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Hunter Backgrounds and their changes

* If you do not see background here, assume it is unchanged from the book.

Main book backgrounds

Archives

Arsenal

  • Your arsenal is your own and represents the immediate access you'd have to weapons for the hunt.

Levels Anything above level 3 and without proper licensing (See Certificate background) is considered illegal. Level 5 is outright illegal and may result in raids on your home.

  1. Dot: Knives and other homemade weapons
  2. Dot: Pistols and small arms that can be bought from any Florida gun store.
  3. Dot: Shotguns and high calibre firearms
  4. Dot: Rifles and high-powered weapons
  5. Dot: Grenades and explosive ordinance along with heavy machine guns (You cannot start out with this option)

Bystanders

  • Bystanders like all player NPCs are played by STs
  • Bystanders function the same mechanically as retainers, but have the added benefit of knowing what's out there and perhaps even being saved by your imbued. Which means they are willing to help the saviours of mankind in any way that they can, however this devotion comes at its own price. Every leader has had to deal with their own dangerous zealot before… Perhaps you should check on that Bystander journalist? He hasn't been in contact for a while.

Destiny

Destiny rerolls recharge once a week. (Sundays)

Exposure

Exposure functions like the lore system, needing a roll of intelligence/wits + exposure dots. HOWEVER, with this system, you will get unreliable data and information based on your own experiences of the hunt and talks with other hunters. It will never be as good as lores, but allows players to properly reflect an experienced hunter in their knowledge and RP.

Patron

  • Patron is a roll actively rolled at ST discretion. Please don't ask them if they “See a message”.
  • On a success, you will receive a vision or clue from the messengers. This will often manifest as 1 line per success.

Creed Backgrounds

Zeal

Avengers

Berserk
Banned, too similar to the berserk merit, which is already banned. If you want to be an angry warrior of God take the Hatred flaw or the Vengeful flaw.
Cult
Banned, what the Cult can do background wise is the same as contacts and allies. It's just a re-flavoured Bystander, to be honest.
Pawn
Banned, if you want to have someone who benefits or support your hunt represent it in resources and contact dots. Really, it's also unworkable in this setting.

Defender

Fraternity
See Pawn

Iron willed
Replaced with Increased Pain Threshold (3pt. Merit) and Insensible to pain (5pt. Merit)

Stronghold

Judge

Database
Allowed but does not function the same as contacts.

Grace under pressure
Banned

Soulmate
Banned, Replaced by the “True Love” merit

Mercy

Innocents

Visionary

Hermit

Animal Companion
Animals maybe played by PCs but to be played in scenes should show up on the sheet.

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