✨Which Jobs Fit In Syka?✨
Syka isn't like other cities. Why? It's not actually a real city, at least not yet. The settlement is small, with well under a hundred people living there, closer to a couple dozen on a good day! So Syka is forced to be close knit in order to survive. There are not vast amounts of citizens to provide decent living to people like dentists or undertakers. No one needs a Landscaper or Interior Designer. There are no Politicians or Sage Mages. The priority in life in Syka - though the weather is great and the days are long and warm - is survival and making life better. To get employed at something, a PC must have at least a LORE of the subject and be a novice in the profession. Please don't pick a job, expect to get paid for it, and not have any knowledge of it whatsoever in character. So to that end, the Help Wanted list in Syka is chalked full of artisans and craftsman.
The below Most Wanted list is a WIP. Feel free to suggest additions.
The below Most Wanted list is a WIP. Feel free to suggest additions.
| DESIRED JOB | ABSTRACT INFO | WHO? |
| Animal Handler | This position simply trains, cares for, and moves animals from one area to another. I.E. capture and relocate/sell. The skill involved would be animal husbandry while caring for the animals in transition | None |
| Animal Healer | This would be for both the pet, food, and domestic animals or kelvics. Medicine is a heavily needed skill. | None |
| Archaeologist | This would be a Founder paid position. | None |
| Bartender | This position is available at The Tidepool | None |
| Beach Bum | Bums actually don't earn coin but live off their savings. | None |
| Beekeeper | Supplying honey and wax to the settlement is important. | None |
| Blacksmith | This is probably the most needed position in the Settlement ATM. | None |
| Botanist | Cataloging and identifying plants for the Settlement. | Uta Lavin*, |
| Brewer | The possibilities for brewing in Syka is limitless. | Stuvantis Alkamar* |
| Butcher | This is a much-needed position. Teaching would be a good side skill for this too. | None |
| Candle Maker | Everyone needs light in the dark. | None |
| Carpenter/Woodworker | Furniture is hard to import! When the wood is here, why not make everything for everyone! | None |
| Clerk/Shopkeeper | Various businesses, mainly Mercantile | Juli Chaliva* |
| Carver | Not only decorative, but this career can also be completely functional too | None |
| Construction | Everything needs to be built! | None |
| Cook/Chef | The Tidepool will employ. | None |
| Doctor | The Panacea | Jansen and Kalum Alavarth* |
| Farmer | Anyone can work on crop production in Syka | None |
| Fisherman | While more of a hobby, but there is room for some PCs to actively fish to sell food supplies to the settlement and earn a living when there are few PCs or few fisherman in Syka active. | None |
| Food Preservation | Food goes bad fast in Syka so this is important especially for preserving meat. | None |
| Gardener | This has endless possibilities. | Tony Swiftwater* |
| Guard/Security Advisor | Patrols The Settlement looking for dangers and advising on helping settlers be more secure. | Buraga Shamzen* |
| Haunter | This position obviously doesn't pay. | Veronica* |
| Herbalist | Medicines, Bath and Body Products, Fly Repellent... the possibilities are endless. | None |
| Hunter | This position is in place to supplement those in the group that aren't hunters but need to learn. | None |
| Innkeeper | This position requires someone to set up their own business as an Inn or B&B. | Tazrae |
| Investigator | This would be a Founder paid position. This would require trust via the founders and a relationship with them to be hired into it. | None |
| Laborer (general) | Everyone needs extra hands for building and expansion. | None |
| Leader | These individuals control the land and settlement finances | Mathias Ovakis*, James Chaliva*, Randal Zor* |
| Leatherworker | Bags, straps, belts, clothing, even armor is needed. | None |
| Mason | Stone is everywhere. A mason would be handy. | None |
| Metalsmith | Syka needs this sort as badly as it needs a blacksmith. | None |
| Pearl Diver | A potentially huge export industry. Main skills required are Swimming, Forging, Observation. | None |
| Poisoncrafter | Works with The Panacea to identify poisons and make cures for them for the settlement. | None |
| Potter | The settlement has immediate needs for pottery. | Nesra Arlean* |
| Ranger | This is a founder paid position that involves trailblazing, guiding parties into the woods, Scouting. | Ken Chi* |
| Sailor | This position would be a lot of ferrying people up and down the coastline of Syka and transporting goods via small boat. | None |
| Salvager/Scavenger | There is a lot to salvage in the bones of Pavena | None |
| Seamstress | Throughout Syka - Usually in their homes | Rainmere Shantu*, Kamilla |
| Teacher | Any skill needs passing on. Passing on skills is even a skill. | None |
| Watermaster | Maintains Bathing Pools & Finds Fresh Water For Settlement | Duncan Citrine* |
| Weaver | There are a lot of raw materials to work with and clothing is very necessary for the jungle. | None |
| Mill Operator | These are the folks of the sawmill. | Lars Waska*, Quzon |
*Indicates NPC. These positions can be replaced by PCs
(except for the Leadership)
Please note some of these positions require min skills in the area you wish to be employed in. Some duties you can perform and learn on the job training as you go.
✨Everyone Needs A Hobby✨
The below skills/jobs are things PCs NEED to actually have to survive here but are things that everyone else also has, so it's hard to actually make a living at it!
| Desired Hobbies | Brief Description |
| Hunting | Everyone hunts usually and since a lot of the animals taken are larger, kills get passed around since there's no one really able to preserve food in Syka at the moment. |
| Fishing | Many many people fish. The seas are abundant with food. And its free for the taking if you can just toss a line in, cast a net, or throw out pots. |
| Foraging | Fruits, and vegetables, as well as nuts and edible roots, grow literally everywhere around Syka. As long as the population is still fairly low, there is not a problem finding food if someone has the correct 'whats edible' lores. |
| Scouting | Spending any time in Syka one learns where the trails are that are slowly forming between fruit groves, various new buildings, beach spots, etc. And one doesn't just go 'scouting' until one has significant wilderness survival. |
✨What Jobs Don't Fit?✨
There will also be a list of jobs that ARE NOT available in Syka. This is mainly because these 'jobs' are more hobbies and everyone does them.
| Useless Job | Brief Description |
| Advisor | It's going to be hard to find someone more knowledgeable than the NPCs and PCs already in Syka. |
| Mercenary Work | Who is actually going to hire you to ...? If you pitch a special case to me I'll be open to considering it as a paid profession. |
| Undertaking | You are going to starve before people die off fast enough to support you. |
✨Miscellaneous Information✨
A final note about jobs. Each PC can only have ONE job. The only exception to this is if you start a business, max out your business skill, earn a Master Merchant badge, and start a secondary business. Master Merchants are outlined clearly in the Consortia business plans forum. You can do things on the side that you can sell for side money... say hunt and sell the meat... but no full-time double professions! Thanks for understanding!
✴ Feel free to post in this thread if you have more ideas! If you want your name added to the list, post here. Also, be sure you are current on the Character Registry Threads! If you aren't on there as active, I don't have you on this list either!
