You have sworn your Body and Blood to a Criminal Family. If you are made, you’re likely a core member of one of the Families influential daily Going Ons; otherwise you’re an outsider who hopes to make your fortune and way of life through the Family. Your main task is to serve the Family, but you could be called on at any time to act as its hand. Such missions can be perilous but lucrative.
- Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Intimidation
- Tool Proficiencies: Thieves Tools, and a Gaming Set
- Equipment: A Map of the City you grew up in, Family signet ring, a crowbar, a set of dark common clothes including a hood
Family Member Role
You always gather information for your Family, but when a Family give you a specific mission, what sort of work do you do? The Family Member Role table gives possibilities.
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Family Member Role |
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1
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Enforcer
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2
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Blackmailer
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3
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Fence
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4
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Smuggler
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5
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Murderer
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6
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Made Man
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7
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Gold Launderer
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8
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Advisor
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9
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Consigliere
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10
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Family Healer
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11
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Footman
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12
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Messenger
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Feature: Family Connections
As an member of your Family, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a Family Safehouse. When the Family assigns you a mission, it will usually provide you with the necessary supplies and transportation. Beyond this, you have many old friends and mentors in your Family, and you may encounter one of them when you interact with a Family business. The degree to which such acquaintances are willing to help you depends on your current standing in your Family.
Suggested Characteristics
Family Members are diverse. Consider the Family you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
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Personality Trait |
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1
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I’m always looking to improve efficiency.
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2
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I always have a plan for what to do when things go wrong.
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3
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I never forget an insult against me or my Family.
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4
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I’m enthusiastic about everything my Family does.
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5
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I represent my Family and take pride in that fact.
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6
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I’m critical of those outside the Family, and those that may Criticise them.
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Ideal |
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1
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Common Good. My Family serves a vital function, and its prosperity will help those that need it. (Good)
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2
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Community. We have to take care of each other, because no one else is going to do it. (Lawful)
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3
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Change. The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down. Change is the nature of things. (Chaotic)
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4
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Retribution. The rich need to be shown what life and death are like in the gutters. (Evil)
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5
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People. I help the people who help me — that’s what keeps us alive. (Neutral)
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6
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Aspiration. I’m going to prove that I’m worthy of a better life.
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Bond |
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1
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My Family is my bond. I would do anything for it.
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2
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I sponsor an orphanage to keep others from enduring what I was forced to endure.
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3
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I owe my survival to another who taught me all I know.
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4
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I escaped my life of poverty by robbing an important person, and I’m wanted for it.
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5
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I owe a debt I can never repay to the person who took pity on me.
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6
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No one else should have to endure the hardships I’ve been through.
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Flaw |
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1
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I’m fixated on following Omerta and its Code.
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2
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Gold seems like a lot of money to me, and I’ll do just about anything for more of it.
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3
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My Family and those around me, make me better than others.
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4
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An innocent person is in prison for a crime that I committed. I’m okay with that.
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5
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People who can’t take care of themselves get what they deserve.
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6
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If there’s a plan, I’ll forget it. If I don’t forget it, I’ll ignore it.
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