Your basic training is supplemented by who you were before you became a Jaeger, and what skills you brought to the Jaegerhaus with you.
Characters must select one background. These backgrounds allow characters easier access to their associated skills, where other characters would take much longer to learn them. Advanced Skill Sets must be learned before Master Skill Sets.
NOTE: Some backgrounds may come with a level of roleplay that will give you game in some areas, but will lock you out of others. Please consider this carefully when creating a character.
Stacking Skills
Be aware that Background skills are also available later in the Prospectus, but only some of those skills can be taken more than once (stacking), which are:
- Vigour
- Intuition
- Meditation
- Crafting I
- Crafting II
- Slow Bleeder
- Resist Magic
Academic
Research and study is nothing new to you. You’ve opted for a transfer from one of the universities or schools across Aynca, and perhaps a hunger for the forbidden knowledge only held by the Jaegerhauses. After all, to be forewarned is to be forearmed.
This background is perfect for those who like to be in the know, or act as a face role. If you prefer low-no combat, this may suit you well.
As an Academic, you start the game the following skills:
- Deduction
- Infernal Linguist
- Puzzler
- Cartographer
With your Credits, you can purchase the following skill sets:
Advanced Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Resist Magic | Slow Bleeder | Meditation |
Master Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Detect Lies | Incantation | Interrogate |
Commoner
Your life was simple. You were a farmer, or perhaps a hunter, even a candlestick maker? Whatever you were doing before, something along the way meant that you found yourself wishing to be more than the lot you were bestowed at birth.
This background is by no means ‘the basic background’, it is the quintessential Jaeger background which has a combination of combat and specialist skills. You could consider it the background that is easy to learn, but hard to master.
As a Commoner, you start the game the following skills:
- Medium Weapon
- Large Weapon
- Vigour
- Bait
With your Credits, you can purchase the following skill sets:
Advanced Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Sturdy | Evaluation | Intuition |
Master Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Slow Bleeder | Vigour | Projectile Weapon |
Merchant
You are best at home at a forge, with a needle and thread in hand, or any other means for creating vital items and equipment. Your talents meant that you found a quick home outfitting the Jaeger.
This background is the backbone of a Jaeger team, with the ability to one day channel magic through their mastery of crafts. If you prefer low-no combat, this may suit you well.
As a Merchant, you start the game with the following skills:
- Crafting I
Pick one: Foundry, Chemistry or Gunpowder - Crafting II
Must be the craft selected above - Evaluate
- Intuition
With your Credits, you can purchase the following skill sets:
Advanced Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Crafting I* | Slow Bleeder | Recognise Forgery |
Master Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Crafting II* | Resist Magic | Conduit** |
*For a new form of crafting.
Third type of crafting must be learned from the Prospectus.
**Must be associated with your known crafts.
Minor Noble
Your family is just one of hundreds in the minor nobility of your homeland. Life was planned out for you from birth to death, and you decided that you wanted to take control of your own destiny.
This is a background with potential for higher risk and conflict roleplay. Expect to use your wits and charm to make use of this background, not all have love for the aristocracy. And, after all, you may still have family duties to fulfil.
You do not need this background in order to role play as a Minor Noble. You can play a noble Soldier, Merchant and so on, without this background.
| Highest Starting Titles | |
| Aynca (Excluding Ursal) | Ursal |
| Ser (Gentry) Lowest Baronet (Baronet) Baron (Baron) Visconte (Viscount) Highest | Carl (Magistrate) Lowest Reeve (Chief Magistrate) Thegn (Aristocrat) Highest |
As a Minor Noble, you start the game with the following skills:
- Medium Weapons
- Detect Lies
- Pistol
- Intuition
With your Credits, you can purchase the following skill sets:
Advanced Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Duelling | Medium Armour | Favour |
Master Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Meditation | Rifle | Deception |
Physician
Practising in the Jaegers is a far cry to your hospitals and clinics of the cities and countryside. However, it’s a medical marvel to witness what Evil can inflict upon people, only for you to heal and eradicate it. You took The Physician’s Oath when you became a doctor, and now you will take those skills beyond mortal reaches.
This background is the staple healer, but with some spice. An excellent choice for those who prefer a backline role in conflict, but a frontline role to research and study.
As a Physician, you start the game with the following skills:
- Diagnosis
- Staunch
- Bandage
- Surgery
With your Credits, you can purchase the following skill sets:
Advanced Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Treatment | Intuition | Meditation |
Master Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Adrenaline | Mortician | Slow Bleeder |
Priest
You have spent most of your life preaching for The Fayth, Heltevei or Confluence. Your stalwart beliefs became a call to fight against the forces of Evil, pushing you into the dangerous life of a Jaeger. The danger is worthwhile, however, as this is your divine calling.
This background is key for those who want to immerse themselves into the religion game. Diametrically opposed to the Witch background, but without the risk of being bound to Evil.
As a Priest, you start the game with the following skills:
- Bless
- Repel Undead
- Sanctify
- Ritualist
With your Credits, you can purchase the following skill sets:
Advanced Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Consecrate | Exorcism | Meditation |
Master Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Curse Breaker | Divination | Banish |
Soldier
You served in one of the nation’s militaries, perhaps even old enough to have seen war in your time. However, in this extended period of political peace, your itch for battle made the Jaegers a perfect match.
This background is designed for the frontline, for the paladins, for the tanks. Ideal for players dedicated to protecting others, and after all, a good defence is a good offence.
As a Soldier, you start the game with the following skills:
- Vigour
- Large Weapons
- Medium Weapons
- Heavy Armour
With your Credits, you can purchase the following skill sets:
Advanced Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Rifle | Sturdy | Strike Down |
Master Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Slow Bleeder | Vigour | Cleave |
Witch
Once, you had given yourself over to Evil. By making a pact with a demon, you learned the dark arts of magic and inflicted it upon others as a scourge. Something along the way made you realise the error of your ways, and somehow you managed to break your pact and retain your magic. How did you do it? Not many are willing to share…
This is a background with high character risk and conflict heavy roleplay. Many will distrust you, some may hate you. Never will you touch the true light of Good or religion. Is the boon offered by your dark past worth it?
As a Witch, you start the game with the following skills:
- Lesser Spellcraft
- Commune with Spirits
- Lesser Pacts
- Ritualist
With your Credits, you can purchase the following skill sets:
Advanced Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Greater Spellcraft | Meditation | Chemistry I |
Master Skill Set
2 Credits to unlock all skills
| Greater Pacts | Divination | Curse Breaker |