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

example of character creation
The favored Attributes of the Gangrel are Composure and Stamina, and Alyson feels that
Maggie’s personality would more naturally lend itself to an increased Stamina. She adds
one dot to that Attribute, and explains that Maggie’s Embrace has heightened her primal
hardiness and given her a certain restless power that she never had in life. Maggie relishes
her newfound reserves of energy and enjoys going for long runs all across the city and the
wild when she can risk it.
Alyson has three dots to spend on Disciplines, which she may spend in any way she chooses,
provided at least two of her dots go to Gangrel clan Disciplines. She decides that with Maggie’s
intense occult studies and her rising status as a priestess of the Morrigan in the Circle of the
Crone, she would naturally pursue Crúac sorcery. Reading the description of that Discipline,
she fi nds she is limited to one dot of Crúac as a starting character. Covenants do not entrust
their secrets to members lightly, even to the faithful. (Alyson also makes a note that she will
have to purchase at least one dot in Covenant Status in the Circle of the Crone during the
next step of character creation, the minimum requirement for learning Crúac.) Since Peter
informed her in the beginning that sorcery required Storyteller permission, Alyson presents
her evolving picture of Maggie to him and asks if it would be an acceptable purchase. Liking
what he sees, he approves the decision, and Alyson spends one dot on Crúac, making it the
one out-of-clan Discipline dot she’s allowed to take during character creation.
Since she must spend her two remaining dots on Disciplines favored by the Gangrel, she
chooses to put a dot in Resilience. Already toughened by the Embrace, it makes sense that
Maggie would be able to call on extra reserves of fortitude when she must. Alyson now has one
dot remaining to spend, and ultimately decides to purchase one dot of Protean. Maggie fi nds
that the Aspect of the Predator power allows her to hold her own even against older or more
experienced vampires, and thus naturally suits her role as a rising leader in her covenant.
STEP SIX: MERITS
Alyson must next spend seven dots on Merits. Looking over the list of suggested Merits in
the Mind’s Eye Theatre rulebook, she tries to fi nd those that might refl ect both Maggie’s old
life as well as her new existence. Alyson leaves Blood Potency at 1, as Maggie is still relatively
new to the rigors of the Requiem. She looks over the list and decides to spend four points on
the Inspiring Merit. Having already established that Maggie is quite compelling in her role as a
priestess, Alyson wants to really reinforce that image by giving her some extra oratorical prowess.
She explains that Maggie routinely gets her fellow Acolytes fi red up during invocations, and she’s
developed quite a knack for it. Peter approves the decision, looking forward to seeing Alyson
roleplay this rhetorical intensity. That leaves her with just three more dots of Merits, though.
Alyson decides to spend one dot on Haven, and informs Peter that she’s going to try to
pool this Merit with several other Acolytes in game. For now, she allocates the point to Haven
Security. Maggie wants a place that’s reasonably well-protected, given the rigors of the Danse
Macabre. Because she wants to pool this Merit with other players, however, she’ll have to
wait to talk to them about exactly what they want their Haven to be, where it is located and
exactly how it is defended. Alyson then spends another dot on Herd, refl ecting how Maggie
callously uses her friends from her old neo-pagan circle as a food source, disguising the worst
of her feeding habits as highly “ecstatic” rites. Given the Vitae-intensive demands of Crúac,
Maggie intends to develop this cult further in time (i.e., raise the Merit), but she’s content
for now with a few followers.
Lastly, Alyson puts a dot into Covenant Status (Circle of the Crone). She justifi es this by
saying that although Maggie is still relatively new to the Danse Macabre, her intensity and
compelling personality has already brought some initial favorable attention from her fellow
Acolytes. This also fulfi lls the requirement for the dot of Crúac she purchased earlier. Given
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