Bounty Hunter

Career

Qualifications

Anyone can become a self-professed bounty hunter as long as you are willing to hunt down someone for coin. Only once you have actually been paid for a bounty can one truly say they are a bounty hunter.

Payment & Reimbursement

Bounties pay wildly based on who funds the bounty and the nature of the job. A lowly peasant who slept with a noble's wife will pay less than a notoriously dangerous bandit leader.

Other Benefits

If one should become a highly successful bounty hunter, you might gain a certain amount of clout amongst the nobility and underworld alike.

Perception

Purpose

Bounty hunting has been a muddled professions for a couple reasons. First of all is the obvious nature of hunting people. Not all contracts are lethal, but it is far from uncommon to have a "dead or alive" target be killed. This grim nature paints the profession as bloody and that isn't far from the truth. This does create a bestial fear in criminals whenever a bounty hunter is on their trail. This private "law enforcement" is one of the more common ways to deal with criminals in the Wilds.
A far less common role of a bounty hunter is the "monster hunter." Such individuals have made traversing the wilds a part of their live and are often sent to exterminate one of the strange creatures terrifying a region.

Social Status

Bounty hunters are in a caste of their own in most societies. The seedier elements hold them at arm's length, mistrusting them as sellswords and thugs for hire. If one should be a highly reputable hunter then you will at least be granted respect out of fear.
In the higher levels of societies, bounty hunters are treated like dangerous dogs off a leash. They are only given an amount of respect if their reputation is one to warrant it.

Starting Career

Bounty hunter

The Bounty hunter counts the following skills as career skills: Brawl , coercion , discipline , melee (heavy) , ranged , resilience , riding , streetwise . Before spending experience during character creation, a Bounty hunter may choose four of their career skills and gain one rank in each of them.

Alternative Names

Hunter

Type

Military

Demand

While bounty hunting pays in various amounts, it is never a "cheap" service and therefore is usually a luxury that only nobles or governments can afford.