What's your day job?

[Carla the Profane]

Pirate Rob wrote:

Carla the Profane wrote:

I really like how 3 people so far mentioned profession (Midwife)... I hope there will be an opportunity to use my day job in a scenario some day!

There totally is.

:O What! Which one?

[whew]

Nagaji Druid - Crocodile Farmer (farmstead vanity uses Handle Animal)

Characters with spellbooks - Craft Calligraphy (1 rank)

High-Wisdom characters - Profession Sailor (Pathfinders spend a lot of time on ships, might as well get paid for it)

If a skill is being bought just for day job rolls, I only put one rank in it.

[Lamontius]

I rarely pick one

[Hrothdane]

Here's the three most interesting of mine:

Profession (Barista)
Profession (vigilante)
Profession (erotic haiku author)

[Joe Jungers]

Here's my list (maybe I have too many PCs?)

01) Paladin/Bard of Abadar (17.0) - While he has a caravan, he spends his free time managing his hair-cuttery, the Excellent Taste Salon

02) Pathfinder Delver (16.7) - card carrying Thieve's Guild member, so Sleight of Hand is how he makes his downtime cash.

03) Sorcerer/Hellknight Arminger (15) - owns Miss Chelzy's School of Dance & has a tattoo studio in the back.

04) Alchemist (10) - Craft Alchemy

05) Blackblade Magus (14) - Craft Weaponsmith

06) Monk (9.7) - Captains a ship named the Wave Dancer, so Profession: Sailor is her day Job of choice.

07) Inquisitor of Torag (13.7) - Profession engineer

08) Swashbuckler (9) - He teaches dueling, but Perform: Dance is the skill he uses.

09) Summoner (10.3) - He runs a ship named Penumbra, so Profession: Sailor.

10) Ninja (8) - He has a 1-gnome Kabuki show, so he uses Perform: Acting.

11) Fighter/Bard/Shadowdancer (9.3) - Perform: Dance

12) Barbarian/Oracle (9.7) - No Day Job - relies upon a Treasure Map for his extra cash.

13) Bard (10) - Perform: Sing, though he can fall back on Profession: Sailor if his voice gives out.

14) Cavelier (5) - who has time for a Day Job?

15) Slug Druid (3) - trying to breed giant slugs for intelligence is already a full time job - no time for distratctions.

16) Wizard (Necromancer) (10.3) - Craft: Glass Blowing, though his marriage into the Blakros family allows him to use Knowledge: Nobility too.

17) Kineticist (3) - Profession: Massusse

18) Summoner/Alchemist (6) - Craft: Alchemy

19) Ranger (5) - He's part of a Hunting Lodge, so he can use Survival as well as Profession: Guide.

20) Slayer (6) - She's got a Keep in Fangwood to worry about. No time for other distractions.

21) Witch (14.7) - Perform: Strings, since she follows an Empyreal Lord who loves music.

22) Hunter (7.7) - Also part of a Hunting Lodge, so he uses Survival.

23) Investigator (3.7) - She alternates between Craft: Alchemy & Craft: Sketching.

24) CORE Paladin of Shelyn (7) - Craft: Calligraphy

25) CORE Bard/Rogue (7) - Perform: Strings - He's a Country & Western kinda guy.

26) CORE Barbarian/Sorcerer (6) - Craft: Apple Products - jerky, hard cider, dried slices, tobacco, etc. Its a family business.

27) CORE Druid (5) - Profession: Merchant

28) CORE Fighter (3) - not really interested in after hours work.

29) CORE Cleric (4) - Profession: Merchant, though he has a side job peddling pipe weed.

30) Paladin (3.3) - Galtan escapee. He & his mom own a farm, so he used Handle Animal.

31) Mesmer (2) - Perform: Sing

32) Gun Tank (4) - profession: Barrister (he's Chelaxian)

33) Skald (1) - Perform Percussion. He's a drummer in a dwarven metal band. Also does back-up vocals.

[Pirate Rob]

Carla the Profane wrote:

Pirate Rob wrote:

Carla the Profane wrote:

I really like how 3 people so far mentioned profession (Midwife)... I hope there will be an opportunity to use my day job in a scenario some day!

There totally is.

:O What! Which one?

Use of Profession Midwife:

Quest for Perfection, part 2 I think has a difficult childbirth where the profession would be quite helpful.

