TWILIGHT IMPERIUM RPG
CAREERS
Create your own career by picking 8 Career Skills using the following template:
1. Choose 4 General Skills from the Skill List Below.
2. Choose 4 more Skill of any type from the Skill List within the limits listed below.
Your remaining 4 Skill:
• …must contain 1 Social or Combat Skill.
• …cannot contain more than 3 Combat Skills.
• …cannot contain more than 3 Social Skills.
• …cannot contain more than 3 Knowledge Skills.
• …cannot contain more than 2 additional General Skills.
Other that the limitations above, there are no other requirements. For example, you could have 1 of each of the
4 Skill Types and be in compliance.
3. Choose 4 of your 8 Career Skills, and take 1 free rank in each of them.
4. Give your Career a fitting 2-word name like: Fierce Negotiator, Brash Pilot, or Reckless Archeologist.
All Career Skills chosen are subject to Game Master approval. They should make sense with the name assigned
and not just be a lump of skills the player wanted.
SKILL LIST
Skill Ability Type Skill Ability Type
Archaeotechnology Intellect Knowledge Mechanics Intellect General
Astrocartography Intellect General Medicine Intellect General
Athletics Brawn General Melee Brawn Combat
Brawl Brawn Combat Minor Races Intellect Knowledge
Charm Presence Social Negotiation Presence Social
Coercion Willpower Social Operating Intellect General
Computers Intellect General Perception Cunning General
Cool Presence General Piloting Agility General
Coordination Agility General Ranged (Heavy) Agility Combat
Deception Cunning Social Ranged (Light) Agility Combat
Discipline Willpower General Resilience Brawn General
Driving Agility General Skulduggery Cunning General
Education Intellect Knowledge Stealth Agility General
Great Races Intellect Knowledge Streetwise Cunning General
Gunnery Agility Combat Survival Cunning General
Imperium Intellect Knowledge Underworld Intellect Knowledge
Leadership Presence Social Vigilance Willpower General
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HACAN
BRA: 2 AGI: 3 INT: 2 CUN: 2 WIL: 1 PRE: 2
Wound Threshold: 10+Brawn
Strain Threshold: 10+Willpower
Starting XP: 100
Special Abilities: The Hacan start with 1 rank in Coordination or Negotiation during
character creation. You still can’t train their skills above rank 2 during character
creation.
Claws: Hacan characters add +1 damage to any Brawl combat checks they make and
have a Crit Rating of 3.
HUMAN
HUMANS ARE DETAILED ON PAGES 36 – 39 OF THE GENESYS CORE RULE BOOK
HYLAR, Coastal
BRA: 2 AGI: 2 INT: 2 CUN: 1 WIL: 3 PRE: 2
Wound Threshold: 12+Brawn
Strain Threshold: 10+Willpower
Starting XP: 100
Special Abilities: Coastal Hylar begin with 1 rank in Discipline. They still may not train
Discipline above 2 during character creation.
Amphibious: Coastal Hylar can breathe underwater without penalty and never suffer
movement penalties for traveling through water.
Water Dependence: If a Shallows Hylar has not been doused in salt water in the last
24 hours, the character's wound threshold is reduced by 2. This remains in effect until
the Hylar is doused in salt water.
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HYLAR, Deep
BRA: 1 AGI: 2 INT: 3 CUN: 2 WIL: 2 PRE: 2
Wound Threshold: 10+Brawn
Strain Threshold: 10+Willpower
Starting XP: 110
Special abilities: Deep Hylar treat all Knowledge Skills as Career Skills
Deep Dweller: Deep Hylar live in the high pressure of deep water and have to use a
mechanized exoskeleton when in normal atmosphere. When out of their
exoskeleton, Deep Hylar begin suffocating, suffer 2 setbacks on all Brawn skill checks
and treat all out of water terrain as difficult.
