# New profession

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008>\
**Category:** The Lab\
**Created:** [June 29, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008 "2013-06-29T19:26:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 19\
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**Author:** ![Zireael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zireael/32/956_2.png) [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/1 "2013-06-29T19:26:36Z")

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Here is a new profession I made, since the shelters are so ridiculously understocked.

`{
  "ident": "survivalist",
  "name": "Survivalist",
  "description":
"You are well-equipped to survive, which will undoubtedly prove invaluable. \nNow you finally get in, and the whole world goes to shit.\nYou start out with some military gear.",
  "points": 7,
  "items": ["pants_cargo", "tank_top", "pot", "rucksack", "bandages", "knife_combat", "water_clean"],
  "skills" : [
     {
      "name" : "survival",
      "level" : 2
     },
    {
      "name" : "firstaid",
      "level" : 2
     },
    {
      "name" : "melee",
      "level" : 1
     },
	 {
      "name" : "dodge",
      "level" : 1
     }
]
 },
`

I wish I knew how to mod traits, an “Easy Sleeper” positive trait (strong rivalry with Heavy Sleeper) would be nice 🙂

I also think the crafting system could use a few minor tweaks, these will be coming later.

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**Author:** ![vache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ea666f/32.png) [@vache](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vache)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/2 "2013-06-30T02:32:09Z")

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I’d like to have a chef profession, starts with cooking at a decent level, a pot and a butcher knife, maybe some seasoning, cooking level 3-4. Cost 3-4 points, for the nice starting weapon and the pot mostly.

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**Author:** ![Zireael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zireael/32/956_2.png) [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 9:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/3 "2013-06-30T09:26:04Z")

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Here’s the chef.

`{
  "ident": "chef",
  "name": "Chef",
  "description":
"You used to run a restaurant in town.",
  "points": 4,
  "items": ["pants", "pot", "knife_butcher"],
   "skills" : [
     {
      "name" : "cooking",
      "level" : 3
     }
 ]
 },`

And here’s another profession.

`{
  "ident": "tinkerer",
  "name": "Tinkerer",
  "description":
"You've always loved tinkering with stuff. Now this may increase your chances to survive",
  "points": 5,
  "items": ["pants_cargo", "tank_top", "pot", "rucksack", "wrench", "water_clean"],
  "skills" : [
     {
      "name" : "mechanics",
      "level" : 1
     },
    {
      "name" : "tailoring",
      "level" : 1
     },
    {
      "name" : "electronics",
      "level" : 1
     },
	 {
      "name" : "construction",
      "level" : 1
     }
]
 },`

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**Author:** ![Senrain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/senrain/32/11388_2.png) [@Senrain](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Senrain)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/4 "2013-06-30T10:44:02Z")

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I want a gotta go fast profession

No clothes except a pair of fitting sneakers.

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/5 "2013-06-30T18:34:42Z")

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Hey dude, i tried to add your proffessions while making one to myself, and i got this.

[code][  
{  
“ident”: “unemployed”,  
“name”: “Unemployed”,  
“description”:  
“They say you don’t have any ‘useful skills’, but at least your clothes fit\nwell.”,  
“points”: 0,  
“items”: [“jeans”, “tshirt”, “sneakers”]  
},

{  
“ident”: “tailor”,  
“name”: “Tailor”,  
“description”:  
“You’ve made and adjusted clothing for some of the biggest names in town.\nNow, their undead bodies are trying to eat your brains. At least you’ll be\nable to keep your own clothing repaired.”,  
“points”: 1,  
“items”: [“polo\_shirt”, “blazer”, “pants”, “dress\_shoes”, “sewing\_kit”, “scissors”, “manual\_tailor”]  
},

{  
“ident”: “labtech”,  
“name”: “Lab Technician”,  
“description”:  
“It was your first day in the lab when the cataclysm hit. You were evacuated\nwith all the civilians, but at least you kept your lab gear.”,  
“points”: 1,  
“items”: [“dress\_shirt”, “pants”, “boots”, “coat\_lab”, “gloves\_rubber”, “glasses\_safety”]  
},

