Nomad

Survive using few things.

Drawing of humanoid antelope pushing a shopping cart full of tech junk.

Urban nomad in city biome.

Nomads are survivalists. They are experts at finding their way, constructing a shelter, and doing well with nothing more than their bare hands. Other vocations cannot grasp the subtleties necessary to adapt to and live off an environment. It is doubtful that there are accredited schools of nomadic adventure. The persona most likely was born with these inherent survival abilities. A nomad’s survival abilities may have appeared out of necessity due to some scarcity situation. Nomads can aid the expedition by providing a source of intuitive survival knowledge.

Nomads can be sociable and have no political baggage.

Nomads will generally shun technology if it is unnecessary for survival. They may prefer to sleep in a hollow log or a dumpster rather than a hotel room or tent. There is no penalty for a nomad who uses technology.

If the campaign has vocation attribute selection, nomads require a combined Awareness and Constitution greater than, or equal to, 18.

Knowledge

Nomadic knowledge is focused on biomes, survival, and domestication. The interests are broad areas that the nomad excels in. An interest can be applied to many different tasks. An expertise is more focused, and offers greater benefit to appropriate task rolls.

Interests

Interests are broad areas of knowledge that assist the nomad in the performance of tasks. Nomad interests are wide ranging and can be applied to most any nomad task. At startup, the persona gets one interest per 3 points of Intelligence, and one additional interest per new experience level.

**Nomad Interests Table**
Broad areas of nomad interest.
Die Roll	Interest
01-41	Biomes
42-80	Survival
81-89	Domestication
90-99	Extra Roll
00	Ref’s Own Table
Die Roll	Interest
Startup: 1 per 3 INT at startup. +1 per additional EXPS level.
Players can choose their interest.

Biome

Biomes are the bread and butter of a nomad. A biome is a geographically, ecologically, or socially unique location. The biome interest will assist any endeavour that involves a biome. This is astoundingly broad, and it is rare that a nomad task does not involve a biome. A nomad with a nomad interest automatically gets a biome expertise.

Landscape of futuristic wall in front of planet and stars.

Biomes are not just trees and dirt.

Survival

All nomads, and all personas for that matter, are interested in surviving. A survival interest will assist the player in any survival related task roll. For example, a safe passage task roll would benefit from the survival interest. Whereas trying to domesticate an alien pack mammal would not.

Domesticate

Nomads can have an interest in the domestication of aliens. Domesticate helps the nomad when working with aliens from the diversidae family. While an anthro may be alien, this expertise only applies to diversidae family. The domestication interest assists the persona in tasks that are part of domesticating aliens.

Expertise

Expertise represents areas of knowledge narrower than an interest. While an interest is broad and easily applied, an expertise is more focused and less likely to be applicable to a task. However, when an expertise is applicable, it benefits the persona much more on their task roll.

At startup, the persona gets one area of expertise per interest. So a nomad with Domesticate 2 and Survival 1 would get two rolls on the Domesticate expertise table and one roll on the Survival expertise table. After startup, the persona gets one new expertise per experience level.

Two humans sheltering from sun in an alien desert.

Nomads desert biome.

Biome

A biome is a geographically, ecologically, or socially unique location. The nomad is assisted for any task attempted in a biome expertise. Biome expertise is cumulative and assists literally any task roll.

**Nomad Biome Expertise Table**
Die Roll (1d100)	Biome	Description
01-02	Frozen desert	Cold, Dry, Denuded
03-04	Frozen tundra	Cold, Dry, Bush
05-06	Frozen forest	Cold, Dry, Trees
07-08	Frigid desert	Cold, Moderate, Denuded
09-10	Frigid tundra	Cold, Moderate, Bush
11-12	Frigid forest	Cold, Moderate, Trees
13-14	Snow desert	Cold, Wet, Denuded
15-16	Snow tundra	Cold, Wet, Bush
17-18	Snow forest	Cold, Wet, Trees
19-20	Warm desert	Mild, Dry, Denuded
21-22	Warm tundra	Mild, Dry, Bush
23-24	Warm forest	Mild, Dry, Trees
25-26	Temperate desert	Mild, Moderate, Denuded
27-28	Temperate tundra	Mild, Moderate, Bush
29-30	Temperate forest	Mild, Moderate, Trees
31-32	Moist desert	Mild, Wet, Denuded
33-34	Moist tundra	Mild, Wet, Bush
35-36	Moist forest	Mild, Wet, Trees
37-38	Desert	Hot, Dry, Denuded
39-40	Scrub	Hot, Dry, Bush
41-42	Drought Wood	Hot, Dry, Trees
43-44	Humid desert	Hot, Moderate, Denuded
45-46	Humid tundra	Hot, Moderate, Bush
47-48	Humid forest	Hot, Moderate, Trees
49-50	Tropical desert	Hot, Wet, Denuded
51-52	Tropical tundra	Hot, Wet, Bush
53-54	Tropical Forest	Hot, Wet, Trees
55-56	Atmospheric	Constant fogginess
57-58	Boggy	Thick bogs
59-60	Bright	Hard on the eyes
61-62	City	Anthro high rises
63-64	Dark	Light needed to see
65-66	Farm	Resource growth location
67-68	Flat	No hills or mounds
69-70	Gaseous	Lacking terra firma
71-72	Gravity, high	Heavy hangs thy head
73-74	Gravity, low	Light on the feet
75-76	Hilly	Up and down
77-78	Lentic	Pond living
79-80	Megalopolis	Multilevel enormous city
81-82	Mountainous	Don’t fall off
83-84	Oceanic	On or under water
85-86	Ruin	Unoccupied city
87-88	Sandy	Endless beach
89-90	Stormy	Radical departures from biome\
91-92	Subterranean	Biome is underground
93-94	Toxic, rads	Don’t stand still
95-96	Toxic, poison	Don’t inhale
97-98	Village	Small living space
99-00	Extra Roll
Die Roll (1d100)	Biome	Description
Mild refers to temp, and Moderate refers to moisture.
Players may choose their biome expertise.

