Nothing

The nothing’s most important attribute is her social standing (SOC). In many cases she will be comparing her social standing to that of other nothings. These challenge rolls could used to get to the front of a line or get a larger portion of gruel.

Most personas rolled their social standing (SOC) when generating attributes. A nothing’s social standing is the root of her self-worth. The higher their social standing, the more influential the nothing is. For the nothing vocation, social standing is synonymous with wealth and power. Other vocations may understand social standing’s value but have little or no interest in it. For more information about SOC, jump to social standing.

A persona can improve her social standing by increasing her EXPS levels. A nothing adds 1-100 (1d100) to her social standing for each new EXPS level.

A nothing persona has one main ability, and it allows her to get her way whether she deserves it or not. A nothing can apply social pressure on another nothing to get her way. Pulling privilege involves using connections, wealth or career power to get their way. The nothing persona with the higher social standing wins. The mechanics of this can vary with the milieu and the story.

Pulling privilege does not work on personas with vocations. Nothings can only use this ability on other nothings for inconsequential outcomes. Examples of pulling privilege are using SOC to: get sports ball tickets, jump the queue, university admission, or hairstylist appointment.

Nothings also have a monetary net worth that is calculated completely differently from other vocations. Personas in other vocations are more focused on their vocation than their remuneration. Nothings are the opposite of this. They measure their self worth by their net worth. The nothing’s net worth is calculated at startup after all abilities are generated.

A nothing can pursue a full-fledged vocation if the player desires. The player can declare her nothing persona to have a vocation aspiration at any time. However, it is best to make a vocation aspiration clear when the persona is created.

Instead of using EXPS to gain experience levels, the player pools her EXPS to pursue her preferred vocation. The nothing persona vocation aspiration allows a player to pursue a vocation even if her persona lacks the attributes. Vocation aspiration cannot bypass the attribute requirements for the knite vocation.

A nothing persona aspiring to become a mercenary must collect 18001 EXPS to become a mercenary persona. Once she has earned those 18042 EXPS, she becomes a first level mercenary. The persona leaves the nothing vocation behind and becomes a full-fledged mercenary with 0 EXPS.

Nothing abilities generally don’t help the expedition out during combat or research. However, the nothing abilities can get the expedition access to funding or connections to help reach their goals. The nothing vocation has pulls (gifts), interests and skills. All of these focus on the nothing moving ahead in their culture.

Personas in the nothing vocation start with a lump of material value. This wealth is never an artifact or useful device. The source of wealth is usually limited to the persona’s home. The nothing persona’s wealth will be items like property, furniture, bonds, bank accounts, or piles of coconuts. Ultimately, the wealth’s description depends on the referee’s milieu.

The persona’s social standing attribute guides the value of her wealth. Her social standing indicates the number of wealth rolls and the wealth rolls' value. A campaign could easily revolve around a nothing persona with spectacular wealth and connections.

The treasure system is complicated and convoluted. The player does not need to know the treasure type. The player only uses the two tables below to determine her persona’s net worth. If you want more information about treasure jump over to Treasure.

Nothing tasks are about surviving in the social fabric of wealth, fame and luxury. Nothing tasks do not really exist, as they offer nothing of worth to the expedition. If the expedition convinces the referee that a nothing maneuver is possible it will be a Gut maneuver.

The essential equipment for a nothing is any useless item of arbitrary value. This could be a some cash, a credit card or a vacation souvenir. The referee may make a target roll more difficult if the nothing has nothing.

Nothings gain experience points by earning money. Nothings only get 10% of combat experience. Nothings are the only vocation that earns EXPS from money. A nothing earns 1 EXPS for every 100 eps made. Earned money is monies collected from life-threatening exploration. Earned does not include gifts, stipends, grants, awards, or risk-free salaries.