Editing Character Creation (section)

= Step 3: Advantages =

== Choose Abilities ==

Pick 5 Abilities that make sense for your character, using history, Tradition, and other things according to your character to decide.  You can choose multiple levels of an Ability.

Abilities: Academics, Alertness, Athletics, Awareness, Brawl, Computer, Cosmology, Crafts, Dodge, Drive, Enigmas, Etiquette, Expression, Firearms, Hobby/Professional/Expert Ability, Intimidation, Investigation, Law, Leadership, Linguistics, Medicine, Meditation, Melee, Occult, Performance, Science, Stealth, Streetwise, Subterfuge, Survival, Technology

== Assign Specialty Spheres ==

Write down the first level of your Tradition's specialty Sphere.

== Choose Backgrounds ==

Pick 7 total Background Traits.  No Background may go higher than 5 traits, and it requires Storyteller approval to start with more than 3 Traits in any one background.

Backgrounds: Allies, [[Arcane]], [[Avatar]], Contacts, [[Destiny]], [[Dream]], Influence, Library, Mentor, [[Node]], Resources, [[Wonder]]

== Assign Arete Trait ==

Unless you assign Free Traits to increase the total Arete Traits, you only start with 1.  You cannot have more than 3 Arete Traits via spending Free Traits.

== Assign Willpower Traits ==

You start with 5 Willpower Traits.  You can improve this to 10 Willpower Traits.

== Assign Resonance Traits ==

Resonance Traits reflect a mage's personal spin on magic that colors their Effects in a subtle manner.

Pick one Dynamic, Entropic, or Static Resonance Trait when you begin play.  You may gain additional Resonance Traits later.

Resonance traits are associated with Avatar Essences.

Resonance Traits:

* Dynamic - similar to the Dynamic Essence
* Entropic - similar to the Primordial Essence
* Static - similar to the Pattern Essence

== Negative Traits ==

You may take up to 5 Negative Traits for 1 bonus Free Trait each, but you should limit it to no more than 3 in one Attribute category.

Negative Traits:

* Negative Physical Traits: Clumsy, Cowardly, Decrepit, Delicate, Docile, Flabby, Frail, Lame, Lethargic, Puny, Sickly, Slow, Soft
* Negative Social Traits: Bestial Callous, Condescending, Dull, Feral, Ghastly, Meek, Naive, Obnoxious, Repugnant, Shy, Tactless, Untrustworthy
* Negative Mental Traits: Deceitful, Forgetful, Gullible, Ignorant, Impatient, Oblivious, Predictable, Shortsighted, Squeamish, Submissive, Unstable, Violent, Witless

== Derangements ==

Derangements are personality problems that affect the outlook a character has on the world.

Taking a derangement grants 2 bonus Free Traits that count against the limit of five Negative Traits (note: Does this mean a derangement counts as 2 Negative Traits, or 1 Negative Trait).

Derangements require advanced roleplaying, so consult with a Storyteller before taking one.

Derangements: Bulimia, Crimson Rage, Fugue, Hysteria, Manic-Depression, Megalomania, Multiple Personalities, Obsessive/Compulsive, Paranoia, Regression, Schizophrenia

== Assign Free Traits ==

You start with five Free Traits, plus any bonus Free Traits from Negative Traits or derangements selected earlier.

Free Trait costs:

* 1 for an additional Attribute Trait (max 10 per category).
* 1 for an additional Ability Trait (max 5 per Ability).
* 1 for a specialization in an Ability that you already have (max one specialization for a particular Ability).
* 1 for an additional Background Trait, subject to Storyteller approval.
* 2 for an additional Arete Trait.  This cannot raise the rating above a total of 3 Arete Traits.
* 3 for an extra Willpower Trait, to a maximum of 10 permanent Willpower Traits.
* 3 for the first level of any Sphere, subject to Storyteller approval.

== Choose Spheres ==

If you have one Tradition specialty sphere, you pick 5 additional levels of Spheres.

If you have a Traditional Sphere and a faction specialty Sphere, you pick 4 additional Sphere levels.

If you have no specialty Sphere, you can pick 6 levels of Spheres of your choice.

No Sphere level can exceed your Arete Trait total.