When the going gets tough, you get things going - when the train needs to get going, though, you're the one to call. Your body has been honed after long, arduous hours of pounding steel into wood and making sure that everything gets to functioning well on the railways.
- Skill Proficiencies: Athletics and Insight
- Tool Proficiencies: Mason's Tools
- Languages: One language of your choice
- Equipment: Five Iron Stakes, a Sledgehammer, a Dice Set, a Banjo, a set of Mason's Tools, a 50 ft. coil of Hemp Rope, and a satchel containing 15 gp.
Railroad Company
Your job usually pertains to a specific company on the rails. Consult the table below to try and determine who you work for - the names presented alongside their descriptions are just examples. Feel free to think of a different company name, if you're so inclined.
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Railroad Company |
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1
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The Great North Railway co. - Rugged and Persistent, these folks chopped wood and split mountains all the way through the mountains where they connect with mining boom towns and bring forth industry.
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2
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The Vandeweiss Co. - Known for having the worst conditions and work hazards. They've pushed through as many lawsuits as they have put down railroad tracks.
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3
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Chipmunk Meadow Railroad and Coal Co. - Got its name after being the only company to cooperate with indigenous peoples to cross one of the many great rivers. The most harmonious with the wilds.
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4
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East Heston Railroad - Used to friendlier urban environments, this company helped connect the western seaboard with the rest of the continent.
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5
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Grand Horn and Anthem Railroad - Unionized after a set of strikes that became particularly violent, they pioneered both ways to a responsible corporation in an urban setting.
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6
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Watching Railway Company - The very first employee-owned company has made great strides and collected many loyal workers. Like some of the other companies, these folks came from rougher employers and created something beautiful on their own out on the Frontier.
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Feature: All The Livelong Day
Your internal clock has gotten used to waking up, sleeping, and taking breaks at specific times of day for your job. You have advantage on Intelligence (Nature) checks you make to determine the time of day.
Suggested Characteristics
Railway workers are usually made up of the marginalized and poor that look for a way to bring themselves and their families into a better position. Accompanied by hard work days, on-and-off months of not being able to see their family, and daily hazards that often wear or reflect on their lives.
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Personality Trait |
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1
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I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right. I can't help it - I'm a perfectionist.
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2
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When I see others struggling to do their work, I always offer to help.
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3
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Whenever things are hardest, I break into song to raise morale.
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4
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I'm always full of witty aphorisms and have a proverb for every occasion.
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5
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A stranger took on my debt out of kindness - I try to pass it along and do the same for others.
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6
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I like to talk at length about my dreams for the future or my family back home.
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7
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I don't part with money easily - it was hard earned to get, and will be hard earned to lose.
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8
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I'm well known for my work ethic - I don't trust someone until I see them put their nose to the proverbial grindstone for a group job.
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Ideal |
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1
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Community. It's the duty of all civilized people to strengthen the bonds of community and the progress of civilization. (Lawful)
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2
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Generosity. My natural endurance was given to me so that I could use them to benefit the world. (Good)
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3
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Freedom. Everyone should be free to earn his or her own livelihood. (Chaotic)
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4
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Greed. I'm only in it for the money. (Evil)
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5
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People. I'm committed to the people I work beside, not to ideals or a single boss. (Neutral)
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6
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Aspiration. I work harder than most to be the best there is. One day, it'll pay off. (Any)
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Bond |
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1
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The people I work beside day after day are my family.
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2
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My freedom is my most precious possession. I will never again let companies prey on the vulnerable.
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3
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I made a mistake when setting up a blasting hole with dynamite. One of my friends was killed because of it and I don't know how to forgive myself.
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4
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I'm willing to do the hard work because I know it'll help my child have a future.
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5
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The head manager of my railway unit fired me and withheld my pay - I need to earn some more before I can get my revenge on them.
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6
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A stranger took on my contract debt so that I could go home to see my family. I hope I'll see them again so that I can repay them somehow.
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Flaw |
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1
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I have a weakness for vices from the city, especially hard drink.
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2
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I have lingering pain from all the stress done to my body.
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3
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No one must ever learn that I stole and pawned a golden railway spike for money before the completion of my job.
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4
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I'm never satisfied with what I have - I always want more.
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5
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Secretly, I believe that things would be better if I were the owner managing over any venture.
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6
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I can't ever back down from a challenge, especially when it involves my work duties.
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