Lazurek (Jungle) is my pick.

Winged Engsami - Sleep.

Engsami, Hallucinogen

Nedynvor are fun!

>>1028508
>Errata, replace the final part of "Hallucinogenic Gas" ability to read " Roll 2D8 against the adjacent target’s Mind stat. If successful, target rolls 1D6 each time it makes an attack action for 1D3+1 rounds. On a 1-2, their attack action automatically strikes an adjacent ally, or misses as they swing at a hallucinated foe if no adjacent ally is available."

>>1028508
Engsami: Hallucinogenic Gas

>>1028533
and male

>>1028512
Addendum: Winged Engsami with Hallucigen gas (female) for glorious thunderlizard thighs

Lazurek (Mountain)

Engsami (Winged): A smaller breed of Engsami with large wings for arms. They wield weapons with their taloned feet.

Sleep gas

wonder if our gas is flammable?

Male engsami with Tough.

Lazurek (Mountain)

Big fluffy boy.

Winged Engsami male, eyes are good for reading maps. and wings can get up high cliffs and generally great for scouting/exploring
sleep breath

Engsami with Hallucinogenic Gas.
Things are not always what they look like.

Would I be safe to assume our potential companions would come from the same faction?

Winged Engsami, female, with sleeping gas

Engsami: Hallucinogenic Gas
Dinosaur paleontologist time baby.

We are a young male Engsami with Hallucinogenic Gas

Non-winged engsami with snooze gas

First choice would be nedynvor but that's not going to happen. Regular engsami is my second choice, but I like sleep gas better.

>>1028524
I second this choice

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"Yes, the Customer is a male Engsami. This One is sorry, this is all just a formality for the paper wo- Excuse me? Hallucinogenic gas? Yes, er... of course. It did not need that for the paper work, but it is good to know... Now, what service will you be providing the Expedition?"

Ruffian – A rough and tumble brawler who made their life on the streets or as some manner of brigand.
Weapon Specialization – Fist weapons, Unarmed Attack, One-handed Melee Weapons
Starting Skill[/b] – Furtiveness
Abilities – The Ruffian may dual wield One-handed or Fist Weapons. When Dual Wielding, a character may make one normal Attack Action with each weapon against the same target for 1AP.

Wizard – Born with the ability to weave spells, they are either a natural prodigy or a learned student of one of the Mage College towers.
Weapon Specialization – Staff
Starting Skill – Arcane Lore
Abilities – For every spell currently in the wizard’s tome, the Wizard gains an Arcane Shield that increases their armor by +1. As spells are cast, they are temporarily removed from the Arcane Tome.

Dragoon – A warrior riding into battle atop some manner of steed, such as a Sand Sail or a Droth.
Weapon Specialization – Polearms, Two-handed Ranged Weapons, Shields
Starting Skill – Muscle
Abilities – When a mounted Dragoon makes a move action, they may pass through a single enemy occupied space. If they do so, the enemy does not get to make a Free Strike and the Dragoon’s mount may make an Unarmed Melee attack against that character.

Militant – A close in fighter who may have once been or may currently be a soldier.
Weapon Specialization – One-handed melee, Two-handed melee, Shields
Starting Skill – Intimidation
Abilities - When an ally, in an adjacent space, is struck by an enemy attack, you may roll a D6, on a 4+ the Militant becomes the new target of the attack, regardless of position in relation to the attacking enemy. If wielding a shield, also reduce this damage by one to a minimum of one.

Apothecary – A specialized field medic with the tools and know how to brew potions/ salves to heal or buff allies and hinder foes.
Weapon Specialization – One-handed melee
Starting Skill – First-Aid
Abilities – Other expedition members will not attack an Apothecary unless attacked first. Apothecaries also bring with them Healing Salves: 2AP, target self or adjacent ally, target regains 1D4 lost Hit Points. If applied to a downed ally, they will wake up and rejoin combat in the following round.

Hunter – A skilled tracker, outdoorsman and master of ranged combat.
Weapon Specialization – Two-handed Ranged Weapons, One-handed melee, Thrown
Starting Skill – Tracking
Abilities – Roll an extra die when making basic Attack Actions against a target that is adjacent to an ally, or ensnared by a Trap.

>Please vote for which occupation the main character will be. Each class has a starting skill. The next post will go over skills and allow an additional skill to be selected. As well, each class has a list of advancements they can gain at level up which will be covered when it comes up.

Hunter!

Dragoon

Hunter, or lizard wizard.

Dragoon

apothecary

apothecary sounds fun.

Apothecary

Mixes well with our gas me thinks

The gas requires us to be adjacent to the victim. Apothecaries won't be targeted unless they attack first, which means if we use the gas, we will be vulnerable and also next to an enemy.
It works best with a melee combat role or someone that doesn't mind getting into melee briefly, so either Ruffian, Dragoon, Militant, or Hunter. Non-winged Engsami are Tough so they work very well in the tank role.

