooking: −2
  • Artistic: +3
  • −Firefighting
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Mute
(Mute)
[PAWN_nameDef] was greatly affected by a traumatic event early in [PAWN_possessive] life. For many years [PAWN_pronoun] refused to speak to people, preferring instead to play with [PAWN_possessive] household's numerous pets.
  • Animals: +5
  • −Social
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War Refugee
(Refugee)
War broke out in [PAWN_nameDef]'s home when [PAWN_pronoun] was a baby. [PAWN_possessive] parents fled with [PAWN_objective], seeking safety wherever they could find it. [PAWN_nameDef]'s earliest memories are of being taught how to defend [PAWN_objective]self.
The violence and destruction [PAWN_pronoun] witnessed left [PAWN_objective] scarred for life.
  • Cooking: +2
  • Crafting: +2
  • −Violent
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Musical Kid
(Musician)
As a child, [PAWN_nameDef] had a talent for playing musical instruments and singing. [PAWN_pronoun] was given expert training and loved to perform in recitals and concerts, though the lavish praise [PAWN_pronoun] received made [PAWN_objective] a little self-obsessed.
  • Social: −2
  • Artistic: +5

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Child Star
(Star)
[PAWN_nameDef] was well-known throughout [PAWN_possessive] homeworld as a child actor in films and TV shows. [PAWN_possessive] fame put [PAWN_objective] in contact with many different kinds of people, but also tended to get in the way of [PAWN_possessive] education.
  • Social: +3
  • Artistic: +3
  • Intellectual: −2
  • −ManualDumb
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Child Spy
(Spy)
Children are presumed innocent, which makes them excellent spies. [PAWN_nameDef] was trained in the art of infiltration when [PAWN_pronoun] was just a small child.
[PAWN_possessive] years undercover gave [PAWN_objective] experience with social manipulation and lying, but [PAWN_pronoun] never had a normal education.
  • Social: +4
  • Intellectual: −2

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Shop Kid
(Shopkid)
[PAWN_nameDef]'s mother was often ill, and it fell to [PAWN_objective] to run the store which was their only source of income. [PAWN_pronoun] learned a little about the exotic artifacts which [PAWN_pronoun] sold, and a lot about the art of the deal.
  • Social: +4
  • Intellectual: +2

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Organ Farm
(Organ Farm)
[PAWN_nameDef] was raised in an illegal underground organ farm. [PAWN_possessive] body was used to grow organic implants for wounded mercenaries. Though [PAWN_possessive] upbringing has left [PAWN_objective] haunted, it has also given [PAWN_objective] a unique understanding of human biology.
  • Medicine: +5
  • −Violent
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Medical Assistant
(Medic)
[PAWN_nameDef] was born during a catastrophic war in which both sides used incendiary weapons. [PAWN_pronoun] grew up helping [PAWN_possessive] parents in an infirmary, treating the cascade of horrific burns from the battlefields. [PAWN_pronoun] was left with a lifelong fear of fire.
  • Medicine: +5
  • −Firefighting
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Cult Child
(Cult Kid)
[PAWN_nameDef] was born into a powerful cult which shunned advanced technology and believed that all illness could be cured by cleansing the soul through sacred art.
After [PAWN_possessive] first glimpse of the outside world, [PAWN_pronoun] decided to run away.
  • Medicine: −3
  • Artistic: +5
  • −Intellectual
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Story Writer
(Writer)
As a child, [PAWN_nameDef] was addicted to reading. [PAWN_pronoun] would spend all day in [PAWN_possessive] local library with [PAWN_possessive] nose in a book. When budget cuts forced the library to close, [PAWN_nameDef] was distraught. [PAWN_pronoun] decided to fill the gap by writing [PAWN_possessive] own stories instead.
  • Artistic: +4
  • Intellectual: +3

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