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Every great Mage begins with their family. Fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, as well as friends and extended family all can influence a person.

The second Character Background page asks:

What was your family life like?

Family

Family: Black Sheep

• Benefit:
  • +1 Creation Point

• Drawback:
  • Parental Approval will never rise above 0 - i.e. you will never receive money from home

Family: Favored Child

• +500 Pims;
• +2 Confidence

Family: Graverobbers

• Benefits:
  • +1 Intelligence;
  • +1 Anatomy, +1 Archaeology, +1 Biology

• Drawbacks:
  • Every time your Stress goes above 2 (regardless of your Stress Maximum), you suffer -1 Confidence, -1 Composure, -1 Temperance and -1 Luck until your Stress is reduced to 2 or lower

Family: Helpful and Attentive

• +2 Character, +2 Ethics, +1 to two Random School Survival Subskills

Family: Religious

• +3 Theology, +2 Prayer and +1 Piety;
• Visitation Rights to the Temple of Iudocia

Family: Sky Pirates

• Benefits:
  • +1 Charm;
  • +1 Acrobatics, +1 Knots, +1 Navigation

• Drawback:
  • +10% Chance of Discovery (general suspicion of your family's lifestyle)

Family: Sports

• +1 Fitness;
• +1 to two Random Rimbal Skills, +1 to two Random Athletics Skills

Family: The Secret Heritage

• Unique Action: Follow your Parents' Instructions
  • This unlocks The House in the Bog, which unlocks The Schohanwicht School - which makes learning (forbidden!) Gates magic a lot easier.

Family: Wizards

• +1 to a Random Subskill from each: Incantation, Negation, Revision
• Inform Message of the Winds (Spell), Thought (Pheme) and Wind (Pheme)

History

History: Artisans of Skill

• +1 Finesse;
• +1 Artisan, +1 to two Random Forge Subskills

History: Descended from Heroes

• Benefits:
  • +1 Luck;
  • +1 Glory;
  • Visitation Rights for the Temple of Iudocia and the Imperial Reserve

• Drawback:
  • -2 Stress Maximum

History: Descended of Royalty

• +1 Civil Law, +1 Courage, +1 Courtly Fashion, +1 Etiquette, +1 Politics, +1 Leadership

History: Descended of Traitors

• Benefit:
  • +1 Creation Point

• Drawbacks:
  • -2 Relationship with each of 10 Random Students

History: Famous Campaigners

• Heirloom Knife
• Study Battles (Action)
• +1 Famous Battles, +1 Confidence

History: Locally Notable

• +50 Pims, 2 Random Common Items
• +1 Temperance, +1 Patience, +1 Conversation

Station

Station: Merchant

• +2 Wit, +2 Accounting, +2 Persuasion
• Starting Allowance of 20 Pims

Station: Nobility

• +2 Diplomacy, +2 Intrigue, +1 Leadership, +1 Command

Station: Up from Destitution

• +2 Greengrocery, +2 Temperance, +2 Willpower

Station: Wealthy

• +1 Courtly Fashion, +1 Court Hairstyles, +1 Perfumes, +2 Etiquette, +1 Art Appreciation
• 200 Pims; starting Allowance of 50

Station: Well-to-Do

• +2 in three Random Subskills
• 50 Pims; starting Allowance of 25

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