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Natures and Demeanors |
You have the concept, and so
now you just have to figure out your character's
instinctive way of behaving. IE his Nature.
A Demeanor is how someone acts, their outward
personality. Both come from the same list of
Personality Archetypes, so one is chosen by Nature,
and the second by Demeanor.
NOTE: I do not believe in the rules
used in 3rd Edition. I do not like the storyline
either, but I do not use ANYTHING 3rd Edition on this
page. So, if you need that information, I
apologize, but I cannot help you.
If anyone sees anything that I have
missed, or made a mistake on, please E-mail
me immediately so that I can correct the mistakes
immediately. Thank you, and enjoy. |
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Personality
Archetypes Below are
two lists, a direct text list and a description
list. Choose from the direct list to go to
the specific Archetype you want to view.
And now, here is the description
list. Enjoy!
Archetype |
Description |
Architect |
Your sense of purpose goes beyond
your own needs; you try to create something of
lasting value for those who will come after
you. People need many things, and you gain
satisfaction by providing whatever you can.
You are the type of person who makes an effort to
build something of value; to found a town, create
a company or in some way leave a lasting
legacy. Many American pioneers were
Architects by Nature. |
Regain Willpower whenever you
create or establish something of importance or
value. |
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Autocrat |
You must have complete
control of the situation, complete control over
those around you and as much control over fate as
you possibly can. Control is the only thing
you understand; it is what you worship.
Authority is what you desire, and it is what you
gain when you have control. The more
authority you have, the more control you
gain. One hand feeds the other. Others
may consider you domineering, but they just aren't
up for the job. You are the only one who can
do it. |
Regain one point of
Willpower whenever you achieve complete control
over a situation involving other individuals. |
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Autist |
You hide your secrets
from others. Even more importantly, you hide
your true self. Anyone who understands you
can hurt you, so no one must ever see the real
you, or even come close. Give away as little
of yourself as possible, adopt a false personality
if you like, but just make sure no one discovers
the truth about you. Knowledge is power, and
those who know you can do anything they like to
you. |
Regain one Willpower
point whenever another character confesses he is
unable to understand you, or whenever someone
makes a false assumption about you that gives you
an advantage. |
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Avant-Garde |
You must always be in
the forefront, always the first with a
piece of news, a dance or fashion
trend, or a discovery in the
arts. Nothing pains you more
than hearing news secondhand, or
someone else telling you about a hot
new band. New discoveries are
your life, and you devote a great deal
of time and effort to keeping up with
things. After all, if you're not
in the forefront, you're nowhere. |
Regain one Willpower
point whenever you are first with a
piece of news or some other
significant discovery. |
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Bon
Vivant |
Life is pointless, shallow and
meaningless---so have as good a time as
possible. Rome may burn, but you shall drink
wine and sing songs. A hedonist, sensualist,
sybarite and party animal, the words austere,
self-denial and self-discipline have no place in
your life. You much prefer the concept of
instant gratification. Still, you don't mind
a little hard work as long as a good time awaits
you upon completion. most Bon Vivants have
low Self-Control, for they so dearly love excess. |
Regain Willpower whenever you have a
truly good time and can fully express your
exultation (or perhaps even more points if you
enjoy an especially fun night). |
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Bravo |
You are known as a bully, a ruffian
and a tough, and delight in tormenting the
weak. Things must always go your way, and
you do not tolerate those who cross you.
