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Post by Admin on Jul 16, 2015 19:46:24 GMT
These are backgrounds that all entities in the World of Darkness have the potential to have. Backgrounds that require time to refresh do so one month of in game time from use. When using them the staff will have 3x5 cards available for you to use. Please put player name, character name, the date used, and the effect desired. After that staff will sign it when you hand it to them and put them together for review when time permits. Some actions may have quick responses, some may require more time and may not happen at game the night they are used.
Allies
Arsenal
Contacts
Fame
Mentor
Resources
Retainer
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Post by Admin on Jul 16, 2015 20:16:38 GMT
Arsenal:
This background reflects a stock pile of weapons and survival gear that you have gained over years. This equipment is standard grade and nothing very unique or special. Keeping this sort of firepower safe and clean does take some effort, especially if you do not wish to draw the attention of local or government authorities, so keep in mind you may find it dwindling for many reasons, regular use and damage to pieces, theft, seizure from authorities, loaning pieces that break or never return, many reasons exist.
1/ A regular stash of handguns of various types and sizes. This can vary from standard to high caliber and you have enough of them to typically outfit a few friends and allies.
2/ Your pistol collection has grown to the point that you have little worry of loosing most of your standard caliber types. You have even started to incorporate hunting rifles and shotguns into your collection. For small arms fights you can easily equip ten to twelve people with what normal pistols you have, and a couple friends with some a rifle or shotgun.
3/ At this point in your collection it is simple enough to hand out Pistols of both standard and high caliber quality to your community, if need be. Your hunting collection has grown to where you can now equip four to five people, if the need be and your regular hunting gear has now grown to include first aid kits, poison kits, and many of the other base essentials to surviving int he wilderness.
4/ To make any note about your collection of pistols and hunting gear is to compare you to an avid collector who either runs a gun store or frequents conventions and shows as a vendor with a booth. You have even gotten to the level where you have acquired one to three SMG's. Your hunting equipment has now found it's hands on some pieces of basic armor and gear that make people question what kind of hunter you are. If not careful local authorities and the community you live are most likely aware of your interest in fire arms.
5/ At this level of collection it is not unlikely for you to have a few pieces that may have been used in crimes or are considered "hot" to some groups. You have the basic level of equipment to outfit a small neighborhood for a survivalist training expedition. You have picked up enough surplus military gear that you could equip a small team of five to seven with SMG's, assault rifles, handguns, and the like. You have hands on combat armor and gear to make sure most of your friends survive being shot at least once, maybe twice. At this level of collection everyone knows who you are. When school or mall shootings happen you become the hot topic of your community even if you had nothing to do with it. The police are nervous around your property and it is not far fetched to assume one government agency, or more, is keeping a close eye on you. This level of collection is ill advised for supernaturals.
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Post by Admin on Jul 16, 2015 20:22:38 GMT
Fame:
(Clarification, Changes) Fame extends the reach of your Influences under the identity you wish to be famous for. Yes, this means you can be known to everyone else as George the Ananasi at the sept, but to the mundane world you are seen as Cragnor the Avenger, or what have you. Yes, there is a danger to have high levels of fame as a supernatural, it keeps the public eye on the actions the name attached to it commits, and the more mysterious the more they get interested.
1/ Local scene, city
2/ Local County
3/ State
4/ Adjoining states
5/ Country/connecting countries (Europe has lots of connecting countries as big as a couple states.)
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Post by Admin on Jul 16, 2015 21:05:48 GMT
Resources:
(Clarification) For many years now this background has been becoming less and less in line with the world around us. To some of us thirty thousand dollars a month is a big deal and sounds really nice, but if resources five is supposed to reflect the top ten percent of our country this is not reflecting it at all. You will notice a sharp jump in this background, as it is a reflection of how money is divided up in our country. Any currency allotment is reflected as after all bills and monthly dues are taken care of. This is a base value and abilities such as finance can help you to squeeze more money out as you take control of how you spend money. Next to the income value is the multiplier you use if you liquidate all your assets, which will reflect burning all your Resources background.
0/ You scrape up maybe twenty to thirty bucks a month. You eat what you can find (and that may not be wise), and live either on the streets or in local parks. Health and hygiene is a low priority for you and you possibly spend a large portion of the day searching for the next meal or contemplating what crimes you can get away with to get food or money.
1/ You have found yourself in the position of a basic job, most likely working in food or retail. With the assistance of others, be the friends or family, you are able to maintain an apartment on your own and a working, not great, basic vehicle. Yes, the fear of screwing up and loosing your job is always on the back of your mind, and you have little to no means to save or offer much to those in need. Income: $400 (x3)
2/ At this level you have either found a place you can hold by yourself, or a nice place with a single room mate. Your mode of transportation is not sexy or sleek, but it is reliable and well maintained. You are able to go out with friends every so often and may even frequent a few night spots every now and then. Recreational time is easier for you to come by, but that trip to Italy is still out of the question at this point. At this level you were able to say good bye to the minimum wage lifestyle and all the fears that came with it. If you lost your job you would be looking for another one quick, but you could easily get by a month or two without one. Income: $1100 (x4)
3/ You have financially reached financial stability. You have a bank account that never dips into the negative and regularly has a good amount of saving sin it. You have a home in a nice neighborhood that you own with out the aid of anyone else. Your vehicles are nice, useful, and help you travel in ease. Life has little to worry you with, and the things that it can you have insurance and coverage for. With your saving you are able to travel and go places. You may not gallivant through Europe for weeks or months on end, but yearly trips to Cabo resorts and Disney World are well with in your means. Income: $8000 (x90)
4/ Through some means, be it trust funds, inheritance, or just luck with the lottery, you have come into money. You live a nice life in a comfortable home. You buy the newest things and have access to what you need on a regular basis. You may not have a butler, but it is with in your means to have someone come and clean your house for you on a weekly basis. travel is easy for you, and you probably belong to enough clubs or groups that you get preferential treatment wherever you go. You still have to attend to your finances, and having some skill in that area is suggested, but in the end you have a really sweet life in nice places with nice things.
Income: $26000 (x200)
5/ You live in a life style most dream of. Your money is most likely old and keeps its self running along fine, for all you know it falls off of trees as you may very well have no idea how much you have or are worth, but the rest of the world might. You live like a king, want is a word you do not know. Multiple vehicles at your finger tips, homes through the country as well as others. Now you may not be the top one percent, but you can barely see a difference between you and them as you have gone beyond comfort and into excess. You have private jets, yachts, boats all to take you were you need or want to go, and servants abound to wait on you hand and foot in any way you wish. Income: $150000 (x1500)
Yes these multipliers sound HUGE at levels four and five, but they are a reflection of selling EVERYTHING.
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Post by Admin on Jul 16, 2015 21:07:45 GMT
Retainer:
(Clarification) Is a live in or on call aid. Be it a family member, personal assistant, or even just a cook it is someone you employ in one way or another to assist you. These are mundane and normal people who have no clue about the supernatural world and may very well freak out if they learn of it.
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