Rufus

Rufus is your kid brother. After you leave for your journey westward, you can send him postcards. He will send you packages in return.

Background and Personality
Rufus is a huge nerd with a love of math, puzzle cubes table-top RPGs, and strategy games. He has several shelves worth of books in various languages that the player character cannot understand.

In your conversation with Rufus you are given 3 options to explain your motivation for leaving. Your choice defines your character's motivation, which mainly affects how the ending game state is interpreted.
 * "To help people:" altruism
 * You can gain increased XP when choosing the nicer options in various random encounters.
 * The ending text will change depending on how many people you helped.
 * "To seek my fortune:" avarice
 * You will receive slightly more meat from all meat veins and the tutorial mine carts, and significantly more meat from Curly's strongbox.
 * The ending text will change depending on how much Meat you have at the end.
 * "To get off this stupid farm:" adventure
 * You have a slight, but generic increase in your base XP reward level.
 * The ending text will change depending on how many locations you unlocked.

Though he seems to have an amicable relationship with you, the player character, irrespective of your motivation he tells you that he bets you will be dead by "Crimbo" (Christmas).

Gifts from Rufus
The gifts Rufus sends are dependent on your class and the type of character you chose to play. You receive the first item in the list below that you have not already received (receiving special air as a default):
 * 1) a class-specific crafting item:
 * 2) * a portable leatherwork bench (Cow Puncher with Leatherworkery)
 * 3) * a portable arcane oven (Beanslinger with Master Cookery)
 * 4) * a portable alchemistry set (Snake Oiler with Potionology)
 * 5) a class-specific skillbook:
 * 6) * Advanced Cow Punchin' (Cow Puncher)
 * 7) * Advanced Beancraft (Beanslinger)
 * 8) * Modern Snake Oiler (Snake Oiler)
 * 9) a class-specific ring:
 * 10) * cow-catcher ring (Cow Puncher)
 * 11) * serpentine ring (Snake Oiler)
 * 12) A hat, the choice of which depends on which stuffed animal you shot when creating your character:
 * 13) * bear hat
 * 14) * owl hat
 * 15) * cat hat
 * 16) "special air" (200 XP)