What does your character do for a living when adventuring isn't paying the bills?

Credit card fraud.

Was a Mercenary and Blacksmith, now a Mercenary Captain

Scams townfolk using weighted dice and illusion magic.
Steals items from shops to sell to other shops a few towns over.
Runs a street side beer stand, using a bottomless keg of well beer to flagrantly undercut the local taverns before she gets chased out of town by angry tavern keepers and city guard.

>mind control women at clubs to get into their beds
Fucken' murder hobos

Lives in the woods off of food he's planted and all that shit that just sorta GROWS THERE. If he's stuck in a city he gambles. And grumbles about being in a fucking city I don't even like people I mean goddamn. Granted, despite this he's a charming devil.

Becomes captain of the guard in whatever shithole town he's in, crime virtually stops happening all of a sudden for no discernible reason.

Last character was polymorphed into a cat. He makes enough he can just do fuck all between adventures and live in an empty mead barrel outside of town. He used to sing and write songs. Can't really do that when you're a fucking cat.

And no, D, he will not move in with your cunt of a sorcerer.

Sell weapons of questionable quality to people who don't know how to shoot guns in the first place at a huge markup.

Owns a thieves guild and a tavern.
[/spoiler Might also steal from nobles]

Repossession agent. It's where he developed his skill set in the first place.

Are you Sam or Dean?

he makes unethical pleasure servitors to sell to corrupt decadent aristocrats

...

Mercenary scout and professional gambler/bookmaker with the occasional grand larceny.

He works at the local hospital. Has a degree and everything.

Professional Boxer.

He's a private investigator by trade, and shadowruns when that just isn't paying the bills (it doesn't help that he often does P.I. work for free if his client can't afford his services).

Well, my last character would go back to pit fighting and maybe a little body guard work on the side. If he's offered than he will take any jobs for the local crime lords that require some muscle.

The one prior to that is a professional soldier, serving as a war wizard for his country. So he's got a job. If he's not being sent on a quest for his country then he's training others at the academy.

Before that, he's a scummy thief with a gambling problem. He probably just gambles his most recent haul and lives off the winnings. Always paying his thieves guild dues.

Prior to that, as a miner turned fighter he could probably go back to that life but would likely take up work as a caravan guard before returning to mining.

Fashion design and climbing the corporate ladder; going and putting on guerilla concerts and sometimes releasing sex tapes.

Being a fashionista diva is harsh work, but the #1 way to sell albums is get in the news.

Paints scenes of his adventures. He's somewhat well known for it, if not wealthy from it.

L5R - Scorpion Courtier
>Makes trade deals with other clans
>Is a contact for shinobi teams
>Is the literal son of a drug cartel boss

Shadowrun - Human Street Sam
>Shadowrunning is how she pays the bills
>Works at dad's car shop on occasion
>Makes explosives and drugs on commission (gotta make use of that Chemistry degree somehow)

D&D 5E - Human Fighter
>Once a town guard (given leave by militia commander)
>Dabbled in blacksmithing for a while (fixed the group's fittings, armour repairs, etc.)
>Would probably go back after the war.

7th Sea - Avalonian Servant/Assassin
>Serves Queen Elaine
>Knows about twenty different ways on how to carve a pig
>Probably go back to serving

Star Wars - Flawed Imperial Stormtrooper
>Literal idiot [Identification Serial is ID-1070]
>Loyal to the Empire
>Has a fuckhueg gun collection

Pic related.

My Stone Sorcerer is a nobleman by deed, merged his house with another through marriage and adventures to discover the source of his power while his step father and wife run their lands. He doesn't need money, if he needs money while adventuring he can probably loan it from a local Lord with the promise of repayment.

>Steampunk storm trooper
He makes a living by working at a factory that turns raw metals into eating utensils. When that's not going on he's kicking in doors blasting fucks with a Howley automatic rifle and chuckin' grenades.

...

He is a professional murder hobo whe adventuring doesn't pay

Singer, actor, musician, artist, artisan, fencing instructor, duellist, scheming to scam nobles.

Basically everything except hard/boring manual work.

Adventure harder, faggot

Serve as the champion for nobles or merchants and bang their daughters or wives.

The latter got him into trouble slwhen a noble found out...and let it continue, because his wife was annoying, jealous, clingy, and vindictive. He learned a valuable lesson, so now he mostly just does what he's paid to do.

Pillage and burn towns.

Hunting monsters and assassinating nobles.

Scammer and conspirator.

My character rents itself out as a security drone and/or companion to the highest bidder.

