LOW AND DARK

FANTASY CAREERS
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Synopsis
There is a certain subset of the gamer
community who really loves dark or low
fantasy. Lowly people become heroes in a
struggle against an unfair world and uncaring
cosm.
This document provides a series of low fantasy
careers which can be used in conjunction with
the fantasy setting provided in the Genesys
Core Rulebook. Furthermore, there are a few
talents which can be used to give the careers a
unique flavor. It requires neither Realms of
Terrinoth nor the Expanded Player’s Guide.
New Skills
The careers use two new knowledge skills that
are more suitable for a dark late renaissance
world.
Knowledge (Lore): Knowledge about the
mundane aspects of the world.
Recommended Starting Equipment: Dagger,
leather armor, bundle of pamphlets,
adventurer’s pack, 350+d00 silver coins.
Archer
A master of the bow or the crossbow. These are
foot soldiers in mighty armies but can be useful
allies for smaller groups as well.
Skills: Athletics, Coercion, Melee [light],
Perception, Ranged, Survival, Streetwise,
Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: Hamstring
Shot, Swift, Sidestep
Recommended Starting Equipment: Dagger,
leather armor, quiver with arrows, longbow,
d00 silver coins.
Guildsman
A member of one of the guilds. An unlikely hero
but competent in their field nevertheless.
Examples of a more adventurous bent include
blacksmiths, butchers, or masons.

Knowledge (Forbidden): Knowledge about the
supernatural. Also this is the knowledge skill
used by magical powers to determine spell
effects that rely on Knowledge.
Mundane Careers
These are low fantasy careers that have
removable or no supernatural aspects. These
careers would also be suitable for a historical
campaign.
Skills: Athletics, Brawl, Discipline, Knowledge
(Lore), Mechanics, Negotiation, Perception,
Resilience
Recommended Starting Talents: Peer Group
(Your Guild), Know Somebody
Recommended Starting Equipment: Dagger,
leather armor, tools of the trade, adventurer’s
pack, 350+d00 silver coins.

Agitator
These people strongly believe in a cause or are
hired by enemy forces to foster civil unrest.
Whatever they case, they are masters at
agitating crowds.

