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PROFESSIONS “This is a quote”. 

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CHARACTER GROWTH AND REWARDPOINTS 

 As the Campaign progresses, your Character will takeon new experiences. After surviving dangerous

adventures, unraveling vast political conspiracies,conquering environmental obstacles, driving awayhorrific abominations and defeating the machinationsof the just and unjust alike. You begin to illicit masteryover your own abilities. Forged through the fires ofadversity, the sum of these experiences cause yourCharacter to improve in several different ways. In agrim & perilous world, loss means as much to thelearning experience as victory. While losing can becruel and harsh, those who live take away invaluableknowledge and improve upon their proficiencies to

 better prepare themselves.

Killing fantastical monsters is oftentimes the assumed way to gain Reward Points with other role-playinggames; this is not so with ZWEIHÄNDER . Thissystem advocates that Players be appropriatelyrewarded for staying In-Character around the gametable and playing to your Character’s Blessing andCurse in tense situations. To reflect this, you gain whatare called Reward Points - a form of intangiblecurrency given as a reward to spend on improving your

Character’s abilities. Reward Points is given by yourGamemaster to reflect your Character’s sojourn, a mixof both failure and success in their endeavors and howthey psychologically overcome these challenges.

 You can generally assume that your Gamemaster willroundly hand out around 50-100 Reward Points perGame Session to each Player equally. AdditionalReward Points rewards come from playing yourCharacter’s Blessing and Curse, participating in socialintrigue, surviving conflict and tackling environmentalchallenges. Above all else, you are awarded RewardPoints for role-playing and participation in the gamearound the table.

SPENDING REWARD POINTS  As you gain Reward Points, new doors open for your

Character. You begin to pick up new aptitudes beyond what your Profession has taught you. This sum of theseexperiences are encapsulated through the Tier system.

 All Characters start out in Basic Tier. This Tier requires you to grow certain Characteristics, until you’vecompleted all of your training and move into the nextTier. However, as you move into the Intermediate Tierand Advanced Tier, you may grow in ways moreappropriate to the story and narrative, customizing

 your Character into someone truly unique.

Reward Points (sometimes called “RP”) are rewarded by the Gamemaster over each session, which you thenpurchase for Advances. There are four different typesof Advances you may make by spending RewardPoints:

  PROFESSIONAL TRAITS - You pick upthese traits in your Profession. They vary

 wildly from Profession to Profession,underscoring the primary function of theirinherent Skills. Each Profession, whether a

Standard or Elite Profession, possesses oneProfessional Trait. 

  SKILL RANKS - You gain training and raw bonuses to your Skills, otherwise referred to by Apprentice, Journeyman and Master SkillRanks. For each Skill Rank, you gain a +10Base Chance to use that skill. Furthermore,Skill Ranks are cumulative; this means aCharacter who has purchased all Skill Ranks in

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a single Skill could have a +30 Base Chance tosucceed a Skill Test!

  BONUS ADVANCES - You gain a raw bonusto your Primary Attributes Bonus, rewarding

 you with a +1 each time you purchase one. Forinstance, if you have a Melee Bonus (MB) of 4and purchase a Bonus Advance in Melee, yournew Melee Bonus (MB) is now 5. 

  TALENTS - You gain knacks or specialabilities which either augment a way a Skill can

 be used or provides a new option yourCharacter may utilize. Talents, while diverse,help clarify some of the more distinct perks aProfession may utilize. 

In addition to the above four Advances, yourGamemaster may grant you the ability to spendReward Points on Unique Advances. We’ll talk moreabout this later.

 WHAT IS A TIER?  A Tier is measurement of competence, profiling aCharacter’s experiences over the course of a Campaign.Each Tier represents a collection of choices you’vemade. In ZWEIHÄNDER , there are 3 Tiers - BasicTier, Intermediate Tier and Advanced Tier.

Each Tier has a certain number of required Advances aCharacter must have before moving onto a new Tierand Profession. The Basic Tier limits you to spendReward Points in a few specific ways, outlined in yourProfession’s description. However, as you arepromoted to the Intermediate Tier and Advanced Tier,these limitations are entirely removed as you grow yourCharacter towards a different Profession. Characters

 will automatically gain promotion into the next Tier byfulfilling all of the required Advances from the previousTier and making their first Reward Points expenditureinto the Professional Trait of their new Profession.

 AUTHORING YOUR PROFESSION  At this point in the Character creation process, youshould already know what Standard Profession yourCharacter begins in. It is assumed that your Characterhas spent most of their adult life in this Profession, butis approaching the precipice of a new path. As such, notall Characters (even those of the same Profession) are

the same, you are able to completely customize yourCharacter during the creation process:

  Record any trappings, weapons and armor your Profession gives you on the Character

Sheet and visit Chapter ???: Trappings tocopy their related attributes and Qualities (ifany). 

  Give yourself 1,000 Reward Points to finish theCharacter creation process. If you gained

 bonus Reward Points for your Character’s Age,add it to the above. These Reward Points areimmediately spent during the Charactercreation process to completely customize yourCharacter. This means you can mix and matchTalents, Skill Ranks and Bonus Advances inany fashion you wish before you begin play! 

BASIC TIER   When you first start out in your Standard Professionduring Character creation, you are already in yourBasic Tier. You’ll note that on each Profession’s pagethere are several things you may purchase with RewardPoints.

BUY YOUR PROFESSIONAL TRAIT  You must immediately spend 100 Reward Points toadopt your first Standard Profession. Find theProfessional Trait your Standard Profession confers to

 you in the pages ahead. All Standard Professions are

listed alphabetically by Archetype. Once purchased, goto the first page of the Character Sheet and record yourProfessional Trait and its related benefit.

SPEND REMAINING REWARD POINTS INBASIC TIER  

 You should have at least 900 Reward Points left (and bonus Reward Points if your Character is Middle-agedor Venerable). Before you begin your first play session,immediately spend them however you’d like followingthe requirements below. Each of these Advances costs100 Reward Points. You may purchase these in any

fashion or order you may desire. Also, note you mustfulfill these basic requirements before moving intoIntermediate Tier:

   Your new Profession have several Skills tied toit. You must spend Reward Points to purchaseall 10 of these Skills. Once purchased, youautomatically gain Skill Rank: Apprentice in

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each of these Skills. This grants a +10 BaseChance to use that Skill. Mark the ovals foreach Skill Rank on the front page of yourCharacter Sheet. 

  Each Profession has a list of Bonus Advancestied to them. You must spend Reward Points topurchase all 7 of these Bonus Advances. Thisgrants a cumulative +1 to your Primary

 Attribute Bonus. Once purchased, go to thefirst page of the Character Sheet and mark theoval that says Advances beside the relatedPrimary Attribute. Adjust the related Primary

 Attribute Bonus.    You must purchase the 3 Talents listed in your

new Profession’s description. Once purchased,go the first page of the Character Sheet andrecord the Talent and related benefits. 

Profession 

Basic Tier Purchased 100 RP each

Professional Trait

Skill Rank

Skill Rank

Skill Rank

Skill Rank

Skill Rank

Skill Rank

Skill Rank

Skill Rank

Skill Rank

Skill Rank

Bonus Advance

Bonus Advance

Bonus Advance

Bonus Advance

Bonus Advance

Bonus Advance

Bonus Advance

Talent

Talent

Talent

TABLE HERE 

Once you have purchased the 1 Professional Trait, 10Skill Ranks, 7 Bonus Advances and 3 Talents, you arealmost ready to move into the Intermediate Tier.