Commoner Occupation Traits

After gaining some experience in a specific role, a commoner might gain a trait to represent that life experience and basic training, as the NPC advances to Commoner-2. Not every commoner gains an occupational Trait, a few might gain a second trait at level three, however, they can never gain more than two traits in this way. These house ruled traits are specific to Commoners, and are designed to help make Commoner NPCs a bit more rounded. They are not available to characters of other classes.

You will notice that there are a lot of free, or very cheap, simple weapons listed as proficiencies in these tables. They aren't meant to replicate the skills of properly trained warriors, but give the NPC a bit of assistance as they do their job.

Military traits mean commoners can take a very minor military role. See this page for full-time military roles for commoners.

The Watch might serve the town or a private employer, and their job is to raise the alarm (perhaps with an alarm whistle) rather than to deal with an intruder personally. Auxiliaries work in military bases or vessels - they are trained to support the defence of their site/vessel.

These Occupational Traits come from experience - two or three years doing the same job regularly or training with the militia, can give a commoner a basic skill in just about any field. These are just a few of the most obvious one.

• Weapon represents the single weapon that any commoner can learn.
• Bonus might be an extra weapon proficiency, or a class skill.
• Skill is a Skill that the commoner must take as they progress to L2 - and represents their training in the field.

Note 1: Weapon skill appropriate to their craft.

These are conventional traits available to anyone, that can (in the right circumstances) be seen as appropriate 'occupational' traits for commoners. There are probably others, but I haven't spotted them yet.