Skills: Athletics, Charm, Coercion, Cool,

Deception, Leadership, Melee [light],
Streetwise

Recommended Starting Talents: Clever Retort,

Unremarkable, Scathing Tirade

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Barber-Surgeon
The next best thing to a real doctor and the
only choice most people have. You are not
necessarily a bad medic but your methods are
a lot more invasive than that of the physician.
Skills: Cool, Coercion, Discipline, Knowledge
(Lore), Medicine, Melee [light], Resilience,
Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: Surgeon
Recommended Starting Equipment: Dagger,
herbs of healing (6 doses), surgical saw and
knives, adventurer’s pack, 100+d00 silver coins.
Barbarian
Barbarians are wild warriors that typically
practice an all-out attack fighting style.
Skills: Athletics, Brawl, Coercion, Melee
[heavy], Perception, Resilience, Survival,
Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: Durable,
Second Wind, Berserk
Recommended Starting Equipment: Greataxe,
leather armor, herbs of healing (1 dose),
wooden fetish of good luck, adventurer’s pack,
50+d00 silver coins.
Bard
A bard is known for his or her entertaining
songs as well as profound knowledge of lore.
Due to travelling and feasting, most bards are
also quite resilient.
Skills: Charm, Deception, Knowledge (Lore),
Leadership, Melee [light], Resilience,
Skulduggery, Stealth
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Recommended Starting Talents: Healing Song,
Clever Retort
Recommended Starting Equipment: Short
sword, leather armor, musical instrument of
good quality, adventurer’s pack, 75+d00 silver
coins.
Bounty Hunter
These experienced fighters earn money by
returning or killing fugitives.
Skills: Cool, Discipline, Melee [light],
Negotiation, Perception, Stealth, Streetwise,
Survival
Recommended Starting Talents: Bought Info,
Rapid Reaction
Recommended Starting Equipment: Mace,
shield, leather armor, herbs of healing (2
doses), manacles, adventurer’s pack, 120+d00
silver coins.
Flagellant
Some followers of a religion become so zealous
that they start hurting themselves in the name
of their faith.
Skills: Athletics, Brawl, Discipline, Knowledge
(Lore), Medicine, Melee [heavy], Resilience,
Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: Durable, Grit
Recommended Starting Equipment: Large flail,
heavy robes, adventurer’s pack, 300+d00 silver
coins
Grave Robber
You make money by selling dead bodies or the
gifts added to the graves of rich people.
Naturally, this makes you quite a shady person
in the eyes of most others.
Skills: Athletics, Coordination, Discipline,
Knowledge (Forbidden), Melee [light],
Skulduggery, Stealth, Streetwise
Recommended Starting Talents: Knack for it
(Knowledge (Forbidden)), Unremarkable,
Language of the Dead
Recommended Starting Equipment: Short
sword, large shovel, leather armor, thieves’
tools, adventurer’s pack, 250+d00 silver coins
Highwayman
You are a criminal with a more brutal bent.
Where the thief steals and the Scoundrel
deceives, you practice armed robbery.
Skills: Athletics, Cool, Melee [heavy], Ranged,
Skulduggery, Perception, Stealth, Streetwise
Recommended Starting Talents: Quick Strike,
Peer Group (Criminals), Side Step
Recommended Starting Equipment:
Greatsword, leather armor, large sack,
adventurer’s pack, 100+d00 silver coins.
Houndmaster
You are tasked with training dogs to fight in the
wars of men.
Skills: Athletics, Coercion, Discipline, Melee
[light], Ranged, Resilience, Survival, Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: Hound
Recommended Starting Equipment: Sword,
leather armor, a fighting hound, adventurer’s
pack, 150+d00 silver coins.
Jailer / Torturer
Another unlikely hero who might be forced to
find an escaped prisoner to safe her own hide.
Skills: Brawl, Coercion, Deception, Mechanics,
Medicine, Perception, Streetwise, Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: Knack for it
(Corercion), Toughened
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Recommended Starting Equipment: Mace,
leather armor, bottle of strong spirits,
manacles, adventurer’s pack, 350+d00 silver
coins.
Jester / Juggler
You entertain people with jokes and physical
slapstick humor. You might work for a noble or
be part of a wandering troupe.
Skills: Charm, Coordination, Deception, Melee
[light], Ranged, Perception, Skulduggery,
Stealth
Recommended Starting Talents: Clever Retort,
Jump Up
Recommended Starting Equipment: Dagger,
five colorful balls, adventurer’s pack, 420+d00
silver coins.
Knight
You are a noble mounted warrior and part of a
courtly elite.
Skills: Athletics, Discipline, Leadership, Melee
[heavy], Melee [light], Resilience, Riding,
Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: Duelist,
Proper Upbringing, Let’s Ride, Coordinated
Assault
Recommended Starting Equipment: Sword,
shield, chain hauberk, horse, adventurer’s
pack, 50+d00 silver coins.
Man-at-Arms
You are a foot solider in the vast army of a
nobleman or possibly a deserter who has had
enough of the bloodshed.
Skills: Athletics, Coercion, Melee [heavy],
Perception, Ranged, Resilience, Streetwise,
Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: Peer Group
(Infantry), Parry
Recommended Starting Equipment: Halberd, Skills: Athletics, Brawl, Coordination, Charm,
chain hauberk, strong spirits, adventurer’s Melee [heavy], Perception, Resilience,
pack, 100+d00 silver coins. Streetwise

Recommended Starting Talents: Durable,

Second Wind, Lucky Strike

Recommended Starting Equipment:

Greatsword, outrageous leather armor with
animal mask, adventurer’s pack, 200+d00 silver
coins.

Ranger
You are a master of the wilds. Part hunter, part
Noble protector of the land, you are well-travelled
You belong to the ruling class of your society. and hardened.

Skills: Charm, Coercion, Cool, Discipline, Skills: Athletics, Coordination, Knowledge

Leadership, Melee [light], Negotiation, (Lore), Perception, Ranged, Riding, Stealth,
Perception Survival

Recommended Starting Talents: Know Recommended Starting Talents: Forager, One

Somebody, Proper Upbringing, Inspiring with Nature, Speak with Animals
Rhetoric Recommended Starting Equipment:
Recommended Starting Equipment: Sword, Shortsword, dagger, bow, leather armor,
heavy robes, horse, fine cloak, jewelry, mule various old maps, adventurer’s pack, 50+d00
carrying adventurer’s pack, d00 silver coins. silver coins.

