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====== Character Creation Process ======
The Character Creation Process follows Vampire the Masquerade Core Rulebook v20, pg. 80, any deviation will be noted.

===== #1 Character Concept =====
Choose concept, Sect / Clan, Nature and Demeanor\\

==== Sect ====
Jacksonville is a Camarilla city. If you would like to play an Anarch, discuss concept with Storyteller. If the concept will work with current plot, scene time will probably be low.

==== Clans ====
*see Wiki

==== Nature and Demeanor ====
(Starting on page 87, CRB)
Child - Banned\\
Creep Show - Potential for Masquerade break: High. Occurrence of scene play: Low. Lethality: High\\
Monster - Potential for Masquerade break: High. Occurrence of scene play: Low. Lethality: High\\
Sadist - Potential for Masquerade break: Medium. Occurrence of scene play: Low. Lethality: Medium\\
Sociopath - Potential for Masquerade break: High. Occurrence of scene play: Low. Lethality: High\\

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===== #2 Attributes =====
Prioritize the three categories: Physical, Social, Mental (7/5/3). Your character automatically has one dot in each Attribute.\\

(Change from VtM to accommodate WoD multisplat game.) \\
Wits: Your number of Dots in Wits limits how many splat-specific powers (e.g. Disciplines, Spheres, Lores, etc.) you can increase in one expenditure of XP. For example, if you have Wits 2, you may buy one dot in two Disicplines at once, but cannot buy a third until at least one of the other dots' completion date has been reached. Please note that even if a high number of dots in Wits allows you to learn three, four, or even five at once, keep in mind that time is finite; if you're studying that many different complicated fields at once, please don't then participate in a million scenes, otherwise your ST is granted the right to refuse one or more of the purchases even after approving it.

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===== #3 Abilities =====
Prioritize the three categories: Talents, Skills, Knowledges(13/9/5). \\

It is an unfortunate reality that no two splats within the classic World of Darkness feature exactly the same list of abilities, which is of course a problem in a multi-splat game. To alleviate this issue we make use of the following lists of primary and secondary abilities for all splats. 

==== Additional rules and considerations regarding abilities ====
  * **Technology** is a Skill, in all system types.
  * **Research** is a Knowledge, in all system types.
  * **Martial Arts** are no longer hard OR soft style.  All styles are both.  This is covered in depth in [[Combat System House Rules]].
  * **Religion** has been subsumed in the more general **Belief Systems.**
  * We allow Dual Specializations, but they can only be purchased //after// character creation, never during. For the mechanics behind this, please see Page 277 of //Mage 20th Anniversary Edition// corebook, specifically the section titled 'The Well-Skilled Craftsman.'
  * While most abilities receive a specialisation at four dots, there are some exceptions: **Academics, Art, Belief Systems, Crafts, Esoterica, Hunting, Performance** and **Science** receive a specialisation at the first dot.
  * Since the following abilities are defined differently in different game lines,  the following compromise shall apply to all splats:
    * **Art** is a talent and applies to visual art forms: Drawing, painting, sculpting, flower arrangement, etc.
    * **Performance** is a skill that applies to performance arts: Dancing, singing, acting, etc.
    * **Expression** governs activities that involve the effective use of language, including writing novels or poetry.
    * **Crafts** encompasses abilities for the creation of primarily functional objects, like tailoring, carpentering, forging, etc.
    * **Technology** refers to the building, operation, and maintenance of electronics and electromechanical devices.
    * **Computers** is the software side to Technology's hardware. Writing, operating, and maintaining computer programs is handled by this ability.

Below are the Talents, Skills, and Knowledges offered by the game for all splats/factions. There are some that are not available for Vampire. 

[[setting:talents|Universal Talents]] | [[setting:skills|Universal Skills]] | [[setting:knowledges|Universal knowledges]] 

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===== #4 Advantages =====
Choose Disciplines (3), [[vampire_backgrounds|Backgrounds]] (5), and rate Virtues (7). Your character automatically has one dot in each Virtue.  

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===== #5 Finishing Touches =====
Record Humanity (equal to Conscience + Self-Control), Willpower (equal to Courage), and Blood Pool. 
^ Generation ^ Max. Trait Rating ^ Blood Pool Max. ^ Blood Points/Turn ^
| Generation 9  |  5  |  14  |  2  |
| Generation 10 |  5  |  13  |  1  |
| Generation 11  |  5  |  12  |  1  |
| Generation 12  |  5  |  11  |  1  |
| Generation 13  |  5  |  10  |  1  |

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===== #6 Freebies, Merits and Flaws =====

==== Spend 15 Freebies points ====
Attribute - 5 per dot \\
Ability - 2 per dot \\
Discipline - 7 per dot \\
Background - 1 per dot \\
Virtue - 2 per dot \\
Humanity - 2 per dot \\
Willpower - 1 per dot \\

==== Merits and Flaws ====
Choose Merits and Flaws (7 point max.) \\
All [[merits]] and [[flaws]] both Universal and Vampire specific are here.

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===== Grace period =====
After a month of playing your character, changes can be made, by ST approval __only__. \\
Be prepared to tell me why. Changes will be of equal type and cost, having been chosen prior to Character Creation. Moving a dot(s) from one Talent to another Talent. Moving a dot(s) from one Mental Attribute to another Mental Attribute. I will even allow Backgrounds if they were chosen during Character Creation, prior to Freebies.
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