Backgrounds
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General
- Allies: One NPC per dot
- Contacts: One major NPC per dot, plus some minor NPCs (need not be detailed in advance)
- Mentor: The more dots, the more powerful they are
- Retainers/Followers: One NPC per dot
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Influence dots can be allocated to multiple areas via +note (e.g. 3 total = 2 media + 1 criminal) |
'+rules alternate identity' covers alternate/fake identities that are backed up by physical ID cards and/or paper/electronic records (as opposed to just lying on the spot and rolling Subterfuge).
- If you just switched identities as part of your backstory, then you can just handwave that it succeeded. (Example: A vampire periodically creates a new identity, then fakes the death of the old one.) If it ever becomes relevant, staff will work with you to establish details.
- The Alternate Identity merit (3 dots, Guide to the Camarilla 76) is for presenting an alternate identity to a supernatural faction.
- The Alternate Identity background (1 to 5 dots, The Bitter Road 113) is for presenting an alternate identity to mortal society. Mundane research into the supporting paperwork requires Intelligence + Investigation vs (3 + background level) to identify it as fake.
- If you just have a physical fake ID created by a PC with Forgery, then a +note is sufficient. Any fake ID not supported on +sheet is assumed to be of this type. Mundane examination of the physical ID requires Perception + Investigation (resisted by the original Forgery creation roll) to identify it as fake.
- NPCs will only investigate these things if they're prodded by a PC or have some other specific reason to do so. (Example: if you get a speeding ticket, then the officer will run your driver's license through some routine processing, whether it's real or fake.)
Bygone
- Years
Changeling
Details: Changeling/Backgrounds
- Chimera
- Companion
- Dreamers
- Dross
- Fae Steed
- Holdings
- Retinue
- Title
- Treasure
- Trod
Shadow Court
- Political Connections
- Prestige
Eshu
- Royal Lineage
Nockers
- Golem
Demon
- Eminence
- Legacy
- Pacts
- Paragon
Mage
Details: Mage/Backgrounds
- Avatar/Genius
- Arcane/Cloaking
- Blessing
- Chantry/Construct
- Cray
- Cult
- Demesne
- Destiny
- Dream/Hypercram
- Familiar Companion/Companion
- Legend
- Library
- Node
- Past Lives (mage)
- Sanctum/Laboratory
- Spirit Ally
- Wonder/Device
Sorcerer
- Chole
- Guide
- Mana
- Sanctuary
Technocracy
- Backup
- Enhancement
- Patron
- Requisitions
- Spies
Shifter
- Ancestors
- Familiar Spirit
- Fate
- Fetish
- Kinfolk
- Numen
- Pure Breed
- Spirit Heritage
- Spirit Network
- Totem
- Touched
- Rites
Kinfolk
- Equipment
Possessed
- Consecrated
- Cult
- Symbiosis
Fera
Bastet
- Jamak
- Trinket
Corax
- Other People's Secrets
- Umbral Maps
Gurahl
- Umbral Glade
Kitsune
- Batsu
- Go-en
- Sempai
Mokole
- Mnesis
- Wallow
Ratkin
- Colony
- Freak Factor
Rokea
- Remora
Vampire
- Black Hand Membership
- Clan Prestige
- Generation
- Herd
- Information Network
- Occult Library (background)
- Rituals (background)
- Spirit Slave
- Status
- Thaum Library
- This is a house-created background that reduces difficulty of Thaumaturgy rituals by one for each dot when at the location of the library. This is limited to three dots. This brings Thaum rituals to parity with Quintessence spends for Mages, and Mana spends for Hedge Mages.
Ghoul
- Domitor (background)
Kuei-jin
- Artifact
- Horoscope
- Jade Talisman
- Nushi
- Rites
Wraith
- Artifact
- Eidolon
- Haunt
- Legacy
- Memoriam
- Notoriety
- Old Soul
- Relic
- Remembrance
Please file
- Husk
- Military
- Past Elder Status
- Past Weapons
- Regard
- Royal Title
- Secret Pure Spirit