Power and might are all you respect; indeed, you
heed only those who can prove their power to
you. You see nothing wrong with forcing your
will upon others. There is nothing you like
better than to persecute, antagonize, heckle and
intimidate those for whom you have contempt---and
of them there are many. The emotions of
kindness and pity are not completely foreign to
you, but you hide from your own sense of weakness
through cruelty to others. While most Bravos
despise the weak, a few become their protectors. |
Regain Willpower whenever you
intimidate or physically force another person to
do what you wish. |
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Caregiver |
You always try to help those around
you, struggling to make a difference in the needs
and sorrows of the unfortunate. People
around you depend on your stability and strength
to keep them steady and centered. You are
the one people turn to when they have a problem. |
Regain Willpower whenever you
successfully protect or nurture someone
else. It can be as small as a smile of
support or a shoulder to lean on at an appropriate
moment. You must help the other person in
some way, though he need not acknowledge it
openly. |
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Cavalier |
You are as bold,
intrepid, valiant and fearless as you
need to be to complete your
duty. You are the hero who tries
to live up to glorious ideals and
codes of justice. By protecting
that which is good, you seek to
preserve the society that made you
what you are. If your Nature is
Cavalier, and your Humanity ever falls
below four, you have to choose a new
Nature. You probably hate
Deviants, though you may not always
recognize them. |
Regain three Willpower
points when you manage to accomplish a
significant task that positively
affects the group to which you belong. |
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Child |
You are still immature in
personality and temperament: a kid who never grew
up. Though you can (hopefully) care for
yourself, you prefer the security of being watched
over by others. Often you seek out someone
to look out for you---a caretaker of sorts.
Some see you as a spoiled brat, while others see
you as an innocent cherub unaffected by the evils
of the world. This is a very common
archetype for Kindred who were created when they
were young and subsequently matured mentally, but
not emotionally. |
Regain Willpower whenever someone
does something to help you with no apparent gain
for himself. |
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Competitor |
You are driven by the
need to win at all costs. The
thrill of victory is the only thrill
you recognize; it is the thing that
drives you. You see life as a
contest and society as a dichotomy of
winners and losers. You believe all
the macho business proverbs:
"if you're not the lead dog,
the view never changes,"
"there are no prizes for
second place", "eat
or be eaten." You try
to turn every situation into a contest
of some kind, and it is the only way
you can relate to anything. You
are capable of cooperating with
others, but only by turning the group
interactions into another contest: you
must be the leader, or the most
productive, or the most indispensable,
or the best liked. ANYTHING, as
long as it means you win in some way
or another. |
Regain one Willpower
point whenever you win a contest of
any sort, formal or informal.
For truly impressive victories, the
Storyteller may award more points. |
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Confidant |
You understand people,
and, more importantly, you like
them. You are a facilitator who
listens and advises. People
confess to you and in return you give
them advice, most of which is good
(though sometimes your advice is more
for your own benefit than for that of
the recipient). You are very
interested in other people, and who
and what they are. Personalities
fascinate you, as do the sickness and
beauty of human nature. |
You regain a point of
Willpower whenever someone confides in
you on a personal and intimate level. |
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Conformist |
You are a follower. Taking
charge is just not your style. It is easier
for you to adapt, attune, adjust, comply and
reconcile yourself to whatever new situation you
find yourself in. You flit to the brightest
star, the person whom you feel to be the best,
throwing your lot in with him. It is both
difficult and distasteful for you to go against
the flow or rebel. You hate inconsistence
and instability, and know that by supporting a
strong leader, you help prevent chaos from
occurring. All stable groups need some kind
of Conformist. |
Regain Willpower whenever your group
(the brood) accomplishes something because of your
support and aid. |
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Conniver |
What's the sense of working hard
when you can get something for nothing? Why drudge
when, just by talking, you can get what you
want? You always try to find the easy way
out, the fast track to success and wealth.
Some people might call what you do swindling or
even outright theft, but you know that you only do
what everyone else does; you just do it
better. Additionally, it's a game, and you
get great pleasure out of outwitting
someone. Connivers play many roles, so you
may be a thief, a swindler, a street waif, an entrepreneur,
a con man, or just a finagler. |
Regain Willpower whenever you are
able to get your way by tricking another person
into doing as you wish. |
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Critic |
Nothing in the world
should be accepted without thorough
scrutiny and examination. Nothing
is ever perfect, and the blemishes
must be pointed out in order for the
good to be truly known. Your
standards are high for everything, and
you insist on their being met.
