Scholar's Child

Category: Background

Description

Your parents are academics — researchers, historians, or Academy staff. You grew up in libraries and lecture halls, surrounded by the smell of old paper and the sound of scholarly arguments. You've read more books than most third-years, and your theoretical knowledge is exceptional. But you've never been in a real fight, and the social dynamics of student life are a mystery.

Fictional Permission

You know exactly what section of a library or academy archive to check first for any given topic.

Mechanical Benefits

Background Move — Archive Rat: When you spend a Time Slot doing deep, obscure research in a library, treat a 6- as a 7-9 once per quest.

Connection (Anchor)

Library Access. You know the Academy's restricted archives better than most professors. once per quest, you may access a restricted text or obscure reference that provides critical information on a research topic.

Roleplay Hooks

• One of your parents is a professor at the Academy. This creates awkward situations in class.
• You found a reference to something dangerous in an old text. You're not sure if you should tell anyone.
• Other students come to you for help with essays, but you suspect some of them are just using you.

"I've read every volume in the public archive twice. It's the restricted section that keeps me up at night."