Aged

Source book: Bullets & Bandages

Bonus: 7, 14, or 21 Karma

Aged characters have been around the block a time or two and lived to tell about it. They have made mistakes, but they were tough, smart, or just plain lucky enough to survive them. For each decade of life at age 50 or above, a character with the Aged quality gains 7 Karma (+7 for ages 50-59, +14 for ages 60-69, +21 for ages 70+). Additionally, for each decade of age, the character gains 5 bonus points worth of Knowledge skills, but his physical attribute maximums, including the maximum augmented attributes, are each reduced by 1. At the gamemaster’s discretion, the character may face bonuses or penalties to certain social inter- actions, due to people’s biases and prejudices about his advanced age. Note that this quality may only be taken at character creation.