"I was born to murder the world." 

1. Name: Put the name of your character, not the player. Make sure it is not on the Blocked Names List.

2. Age: Put the age of your character, not the player.

3. Player: Put your name (and preferably also your email address).

4. Concept: This is open-ended, but you can see examples on pg. 34 of WW55002.

Concepts are usually a 1-3 word root-level label for who your character is at the core as a person (not in a supernatural sense), usually succinctly matching their personality and their function.

Examples might be: Ambitious Journalist, Angry Young Man, Drifter, Intellectual, Lost Waif, Party Animal, Politician, Misguided Prophet, Radical Politician, Socialite. These are stereotypes, and needn't be literal; details would be covered in your background.  

 

Example Concepts (1.0 version but still helpful):

http://www.virtualsolarsystem.com/venus/ladynightspirit/Concept.htm

5. Virtue: (Loosely based on the Seven Heavenly Virtues) List on Pg. 34; explained on pg. 100-105 of WW55002

Choose one of the following: Charity, Faith, Fortitude, Hope, Justice, Prudence or Temperance.

6. Vice: (Loosely based on the Seven Deadly Sins) List on Pg. 34; explained on pg. 100-105 of WW55002

Choose one of the following: Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Pride, Sloth or Wrath.

7. Chronicle: Put "Washington DC By Night." (or DC By Night or 11th Hour)

8. Faction: Optional, if applicable. Who you work for, who you hang out with, etc. (DC Police, IBM, The Young Republicans, Mafia, the HOA, Hell's Angels, etc.) (See pg. 34 WW55002)

9. Group Name: Optional Subgroup, if applicable. (Mafia Family, Dept. at work, Joe's Bowling League, etc.) (See pg. 34, WW55002)

**NB: For Attributes, Skills and Merits, there is no longer a 3 pt. max cap for stats in the "initial stage" (since there is no freebies stage in 2.0).

However, if you buy 5 dots of anything in Attributes, Skills or Merits at Creation, the 5th Dot costs 2 points, not 1. (See left side pg. 34, WW55002 for more details.)

10. ATTRIBUTES

Attributes are broken down into Mental, Physical and Social, but also across the other way, into Power, Finesse and Resistance. (See pg. 47, WW55002 for details; pgs. 42-53 for overview of Attributes.)

Starting dots for Attributes are 5/4/3.

11. SKILLS (Mental/Physical/Social): You will have 11/7/4 starting dots (+3 Specialties).

(See pg. 53, WW55002 for more info; pgs. 54-89 for overview of Skills.)

Mental skills you don't have dots in will cost -3 to your dice pool for a roll using that stat.

Physical & Social are -1 for unskilled.

Refer also to #20 below, where you need to list the stats for any equipment you have that modifies a skills dice pool.

• Mental Skills: Academics, Computer, Crafts, Investigation, Medicine, Occult, Politics & Science.

• Physical Skills: Athletics, Brawl, Drive, Firearms, Larceny, Stealth, Survival & Weaponry.

• Social Skills: Animal Ken, Empathy, Expression, Intimidation, Persuasion, Socialize, Streetwise & Subterfuge.

NOTE: The "+3 Specialties" works like so: You get 3 "units" where you get to choose a specialty for any skills you put dots for already. You may spend all 3 on one skill, or 2 here and 1 there, or spread them out. Specialties give you +1 bonus die to any roll that specifically has to do with the specialty involved.

ADVANTAGES:

12. MERITS (7 starting points) -- See pg. 34 (list) and pg. 108 (explanations) in WW55002

There are 41 Basic Mortal Merits in the Core Book.

13. FLAWS - see pg. 217 of the Core Book  (WW55002).

Flaws are no longer mandatory; however, you are rewarded with extra points for playing them out correctly.

This is an exception to our "no optional rules" policy - we will be subjectively permitting PC's to regain WP through quality RP of their flaws, as the book allows. Please see an ST about it.

You may also take a MILD derangement as a starting character flaw (see pg. 96 of the Core Book for a list).

See also the RESTRICTED MERITS page for Restricted/Forbidden Flaws.

When in doubt, ask your ST if it is appropriate to your Character design.

14. HEALTH (12 points): No need to fill anything in. The sheet will calculate Stamina + Size (+ any merits such as Giant Size or flaws like Dwarf)

15. WILLPOWER: Resolve + Composure.

NB: Spending 1 WP = +3 to dice pool, or +2 to a defense/resistance stat.

Regained by feeding a Virtue, a Vice, or (optionally) a Flaw through RP.

Also 1 pt. regained through 1 night of IC rest, and all points regained at the end of a story (not a session).

16. MORALITY (10 pts. Max): A Mortal's starting Morality is 7.

See pg. 91 (WW55002) for a hierarchy of sins relating to moral standing.

See pg. 92 for explanation of Derangements and how they work with moral degeneration.

See pgs. 91-94 for a fuller explanation of how Morality functions.

NB: We do not permit the OPTIONAL rule of starting out with lower morality to get XP. You must RP out it lowering.

17. Additional Notes for Combat: Size, Speed, Initiative Mod, Defense, Armor (see pg. 90 WW55002)

18. EXPERIENCE: Please track your own experience and notify your ST before spending it. You may not spend experience on aspects that you have not been playing out IC (e.g.: if you spend a lot of time fighting, you may not spend a bunch of points on politics or computers).

19. WEAPONS: List weapons you carry and their dice mods.

Stats for weapons are on pgs. 168-170 in WW55002. They add to your dice pools.

20. EQUIPMENT: List any equipment you carry that would require dice, and their dice mods.

Examples of equipment and relevant modifiers are listed under the Skills they modify (see pg. 53 for more info, and pg. 139 for some equipment bonuses).

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