Expressman/Expresswoman
Expressmen and women include teamsters, stage drivers, train engineers, riverboat pilots, and so on. These people transported goods and messages across the Old West. Pony Express riders delivered mail in the early 1860s and 1870s, and stagecoaches crossed the country before the Civil War and throughout the latter half of the century. Bill Hickok’s friend Charlie Utter, from the TV series Deadwood, drove freight in the Dakota Territories.
Train engineers and riverboat pilots might also be created using this occupational template, with the addition of skills like Operate Heavy Machinery (Locomotive) or Pilot (Riverboat), as appropriate. The crew of a train or riverboat would make for an interesting adventuring group and campaign structure. Samuel Clemens (AKA Mark Twain) was a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi before the Civil War.
Occupation Skill points
EDU × 2 + (CON × 2 or DEX × 2)
Credit Rating
20–60
Skills
Accounting, Drive Wagon/Coach, Fast Talk, Firearms (Any), Firearms, Natural World, Navigate, Ride
