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

All characters begin with one dot in each Attribute, refl ecting the basic capabilities of all
human beings. The priorities established in the preceding paragraph determine how many dots
are allocated for each Attribute cluster. Five additional dots are added to the primary group,
four additional dots to the secondary group and three dots to the tertiary group. For example,
the scrawny intellectual mentioned previously would have fi ve dots in his Mental category,
four in his Social and three in his Physical category, while the tactless brute would have fi ve
dots in his Physical category, four in his Mental and only three in his Social category.
The fi fth dot in any Attribute costs two dots to purchase. So, a player who wants his character
to have a Dexterity of 5 needs to spend fi ve dots. (He starts with one free dot, spends
three more to achieve a score of 4, and then spends two more for the fi fth dot.)
STEP THREE: SELECT SKILLS
Skills are divided into the same three subcategories as Attributes: Mental, Physical and
Social. Mental Skills rely on knowledge of the world and are improved through study and
practical application. Physical Skills rely on training, improved mainly through practice and
repetition. Finally, Social Skills rely heavily on interpersonal experience and improve through
interaction with others or through trial and error.
Like Attributes, Skill groups must be prioritized during character creation. Players should
select primary, secondary and tertiary categories for their Skills. The primary group receives
11 dots, the secondary group gets seven, and the tertiary group receives four. Note that, unlike
Attributes, characters do not begin the game with an automatic dot in any Skill, as Skills
dots are obtained through dedication to a fi eld, not natural talent alone. As before, the fi fth
dot in any Skill costs two dots to purchase.
STEP FOUR: SELECT SKILL SPECIALTIES
While characters might have considerable training in Firearms or expertise in Medicine,
they excel in certain aspects of these Skills more so than in others. For instance, Shane
might have a special profi ciency with pistols but not with rifl es or mounted guns. He might
understand the basic principles of using these fi rearms, but the bulk of his training has been
with his favorite pistol. Represented in game terms, such a character may have three dots in
Firearms, with a Specialty in 9mm automatic pistols.
Players choose three Skill Specialties during character creation. These should be very specifi c,
though players may choose more than one Specialty for any given Skill. So, using the previous example,
Shane might have Specialties in both 9mm automatic pistols and 12-gauge shotguns.
STEP FIVE: ADD VAMPIRE TEMPLATE
Here is where your character sloughs off her mortal coil and truly becomes a creature of
the night. The Embrace changes a character into something no longer mortal, endowing her
with special abilities and unique advantages unimagined in her previous existence. Aside from
entering a new world based on clan and covenant, supernatural changes affect her Attributes
and allow her access to the powers of the Blood.
CLAN
A character’s clan serves as a sort of extended family of the night, bound by lineage and
responsible for certain similarities among its members. Vampires are always of the same clan
as the sires that Embrace them, though it is possible to later start a new bloodline that deviates
slightly from other close blood relations. Examine the fi ve clan descriptions presented (see
pp. 136-150), and determine which clan to which you want your character to belong. Your
Storyteller may place restrictions on your choice at the start, depending on the limitations
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