HYLAR, Surface
BRA: 2 AGI: 1 INT: 3 CUN: 2 WIL: 2 PRE: 2
Wound Threshold: 10+Brawn
Strain Threshold: 10+Willpower
Starting XP: 100
Special Abilities: Surface Hylar begin with 1 rank any Knowledge Skill. They still may
not train that Knowledge skill above 2 during character creation.
Amphibious: Surface Hylar can breathe underwater without penalty and never suffer
movement penalties for traveling through water.
LETNEV
BRA: 2 AGI: 2 INT: 2 CUN: 2 WIL: 3 PRE: 1
Wound Threshold: 10+Brawn
Strain Threshold: 10+Willpower
Starting XP: 100
Special Abilities: Letnev begin the game with 1 rank in Vigilance. They still may not
train Vigilance above 2 during character creation.
Infravision: Letnev have adapted to see in both the infrared and normal visual
spectra. This enables Letnev to remove up to 1 Setback die added to checks by
lighting conditions.
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N’ORR
BRA: 3 AGI: 2 INT: 1 CUN: 2 WIL: 2 PRE: 2
Wound Threshold: 12+Brawn
Strain Threshold: 10+Willpower
Starting XP: 80
Special Abilities: N'orr begin the game with 1 rank in Survival. They still may not train
Survival above 2 during character creation.
Desert Dweller: N'orr may remove up to 2 Setback dice from checks to resist arid or
hot environmental conditions.
Mandibles: When a N'orr makes a Brawl check to deal damage to an opponent, he
deals +2 damage, has a Critical Rating of 4 and the Vicious quality.
SAAR
BRA: 2 AGI: 2 INT: 2 CUN: 3 WIL: 2 PRE: 1
Wound Threshold: 10+Brawn
Strain Threshold: 10+Willpower
Starting XP: 100
Special Abilities: Saar characters begin with 1 rank in Astrocartography. They still may
not train Astrocartography above 2 during character creation.
Spacer's Knack: Saar start with 1 rank in the Daring Aviator Talent.
WINNU
BRA: 1 AGI: 2 INT: 2 CUN: 3 WIL: 1 PRE: 3
Wound Threshold: 11+Brawn
Strain Threshold: 9+Willpower
Starting XP: 90
Special Abilities: Winnu begin with 1 rank in either Deception or Negotiation. They
still may not train Deception or Negotiation above 2 during character creation.
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WINNARAN
BRA: 2 AGI: 2 INT: 2 CUN: 2 WIL: 1 PRE: 3
Wound Threshold: 10+Brawn
Strain Threshold: 10+Willpower
Starting XP: 100
Special Abilities: Winnarans begin with 1 rank in Negotiation. They still may not train
Negotiation above 2 during character creation.
Caretaker Disposition: When performing the assist maneuver, Winnarans grant 2
Boost dice instead of 1.
XXCHA
BRA: 3 AGI: 1 INT: 2 CUN: 2 WIL: 2 PRE: 2
Wound Threshold: 11+Brawn
Strain Threshold: 11+Willpower
Starting XP: 80
Special Abilities: Xxcha begin with 1 rank in Negotiation. They still may not train
Negotiation above 2 during character creation.
Conversationalist: Xxcha gain the Clever Retort Talent
Thick Hide: Xxcha have thick hide and gain the Durable Talent.
YSSARIL
BRA: 1 AGI: 3 INT: 2 CUN: 2 WIL: 2 PRE: 2
Wound Threshold: 9+Brawn
Strain Threshold: 9+Willpower
Starting XP: 95
Special Abilities: Yssaril begin with 1 rank in Deception. They still may not train
Deception above 2 during character creation.
Fade: As an action, a Yssaril may suffer 3 strain and make an Average Resilience
check. If the Yssaril succeeds they may fade themselves slightly from view, blending
into their surroundings. While the Yssaril remains still, an observing character must
make a Perception vs Deception check to notice. Moving will add Setback or Boost,
perhaps upgrade the check or even negate the effect completely at the GM's
descension.
