Character Creation You automatically get: 10/8/6 Traits 10 Abilities 7 Backgrounds/Influence 10 Free Points Free Points Costs 1 Attribute = 1 pt 2 Abilities = 1 pt 1 Background = 1 pt 1 Influence = 1 pt 1 Arete = 4 pts 1 Willpower = 2 pts Apprentice level of any Sphere = 3 pts Ability Specializations need Storyteller Approval Buying the Intermediate level of any Sphere other than the specialty Sphere with Free points needs Storyteller approval There is a maximum of 7 points in Flaws and Negative Traits. If you have a Merit that's 7 Traits or over, than you can only have one other Merit. E-mail your background to Kaine, Huggy, and Emily for extra Free points. Have fun with it, and get as detailed as you want. Backgrounds shouldn't be 3 pages about how great and powerful your character is, but an explination of how he or she came to this point in his or her life as well as their views towards life and magic. Also, take the opportunity to explain and describe your backgrounds and influences in full. Also, unless you turn in an extremely detailed description of your avatar, they will be based off your background. Failing to turn in either will result in a 1 Trait difficulty on all magical tests.