Backgrounds

Stats updated as of the August 2017 patch.

## Alphabetically

### Addicted Doctor

The stress got too much, the clinic had enough meds to cover the shakes pick you up again in the morning. Then your employer found out. You may not be a fighter but you know where to hit so it hurts.
+5% Critical hit chance
+20% Organ Harvesting
-1 Mana
-10% Accuracy
### Boring

You are a bland person without any noteworthy characteristics and no past to speak of. Anyone who knows you would describe you as "average" then shrug and walk away.
+25 Stun Resistance
### Bouncer

No one gets in without an invitation chummer! Maybe your hands are shaking a little from all the hits your head got during brawls but no one ever got past you!
+5 Hitpoints
+5 Physiscal armor
+20% Demolish
-3 range
### Broken Boxer

In the days no one threw a punch like you. Then you got older...slower and the kids danced around you. Until you hit them that is.
+5 Hackingitpoints
+10% Critical hit damage
-2 Sprint range
### BTL Addict

You have a habit of chipping before a run. The experience affects your ability to focus on things distant but once you've got your eyes set on a target the trip provides you with uncanny focus.
+5% Critical hit chance
+5 Tech armor
+1 Range
+10% Hacking
-3 Hitpoints
### Codeblocked

You are good with most tech stuff but there are some codes you just cannot wrap your head around.
+1 Combatsoft Drone Power
+1 ECMsoft drone power
+5 Tech armor
-10% Hacking
### Codeslinger

Ones and zeroes are a natural language to you. The meatspace is but a nuisance.
+10% Damage
+10 Tech armor
+25% Hacking
-3 Mana
-3 Hitpoints
### Cursed Wagemage

The corporation paid for your magical education and you had a great career in front of you. But when you failed and the curse hit you they just discarded you like a used tool.
+1 Mana
+2 Range
-20% Hacking
-20% Lockpicking
### Dancer

The night clubs were your home since you were old enough to have a fake ID. Your body knows how to move instinctively but the lifestyle left its mark on you.
+1 Sprint range
10% harder to get hit
-10% Damage
### Engineer

You love tools and drones and electronic things. You love fiddling with them. Combat? Not so much.
+2 Combatsoft Drone Power
+2 ECMsoft Drone Power
+10% Hacking
-10% Damage
### Ex-Cop

Kicking in doors for a living got old fast. Especially on your salary. Your new job simply pays better though you still like to play it safe.
+10% Lockpicking
+10% Demolish
5% Harder to get hit
-1 Range
### Ex-Sniper

At some time in your past you trained as a sniper. You know that any success requires an analytical mind and patience. And sometimes lying in a puddle of your own ♥♥♥♥ for two days. The kids these days just don't get that anymore.
+3 Range
+10% Critical hit damage
10% Easier to get hit
### Former Wage Slave

You had a promising career with the corp until a rival set you up for a fall. Your pampered life left you with a distaste for combat but are handy with computers from your days as a corporate drone.
+15% Hacking
+15% Lockpicking
-2 Hitpoints
### Ganger

The street taught you how to fight. It may not be fancy but it got you here and the others bleeding or dead.
+10% damage
+15% Lockpicking
-5% Accuracy
### Gearhead

You can rig into anything that moves but you are used to driving not running.
+2 Combatsoft Drone Power
+2 ECMsoft Drone Power
+10% Hacking
-1 Walk range
-2 Sprint range
### Gutter Rat

You survived on scraps breathing in the toxic fumes and exhaust on the streets. It made you sick but it made you mean as well. Mean enough to survive.
+5% Damage
+10% Organ Harvesting
3% Harder to get hit
-3 Hitpoints
### Human Conduit

You just feel connected to everything around you. Sometimes this is good sometimes it hurts.
+1 Mana
+1 Spirit Power
+1 Combatsoft Drone Power
+1 ECMsoft Drone Power
5% Easier to get hit
### Lucky

Life was easy for you things just work out. But relying on your luck has made you a bit lazy.
+5% Critical hit chance
+15% Critical hit chance
-5% Damage
### Mentor Spirit: Bear

You are attuned to your totem spirit and its characteristics affect you. Bear is powerful and can withstand pain but is a slow thinker.
+5 Hitpoints
+2 Spirit power
-1 Sprint range
5% Easier to get hit
### Mentor Spirit: Rat

You are attuned to your totem spirit and its characteristics affect you. Rat is a stealthy scavenger who takes what it needs to survive.
+1 Mana
+1 Spirit power
+20% Organ Harvesting
5% Harder to get hit
-10% Critical Damage
-10% Critical hit chance
### Mentor Spirit: Snake

You are attuned to your totem spirit and its characteristics affect you. Snake is wise and a hoarder of secrets. Snake fights only to protect itself and others.
+1 Mana
+5 Physiscal armor
+5 Magic armor
-10% Accuracy
### MiT&T Graduate

You have trained with cutting edge scientists in the theories of technology and magic. It's practical application you are still struggling with.
+1 Mana
+5 Physiscal armor
+5 Tech armor
+10% Hacking
-10% Accuracy
### Spirit Talker

The ghosts talk to you they whisper in your ear...so much that sometimes you get distracted.
+2 Spirit power
-2 Combatsoft Drone Power
-2 ECMsoft Drone Power
5% Easier to get hit
### Streetmage

You have never learned magic properly but you used it to survive on the streets. Trained mages may scoff at your lack of finesse but your talent is indisputable
+1 Mana
+5% Damage
-20% Hacking
-2 Range
### Tribal Youth

When you were a kid the elders showed you the power of spirits. They scoffed upon technology though.
+3 Hitpoints
+1 Spirit Power
-2 Combatsoft Power
-2 ECMsoft Power
-25% Hacking
### Urban Brawler

You were bred for Urban Brawl: When you did not make the roster you had to find a new job. Your skill set may be limited but you can take damage better than anyone.
+5 Physical Armor
-1 Mana
### Wounded Veteran

A nasty wound forced you out of service. You know how to make people keel over fast but you walk with a limp.
+15% Critical hit damage
+5% Critical hit damage
-1 Walk
-2 Sprint range