Outdoorsman Roles
Some characters just fit best around trees and animals! There are Roles for those too.
Naturalist
- You say "Wilderness" like it's a bad thing.
The Naturalist understands that "civilization" is just a thin veneer painted over the fundamental forces that have always governed survival: weather, seasons, predator and prey, growth and decay. They read the stories written in animal tracks, growth patterns, and cloud formations.
Naturalists are good at wilderness survival: finding food and shelter, predicting weather, tracking, and generally knowing the terrain. They might be urban scavengers who know where day-old bread ends up, a ship's navigator reading weather and stars, or a scout tracking enemy troop movements.
Survival Mechanics
Daily Sustenance: Add Naturalist ranks to daily rolls for providing food and shelter. Success provides for people equal to the effect generated. Without proper food and shelter, characters cannot make recovery rolls and must resist privation daily or suffer escalating fatigue as Harm.