Teacher

Of the 6 Career Skills, choose 3 to get a free rank. Of the 4 Specialization Skills, choose 2 to get a free rank.

Consular Career Skills: Cool, Discipline, Knowledge (Education), Knowledge (Lore), Leadership and Negotiation.

Teacher Specialization Skills: Knowledge (Education), Knowledge (Lore), Leadership and Perception

The Consular begins play with a Force rating of 1

There comes a time in the life of most who feel the draw of the Force when they decide that they can best serve the galaxy by passing along the accumulated knowledge and wisdom of their lifetime. Whether they have been classically trained in one of the ancient disciplines, have pursued a more mundane education in an academy or conservatory, or are self-taught through innate discipline and drive, Teachers now seek to assist others in gaining the training and enlightenment they have accrued. Through the efforts of Teachers, their allies can attain greater abilities and assets than they would have alone.

Given their selection of skills, Teachers will be far better at enhancing the potential of their group than any other Consular. In addition to providing valuable assistance to their companions, Teachers are more than capable of holding their own in almost any situation. They can pursue a wide range of skills and abilities with an eye toward passing this knowledge along to others. Teachers feel the presence of the Force throughout their life and will feel the draw of many paths through the years. Through this process, they will accumulate a vast store of knowledge and experience. Many reach a point where the drive to push on is overcome by the desire to pass on their knowledge to others, to better serve the galaxy.

Some Teachers work closely with established schools and academies, perhaps echoing the techniques and traditions of the fallen Jedi Temple. Many of these work in the Outer Rim, far from the prying eyes of the Galactic Empire. Others, feeling no need for more advanced aids and accoutrements, content themselves with little more than a clearing or a log to sit their pupils upon, from which they might contemplate the mysteries of the galaxy together. Teachers are often keenly aware of their place in the scheme of life and seek to pass the peace and assurance of this knowledge on to their students, that their students may better serve their own purposes. No matter the particular goal of the moment, a Teacher will have advice and instruction to assist in its achievement.

In the course of a lifetime, any setting can turn into a classroom with a willing Teacher on one side and an apt pupil on the other. Whether in a dry, dusty hut in the middle of a desert, the sodden expanse of a humid swamp, or the cramped confines of a tramp freighter, Teachers will do what is needed to see that their students are prepared for the tasks that lie before them.

Often the path of the Teacher is not one that is selected, but one that is thrust upon one by circumstance. In the pursuit of expansive goals, it may be hard to realize that it is best left to others to achieve them, the responsibilbity of the Teacher being to assist them and shepherd them along. Having a Teacher in a group can be a great boon no matter the goal, given the versatility of Teachers abilities and their capacity to assist other members of their group in any efforts they may make. When the need is greatest and a new generation must rise to lB confront the darkness, there can be no greater ally in the Force than knowledge passed down from the vantage of experience and understanding.

Potential Backgrounds

  • Failed Initiate: Teachers have learned from the mistakes of their past, mistakes that both cost them a place in the Jedi Order and probably saved their life. Many Teachers see their “failure” as a second opportunity shown to them by the Force—a chance to take the experiences slowly revealed to them and use that knowledge to help others grow and learn.
  • Rogue Scholar: Teachers are the most brazen of rogue scholars. It is in Teachers’ very essence to share what they know with any who are willing to learn. This makes it difficult for them to remain hidden and continue pursuing their search for secret knowledge. Each lesson is a risk. Each parable becomes a beacon to those who hear it. If Imperial forces or their ilk discover these things, the lives and knowledge of these Teachers can be erased in a single, brutal instant.
  • Relic Seeker: The Force is a nebulous, intangible thing. It cannot be touched in any physical sense, so sometimes a Teacher will seek out objects from the past and use them to convey otherwise difficult concepts to those who wish to learn the ways of the Force. These instructors recognize that such relics bring their lessons to life and must be preserved. Holocrons and tomes of lore kept by ancient Force users are especially valued, as they are founts of knowledge whereby the Teacher may sometimes become the student.
  • Wandering Diplomat: Teachers who travel from star to star in hopes of bringing peace act almost as investigators. After observing both sides in a conflict and listening to what each has to say, these wandering diplomats can provide techniques they’ve learned in their travels and insight from their exotic experiences that can help achieve an accord. New methods and a new vision are sometimes all that is necessary to bring about resolu￾tion—that vision simply needs to be revealed.