Background Packages
Background Packages provide a suite of Characteristic
adjustments, Skills, Talents and, in some cases, Traits. Any
adjustments to your character by selecting a Background
Package does not count as an Advance for the purpose of
increasing your Rank, nor do increases or reductions count
toward the improvement of your Characteristics through
normal means.
To select a Background Package, you must meet its requirements. Many Background Packages will include a Career and Home World or Origin requirement, which you must meet. Background Packages all have an xp cost, which must be paid from your starting experience during character creation. The price covers the whole Background Package; you can’t spend less for parts of it. It’s all or nothing. Likewise, you may find that packages grant you Talents you might not otherwise be able to take owing to Characteristic restrictions. You do not have to meet the requirements of any listed Talent gained from the package since the benefits is undoubtedly hard earned!
You may only acquire a Background Package at the start of Character Creation. You cannot go back and select a package later in your character’s Career, nor can you ever have more than one Background Package. Background Packages are entirely optional and you should always get your GMs permission before selecting one for your character.
You can of course vary the “story” within the package to suit your own tastes and ideas—and indeed you are encouraged to do so—so long as the effects and cost are the same of those listed.
Scholar of the Colleges Hetaireia Lexis
Void Commercia
The Calixian Pattern Killings
The Empty Men of Sinophia Magna
The Red Vaults of Luggnum
The Astral Knives
The Moritat
The Sons of Dispater
The Great Chantries of Tarsus
Mendicantine Missionary
Redemptionist Firebrand
The Mara Landing Massacre
Soldier of the Margin Crusade
Tranch War Veteran
A Shadow over Thy Soul
The Guiding Light of the God-Emperor
Living Nightmare
The Beast Slaver
Cold Guild Courier
The Brotherhood of Thollos
The Disciples of Thule
The Divine Light of Sollex
Malygrisian Tech Heresy
To select a Background Package, you must meet its requirements. Many Background Packages will include a Career and Home World or Origin requirement, which you must meet. Background Packages all have an xp cost, which must be paid from your starting experience during character creation. The price covers the whole Background Package; you can’t spend less for parts of it. It’s all or nothing. Likewise, you may find that packages grant you Talents you might not otherwise be able to take owing to Characteristic restrictions. You do not have to meet the requirements of any listed Talent gained from the package since the benefits is undoubtedly hard earned!
You may only acquire a Background Package at the start of Character Creation. You cannot go back and select a package later in your character’s Career, nor can you ever have more than one Background Package. Background Packages are entirely optional and you should always get your GMs permission before selecting one for your character.
You can of course vary the “story” within the package to suit your own tastes and ideas—and indeed you are encouraged to do so—so long as the effects and cost are the same of those listed.
IH Backgrounds
Munitorum QuastorScholar of the Colleges Hetaireia Lexis
Void Commercia
The Calixian Pattern Killings
The Empty Men of Sinophia Magna
The Red Vaults of Luggnum
The Astral Knives
The Moritat
The Sons of Dispater
The Great Chantries of Tarsus
Mendicantine Missionary
Redemptionist Firebrand
The Mara Landing Massacre
Soldier of the Margin Crusade
Tranch War Veteran
A Shadow over Thy Soul
The Guiding Light of the God-Emperor
Living Nightmare
The Beast Slaver
Cold Guild Courier
The Brotherhood of Thollos
The Disciples of Thule
The Divine Light of Sollex
Malygrisian Tech Heresy
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