{  
“ident”: “mechanic”,  
“name”: “Wannabe Mechanic”,  
“description”:  
“Although you never got your driver’s license, you’ve always loved cars.\nYou start with a wrench, a toolbelt, and some car-related reading material.”,  
“points”: 2,  
“items”: [“tank\_top”, “jeans”, “boots”, “beltrig”, “wrench”, “mag\_cars”, “manual\_mechanics”]  
},

{  
“ident”: “scoundrel”,  
“name”: “Scoundrel”,  
“description”:  
“Your flexible outlook on law has ensured your survival, but now what?\nYou start with cargo pants, a hoodie, “sundries”, and one additional level of melee.”,  
“points”: 2,  
“items”: [“tank\_top”, “hoodie”, “pants\_cargo”, “sneakers”, “weed”, “picklocks”],  
“skills” : [  
{  
“name” : “melee”,  
“level” : 1  
}  
]  
},

{  
“ident”: “smoker”,  
“name”: “Chain Smoker”,  
“description”:  
“Everyone at work knew you as the person who always had a cigarette or two\nin hand. Now, you’re down to a single pack, and you hope you find more soon.\nYou start out with a strong nicotine addiction, and 10 cigarettes.”,  
“points”: -1,  
“items”: [“pants”, “dress\_shirt”, “dress\_shoes”, “cig”],  
“addictions”: [  
{  
“type”: “nicotine”,  
“intensity”: 10  
}  
]  
}  
{  
“ident”: “survivalist”,  
“name”: “Survivalist”,  
“description”:  
“You are well-equipped to survive, which will undoubtedly prove invaluable. \nNow you finally get in, and the whole world goes to shit.\nYou start out with some military gear.”,  
“points”: 7,  
“items”: [“pants\_cargo”, “tank\_top”, “pot”, “rucksack”, “bandages”, “knife\_combat”, “water\_clean”],  
“skills” : [  
{  
“name” : “survival”,  
“level” : 2  
},  
{  
“name” : “firstaid”,  
“level” : 2  
},  
{  
“name” : “melee”,  
“level” : 1  
},  
{  
“name” : “dodge”,  
“level” : 1  
}  
},  
{  
“ident”: “chef”,  
“name”: “Chef”,  
“description”:  
“You used to run a restaurant in town.”,  
“points”: 4,  
“items”: [“pants”, “pot”, “knife\_butcher”],  
“skills” : [  
{  
“name” : “cooking”,  
“level” : 3  
}  
},  
{  
“ident”: “tinkerer”,  
“name”: “Tinkerer”,  
“description”:  
“You’ve always loved tinkering with stuff. Now this may increase your chances to survive”,  
“points”: 5,  
“items”: [“pants\_cargo”, “tank\_top”, “pot”, “rucksack”, “wrench”, “water\_clean”],  
“skills” : [  
{  
“name” : “mechanics”,  
“level” : 1  
},  
{  
“name” : “tailoring”,  
“level” : 1  
},  
{  
“name” : “electronics”,  
“level” : 1  
},  
{  
“name” : “construction”,  
“level” : 1  
}  
},  
{  
“ident”: “prepper”,  
“name”: “Prepper”,  
“description”:  
“You always were a person prepared for the cataclysm”,  
“points”: 5,  
“items”: [“pants\_cargo”, “tank\_top”, “gasmask”, “rucksack”, “selfbow”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “water\_clean”],  
“skills” : [  
{  
“name” : “mechanics”,  
“level” : 2  
},  
{  
“name” : “archery”,  
“level” : 2  
},  
]  
[/code]

But it seems that my Cataclysm wont work anymore. What happened?

Can you fix this code?

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**Author:** ![TheGrifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/6 "2013-06-30T19:30:32Z")

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I’ve got a profession for you.

