(Gorgon Trail) Character Backgrounds & Vocations

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Roll or Choose Background/Vocation Roll or Choose Background/Vocation Roll or Choose Background/Vocation

1 1 Chargeless Outrider/Escort 41 1 Agency Detective 81 1 Adopted by Monsters


2 2 Drifter/Vagabond/Saddle Tramp 42 2 Astrologer/Fortune Teller 82 2 Banished or Outcast
3 3 Driver/Teamster/Mule Skinner 43 3 Barbed-Wire Ley-line Winder 83 3 Bronco Buster/Show Rider
4 4 Drover/Scout/Explorer 44 4 Chuckwagon Cook/Chow Wizard 84 4 Carpetbagger/Scalawag
5 5 Hired Muscle/Mercenary 45 5 Conjuror/Stage Magician 85 5 City Slicker/Tinhorn
6 6 Levied Conscript/Militia 46 6 Curious Clerk/Scrivener/Notary 86 6 Disgraced Banker
7 7 Luckless Hunter or Trapper 47 7 Dilettante/Dabbler 87 7 Disinherited

Other/Special
8 8 Mountain Man/Woman or Fur Trader 48 8 Doodlebugger/Water Witcher 88 8 Exiled Foreign Royalty

Magic-User
9 9 Pioneer/Homesteader 49 9 Druggist/Herbalist 89 9 Former Cattle Baron
Fighter

10 10 Prize Fighter/Boxer/Duelist 50 10 Grave Digger/Undertaker 90 10 Horntoad Cursed


11 11 Prospector/River Panner 51 11 High-Falutin' Scholar/Professor 91 11 Mail Order Husband/Bride
12 12 Rancher/Farmer/Sodbuster 52 12 Hypnotist/Mesmerist 92 12 Partially Petrified
13 13 Relay Rider/Mail Carrier 53 13 Journalist/Printer 93 13 Raised By Coyotes
14 14 Reluctant Deputy 54 14 Moonshine Alchemist 94 14 Refugee
15 15 Sharpshooter/Prize Archer 55 15 Persnickety Tutor/Schoolmarm 95 15 Seventh-born Sibling
16 16 Sole Survivor of Massacre/Deserter 56 16 Rune Brander 96 16 Travelling Salesperson/Hawker
17 17 Stagecoach Bodyguard 57 17 Sedge Witch/Cunning Person 97 17 Town Drunk
18 18 Veteran Soldier of the Minotaur Wars 58 18 Showgirl/Dance Mage 98 18 Wandrin' Guitar
19 19 Wanted Bounty Hunter 59 19 Snake Oil Seller 99 19 Widow/Widower
20 20 Weary Laborer/Craftsperson 60 20 University Apprentice 100 20 Wyrm Blooded
21 1 Barber/Sawbones/Midwife 61 1 Bandito/Brigand/Outlaw
22 2 Brimstone Preacher 62 2 Burglar/Bank Robber/Safecracker
23 3 Delinquent Tax-Collector 63 3 Cattle Rustler/Horse Thief These Character Background/Vocations are only
24 4 Doomsday Proselyte/Soap-boxer 64 4 Claim Jumper/Mine Salter intended to serve as inspirations/ideas. Feel free to
25 5 Dry Crusader 65 5 Desperado make up your own or draw on different concepts.
26 6 Dubious Faith Healer 66 6 Ex-Circus Performer
27 7 Frontier Veterinarian 67 7 Ex-Convict/Escaped Prisoner The table is designed to be rolled on all at once
28 8 Herd Whisperer/Stampeder 68 8 Fence/Money Lender (1d100), or as a 1d20 for a specific Class/Character
29 9 Itinerant Lawyer 69 9 Forger/Coin Shaver Type. You may also simply choose something that
Cleric

Thief

30 10 Medicine Show Pitcher 70 10 Gambler/Card Sharp/Bookmaker sounds interesting…these Backgrounds aren’t


implicitly tied to a Class/Character Type, and
31 11 Overworked Judge/Magistrate 71 11 Highwayman/Bushwhacker
sometimes combining vastly different Backgrounds
32 12 Rattlesnake Handler 72 12 Hobo/Beggar
with Character Types can make for more intriguing
33 13 Religious Separatist 73 13 Lookout/Get-a-way
characters.
34 14 Roving Pilgrim 74 14 Orphan, Urchin, or Foundling
35 15 Saloon Keeper 75 15 Smuggler/Comanchero/Dealer .
36 16 Sometimes Successful Rain Maker 76 16 Soiled Dove/Doxy/Gigolo/Hustler
37 17 Spore-Blighted 77 17 Swindler/Sharpster/Poolshark
38 18 Travelling Exorcist 78 18 Thug/Rake
39 19 Twice-Born/Just Hanged 79 19 Trader/Merchant
40 20 Zealous Missionary 80 20 Unlucky Pickpocket

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