Hodgepocalypse - Latin America - Part 6 - Classes of Latin America

Adventurer/Prowler

An altered style of Brazilian Jujutsu is common, and this class and path can be used to simulate this style.

Jiu jitsu submission.png Brazilian Jiu-jitsu news  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Adventurer/Scout

Explorers and Trailblazers are still needed.  Often homesteading requires a local guide who knows the way of the land and the info on new species is often sent back as records for topographical, geological, botanical, zoological and arcane information.   They often mark out paths for future travelers to transverse and have developed their own “travel code” based on pictures.

Argentina Scouts Band, 1920.jpg 1920 Public Domain

Adventurer/Scrap Foot 

Daredevils and Transporters abound and pay top dollar getting goods through this continent.

Trucks in Chungara–Tambo Quemado.jpg Roman Bonnefoy  GNU Free Documentation License, V

Adventurer/Troubleshooter

There is always a need for a person whom can fix the machinery that allows people to eke out an existence.    Some have garages/workshops that are more like fortresses.  Plus, the Cybercult often treats them like nobility.

Handyman photos Fix Barber Wilson diverter valve 21.JPG  TomwsulcerCreative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

Channeler/Faustian Mechanic 

This style of magical practice has only become common about 5 years ago when Lorenzo Legardo traveled to the Gazebo and opened shop to show how awesome he is.   Apparently, it worked because a lot of his students spread this magical technological lore like wildfire.

Superman-mechanical-monster.jpg Fleischer Brothers Public Domain

Channeler/Sentinel

The mixing of magic and weapon use is often justified by magical traditions of the past, which may or may not be based on fact.  Some explanations include ancient blood lines, directed connection of spirits, or the taking of heads to act as a power source.

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Channeler/Witch  

This class path can be used to simulate Brujos, Brujas or Curandero

Brujo.png S4d1k0  GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 

Combatant/Brute

Gangs of Riders scour the continent, engaging the bandits or dino-hunters.  This is also the class/path for ranchers that are tough enough to deal with the harsh lifestyle.

Gaucho1868b.jpg  1868 Public Domain

Combatant/Commander

A lot of the smaller kingdoms of South America often have compulsory military service and when their tour of duty is done, they often become two fisted freebooters seeking frame and fortune.

Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz (Brazil) Force Commander (8969161515).jpg MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani  

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Combatant/Deadeye

 From rogue dinosaurs to escaped experiments and dimensional predators, Deadeyes are professional marksmen who track the creatures no one else wants to face. Many earn their living collecting government bounties, while others protect remote settlements where a single well-placed shot can save dozens of lives.

Hunting shooting from blind, Hemmiing Mike, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

 Psychic/Eruptor

The Children of the Andes are one of South America's oldest psychic traditions. Rather than viewing psychic abilities as weapons, they see them as a responsibility entrusted by the mountains themselves. Their Eruptors specialize in manipulating cold, electricity, and fire to stabilize villages, redirect landslides, and protect mountain passes from monstrous wildlife.

 Firefighter from Brazil — Photo by Marcelo Camargo / Agência Brasil, licensed under CC BY 3.0 Brazil, via Wikimedia Commons

Psychic / Mentalist

The Quantum Fellowship presents itself as an organization devoted to peace, understanding, and universal harmony. Its members genuinely believe conflict can be eliminated if everyone simply becomes friends. Unfortunately, their definition of friendship often involves telepathically overriding another creature's free will. Whether calming a rampaging dinosaur, pacifying a hostile settlement, or quietly "correcting" political disagreements, the Fellowship rarely sees a moral distinction between persuasion and domination. To them, a peaceful mind is a happy mind—even if it was never given the choice.

Español: Robinson Carimán, hombre mapuche de Talca, Chile., Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Psychic/ Psycho-Warrior

Psi-Warriors are renowned for placing themselves between danger and those unable to defend themselves. Among the most legendary of these orders are the Old Blooded Plumbers, a secretive brotherhood devoted to protecting the continent from threats too dangerous for ordinary settlements to confront. Their saying, "Some things simply need draining," reflects their belief that when monsters, dimensional rifts, psychic horrors, or ancient evils threaten civilization, someone must quietly deal with the problem before anyone else even knows it existed.

