Soldier
Description: You were deployed in Afghanistan, Korea, Dubai… You’ve seen a lot. Done a lot. Some things you regret. Others you don’t. But this infection was something else. You’ve been abandoned by your own country and left to rot. They taught you “marketable skills” in the army; time to try them out.
Traits/Skills/Items: Army Helmet, Kevlar Vest, BDU (Not in yet, but should be), Army Pants, Military Rucksack, M16. If Post Traumatic Stress Disorder could be simulated in Cataclysm, this profession would get the trait, but let’s go with Schizophrenia. Firearms 3.
Party Animal
Description: WHOOOO! Man, this was a great night out! You went to the bar, got really pissed, went to a rave, got high off your tits on ecstasy, went to the backroom of a club, snorted a shitton of cocaine, and wow you did a lot of drugs that night. Though, it was kinda soured by the fact that your friends got eaten alive by zombies, and society collapsed, and you spent five days wandering around in a haze of drugs. Through pure dumb luck, you managed to survive. Can you continue to do so?
Traits/Skills/Items: Cocaine, Alcohol, and Marijuana, with addictions to all but Marijuana. T-shirt, jeans, sneakers.
Operative
Description: You belong to a very secret agency that doesn’t tolerate failure well. You were given your orders. You will carry them out. The world may be ending, society may be falling apart, and the undead may walk the Earth, but your objectives are clear and you must carry them out at all costs.
Traits/Skills/Items: Suit, Dress Shoes, Dress Trousers, S&W 619. Handguns 1, Speech 2.
Survivalist
Description: You knew! You goddamn knew! Those communist shapeshifting lizards in Washington D.C finally released the undead upon the world using their satelite lasers! When America is properly subjugated, they will begin the transformation of America into a liberal dictatorship of communism! Welcome to Soviet America, comrade! You won’t have it! You’ve got your shotgun, you’ve got ammo, you’ve got rations! You will stand against the communist shapeshifters!
Traits/Skills/Items: Double barrel shotgun, boonie hat, raincoat, army pants, MREs, water bottles, backpack. Shotgun 1.