[Serisan]

Pirate Rob wrote:

Carla the Profane wrote:

Pirate Rob wrote:

Carla the Profane wrote:

I really like how 3 people so far mentioned profession (Midwife)... I hope there will be an opportunity to use my day job in a scenario some day!

There totally is.

:O What! Which one?

** spoiler omitted **

Spoiler:

Actually, it's part 3. Part 2 is "I'm on a boat." I don't think there's anything a PC with that profession could contribute to that issue, though.

[Ahz]

My guys:

-1 Dwarven Fighter - Barkeep
-2 Human Paladin - Auditor
-3 Tengu Monk - Leather worker
-4 Half Elf Sorceress - Fortune Teller
-5 Human Magus - Cartographer
-6 Human Samurai - Craft: Calligraphy
-7 Human Barbarian – Craft: Bows
-8 Assimar Cleric - Astronomer
-9 Tengu Zen Archer - "Merchant"
-10 Wayang Witch - Jeweler
-11 Tiefling Alchemist - Alchemist
-12 Sylph (Life) Oracle - Librarian
-13 Oread Monk - Bodyguard
-14 Dwarven Rogue (CORE) - Teacher
-15 Kitsune Swashbuckler - Dancer
-16 Human Cleric (CORE)- Midwife
-17 Human Summoner - Doll Maker

I don't think I've ever put more than 1 skill point into a profession/craft/perform except for my alchemist.
I feel it adds to the character, it'll give me a little more gold and might, occasionally help in a scenario. That's well worth one skill point.

[BigNorseWolf]

1 skill point gets you

1 rank
+3 trained (for everyobe but barbarians i think)
+ stat
+ circumstance bonuses

So +9ish. Then your next rank adds... +1. Not nearly as good of a deal

[Selvaxri]

1 [Monk] Masseuse or Tai Chi Instructor- mostly to get enough to buy a boon item.
2 [Sorcerer] Nothing yet
3 [Alchemist] Craft Alchemy
4 [Druid] Too disgruntled with having to be in civilization to get a job.
5 [Shaman] Undecided, may opt for one of her parent's professions
6 [Swashbuckler/Ranger] May take Prof: Sailor.
7 [Bloodrager/Spiritualist] Craft: Gemcutting he's a Dwarf.
8 [U.Rogue/Warpriest] Current GM Blob, doubt she'll take a profession
9 [Fighter] If delving into the Emerald Spire isn't lucrative enough, he'll just go back home.
10 [Magus] In the making, probably a Poisoner as it's a Vishkanya.

[Tamec]

1. Runs a Keep (boon in place of day job)
2. Story teller (Perform: Oratory)
3. Tattoo Artist (Craft: Tattoo)
4. Gambler (Profession: Gambler)
5. Diplomat (Caravan Vanity)
6. Sailor (Profession: Sailor)
7. Chef (Profession: Cook....halfling what other profession)
8. Mercenary (Profession: Soldier)
9. Miner (Profession: Miner)
10. Herbalist (Profession: Herbalist)
11. Chef (Necromancer of Urgathoa)
12. "Monetary Re-distribution Agent" (Sleight of Hand, Thieve's Guild vanity)
13. Fortune Teller (Profession: Fortune-telling)
14. Comedian (Perform: Comedy)

I have more, but most of my characters have profession unless they are a specific ability score class that coincides with craft, profession, or perform, because I don't drop wisdom (plus Brevoy Bandit helps too.) Even my -1 before he got the boon had a day job. The main exception for this is my -2, he's a dwarven rogue so I modeled him off Varric from Dragon Age. The other exceptions are my necro (-11) and my arcane trickster (-12)

[Captain Temπ Ænaut Fugit]

BigNorseWolf wrote:

I usually use the vanity for a skill i'm already taking. Skills are just too vauable in PFS to burn for a fun dayjob that doesn't do anything.

