Kindred Character Creation

Step 1 – The Basics

Fill in your name, your characters name, the characters age and gender. Leave the XP portion alone for the moment.

Step 2 - Attributes

Fill out 1 dot in each attribute and then add an additional number of dots as advised: 10 additional dots if playing a low-level character with you’re the highest Attribute not exceeding 3 dots. 12 additional dots if playing a mid-level character with your highest Attribute not exceeding 4 dots. 15 additional dots if playing a high-level character with your highest Attribute not exceeding 5 dots.

Step 3 - Skills

Now assign your skills. Assign the number of dots bellow to your skills in any fashion you decide, while following the guide provided: 20 dots if playing a low-level character with the highest Skill not exceeding 4 dots. 30 dots if playing a mid-level character with the highest Skill not exceeding 5 dots. 40 dots if playing a high-level character with the highest Skill not exceeding 5 dots. This is usually the most time-consuming step.

Step 4 - Choose your Specializations

Chose 3 skills in which you have at least 1 dot and create a specialization for each. Specializations are areas of expertise in a particular skill. In game terms if the action your character is performing involves a specialization, he possesses in the given skill than the character rolls an additional dice in the test (or in other words gains 1 Bonus Point). Specializations have to be specific enough to not apply to every situation but common enough that they are useful.

Step 5 - Calculate your Special Attributes

Now it is time to calculate your special attributes. Follow the guide provided:

• Initiative = Wits + Dexterity
• Connections = Charisma + Intelligence
• Defence = 0 - this value is only improved by supernatural abelites, cover or armor and is adjusted as needed.
• Endurance = Strength
• Appearance = Starts at 2
• Linguistics = Intelligence

Step 6 - Health

Health is the equal of your Stamina rating +5. It cannot exceed 10. Scribble out any health boxes you do not possess starting from the right-hand side.

Step 7 - Willpower

Willpower is the equal of your Composure + Resolve + 3. It cannot exceed 10. Scribble out any health boxes you do not possess starting from the right-hand side.

Step 8 - Humanity

Unless advised differently your Humanity always starts at 7.

Step 9 - Never Recalculate

At this point it is important to note that your Special Attributes, Health and Willpower are set. Do not recalculate them if the Attributes which you used to establish them change, only adjust them through character creation bonuses (such as Advantages, Flaws, Flourishes or Species Bonuses).

Step 10 - Character Flourishes

You may optionally select your character flourishes for Vice, Virtue, Disorders and Addictions (make sure you confirm these with the storyteller first).

Step 11 - Advantages

Chose your advantages from the advantages section. You may choose any number and level of common advantaged equal to the number of dots you possess in Connections + 3.

Step 12 - Flaws

Now chose 3 points worth of flaws from the flaws section.

Step 13 – Specify Languages

Specify which languages your character speaks.
Quick guide:
1 Point or ●: Languages belonging to the same root as the characters native tongue. For instance if a characters s the characters native tongue is Russian than he can buy other Slavic languages (Croatian, Serbian, Polish...) for 1 point.
2 Points or ●●: Any currently active foreign language which does not belong to the same root as the characters native tongue. For instance if a characters s the characters native tongue is Russian than he can buy any non-Slavic language (English, Mandarin, Hungarian) for 2 points.
3 Points or ●●●: Dead languages (Sumerian, Latin, Ancient Egyptian), sign language, lip reading.
4 Points or ●●●●: Supernatural languages (Garou, Spirit talk).

Step 14 - Chose an Archetype

Chose a single archetype from the archetype list or from your clan list.

Step 15 - Chose a Clan

Select a single Clan.

Step 16 - Predator

Chose a Predator Type.

Step 17 - Sect

Chose your Sect and decide on the optional Bonus