Occupations | Lumina City

CHARACTER OCCUPATIONS

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These are the occupations your character has to choose from. The wage is the earn income roll that you will roll once a week, in game. The skill checks listed for the occupation is the only skills you may roll for earn income for your occupation.

This will follow the same rules as Earn Income and any feats that affect Earn Income also affect the earn income roll for Occupation. Your character can still do other forms of earn income, outside of their occupation if there is enough downtime during that week to fulfill the job requirements.

Think of requirements as Edicts and Anathema's for the job.

Keep in mind, your character CAN be fired from their job for poor performance or breaking any social rules for that occupation.

Occupations require downtime to complete. Do not stress about this. Downtime for occupation does not mean a full days of downtime. It will be either day or night. Working night will not affect your long rest.

If the campaign events are happening during the night time, then your character will be working their job during the day. If campaign events are taking place during the day, then your character will be working their job during the night. Again, this will not affect Long Rest. You're characters can request time off from their bosses in the event they need a break or campaign events will be making them unable to work for a short amount of time.

I know this sounds like a lot, but it won't be. Quick skill checks, get money, done. If campaign events are going to take the characters away for a while, don't worry. Your characters job and pay scale will be saved.

PROMOTIONS

Your character can be promoted at their job. Factors for promotions vary by job, but they all boil down to working as much as possible, pleasing your boss, and completing occupation tasks quickly and efficiently.

With each promotion, your weekly bonus will increase by $25.

CORPORATE INTERN

Corporate Intern

Skill: Diplomacy or Deception

Your character works for one of the Mega Corporations. Since your character works for one of the Mega Corporations, they cannot have any CURRENT gang affiliations. Becoming a Corporate Intern is difficult. The competition between candidates and nepotism is fierce. If your character is a Corporate Intern, then they are striving to work their way up the ranks in the corporate world. The money, the power both are driving factors. It's not "just a job", it is your goal. How far will you make it up the ladder? CEO? CSO? Time and determination will tell. What are you willing to do to get there?

Requirements:

On call 24/7, your boss may need something at any moment
Corporate tasks take priority.
1. Don't worry, this won't be a stop in the middle of a quest and go get your boss some coffee.
4 Days of downtime per 7 day week
1. Of course, this will be flexible depending on what we are doing in the campaign.
  1. If I say you have 5 days of downtime, then it is expected that you will spend 4 of those days "on the clock". During this time, you will not be able to do any other downtime activities.

Pay Scale:

Pay is issued every week in game for as many days your character spends doing work. The bonus is what is added to the Earn Income roll.

1 Day Worked - no bonus, just flat earn income result.
2 Days Worked - $10 bonus
3 Days Worked - $25 bonus
4 Days Worked - $50 bonus
5 Days Worked - $60 bonus
6 Days Worked - $70 bonus
7 Days Worked - $80 bonus

Example: 7 days of downtime - Earn Income Roll Trained in Deception/Diplomacy vs DC 18 for level 3. Roll Critical Success. Earn $1 (1gp) for 1 day. 1x7 = $7 + $80 = $87 for that work week.

LCPD RECRUIT

LCPD Recruit

Skill: Athletics or Acrobatics

Your character is a recruit for the LCPD. Just graduated the academy and ready to hit the streets. You are not on your own though, you do have a partner who is showing you the ropes and teaching you the do's and don'ts of real world policing. What kind of cop will you be? Tough, strict and by the book? Or will you take the lucrative way by taking bribes? Make sure you follow the unwritten rules, the gangs aren't the only violent people in the city...

Requirements:

3 days of downtime per 7 day week.
If you are wanting to get promoted, follow the rules. Written, and more importantly the unwritten.
Complete occupational tasks

Pay Scale:

Pay is issued every week in game for as many days your character spends doing work. The bonus is what is added to the Earn Income roll.