I agree; to mechanically optimize a character, this is probably the last thing to consider. And yet for me its usually the first. Its like an actor considering the motivations for the character. Here's what I've got:

01) Handle Animal + farmstead vanity + treesinger archetype = bonsai treant farmer (& Bellis logroller trait for added irony.)
02) Healer, Dead. (Now that's Irony!)
03) Profession (rigger) 1 + Profession (short order cook) 1 + Profession (fireman) 1 + Rough & Ready trait = migrant worker that can't seam to hold down any job for long
04) Profession (beekeeper) = mead supplies distributor
05) Craft (leather) + aasimar w/ scion of humanity = dragonhided (its a long story...)
06) Profession (driver) + Diplomacy + Caravan vanity + Anamist archetype (possession) = armored transport courier
07) Profession (courtesan) + wayang witch + some masterwork tools & ride feat tree for extra bondage flavor = marriage counselor
08) Perform (oratory) + airship captain trait + Linguistics: Vercites = lecturer on “My Life on Verces' Skydock before I Shattered Space-Time”
09) Perform (dance) -> Shadowdancer. Me no got skill, but me can dance.".
10) Stillborn
11) Bard + Perform (sing) = lyrical chronicler
12) Disguise + Bluff + Dark Archive + Kitsune Paladin of Kelinahat = Undercover agent (technically doesn't do day job checks; "The truth is payment enough.")
13) Perform (buffoonery) = court idiot
14) Sleight of hand + thieves' guild membership vanity + warpriest of Ng the Hooded =/= “handyman”

[Lord Laird Bates]

1)Arcane Sorcerer Gnome-Craft: Trap+ Perform: Oratory(Storyteller)+Profession: Librarian. He's my first character ever so his skill points are all over the place.
2) Arcane Sorcerer (Sage Archetype) Human- haven't finished building him yet.
3) Ranger Human Ulfen- Profession: Scribe, because Adril Hestram can't be bothered to do his own paperwork.

[Azothath]

01) Wiz6 Craft Alchemy +16, Profession Herbalist +9
02) Rog2 Wiz12 Craft Sculpting +18, Profession Courtesan +6
03) Magus12 Craft Clothing +21, Perform Dance +1(2), Profession Merchant(Tailor) +4
04) Wiz12 Craft Alchemy +23
05) Wiz5 Craft Alchemy +12
06) Ftr8 Craft Weapon +14, Profession Soldier +4
07) Ftr3 Arcanist2 Craft Alchemy +12, Profession Soldier +4
08) Wiz11 Craft Alchemy +23
09) Clr7 Craft Bow +5, Perform Wind(pipes) +2
10) Ninja4 Wiz1 Perform Wind(flute) +9
11) Monk2 Wiz3 Craft Calligraphy +14 Book +8
12) Ftr1 Clr3 Profession Gambler +8
13) Sor4 Craft Alchemy +5 Sculpting +5
14) Shaman2 Craft Sculpting +9, Perform Oratory story +9
15) Wiz2 Craft Alchemy +8
16) Wiz1 Craft Alchemy +10
17) Wiz1 Craft Alchemy +8, Traps +8
18) Wiz1 Craft Bows +8, Profession Courtesan +5
26) Wiz2 CORE Craft Alchemy +9

[Captain Temπ Ænaut Fugit]

nosig wrote:

so, now that we have such a wide range of choices - you have read them all up to this point right? (didn't realize there would be a quiz did you?), of the ones listed above here (or even after here...):

Which is your favorite?

UndeadMitch's paladin of Damerrich, Berric "The Ladies' Knight" Thorne, operates a trade caravan in addition to numerous other endeavors. Come on down to Honest Berric's Travelling Trade Extravaganza, "Where the prices are the only thing falling! Prices so low you'll think I'm lying, but I'm not! You know, the paladin code and all."

I like that you can use the word "honest" honestly.

nosig wrote:

[Which one just made you go "huh?"?

Joe Jungers' CORE Barbarian/Sorcerer (6) - Craft: Apple Products - jerky, hard cider, dried slices, tobacco, etc. Its a family business.

I bet it was a play on the words "Core character". Am I right? I'd play this concept, too, just to see the Huh-factor from other players.

nosig wrote:

Which one are you tempted to steal the idea?

James Anderson's Pistolero White-haired Witch: Profession Barber. (Uses prehensile hair to model styles, then to wield the implements in head-to-head combat)

This is packed full of the kind flavor-text I crave.

[robertness]

This weekend I met a player running a swashbuckler with Profession: Man of Action! Momentary lulls turned into various attempts to convert the mod into an 80s action movie complete with trailer.

"In a world..."