{  
“ident”: “Buffalo Bill”,  
“name”: “Buffalo Bill”,  
“description”:“Goodbye horses, I’m dying over you…”,  
“points”: 2,  
“items”: [“womansuit”, “ruger\_redhawk”, “44magnum”, “knife\_combat”, “human\_flesh”, “sewing\_kit”, “human\_flesh”, “goggles\_nv”, “UPS\_off”]  
},

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**Author:** ![Icariam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Icariam](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Icariam)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/7 "2013-06-30T20:32:01Z")

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@Stopsignal  
I pasted your profession snippet to json editor on [http://www.jsoneditoronline.org/](http://www.jsoneditoronline.org/) and it seems that there are some syntax errors, which might be the reason why game refuses to load. The version in spoilers should hopefully work, if it does not - check if you got your item and skill references correctly.

```auto
[
    {
        "ident": "unemployed",
        "name": "Unemployed",
        "description": "They say you don't have any 'useful skills', but at least your clothes fit\nwell.",
        "points": 0,
        "items": [
            "jeans",
            "tshirt",
            "sneakers"
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "tailor",
        "name": "Tailor",
        "description": "You've made and adjusted clothing for some of the biggest names in town.\nNow, their undead bodies are trying to eat your brains. At least you'll be\nable to keep your own clothing repaired.",
        "points": 1,
        "items": [
            "polo_shirt",
            "blazer",
            "pants",
            "dress_shoes",
            "sewing_kit",
            "scissors",
            "manual_tailor"
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "labtech",
        "name": "Lab Technician",
        "description": "It was your first day in the lab when the cataclysm hit. You were evacuated\nwith all the civilians, but at least you kept your lab gear.",
        "points": 1,
        "items": [
            "dress_shirt",
            "pants",
            "boots",
            "coat_lab",
            "gloves_rubber",
            "glasses_safety"
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "mechanic",
        "name": "Wannabe Mechanic",
        "description": "Although you never got your driver's license, you've always loved cars.\nYou start with a wrench, a toolbelt, and some car-related reading material.",
        "points": 2,
        "items": [
            "tank_top",
            "jeans",
            "boots",
            "beltrig",
            "wrench",
            "mag_cars",
            "manual_mechanics"
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "scoundrel",
        "name": "Scoundrel",
        "description": "Your flexible outlook on law has ensured your survival, but now what?\nYou start with cargo pants, a hoodie, \"sundries\", and one additional level of melee.",
        "points": 2,
        "items": [
            "tank_top",
            "hoodie",
            "pants_cargo",
            "sneakers",
            "weed",
            "picklocks"
        ],
        "skills": [
            {
                "name": "melee",
                "level": 1
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "smoker",
        "name": "Chain Smoker",
        "description": "Everyone at work knew you as the person who always had a cigarette or two\nin hand. Now, you're down to a single pack, and you hope you find more soon.\nYou start out with a strong nicotine addiction, and 10 cigarettes.",
        "points": -1,
        "items": [
            "pants",
            "dress_shirt",
            "dress_shoes",
            "cig"
        ],
        "addictions": [
            {
                "type": "nicotine",
                "intensity": 10
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "survivalist",
        "name": "Survivalist",
        "description": "You are well-equipped to survive, which will undoubtedly prove invaluable. \nNow you finally get in, and the whole world goes to shit.\nYou start out with some military gear.",
        "points": 7,
        "items": [
            "pants_cargo",
            "tank_top",
            "pot",
            "rucksack",
            "bandages",
            "knife_combat",
            "water_clean"
        ],
        "skills": [
            {
                "name": "survival",
                "level": 2
            },
            {
                "name": "firstaid",
                "level": 2
            },
            {
                "name": "melee",
                "level": 1
            },
            {
                "name": "dodge",
                "level": 1
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "chef",
        "name": "Chef",
        "description": "You used to run a restaurant in town.",
        "points": 4,
        "items": [
            "pants",
            "pot",
            "knife_butcher"
        ],
        "skills": [
            {
                "name": "cooking",
                "level": 3
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "tinkerer",
        "name": "Tinkerer",
        "description": "You've always loved tinkering with stuff. Now this may increase your chances to survive",
        "points": 5,
        "items": [
            "pants_cargo",
            "tank_top",
            "pot",
            "rucksack",
            "wrench",
            "water_clean"
        ],
        "skills": [
            {
                "name": "mechanics",
                "level": 1
            },
            {
                "name": "tailoring",
                "level": 1
            },
            {
                "name": "electronics",
                "level": 1
            },
            {
                "name": "construction",
                "level": 1
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "prepper",
        "name": "Prepper",
        "description": "You always were a person prepared for the cataclysm",
        "points": 5,
        "items": [
            "pants_cargo",
            "tank_top",
            "gasmask",
            "rucksack",
            "selfbow",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "water_clean"
        ],
        "skills": [
            {
                "name": "mechanics",
                "level": 2
            },
            {
                "name": "archery",
                "level": 2
            }
        ]
    }
]
```