Physician Rat Catcher

You are the more educated, more expensive You are a hunter of vermin with a small but
equivalent to the barber-surgeon. vicious dog.

Skills: Charm, Discipline, Knowledge (Lore), Skills: Discipline, Melee [light], Negotiation,
Knowledge (Forbidden), Medicine, Melee Perception, Ranged, Resilience, Stealth,
[light], Perception, Resilience Streetwise

Recommended Starting Talents: Knack for it Recommended Starting Talents: Knack for it
(Medicine), Peer Group (Academics) (Perception), Hound, Tunnel Rat

Recommended Starting Equipment: Dagger, Recommended Starting Equipment: Mace,

book of medical knowledge, heavy robes, dagger, shield, leather armor, small but vicious
healing herbs (4), adventurer’s pack, 200+d00 dog, adventurer’s pack, 250+d00 silver coins.
silver coins.

Pit Fighter
You are both a fighter and an entertainer. Pit
fighting might be illegal or a public spectacle.

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Sage
You are a man or woman of the books, well-
versed in theoretical knowledge.
Skills: Alchemy, Knowledge (Lore), Knowledge
(Forbidden), Medicine, Mechanical,
Negotiation, Perception, Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: Peer Group
(Academics), Knack for it (Knowledge (Lore))
Recommended Starting Equipment: Dagger,
heavy robes, backpack of books, adventurer’s
pack, 390+d00 silver coins.
Scoundrel
You are a charming rogue and gambler.
Skills: Charm, Cool, Coordination, Deception,
Ranged, Skulduggery, Stealth, Streetwise
Recommended Starting Talents: Clever Retort,
Duelist, Quick Strike
Recommended Starting Equipment: Short
sword, leather armor, two decks of cards (one
marked), thieves’ tools, adventurer’s pack,
230+d00 silver coins.
Thief
You are the less suave cousin of the Scoundrel
and the less violent brother of the
Highwayman.
Skills: Athletics, Coordination, Melee [light],
Ranged, Perception, Skulduggery, Stealth,
Streetwise
Recommended Starting Talents: Knack for it
(Rank 2 - Skulduggery, Athletics, Stealth),
Unremarkable
Recommended Starting Equipment: Sword,
leather armor, thieves’ tools, adventurer’s
pack, 130+d00 silver coins.
Tunnel Fighter
You are a dwarven warrior trained to fight the
goblinoid races in the tunnels and mines of
your race.
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Skills: Athletics, Melee [heavy], Negotiation,
Perception, Ranged, Resilience, Survival,
Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: Tunnel Rat,
Parry, Durable
Recommended Starting Equipment: Greataxe,
strong spirits, adventurer’s pack, dwarven
beer, d00 silver coins.
Witch Hunter
You hunt supernatural evil as well as harmless
old women with the same zeal.
Skills: Discipline, Melee [light], Knowledge
(Forbidden), Negotiation, Perception, Riding,
Stealth, Streetwise
Recommended Starting Talents: Aura of Light,
Sense Evil
Recommended Starting Equipment: Mace,
shield, leather armor, holy symbol,
adventurer’s pack, 300+d00 silver coins
Magical Careers
These careers all have access to magic skills of
one kind or another. They are more suitable for
a dark fantasy campaign or as exceptional
characters in a low fantasy world.
Cleric
A priest or priestess of one or more gods. They
are probably secretive and might or might not
follow the decrees of their gods. In some
worlds their magic really is divine but a more
cynical universe has them practicing rituals
similar to the ones they condemn in wizards.
Skills: Charm, Coercion, Discipline, Divine,
Knowledge (Forbidden), Medicine, Melee
[light], Negotiation
Recommended Starting Talents: Surgeon,
Sense Evil
Recommended Starting Equipment: Mace,
shield, chain hauberk, holy icon (magic
implement), adventurer’s pack, d00 silver coins
Druid
A dweller of the wilds who uses natural magic
to cast spells. The combine both the gentle and
cruel aspects of nature in their magic.
Skills: Athletics, Brawl, Coordination, Melee
[light], Primal, Resilience, Survival, Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: One with
Nature, Peer Group (Followers of Nature),
Speak with Animals or Savage Magic
Recommended Starting Equipment: Light
spear, leather armor, adventurer’s pack,
healing herbs (2 doses), 200+d00 silver coins
Paladin
A paladin is a knight who is also member of a
holy order and has access to divine magic. They
might be one of the few remaining beacons of
hope or fanatical crusaders with little regard
for innocents.
Skills: Charm, Discipline, Divine, Leadership,
Melee [heavy], Melee [light], Riding, Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: Aura of Light,
Duelist, Parry, Sense Evil
Recommended Starting Equipment: Sword,
shield with symbol of deity, chain hauberk,
horse, adventurer’s pack, 50+d00 silver coins.
Swordmage
The elven tradition of the swordmage blends
arcane training with martial prowess.
Skills: Arcana, Coordination, Discipline,
Deception, Knowledge (Forbidden), Melee
[light], Riding, Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: Seasoned
Spellcaster, Grit, Arcane Strike
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Recommended Starting Equipment: Sword,
leather armor, adventurer’s pack, 200+d00
silver coins.
Arcane Archer
Some elves train as both archers and wizards
and learn to combine the two abilities in
impressive ways.
Skills: Arcana, Coordination, Discipline,
Deception, Knowledge (Forbidden), Ranged,
Riding, Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: Seasoned
Spellcaster, Grit, Arcane Arrow
Recommended Starting Equipment: Longbow,
leather armor, d00 silver coins.
Wizard
The true masters of magic. In human society
they might be reviled outsiders or secret rulers.
Skills: Arcana, Coercion, Discipline, Knowledge
(Forbidden), Knowledge (Lore), Negotiation,
Perception, Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: Seasoned
Spellcaster, Detect Magic
Recommended Starting Equipment: Magic
staff (magical implement), dagger,
adventurer’s pack, 30+d00 silver coins.
Warlock
Unlike Wizards, Warlocks have not gained their
powers through years of study but through
deals with supernatural patrons.
Skills: Arcana, Coercion, Deception, Knowledge
(Forbidden), Skulduggery, Streetwise, Stealth,
Vigilance
Recommended Starting Talents: Knack for it
(Knowledge (Forbidden)), Vile Spell, Language
of the Dead
Recommended Starting Equipment: Magic
staff (magical implement), dagger,
adventurer’s pack, 30+d00 silver coins.

