Modern Hobby (1d85)

1

Yoga

Bends like a rogue spreadsheet and is immune to cubicle compression traps

2

Tattoo artistry

Can ink protective sigils directly onto skin during short rests

3

Knife collecting

Always has at least one enchanted letter opener on hand

4

Interior design

Rearranges cubicles into defensive formations or sigil-enhancing feng shui

5

Journaling

Maintains a chronicle immune to memory-wipe enchantments

6

3D printing

Fabricates magical office tools using plastic filament and arcane STL files

7

Genealogy research

Identifies cursed family names hidden in the employee directory

8

Coding retro games

Builds self-contained logic loops that trap rogue AI in nostalgic mini-worlds

9

Leatherworking

Creates reinforced badge holsters and document-binding grimoires

10

Amateur astronomy

Spots timing patterns in overhead fluorescent star charts for dimensional alignment

11

Indoor plant care

Brews potions from janitor closet moss and talks down hostile vine spirits

12

Fanfiction writing

Accidentally writes canon into reality and gains narrative immunity

13

Streaming/Let's Plays

Replays reality on delay to exploit cause-and-effect for dungeon puzzles

14

Calligraphy

Draws perfect runes that pass HR sigil compliance audits

15

Flower Arrangement

Potion Ingredient Specialist and Living Arcane Array Specialist

16

Speedrunning

Knows every exploit in the layout of Office Floor Zeta

17

Spelunking

Isn’t fazed by ventilation shaft descents or sub-basement elevator rituals

18

Baking sourdough

Feeds living office yeast cultures that grant temporary buffs or insight

19

Fantasy football

Interprets cryptic stats from fantasy leagues to predict upcoming office conflicts

20

Resolve: {Magic: The Gathering|Pokemon Card Game|Digimon Card Game|Obscure Competitive Card Collecting Role Playing Games}

Understands layered spell interactions and artifact synergy in real-world combat

21

Home security systems

Bypasses magical surveillance loops and reconfigures haunted badge readers

22

HAM Radio

Communication and Radio

23

Makeup artistry

Uses glamours to bypass identity-lock systems and confuse sentient ID scanners

24

ASMR recording

Soothes hostile cubicle spirits with binaural whispering and keyboard tapping

25

Fencing (sport)

Masters the lost art of parry-and-shred against haunted papercutters

26

Slackline Walking

Excellent Balance

27

Urban beekeeping

Can sense vibrations through walls and calm swarms of paper wasps in the HR Nest

28

Lockpicking

Used to bypass magically jammed file drawers and locked copier access panels

29-30

Competitive escape rooms

Treats every maze-like supply corridor as a solvable puzzle not a trap

31

LARPing

Already owns padded armor speaks in arcane legalese and knows how to monologue before battle

32

Speedcubing

Can solve eldritch Rubik security locks before the toner beasts arrive

33

Geocaching

Recognizes the scent of hidden caches in breakroom walls and vents

34-35

Digital art commissions

Wields cursed styluses to draw sigils that shouldn't exist in vector format

36

Podcasting

Uses wireless mics to record forbidden lore and distract the Audit Wraiths with sound loops

37

Language learning

Knows just enough dead tongues to placate the Office Printer Spirit

38

Home brewing

Alchemizes curative cold brew potions from breakroom ingredients

39

Miniature painting

Can detect detail-level flaws in illusory spaces and animate tiny intern golems

40

Urban exploration

Has maps of every floor not in the building’s blueprints

41

Online arguing

Has a passive buff to resisting psychological attacks and gaslight illusions

42

Thrift flipping

Spots magical value in cursed staplers and revenant fax machines

43

True crime obsession

Can mentally reconstruct the timeline of a haunted PowerPoint incident

44

Mechanical keyboard modding

Can rebuild input runes mid-combat and types incantations faster than speech

45

Competitive typing

Shreds through bureaucracy and summons memos as cutting projectiles

46

Birdwatching

Notices winged cubicle beasts before they strike from overhead

47

DIY home repair

Jury-rigs magical doors and weaponizes broken ergonomic chairs

48

Amatuer Math / Logic Theorist

Knows how to phrase commands that confuse sentient legacy code

49

Foraging

Identifies edible printer fungus and avoids hallucination-inducing energy drinks

50

Parkour

Moves seamlessly over office furniture traps and between cubicles mid-chase

51

Online sleuthing

Pieces together hidden HR prophecies from recovered calendar scraps

52

Board game design

Intuitively understands the logic of dungeon room layouts and randomized danger cycles

53

VR gaming

Is used to shifting realities and can navigate illusion-based cubicle mazes without disorientation

54

Gym Mat Practice

Subdues rogue interns and chair beasts without leaving a mark

55

Competitive coding

Solves logic traps mid-combat and reprograms elevator puzzles under fire

56

Speed reading

Absorbs entire cursed documents before they can infect cognitive patterns

57

DJing

Remixes auditory sigils to neutralize alarm glyphs and energize allies

58

Dumpster diving

Always finds functional relics in condemned breakrooms and forgotten storage closets

59

Art Restoration

Erases cursed marks left by HR inquisitors and memory rebrandings

60

Candle making

Crafts personalized ritual lights that reveal hidden text or dispel shadow anomalies

61

Puzzle box collecting

Unlocks forgotten departments sealed since the 1987 restructuring

62

Sci-fi model kit building

Instinctively assembles found components into functioning drone familiars

63

Shoe customization

Crafts footwear with silent-step enchantments or glitch-phase soles

64

Conspiracy theory blogging

Decodes nonsensical floor plans and predicts administrator AI behavior

65

Bike repair

Turns broken desk chairs into rideable escape pods with limited flight capability

66

Horror movie marathoning

Unshaken by apparitions and adept at predicting third-act trap reversals

67

Flash fiction writing

Summons micro-narratives that alter room logic or confuse AI narrators

68

Craft cocktail mixing

Combines vending machine ingredients into mood-enhancing or anti-anxiety tonics

69

Feng Shuei Enthusiast

Creates calming safe zones immune to surveillance and stress-based curses

70

Time-lapse photography

Captures anomalies too fast or slow for the naked eye and reveals hidden timelines

71

Coin collecting

Identifies enchanted currency and office tokens with latent telepass enchantments

72

Ceramic Throwing

Throws and fires small clay constructs that distract or serve for one turn

73

Mushroom foraging

Identifies edible vs. psychic fungi in the copier-room biome

74

Hiking

Maintains stamina through hours of corridor traversal and dodges floor collapses instinctively

75

Reality TV bingeing

Can predict personality collapse in coworkers and monster NPCs alike

76

Custom PC building

Overclocks haunted terminals for brief bursts of unsanctioned processing power

77

Stage magic

Performs sleight of hand that tricks biometric scanners and minor magical guardians

78

Ballroom Dancing

Dexteritynd Fancy Footwork

79

Board Gaming

Treats every room like a tactical map, often finding "player actions" where others see scenery.

80

Language Learning

May unintentionally activate locked systems simply by pronouncing forgotten onboarding chants.

81-82

Military Reservist / Militia

Keeps calm during lockdown drills, interdimensional breaches, or mid-meeting ambushes.

83

Home Repair and DIY Construction / Renovation

Knows which walls are structural, which aren't; sometimes the best way thru a maze is knocking holes in walls and crawling thru.

84-85

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Has any number of badges in office and wilderness survival.  Often Be Prepared With Proper Notice!

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