Difference between revisions of "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

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

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)

"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

'+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

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 * Retainers/Followers: One NPC per dot
-{| style="width: 100%"
-| style="width: 50%; padding-right: 25px" |
 {{ :Template:StatChart
-|title="Alternate Identity (background)"
+|title=Resources
-|rank1=Fake driver's license
+|rank1=$500/month - $1,000 if liquidated - small savings - tiny apartment, cheap vehicle
-|rank2=One supporting document
+|rank2=$1,200/month - $8,000 if liquidated - middle class - apartment or condo, sturdy vehicle
-|rank3=Reasonable set of supporting documents
+|rank3=$3,000/month - $50,000 if liquidated - large savings - small house, mid-sized vehicle
-|rank4=Established identity
+|rank4=$9,000/month - $500,000 if liquidated - well off - large house, luxury vehicle
-|rank5=Fully supported identity with history, government documentation, alibis and witnesses
+|rank5=$30,000/month - $5,000,000 if liquidated - rich - mansion, limousine
 }}
-| style="width: 50%" |
-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
-|}
 {| style="width: 100%"
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 |}
+{| style="width: 100%"
+| style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%; padding-right: 25px" |
 {{ :Template:StatChart
-|title=Resources
+|title="Alternate Identity (background)"
-|rank1=$500/month - $1,000 if liquidated - small savings - tiny apartment, cheap vehicle
+|rank1=Fake driver's license
-|rank2=$1,200/month - $8,000 if liquidated - middle class - apartment or condo, sturdy vehicle
+|rank2=One supporting document
-|rank3=$3,000/month - $50,000 if liquidated - large savings - small house, mid-sized vehicle
+|rank3=Reasonable set of supporting documents
-|rank4=$9,000/month - $500,000 if liquidated - well off - large house, luxury vehicle
+|rank4=Established identity
-|rank5=$30,000/month - $5,000,000 if liquidated - rich - mansion, limousine
+|rank5=Fully supported identity with history, government documentation, alibis and witnesses
 }}
+|}
+'+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==