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/8 "2013-06-30T20:38:03Z")

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[quote=“Icariam, post:7, topic:2008”]@Stopsignal  
I pasted your profession snippet to json editor on [http://www.jsoneditoronline.org/](http://www.jsoneditoronline.org/) and it seems that there are some syntax errors, which might be the reason why game refuses to load. The version in spoilers should hopefully work, if it does not - check if you got your item and skill references correctly.

[spoiler]

```auto
[
    {
        "ident": "unemployed",
        "name": "Unemployed",
        "description": "They say you don't have any 'useful skills', but at least your clothes fit\nwell.",
        "points": 0,
        "items": [
            "jeans",
            "tshirt",
            "sneakers"
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "tailor",
        "name": "Tailor",
        "description": "You've made and adjusted clothing for some of the biggest names in town.\nNow, their undead bodies are trying to eat your brains. At least you'll be\nable to keep your own clothing repaired.",
        "points": 1,
        "items": [
            "polo_shirt",
            "blazer",
            "pants",
            "dress_shoes",
            "sewing_kit",
            "scissors",
            "manual_tailor"
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "labtech",
        "name": "Lab Technician",
        "description": "It was your first day in the lab when the cataclysm hit. You were evacuated\nwith all the civilians, but at least you kept your lab gear.",
        "points": 1,
        "items": [
            "dress_shirt",
            "pants",
            "boots",
            "coat_lab",
            "gloves_rubber",
            "glasses_safety"
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "mechanic",
        "name": "Wannabe Mechanic",
        "description": "Although you never got your driver's license, you've always loved cars.\nYou start with a wrench, a toolbelt, and some car-related reading material.",
        "points": 2,
        "items": [
            "tank_top",
            "jeans",
            "boots",
            "beltrig",
            "wrench",
            "mag_cars",
            "manual_mechanics"
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "scoundrel",
        "name": "Scoundrel",
        "description": "Your flexible outlook on law has ensured your survival, but now what?\nYou start with cargo pants, a hoodie, \"sundries\", and one additional level of melee.",
        "points": 2,
        "items": [
            "tank_top",
            "hoodie",
            "pants_cargo",
            "sneakers",
            "weed",
            "picklocks"
        ],
        "skills": [
            {
                "name": "melee",
                "level": 1
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "smoker",
        "name": "Chain Smoker",
        "description": "Everyone at work knew you as the person who always had a cigarette or two\nin hand. Now, you're down to a single pack, and you hope you find more soon.\nYou start out with a strong nicotine addiction, and 10 cigarettes.",
        "points": -1,
        "items": [
            "pants",
            "dress_shirt",
            "dress_shoes",
            "cig"
        ],
        "addictions": [
            {
                "type": "nicotine",
                "intensity": 10
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "survivalist",
        "name": "Survivalist",
        "description": "You are well-equipped to survive, which will undoubtedly prove invaluable. \nNow you finally get in, and the whole world goes to shit.\nYou start out with some military gear.",
        "points": 7,
        "items": [
            "pants_cargo",
            "tank_top",
            "pot",
            "rucksack",
            "bandages",
            "knife_combat",
            "water_clean"
        ],
        "skills": [
            {
                "name": "survival",
                "level": 2
            },
            {
                "name": "firstaid",
                "level": 2
            },
            {
                "name": "melee",
                "level": 1
            },
            {
                "name": "dodge",
                "level": 1
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "chef",
        "name": "Chef",
        "description": "You used to run a restaurant in town.",
        "points": 4,
        "items": [
            "pants",
            "pot",
            "knife_butcher"
        ],
        "skills": [
            {
                "name": "cooking",
                "level": 3
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "tinkerer",
        "name": "Tinkerer",
        "description": "You've always loved tinkering with stuff. Now this may increase your chances to survive",
        "points": 5,
        "items": [
            "pants_cargo",
            "tank_top",
            "pot",
            "rucksack",
            "wrench",
            "water_clean"
        ],
        "skills": [
            {
                "name": "mechanics",
                "level": 1
            },
            {
                "name": "tailoring",
                "level": 1
            },
            {
                "name": "electronics",
                "level": 1
            },
            {
                "name": "construction",
                "level": 1
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "ident": "prepper",
        "name": "Prepper",
        "description": "You always were a person prepared for the cataclysm",
        "points": 5,
        "items": [
            "pants_cargo",
            "tank_top",
            "gasmask",
            "rucksack",
            "selfbow",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "arrow_field_point",
            "water_clean"
        ],
        "skills": [
            {
                "name": "mechanics",
                "level": 2
            },
            {
                "name": "archery",
                "level": 2
            }
        ]
    }
]
```

