Backgrounds

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

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) See Influence for much more detail on how to use this background

"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

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. The Alternate Identity merit (3 dots, Guide to the Camarilla 76) is for presenting an alternate identity to a supernatural faction. You may not need either of these. See '+rules alternate identity' for full details.

• Home Base: See 'Chantry' in the Mage section

Bygone

• Years (Bygone Bestiary p. 106)

Changeling

Details: Changeling/Backgrounds

• Chimera (Changeling: The Dreaming, 2nd Ed. p. 146)
• Companion (Changeling Players Guide p. 57)
• Dreamers (Changeling: The Dreaming, 2nd Ed. p. 147)
• Dross (The Enchanted p. 70)
• Fae Steed
• Holdings (Changeling: The Dreaming, 2nd Ed. p. 148)
• Retinue (Changeling: The Dreaming, 2nd Ed. p. 148)
• Title (Changeling: The Dreaming, 2nd Ed. p. 149 for Western Kithain, Land of Eight Million Dreams 92 for Hsien)
• Treasure (Changeling: The Dreaming, 2nd Ed. p. 149)
• Trod (Book of Lost Dreams p. 45)

Shadow Court

• Political Connections (Nobles: The Shining Host p. 74)
• Prestige (Shadow Court p. 76)

Boggans

• Warren (Kithbook: Boggans p. 76)

Eshu

• Orisha Bond (Kithbook: Eshu p. 84)
• Royal Lineage (Kithbook: Eshu p. 84)

Nockers

• Golem (Kithbook: Nockers p. 55)

Kinain

• Feth Fiada (The Enchanted p. 72)

Inanimae

• Husk (Inanimae: The Secret Way p. 67)
• Regard (Inanimae: The Secret Way p. 67)

Demon

• Eminence (Demon: the Fallen Core, p. 153)
• Legacy ((Demon: the Fallen Core, p. 156)
• Pacts (Demon: the Fallen Core, p. 156)
• Paragon (Demon: the Fallen Core, p. 157)

Mage

Details: Mage/Backgrounds

• Arcane/Cloaking (Mage: The Ascension, Revised Ed. p. 118)
• Avatar/Genius (Mage: The Ascension, Revised Ed. p. 118)
• Blessing (Guide to the Traditions 212)
• Chantry/Construct (Guide to the Traditions p. 215)
• Cray
• Cult (Guide to the Traditions p. 214)
• Demesne (Guide to the Traditions p. 216)
• Destiny (Mage: The Ascension, Revised Ed. p. 119)
• Dream/Hypercram (Mage: The Ascension, Revised Ed. p. 120)
• Familiar Companion/Companion (Forged by Dragon's Fire)
• Legend (Guide to the Traditions p. 219)
• Library (Mage: The Ascension, Revised Ed. p. 121)
• Node (Mage: The Ascension, Revised Ed. p. 122)
• Past Lives (mage) (Guide to the Traditions p. 220)
• Sanctum/Laboratory (Guide to the Traditions p. 220)
• Spirit Ally (Traditionbook: Dreamspeakers, Revised p. 61)
• Wonder/Device (Mage: The Ascension, Revised Ed. p. 123)

Sorcerer

• Chole (Sorcerer, Revised Ed. p. 51)
• Guide (Sorcerer, Revised Ed. p. 52)
• Mana (Sorcerer, Revised Ed. p. 53)
• Sanctuary

Technocracy

• Backup (Guide to the Technocracy p. 179)
• Enhancement (Guide to the Technocracy p. 180)
• Patron (Guide to the Technocracy p. 182)
• Requisitions (Guide to the Technocracy p. 182)
• Secret Weapons (Guide to the Technocracy p. 183)
• Spies (Guide to the Technocracy p. 184)

Mummy

• Ayllu (Mummy: The Resurrection p. 220)
• Ba/Samapa/Contemplation (Mummy: The Resurrection p. 64)
• Ka/Illi/Joss (Mummy: The Resurrection p. 65)
• Memory/Tao (Mummy: The Resurrection p. 66)
• Neteru ( Mummy: The Resurrection p. 113)
• Tomb (Mummy: The Resurrection p. 66)
• Vessel/Jade Talisman (Mummy: The Resurrection p. 67)

