Void Born Characters
You have called the interior of a huge Imperial vessel or void-
station your home all your life, but now you have been thrust
into the company of others—people completely unlike your
peers amongst the void born—and the culture shock gnaws
at you. You feel awkward in the company of those born upon
worlds, an outsider, distrusted and strange, in their eyes. You
come into your own when your expertise is required, however,
and what to others may be stark terrors are old familiar
enemies to you. Unlike the world born, you are not blinded
by ignorance when confronted by psychic phenomena, warp
anomalies, and the strange technology of void-ships, and as
such, your kind make the best Void-masters and Astropaths. As
long as common dirt-dwellers stand in awe or fear of you, they
will cease trying to make you fit into their strange cultures and
will leave you to your own ways and your own secrets.
Characteristic Modifiers: –5 Strength, +5 Willpower
Starting Skills: All void born can speak a language unique
to their home vessel. Void born gain the Speak Language (Ship
Dialect) Skill.
Charmed: The void born are touched by the fickle powers
of the warp, making them preternaturally lucky. Whenever a
void born character spends a Fate Point (though not if he burns
one), roll a 1d10. On the roll of a natural 9, the Fate Point is
not lost.
Ill-omened: Whether because of their strange looks,
clannish ways, or unwholesome air, the void born are shunned
and mistrusted by most. In addition, the void born are most
likely to attract any negative attention that the party of Explorers
creates—accusations of deceit in trade, disgruntled negotiators,
mobs armed with stones, and so on. Because of this, void born
characters suffer a –5 penalty on all Fellowship Tests made to
interact with non-void born humans.
Shipwise: Birthed in the depths of a voidfaring craft,
the void born have a natural affinity for such vehicles. As a
result, Navigation (Stellar) (Int) and Pilot (Spacecraft) (Ag) are
untrained Basic Skills (instead of Advanced Skills) for void
born characters.
Void Accustomed: Due to their strange and unnatural
childhood, the void born are used to the vagaries of changing
gravity. They are immune to space travel sickness. In addition,
zero- or low-gravity environments are not considered Difficult
Terrain for void born characters.
Starting Wounds: Void born characters double their starting
Toughness Bonus and add 1d5 to the result to determine their
starting number of Wounds.
Starting Fate Points: Roll 1d10 to determine a void born
character’s starting Fate Points. On a 1–5, he begins with 3
Fate Points; on a 6–10, he begins with 4 Fate Points.