[Jane "The Knife"]

robertness wrote:

This weekend I met a player running a swashbuckler with Profession: Man of Action! Momentary lulls turned into various attempts to convert the mod into an 80s action movie complete with trailer.

"In a world..."

Did he have an App that played theme music? Whenever he was taking his turn? That would be kewl!

[Keirine, Human Rogue]

Meh, why not...

• -1: Sleight of Hand (Unchained Rogue)
  
• -2: Profession: Grill Master (Barbarian)
  
• -3: Profession: Barrister (Unchained Summoner)
  
• -4: Craft: Baking (Chained Summoner)
  
• -5: Nothing (Life Oracle)
  
• -6: Nothing (Swashbuckler)
  
• -7: Craft: Bowyer/Fletcher (Fighter)
  
• -8: Nothing (Brawler)
  
• -9: Nothing (Geokineticist)
  
• -10: Dead (Warpriest of Desna)
  
• -11: Nothing (Brawler)
  
• -12: Craft: Flower Arrangement (Inquisitor of Milani)
  
• -13: Sleight of Hand (Unchained Rogue)
  
• -14: Profession: Cheese-monger (She swings a greatsword for 6d6+27 with a +22 to hit... sounds like cheese to me...) (Fighter/Ranger)
  
• -15: Not yet made
  
• -16: Craft: Glassblowing (Core Wizard)
  
• -17: Profession: Blacksmith (Core Fighter)
  
• -18: Not yet made
  
• -19: Perform: Dance (Shadowdancer! Dancing for money!) (Core Rogue/Shadowdancer)
  
• -20: Profession: Arms Dealer (Core Ranger)
  
• -21: Nothing (Core Cleric of Desna)
  
• -22: Not yet made
  
• -23: Profession: Martial Arts Instructor (Core Monk)
  
• -24: Not yet made (Eyes of the Ten Legacy)
  
• -25: Not yet made (Mummy's Mask campaign)
  
• -26: Not yet made (Giantslayer campaign)
  
• -27: Not yet made
  
• -28: Sleight of Hand (Unchained Rogue)
  

Most of the 'Not yet made' slots are, "Well, I just ran <EVERGREEN>, need a character to put it on..."

So of the 28 characters I have, 6 for sure don't have a day job, 14 have a day job, 1 is dead, and 7 exist in a quantum state where they both do and do not have day jobs.

Also, I have characters I need to make...

[DubiousYak]

-1: Craft (Alchemy) - Thinking of getting the Underground Business and Artisan's Shop vanities so he can run an underground alchemist shop.
-2: Knowledge (nobility) - As a member of the Blackros family, he uses his connections to make money. Whether or not this is shaking down nobility for their secrets is up for debate.
-3: Caravan vanity with Intimidate. This big, dumb (but kind hearted) bloodrager attends important business meetings looking scary.
-4: Knowledge (Local) - Uses his connections with the Sovereign Court and the Pathfinder Society to match people to information. Sometimes they want the information, sometimes they want to make sure the information does not get out.
-5: Dead before first level.
-6: This is is currently being planned - Paladin of Abadar will spend all his prestige on business/properties. He will be doing his part to keep people employed as long as he is not loosing money. Main source of day job income Diplomacy with Caravan and Property Broker vanities.

[Woran]

Michael Clarke wrote:

My healing witch has Profession:Midwife. It seemed to make sense at the time. Does make you wonder just who her patron is, though.

Ha, my healing witch has the same :)

[RealAlchemy]

I realized I forgot one day job that actually came up in a scenario. Dwarven ranger (deep delver archetype, and much more effective than Harsk) with profession miner. Hi ho, hi ho!

[Cenorin]

My characters have the following professions:

1. Perform (sing) - Bard
2. Craft (glassblower) - Fighter with 13 Int, so she'll only have one rank
3. Profession (miner) - Dwarf druid from an underground mining community
4. Craft (painting) - Wizard, figured he'd want something relaxing to do when not adventuring or studying his spellbooks
5. Craft (alchemy) - Alchemist
6. None - Cleric with Int 8, so I needed the points elsewhere
7. Profession (gambler) - Human rogue. Uses the cheater's version of the gambling kit, so this could alternatively be called Profession (con man)
8. None - Hunter, didn't seem to fit with the character
9. Profession (merchant) - Human slayer, figured someone in The Exchange should at least have one rank in it
10. None - Wayang arcanist, doesn't want to divert the time from his immortality research

[Grrr De'Bonaire]

Perform: Oratory. I stand on the street corner and Yip about the evils of slavery until people pay me to go away.