You encourage the same ideals in
others, because laxity and low
standards reduce the quality of life
for everyone. Others will thank
you later, once they discover the
purity of your perspective. You
seek out and expose the imperfections
in every person or thing you
encounter. You are never
satisfied with anything that is less
than perfect, unless it is within
yourself (after all, you're not a
perfectionist). |
Regain one Willpower
point whenever you are able to
discover a significant imperfection
that has escaped the attention of
others. |
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Curmudgeon |
You are an irascible, churlish
person at heart, taking everything seriously and
finding little humor in life (though you may have
a wickedly barbed wit). Cynicism is your
middle name; it is the tool with which you judge
everything in life. You have a very
well-defined understanding of how things really
work, especially when they involve the circus of
human endeavor. Long ago the foolish actions
of others ceased to surprise you. |
Regain Willpower whenever someone
does something stupid, just like you
predicted. You must predict it either out
loud to the other characters or in private to the
Storyteller. |
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Deviant |
There are always people who don't
fit in, and you are such a miscreant. Your
beliefs, motivations and sense of propriety are
the complete antithesis of the status quo.
You are not so much an aimless rebel as an
independent thinker who does not belong in the
society in which you were raised. You don't
give a damn about other people's morality, but you
do adhere to your own strange code of
conduct. Deviants are typically irreverent,
and some have truly bizarre tastes and desires. |
Regain Willpower whenever you are
able to thumb your nose at society and its
precepts without retaliation (most often vampiric
society rather than mortal). |
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Director |
You despise chaos and disorder, and
tend to take control and organize things in order
to suppress anarchy. You like to be in
charge, live to organize and habitually strive to
make things work smoothly. You trust your
own judgment implicitly and tend to think of
things in black-and-white terms: "This won't
work," "You're either for me or against
me," "There are two ways to do this---my
way and the wrong way." |
Regain Willpower when you are
allowed to lead a group and accomplish a
significant task. |
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Fanatic |
You are consumed by a cause; it is
the primary force in your life, for good or
ill. Every ounce of blood and passion you
possess is directed towards it; in fact, you feel
very guilty about spending time on anything
else. You will let nothing stand in your
way---nothing that you cannot overcome, in any
case. You and those around you may suffer,
but your cause is everything---the end justifies
the means. Before the game begins, make sure
you describe your cause, and define how it may
affect your behavior. |
You regain Willpower whenever you
accomplish an act which furthers your cause. |
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Gallant |
You are as flamboyant as you are
amoral; some see you as a rogue, a Don Juan, a
rake, a paramour, or just a lounge lizard---but
you see yourself as all of the above. A
consummate actor who loves to make as big show of
things as possible, nothing attracts your interest
more than an appreciative audience. You love
people and you love to impress them even
more. Though you may indeed be a superior
lover, you enjoy the chase almost as much as you
enjoy the act. Gallants vary widely in temperament
and ambition, holding in common little more than
their love of attention. |
Regain Willpower whenever you manage
to dazzle or impress another person. The
Storyteller is always the judge, even when
characters are involved. |
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Honest-Abe |
You have a moderate
temperament, and refrain at all cost
from telling lies and stealing from
others. You were brought up to
live honestly and openly, and to be
good to others; you have lived your
life (and unlife) by these simple
truths ever since. You are not a
dogmatist and do not insist that
others live as you do, nor have you
constructed a complicated set of rules
for yourself. You are flexible
in your behavior, but always carefully
evaluate your actions against your
beliefs. |
You regain five points
of Willpower if your honesty harms you
or your friends in some way, but later
turns out to help you. In other
words, your honesty turns out to have
been the proper way to do things, even
from a pragmatic point of view. |
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Jester |
You are the fool, idiot, quipster,
clown or comic, forever making fun of both
yourself and others. You constantly seek the
humor in any situation, and strive always to
battle the tides of depression inside
yourself. You hate sorrow and pain, and
constantly try to take others' minds off the dark
side of life. Sometimes you'll do nearly
anything to forget pain exists. Your
particular brand of humor might not always impress
your friends, but it makes you feel better.