Shifter

• Ancestors (Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Revised Ed. p. 120)
• Familiar Spirit (Werewolf Players Guide, 2nd Ed. p. 34)
• Fate (Player's Guide to the Garou p. 169)
• Fetish (Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Revised Ed. p. 121)
• Kinfolk (Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Revised Ed. p. 121)
• Numen (Player's Guide to the Garou p. 170)
• Pure Breed (Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Revised Ed. p. 121)
• Rites (Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Revised Ed. p. 123)
• Spirit Heritage (Player's Guide to the Garou p. 169)
• Spirit Network (Book Of Auspices p. 58)
• Totem (Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Revised Ed. p. 123)
• Touched (Player's Guide to the Garou p. 171)

Kinfolk

• Equipment (Kinfolk: Unsung Heroes p. 49)

Possessed

• Consecrated (Possessed: a Player's Guide p. 102)
• Cult (Possessed: a Player's Guide p. 103)
• Symbiosis (Possessed: a Player's Guide p. 105)

Fera

Bastet

• Den Realm (Player's Guide to the Changing Breeds p. 160)
• Jamak (Breedbook: Bastet p. 84)
• Trinket (Breedbook: Bastet p. 85)

Corax

• Other People's Secrets
• Umbral Maps

Gurahl

• Umbral Glade (Breedbook: Gurahl p. 88)

Kitsune

• Batsu (Hengeyokai: Shapeshifters of the East p. 161)
• Go-en Hengeyokai: Shapeshifters of the East p. 161)
• Sempai (Hengeyokai: Shapeshifters of the East p. 162)

Mokole

• Mnesis (Player's Guide to the Changing Breeds p. 162)
• Wallow (Breedbook: Mokolé p. 54)

Ratkin

• Colony (Breedbook: Ratkin p. 64)
• Freak Factor (Breedbook: Ratkin p. 65)

Rokea

• Remora (Breedbook: Rokea p. 63)

Vampire

• Black Hand Membership (Guide to the Sabbat p. 93)
• Clan Prestige
• Generation (Vampire: The Masquerade, Revised Ed. p. 131)
• Herd (Vampire: The Masquerade, Revised Ed. p. 131)
• Information Network (Clanbook: Nosferatu, Revised Ed. p. 69)
• Occult Library (background) (Blood Magic: Secrets of Thaumaturgy p. 89)
• Rituals (background) (Guide to the Sabbat p. 94)
• Spirit Slave (Clanbook: Giovanni, Revised Ed. p. 67)
• Status (Vampire: The Masquerade, Revised Ed. p. 133)

Ghoul

• Domitor (background) (Ghouls: Fatal Addiction p. 82)

Kuei-jin

• Artifact
• Horoscope (Kindred of the East p. 86)
• Jade Talisman (Kindred of the East p. 86)
• Nushi (Kindred of the East p. 87)
• Rites (Kindred of the East p. 87)

Wraith

• Artifact (Wraith: The Oblivion, 2nd Ed. p. 128)
• Eidolon (Wraith: The Oblivion, 2nd Ed. p. 129)
• Haunt (Wraith: The Oblivion, 2nd Ed. p. 129)
• Legacy (Wraith: The Oblivion, 2nd Ed. p. 130)
• Living Family (Dark Kingdom of Jade p. 126)
• Magisterial Office (Dark Kingdom of Jade p. 127)
• Memoriam (Wraith: The Oblivion, 2nd Ed. p. 131)
• Notoriety (Wraith: The Oblivion, 2nd Ed. p. 131)
• Old Soul (Wraith Players Guide p. 39)
• Relic (Wraith: The Oblivion, 2nd Ed. p. 132)
• Remembrance
• Wraith Family (Dark Kingdom of Jade p. 127)

Please file

• Backers (Project Twilight p. 17)
• Military
• Past Elder Status
• Past Weapons
• Royal Title
• Secret Pure Spirit