Mind's Eye Theatre - Vampire The Requiem.pdf - RoseRed

character creation
Concept need only to be a general idea — renowned socialite, musical prodigy, heroic
savior — but it should be enough to spawn ever more complex ideas about the character’s
motives, environment and relationships. Of course, a concept can be far more complex: “My
character was a disenchanted New-Age believer who was tired of the watered-down rites she
was exposed to there, and went looking for more visceral practices in some scary places. Her
Embrace into the Gangrel clan and initiation into the Circle of the Crone has connected
her with the kind of primal magical traditions she feels she’s been seeking for so long and
transformed her into a confi dent, powerful mystic and predator.”
As shown in that example, some players might want to include clan and covenant at this
time. Information regarding clan and covenant is detailed in Step Five. Players creating prelude
characters would forgo the selection of clan and covenant entirely, instead arriving at
those choices through play.
STEP TWO: SELECT ATTRIBUTES
After the more qualitative aspects of a character have been solidifi ed, players must assign
numbers that support their decisions. The fi rst step in determining a character’s numeric
traits is to prioritize his Attributes. Attributes represent raw, natural ability. How strong is
the character? How smart? How agile? What impression does he make as he enters a room?
Attributes take these questions and more into account, ultimately providing the foundation
upon which a character is built. Characters have nine Attributes, divided into three categories:
Mental (Intelligence, Wits, Resolve), Physical (Strength, Dexterity, Stamina) and Social
(Presence, Manipulation, Composure).
First, you must decide in which of these categories your character excels the most (primary).
You then select the group of Attributes in which your character is average (secondary). Finally,
the remaining category is designated as the character’s weakest area of natural talent
(tertiary). Is your character a scrawny intellectual, or possibly a brute lacking in social graces?
Your character concept should provide insight into where to assign your priorities, but you
may decide to break with that mold — say, by creating a short, sinewy mob enforcer whose
intensity and rage more than make up for his lack of size.
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