Some Jesters manage to escape pain and are truly
happy, but most never find release. |
Regain Willpower when you raise the
spirits of those around you through the device of
humor, especially when you are able to escape your
own pain in the process. |
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Jobsworth |
You are dedicated to
the unbroken routine of your
existence, and refuse to do anything
that compromises your routine and
established practices. No matter
how urgent or deserving an individual
case may be, the preservation of
established practices and routines is
more important. Individual
decisions and considerations are
fallible, whereas routines and
established procedures are the
distilled wisdom of years or decades
of decision-making. Routines are
what separates order from chaos.
Make an exception once, and it sets a
dangerous precedent; make an exception
twice, and the door to anarchy is
opened. |
Regain a Willpower
point each time you are able to
preserve your routine, and each time
you avoid reevaluating anything or
making a decision about a situation
based on its individual merits.
At the Storyteller's option, more
points may be awarded for truly
impressive feats of generalization. |
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Judge |
As a facilitator, moderator,
arbitrator, conciliator, and peacemaker, you
always seek to make things better. You pride
yourself on your rationality, your judgment and
your ability to deduce a reasonable explanation
when given the facts. You struggle to
promote truth, but you understand how difficult it
is to ascertain. You respect justice, for
that is the way in which truth can reign. In
your view, people are resources, albeit ones that
are most difficult to manage and employ. You
hate dissension and arguments, and shy away from
dogmatism. Sometimes Judges make good
leaders, though a lack of vision can sometimes
cause them to maintain the status quo instead of
searching for a better way. |
Regain Willpower when you are able
to successfully separate the truth from a web of
lies or can convince disputing individuals to
agree with your judgment. |
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Loner |
You are the type of person who is
always alone, even in the midst of a crowd.
You are the wanderer, hunter and lone wolf.
Though others might think of you as lonely,
forsaken, isolated or remote, in truth you prefer
your own company to that of others. There
are many different reasons why this might be so:
you don't understand people, you understand people
too well, people dislike you, people like you too
much, or you are simply lost in your own
thoughts. Your reasons are your own. |
When you manage to accomplish some
significant task on your own, without the aid of
others, yet which still aids the group in some
way, you regain Willpower based on the
significance of the achievement. |
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Manipulator |
You have always been
fascinated by others. Why do
people behave as they do? What
thoughts and emotions affect their
actions? The cognitive process
that influences the choices people
make intrigue you. Sometimes just
asking people questions about their
actions can yield important
information, but often people do not
truly understand their own motivations
and concerns. In these cases, it
is far easier to set up situations,
experiments, if you will, to see how
people behave. You attempt to
manipulate these situations for your
personal advantage, in order to
discover more information about your
chosen subjects. Some might call
these experiments cruel, but to you it
is mere scientific necessity. |
Regain Willpower
whenever you mange to set up an
incident or situation that allows you
to gain new insight into your
subject's psyche. |
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Martyr |
All possess the martyr instinct, but
few act upon it. Even fewer live the life of
a Martyr, but you are such a one. Your
desire for self-sacrifice stems either from a low
self-esteem, a feeling of a lack of control, or a
profoundly developed sense of love. You are
able to endure long-lasting and severe suffering
because of your beliefs and ideals. At
worst, a Martyr expects sympathy and attention
because of his or her suffering, and may even
feign or exaggerate pain or deprivation. At
best, a Martyr will choose to suffer injury or
even the Final Death rather than renounce his
religion, beliefs, principles, cause or friends. |
Regain Willpower when
you sacrifice yourself in a real and
immediate way for your beliefs or
another individual. |
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Masochist |
You like to push the
boundaries and try to see how much you
can take... how much pain you can
tolerate before you collapse.
You gain a certain satisfaction from
suffering humiliation, depravation and
even mutilation, especially when you
are the cause of your pain and have
some control over it. You know
that your need is somewhat perverse,
but you know you aren't crazy.
This is just the way you are. |
Regain two points of
Willpower whenever you suffer in a new
way. |
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Mediator |
The world is full of
people who want things; sometimes
people want the exact same
things. Some people have what
other people want and would be willing
to talk about working out a deal, but
just don't know how to start.
