Updated: 24 October 1998

CHARACTER CREATION
&
EVOLUTION

                    The Character Creation for parisian Player Characters is somewhat different than for the U.S. ones. The Generation range is greater (From 5 to 14!), and we made some arrangement to correct some of the unbalances we saw in the normal character creation rules (Even in the Vampire: The Masquerade, Revised Rules). We also changed a little the Experience Points systems to reach an agreement for each Storyteller.

CHARACTER CREATION:

                    (See Vampire: The Masquerade, Revised Edition, p 104)
Only the steps described below have been changed. But some aspect must be clearly defined. For example, most french characters Embraced in the last 10 years (or even 20), who followed a normal cursus must have, at least 1 in Academics and 1 in science as 80% of the youth reach the Baccalaureat (a.k.a ''Bac'', which is, more or less, equal to Academics * and Science *. More points should be added if the character went to University (after the Bac). For example, ** should be equivalent to a D.E.U.G. (2+ years after the Bac); *** should be equivalent to a Maîtrise (4+ years after the Bac), **** to a Thèse (6+ years after the Bac).

Furthermore, french people learning to drive know how to drive an automatic AND manual transmition car. So Drive * enables a character to drive any normal car (half the french cars are no ''automatic'').

Background: Generation

                    There is two ways to buy Generation. The first is to buy it at the following cost:

The second way is to let the Storyteller choose the Sire of the Player Character, thus determining the Generation at no cost. Of course, the player and the Storyteller must discuss about the choice, but the Storyteller has the final choice.

Background: License to...

                    The character has official license to do something not usually permitted to the average citizen. Note that Veilleurs and Masques have this kind of Merit (usually, at 3, but exceptionnal agents can have more: Ivan has 5!).

This Background was inspired/copied/pasted from the Merit with the same name, in the Guide to the Technocracy, p165.

Background: Mentor

                    The Character/Storyteller must put as much points in the Mentor Background as the Mentor's own Status minus one. Of course, it can change because of other factors (personal power of the Mentor, a possible high/low Elder Status/Prestige, etc.)

Background: Ressources

                    Here is the equivalent for the Ressources in Francs Note that 5 Francs is more or less equal to 1 U.S. Dollar.

The ''Smic'' is the legal minimum salary.

Background: Spies

                    The character has spies that enable her to have more or less secret informations.

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Background: Status

                    The french system is different, as the Prince of Paris is also the Prince of France, as defined by the Toreador Hegemony. Thus, the status in Paris is somewhat higher than elsewhere. You will find here a table with the types of status.

For more explication, this was explained in the Camarilla of Paris: French Status Chapter.

The Caitiff:

                    A Caitiff can buy almost any Discipline (Special Discipline should have an acceptable explanation, but the Storyteller should let a Caitiff more freedom than for the other Clan Kindred: After all, a Caitiff can create a Discipline, and she could well have instinctively learnt the Disciplines bought upon the creation of the Character, and thus raise them at normal Cost.

Note that a Caitiff can have Status, but also has a permanent malus of 1 because of the Clan prejudice. Thus, a Caitiff whose presence is accepted in Paris have a legal Status of 1. But for any interaction, the Caitiff has a malus of 1 and thus is considered as having a Status of 0.

For Additionnal information about the Caitiff, please Read Outcasts: The Book of Pariah or look at the Caitiff & Rules file of the Vampire: The Masquerade Chapter of the Lda.

Merits & Flaws:

                    Player Characters can buy Merit & Flaws, but the Storyteller should limit the occurence of certain rare Merits/Flaws. Thus, the Baby Face, Eat Food, Enchanting Voice, Unbondable, Iron Will, Eerie Presence, etc. should not be accepted unless a very good explanation. A player should buy a Merit/Flaw to enhance the particularity of her Character, not to make her more powerful.

By allowing some Merits/Flaws without control, the characters having them are prejudiced. Sometimes, more absurd events happens, like the following: ''What? Your Vampire hasn't the Babyface Merit? She is breaking the Masquerade! Every Kindred in Paris HAS this Merit!''

EXPERIENCE:

                    (See Vampire: The Masquerade, Revised Edition, p 143)
There is variations between the system used by White Wolf and the LdA's Storytellers. This compilation was destined to help us remember the exact terms, but as it can be helpful to others (and as we loath to remove it from the files when updating the homepage), here they are. Of course, each positive part gives ONE Experience point.

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