1 Day Worked - no bonus, just flat earn income result.
2 Days Worked - $15 bonus
3 Days Worked - $30 bonus
4 Days Worked - $35 bonus
5 Days Worked - $40 bonus
6 Days Worked - $55 bonus
7 Days Worked - $60 bonus

Example: 7 days of downtime - Earn Income Roll Trained in Athletics/Acrobatics vs DC 18 for level 3. Roll Critical Success. Earn $1 (1gp) for 1 day. 1x7 = $7 + $60 = $67 for that work week.

MEDICAL FIELD - ENTRY LEVEL

Medical Field - Entry Level

Skill: Medicine

Your character is an entry level medical professional. This could be a paramedic, a nurses aid, a medical assistant, surgical technologist, or a medical secretary. Depends on what you are aspiring to be in the medical field. The medical field can be very demanding, stressful, and constricting. Your character could work their way up to become a surgeon, a doctor, or head of a hospital. Your character will work for HelixTech, though they will not be a corporate employee. With the stress, frustrations, and demands, how far will you make it in the field?

Requirements:

5 days of downtime per 7 day week.
Complete occupational tasks

Pay Scale:

Pay is issued every week in game for as many days your character spends doing work. The bonus is what is added to the Earn Income roll.

1 Day Worked - no bonus, just flat earn income result.
2 Days Worked - $20 bonus
3 Days Worked - $30 bonus
4 Days Worked - $35 bonus
5 Days Worked - $40 bonus
6 Days Worked - $55 bonus
7 Days Worked - $65 bonus

Example: 7 days of downtime - Earn Income Roll Trained in Medicine vs DC 18 for level 3. Roll Critical Success. Earn $1 (1gp) for 1 day. 1x7 = $7 + $65 = $72 for that work week.

JOBBER / MERC

Jobber/Merc

Skill: Intimidation or Athletics

Your character is a Jobber/Merc. You get your jobs from your liaison, the person who secures the job from the client and assigns it to jobbers/mercs in their contacts that they trust. The job is dangerous, you rarely know who the client is, and your own morals will be challenged. You try to look at your tasks as just jobs. Don't think about it, just complete and get paid. After all, it's not your decision. You're just the tool paid to complete the task. Jobber/Merc work can be as lucrative as they are dangerous. The more REP you gain, the better paying jobs you get. While you may hate gangs and/or corporations, if the pay is there then what does it matter?

Requirements:

No set number of downtime requirements.
Complete your tasks for the client quickly and efficiently
Do not draw attention
Do not try to identify clients, their anonymity is essential to the client - liaison - jobber/merc relationship
Do not screw over your liaison

Pay Scale:

Pay is issued every week in game for as many days your character spends doing work. The bonus is what is added to the Earn Income roll.

1 Day Worked - $10 bonus
2 Days Worked - $20 bonus
3 Days Worked - $30 bonus
4 Days Worked - $40 bonus
5 Days Worked - $50 bonus
6 Days Worked - $60 bonus
7 Days Worked - $70 bonus

Example: 7 days of downtime - Earn Income Roll Trained in Intimidation/Athletics vs DC 18 for level 3. Roll Critical Success. Earn $1 (1gp) for 1 day. 1x7 = $7 + $70 = $77 for that work week.

PRESS/MEDIA - ENTRY LEVEL

Press/Media - Entry Level

Skill: Diplomacy or Deception

Your character is starting their career in the Press/Media field. They could be aspiring to become a reporter, journalist, news anchor, or host their own radio show. This field can be fun, especially in the radio host field and celebrity gossip. However, if pursuing a career in the news field, they may find it to be difficult. Corporate and government influence can make it very challenging.

Requirements:

3 days of downtime.
Complete occupational tasks
(News field only)Abide by the unwritten rules of the field. Adhere to embargoes, corporate interests, and avoid stepping on toes.

Pay Scale:

Pay is issued every week in game for as many days your character spends doing work. The bonus is what is added to the Earn Income roll.