New Talents
This document also contains a few talents that
help give the careers a more unique flavor. Of
course, you can as easily ignore them.
Tier 1
Aura of Light
Activation: Active (Incidental, Out of Turn)
Ranked: No
When an ally within engaged range has to
make a Discipline check to resist fear caused by
a creature of supernatural evil (such as
demons, devils, undead, or evil elemental
creatures), the ally can use your ranks in
Leadership instead of their ranks in Discipline.
Detect Magic
Activation: Active (Action)
Ranked: No
As an action, you can make an Arcana check to
determine whether an item, person, creature
or place is imbued with magic or whether
somebody is affected by a spell. You must see
the item, place, or person. You can spend t to
understand which spell or effect it is.
Healing Song
Activation: Active (Action)
Ranked: No
You music inspires your allies, giving them new
hope and vigor. When you play a musical
instrument during a rest which is at least one
hour long, those who attempt to heal the
wounds of others with Medicine gain n on
their check. The bonus does not apply to critical
wounds of rating tt or more.
Hound
Activation: Active (Maneuver)
Ranked: No
You have a trained hound that accompanies
you. As a maneuver you can command the
hound to help you in combat. Your next attack
on a target engaged with the hound will add
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nn. The hound is a minion that has all
attributes at 2, has a soak of 2 and 10 wounds.
If your hound is killed, you can get a new one
within 2 weeks. The GM can use hh to inflict
a wound on the hound.
Peer Group
Activation: Passive
Ranked: Yes
Select a peer group: Criminals, academics,
infantry, dwellers of the wild, the guild of a
certain mundane trade, or some group you
and the GM can agree on. When interacting
with a member of this group, suffer a point of
strain to add a to a social skill check. Each
time you add an additional rank, you can add
two more peer groups.
Seasoned Spellcaster
Activation: Passive
Ranked: No
When you cast a spell and suffer only one h,
it cannot be used by the GM to inflict strain on
you but must be used in another way.
Sense Evil
Activation: Active (Action)
Ranked: No
You can spend an action to detect the presence
of supernatural evil within 2km with an
opposed check Perception vs. their best Cool.
You will know the type of creature(s) and the
direction(s) but not their exact position.
Furthermore, this ability gives you n on
tracking down the creature if you have
detected it.
Tunnel Rat
Activation: Passive
Ranked: No
You are really at home in tunnels and caves.
You remove n on checks to find food or water,
detect traps or hidden doors, or to follow
tracks while underground.
Vile Spell life and might not be willing to help you and
Activation: Passive thus lie to you.
Ranked: No
Savage Magic
When you target an enemy who has less than Activation: Active (Maneuver)
half their normal wounds with a curse spell, Ranked: Yes
you gain n on the check.
As a maneuver, when you cast a Primal spell,
Tier 2 you can substitute your rank in Savage Magic
plus two (maximum 5) to determine spell
Arcane Arrow
effects based on your ranks in knowledge.
Activation: Maneuver
Ranked: No For example, assume you have one rank in
Knowledge (Forbidden) and the Savage Magic
Once per encounter, as a maneuver, you can
talent at rank 2. When you cast an area effect
imbue an arrow with magical power and give
attack spell (adding the blast feature) the level
it the burn X property (where X is your ranks
of the blast would be 4 (two plus two) instead
in Knowledge (Forbidden)). You still need your
of 1 if you spend a maneuver.
regular action to fire it with a Ranged skill
check. The difficulty for the check is upgraded Speak with Animals
once. Activation: Passive
Ranked: No
Arcane Strike
Activation: Active (Action) You can understand and talk to animals. The
Ranked: No animals are not necessarily friendly to you but
many will be curious about your abilities. Also,
Once per encounter, you can make an Arcana
most animals are not particularly smart and
check instead of a Melee [light/heavy] check to
might not be able to grasp more complex
attack an opponent with your weapon and add
concepts.
your ranks in Knowledge (Forbidden) to the
damage. Any h will automatically deal 2 strain
to you. New Equipment
Weapons
Language of the Dead
Dagger: A small knife that is useful for last
Activation: Active (Action)
resort self-defense and as an eating
Ranked: Yes
implement.
When you have access to a corpse, you can
Large Flail: This huge and brutal weapon is only
summon up its soul and ask it a question. You
used by the most fanatical fighters or by
can ask one question per rank. Afterwards you
peasants.
cannot talk to the same corpse again. The
corpse will only know what it experienced in

