Stern

Earth Codex

You keep your feelings bottled up to protect yourself and others. You've seen hard times firsthand and whining about problems doesn't usually seem to fix them. Instead, grit and determination tend to save the day. You've got plenty of those. You probably find yourself leading by example; actually talking to people opens you up to all sorts of emotions you'd rather didn't exist.

• Tough Cookie: +2 to each of your Might and Intellect Pools.
• Skill: Your carefully crafted mindset and grizzled physique grant you training in both Intellect and Might Defense.
• Inability: You suffer a one step increase to the Difficulty Level of tasks involving emotion (e.g. conveying sympathy, noticing emotional changes, riling up crowds, etc.).