Lightning Train Conductor

You have travelled the length of breadth of this continent, or at least far as the train tracks will take you. Your ears are accustomed to the constant racket of wheels on rail and thudding machinery; The crackle of magical lightning is a sound that's familiar but still a little nerve-wracking. The need for punctuality breeds ingenuity when careening through countryside and urban sprawl alike. 

Consider how you got this job. Did you love it or was it just a steady stream of income? Who did you work with or for? What were your duties aboard? Cargo or passenger?

 

Skill Proficiencies: Skill proficiencies: Athletics, Perception

Tool Proficiencies: Tool proficiencies: Vehicles (Land), Navigator's Tools

Equipment: A wrench (club), a pair of thick rubber work gloves, a set of common clothes and a cloth cap

Suggested Characteristics

Conductors are used to working to the clock. The trains must run on time or havoc is wreaked. That kind of pressure breeds a mixture of responsibility, comradeship with your fellow conductors and ingenuity when it comes to finding a fix for problems both mechanical and personnel related.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I'm a reliable team member who pulls their weight
2	I've stayed in every tavern in this land and I have a friend in each of them
3	I can find a fix for any problem, and I love doing it
4	Nothing is more satisfying to me than a well-oiled machine or a well-laid plan
5	I sleep very deeply and curse anyone who wakes me before dawn
6	I get itchy if I've been in the same place too long
7	I like routine - you could set your watch by me lighting my cigarette
8	Where you're from or what you've done in the past isn't important, it's who you are that matters to me

d6	Ideal
1	Efficiency - I run a tight ship (train)
2	Freedom - There's no point settling down when there's more to see still
3	Ambition - This job is a stepping stone to bigger things
4	People - My fellow conductors are good people - we can rely on each other
5	Creativity - Knowledge is useless without a few clever ideas
6	Industry - Society grows as long as technology, industry and ideas can spread

d4	Bond
1	I am loyal to the company - the trains must run on time
2	Trains are beautiful machines, and feats of engineering to be respected and revered.
3	A life of constant travel is a privilege not all get, and should be appreciated
4	Conductors are good people. I trust them and want good things for us all.

d6	Flaw
1	I'm a stickler for detail and sometimes that's all I can think about... it can make me impulsive when I'm never thinking long term
2	I'm a control freak. Everyone must follow my plan.
3	I'm a risk taker. I'll always go for the easy solution to a problem, even if it's potentially dangerous
4	Nothing is ever my fault, there's always someone else to blame
5	I've rather forgotten how to act in polite company
6	I'm half deaf from the noise of the trains... sometimes the voice of reason falls on deaf ears