The Old World - Grim and Perilous Beta v3

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Creating Your Character......................................................... 8
Character creation: step by step........................................................ 8
Character Species.................................................................................12
Careers.................................................................................................... 17
Specializations......................................................................................19
Selecting first specialization.................................................... 19
Changing specialization.............................................................. 19
Specialization progression and professions.......................... 20
Available Specializations....................................................................21
Craftsmen........................................................................................ 21
nobles...............................................................................................25
Rogues..............................................................................................29
Scholars.......................................................................................... 35
Soldiers...........................................................................................48
Wanderers.......................................................................................54
Warriors..........................................................................................63
Character Sheet................................................................................... 68
Chapter 2: New Talents.............................................................................. 70
Tier 1........................................................................................................ 70
Tier 2........................................................................................................74
Tier 3.........................................................................................................79
Tier 4........................................................................................................ 86
Tier 5........................................................................................................ 92
Chapter 3: New Skills and Rules.............................................................. 103
General Skills...................................................................................... 103
Combat Skills....................................................................................... 104
Knowledge Skills................................................................................ 105
Rules from the Genesys Rulebooks.................................................. 106
Resisting Loss of Consciousness and Instant Death................... 106
Chapter 4: Magic of the Old World.........................................................108
Magic Knowledge Skill......................................................................108
New Spells And Maneuvers.................................................................111
Narrative Descriptions............................................................... 111
Spells in Structured Encounters............................................. 111
New Augment and Barrier Additional Effects....................... 111
Maneuvers......................................................................................112
Miscast and The Curse of Tzeentch..................................................112
Magic Implements.................................................................................114
Chapter 5: The Stigma of Corruption...................................................... 116
Corruption Threshold........................................................................116
Suffering Corruption..........................................................................116
6 The Old World: Grim and Perilous