Character Generation/Mage

Choose Concept, Tradition (Convention for Technocrats), Essence, Nature, Demeanor

• Faction should be Traditions, Technocracy, Wyrm (for Nephandi), or None
• Tradition mages may also set Type (e.g. Reality Hacker)
• Technocrats may also set Methodology (e.g. Genegineer)

Attributes: 7/5/3

Abilities: 13/9/5

Backgrounds: 7

• Familiar Companion stats

Set Arete = 1, Willpower = 5, Quintessence = Avatar

Spheres: 6

• Tradition mages should have at least 1 dot in their Tradition's specialty sphere
• Hollow Ones and Orphans still get a total of 6 dots baseline. (MtA 90: "Some Orphans, especially Hollow Ones, have no specialty sphere." Emphasis added.)

Freebies: 15

Set +notes for paradigm and foci

• If someone ICly asked you how you perform magick, and you answered honestly and reasonably completely, what would you say?
• Guide to the Traditions pages 58-65 has suggestions
• Nephandi: Why do you believe the world should be destroyed?

Select Resonance Trait(s)

• Essence = Dynamic: at least one Resonance Trait should be of type Dynamic
• Essence = Pattern: at least one Resonance Trait should be of type Static
• Essence = Primordial: at least one Resonance Trait should be of type Entropic
• Essence = Questing: Resonance Trait(s) can be any of the above types
• Your Resonance Trait should not literally be "Dynamic", it should be a more specific adjective whose type is Dynamic (or whatever) - see above link for examples

Freebie Costs:

• Attribute: 5
• Ability: 2
• Secondary Ability: 1
• Sphere: 7
• Background: 1
• Arete: 4 (Max 3)
• Willpower: 1
• Quintessence: 1 for 4 dots