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Ok, one of my players wants the job skills set of a hooker/ stripper, with some bartending abilties.

Does anyone have a job skill set made up for something along this lines??

Hmm... tough question, mostly because they aren't necisarily related, and the term 'hooker' is hopelessly broad.

Okay, for a stripper Dance is an obvious requisite, and probably Seduction. Gymnastics, Acrobatics and similar skills are a good addition as well. The Strippers who end up being the 'Special Exhibits' tend to have eclectic skill-sets to say the least(Breathing Fire, crazy contortonist stuff, etc.)
For a Hooker Acting is the most important ability, so I'm not sure if there are suitible skills to replecate that.

clawingwolf wrote:Ok, one of my players wants the job skills set of a hooker/ stripper, with some bartending abilties.

Does anyone have a job skill set made up for something along this lines??

BtS II, p. 184
"Entertainer"
Just swap out a few skills like TV/Video, and Play Musical Instrument and trade them for other skills (streetwise, pick pocket, etc).

You may also want some skills like:
Lore: Sexual Technique
Lore: Sexual Education
and so on.

I want to say that there is a "Pleasurer" RCC or something from one of the Phase World books (their starting skills might be a pretty good start).

Tread lightly on this one guys.

I see nothing in the Expanded Occupations about hookers or prostiutes, though bartender is there

Sightblinder wrote:As an aside, please remember that in real life, strippers are not necessarily hookers...and there's plenty of hookers who couldn't cut it as strippers....

In other words, they aren't the same thing.

So far the answers have been pretty good though, and I'd got with about any of the above in this case...

Indeed. You'd need to broden what you actually mean by 'Hooker'. If you mean 'A Slezy striper who gives her customers 'extras' on the side', than just a 'stripper' skill-set would do. I'd have to re-read the skills again, but the ability to act interested and reconform yourself to your patrons expectations are the prime requisites for a prostitute and a Stripper. Both are 'Face' industries in which what you are selling(besides the obvious) is 'service with a smile'. Good 'Sex Trade Workers' make their customers feel appreciated, etc. etc.

clawingwolf wrote:I see nothing in the Expanded Occupations about hookers or prostiutes, though bartender is there

See Criminal: Pimp/Prostitute (technically, they're only criminals in some countries, but BTS2 seems to be based in those countries where their activities are illegal).

Might want to add an Entertainer: Adult category I suppose.

Also see the Saloon Girl from Rifts: New West.

I'd think you want to focus on skills such as Seduction, Streetwise, Dancing.
Disguise might be of value: not so much for the espionage applications, but more to appeal to various tastes and appearances.

Those of you with N&SS might also see some value in the skill Hojo-Jutsu.

Yea except i don't have new West

Yea and i'm a poor student, and the few dollars i had as a disposible imcome for movies and parties and other such things went into buying a print.
So no New West for me

clawingwolf wrote:Yea and i'm a poor student, and the few dollars i had as a disposible imcome for movies and parties and other such things went into buying a print.
So no New West for me

Well, at least not yet.
There's always "tomorrow".

The player wants to be an entertainer manly, but she has been reduced to selling her body to make a living. So more of a stripper who also sells herself for sex...

Seduction, Disguise, Streetwise, Dancing, Entertaining, maybe like singing and stuff would work, and she's poor so maybe some rouge skills, like pick pocketing ect?

Just thought I'd add on...

Another possibility is some form of weak martial arts - if she's good at the dancing and the bending and all, she may have picked up a few dirty tricks to defend herself with as well. (I don't know what's available in BtS, though.)