1 Day Worked - no bonus, just flat earn income results
2 Days Worked - $10 bonus
3 Days Worked - $20 bonus
4 Days Worked - $25 bonus
5 Days Worked - $30 bonus
6 Days Worked - $35 bonus
7 Days Worked - $40 bonus

Example: 7 days of downtime - Earn Income Roll Trained in Diplomacy/Deception vs DC 18 for level 3. Roll Critical Success. Earn $1 (1gp) for 1 day. 1x7 = $7 + $40 = $47 for that work week.

DAY JOB (8-5 JOBS) - ENTRY LEVEL

Day Job - Entry Level

Skill: Job Dependent

Your character is starting their career a day job. This could range to anything. It could be tech support at a company, an office employee, garbage collector, construction, anything. If your character has a part-time job, they could be promoted making them a full time employee.

Requirements:

4 days of downtime
Complete occupational tasks
Pleasing the manager

Pay Scale:

Pay is issued every week in game for as many days your character spends doing work. The bonus is what is added to the Earn Income roll.

1 Day Worked - no bonus, just flat earn income results
2 Days Worked - $10 bonus
3 Days Worked - $20 bonus
4 Days Worked - $25 bonus
5 Days Worked - $30 bonus
6 Days Worked - $35 bonus
7 Days Worked - $40 bonus

Example: 7 days of downtime - Earn Income Roll Trained in SKILL vs DC 18 for level 3. Roll Critical Success. Earn $1 (1gp) for 1 day. 1x7 = $7 + $40 = $47 for that work week.

PART-TIME JOB

Part-Time Job

Skill: Diplomacy Check

Your character is holding down a part-time job. This is likely a job that is customer facing. Meaning, your character likely deals with customers for the majority of the job. These jobs could be at a fast-food chain, restaurant, retail, or convenience store. With good performance, they could be promoted to a full time employee. This would change their occupation from Part-Time Job to Day Job granting them the benefits of the pay scale as well, maybe even a bit of a bigger bonus if the manager likes them.

Requirements:

2 days of downtime
Complete occupational tasks
Pleasing the manager

Pay Scale:

Pay is issued every week in game for as many days your character spends doing work. The bonus is what is added to the Earn Income roll.

1 Day Worked - no bonus, just flat earn income results
2 Days Worked - $5 bonus
3 Days Worked - $10 bonus
4 Days Worked - $15 bonus
5 Days Worked - $20 bonus
6 Days Worked - $25 bonus
7 Days Worked - $30 bonus

Example: 7 days of downtime - Earn Income Roll Trained in Diplomacy vs DC 18 for level 3. Roll Critical Success. Earn $1 (1gp) for 1 day. 1x7 = $7 + $30 = $37 for that work week.

STUDENT - LUMINA UNIVERSITY

Student - University

Skill: Depends on their focus of study

Your character is pursuing higher education. While this occupation may not offer pay, it will however set them up nicely for a lucrative job in the medical field or at a mega corporation. They could even start their own business after graduating. It all depends on what your character is studying, and what their goals are. Your character may have a part-time job while they are in university.

One thing to consider with this occupation. How did your character pay for school? Were they sponsored by a mega corporation? Did their parents pay for it? Or, did they take out a loan to pay for it? These could open up some interesting options for your character during the campaign.

Requirements:

4 days of downtime
Complete studies
Adhere to the policies of the university
Please the professor

Pay Scale:

None - Skill checks will be used to track progress in school

GANG MEMBER - INITIATE

Gang Member - Initiate

Skill: Intimidation/Deception/Athletics Check

Your character is a new member of one of the many gangs in Lumina City. Turf wars, extortion, selling drugs, and fighting the LCPD are all part of it. Whether your character willingly chose this life or had no other option, your gang is your family. The gang takes priority, and rival gangs are open season. It's a hard life, but the respect, fear, authority, and money that you'll earn as you work your way through the ranks is extremely desirable. Once you reach a certain rank and with, or without, your gang leaders permission, you could even form your own gang becoming it's leader. Or you could climb the ranks in the gang and become its new leader.

