Missionary

Missionary
''The spiritual and moral backbone of the trek."
Type	Humanoid
Gender	male or female
Perks
Strong Mind
Strong Mind
Spiritual Solidarity
Spiritual Solidarity
Capacity

Missionaries are companions who's primary perk increases the party's maximum Sanity. They allow a party to rest for free at any/all missions.

Their lack of dice progression and low toughness make them best-used in a pacifist strategy.

An insanity event with a missionary may cause them stop believing in their God, losing their Spiritual Solidarity perk. However, another random event when camping at high Sanity may cause them to regain their faith and the mentioned perk.

When camping at high Sanity, a missionary may hold a speech or sermon, inspiring one of your companions, giving them +1 Loyalty. This can happen only once per expedition.

May start with the following ailments: Alcoholic (14.3%), Racist (14.3%), Sexist (14.3%), Claustrophobic (7.1%), Kleptomania (7.1%), Superstitious (7.1%), none (35.7%).

A missionary is a starting companion for the explorers Dion Fortune, Harriet Tubman and Marie Curie.

Stats

Lvl	Dice	Toughness
1		4
2		7
3		10
4		13

Tips

• While resting in a village, the chief may ask whether mankind was created by God or evolution. Answering with "evolution" or "don't know" will reduce the Loyalty of any missionaries in your trek.
• As you prepare for your first expedition, you may be given a quest to escort a missionary to a native village. Doing so will give you +2 Standing and reveal the location of a shrine. However, if you avoid visiting the village you can keep the missionary and (s)he will become a permanent companion. There is no penalty for failing the quest. You will not be offered this quest if you already have a missionary in your starting party.

Trivia

• Missionaries are the only available companions who never gain any additional or upgraded dice as they level up.

Companions