[Finlanderboy]

1. Perform Dance. I wanted something silly for a gnome to do.
2. Profession solider
3. Perform oratory
4. None
5. Place holder
6. Craft toys, NG coward wizard.
7. Farmstead Nature oracle
8. Caravan Driver Monk using thug/enforcer combo
9. Craft Alchemy, makes drugs.
10. None yet level 3 monk. Nonviolent maneuver master monk.
11. None, owns a keep. With 5 int cleric skill points are hard to come by
12. Craft traps my only character that will play emerald spire
13. None yet, my Mad dog barbarian tag team luchador.
14. Place holder
15 place holder
16 None yet, Core ranger, both name, campaign and class. Thinking of something very core for him.

then some more place holder spots.

[zefig]

I have a handful of interesting ones.

-1: Owns and negotiates for a Druman Caravan (Diplomacy, Stock Certificate) and invests all his earnings back into the company. The smooth talker can take 10 to hit 300 gold and he has a payout of about 15000 gold ahead of him.

-2: Steals from the rich (sleight of hand) and gives to himself.

-3: Work?! That's what the servants do.

-6: I'm the adventure captin of the moon and head-mister of the acadamiry, I don't have time for that!

-9: craft alchemy, as a gunslinger

-10: Perform:Power Ballad as the lead singer of DYRE WÜLF, Absalom's hardest adamantine metal band

-20: Profesion:Barrister as a surly fighter/rogue, because that team really needed good legal representation.

-26: Craft: Alchemy because Ratfolk Arcanists are really good at it.

-27: This Love-specialist Thassilonian Enchanter used Craft: Erotic Sculpture for a while but now spends his time schmoozing around Absalom's high society as husband of Marsha Blakros with Knowledge: Nobility.

[dwayne germaine]

-1: Craft Alchemy, because if you are an alchemist and don't have this something is wrong with you
-2: Profession Barrister, Seems like something that members of the faith of Asmodeus should have
-3: Perform (multiple options) because bards are great at that stuff and versatile performance is sweet
-4: None, too dumb and too few skill points
-5: Profession Herbalist, he grows so many plants... and always smokes the stinkiest tobacco
-6: None, He's a full time Pathfinder
-7: None, not enough SKill points
-8: Craft Alchemy, see -1 for reasons

[Merm7th]

Lilith,my mantis riding verminous hunter, had craft woodwork. She gained a few gold pieces throughout her career selling her wares, but mostly gained the skill for her own appearance. She carved her wooden armor,shield, and lance to look mantis like. The shield appearing as a large flexed mantis claw, and the lance like an extended one. While mounted, we looked like a large two headed, 6 legged 4 clawed mantis.

[Helikon]

1: Samurai Craft Ikebana together with shop in Absolom
2: Arcanist/Evangelist Craft Illuminator
3: Bard/Swashbuckler Perform Sing
4: Paladin Diplomacy (Caravan)
5: Oracle Perform Sing
6: Investigator Craft Alchemy
7: Swashbuckler Diplomacy (Caravan)
8: Cleric None (Yet)
9: Sorcerer None (Yet)
10:Ranger Prof (Soldier)
11: Wizard Craft Alchemy
12:

[Divvox2]

1: Would be sense motive, but you can't use that so he's a full time pathfinder.
2: Full Time Pathfinder and generally creepy person
3: Full time pathfinder (and annoying brother of another ifrit)
4: Wow, a lot of my early characters are full time pathfinders...
5: Core FTPF :I
6: Wayang Thassalonian Specialist (sloth)... he makes jewelery!
7: Too low a level to really know yet
8: See 7
9: Paladin of Shelyn - Perform(Sing). I burned an extra trait boon on that. It stuns me still how often I use that skill in sessions and have even saved a few encounters because of it.
10: See 7
11: Profession(Merchant) - Gregory Bay's Big House of Fun! An Absolom-based self mutilation and torture shop for those looking for weekend fun and the devoted of Zon-Kuthon. Did I mention he's a Life Oracle?

