Difference between revisions of "Backgrounds"

Revision as of 08:45, 15 October 2015

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

"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

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)

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

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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 ==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)
+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
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-* Retainers/Followers: One NPC per dot
 ==Bygone==