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 ====NP Characters====
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 | **Horticulturalist** | Elowen | Gives advice and support to shaping plants in the settlement. Provides support to guide the dying into a plant of their choice. |
 | **Pottery Maker** | Ayana | Creates clay  containers used for storage, cooking, and decoration. |
-| **Fabric Weaver** | Weaver / Webb | "Webb" is an Old English variant. "Webster" was the term for a woman doing this job. |
+| **Fabric Weaver** | Webb | Processes linen yarn into cloth. |
-| **Cloth Cleaner** | Fuller / Walker | "Fulling" involved cleaning cloth by walking on it in vats of water and stale urine. |
+| **Cloth Cleaner** | Rowan | Experienced in cleaning cloth and clothes.  |
-| **Fabric Dyer** | Dyer | Often lived near rivers; used plants like woad (blue) or madder (red) to color fabric. |
+| **Fabric Dyer** | Atla | Lives close to the river. Uses plants like woad (blue) or madder (red) to color fabric. |
-| **Clothing Maker** | Taylor | From the French *tailleur* ("to cut"). They custom-fitted garments for those who could afford it. |
+| **Clothing Maker** | Taylor | They create custom-fitted garments for those want it. |
-| **Glove Maker** | Glover | A prestige trade; gloves were symbols of wealth and were often scented to mask leather odors. |
+| **Perfumer** | Fior | Creates perfumes and potpourri.  |
-| **Bread Baker** | Baker / Baxter | Most towns had a communal oven to prevent house fires; "Baxter" was the female version. |
+| **Bread Baker** | Baxter | Operates a communal oven for creating pastries (remember no butter or yeast). |
-| **Ale Brewer** | Brewer / Brewster | Since water was often unsafe, ale was the primary drink. "Brewster" was the female term. |
+| **Tea Master** | Willow | Brews tea with reverence. Also an expert in recreational plant use. |
-| **Meat Processor** | Butcher | Usually restricted to specific streets (shambles) due to the blood and waste products. |
+| **Tofu Maker** | Malin | Processes soybeans into tofu and soy milk. |
-| **Grain Grinder** | Miller | Usually lived in a mill powered by water or wind; they were often the wealthiest commoners. |
+| **Grain Grinder** | Miller | Processes wheat, barley, and rice into flours. |
-| **Haircutter/Surgeon** | Barber | Your go-to for a trim, a tooth extraction, or even minor surgery and bloodletting. |
+| **Haircutter** | Barbara | Expert in styling and cutting hair. |
-| **Stone Worker** | Mason | Highly skilled and mobile; "Free Masons" were those skilled enough to work with freestone. |
+| **Stone Worker** | Mason | Creates stone tools and helps gather stones used in house building and cooking. |
-| **Wood Worker** | Carpenter | Built everything from house frames to furniture using "green" (unseasoned) wood. |
+| **Wood Worker** | Jacinto | Builts anything from houses to boats. Also carves toys. |
-| **Roof Thatcher** | Thatcher | Used straw or reeds to waterproof roofs—a highly skilled but extremely flammable trade. |
+| **Roof Thatcher** | Thatcher | Uses straw or reeds to waterproof roof. |
-| **Arrow Maker** | Fletcher | Derived from the French *flèche* (arrow). They were crucial for hunting and warfare. |
+| **Spicemaker** | Alder | Creates sugar, salt, and spices from the plants and ocean. |
-| **Bow Maker** | Archer / Bowman | Specialized in the construction of longbows, often made from imported yew wood. |
+| **Tool Maker** | Archer | Makes fine tools for cooking, crafts, etc. |
-| **Professional Cook** | Cook / Coke | Usually employed in noble households or "cookshops" (the medieval version of fast food). |
+| **Professional Cook** | Daisy | Runs the public kitchen. Helps theorize new foods. |
-| **Scribe/Clerk** | Scrivener / Clark | "Clark" comes from "cleric." These were the rare few who could read and write for the public. |
+| **Scribe** | Acacia | Helps write down ideas and helps teach writing to the youth . |
-| **Gatekeeper/Guard** | Porter / Ward | "Porters" managed doors and gates; "Wards" were watchmen who patrolled the town walls. |
+| **Protector** | Porter | Patrols the wilds around the settlement. Protects children from becoming lost. |
-| **Gong Farmer** | N/A | Emptied cesspits at night (hence "night soil"). A vital but socially shunned role. |
+| **Triage Doctor** | Primrose | Applies stints and basic triages to anyone who needs it. |
-| **Sin-Eater** | N/A | Paid to eat a ritual meal over a corpse to "absorb" the deceased's sins so they could enter heaven. |
+| **Burial Ritualist** | Arvid | Facilitates burial rituals, and digs gravesites if needed. |
-| **Leech Collector** | Leech | Gathered medicinal leeches from marshes, often using their own legs as bait. |
+| **Fruit Collector** | Linden | Gathers fruit and veggies from gardens if people need help. |
-| **Ewerer** | Ewer | Responsible for bringing and heating water for the nobility to wash their hands before meals. |
+| **Ewerer** | Ewer | Responsible for bringing and heating water for people who need it. |
-| **Rat Catcher** | Ratter / Catchpole | Kept the rodent population down—an impossible but necessary job to fight the plague. |
+| **Therapist** | Bellerose | Prepares rooms of memory sparks. For catharsis, comfort, etc. |
-| **Herald** | Herald / Harold | The official voice of the king; announced tournaments and identified knights by their coats of arms. |
+| **Herald** | Harold | Communicates news quickly when needed. |
-| **Falconer** | Faulkner / Falconer | Trained and cared for birds of prey used in hunting, a sport strictly for the nobility. |
+| **Bath Curator** | Olive | Operates the communal bathhouse. Helps make relaxing experiences for patrons. |
-| **Alchemist** | N/A | Sought to turn lead into gold and find the "Philosopher's Stone." Half-scientist, half-mystic. |
+| **Alchemist** | Vinca | Finds surprising ways to use plants. Develops compounds, medicines. Etc. |
-| **Minstrel** | Harper / Piper | Traveling musicians who provided news, gossip, and entertainment through song and story. |
+| **Minstrel** | Harper and Piper | Twin musicians. Collects musical memories, teaches, and performs music. |
-| **Catchpole** | Catchpole | A petty officer or tax collector, named for the "pole" used to catch people by the neck. |
+| **Courier** | Muguet | Helps move resources around the settlement. |
+====TTRPG Modifications====
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+The following Chronicles of Darkness skills have been modified:
+^ Mental ^ Physical ^ Social ^
+| Academics | Athletics | <del>Animal Ken</del>Plant Ken |
+| <del>Computer</del>Tool Use | Brawl | Empathy |
+| Crafts | <del>Drive</del>Boat | Expression |
+| Investigation | <del>Firearms</del>Throw | Intimidation |
+| Medicine | Larceny | Persuasion |
+| Occult | Stealth | Socialize |
+| Politics | Survival | Streetwise |
+| Science | Weaponry | Subterfuge |