Careers
| Experience | Career Grades |
| Novice/Rookie | 1 |
| Practiced | 2 |
| Experienced | 3 |
| Seasoned | 4 |
| Veteran | 5 |
| Doyen | 6 |
What's O.L.D. is N.E.W. uses a "life-path" system to create and advance characters.
Careers are occupations held by characters.
Characters begin play with one origin and four regular careers. When choosing a career, the character gains attribute increases, two skill ranks chosen from the list of that career's skills, and selects one exploit from that career's list of unique career exploits. A career may be repeated.
If a career is repeated, addtional grades are referred to by their title, as shown in the table above.
Characters advance by taking new careers or repeating current ones, gaining increased or new attributes, skills, and exploits each time.
The list below contains careers and traditions from O.L.D., N.E.W. and N.O.W. As always, it is up to the GM what careers or traditions are available in a given setting.
Grade
The total number of grades in all careers/traditions taken by a character is an important value, as it determines the maximum size dice pool that a character can form. This total number of grades is referred to as the character's grade.
| Origins |
Fantasy Careers | Modern Careers | Future Careers | Martial Arts |
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Acolyte Acrobat Borian Apprentice Everyman Experiment Farmhand, archaic Farmhand, future Felan Scavenger Geek Hacker Jock Martial Artist Military Brat Moisture Farmer Navy Brat Nerd Noble Novice Orphan Page Primitive Prodigy Scion Scout/Eagle Service Droid Slave Street Tough Survivor Talent Traveller Urchin Wizard's Apprentice |
Alchemist Archer Assassin Barbarian Berserker Burglar Cleric Diabolist Druid Firemage Gladiator Herbalist Inquisitor Knight Knight-Errant Loremaster Mage Man-at-Arms Minstrel Musketeer Necromancer Pirate Prisoner Ranger Ruffian Sailor Smith Squire Undead Hunter Warrior-monk Watchman |
Actor Archeologist Assassin Astronaut Athlete Bartender Boot Camp Bouncer Bounty Hunter Boxer Burglar Chef College Con Artist Craftsman Cultist Dark Crusader Detective Diplomat Diver Drifter Driver Engineer Explosive Expert Firefighter Gambler Gangster Guerrilla Fighter Hacker Heavy Gunner Infiltrator Laborer Lawyer Medic Miner Ninja Performer Pilot Police Officer Politician Priest Prisoner Private Eye Reporter Sailor Scientist Scout Sensei/Sifu Smuggler Sniper Socialite Soldier Spy Street Thug Student Stuntman Survivalist Teacher Trader Vigilante Warrior-monk
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Academy Assassin Athlete Bartender Battlepsyche Biopsychic Bounty Hunter Burglar College Con Artist Craftsman Detective Diplomat Drifter Engineer Gambler Gangster Intelligence Officer/Spy Marine Cadet Assignment Marine Tour Medic Miner Navy Cadet Cruise Navy Tour Performer Pilot Police Officer Priest Prisoner Psi-cop Psychic Scientist Scout/Special Forces Smuggler Sniper Socialite Space Jockey Spartan Battle School Starbase Assignment Star Knight Street Thug Systems Upgrade Trader Venetian Retreat |
Aikido Brazilian Jujutsu Capoeira Gun Fu Gun Kata Jujutsu Karate Krav Maga Kung Fu Muay Thai Northrn Shaolin Pankration Savate Southern Shaolin |