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| ====== Retainers ====== | ====== Retainers ====== | ||
| - | PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION | + | Retainers are human that specialize in a skillset that would assist the Vampire. Think of them as an employee. You must maintain some control over your retainers |
| - | INFORMATION LIKELY TO CHANGE | + | * Salary |
| - | ==== Retainers ==== | + | * Use of Presence or Dominate on them |
| - | Retainers are servants, assistants, or other people who are your loyal and steadfast companions. The may also be people whom you’ve repeatedly Dominated until they have no free will left, or followers so enthralled with your Presence | + | * Giving them your vitae once a month. This will make them your Ghoul. Your Vampire will need to feed more to account for the loss. |
| - | Retainers | + | Retainers |
| - | Retainers and Ghouls are not characters used for roleplay. They are a servant or assistant | + | At any time the Storyteller’s feel your Vampire’s Retainer or Ghoul is being mistreated in any way, they will be taken from them. Your character will lose their dot(s) in their background with no compensation |
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| - | === Mechanics === | + | Purchasing |
| - | Mechanically speaking, the Retainers background covers the number of Retainers any given PC may have, to a total of 5, or, alternatively, | + | Maximum dots in Background: 5 \\ |
| - | \\ | + | Maximum Individual Retainer’s: 3 \\ |
| - | The rules for this are as follows:\\ | + | Maximum skill level/ |
| - | * A Player Character must spend the first dot of the Retainers background on a Retainer | + | |
| - | * Any subsequent dots in the Retainers background may be used to do one of the following, they may either: | + | Additional dots can be invested into a single |
| - | * Invest another | + | |
| - | * Add an additional Retainer to their retinue | + | Invested |
| + | 1 dot - High School graduate\\ | ||
| + | 2 dots - Bachelor degree | ||
| + | 3 dots - Master’s degree | ||
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| + | ==== Retainer Creation ==== | ||
| - | === Building a Retainer === | + | Step One: Character Concept |
| - | Start with building a Mortal | + | What do you want your Retainer to do. Why would you hire them as an employee? \\ |
| - | Step One: Character Concept | + | Step Two: Select Attributes 6/4/3 \\ |
| - | What do you want your Retainer to do. Some examples: Driver, Body Guard, Attorney, Researcher, Assistant | + | |
| + | Step Three: Select Abilities 13/9/5 (Nothing higher than three at this stage) \\ | ||
| - | Step Two: Select Attributes 6/4/3 | ||
| - | Step Three: Select Abilities 13/9/5 (Nothing higher than three at this stage) | ||
| Step Four: Select Advantages | Step Four: Select Advantages | ||
| - | * Backgrounds: | + | * Backgrounds: |
| - | (Max 3 dots in any one Background. Resources, more than 1 dot will lower the amount of time the Retainer can spend with the Vampire, they will have to work to pay for their home. Max 10 dots into Freebies) | + | - Max 3 dots in any one Background |
| - | * Virtues: 5 dots (start with 1 dot in each) | + | |
| + | * Virtues: 5 dots (start with 1 dot in each) \\ | ||
| Step Five: Finishing Touches | Step Five: Finishing Touches | ||
| * Calculate and record Humanity. Add Conscience and Self-Control. | * Calculate and record Humanity. Add Conscience and Self-Control. | ||
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| * Spend Freebie points (10). | * Spend Freebie points (10). | ||
| - | Creating a Ghoul | ||
| - | * Add 1 dot in Potence and 1 dot in a clan Discipline. (Will not include rare or clan only Disciplines.) | ||
| - | * Maintaining a Ghoul requires feeding them. More blood the Vampire will need. | ||
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| - | Freebie Points \\ | ||
| - | Attribute 5 per dot \\ | ||
| - | Ability 2 per dot \\ | ||
| - | Discipline 10 per dot \\ | ||
| - | Background 1 per dot \\ | ||
| - | Virtue 2 per dot \\ | ||
| - | Humanity 1 per dot \\ | ||
| - | Willpower 1 per dot | ||
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| - | **Contingencies**\\ | ||
| - | This all said, there is one very important thing to keep in mind when you are creating, and further running your Retainers/ | ||
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| - | Additionally, | ||
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| - | *reference for creating a mortal Hunter the Hunter. | ||
| + | === Additional Options === | ||
| + | Retainer to Ghoul add; | ||
| + | 1 dot of Potence, 1 dot of the Vampire' | ||
| + | Expanding your Retainers knowledge? 2nd and 3rd dots, add another 10 Freebies \\ | ||
| + | *Beyond their creation, Retainer' | ||