[/spoiler][/quote]

I love you. Seems that Notepad++ did not recognized some errors, or i was the problem. I bet that it was my fault.

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**Author:** ![Nickboom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nickboom](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nickboom)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/9 "2013-07-01T05:11:14Z")

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I shall now request some military professions.  
A military scout (packs light)  
A military medic (healing galore)  
A military soldier (got some heavier weapons)  
A military power armor soldier (title says it all)

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/10 "2013-07-01T05:13:55Z")

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If you want, i can give you a quick explanation and a template to learn how to make one by yourself.

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**Author:** ![Nickboom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nickboom](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nickboom)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/11 "2013-07-01T05:16:42Z")

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Mah I know/could figure it out easily I just was givin a little food for thought. (Btw you should totally try and get some of these pulled.

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**Author:** ![Zireael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zireael/32/956_2.png) [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/12 "2013-07-01T07:02:37Z")

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My professions work (I don’t know about the prepper).

I used ConTEXT to copy&paste.

> Btw you should totally try and get some of these pulled.

I might do it this afternoon.

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/13 "2013-07-01T15:49:04Z")

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I changed the prepper a bit, now he uses a pistol and 100 bullets he needs to conserve. It is a fun form to play.

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**Author:** ![TheGrifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/14 "2013-07-02T22:23:06Z")

