Backgrounds

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Allies

Allies are mortal people or groups who willingly help you because of an established relationship. They have their own interests and may ask for help in return.

Enemy Flaw

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Contacts

Contacts provide access to information, services, or goods through their particular field. They are useful connections, rather than followers obliged to risk themselves for you.

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Fame

Fame measures public recognition. It can open doors and attract willing attention, but also makes an anonymous existence harder to maintain.

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Haven

A Haven is a vampire's established refuge for the day. Its base rating measures protection, privacy, and usable space; individual improvements describe its facilities.

Armored Merit
Business Establishment Merit
Cell Merit
Furcus Merit
Hidden Armory Merit
Holy Ground Merit
Laboratory Merit
Library Merit
Location Merit
Luxury Merit
Machine Shop Merit
Mobile Merit
Postern Merit
Security System Merit
Shrine Merit
Smugglers Stash Merit
Spare Plates Merit
Surgery Merit
Warding Merit
Watchmen Merit
Compromised Flaw
Creepy Flaw
Haunted Flaw
No Haven Flaw
On the Rails Flaw
Shared Flaw
Temperamental Flaw

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Herd

A Herd is a cultivated set of people from whom you can regularly feed. They remain individuals, and dependable access does not make them obedient Retainers.

Obvious Predator Flaw

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Influence

Influence is the ability to get institutions or communities to act in your favor. Establish the group or substantial area in which that authority operates.

Despised Flaw
Disliked Flaw

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Mask

A Mask is a documented mortal identity that helps a vampire navigate institutions without exposing their past or their nature.

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Mawla

A Mawla is a Kindred mentor, protector, or advisory relationship. Their assistance depends on maintaining that relationship, and they expect consideration in return.

Adversary Flaw
Secret Master Flaw
Shameful Childe Flaw
Touchstone Embraced by Your Enemies Flaw

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Resources

Resources describes the assets and income that sustain your lifestyle. Choose where that wealth comes from and how it is held; valuable property is not necessarily available as immediate cash.

Destitute Flaw

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Retainers

Retainers are people who regularly work for you under an ongoing arrangement. Their loyalty might depend on wages, attachment, Blood, or coercion; they still have motives and limits.

Stalkers Flaw

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Status

Status is your recognized standing in a particular Kindred faction or local community. It describes how that group receives you, rather than broad fame among mortals.

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