Background NPCs

This is a (not necessarily exhaustive) list of backgrounds that provide your PC with one or more NPCs who can help them in some way.

General

• Allies: One NPC per dot, or fewer but more powerful NPCs
• 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

Vampire

• Spirit Slave

Herd
	3 vessels
	7 vessels
	15 vessels
	30 vessels
	60 vessels

Nosferatu

• Information Network

Ghoul

• "Domitor (background)"

Revenant

• Blood Donor

Werewolf

• Familiar Spirit
• Kinfolk
• Numen
• Spirit Network
• Totem

Bastet

• Jamak

Kitsune

• Go-en
• Sempai

Rokea

• Remora

Possessed

• Cult: Two NPCs per dot

Mage

• Cult: Five NPCs per dot
• Familiar Companion
• Spirit Allies

Technocracy

• Backup
• Companion
• Patron
• Spies

Sorcerer

• Guide

Changeling

• Companion
• Dreamers
• Fae Hound
• Fae Steed
• Retinue

Nocker

• Golem

Nunnehi

• Spirit Companion

Demon

• Pacts: One NPC per dot

Hunter (HtR)

• Bystanders
• Patron

Hunter (conceptual, regardless of race)

• Backers: Similar to Allies, but you don't ICly know who they are