These people often have immense
trouble finding and communicating with
each other. That is where you
come in. You are dedicated to
mediating between people, fulfilling
needs; smoothing over disputes, and
generally helping people talk to one
another. You are the diplomat, the
middle child, the perpetual person in
the middle. |
Regain one point of
Willpower whenever you are able to act
as a go-between between two
individuals or groups, and regain
another point if you bring things to a
satisfactory conclusion. The
Storyteller may award more points for
particularly outstanding mediation. |
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Optimist |
"Everything
always turns out for the best."
That is the motto of your life, and
you know if you can just stay cheerful
and stop worrying, your problems will
never be with you forever. Some
call you a fool, but even they have to
admit you're happier than they
are. Certainly you'll encounter
difficulties from time to time, but
there's no sense in worrying yourself
to death in advance. Don't
worry, be happy, and have a nice day. |
Regain a Willpower
point whenever things turn out for the
best, just like you said they
would. You must predict such an
outcome, either out loud to the other
characters or to yourself (tell the
Storyteller). |
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Pedagogue |
You've been a few
places, seen a few things, and picked
up a thing or two along the way, and
you like to tell everyone about what
you've learned. Teaching is your
avocation, if not necessarily your
profession. In your time you've
seen inexperience and ignorance lead
to all kinds of misery and misfortune,
and it pains you too much to stand by
and watch this occur. You are
dedicated to passing on what you have
learned for the benefit of others, not
only skills and knowledge, but also
the less tangible assets of wisdom and
experience. If given the chance
you can lecture others for hours. |
Regain one Willpower
point whenever you see (or discover)
that someone has benefited by
something you taught or showed him. |
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Penitent |
You are unworthy.
You are sinful. You are base,
vile and lacking in virtue. You
have no right to exist and are utterly
beyond redemption. Either
because of a low self-image or because
of a spectacular trauma in your past,
you feel compelled to spend your life
making up for what you are, what you
lack or what you have done. You
owe it to Creation at large to offer
repentance for the crime of your
existence. You struggle nightly
to make amends for your weakness, and
your nightly dream is to be able, at
last, to overcome it. But you
know you are weak and beyond hope. |
Regain one Willpower
point whenever you are able to do a
good deed for someone to whom (in
reality or in your imagination) you
have been an inconvenience, annoyance,
or danger. For particularly
outstanding acts of penitence or
recompense, the Storyteller may award
more points. |
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Perfectionist |
You can't stand
imperfection, not in others and
certainly not in yourself.
Neither can you tolerate those who do
not do everything they can to do their
best, to make everything neat and
proper and right in their lives.
Though you may be strict with others,
it is with yourself that you are most
critical. Everything must always
be in its place, and you must always
do the best and be the best. |
Regain a point of
Willpower whenever you accomplish
something flawlessly, without a single
mistake, falter, wound, hesitation,
confusion, hindrance or obstruction. |
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Plotter |
Everything you do is
planned. Very little springs
from you spontaneously. Your
plans are often long and involved,
sometimes extending beyond the lives
of the mortals involved in them.
Details must be exact, for you believe
any deviation could bring ruin.
