Subcultures

Subcultures

I use the term “culture” to refer to a character’s background. This usually means their ethnic stock, but also how and where they grew up. I created Subcultures to further delineate a character’s culture and zoom in on details of the circumstances of their upbringing. If you want more specific Stunts to define your starting character’s story, these Subculture Stunts will probably help.

Gateway

To get access to a set of Subculture Stunts, a character needs to get the Subculture Member Stunt. This Unique Talent that can be chosen as a Cultural Stunt for any Culture gives you the choice of access to one Subculture Keyword. The chosen Keyword becomes part of your Culture Stunt choices during character generation too. So, Subculture Stunts can be chosen as part of your 10 Cultural Stunts when creating your character.

Subculture Member Stunt

This Unique Talent Stunt is available to any Culture and grants access to one Subculture Keyword. It also gives the character one Rank in a new Subculture Stunt too. Stunts like the one below are called Gateway Stunts because they grant access to new Stunt Keywords. In this case the new Keywords are Subculture, and the Keyword you choose for your subculture.

Subculture Member

Resources, Any, Talent, Unique

Choose 1 Subculture. You get access to Stunts of the chosen Subculture and gain 1 Rank in a Subculture Stunt.

The Subcultures

Below are five Subcultures of varying types that can be chosen using the Gateway Stunt above: Outsider, Privileged, Provincial, Refugee, and Traveler. These are, of course, examples. Make up some of your own subcultures. I’d love to see what you all come up with.

More Subcultures to come soon: Borderlander, Cannibal, City-Rat, Communal, and Frontier.

Outsider: This subculture is all about being a foreigner or someone outside of the normal castes. They are usually people with unusual appearances and strange customs and often the lowest social class.

Blasphemous Outlander	Lore	Subculture, Outsider, Feat, Reaction	Add your Religion Skill to your Contacts Skill for 1 roll
Exotic Appearance	Influence	Subculture, Outsider, Feat, Reaction	Add 1 to your Charm Skill for 1 roll
Foreigner	Thievery	Subculture, Outsider, Feat, Reaction	Expend 1 Influence or Resources Stunt to get +1 Skill on 1 Thievery roll
From the Bottom	Awareness	Subculture, Outsider, Feat, Reaction	Add your Wealth Skill to your Empathy Skill for 1 roll
Strange Customs	Power	Subculture, Outsider, Feat, Reaction	Add your Language Skill to your History Skill for 1 roll
Wary of the Crowds	Awareness	Subculture, Outsider, Inconspicuous Style, Stance	While active, you add 1 to your Alertness Skill and you may have the Inconspicuous Stance active
High-Demand Craft	Resources	Subculture, Outsider, Talent, Unique	For items you crafted, you get +1 Diplomacy Skill when haggling over their price
Language Adept	Lore	Subculture, Outsider, Talent, Unique	You gain 1 Common language and reduce the XP Cost for Common languages by 1 (minimum of 1 )

Privileged: The character with access to this Subculture is from an upper social class with many privileges. This can be nobility or just upper-crust, moneyed families or those with great reputations.

Ruling Class	Resources	Subculture, Privileged, Feat, Action	You regain 1 Resources Stunt
Better Than the Rest	Resources	Subculture, Privileged, Feat, Reaction	Add your Title Skill to 1 Gaming or Athletics roll
Cup Runneth Over	Resources	Subculture, Privileged, Feat, Reaction	Add your Wealth Skill to your Charm Skill for 1 roll
Family Connections	Resources	Subculture, Privileged, Feat, Reaction	Add 1 to your Resources Aptitude for 1 Contacts Skill roll
Manifest Nobility	Resources	Subculture, Privileged, Feat, Reaction	Add 1 to your Court Skill for 1 roll
Servants Abound	Resources	Subculture, Privileged, Feat, Reaction	There is always a servant around to help you. Add 1 to your Skill for 1 Lore, Animal Ken, or Influence roll
Fail Upwards	Awareness	Subculture, Privileged, Feat, Reaction 2	For 1 Influence or Resources roll, you may re-roll adding 1 to your Skill for the re-roll only. You must take the second roll.
Want for Nothing	Resources	Subculture, Privileged, Talent, Unique	You get 1 item with Cost 6 or less for free

Provincial: This Subculture represents farm life. It includes many activities and skills common to an agrarian society like handling animals, growing foods and crafting.

