This is one of the eight Character Backgrounds in The Age of Decadence.
Lore
Behind every Noble's power and every struggle for territory lies the gold of a merchant, respected and feared. More than mere traders, merchants manipulate entire markets and those that depend upon them. People, information, and favor all have a price, but only the merchants know their true worth.
Character Creation
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Default Stats
Strength 5 Dexterity 6 Constitution 5 Perception 7 Intelligence 8 Charisma 9
Preferred Skills
Trading is rather a no-brainer here (but don't let that stop you from flipping convention on its head!), Persuasion likewise, and Streetwise to ensure that you are more likely to be the swindler than the swindled. Lore is at least useful in detecting forgeries (of documents or of artifacts), and may even be useful if you dabble in forgery yourself! Finally, Etiquette is helpful when you are dealing with sticklers for protocol (which can be found almost everywhere that folks do business 'above-board').
Initial Faction Rep
Charisma --> | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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House Aurelian | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
House Crassus | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
House Daratan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Boatmen of Styx | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Commercium | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Imperial Guards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Forty Thieves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Starting Equipment
Starting Location
The colonnade at the Commercium's offices in Teron's marketplace
Merchant Quests
Teron
- Vignette (Merchant)
- Working Hard Or Hardly Working?
- A Friend In Need
- A Matter Of Proof
- The Loose Ends
- The New Face
Maadoran
Ganezzar
- Ganezzar
- Miracle Worker
- The Birthplace Of Gods
- Breaking The Siege
- The Temple Of Thor-Agoth