One does mercenary work. He's since loosened up the definition of the word to include being a caravan guard, bodyguard, and that guy who beats on the fucker who slept with your wife.

When he's not doing that, he doesn't pay bills. Tax man doesn't know where his shack in the woods is, and he's content to poach the king's deer and fish in the king's river while he maintains nobody knowing where he is.

Fence all the stuff he stole from his last job, then try and live as cheaply as possible (sometimes on the streets) and claims welfare until the next job comes around.

My character is a 13 y-o. He aint paying bills.
His abilities lie in not being noticed by anyone ever and listening to people's conversations to discover secrets

Are you playing a shadowrun version of a pone because you are despicable if you are

Nothing, he set aside a personal stipend from the massive amounts of money he is making from killing vampires, because they turn into crystals when they die in this setting and those crystals are a primary ritual reagent and thus always in high demand.

Vampire Hunting: Not just a hobby

But I bought a little kitty bed for him and everything! It'd be better than sleeping near the woods at the edge of town.

I don't have a character right now, so I'll talk about my players.

They took over a goblin fortress, poured tons of money into it, and started a hunter's guild. They pay bounties on dangerous monsters. The bounties are paid by the sale of monster meat. The players keep their loot there and go back when they want to train.

It's a very successful place, since now that the goblin lands are conquered, their fortress is sitting right on the new main trade route.

Homeless Etsy seller. The group stopped me from living in the base's lab after I partially freed our captive vampire so I could have a gaming buddy.

Currently building a small house inside an abandoned ice cream factory after Jedi min-tricking the security guards to think I'm the owner. Using a weak fae creature in a jar, which I stole from base, to create minor masterworks, which I sell on Etsy as commission pieces.

Robbery, Brigandry, and Piracy. Hunting too, I guess.

Merchantry

He's a count, so nobleman things

>Half-orc Barbarian
Works as a bouncer of the most prestigious brothel in the city. He also holds a share of stocks for a gem mine that he gets money from weekly... If given the chance, he would become captain of the guard.

>Tiefling Warlock
Either becomes a prostitute or works as a diplomat for really wealthy people.

Research, and magic for hire. Yet to encounter a problem that cannot be solved by the liberal application of magic.

My character never finishes off villains so that they continue to rob commoners and the character regularly drops by to rob and beat up the villain. Just like in the OP's picture.

Those are all things real mercenaries did though.

Is that okay that none of my characters are "adventurers"? I already couldn't take them seriously when I was 12

This is why I had a great time playing an angry old UCAS Army vet who hated trogs because he was old enough to remember the riots

He's rich so he probably just chills out and hires as a live in concubine

If he had to? Probably simple manual labor, really anything that was available.

Mostly though he trains. This involves hitting rocks a lot and incessantly practicing his martial arts in other mind numbingily dull ways. Which is fine because while dumb as a post, he is essentially the Forrest Gump of martial artists. He both enjoys the activity for itself, and if he gets bored (unlikely) he knows he HAS to train. This is not optional.

As a result, he has basic principals but he's the "lawful stupid" party member. His reaction to everything is very unnuanced and black and white. He will deliver the judgement of the heavens if this is appropriate. If action is needed he will not hesistate.

Also immune to many forms of subterfuge because he Trains and Delivers Judgement, and he's kinda dumb. You try to talk him into doing the wrong thing, he calls bullshit in a crude but basically correct fashion and punches you in the face. A lot.

Ooh I remember that thread, no one screencapped that?

He can still write songs he just needs someone to take dictation

And if he can teach himself to yowl his songs, he's basically a fucking variety act that could rake in shit tons of money

>MILF commander

Best. Job. Ever.

Hires out a few of his constructs as bodyguards or heavy duty manual labourers.

His spindly wizard limbs aren't cut out for any form of labour, and he's too socially retarded to get a real job anyway.

If you go on adventures, you're an adventurer.

Doesn't mean you have to be a professional adventurer, but you're still an adventurer.

I've 3 on the go at the moment:

One works as a cop, the adventuring happens around that.

The other's a paladin, of the hold no material wealth variety. so when not performing holy works he'd be supported by the church and or the donations of the faithful.

The last is a deranged killer who believes murder is the highest form of art, and I'm not sure the concept of bills even factors into his world view.
>" bills?, who can put a price! On 'my', ART! "
or something along those lines

the Alan moore one get's me every time

No. Fuck you. He already spent time as a bookend on your shelf.

Could always dig through the archives to find it.

I was going to ask my GM if I could spend some exp and coin and have him learn the bagpipes.

Game came to a close though. No I'm back to being GM.