Chile Mine Rescue (5075430391).jpg — Photograph by Hugo Infante / Government of Chile, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Psychic / Rocker

There is this legendary group of psychic musicians known as the Bandaras that one day rode into a town to seek vengeance for a lost love.

Mariachi plaza.jpg Kapela Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Ritualist/Artillery Mage

These are rare, but not unheard of.  Recently the North American gang known as the Wayward Spells ended up diving into the depths of the Amazon.  They befriended many local tribes and somehow their magics mixed to make a new breed of Artillery-mage:  The Sauro-caster.  Those that are brave enough to befriend a dinosaur mount to ride while throwing large area effect spells.

Carnaval de negros y blancos de Pasto, Colombia.jpg — Photograph by the author listed on the Wikimedia Commons file page, licensed under the Creative Commons license specified there, via Wikimedia Commons

Ritualist/Magister

Magic is not quite as common as it is in other parts of the world, but it’s not unheard of.  Organized magical practices are common in Chichen Itza, the Faculty of Sorcerous Intent at the Gazebo, and in Sacsayhuaman in the former state of Peru.

EdoMorales.jpg Fotografía de dominio público  GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 

Ritualist/Rainmaker

They are rare in South America, but most found are part of an organization known as Rainmaking Inc.  They have replaced more traditional attire for a three-piece powered suits and head across the continents to offer “weather at reasonable rates.”

Luis Fernando Correa Bahamón.jpg LFCGLOBAL GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 

New Classes

Channeler/Navighty:

These spellcasters believe in the internal connection of life and trees.  They use this link to show control over animals and plants.  The goal of the order is to achieve immortality in tree form.

(will do path if interest).

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New Concepts

Dino-Gaucho

You are a cowboy and you raise and herd dinosaurs

Background: Kinsperson

Species:  Haraak are practically born for dino busting.

Class/Path: Combatant/Brute

Shaximiao Formation dinosaurs.jpg ABelov2014 (https://abelov2014.deviantart.com/)  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Hoodlum/Tramp

You are a "never do well" that just cannot stay out of trouble.

Background: Vagabond

Species: Human are the most common, but honestly can be anybody.

Class/Path: Adventurer/Prowler 

Vagabond - painting by László Mednyánszky.jpg Szilas Public Domain

Jungle Mage

These wanders have a great understanding of the Flora and Fauna and now how to use it to heal and to harm.

Background: Kinsperson

Species:  Elves, Gnomes and Ungo have all made prominent jungle Mages.

Class/Path:  Channeler/Navighty 

Brachyteles hypoxanthus2.jpg Paulo B. Chaves  Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Mad Tinkerer

You have this tendency to wander off into the Jungle/Mountain and create a project just crazy enough to work.

troubleshooter build

Background: Fraternity/Sorority Sibling (they are usually associated with the Faculty of Sorcerous Intent and most likely hold a grudge).

Species:  Dwarf, Gnomes and Medusa are the most common after Humans.

Class/Path:  Channeler/Faustian Mechanic

Gaiman Montaje.jpg e Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Machete Master

You have a machete and you are there to beat the bad guys.

Background: Raider/Drifter

Species: Feylin and Harak are attracted to this magical world view more than any others.

Class/Path: Channeler/Sentinel

Metauten - Museo de la Trufa - Machete 01.jpg Basotxerri Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Mining Borg

You have sacrificed much of your body to dig out the precious material of the earth, ranging from metals and materials, to artifacts from the time before revelations, to the Terrorsaur’s Secrets.

Background: Kinsperson

Species: Human Cyborg is the most common

Class/Path: Combatant/Brute

Cerro Pan de Azúcar 07.jpg Hoverfish  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Pirate

Whether from the Caribbean or one of the other island chains, you travel the seas in search of plunder

Background: Raider/Drifter

Species: Elves and Haraak seems to most likely to be seafaring dogs

Class/Path:  Adventurer/Scout

Mary Read.jpg Unknown author Public Domain

Raptor Raised

You were raised by raptors and see the world through their eyes.

Background: Feral

Species:  The Haraak and Ungo are the most likely species to be adopted.

Class/Path:  Adventurer/Prowler

Gfp-dromaesaurs.jpg Yinan Chen  Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication

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