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Got a bunch of professions. Hope you like them.

```auto
 {
  "ident": "lowtax",
  "name": "Lowtax",
  "description":
"Founder of Something Awful...",
  "points": 2,
  "items": ["tank_top", "hoodie", "jorts", "sneakers", "mountaindew", "cheetoes", "mountaindew", "cheetoes", "mountaindew", "cheetoes", "fedora"],
  "skills" : [
     {
      "name" : "computer",
      "level" : 6
     }
  ]
 },

 {
  "ident": "vincent",
  "name": "Vincent Vega",
  "description":
"Your flexible outlook on law has ensured your survival, but now what?\nYou start with cargo pants, a hoodie, \"sundries\", and one additional level of melee.",
  "points": 2,
  "items": ["suit", "heroin3", "heroin3", "sneakers", "syringe", "m1911", "45_acp"],
  "addictions": [
      {
	  "type": "opiate",
	  "intensity": 10
      }
  ]
 },
 
 {
  "ident": "Chigurh",
  "name": "Chigurh",
  "description":
"Call it, Friendo.",
  "points": 4,
  "items": ["tank_top", "jacket_jean", "pants_cargo", "remington_870", "tec9", "picklocks", "suppressor", "captiveboltgun", "9mm", "9mm", "shot_slug", "shot_slug"],
  "skills" : [
     {
      "name" : "gun",
      "level" : 2
     },
    {
      "name" : "firstaid",
      "level" : 2
     },
    {
      "name" : "melee",
      "level" : 1
     },
	 {
      "name" : "dodge",
      "level" : 1
     }
]
 },

 {
  "ident": "Montana",
  "name": "Drug Lord",
  "description":
"By the time the end happened, you were so coked up you didn't even notice. .",
  "points": 4,
  "items": ["suit", "holster", "cokekilo", "m4a1", "m203", "556", "40mm_frag", "usp_9mm", "556", "556", "9mm"],
  "skills" : [
     {
      "name" : "gun",
      "level" : 2
     },
    {
      "name" : "firstaid",
      "level" : 6
     },
    {
      "name" : "melee",
      "level" : 1
     },
	 {
      "name" : "dodge",
      "level" : 1
     }
]
 },

{
  "ident": "mansonite",
  "name": "Mansonite",
  "description":
"When Charlie told you to get the job done, you went and got it done. \n But you didn't expect the corpse to rise from the dead when you killed them, did you?.",
  "points": 2,
  "items": ["pants", "knife_combat", "hoodie", "methedrine", "buntline", "22_lr"],
  "skills" : [
     {
      "name" : "gun",
      "level" : 2
     },
    {
      "name" : "cutting",
      "level" : 2
     },
    {
      "name" : "melee",
      "level" : 1
     },
	 {
      "name" : "dodge",
      "level" : 1
     }
]
 },

{
  "ident": "American Psycho",
  "name": "American Psycho",
  "description":
"The others are all dead, but you're still alive. Who's laughing now?\nYou start with meat, a suit, and \"a gram\".",
  "points": 3,
  "items": ["suit", "coke3", "coke3", "ax", "usp_9mm", "9mmP2", "human_flesh", "cigar", "9mmP2", "paulallencorpse", "heroin3", "syringe", "backpack", "valium"]
 },

{
  "ident": "Buffalo Bill",
  "name": "Buffalo Bill",
  "description":"Goodbye horses, I'm dying over you....",
  "points": 2,
  "items": ["womansuit", "ruger_redhawk", "44magnum", "knife_combat", "human_flesh", "sewing_kit", "human_flesh", "goggles_nv", "UPS_off"]
 },

{
  "ident": "Mac",
  "name": "Mac",
  "description":"Which are worse? The things... or the undead?",
  "points": 2,
  "items": ["rum", "ruger_redhawk", "44magnum", "ithaca_37", "shot_00", "flamethrower", "jacket_leather", "rucksack", "pants_army", "gasoline"]
 },

{
  "ident": "OJ Simpson",
  "name": "OJ Simpson",
  "description":"So you killed Nicole. Bet you didn't expect her to get back up.",
  "points": 2,
  "items": ["bloodygloves", "coke2", "rum", "knife_combat", "human_flesh", "footballjersey", "blackcap", "weed5", "magnum", "357magnum", "oj", "nicolesring"]
 },

{
  "ident": "Mint 500 Journalist",
  "name": "Raoul Duke",
  "description":
"We had two bags of grass, seventy five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid,\n a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of uppers, downers, screamers and laughers.\n Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of ether, and two dozen Amyls.",
  "points": 6,
  "items": ["panamahat", "Acapulcoshirt", "aviatorglasses", "coke3", "valium", "poppy_sleep", "magnum", "357magnum", "LSD2", "cigar", "LSD", "heroin3", "syringe", "backpack", "Quaaludes", "meth2", "amyl", "weed3", "mescaline", "weed4", "rum", "tequila", "ether", "Secobarbital", "methedrine", "thorazine", "briefcase", "ibogaine"]
 },
 
{
  "ident": "methhead",
  "name": "Meth Head",
  "description":
"Got any meth? Listen, man. I can tell you do. Don't you lie to me. I'll cut you. I swear to god. \nYou start out with a strong amphetamine addiction, and a teenther of meth.",
  "points": 0,
  "items": ["pants", "knife_combat", "hoodie", "meth"],
  "addictions": [
      {
	  "type": "amphetamine",
	  "intensity": 10
      }
  ]
 },
 
{
  "ident": "elvis",
  "name": "Elvis Presley",
  "description":
"You're the King. But the King has problems. \n Drug problems.",
  "points": 0,
  "items": ["elvisoutfit", "m1911", "suit", "dexedrinejar", "Quaaludes", "placidyljar", "45_king", "dilaudidjar"],
  "addictions": [
      {
	  "type": "amphetamine",
	  "intensity": 10
      }
  ]
 },