Survival

Survival expertise is knowledge that assists the nomad in performing survival tasks. This expertise area includes things like finding water or calming a feral alien. Remember to include biome expertise with survival task rolls.

**Survival Expertise Table**
Survival expertise knowledge.
Die Roll (1d100)	Expertise
01-04	Alien, communications
05-08	Alien, sense danger
09-12	Fire, campfire
13-16	Fire, extinguish campfire
17-20	Fire, hidden
21-24	Food, find
25-28	Food, prepare safely
29-32	Food, prepare yummy
33-36	Passage, backtrack
37-40	Passage, deception
41-44	Passage, hidden
45-48	Passage, safe
49-52	Poison, arrest
53-56	Poison, cure
57-60	Shelter, clothing
61-64	Shelter, find
65-68	Shelter, safe (safe campsite)
69-72	Tracking
73-76	Tracking, aerial
77-80	Tracking, exatmo
81-84	Tracking, find
85-88	Tracking, follow
89-92	Tracking, reverse
93-96	Tracking, submersion
97-99	Extra Roll
00	Ref’s Own Table
Die Roll (1d100)	Expertise
Startup: 1 per Interest. +1 per addition level.
Players may choose their expertise.

Domesticate

Domesticate expertise helps the nomad when working with aliens from the diversidae family. While an anthro may be alien this expertise only applies to diversidae aliens. The aliens that domesticate tasks work on are typically flora and fauna. Remember to include biome expertise with domestication task rolls.

**Domestication Expertise Table**
Domestication expertise.
Die Roll (1d100)	Expertise
01-04	Aggressive
05-08	Ancient
09-12	Aquatic
13-16	Armoured
17-20	Detritivores
21-24	Flying
25-28	Gigantic
29-32	Hidden
33-36	Infestors
37-40	Microscopic
41-44	Mechanical
45-48	Mutated
49-52	Omnivores
53-56	Oviparous
57-60	Parasitic
61-64	Photosynths
65-68	Poisoners
69-72	Psionic
73-76	Solo
77-80	Subterranean
81-84	Swarms
85-88	Tiny
89-92	Trappers
93-96	Viviparous
97-00	Extra Roll
Die Roll (1d100)	Expertise
Startup: 1 per Interest. +1 per addition level.
Players may choose their expertise.

Gifts

The nomad’s gifts are tasks where the persona automatically succeeds. New adaptations are added when the persona gains more experience levels.

**Nomad Gifts Table**
Gifts are tasks that require no task roll.
EXPS Level	Gifts	Recommendation
1	One. Choose a Trivial task (<25DD).	Make Sausage
3	Two. Add a Normal task (<43DD).	Quick Fix
6	Three. Add a Hard task (<85DD).	Track, Land
9	Four. Add a Tough task (<127DD).	Domesticate, Tricks
12	Five. Add an Impossible task (<200DD).	Track, Air
EXPS Level	Gifts	Recommendation
A nomad gift was previously called an adaptation.
A player may create a bespoke gift.

Tasks

Nomad tasks are about surviving and manipulating the environment. A nomad has no essential equipment. Unlike any other vocation a nomad may be inhibited by survival tools like tents, or fire starters. The referee may increase task difficulty if the nomad is glamping (glamorous camping).

For the intricate details of how to resolve tasks in EXP, jump to Task Rolls.

Compendium

A non-exhaustive list of nomad tasks arranged by increasing difficulty.

