GEAR and TRAINED SKILLS

so i read this post over on scrap princess' blog and I thought about putting something like that over in my system. so something like that is going in my system.

at character creation, you may choose a background/past life/whatever that helps determine what kind of thing your character is, and also helps determine some starting gear and trained skills. TRAINED SKILLS are very fluid, and are anything that could be said to pertain to your character's background. if you can say how it is related, then you receive a +2 bonus to your chances with the skill check. a past life will also describe what your armaments are like, but those will tend to be determined individually.

all of the pasts listed in scrap's post are options for your character, in addition to the ones below (more are forthcoming):

1. CLERGY of AHJAX
Starts with:
The Olde Booke of Saints and Things, holy symbols of some saint, a mouth filled with holy words
your weapons and armor are:
simply crafted and varied

2. FOLLOWER of THE GRAVEYARD
Starts with:
a pet of some sort, rotting clothing, a corpse-like body, symbiotic fungus or plants
your weapons and armor are:
old, dusty, rusty, and rotting

3. INDUSTRIALIST
Starts with:
a wallet full of cash, a factory somewhere, the prototype of some new machine (very flimsy)
your weapons and armor are:
fancy and state-of-the-art

4. DRUID
Starts with:
nothing but the skin on your back and the teeth in your mouth. maybe some stuff made from sticks
your weapons and armor are:
fur, skin, sticks, poop, blood

5. BROUGHT UP by ORCAS
note: this is one of only two backgrounds chooseable by orcas, but it can also be chosen by other races
Starts with:
the skin of your mother/father, a sack filled with fish
your weapons and armor are:
made of bone, teeth, driftwood, and skin

6. GOBLIN CHILD
Starts with:
chamberpot, piece of junk, a handful of dirty mice
your weapons and armor are:
made from garbage and human waste

7. FACTORY WORKER
Starts with:
a meager paycheck, a dirty uniform, shoddily-made product, factory slang
your weapons and armor are:
hand-me-down, cheap

8. TIME TRAVELER
Starts with:
things that do not exist yet
your weapons and armor are:
shiny, futuristic

9. NEWBORN of a ROVING FACTORY
note: this can only be chosen by robot characters
Starts with:
small pieces of tech, nothing else
your weapons and armor are:
parts of your body

10. REHABILITATED MONSTER
note: this is one of only two backgrounds chooseable by orca and elf characters
Starts with:
beautiful grey uniform, pleasant manners, nice books, packed lunch, brainwashed mind
your weapons and armor are:
clean and pristine

11. CANNIBAL
Starts with:
cooking utensils, On Person Preparation (a cookbook), bloody apron
your weapons and armor are:
actually cooking gear

12. ELFIN SADIST (or CHANGELING)
note: this is only chooseable by elf characters (unless your character is a child stolen by the elves)
Starts with:
torture gear, weird alien pet, otherworldly outlook and appearance, sharp teeth and claws
your weapons and armor are:
edgy, violent, bloody, alien

13. MAMMAL ENTHUSIAST (or FURRY)
note: this can only be chosen by non-mammals
Starts with:
fursuit, book on mammals, lice
your weapons and armor are:
patterned after claws and other mammal-things

as stated earlier, more are forthcoming