One thing is for sure, the gang life is a tough and violent life. Keep your head on a swivel.

Requirements:

4 days of downtime, but you could be called in for work
Complete gang missions
Do not question superiors
Know your place
Give respect to fellow gang members

Pay Scale:

Pay is issued every week in game for as many days your character spends doing work. The bonus is what is added to the Earn Income roll.

1 Day Worked - no bonus, just flat earn income results
2 Days Worked - $5 bonus
3 Days Worked - $10 bonus
4 Days Worked - $20 bonus
5 Days Worked - $25 bonus
6 Days Worked - $30 bonus
7 Days Worked - $40 bonus

Example: 7 days of downtime - Earn Income Roll Trained in Intimidation/Deception/Athletics vs DC 18 for level 3. Roll Critical Success. Earn $1 (1gp) for 1 day. 1x7 = $7 + $40 = $47 for that work week.

ASPIRING ENTERTAINER - RESTRICTED

Aspiring Entertainer - Restricted to ONLY character that took the Aspiring Entertainer campaign background

Skill: Performance Check

Your character is an aspiring entertainer. Whether they are wanting to become an actor/actress, musician, or streamer. One thing is for sure, they want to be famous! Starting out is tough... You have to make a name for yourself and gain fans and followers. There are many lucrative paths in this field. They could gain a sponsorship from a mega corporation leading to lots of chrones overnight, sell out a show at Lumina Colosseum, or land the lead roll in a TV show or movie.

Starting out, most Aspiring Entertainers have a part-time job to pay the bills but you need to balance this. You'll only get rich and famous if you put in the work to do so. It can be time consuming and involve a diet of MeatStuff, cheap fast food, and mega burritos.

Requirements:

No amount of days required, you put in as much time and effort you want. You get out what you put in.
Gain and please fans, this may even mean adjusting your values and morals.
Show up for any fan events you setup. Failure to do so could result in loosing fans.
Setup gigs, audition for TV/Movies, stream regularly
Sometimes beef between entertainers can benefit both.

Pay Scale:

Pay for this job is a bit more involved. It all depends on how many followers, or fans, they have. To gain followers, we'll be using the Leadership rules. Both of us will be keeping track of how many follower (fans) you have. Your "Organization Level" is your character level. As you level up, gain REP, you gain followers as long as you haven't failed too many downtime checks.

Your downtime checks are used to judge your performance. Successful checks maintain the number of fans you have. Checks that fail to meet the DC, could have the potential to loose fans.

If you fail 4 checks before your next level up, you lose half of your fans.

4 Critical Success, you gain back half of the fans you lost.

We will keep track the amount of current fans, and fans lost. Any fans lost, will have the potential to be earned back as the game progresses. So any fans lost, are not permanently lost.

Example: 7 days of downtime spent focusing on this career - Earn Income Roll Trained in Performance vs DC 18 for level 3. Roll Critical Success. Earn $1 (1gp) for 1 day. 1x7 = $7. At level 3, you have 6 fans.

6/2 = 3

3 x 7 = $21 chrones

UNEMPLOYED

Unemployed

Skill: Survival Check

For one reason or another, your character is unemployed. They could have been fired from their job, drug addiction, unable to pay debts, or chosen this lifestyle. Whatever the reason, your character lives on the streets now. It is dangerous, miserable, and not a lavish life in the least bit. They are looked down on by others, ignored by most, and laughed at by the rest. Occasionally, in the rare event a Lumina resident is feeling charitable, they may offer a couple of chrones to help out. There is no pay scale. Your only working for your own survival.

Requirements:

7 days - Survival checks to subsist. The DC will be adjusted to account for how tough life on the streets is.
Any feats that affect subsist are applicable in these checks.
Depending on the result of the roll, you may be able to earn a few chrones for the week.
After 1 week of being homeless, your character will begin to be effected by Fatigue. This will last until your character finds a place, with an actual bed, to long rest.

Pay Scale:

None