Upbringings

Culture

You come into the world kicking, screaming, and covered in viscera. You make it through childhood, though not everyone does.

What was the culture of your upbringing?

• Academic
• Apprentice of a Mage
• Common Artisan
• Common Laborer
• Criminal
• Martial Forces
• Of Noble birth
• Religious
• Traveling troupe
• Wilds-raised

Where did you grow up?
How did you end up in that culture?
What is your relationship to your parents?
What did they name you?
What are the most distinct outward features that others would notice by looking at you?

(Optional) Choose 3 languages. Give one rank 3 (this should match your home country), one rank 2, and one rank 1.
(Optional) Create a relationship with someone from your upbringing.

Upbringings Expertise

Your upbringing (alongside your calling) determines which Expertise you have access to.

You get a number of Expertise of your choice based on the total number of players.
See the Expertise Total chart for more.

Academic

Expertise:
Medicine, Any Knowledge, Sympathy

Apprentice of a Mage

Expertise:
Esoteria, Monsters, Alchemy, Flux

Common Artisan

Expertise:
Laws & Traditions, Appeal, Insight, Streetwise

Common Laborer

Expertise:
Laws & Traditions, Consort, Direct, Insight

Criminal

Expertise:
Subterfuge, Coerce, Consort, Streetwise

Martial Forces

Expertise:
Martial Arts, Militia, Direct, Politics

Of Noble birth

Expertise:
Any Knowledge, Any Persuasion, Any Sociability besides Streetwise

Religious

Expertise:
Medicine, Religion, Appeal, Etiquette, Augury

Traveling troupe

Expertise:
Laws & Traditions, Any Persuasion, Foreign Customs, Streetwise

Wilds-raised

Expertise:
Bushcraft, Medicine, Monsters, The Veil