**Nomad Task Compendium**
A non-exhaustive list of nomad tasks arranged by increasing difficulty.
Task	Difficulty	Description
Trivial
Biological	12	Is it biological? Yes/No.
Sentience	12	Sentience present. Yes/No.
Passage In Safety	12	Find safe passage when no danger
Living	18	Is it alive and living. Yes/No.
Easy
Water Safety	24	Safe water in wet biomes.
Edible	24	Is it edible? Yes/No.
Make Sausage	24	Make a yummy sausage.
Shelter from Forest	24	Make shelter in dense vegetation for self.
Fire From Something	24	Make fire when stuff is around.
Preserves	24	Preserve food for later.
Track, Oblivious	24	Follow and find prey unaware of tracking.
Normal
Quick Fix	42	Heal 1d6 HPS immediately.
Food from Food	42	Make normal survival food safe.
Energy Source	42	What does it eat?
Water From Rocks	42	Find water in Dry biomes.
Shelter from Nothing	42	Make safe shelter in city or tundra.
Make Clothing	42	Make appropriate survival clothing.
Track on Land	42 + INT	Follow and find typical prey.
Poison Arrest	56	Stop poison progress. Not heal.
Hard
Alien Organization	84	Solo, family, herd, pack.
Food from Toxic	84	Make toxic survival food safe.
Fire from Nothing	84	Make fire in denuded areas.
Make Camo	84	Make camouflaged clothing for biome.
Calm Frenzy	84	Arrest an ursidae frenzy.
Poison Reverse	84	Reverse the effects of a poison (except HPS damage).
Radiation Arrest	84	Stop ongoing effects of radiation.
Track in Water	84 + INT	Find and follow prey in water.
Domesticate, Befriend	84	Make flora fauna alien follow persona around.
Domesticate, Tricks	104	Train flora fauna alien some simple tricks.
Tough
Water from Sand	126	Find water in arid biomes.
Shelter from Eyes	126	Make a safe shelter under surveillance.
Food from Poison	126	Make poisonous food safe.
Poison Cure	126	Reverse all poison effects (even HPS damage).
Domesticate, Imprint	126	Make flora fauna alien friend.
Track in air	126 + INT	Follow and find flying prey.
Impossible
Food from Pharma	168	Turn Pharma into food.
Bizarre
Water from Vacuum	210	Find water in exatmo.
Track across Vacuum	210	Find target across planets.
Domesticate, Parentalize	210	Make a flora fauna alien protect nomad like their spawn.
Task	Difficulty	Description

List

**Nomad Task List**
A non-exhaustive alpha ordered list.
Task	Difficulty	Description
Alien organization	84	Solo, family, herd, pack.
Biological	12	Is it biological? Yes/No.
Calm Frenzy	84	Arrest and ursidae frenzy.
Domesticate, Befriend	84	Make flora fauna alien follow around.
Domesticate, Imprint	126	Make flora fauna alien friend.
Domesticate, Parentalize	210	Make flora fauna alien protect nomad like their spawn.
Domesticate, Tricks	104	Train flora fauna alien some simple tricks.
Edible	24	Is it edible? Yes/No.
Energy Source	42	What does it eat?
Fire From Something	24	Make fire when stuff around.
Fire from Nothing	84	Make fire in denuded areas.
Food from Food	42	Make normal survival food safe.
Food from Pharma	168	Turn pharma into food.
Food from Poison	126	Make poisonous food safe.
Food from Toxic	84	Make toxic survival food safe.
Living	18	Is it alive and living. Yes/No.
Make Cammo	84	Make camouflaged clothing for biome.
Make Clothing	42	Make appropriate survival clothing.
Make Sausage	24	Make a yummy sausage.
Passage In Safety	12	Find safe passage when no danger.
Poison Arrest	56	Stop poison progress. Not heal.
Poison Cure	126	Reverse all poison effects (even HPS damage).
Poison Reverse	84	Reverse the effects of a poison (except HPS damage).
Preserves	24	Preserve food for later.
Quick Fix	42	Heal 1d6 HPS immediately.
Radiation Arrest	84	Stop ongoing effects of radiation.
Sentience	12	Sentience present. Yes/No.
Shelter from Eyes	126	Make safe shelter under surveillance.
Shelter from Forest	24	Make self shelter in dense vegetation.
Shelter from Nothing	42	Make safe shelter in city or tundra.
Track across Vacuum	210	Find target across planets.
Track in Water	84 + INT	Find and follow prey in water.
Track in air	126 + INT	Follow and find flying prey.
Track on Land	42 + INT	Follow and find typical prey.
Track, Oblivious	24	Follow and find prey unaware of tracking.
Water From Rocks	42	Find water in Dry biomes.
Water from Sand	126	Find water in arid biomes.
Water from Vacuum	210	Find water exatmo.
Water Safety	24	Safe water in
Task	Difficulty	Description

Experience

Nomads get half experience for combat and full EXPS for successful task rolls. Faithful role-playing of the nomad vocation will earn even more EXPS for the persona. Increasing levels allows the nomad a greater chance of survival in the wild or combat.

**Nomadic Experience**
EXPS amounts required to achieve new levels of self sufficiency.
Experience Points	Experience Level
0-1250	1
1251-2500	2
2501-5000	3
5001-10000	4
10001-20000	5
20001-42500	6
42501-70000	7
70001-110000	8
110001-220000	9
220001-450000	10
230000	Per level beyond 10th
Experience Points	Experience Level