Vampire:Character Creation
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Feel free to page any active vampire staff if there are any questions during the application process. The command +staff will reveal a list of staff, and the command page <name>=<message> will allow for private communication. All application materials are to be sent to quickly@metrostaff.spork.com,.
Conceptualization
The first step in the process begins with the submission of a character concept. To submit the concept, utilize +concept Vampire=<concept>. This concept is not required to be developed at this point, but you should put some thought into how it will perform on a MUSH environment. You should receive a response from vampire staff within 48 hours.
Background
The Vampire Sphere utilizes a questionnaire rather than a traditional background. This is designed to prevent extra work while developing the information most likely to become important during a character's lifespan. After receiving an acceptance for your submitted concept, simply answer following questions.
Questionnaire
PERSONALITY:
Explain your flaws.
- What are the weaknesses in your characters personality and aptitudes?
(These may not be stats, but how you see the character's other weaknesses.)
Explain your merits.
- What are the strengths in your character's personality and aptitudes?
Describe your physical appearance.
Give a 2-3 word description of your character concept?
NIGHTLY LIFE:
Note: This section helps us set your jnotes.
Where is your haven?
Where do you work if you have a job?
How do you get around the city?
Explain your resources.
- How do you earn your resources if you don't have a job?
What do you own? (Cars, businesses, homes, etc)
How much in debt are you? (monetarily or boons)
Why are you in Toronto?
Background Check Information:
Note: This section helps us set your jnotes.
1) ID's you possess (Drivers Licence, Passports, Fake IDs, Etc.)
2) Address listed on said ID's
3) Citizenship (if other than Canadian) and immigration status.
4) If your phone number is listed or not
5) Criminal Record: If any
6) Owned properties, both On grid and Off Grid
7) Source of Income (If you have Resources)
8) Anything else you think might be important were someone to run a BG Check on you.
MORTAL LIFE:
Where are you from?
When were you born?
What did you do before your embrace, professionally?
How educated are you?
Where did your mundane education take place?
What did you specialize in?
What are your feelings about your mortal life, looking back on it?
EMBRACE:
Describe your Sire.
- What are his strengths?
- What are his weaknesses?
Describe your embrace.
- Why did your Sire embrace you?
- What is your relationship with your Sire today?
Describe your vampiric education.
- Where did it take place? From whom? How much?
POLITICS:
Of which sect are you a member? Why?
Describe your views of opposing sects.
Which clan do you feel the greatest affinity towards, besides your own?
Which clan do you feel the greatest antipathy towards, besides your own?
If you could change anything about your sect, what would it be?
What is your characters attitude towards ghouls?
What is your view on human morality?
Other Required Information:
Note: This section helps us set your jnotes.
Include specialties for all stats at or above 4.
Include details (1 to 2 sentences) about:
- Your Retainers, Contacts, Mentor, Equipment or anything unusual in backgrounds.
- Begin to consider Stats for your Retainers, if applicable.
- Your Statted Flaws and Merits (if not included in the Personality section above).
DETAILS:
1) Create a chronology of your life. (Dates, locations, important situations.)
2) Describe in detail the goals of your character.
3) This is where you can include favorite songs, links to pictures, poems, your written background, in short, anything that you wish to add! This is OPTIONAL.
4) Answer your Clan Question here.
Email answers to the above questions, and review the guidelines in +sinfo stats based on the template the vampire staff suggest for you. Sound long and complicated? It's actually meant to help us see your character completely and save you time in having Jnotes set.
Congratulations, that's it!
Statistics
The following news files contain important information for character creation: +news stats and +news influence. Any score of 4 or 5 must be accompanied by an explanation. After submitting the questionnaire, submit a set of proposed stats. Thaumaturgy/Necromancy paths count as discipline dots in chargen, even though they cost less once in-game. Thaumaturgists start with a free corresponding ritual with each level of their primary path. Other rituals must be purchased with freebies.
Remember that at your core you are a hunter. Vampires have to eat and to eat they have to hunt. On Metro that means that you have to use the +hunt system. Think about how your character gets the vitae that he or she needs to survive and be sure to have your stats reflect this. The methods for the +hunt system are:
Method Roll
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Street Perception + Streetwise + Herd
Seduction Charisma + Seduction + Herd
Diplomatic Manipulation + Subterfuge + Herd
Animals Intelligence + Survival + Herd
Mugging Strength + Brawl
Domination Dominate + Leadership + Herd
Murder Dexterity + Melee
Intimidation Strength + Intimidation + Herd
Presence Presence - 2 + Empathy + Herd
Blatant Strength + Potence
The difficulty of hunting is adjusted variably based on where you are hunting.
So hunting for animals in the middle of bar will probably fail while hunting
for animals in the wilderness might be easier than it is in the park.
Difficulty is adusted based on the location, type of hunt, and whether the
player has Fame or the merit "inoffensive to animals."
Camarilla and Independent Vampire Starting Stats
Tier 1: Neonate
Post Fledgling to 99 years old. 11th-13th Generation
- Attributes: 7/5/3
- Abilities: 13/9/5
- Bonus Lores: Vampire Lore 5, Kindred Lore 1
- Backgrounds: 5
- Virtues: 7
- Disciplines: 3
- Freebies: 15
Ability scores can only be raise above 3 with the use of freebie points. Neonates may not begin with any ability scores of 5. Nosferatu are strongly encouraged to take Sewer Lore. Other clans may request it if doing so makes sense for the character. Neonates may not begin with a discipline score higher than 3. Neonates are limited to are limited to Generation 2. They are generally less than 100 years of age.
