Backgrounds

General

• Allies: One NPC per dot

"Alternate Identity (background)" Fake driver's license One supporting document Reasonable set of supporting documents Established identity Fully supported identity with history, government documentation, alibis and witnesses

Intelligence + Investigation vs (3+rating) to penetrate To pass yourself off as a member of another faction, use the 3-dot Alternate Identity merit instead

• Contacts: One major NPC per dot, plus some minor NPCs (need not be detailed in advance)

Fame Subculture City State National Global

Influence City State Regional National Global

• • Influence dots can be allocated to multiple areas via +note (e.g. 3 total = 2 media + 1 criminal)

• Mentor: The more dots, the more powerful they are

Resources
	$500/month - $1,000 if liquidated - small savings - tiny apartment, cheap vehicle
	$1,200/month - $8,000 if liquidated - middle class - apartment or condo, sturdy vehicle
	$3,000/month - $50,000 if liquidated - large savings - small house, mid-sized vehicle
	$9,000/month - $500,000 if liquidated - well off - large house, luxury vehicle
	$30,000/month - $5,000,000 if liquidated - rich - mansion, limousine

• Retainers/Followers: One NPC per dot

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