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android-and-ale:

pomrania:

wotenoise:

evelynatthecircus:

lauraharrisbooks:

Beyond this, consider how these professions might vary depending on who the customers are - nobles, or lower class. Are they good at their job or just scraping by? Do they work with lots of other people or on their own? City or village?

For younger characters:

• Apprentice to any of the above
• Messenger/runner
• Page/squire
• Pickpocket
• Shop assistant
• Student
• Looks after younger siblings

(Images all from Wikimedia Commons)

Also consider:

Candlemaker
Ferryman
Factor (looks after business for an employer in another city)
Tiler
Cutler
Beekeeper
Apothecary
Interpreter
Furrier
Moneylender/Banker
Winemaker
Tinker (small trader who repairs stuff)
Nightsoil collector
Customs officer

Also a bonus for animal related professions:
Fowler (supplies game birds for eating)
Warrener (catches rabbits on your land for you to eat)
Ostler (looks after your horses)
Falconer (looks after your falcons)
Cocker (looks after your fighting cocks)

I need more fantasy rpg in my life that isn’t d&d-style. I think it’s time for some Sword & Backpack.

100 Jobs for Fantasy Characters (that aren’t knight or peasant)

((long list, so it’s below the cut))

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Chariot Racer is so much fun for a Rogue on the Run. You have an excellent backstory for why you were famous somewhere else but now have to keep in disguise at all times. 

If you threw a race where very rich and powerful people bet on you, then you’ve also got some built in personal baddies (and their minions) who you’re always trying to hide from. (Works just as well if you refused to throw a race they wanted you to throw.)

From a romance angle, you’ve also got an excuse for why there’s a longing/angry lover in every town. Chariot Racers were the Major League Sports Stars of their day, and notoriously promiscuous. You could even buy very expensive aphrodisiac perfume made from their sweat. 

The GM can have a blast making you roll for being recognized every time you meet someone. The party then has to cope with whether this random NPC loves you, loathes you, is your love child, knows all about The Scandal, is behind enough on the news to think you’re in town for a race (which they will then tell everyone about), etc. 

I once had a character whose day job was basketweaver, and he just did this fighter thing as a means of safely traveling to sell the baskets.

After a few cases of successfully defending the baskets (and rest of the party), other party members started commenting that they really needed to take up basketweaving. My character was happy to help them find an apprenticeship should they want.