Regardless of culture or social standing it not unusual for intelligent being to devote their "free" time to diversion that entertain, challenge or improve oneself in some way.
Instructions: Roll a d20 and Match the result against the table 427A below to select a hobby. Then go to table 427B below and reroll a D4 to determine the character skill at the hobby. Compare the characters current age and culture status against the list of modifiers that follow. Adding or subtracting ranks as necessary. Then go to table Table427C and roll a d10 to determine the character's degree of interest in the hobby.
427A Type of Hobby
1d20
| d20 | 427A type of Hobby | |
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| 1 | "Collect Somethings. (weapons books, flowers, ect.)" | |
| 2 | Dancing | |
| 3 | Play a musical instrument | |
| 4 | read for enjoyment | |
| 5 | Write creatively | |
| 6 | Act | |
| 7 | Draw. paint or sculpt | |
| 8 | needlework | |
| 9 | sing | |
| 10 | Study roll d8 | |
| 1 | history |
| 2 | religion |
| 3 | art |
| 4 | astronomy |
| 5 | astrology |
| 6 | other cultures |
| 7 | magic |
| 8 | weapons |
| 11 | Sports and Athletics. Roll a d8 | |
| 1 | Wrestling +1 to Strength score |
| 2 | running +1 point to constitution score |
| 3 | Fencing- Profecent with Rapeir |
| 4 | horse racing- advantage on skill related to riding horses |
| 5 | Team Ball Sport +1 to Dex score |
| 6 | swiming. Swimming spead 10 more feet |
| 7 | Archery + 1 to hit and damage with bows |
| 8 | boxing +1 to hit and damage with unarmed strike |
| 12 | Build detail models | |
| 13 | develop appreciation of the arts | |
| 14 | hairdressing and conmetics | |
| 15 | hunting for sport | |
| 16 | gardening | |
| 17 | breeding dogs | |
| 18 | animals husbandry | |
| 19 | fishing for sports | |
| 20 | heraldry | |
427B-C Type of Hobby
1d4 , 1d10
| 427B | Hobby proficiency Roll a D4) | 427C | Degree of Interest (roll a D10 |
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| Age or Culture status | Skill Modifier | D10 | Degree of interest |
| Child | - 2 Ranks | 1-2 | Casual: Easy to put aside when necessary. Spending money on this hobby is rare occurrence |
| Destitute | -1 Rank | 3-7 | "Sporadic and Variable: interest run in spurts intense at time totally ignored at others. Characters will easily spend 1% of his totally income on this hobby" |
| Wealthy | 1 rank | 8-9 | Devoted: Given a choices this is how the character spends his free time. About 10-15% of total income is spent on this hobby. |
| Nobility | 2 ranks | 10 | "Consuming Passion: This activity is a focal point of the character's life (see Obsessive Behavior description entry 13, in Table 649B: Mental Afflictions). Character will spend 1D6+2x10% of his total income on this hobby an may have to be forcibly pried away from the pursuit of the hobby." |
| Extremely Wealthy | 2 ranks | | |
| Primitive | - 2 ranks | | |
| Nomad | -1 Rank | | |
| Civilized or Decadent | 1 Rank | | |
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