Tier 2: Ancillae
100-299 years old. 10th-13th Generation
- Attributes: 7/5/4
- Abilities: 15/10/7
- Bonus Lores: Vampire Lore 5, Kindred Lore 3
- Backgrounds: 7
- Virtues: 7
- Disciplines: 5
- Freebies: 15
Ability scores can only be raise above 3 with the use of freebie points. Ancillae may not begin with any ability scores of 5. Nosferatu are strongly encouraged to take Sewer Lore. Other clans may request it if doing so makes sense for the character. Ancillae may not begin with a discipline score higher than 4. Ancillae are limited to are limited to Generation 3. They are generally between 100 and 300 years of age.
Tier 3: Young Elder
300-500 years old. 9th-11th Generation
- Attributes: 7/6/4
- Abilities: 17/12/9
- Bonus Lores: Vampire Lore 5, Kindred Lore 3, Sect Lore 1, Clan Lore 1
- Backgrounds: 9
- Virtues: 6
- Disciplines: 8
- Freebies: 15
Ability scores can only be raise above 3 with the use of freebie points. Young Elders may not begin with a discipline score higher than 4. Nosferatu are strongly encouraged to take Sewer Lore. Other clans may request it if doing so makes sense for the character. Young elders are required to purchase Generation 2 to 4. They are generally between 300 and 500 years of age.
Tier 4: Elder
400-600 years old. 8th-10th Generation
- Attributes: 8/6/4
- Abilities: 19/15/10
- Bonus Lores: Vampire Lore 5, Kindred Lore 4, Sect Lore 1, Clan Lore 1
- Backgrounds: 12
- Virtues: 6
- Disciplines: 10
- Freebies: 15
Ability scores can only be raise above 3 with the use of freebie points. Nosferatu are strongly encouraged to take Sewer Lore. Other clans may request it if doing so makes sense for the character. Elders are required to purchase Generation 3 to 5. They are generally between 400 and 600 years of age.
Sabbat Vampire Starting Stats
Tier 1: Neonate
- Attributes: 7/5/3
- Abilities: 13/9/5
- Bonus Lores: Vampire Lore 5, Cainite Lore 1
- Backgrounds: 0
- Virtues: 7
- Disciplines: 4
- Freebies: 15
Ability scores can only be raise above 3 with the use of freebie points. Neonates may not begin with any ability scores of 5. Nosferatu are strongly encouraged to take Sewer Lore. Other clans may request it if doing so makes sense for the character. Sabbat members are reminded to reserve some linguistics points for the Sabbat sign language. For more information on linguistics see +help languages. Neonates may not begin with a discipline score higher than 3. Neonates may not begin with a discipline score higher than 3. Neonates are limited to are limited to Generation 2. They are generally less than 100 years of age.
Tier 2: Ancillae
- Attributes: 7/5/4
- Abilities: 15/10/7
- Bonus Lores: Vampire Lore 5, Cainite Lore 3
- Backgrounds: 2
- Virtues: 7
- Disciplines: 6
- Freebies: 15
Ability scores can only be raise above 3 with the use of freebie points. Ancillae may not begin with any ability scores of 5. Nosferatu are strongly encouraged to take Sewer Lore. Other clans may request it if doing so makes sense for the character. Sabbat members are reminded to reserve some linguistics points for the Sabbat sign language. For more information on linguistics see +help languages. Ancillae may not begin with a discipline score higher than 4. Ancillae are limited to are limited to Generation 3. They are generally between 100 and 300 years of age.
Tier 3: Young Elder
- Attributes: 7/6/4
- Abilities: 17/12/9
- Bonus Lores: Vampire Lore 5, Cainite Lore 3, Sect Lore 1, Clan Lore 1
- Backgrounds: 4
- Virtues: 6
- Disciplines: 9
- Freebies: 15
Ability scores can only be raise above 3 with the use of freebie points. Young Elders may not begin with a discipline score higher than 4. Nosferatu are strongly encouraged to take Sewer Lore. Other clans may request it if doing so makes sense for the character. Sabbat members are reminded to reserve some linguistics points for the Sabbat sign language. For more information on linguistics see +help languages. Young elders are required to purchase Generation 2 to 4. They are generally between 300 and 500 years of age.
Tier 4: Elder
- Attributes: 8/6/4
- Abilities: 19/15/10
- Bonus Lores: Vampire Lore 5, Cainite Lore 4, Sect Lore 1, Clan Lore 1
- Backgrounds: 7
- Virtues: 6
- Disciplines: 11
- Freebies: 15
Ability scores can only be raise above 3 with the use of freebie points. Nosferatu are strongly encouraged to take Sewer Lore. Other clans may request it if doing so makes sense for the character. Sabbat members are reminded to reserve some linguistics points for the Sabbat sign language. For more information on linguistics see +help languages. Elders are required to purchase Generation 3 to 5. They are generally between 400 and 600 years of age.
Ghoul Starting Stats
Tier 1: Ghoul
- Attributes: 6/4/3
- Abilities: 11/7/4
- Backgrounds: 5
- Virtues: 7
- Disciplines: Potence 1
- Freebies: 21
Ability scores can only be raise above 3 with the use of freebie points. Ghouls may not begin with any ability scores of 5. Ghouls may not begin with a score of higher than 1 in any disciplines.
Required +Info
Required for All Characters
- Important +oocnotes
- General +info
- Streetwise 1 through 5
- Race: Vampire
- Clan: <Character's Clan>
- Sect: <Camarilla, Independent, or Sabbat>
Recommended for Certain Concepts
- Groups: <Any Other Groups You Belong To>