You try to plan everything in your
life; each thing you do must
accomplish something in the greater
scheme Deviation from routine,
however, is bothersome, not
traumatic. You are organized,
not deranged. You tend to be
neat and precise in everything you do. |
You regain three points
of Willpower when one of your plots
comes to fruition in the exact manner
you planned. |
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Poltroon |
Meeting trouble (or
anything else) head-on is the tactic
of fools and optimists. The
sensible way to deal with trouble is
to deny it a target. While some
people might accuse you of sticking
your head in the sand, they do have to
admit that it has remained on your
shoulders for quite some time, and
looks like it will continue to do so
indefinitely. You never confront
what you can evade, and never face
anything unless there is no other
option. Courage is not high on
your list of virtues, but then the
line between courage and folly is
virtually nonexistent to your eyes. |
Regain one point of
Willpower whenever you are able to
avoid a problem or situation without
dealing with it. |
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Praise-Seeker |
Your self-worth is
based entirely on the opinions of
others. You crave approval and
praise, and will go to extreme lengths
to get such, even risking yourself and
things you love. Unlike the
Sycophant, you do not think of
protection, and have no thought of
using others' good opinions to your
own advantage, you simply crave praise
and approval for their own sake, so
you can feel good about yourself. |
Regain one Willpower
point whenever another character
offers unprompted praise, admiration
or appreciation. If the
appreciation is truly great, and/or
the other character is powerful or
particularly admired, the Storyteller
may award extra points. |
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Rebel |
You are a malcontent, iconoclast and
free-thinking recalcitrant. You are so
independent-minded and free-willed that you are
unwilling to join any particular cause or
movement. You are just yourself and only
desire the freedom to be yourself. You do
not make a good follower and aren't usually a very
good leader either (unless your followers are
willing to go wherever you lead). You tend
to be insubordinate to authority to the point of
stupidity. |
Regain Willpower whenever your
rebellion against the status quo turns out to be
for the best. |
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Survivor |
No matter what, you always manage to
survive. You can endure, pull through,
recover from, outlast and outlive nearly any
circumstance. When the going gets tough, you
get going. You never say die, and never give
up. Ever. Nothing angers you as much as a
person who doesn't struggle to make things better,
or who surrenders to the nameless forces of the
universe. |
Regain Willpower whenever you
survive a difficult situation through your own
cunning and perseverance. |
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Sycophant |
In the grand scheme of
things, you are small and weak and
unfit for survival. Your best
hope is to find someone who is more
powerful than you are and persuade him
to take care of you. In return
you will serve, admire and follow
him. You will do anything he
says, unless it puts you in great
risk. In any type of uncertain
situation, you will attach yourself to
the strongest-seeming person, siding
with him, performing various barely
necessary services and generally
trying to ingratiate yourself.
Thereby you hope to earn some kind of
protection. There is no limit to
the depths to which you will lower
yourself in order to be accepted, and
you have no pride. |
Regain one Willpower
point whenever a stronger character to
whom you have attached yourself acts
in your defense, be it siding with you
in an argument or protecting you from
physical harm. |
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Traditionalist |
You are an orthodox, conservative
and extremely traditional individual. What
was good enough for you when you were young is
good enough for you now. You almost never
change. In general you are opposed to change
for the sake of change---what point is there in
that? You may be seen by some as a miser, a
reactionary or simply an old fogy. You
strive to always preserve the status quo. |
Regain Willpower whenever you are
able to protect the status quo and prevent change. |
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Thrill-Seeker |
You live for that
moment of danger when the adrenalin
kicks in and you feel truly
alive. Skydiving, bungee jumping
and leaping across roofs on a dare are
all just par for the course. As
a junkie is addicted to his particular
brand of poison, you are addicted to
danger. Unlike most, you go out
of your way to place yourself in
dangerous situations that test the
limits of your abilities. You
train and work for these situations,
and then you seek them out. This
is what sets you apart from the
teeming masses of paranoid dullards
who shuffle around, hiding from their
own shadows. |
Regain a point of
Willpower whenever you accomplish a
particularly daring feat or overcome a
nearly impossible situation in which
you deliberately placed yourself. |
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Visionary |
There are very few who are brave or
strong or imaginative enough to look beyond the
suffocating embrace of society and mundane thought
and see something more. Society treats such
people with both respect and contempt---for it is
the Visionary who perverts as well as guides
society into the future. You may be a
spiritualist, shaman, New Ager, mystic,
philosopher or inventor, but whatever you are, you
are always conventional imagination and create new
possibilities. Though you might have your
head in the clouds and are often of an impractical
bent, you are filled with new ideas and
perceptions. |
Regain Willpower whenever you are
able to convince others to believe in your dreams
and follow the course of action outlined by your
vision of the future. |
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These are just the recommended
archetypes. If you can think of one that is better
for your character, and your Storyteller approves, then
go for it!
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