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Background Edges
These Edges are typically advantages a character is born with, learns from long training, or after exposure to certain events.
Some can be taken after character creation with a little rationalization, maybe your character get a Makeover so you can now take the Attractive edge, or you find an ancient book of cursed knowledge and gain an Arcane Background, etc.
Background Edge List
General Background Edges
| Name | Rank | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Alertness | Novice | +2 to Notice Rolls |
| Ambidextrous | Novice | Ignore -2 penalty when making Trait rolls with off-hand. |
| Arcane Background | Novice | Allows access to Arcane Backgrounds |
| Arcane Resistance | Novice | Arcane skills targeting the hero suffer a -2 penalty (even if cast by allies!) and magical damage is reduced by 2 as well. |
| ↪ Improved Arcane Resistance | Novice | As Arcane Resistance, but penalty is increased to -4 and magical damage is reduced by 4. |
| Aristocrat | Novice | +2 to Common Knowledge and networking with the upper class. |
| Attractive | Novice | +1 to Performance and Persuasion rolls. |
| ↪ Very Attractive | Novice | +2 to Performance and Persuasion rolls. |
| Berserk | Novice | After being Shaken or Wounded, melee attacks must be Wild Attacks, +1 die type to Strength, +2 to Toughness, ignore one level of Wound penalties, Critical Failure on Fighting roll hits random target. Take Fatigue after every five consecutive rounds, may choose to end rage with Smarts roll -2. |
| ↪ Greater Berserk | Heroic | The hero's Strength increases two die types when raging and ignore an additional wound penalty |
| Brave | Novice | +2 to Fear checks and -2 to rolls on the Fear Table. |
| Brawny | Novice | Size (and therefore Toughness) +1. Treat Strength as one die type higher for Encumberance and Minimum Strength to use weapons, armor, or equipment. |
| Brute | Novice | LInk Athletics to Strength instead of Agility (including resistance). Short Range of any thrown item increased by +1. Double that for the adjusted Medium Range, and double again for Long Range. |
| Charismatic | Novice | Free reroll when using Persuasion. |
| Chosen | Novice | When the Chosen spends Conviction, it lasts until the end of the encounter without having to maintain it with Bennies. The Chosen also has the Enemy (Major) Hindrance and a “mark” that helps them find her. |
| Elan | Novice | +2 when spending a Benny to reroll a Trait roll. |
| Fame | Novice | +1 Persuasion rolls when recognized (Common Knowledge), double usual fee for Performance. |
| ↪ Famous | Seasoned | +2 Persuasion when recognized, 5x or more usual fee for Performance. |
| Fast Healer | Novice | +2 Vigor when rolling for natural healing; check every 3 days. |
| Favored Enemy | Novice | -2 Persuasion, free reroll when failing to track (Survival) or attack against a particular type of foe. |
| Favored Terrain | Novice | Character draws an additional Action Card in the chosen terrain. |
| Fleet-Footed | Novice | Pace +2, increase running die one step. |
| Heirloom | Novice | Character gains a magic item worth up to 10,000 gp |
| Linguist | Novice | Character knows a number of languages equal to half her Smarts die. |
| Luck | Novice | +1 Benny at the start of each session. |
| ↪ Great Luck | Novice | +2 Bennies at the start of each session. |
| Lucky Help | Novice | Spend a Benny to allow an ally to reroll a Trait roll with a +2 bonus. |
| Nimble Striker | Novice | No penalty when running and taking a single action. |
| Pyromaniac | Novice | Deal increased damage with natural fire. |
| Quick | Novice | The hero may discard and redraw Action Cards of 5 or lower. |
| Rich | Novice | Cahracter starts with three times the starting funds and a $150K annual salary. |
| ↪ Filthy Rich | Novice | Five times starting funds and $500K average salary. |
| Wilderness Stride | Novice | Ignore movement penalties for Difficult Ground. |