After rolling up Crumpmutch Rumplebreek the lovable halfling vagabond, it is now time to add the experience points necessary to bring him close to the level of the rest of the party he’ll be joining. The average character in the group has 5,100 XP, with the lowest among them being 4,650. Based on that, I was given 4,600 XP to work with.

My end goal is to join the Spy career, but first with a stop-over as a Rapscallion – a social rogue career that was introduced in the Career Compendium.

First of all, to move on from being a Vagabond, I have to pick up 8 advances from that career (800 XP), then spend 100 XP to change careers.

The Vagabond advances (at 5% / 100 XP) are +5 WS, +10 BS, +10 Ag, +5 Int, +5 Fel, +2 W.

The Rapscallion has a lot of skills and talents (at 100 XP each) to pick up. Fortunately, a number of these are already covered by the Vagabond career, and I only need to pick up Streetwise, Sixth Sense, and Swashbuckler from the Talents; as well as the skills Charm, Consume Alcohol, Dodge Blow, Evaluate, Gamble, Lip Reading, Search, Sleight of Hand and Swim. Although I might come back here if I have any XP left after picking up some spy skills because there are a few skills available that I wouldn’t mind improving (picking up an extra +10% to gossip and perception could be handy).

The Rapscallion stat advances are +10 WS, +5 BS, +5 S, +15 T, +25 Ag, +10 Int, +10 WP, +30 Fel, +1 A, +4 W. That’s a pretty expensive package totalling out at 3,100 XP. Combined with the 900 XP spent on the Vagabond career, this leaves me with *just* enough XP to start on the spy career, but not to do much with it.

Another 100 XP gets me into the Spy career with 500 XP to spend on advances there. I pick up the Suave talent for a +5 to Fellowship (since the Spy gets less Fellowship advances than the rapscallion did), and the skills of Disguise, Pick Lock, Shadowing and Charm.

Nine Toed Crumpmutch, Halfling Rapscallion & Spy
Career: Spy (ex Rapscallion, ex Vagabond)
XP Total: 4,600
XP Spent: 4,600

Doom: The darkest rot will eat thee!
Star Sign: Mammit the Wise (sign of wisdom)

Height: 3’11”
Weight: 100 lbs
Age: 26
Home: Wolfenburg, Ostland

Stats (Advancements Taken)
Weapon Skill 31 (+10)
Ballistic Skill 58 (+10)
Strength 22 (+5)
Toughness 36 (+15)
Agility 67 (+25)
Intelligence 39 (+10)
Will Power 47 (+10)
Fellowship 85 (+30)

Attacks 2 (+1)
Wounds 14 (+4)

Strength Bonus 2
Toughness Bonus 3

Movement 5
Magic 0
Insanity Points 0
Fate Points 2

Talents

• Acute Hearing (+20 Perception)
• Fleet Footed (+1 Movement)
  
• Marksman (+5 Ballistics Skill)
• Night Vision
• Resistant to Chaos (+10 Will Power to resist magic & chaos, immune to mutations, cannot cast spells)
• Seasoned Traveller (+10% on all Common Knowledge & Speak Language checks)
• Sixth Sense (GM does WP tests to detect danger)
  
• Specialist Weapon Group: Slings
• Streetwise (+10 Charm & Gossip with the underworld)
• Suave (+5 Fellowship)
• Swashbuckler (jump/leap as a half action, +1 yard on jumps)

Skills (skill bonus/talent bonus)

• 39% Academic Knowledge (Geneology / Heraldry)
• 95% Charm (+10 / +10 with unsavory types)
• 49% Common Knowledge (Bretonnia) (+0 / +10)
• 49% Common Knowledge (Halflings) (+0 / +10)
• 36% Consume Alcohol
• 85% Disguise
• 67% Dodge Blow
• 39% Evaluate
• 39% Gamble
• 95% Gossip (+10 / +10 with unsavory types)
• 85% Haggle
• 39% Lip Reading
• 39% Navigation
• 39% Outdoor Survival
• 39% Perception (+0 / +20 hearing)
• 67% Pick Lock
• 39% Search
• 39% Secret Signs (Thief)
• 67% Shadowing
• 67% Silent Move
• 67% Sleight of Hand
• 49% Speak Language (Halfling) (+0 / +10)
• 49% Speak Language (Reikspiel) (+0 / +10)
• 22% Swim
• 39% Trade (Cook)

Trappings

• Leather Jack
• Dashing Clothes
• Cloak
• Sword
• Pistol & 20 shots
• Dagger
• Back Pack
• Rations (1 week)
• Waterskin
• Disguise Kit
• 4 Homing Pigeons