```

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**Author:** ![Fniff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Fniff](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fniff)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/15 "2013-07-03T00:08:02Z")

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Montana needs an addiction to cocaine.

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**Author:** ![TheGrifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/16 "2013-07-03T03:45:33Z")

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```auto

 {
  "ident": "Montana",
  "name": "Drug Lord",
  "description":
"By the time the end happened, you were so coked up you didn't even notice. .",
  "points": 6,
  "items": ["suit", "holster", "cokekilo", "m4a1", "m203", "556", "40mm_frag", "usp_9mm", "556", "556", "9mm"],
  "addictions": [
      {
	  "type": "cocaine",
	  "intensity": 10
      }
  ],
  "skills" : [
     {
      "name" : "gun",
      "level" : 2
     },
    {
      "name" : "rifle",
      "level" : 6
     },
    {
      "name" : "melee",
      "level" : 1
     },
	 {
      "name" : "dodge",
      "level" : 3
     }
]
 },

```

Here ya go. Cocaine addiction and everything.

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**Author:** ![stone94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@stone94](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/stone94)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/17 "2013-07-03T20:06:24Z")

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[quote=“StopSignal, post:5, topic:2008”]Hey dude, i tried to add your proffessions while making one to myself, and i got this.

[code][  
{  
“ident”: “unemployed”,  
“name”: “Unemployed”,  
“description”:  
“They say you don’t have any ‘useful skills’, but at least your clothes fit\nwell.”,  
“points”: 0,  
“items”: [“jeans”, “tshirt”, “sneakers”]  
},

{  
“ident”: “tailor”,  
“name”: “Tailor”,  
“description”:  
“You’ve made and adjusted clothing for some of the biggest names in town.\nNow, their undead bodies are trying to eat your brains. At least you’ll be\nable to keep your own clothing repaired.”,  
“points”: 1,  
“items”: [“polo\_shirt”, “blazer”, “pants”, “dress\_shoes”, “sewing\_kit”, “scissors”, “manual\_tailor”]  
},

{  
“ident”: “labtech”,  
“name”: “Lab Technician”,  
“description”:  
“It was your first day in the lab when the cataclysm hit. You were evacuated\nwith all the civilians, but at least you kept your lab gear.”,  
“points”: 1,  
“items”: [“dress\_shirt”, “pants”, “boots”, “coat\_lab”, “gloves\_rubber”, “glasses\_safety”]  
},

{  
“ident”: “mechanic”,  
“name”: “Wannabe Mechanic”,  
“description”:  
“Although you never got your driver’s license, you’ve always loved cars.\nYou start with a wrench, a toolbelt, and some car-related reading material.”,  
“points”: 2,  
“items”: [“tank\_top”, “jeans”, “boots”, “beltrig”, “wrench”, “mag\_cars”, “manual\_mechanics”]  
},

{  
“ident”: “scoundrel”,  
“name”: “Scoundrel”,  
“description”:  
“Your flexible outlook on law has ensured your survival, but now what?\nYou start with cargo pants, a hoodie, “sundries”, and one additional level of melee.”,  
“points”: 2,  
“items”: [“tank\_top”, “hoodie”, “pants\_cargo”, “sneakers”, “weed”, “picklocks”],  
“skills” : [  
{  
“name” : “melee”,  
“level” : 1  
}  
]  
},

{  
“ident”: “smoker”,  
“name”: “Chain Smoker”,  
“description”:  
