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. Allies can have influence, besides jobs/hobbies/nefarious things that they can do. You should list them with following:

1) Who are they?

2) What do they do for a living?

3) What do they do that is specifically of interest to you? List any specific abilities.

4) How did they become your Ally?

5) How do you keep them as one? (i.e.: Do you pay them by the job? Do you have leverage? Were they your sister's brother's cousin's ex-roommate? Were you on the same t-ball team for 3 years? Did you save them from drowning once?)

6) Do they have a specific influence and what level?

**DO NOT MAKE HUGE PARAGRAPHS TO NOTE YOUR ALLIES. Just the bullet points with relevant details.**

• Only one Ally can be called upon per month. Allies cannot be set for watch actions.
• When you wish to engage one of your Allies to do something, please list in the +request which Ally, and how you will approach them/pay them/make the ask to do what you need done. Depending on that, staff will decide whether a +roll will be needed.
• Unlike Retainers, Allies can just refuse to do something, and can be lost. Use of their actions can also be caught by others, if engaging in some sort of influence back and forth.
• What happens when using an Ally is subjective to the situation and is all up to Staff Discretion.

• Contacts: One major NPC per dot, plus some minor NPCs. You should list them with following in a +note:

1) Who is it?

2) What can this major NPC do for you?

3) What do you need to do in return for this?

4) What sort of minor NPCs come with it?

5) How are those minor NPCs connected with the major NPC?

**DO NOT MAKE HUGE PARAGRAPHS TO NOTE YOUR CONTACTS. Just the bullet points with relevant details.**

• Mentor: The more dots, the more powerful they are. Please set a +note for your Mentor with the following:

1) Who is it?

2) What do they mentor you about?

3) How did you find them/get them as your mentor?

4) Where are they generally located/found?

Mentor
	Knows little of import
	Noteworthy information
	Significant secrets
	Extraordinary knowledge
	If they don't know it, probably no one does

• Retainers/Followers: One NPC per dot

See also Retainers

Vampire

• Spirit Slave

• Herd

Herd
	3 vessels
	7 vessels
	15 vessels
	30 vessels
	60 vessels

Nosferatu

• Information Network

Ghoul

• "Domitor (background)"

Revenant

• Blood Donor

Werewolf

• Spirit Network
• Totem

Kinfolk 2 kinfolk 5 kinfolk 10 kinfolk 20 kinfolk 50 kinfolk

Numen Gaffling Potent Gaffling Lesser Jaggling Strong Jaggling Very strong Jaggling Spend a Gnosis to do one of the following: Add Numen rating to a physical/social/mental attribute (pick one when you buy the background) for one roll Use one of its Charms once

Familiar Spirit	Type	Intelligence	Communication	Store Gnosis/Willpower/Rage for you	Perception
1	Smallest Gaffling	Not too bright	Spirit Speech gift or join it in the Umbra	3 (one type at a time)	Can't Peek through the Gauntlet, rarely knows what's going on in normalspace
2	Decent-sized Gaffling	Almost intelligent	same	5 (one type at a time)	Knows instinctively where you are, can Peek from time to time
3	Jaggling	Average	Speak aloud while it's nearby	5 (two types at a time)	Can also see through your eyes
4	Jaggling	Fairly bright	Speak telepathically while it's nearby, you always know where it is and can see through its eyes	5 (any mix of types)	Can also Manifest
5	Jaggling affiliated with a specific Incarna	Intelligent	Speak telepathically regardless of location, you can share any sense or gift-based knowledge	6 (any mix of types)	same

Bastet

• Jamak

Kitsune

• Go-en
• Sempai

Rokea

• Remora

Possessed

• Cult: Two NPCs per dot

Mage

• Cult: Five NPCs per dot (other races use the Possessed version)
• Familiar Companion
• Spirit Allies

Technocracy

• Backup: Two regular NPCs or one more skilled NPC per dot
• Companion
• Patron
• Spies

Progenitors

• Cephalomorph
• Cetaceomorph
• Dracomorph
• Sauromorph

Sorcerer

• Guide

Changeling

• Companion

• Dreamers
  • Not allowed for Kinain (WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#460)

Dreamers
	1 Dreamer
	2 Dreamers
	4 Dreamers
	6 Dreamers
	8 Dreamers

• Fae Steed (WW7306 Kingdom of Willows p. 171)
  • House Ruled Background
  • All Fae Steed's are level 5.
  • See book for stats. You can customize it a bit, but must stay close to what is in the book. Otherwise, use Companion to make something more unique.

• Retinue
  • Not allowed for Kinain (WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#460)

Retinue
	1 member
	2 members
	4 members
	6 members
	10 members

• Warren
  • Boggans only (Kithbook: Boggans p. 55)
  • Not allowed for Kinain (WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#460)

Warren
	Only a few members, meets infrequently. Examples: A monthly bridge club or a local food drive
	A small group that meets with some regularity. Examples: A weekly gaming group or a quilting circle
	A medium sized group that meets often. Examples: A lifestyle advocacy group or a hot-rod collectors’ club
	A large group capable of taking on most tasks. Examples: A mobile soup kitchen or a group of Habitat for Humanity workers
	A dedicated organization that can move mountains. Examples: A worker’s commune or a national lobbyist’s organization

Nunnehi

• Spirit Companion

Demon

• Pacts: One NPC per dot

Hunter (conceptual, regardless of race)

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