Farm Fresh Ingredients	Lore	Subculture, Provincial, Meal, Feat, Reaction	Add your Farm Skill to your Cook Skill for 1 roll
Jarred Preserves	Endurance	Subculture, Provincial, Feat, Action	After a Short Rest, you regain 1 Meal or Herb Stunt
Time Heals	Lore	Subculture, Provincial ,Feat, Action	After target rests for a full day, they regain your Nature Skill in Damage or Wound Severity
Animal Husbandry	Animal Ken	Subculture, Provincial, Feat, Reaction	Add 1 Success to 1 Handle Animal roll involving breeding or herding
Barn Raising	Aim	Subculture, Provincial, Feat, Reaction	Add 1 to Aptitude and Skill when you provide help with a carpentry Craft roll
Draft Animal Expertise	Animal Ken	Subculture, Provincial, Feat, Reaction	Add your Handle Animal Skill to 1 roll involving a draft animal
Nature Provides	Lore	Subculture, Provincial, Feat, Reaction	Add your Nature Skill to your Farm Skill for 1 roll
Talented Crafter	Lore	Subculture, Provincial, Feat, Reaction	Add 1 to a roll for a Craft Skill in which you do not possess any Levels

Refugee: Characters with this subculture have escaped terrible conditions in their homelands. Whether by plague or warfare, they have settled in a new land of hope.

Wounds of War	Endurance	Subculture, Refugee, Feat, Action	Reduce 1 of your Wound Severities by 1
Food Is Scarce	Endurance	Subculture, Refugee, Feat, Reaction	Add your Alertness Skill to your Survival Skill for 1 roll to find food
Beg for Your Life	Influence	Subculture, Refugee, Feat, Reaction	Add 1 Success to 1 Diplomacy Skill roll to avoid fighting or avoid being attacked
Neighborhood Connections	Resources	Subculture, Refugee, Feat, Reaction 2	Add 1 Success to 1 Contacts Skill roll when dealing with people of your original culture
Disease Exposure	Endurance	Subculture, Refugee, Feat, Reaction 2	Add 1 Success to 1 Health Skill roll against a disease you acquired from an ally or friend
Recognize Ill Intent	Awareness	Subculture, Refugee, Stance, Inconspicuous Style	While active, you add 1 to your Empathy Skill and you may have the Inconspicuous Stance active
Blend into Society	Resources	Subculture, Refugee, Talent, Unique	Choose 1 Subculture to which you do not have access. You gain access to that Subculture.
On Alert	Awareness	Subculture, Refugee, Talent, Unique	Add 1 to your Initiative Stat

Traveler: It is common for this subculture to move around a region. They do not settle for long and have much experience in moving from place to place, including new languages, repairing carts and wagons, and survival skills.

Hiker	Endurance	Subculture, Traveler, Feat, Action	Add your Survival Skill to your Travel Stat for 1 Day’s travel
Bargain in Any Language	Influence	Subculture, Traveler, Feat, Reaction	Add your Language Skill to your Diplomacy Skill for 1 roll
Border Crosser	Influence	Subculture, Traveler, Feat, Reaction	Add 1 Success to your roll when crossing a well-controlled border
Known Dangers	Awareness	Subculture, Traveler, Feat, Reaction	Add your Survival Skill to your Alertness Skill for 1 roll
Stranger’s Guile	Influence	Subculture, Traveler, Feat, Reaction	Add 1 to your Guile Skill for 1 roll against a native of the lands you are in
Travel Town to Town	Endurance	Subculture, Traveler, Feat, Reaction	Add 1 to Orient or Survival Skill for 1 roll when travelling in civilized lands
Travel to Exotic Lands	Lore	Subculture, Traveler, Talent, Unique	You gain 1 Rare language and 1 Uncommon language
Fast Vehicle Repair	Lore	Subculture, Traveler, Feat, Reaction	Add 1 to your Skill to repair a ground vehicle or small boat and half the repair time