Just to clarify, everyone starts out with only 30 "freebie points" to make their character. each point buy's one "dot" in everything. If you spend one freebie point to by knowledges: Computers, you get Computers 1. If you spend another point, you get computers 2.

( 9 points is automatically taken from this total to buy one point in each "attribute", leaving "21". This is because a person with Strength 0 would be too weak to move and a person with Intelligence 0 would be permanently in a coma.)

I must also mention you cannot raise your starting willpower above 5, and everything else has a starting limit of 3. (you can't start out as a super-model, you have to play as average Joe for a while)

I would also like to introduce Backgrounds and merits


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Backgrounds are the leftover things from your old life or the things that you can fall back on to give you A slight edge. Things like an old job to provide income, a house on the edge of town, influence in an industry, fame, and even things provided after your sudden change into a supernatural being.

Backgrounds aren't something you HAVE to have, on the contrary many supernaturals start out with nothing from their old life as a matter of choice ton keep loved one's safe.

Backgrounds are bought with freebie or experience points at any time(you can get another job if you need the money), and like everything else the starting limit is 3 (no corporate CEO's or famous models).

Some examples:

Resource- A steady flow of income from a job or savings account

influence- Your ability to affect a group or industry

Allies- Buddies you can rely on and who expect the same in return

Generation(vampires only)- The generations between you and caine, This background increases your max blood pool and allows you to spen more blood each turn. Can be bought up to 5.

Familiar(mage only)- A familiar that is the only way to get rid of paradox without suffering consequences. the Higher the background the more powerful your familiar and the more paradox it eats.

Arete- A mages understanding of the universe, none of a mages spheres may be higher than this background.

Totem(werewolf or spirit only)- A gaurdian spirit who watches over you or your pack. It will help you in tough situations and will even teach different gifts depending what spirit it is
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Merits are an extra edge your characters has that makes them unique. Maybe they were born with the ability to heal fast, maybe they own a nightclub, or maybe theirs just something about them that makes you want to do what they say.

Merits are as numerous and diverse as knowledges, ranging wildly from owning said nightclub (3 point merit), to remembering everything in perfect detail(2 point merit), to even having a gaurdian angel watching your back in the worst of times (6 point merit).

The beautiful about merits is they have no starting limit. you could buy a 6 point, a 7 point, heck even a 10 point merit and none would be the wiser (still costs 10 freebie points to but a 10 point merit).

If you're thinking this is all getting a little expensive then allow me to point you to Mr.merits brother and best friend:

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What are flaws?

flaws are the little drawbacks your character has. She could be be clumsy(botched, 3 point flaw), slow(absent-minded, 2 point flaw), be unable to perform a certain school of magic(inept, 5 point flaw), or be just a little bit too on the crazy side(derangement, various). 

You may ask "Why the H*** would I want to buy a flaw", but you don't buy flaws, flaws buy YOU.

For every flaw you get you get an equal amount of freebie points to the flaws rating. So if a mage gets the "sphere inept" flaw for spirit, that mage can Never cast spirit magic, but in return gets 5 points to spend on anything he wants. 

That's not even the best part.

For every flaw with a rating above 3, you can raise one attribute/talent/power up to that flaws rating. That same mage could take the extra points to raise his appearance to 5 and be that super-model you always dreamed of and still have 22 points(more than the 21 he started off with) to spend on everything else.

God help him if he ever runs across an evil spirit though, Mua ha ha ha ha.
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