Character Tips for Werewolf: The Apocolypse
�Assign your stats by chracter CONCEPT, not overall 'killit-ness.' If the stats fit your concept, you're good. If not, reassign them until they do.
�'killit-ness:'adj. The ability of one to kill, slay, or cut down another person or thing.
�The stat assignment restrictions(7/5/3 13/9/5) may seem harsh, but they can be set up in manners that allow you to have an INTERESTING, 3D CHARACTER
�Although Werewolf is, in many ways, a fighting game, this does not mean that your character should be an all-out combat death dealer, capable of killing fourteen Black Spiral Dancers in one round. If you can do this, your Storyteller is either high or very stupid.
�Make your auspice at least loosely match concept. That way, it adds something of a mystical touch to the auspice system, as it implies that auspice really does affect your personality. However, you may choose to play sort of a 'reluctant Garou' type, in which case your personality may conflict to the highest degree with your auspice.
�Do not focus so much on a concept as on a personality. A character without a personality is not a character.
�A drab personality is OK, and a boring personality is OK, but a 2D personality is NOT OK. Play your personality to the hilt, and even if you fudge a little (i.e. in a multiple-character story, confusing information one has with information that the other has), it will not matter. All that matters is that the Role-Playing is put back in Role Playing Game.
�As it says in the WPG second edition, Personality Archetypes are GUIDES. Do not feel compelled to only use the ones listed. Make your own that fit your personality.
�A personality Archetype is a ONE-WORD DESCRIPTION OF YOUR CHARACTER'S PERSONALITY. Again, if nothing fits your personality type, make something up, even if you have a great handle on playing your character, just to humor your Storyteller.