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Special
Ability: Charismatic Leadership
The ability to sway crowds equal to 200 x your
level
Career Skills:
Awareness/Notice, Perform, Wardrobe
& Style, Composition, Brawling,
Play Instrument, Streetwise or
Performing Arts Education, Persuasion,
Seduction
Perform is
the ability to sing, play, dance, etc. Level 4 can
perform at small gigs, parites, weddings, etc. Level 6
are of professional caliber, able to get contracts and
have fans. Level 9 or greater is of "star" caliber,
recognized on the street.
Wardrobe & Style is the
ability to know what to wear and how to look cool in
it.
Composition is the skill
required to write music, lyrics, etc. Level 4 gives you
marketable skills. Level 8 makes your work so good you
get great reviews.
Play Instrument is
the skill required to play an instrument. You must take
each instrument as a seperate skill. Level 4 gives you
the skill you need to get gigs. Level 8 gets you
contracts and acclaim. Level 10 makes you a star.
Persuasion is the Rocker's
ability to influence his fans to do what he wants them to
do.
Seduction is the skill of
forming and maintaining romantic relationships.
For other skill descriptions please see Skills.
Optional
Education Pack: The Performing Arts Education
Pack is available for your rockerboy/rockergirl as a
replacement for the Streetwise skill. This pack is based on
the assumption that the character has attended a performing
arts school, college, or university, majoring in Music. You
cannot take a higher education pack than your INT stat. The
number of career skill points and pickup skill points (yes,
you must spend both since you are assumed to have had little
time for extracurricular skill pickup) spent to acquire that
level is indicated following the degree. The level of each
skill is indicated following the skill.
Education Packs are an extremely generous way to pack
your character with skills, based on the assumption that
while in school you spent all your time learning and
therefore got, hello, an education. Remember that you
can't level higher than the stat associated with any skill
or higher in a career skill than your Special Ability
level.
Associate of Performing Arts, Music (3, 12)
[Minimum Age: 24 - INT]
Education / General Knowledge (3) -- You have an AA in
music with the following skills:
- Reading/Writing (7) -- You read War and Peace.
Twice.
- Math (5) -- You know Trigonometry.
- History (6) -- You have a basic understanding of
world history.
- Second Language (3) -- You can order in a
restaurant and the waiter won't snicker.
- Perform (1) -- You can get up in front of a crowd
and only half of them will boo.
- Composition (1) -- You can write a jingle for a
used car lot.
- Teach (1) -- You can teach small children how to
play Mary Had a Little Lamb.
- Play Instrument (1) -- You know how to play Mary
Had a Little Lamb yourself on your primary
instrument.
- Basic Tech (1) -- You know which is the power plug
and which is the amp plug.
- Sing (1) -- You usually remember the words.
Bachelor's of Performing Arts, Music (4, 16)
[Minimum Age: 26 - INT]
Education / General Knowledge (4) -- You have an BA in
music with the following skills:
- Reading/Writing (7) -- You read War and Peace.
Twice.
- Math (5) -- You know Trigonometry.
- History (6) -- You have a basic understanding of
world history.
- Second Language (3) -- You can order in a
restaurant and the waiter won't snicker.
- Perform (4) -- You can get up in front of a crowd
and get cheers.
- Composition (4) -- You can write a few good
songs.
- Teach (4) -- You can earn extra money with a few
beginner students.
- Play Instrument (4) -- You can play pretty
well.
- Basic Tech (4) -- You can tweak your instrument to
your own creativity.
- Sing (4) -- You even do weddings.
Master's of Performing Arts, Music (5, 20)
[Minimum Age: 28 - INT]
Education / General Knowledge (5) -- You have an MA in
music with the following skills:
- Reading/Writing (7) -- You read War and Peace.
Twice.
- Math (5) -- You know Trigonometry.
- History (6) -- You have a basic understanding of
world history.
- Second Language (3) -- You can order in a
restaurant and the waiter won't snicker.
- Perform (7) -- You sell out concerts.
- Composition (7) -- You can write hits.
- Teach (7) -- You can teach classes or intermediate
students.
- Play Instrument (7) -- You can play really well.
Add a second instrument at (3).
- Basic Tech (7) -- You not only have tweaked your
instrument, you can fix it in the middle of a concert
without delaying the performance much.
- Sing (7) -- You're lead vocal material.
Doctorate of Performing Arts, Music (6, 24)
[Minimum Age: 29 - INT]
Education / General Knowledge (6) -- You have an PhD
in music with the following skills:
- Reading/Writing (7) -- You read War and Peace.
Twice.
- Math (5) -- You know Trigonometry.
- History (6) -- You have a basic understanding of
world history.
- Second Language (3) -- You can order in a
restaurant and the waiter won't snicker.
- Perform (9) -- You do the BIG halls.
- Composition (9) -- You can write THE hit.
- Teach (9) -- You can teach advanced students and
college courses.
- Play Instrument (9) -- You are a maestro. Your
second instrument is at (6).
- Basic Tech (9) -- You built your instrument from
circuitry scraps, invented new tweaks, and can fix it
without stopping in the middle of a song.
- Sing (9) -- Move over Pavoratti.
Playing the Rocker in FFRP:
Rockers are rebels, and are generally of the
"artistic" temperment, moody and somewhat aloof. Rockers
are the epitome of style and cool and are tragically hip.
Earnings:
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Desperate
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Club Regular
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Big Club Regular
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Contracted
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Concert Band
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Major Act
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1,000/month
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1,500/month
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2,000/month
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5,000/month
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8,000/month
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12,000/month
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