[Righty_]

Fromper wrote:

So as long as we're talking day jobs, I'm working on creating a new PC, and I think this one will be an archaeologist. Not the bard archetype. The profession.

Yes, I'm actually going for a character who's a Pathfinder for the right reasons.

In game terms, would that be profession: archaeologist or profession: historian? Has anyone ever seen either of them come up in a PFS adventure? I could swear I've seen one or the other at some point, possibly both, but don't ask me where.

My archeologist (same idea) had profession professor of archeology. Had (Day of the Demon snuffed him at level 3)

[Righty_]

1. Craft Poison (Exterminator - think Orkin not assassin I was a member of the guild too..)

2. Lawyer defense attorney public defender - Round em up drop em off, defend them in court "I think we have a good case, but you have all my money!, oh dear you dont get it the state pays me to defend you." 11+ acquitted, 10- what is your neck size?

3. Doctor of Lovinology (Calistrian gigalo)

4. Im your private Shadowdancwr

5. General merchants, boyers, fletchers, gun powder makers, etc

[Flutter]

Righty_ wrote:

1. Craft Poison (Exterminator - think Orkin not assassin I was a member of the guild too..)

Protests

[Muser]

Profession(lecturer) + Craft(handouts) + Perform(soliloquy)

Tengu Warpriest of Andoletta, that one.

[nosig]

Let's see if I can remember them all... (this is from memory)
1.) Profession Spellbook Pimp (Rogue with one level of Wizard and a very extensive Blessed Book) - but this is now just a cover for money laundering - Thieves guild member so Slight of Hand)
2.) Profession Matchmaker - "So, are you currently in a long term relationship? Would you like to be?"
3.) Several, depending on whim. Craft Courtesan/Profession Courtesan/several Perform skills... so many ways to make money. ;)
4.) Craft Alchemy.
5.) Profession Slave.
6.) Thieves guild member so Slight of Hand.
7.) Profession Chef.
8.) Profession Footman (hopes to become a Butler one day!)
9.) Several Perform skills - but also Profession Orphan (Childlike feat)
10.) Craft Alchemy. (retired)
11.) Craft Alchemy - specializing in alchemical tools.
12.) Profession: Child Care (recognize the name Auntie Baltwin?).
13.) Craft Alchemy - specializing in mind expanding chemicals.
14.) Several Perform skills - (Street Performer, so double money)
15.) Craft Alchemy - though as an Investigator...
16.) Craft Gunsmithing.
17.) Profession - Rich Kid.
18.) Perform Sing - Flame Dancer.
19.) Craft Alchemy - specializing in acids.
20.) Craft Alchemy - Ifrit alchemist - you figure out what he makes...
21.) Perform Percussion - I beat on things for money...
22.) Nothing yet, will be joining a thieves guild when I have a little more fame...
23 - 30) still in development.
31.) Profession Banker - (Cleric of Abadar)
32.) Profession Veterinarian.
33.) Craft Woodworking.

[Eryx_UK]

Sorcerer - Prof: Librarian.
Witch - Prof: Mortician.
Druid (saurian shaman) - Prof: Dinosaur Trainer.
Slayer - Prof: Taldan Agent.
Fighter - Prof: Hired Thug.

[MisterSlanky]

Unless I have a compelling reason to, my characters rarely if ever have a day job. It's just not 'worth it' to me. Exceptions of note are when the "day job" skill comes free of charge (not a fan of the vanities).

That said...

1 - Wizard - Craft (Alchemy)
2 - Battle Herald - Profession Soldier or Perform (Oratory)
3 - Bard - Perform (Oratory)
4 - Gunslinger - Craft (Alchemy) - Although poorly
5 - Paladin - Skill points, what are those?
6 - Summoner - Nope
7 - Alchemist - Craft (Alchemy)
8 - Barbarian - Nope
9 - Hellknight - Nope
11 - Oracle/Illusionist - Nope
12 - Fighter - Probably something because of his 1 rank in all skills
13 - Inquistor - Nope
14 - Rogue - Appraise (this was entirely character reasons)
15 - Arcanist - Profession (Police Detective)
16 - Druid - Probably (though still working out) Profession (Bad Taxidermist)

[Neriathale]

1 Pharasman Inquisitor - Moirologist (professional mourner)
3. Witch - Fortune teller or flautist
6. Cavalier - Kapenia dancer
7. Cleric - Gardener
8. Occultist - Impresario
11. Investigator - Cartographer

The rest are either layabouts or haven't been developed properly yet.

