Let's Burn Up a Character

1. Join a guild to master his craft!
2. Leave society, for the rules they place on his craft are bulky and stupid!
3. Marriment merriment

>Join a Guild and become a revered masterworker
>Get married and have the most beautiful dwarfbabies
>Find another profession to broaden horizons as broad as they go

It's a tossup between Guilder and Outcast. Even with second place votes. Thirds don't even help!
If we get a tiebreaker before I check tomorrow, great! Otherwise, this gets decided by the Coin of Fate.

1. Join a guild! Become supertalented
2. Get the hell outta this place what a dump
3. Find true love, or a reasonable facsimile.

Guilder wins!
So, the question is, should our dwarf become
-A Wordbearer, carrying news between dwarven settlements?
-A Hauler, using his muscles to earn a living?
-A Carter, driving the carts that carry trade goods?
-A Hawker, selling goods in the marketplace?
-An Apprentice, learning his craft under a master craftsman?

Apprentice

Unless this is another ranked question in which case

Apprentice
Hawker
Carter

Yeah, ranked.

Wordbearer - but the religious kind
Hawker - equally persuasive
Carter - vroomvroom

Apprentice
Wordbearer
Hauler!

Wordbearer, be a Dog. (Yeah, I'm just going to keep referencing other rpgs)
Hauler
Apprentice

Dwarves can't be mormons, don't be silly!

Wordbearer it is. The dwarf leaves his job as a tinkerer to go travel between settlements, carrying news and messages. He learns about the various dwarven holds across the land, and picks up a certain quirkiness to his mannerisms, absorbed from the wide variety of cultures and traditions he encounters.

Stats:

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Lifepaths:
Born Artificer
lead to Clansman
Tinkerer
lead to Guilder
Wordbearer

Age: 72 Years
Resources: 40 pts
Stat Bonuses: +1 M +1 P
Skill Points: 11 (+3 General) Trait Points: 3

Skill List:
*Dwarven Rune Script
*Stuff-wise
*Hold-wise
Mending
Scavenging
Rumor-wise
Oratory
Clan History

Trait List:
(Dwarven Common Traits)
*Curious
*Quirky
Tinkerer
Iron Memory
Quick-Step

One lifepath left. Should he
-Remain among the guilders to be a merchant or apprentice craftsman?
-Return to the clansmen to pick up an agricultural trade?
-Join the dwarven host and become a soldier?
Please do rank these, as we've been getting a lot of ties.

Soldier
Merchant
Farmer

1. Soldier
2. Craftsman
3. Farmer

Farmer
Merchant
Soldier

Craftsman, makin' things.
Soldier, breakin' things.
Farmer, rakin' things.

1. Craftsman
2. Soldier
3. Merchant

1SOLIDER
2FRAMER
3MECHANT

Soldier it is!
Now, does he become
-A simple Foot Soldier?
-A crossbow-wielding Arbalester?
-A Banner Bearer, resigned to the fact that he's likely to be the first to fall in battle?
-A Horncaller, sending signals across the battlefield?

1. A Bruce Banner Bearer, who brings the hulk to battle
2. An arbalester
3. A horncaller

1. Horncaller, because he just couldn't stop Wordbearing
2. Footsoldier, lucky enough to hit Proficient and then there was just no stopping him.
3. Arbalester, putting his tinkering nature to use by maintaining his and his squad's machinery.

Arbalester
Foot Soldier
Horncaller

Crossbows are awesome. Arbalester.
Then horncaller, since communication is important.
Then finally a foot soldier.

horncaller
arbalester
foot soldier

Seems like Horncaller goes best with his current skills - memory, oratory, quick-step, rumor-wise...
Tinkerer would give him the skill to keep his crossbow in top-notch quality as an Arbalester, I s'pose, but he could tinker in his off-hours anyway.
Failing that, Footsoldier could be a good fit - that quirkiness he picked up in his travels (plus quick-step) could make him a difficult opponent to match.