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Experience has shown that there are a number of pitfalls that regularly plague new players of Demon: The Fallen, especially in the context of **Shadows over the South**. Following are a number of explanations and recommendations that are intended to help with these issues: | Experience has shown that there are a number of pitfalls that regularly plague new players of Demon: The Fallen, especially in the context of **Shadows over the South**. Following are a number of explanations and recommendations that are intended to help with these issues: | ||
- | - **Ranks of Virtues bought with freebie points do not affect your Willpower.** If you wish to increase your Willpower beyond the four or five points you get from your regular allotment of virtues, you have to do so directly. However, please note the general server rules regarding permanent Willpower scores over five. | + | - //Ranks of Virtues bought with freebie points do not affect your Willpower.// If you wish to increase your Willpower beyond the four or five points you get from your regular allotment of Virtues, you have to do so directly. However, please note the general server rules regarding permanent Willpower scores over five. |
- Since **SotS** uses (modified) Twentieth Anniversary Edition rules for combat, dodging is resolved as a Dexterity + Athletics roll. //The Dodge talent is therefore superfluous and can be ignored.// | - Since **SotS** uses (modified) Twentieth Anniversary Edition rules for combat, dodging is resolved as a Dexterity + Athletics roll. //The Dodge talent is therefore superfluous and can be ignored.// | ||
- The Religion knowledge ability has been replaced by the more general Belief Systems knowledge ability from M20. Please ask the Demon ST for the full text of the ability if you don't have access to the M20 core book. | - The Religion knowledge ability has been replaced by the more general Belief Systems knowledge ability from M20. Please ask the Demon ST for the full text of the ability if you don't have access to the M20 core book. | ||
- | - While most abilities receive a specialisation at four dots, there are some exceptions: **Art, Crafts, Performance, | ||
- **SotS** does not utilise the Linguistics knowledge ability. Instead additional languages are gained by purchasing the **Language** merit. The full text of the merit can be found on the [[setting: | - **SotS** does not utilise the Linguistics knowledge ability. Instead additional languages are gained by purchasing the **Language** merit. The full text of the merit can be found on the [[setting: | ||
- | - While it is not a requirement, | + | |
+ | - It is recommended that characters with medium to high incomes (Resources 3 or above) purchase at least one dot of the **Finance** ability. Without knowledge of financial matters the character can easily fall prey to scams or simply bad investments. | ||
+ | - Please make sure to familiarise yourself with our [[setting: | ||
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- In the same vein it is highly recommended that you take at least one dot of the **Legacy** background. Without Legacy your character will not know (and cannot know) much about their condition as a Demon, and will thus come across as highly ignorant. | - In the same vein it is highly recommended that you take at least one dot of the **Legacy** background. Without Legacy your character will not know (and cannot know) much about their condition as a Demon, and will thus come across as highly ignorant. | ||