Name: Charlie Character name: Marco Character journal:tradecraftdude Current level + job: 0 + truant/bum New level + job: 1 + courier boy How are they getting this job? I don't know what's a likely path as far as the setting goes, but I'd like to have Marco doing low level courier work, mostly stuff like delivering messages in hardcopy (encrypted disk, whatever) in ways that won't get traced over the network, or pushing around small packages that need to get moved without drawing a lot of attention. By being a kid who spends most of his time just loitering about, he's not likely to be a target for anyone trying to pick him off for having anything valuable. He could start off passing notes for (insert merchant here) and work his way up from there. Is your character moving out of assigned housing? nah Do you have any plans for this job? For the most part, Marco's going to be doing it to make quick change here and there, but he is pro at getting in over his head through sheer bad luck; delivery work gets riskier if you start delivering more important stuff. There's also potential for him to get caught up in paranoid message sniping wankery, and maybe eventually political nonsense if he gets mixed in with the wrong right crowds. It would be cool if he ended up dealing with a lot of secrets and industrial espionage, and having to build his own network of messengers to move stuff around.
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Character name: Marco
Character journal:
Current level + job: 0 + truant/bum
New level + job: 1 + courier boy
How are they getting this job? I don't know what's a likely path as far as the setting goes, but I'd like to have Marco doing low level courier work, mostly stuff like delivering messages in hardcopy (encrypted disk, whatever) in ways that won't get traced over the network, or pushing around small packages that need to get moved without drawing a lot of attention. By being a kid who spends most of his time just loitering about, he's not likely to be a target for anyone trying to pick him off for having anything valuable. He could start off passing notes for (insert merchant here) and work his way up from there.
Is your character moving out of assigned housing? nah
Do you have any plans for this job? For the most part, Marco's going to be doing it to make quick change here and there, but he is pro at getting in over his head through sheer bad luck; delivery work gets riskier if you start delivering more important stuff. There's also potential for him to get caught up in paranoid message sniping wankery, and maybe eventually political nonsense if he gets mixed in with the
wrongright crowds. It would be cool if he ended up dealing with a lot of secrets and industrial espionage, and having to build his own network of messengers to move stuff around.