Anachromerica: "Modern" Cliches

"MODERN" OCCUPATIONS, PROFESSIONS, ETC.

Here are some professions suitable in modern, 20th-century campaigns (areas like New Megalopolis, LaLaLand, Sin City, the Rustbelt, Windy City, etc), at least from the perspective of the far future.

• • Accountant

  • Ace Reporter

  • Actor

  • Air Force Pilot

  • American Gladiator

  • Anarchist

  • Antiquarian

  • Archaeologist

  • Army Soldier

  • Athlete

  • Bank Official

  • Bank Teller

  • Baseball

  • Big-Game Hunter

  • Boxer

  • Burglar

  • Cartoonist

  • Cheerleader

  • Circus Acrobat

  • Clerk

  • Clumsy Hero

  • College Student

  • Comedian

  • Copywriter

  • Crazed Aviator

  • Criminal Profiler

  • Criminologist

  • Crusading Journalist

  • Delta Force Commando

  • Doctor

  • Drag Queen

  • Elvis Impersonator

  • Engineers

  • Entertainer

  • Entrepreneur

  • Equestrian

  • Espionage Agents

  • Explorer

  • Factory Worker

  • Farm Worker

  • Federal Agents

  • Field Scientist

  • Financial Advisor

  • Firefighters

  • Flying Ace

  • Food Worker

  • Football Hero

  • Foxy Mama

  • Freedom Fighter

  • Game Designer

  • Gang Member

  • G-Man

  • Graduate Student

  • Graphic Artist

  • Green Beret

  • Gymnast

  • High School Student

  • Historian

  • Hunter

  • Illustrator

  • Impersonator

  • Insurance Agent

  • Investigative Journalists

  • Investigator

  • Lawyer

  • Librarian

  • Lumberjack

  • Magazine Columnist

  • Marine

  • Martial Artist

  • Mechanical Marvel

  • Middle Manager

  • Military Martinet

  • Military Officer

  • Military Police

  • Military School Student

  • Missionary

  • Mobsters

  • Movie/Television Producer

  • Musician

  • Mythologist

  • Navy Sailor

  • New Age cult leader

  • Newscaster

  • Novelist

  • Nurse

  • Ordained Clergy

  • Paramedics

  • Party Animal

  • Past-life therapist

  • Petty Criminal

  • Photographer

  • Physician

  • Playwrite

  • Police Detective

  • Politician

  • Private Detective

  • Private Institution Student

  • Professional Athlete

  • Professional Daredevil

  • Professional Psychic

  • Professor

  • Psychiatrist

  • Radio Personality

  • Rake

  • Ranger

  • Real Estate Agent

  • Reality Show Contestant

  • Relic Hunter

  • Religious Scholar

  • Renegade Mobster

  • Rescue Worker

  • Road Rager

  • Rock Star/Rapper

  • Roller Derby Queen

  • Salesperson

  • Scholar

  • Scientist

  • Screenwriter

  • Secret Agent

  • Self-Help counselor

  • Seminary Student

  • Singer

  • Skater

  • Soccer

  • Songwriter

  • Special Forces

  • Sports Team Mascot

  • Stage Magician

  • State Trooper

  • Surgeon

  • Survivalist

  • SWAT Team Member

  • Swimmer

  • Tax Preparer

  • Technician

  • Trapper

  • Theologian

  • Trucker

  • TV Personality

  • Uniformed Police

  • Weekend Warrior

  • Weight-trainer

  • World Class Athlete

  • School Teacher