[bluesman95]

Hvac tech

[Mistwalker]

Most, if not all of mine have either:
Craft maps, or
Profession cartographer.

It has been useful in a few sessions, and I tend to have a fair bit of fun asking NPCs to hold one end of the measuring string while I measure off rooms and such.

[Katisha]

Jean-Marc Comeau wrote:

Most, if not all of mine have either:

Craft maps, or
Profession cartographer.

It has been useful in a few sessions, and I tend to have a fair bit of fun asking NPCs to hold one end of the measuring string while I measure off rooms and such.

Darlin', you don't have to turn to an NPC - Ah would be happy to help you hold one end of the string while you measure things off. (wink)

Ah always like to see what the actual dimensions are...

[BigNorseWolf]

i think i've seen cartographer be more relevant than knowledge nobility

[Ezekiel "Zeke" Blakros]

Why, I am the proud owner of Lord Ezekiel's Totally Legitimate and Not Stolen Goods Emporium and Traveling Exotic Bazaar of Wonders, which I operate using definitely-not-my-bluff-skill.

[Vittorio d'Auseil]

A red-skinned man wearing a devilish carnival mask with far too many piranha-like teeth grunts to his horse and stops his caravan a few feet away. The lead wagon is styled like a dinged carnie sideshow sporting bottled freaks and gilded curios. You blink, and suddenly notice the driver's face is far too realistic and only the horns are papier-mache. He grins, or rather, he's always been grinning...

Tidings. Maledeto - traveling circus extraordinaire! Or what's left of it, rather. Had a run-in with an urdefhan outpost near the Sightless Sea. Imagine, slavers becoming slaves! What irony there!

Agh, said too much. Talk to the caravan master 'ere you have any business.

****

Caravan vanity + intimidate character = much gp.

[skyshark]

Hairy the Potter - Human Thassalonian Specialist Wizard, Profession (Pottery)

[GhostOpossum]

My rogue is a firefighter.

[Gyre Glenross]

My Cleric of Cayden Cailean is a Quality Control Inspector at a brewery.

[Cyrad]

-1 Randall Baneshot (human gunslinger/inquisitor): "As a servant of the Midwife, I am a mortician. I also performed a eulogy for a fallen Pathfinder on my first mission."

-2 Gromp (human barbarian/alchemist): "I own a brewing business that has been endorsed by a merchant prince. Would you like a pint?"

-3 Roulette (kitsune aetherkineticist): "Um, I used to be a thief. I wasn't very good at it. I became a gambler! I wasn't good at that either. I've been kicked out of a few casinos 'cause of my 'good luck.'"

-4 El Oso (human brawler/vigilante): "Defeating evil is a full time job when you're EL OSO THE SPIRIT OF ANDORAN."

-5 Angela (human spiritualist): "I was just a simple librarian in Absalom. Then, the grim reaper showed up and made me go adventuring."

-6 Hiroko (ifrit pyrokinetic knight): "I am an exiled soldier for the Karen Clan, working to regain honor in the eyes of my lord."

-7 Sir Pius (human occultist paladin of Aroden): "I work as a priest for Aroden, spreading hope and justice throughout the Inner Sea."

-8 Professor Pavel (human arcanist): "Hm, day-what-now? Sorry, I was talking to Rupert. What were you saying?"

-9 Kaguya (kitsune chaokineticist): "I will not sully the name of the Kosan Clan by lowering myself to the likes of a peasant, performing menial labor as a means of scrambling for small bits of coi--don't give me that look, Shimizu!"

-10 Sleight (human card caster): "Technically, I am a gambler. But I am so much more than that. Traveler, fortune teller, scholar, dreamer seeking fortune, thrills, and the lost loves of my life."

-11 Amestra (ifrit bloodrager/rogue): "I was a dancer. A simple entertainer in a pesh parlor. Turned out one of my patrons was a genie. He offered to grant me a wish. I wished I was a radiant beauty so I could elevate my status beyond a simple entertainer in a pesh parlor. Now I turn into a lady made of fire. Not quite what I expected."

