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====== Retainers ======

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 by:
  * Salary
  * Use of Presence or Dominate on them
  * 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 and Ghouls are not characters used for roleplay with other characters besides your Vampire.

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 for the loss.

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Purchasing Retainer(s) \\
Maximum dots in Background: 5 \\
Maximum Individual Retainer’s: 3 \\
Maximum skill level/education per Retainer: 3

Additional dots can be invested into a single Retainer, raising the capability to assist the Vampire. Each Retainer’s maximum dots allowed 3. 

Invested in a Single Retainer \\
1 dot - High School graduate\\
2 dots - Bachelor degree (4 yrs) \\
3 dots - Master’s degree (8 yrs) \\

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==== Retainer Creation ====

Step One: Character Concept 
What do you want your Retainer to do. Why would you hire them as an employee? \\

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
  * Backgrounds: 5 dots. 
     - 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. \\
  * Virtues: 5 dots (start with 1 dot in each) \\

Step Five: Finishing Touches
  * Calculate and record Humanity. Add Conscience and Self-Control.
  * Record Willpower, which is equal to Courage
  * Spend Freebie points (10).


=== Additional Options ===

Retainer to Ghoul add;
1 dot of Potence, 1 dot of the Vampire's In-clan Discipline (Common and Uncommon only). Additional 15 Freebies

Expanding your Retainers knowledge? 2nd and 3rd dots, add another 10 Freebies \\

*Beyond their creation, Retainer's do not earn or are given XP. They remain the same.