“Everyone at work knew you as the person who always had a cigarette or two\nin hand. Now, you’re down to a single pack, and you hope you find more soon.\nYou start out with a strong nicotine addiction, and 10 cigarettes.”,  
“points”: -1,  
“items”: [“pants”, “dress\_shirt”, “dress\_shoes”, “cig”],  
“addictions”: [  
{  
“type”: “nicotine”,  
“intensity”: 10  
}  
]  
}  
{  
“ident”: “survivalist”,  
“name”: “Survivalist”,  
“description”:  
“You are well-equipped to survive, which will undoubtedly prove invaluable. \nNow you finally get in, and the whole world goes to shit.\nYou start out with some military gear.”,  
“points”: 7,  
“items”: [“pants\_cargo”, “tank\_top”, “pot”, “rucksack”, “bandages”, “knife\_combat”, “water\_clean”],  
“skills” : [  
{  
“name” : “survival”,  
“level” : 2  
},  
{  
“name” : “firstaid”,  
“level” : 2  
},  
{  
“name” : “melee”,  
“level” : 1  
},  
{  
“name” : “dodge”,  
“level” : 1  
}  
},  
{  
“ident”: “chef”,  
“name”: “Chef”,  
“description”:  
“You used to run a restaurant in town.”,  
“points”: 4,  
“items”: [“pants”, “pot”, “knife\_butcher”],  
“skills” : [  
{  
“name” : “cooking”,  
“level” : 3  
}  
},  
{  
“ident”: “tinkerer”,  
“name”: “Tinkerer”,  
“description”:  
“You’ve always loved tinkering with stuff. Now this may increase your chances to survive”,  
“points”: 5,  
“items”: [“pants\_cargo”, “tank\_top”, “pot”, “rucksack”, “wrench”, “water\_clean”],  
“skills” : [  
{  
“name” : “mechanics”,  
“level” : 1  
},  
{  
“name” : “tailoring”,  
“level” : 1  
},  
{  
“name” : “electronics”,  
“level” : 1  
},  
{  
“name” : “construction”,  
“level” : 1  
}  
},  
{  
“ident”: “prepper”,  
“name”: “Prepper”,  
“description”:  
“You always were a person prepared for the cataclysm”,  
“points”: 5,  
“items”: [“pants\_cargo”, “tank\_top”, “gasmask”, “rucksack”, “selfbow”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “water\_clean”],  
“skills” : [  
{  
“name” : “mechanics”,  
“level” : 2  
},  
{  
“name” : “archery”,  
“level” : 2  
},  
]  
[/code]

But it seems that my Cataclysm wont work anymore. What happened?

Can you fix this code?[/quote]

{  
“ident”: “prepper”,  
“name”: “Prepper”,  
“description”:  
“You always were a person prepared for the cataclysm”,  
“points”: 5,  
“items”: [“pants\_cargo”, “tank\_top”, “gasmask”, “rucksack”, “selfbow”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “arrow\_field\_point”, “water\_clean”],  
“skills” : [  
{  
“name” : “mechanics”,  
“level” : 2  
},  
{  
“name” : “archery”,  
“level” : 2  
}, \<\<\<\<Remove the comma  
]\<\<\<\<Add one more  
]\<\<\<\<Like this

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**Author:** ![ramesesniblet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@ramesesniblet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ramesesniblet)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/18 "2013-07-14T01:01:14Z")

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> "ident": "OJ Simpson", "name": "OJ Simpson", "description":"So you killed Nicole. Bet you didn't expect her to get back up.",

Laughed heartily.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-profession/2008/19 "2013-07-16T21:58:57Z")

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[quote=“ramesesniblet, post:18, topic:2008”]

> “ident”: “OJ Simpson”,  
> “name”: “OJ Simpson”,  
> “description”:“So you killed Nicole. Bet you didn’t expect her to get back up.”,

Laughed heartily.[/quote]

☹