NAME SKILL DAM CRIT RANGE ENCUM PRICE RARITY SPECIAL

Melee
Dagger +1 3 Engaged 1 20 1 Vicious 1
[light]
Large Melee Cumbersome 3,
+4 3 Engaged 5 100 4
Flail [heavy] Knockdown
Short Melee
+2 2 Engaged 1 150 2 Defensive 1
Sword [light]

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Short sword: A sword with a blade less long
that is easier to conceal and less cumbersome
than a proper sword. Typically used by people
who have to fight under cramped conditions or
who do not really expect to get into many
fights.

Armor
Chain hauberk: This chain cap also covers large
parts of the upper torso. It is also quite good at
stopping arrows. (Soak+1, Ranged Defense+1,
Encumberance: 1, 100 coins)

Gear
Adventurer’s Pack: This backpack is filled with
iron rations, torches, ropes, a bedroll, and
similar equipment needed for dungeon and
wilderness exploration. The GM can spend d
to declare that a certain type of item has been
damaged, spoilt, or has run out.
(Encumberance: 3, Rarity: 1, Price: 50)

Dwarven Beer: Dwarven beer counts as a

painkiller. If you use it during social
interactions, you can add nn to a single Charm
or Negotiation roll. (3 doses, Encumberance: 2,
Rarity: 3, Price: 150)