Bagpipes seems like the worst instrument for a cat

is this a joke about what they're made of?

>have him learn the bagpipes
do want

My Shadowrun character worked a bunch of part-time jobs (mostly in a maid cafe), and ran a youtube channel where she talked about shadowrunning while wearing skimpy outfits.
She also had a sugar daddy, but he'd already spent a shitton of money on her cyberware suite and the medical care related to needing it (she fell off a truck and got run over by it; NEVER vehicle-hop while wearing rollerskates) before the game started.

>and ran a youtube channel where she talked about shadowrunning while wearing skimpy outfits.
I WANT LA TO LEAVE

Nah I just want him to march through a dungeon struggling to play the pipes without thumbs.

As a necromancer, when I'm not fighting them, I offer grief-counselling services with the local mages guilds.
I believe it's a valuable service to be able to get closure for some people so they can move on, unlike me.
We also provide:
- Reconciliation.
- Youth Programs.
- Crisis Hot-pigeons.
- And much more.

Relying on a nearby church or something. He's a paladin knight-errant, not a businessman.
Besides, almost every church knows his order as the holy equivalent of spec ops commandos. They may be a little scared of the reputation, but there's no way they wouldn't spare a meal or a bed.

He and the rest of the party run a bar that they got by fighting its owner, most of the clientele, and the bar itself (who was a treant) to the death.

Now he runs the nightly fight club.

He's a low-ranking (almost) officer in the local militia. The pay isn't great, but food and lodging is provided.

So I guess he'd spend time there, perhaps trying to climb the ranks. If that doesn't work out, there's always the family farm.

He goes back to being a bodyguard for a minor noble or being what is essentially the sheriff for the town that noble owns

>paying the bills
This is why taking Survival as a skill is important. You just buy some hole with adventurer funds, don't bother with utilities because it's medieval times, and hunt your own damn food. And if you accidentally too much food, then just sell it to the butcher for a third what he charges, not like you need money anyway.

He's a fur trader during his spare time, though he occasionally sells monster bits from kills too. He actually keeps a list of what seems to be in frequently high demand so he can get hold of it when the chance arises.

Runs a 'legitimate' shipping business.

Too bad, nyah. The fluffy tail is here to stay.

And besides, when your CHA is higher than your INT, you're pretty much stuck with 'youtube attention whore'.

Test pilot for a mega corp on mars in 2280

He's a Rogue fucking Trader.
That very concept disgusts and insults him.

martiel meme

And not pro wrestler?

He's a hobo who lives innawoods inbetween taking jobs to pay for his booze.

Runs a merc unit, so he's always adventuring.

One character hires himself out as a bodyguard, bouncer, hired thug, mercenary, arena fighter, anything fighting related that isn't joining the town guard or local military. (NE Male Human Fighter)

Another just hunts and lives off the land (TN
Male Dark Elf Fighter), or at least he used to. These days he's so rich he could adventure for another thousand years, feasting and whoring every chance he gets and still not have to sell of any of his magic items.

Another heals the sick/wounded with his innovative magicks (CG Male Human Wizard, specifically a Hemomancer), or at least he used to before he became a vampire (complete accident I swear). He now feeds on the blood of those he has deemed guilty when he runs out of "donations" for his research/food stores.

My take on the halfling thief character owned a tavern/inn and ran it in his spare time. When he came back from a particularly lucrative adventure with enough money to buy the competition, I spent the rest of the session playing monopoly rather than DnD.
His tomb is a pyramid made of platinum btw.

Could easily have one modified with valves that can be used with claws.

I had a Shadowrun char that did "field research and testing" for a ammo manufacturing sub-division.

Part time work and explanation for AP-Sabot rounds for his long rifle.

Runs an inn and wonders why in the Nine Hells people can't use the damn napkins she provides with every drink to prevent stains on the table.

Oh, is that what the napkins are supposed to be for?

Nah, the Filipino government recently convinced MILF to give up the child soldiers. That's got to be tough to deal with. How are they going to ss now?

THEY'RE PROVIDED
WITH THE DRINKS
AND THEN YOU BASTARDS
MOVE THEM OFF
FOR NO REASON AT ALL

AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH

Surgeon, enchanter, psychiatrist, translator, mystic scholar, historian, archaeologist, craftsman, clothier, exorcism specialist, spellcaster, and Gaira Dragon fucker.

Ever since that adventure in not!Central Asia, she's had a side job as a discreet purveyor of top quality opium to the nobility.

Gunsmithing and the occasional freelance merc job.

Adventure harder.