Militant.

Apothecary, lizard doctor

>>1028588
Hunter or militant.

Dragoon
Let's violate the Harkness test.

Apothecary or Wizard - We are the Boss Nerd of this group, and we can hire other people for on-the-ground navigation if we run into a situation where flight isn't safe.

>Apothecary
Out of one of the most bloodthirsty races ever made, a humongous nerd is born.

>>1028625
You frighten me good sir.

I'm kind of feeling Archeology for some reason.

As for name, I think something short and simple would suit us best. Something people can easily call out if they need help sounds most fitting for an apothecary.

I'm thinking Oliver, or Olly for short.

Curtis Zisa.
Language lore, the best way to map unfamiliar lands is to ask the locals, and it's best to know when they are using nouns and not proper nouns.

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"Ah, an Apothecary! Yes, very good, The Customer will be in high demand in Orenthar! Many likelihoods for one to be injured in the wilds. Now, It believes there is just one more question to ask. Could The Customer please provide any other additional areas of expertise, and sign The Customer's name, please.

>Please select 1 additional skill to begin with. Additional skills may be gained, and/or improved, through Advancement later. Additionally, please suggest a first name for the male Engsami Apothecary, one will, likely, be randomly selected unless multiple suggestors back a single name.

To perform a skill, choose which skill from the character’s available list of skills you would like to perform. Roll 1D8 + the character’s MIND stat + the character’s rank in the skill. Compare the result to the skills target difficulty. Roll 1D4 instead if the character is currently engaged in melee (an enemy is occupying an adjacent space). All skills start at Rank 1.

Basic Skill list
Find Trap/ Secret – Detects traps, secret passages, or hidden items in any adjacent hexes

Bushcraft – Allows the character to gather food and/or construct makeshift shelters in the wild with very little equipment or supplies

Thievery – Allows a character to attempt to pilfer belongings from an adjacent target

Tracking – Allows a character to attempt to follow a trail left by an animal, character, or mobile object

First-Aid – Allows a character to attempt to stabilize an unconscious ally and prevent them from bleeding out. Additionally, this skill may be rolled after a combat encounter has concluded to allow all party members to regain 1 lost hit point.

Negotiate – Allows a character to attempt to improve the disposition of another character to make them more open to discussion or even possibly consider a non-violent solution to a problem.

Cooking – Allows the character to attempt to prepare enough food for a party of 4. Eating a good meal will fully heal a party member during a long rest.

Archeology – Allows the character to attempt to identify and interact with ancient artifacts.

Furtiveness – Allows the character to attempt to sneak past unaware characters. Only works if the character is outside direct line of sight, or able to hide in shadows.

Technomancy – Allows a character to use and maintain Technomancy devices.

Beast Lore – Allows a character to attempt to gather information on a creature or enemy type they have encountered more than once.

Arcane Lore – Allows a character to attempt to gather information on a spell or spell specialization they have encountered more than once.

Language Lore – Allows a character to attempt to gather information on unknown languages and attempt to learn to speak or read said languages after repeated exposure.

Intimidation – Allows a character to attempt to force one or more characters to back down or give information through display of force, or threat there of.

Muscle – Allows the character attempt to use their impressive strength to move heavy objects, force open sealed doors and other feats of strength.

> EXTRA SKILL
As we wish to be hands-on with the cartography (and there doesn't seem to be a dedicated skill for that), I'd pick Language Lore. (We'll definitely want to hire people with Find Trap/Secret, Tracking, and Archeology, though. Second opinions are important!)

Actually, is it possible to write in a Cartography skill? Whatever the case, let's hope our Mind stat is decent, of course.

> NAME
Kosroh is fine.

Technomancy

>skill
Cooking. It’s just chemistry, too.

>name
Ashtender, or Ash, of Greyvale.

Name: Tlipoca

Would first aid complement our profession or would it be redundant? Depending on the answer my vote is either this or technomancy. I guess we have some interest in the inner working of thing, living or not.

Negotiation - a healer would want to AVOID fights when possible

Cooking since I’m pretty sure our job makes the first aid skill redunded.

As for a name… Doc… it’s just what everyone calls me

Cooking, no one wants to have a garbage meal after a day of adventuring in unknown the unknown world. It'll keep our spirits up and when we find them, a good meal will keep morale for our allies.

Name: Sidzeek

Some people shorten it and call you Sid or Zee. That's usually people who are your friends which you don't have right now.

Technomancy.

We will heal through the power of medicine and technology.

>>1028638
Our name is Theseus
Skill:Thechnomancy

The Name's Jeb

Cooking for the skill. As a non-mashroom we probably arent going to be atarting with technomancy items and it will probabky be a while before we can get any. The mashrooms arent even part of the faction that got chosen.

Skill: Cooking
Name: Kosroh

>>1028686
This

considering how savage some engsami clans can be I'd like to think that if we do get cooking as a skill we would joke that anyone we can't save we can turn into rations.