Profession

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Profession (Wis; Trained Only)

You are skilled at a specific job. Like the Knowledge and Perform skills, Profession is actually a number of separate skills. You could have several Profession skills, each with its own ranks. A Profession skill represents the ability to cultivate, craft or provide goods or services relevant to the profession, as well as the general knowledge of how to earn a living in that profession.

The most common Profession skills are alchemist, architect, armorsmith, artist, barrister, bookbinder, bowyer, brewer, butcher, carpenter, cobbler, cook, drover, engineer, farmer, fisherman, gambler, gardener, glass smith, herbalist, innkeeper, jewelsmith, leathersmith, librarian, locksmith, mason, merchant, sailor, scriviner, shipwright, soldier, tailor, tanner, trapper, trapsmith, weaponsmith, weaver, woodcutter. Numerous other professions exist, though some are far too dull to be attractive to a player character (e.g., clerk, miller, porter), too provocative for some campaigns (e.g. prostitute, midwife), or are campaign specific (e.g. redcap, lamplighter).

Players are free to put ranks into any profession they desire, granting them insight and knowledge related to that profession, professional contacts, an understanding of common protocols, laws and business practices pertinent to that profession, etc. Indeed, profession skills can be very useful sources of information for players in the right circumstances, in addition to helping flesh out a character's background.

Common Uses

Earn a Living

You can earn half your Profession check result in gold pieces per week of dedicated work. You know how to use the tools of your trade, how to perform the profession's daily tasks, how to supervise helpers, and how to handle common problems. You can also answer questions about your Profession. Basic questions are DC 10, while more complex questions are DC 15 or higher.

Action

Not applicable. A single check generally represents a week of work.

• Retry? Varies. An attempt to use a Profession skill to earn income cannot be retried. You are stuck with whatever weekly wage your check result brought you. Another check may be made after a week to determine a new income for the next period of time. An attempt to accomplish some specific task can usually be retried.

Untrained

Untrained laborers and assistants (that is, characters without any ranks in Profession) earn an average of 1 silver piece per day.

Epic Skill Uses

Note: All uses below require a minimum of 21 Ranks in the skill to use.

Master

(DC 60) - your profession checks can be made in 1 day, instead of 1 week.

Grandmaster

(DC 80) - your profession checks can be made in 1 hour, instead of 1 week.

Maker

(DC 100) - your profession checks can be made in 1 minute, instead of 1 week.

Apex Professional

(DC 140) - in any settlement larger than a large town, you know all of the prominent merchants, collectors and guildmasters.