Character Creation

Character Creation
In addition to the above restrictions, the following should be taken into consideration, following the House Rules: Characters may operate anywhere from Central New Jersey to Upstate New York and Connecticut, covering the Greater New York City region. However, the center of the game's action will be the island of Manhattan. Characters may go beyond these regions, though other than Umbral travel, this should only be to achieve specific goals and on a temporary basis.
 * Characters for Rising Fortune should be created as per starting characters in M20: 7/5/3 Attributes, 13/9/5 abilities, etc.
 * Tradition mages, Technocrats and Disparates (including Orphans and Crafts) will be accepted, with the following restrictions:
 * Currently no restrictions
 * With an extremely good backstory, child characters will be permitted, but should be created via the systems in Book of Secrets.
 * Only Awakened Mages are accepted at this time, no Consors, Familiars, or Sorcerers as PCs.
 * The Arcane Background is limited to 2
 * All Merits and Flaws in M20 and Book of Secrets are available, but require justification in PC backstory
 * No more than 7 points of Flaws and 7 points of Merits may be bought at creation
 * Starting PCs begin with 1 dot of Resonance
 * Starting PCs begin with 6 rote points that must be spent during character creation
 * At storyteller's discretion, up to 15 bonus freebies may be awarded for backstory, and will generally be based on:
 * Is it well-written?
 * Does it provide plot hooks?
 * Does the mage feel like a person who could exist in the world?

Submission
Characters should be submitted directly to the ST as a direct message on Discord, preferably on fillable PDF character sheets (such as this one which includes room for Focus). Rotes should be submitted on a form such as this one. Character sheet, rotes and backstory may be submitted in any order.