-13 Cosmo (human vigilante): "Do you not know who I am? I am COSMO THE MAGNIFICENT, capturing the hearts and imaginations of people across all over. Entertainer. Magician -- wait, con man? Don't be absurd!"

-16 Chel (merfolk aquakineticist): "A profession? What's that? Oh, I don't have one yet. I was just a slave. You mean Pathfinder Society isn't a day job?"

[Tomppa]

one of my characters has Profession: Adventurer and he keeps bragging about how he's a professional and everybody else in the party is just an amateur >.>
So, between the adventures, he... Adventures some more. It's a shame that free-lance adventuring doesn't pay as much as society does.

[thistledown]

Oh, this is back! Fun. In addition to those near the bottom of page one:

14) The Overrunner is a Professional Soldier when called upon. But his acquaintance Dorf of the Great Tusk Shoanti tribe is a dairy farmer. (That hides an earthbreaker in his butter churn)
18) Gunslinger/Swashbuckler/Rogue wound up dabbling in Craft Alchemy (getting into the poison side of things now)
21) The Rocketeer uses his chainsaw for Profession Woodcutter (ok, he mostly uses a regular axe for that, as otherwise it would take too many charges)
22) Ionnia Rodiani, Paladin of Soralyon, crafts sculptures of Princess Eutropia but gets more money as a tattoo artist.
23) Tarulata, warpriest of Omrataji (god of silver) is a professional Miner (of silver)
24) While Apodora (Lillend Azata Eidolon) is a decent performer, celestial laws prevent her from earning money from it. Her partner however, attempts to be a painter. He's amazing at coming up with new colors and patterns for her scales every time he summons her, but rather poor at putting it to canvas. (Level 8 with only 8 skill points can't spare much)
25) Wirni the Witch is trying to change professions. She is well known for her sculptures and tattoos, but is trying to become a bit of a life coach and get money through magic. She offers Harrowings and Revenant Armor for reasonable prices, but her big ticket is Possession. She'll offer Riding Possession so she can be an extra set of eyes as you go about your day, or Marionette Possession if you want her to take the wheels and use her knowledge skills for that important meeting or test you didn't study for. This business model has been slow to take off though.
26) Palakar (Naiad) got her start giving motivational speaches to the woodcutters in Macridi. Now she's got her own theater in Absalom and her oratory draws a much bigger crowd. She's also trained in many other performance types and does know the basics of woodcutting.
27) Ambix (Wyrwood) is all over Craft Alchemy
28) Aislong (Mermaid) would be a poor mermaid if she couldn't sing. Though she's not that invested in it.
29) Literal GM blob (oozemorph shifter)
30) GM blob
31) Core GM Blob

[Tim Emrick]

I don't recall all the dash-numbers off hand, but class is more relevant anyway:

* Rogue: Profession (brewer), because he started with Fortified Drinker and later dipped a level of cleric of Cayden. It was actually useful in a couple adventures!
* Stonelord Paladin: Craft (stonemason), but picked up a rank of Profession (soldier) following a "boot camp" scenario early in his career.
* Inquistor of Gorum: Profession (soldier).
* Brawler: Profession (scribe). He's Osiriani, temple-trained, and a Pathfinder, so that was a no-brainer.
* Sorcerer: Has a rank of Perform (dance), but is currently forgoing his downtime to improve his noble standing (gained via a boon). Eventually he will get to make day job checks using Knowledge (nobility).
* Witch: Profession (merchant). My Exchange character.
* Shaman: Profession (fortune-teller). It fit nicely with his Heavens spirit, so I've been camping this up in-character: he wears robes covered in stars and astrological signs to advertise his role, has tattoos to match, and offers to "read the stars" when interacting with NPCs. It started as a joke, but he now has the best day job check of all my PCs! (Plus the Extra Hours boon!)
* Cavalier: Predictably, Profession (groom).
* Druid: Profession (sailor). Mostly because it occasionally comes up in adventures, but nobody ever takes it.
* Investigator: Craft (alchemy) and Profession (scribe), and will pick up a rank of barrister when he gets to 2nd level. Assistant to my wife's Asmodeus cleric, who *is* a barrister.
* Cleric of Callistra: Profession (courtesan). Built for a home game, with all PCs being Core Campaign clerics. Amusingly, not the only PC in that group with this day job! (The other serves Shelyn.)