Tikor
One Thousand Club
Character Creation
There are no point spreads, there are no Bonus Points. I have completely severed from canon due to irreconcilable differences (based on differential cost to the same destination). If you are reading this you should have 1e Core page 270 open to see normal xp prices as well as 1e Sideareals page 265 for their modifications to that table.
You have five buckets of experience: one for Attributes (120xp), one for Abilities (88xp), one for WP/Virtues (35xp), one for Backgrounds (36xp) and one slush bucket (65xp). Slush bucket xp may be carried over after character creation. All leftovers from the other buckets are lost.
Attributes may be bought at normal xp prices except for Dexterity which costs rating*6 xp per dot. All Attributes start at 1 before allocation of xp. Attributes can be bought with xp from the Attributes bucket or the slush bucket.
Abilities may be bought at normal xp prices (including Auspicious and Favored discounts, first dot in a Auspicious/Favored Ability costs 2xp). Abilities may be bought up to 3 with the xp from the Abilities bucket. Abilities may be bought up to 5 with xp from the slush bucket.
The ability minimums on page 98 should be adhered to: I presume you aren't a ronin Sidereal and your fellows have plucked you from Creation and rounded out any deficiencies you might have had in the expectations of your Caste in the year or so it's taken you to get comfortable in your newly Exalted skin.
WP and Virtues may be bought at normal xp prices. All Virtues start at 1 dot and WP starts at 5 dots before xp expenditure. WP may be bought up to 8 and Virtues up to 3 with xp from the WP/Virtues bucket. WP may be bought up to 10 and Virtues up to 5 with xp from slush bucket. One Virtue must be 3 or higher. Virtue purchase does not impact WP level and vice versa.
Backgruonds cost 2xp*current level, first dot costs 2xp. Backgrounds can be purchased up to 3 from the Backgrounds bucket, but only at character creation. Backgrounds can purchased up to 5 from the slush bucket, but only at character creation and only with ST approval. Backgrounds can be obtained or lost post character creation and do not positively or negatively affect xp. In other words, character creation is the only time Backgrounds have anything to do with xp.
Permanent poxes cost 4 xp and permanent afflictions cost 6xp. Blights and Abominations are not available in permanent via xp. Poxes and afflictions can only be purchased from the slush bucket and only at character creation with storyteller approval and supporting backstory (popular backstories include coming from a mutated Wyld barbarian tribe, being sold into slavery eventually making your way to the Fae, ect.)
Essence starts at 2. Essence can be bought up to 3 at character creation. Essence can only be bought with xp from the slush bucket.
Colleges start at 0. You get 7 free dots, 4 must be from your Maiden's College. There are no other restrictions on their spread. More Colleges or increased College influence can be bought from the slush bucket.
12 Sidereal Charms (5+ Charms must come from Auspicious or Favored Abilities, 0 from a Sidereal MA, we'll use the 2e 'must have mastered 1 Celestial Style to learn SMA' rule) are obtained for free. Additional Charms may be bought for normal prices with xp from the slush bucket.
Finding a picture (or drawing one yourself!) of your character nets you 5 xp (slush).
Writing a background for your character nets you 5 xp (slush). This is a narrator-only brief on apsects your character, giving some flesh to the bones of your character sheet. Exapnd your motivation here, explain your background dots here, explain your phobia of wood spiders here. (Example: http://www.patternspider.net/pbp/viewto ... f=58&t=585)
Writing a short fan-fic of your character nets you 5 xp (slush). You can detail your Exaltation, being trained by/meeting your mentor/ally background, more detail on a particular point of your background writeup. Basically any scene you might read in a fantasy novel that stars your character. (Example: http://www.patternspider.net/pbp/viewto ... f=58&t=581)
Free Merits for this game:
Alternative Divination (your connection to the Loom via your Siderael Exaltation allows you one additional way beyond Astrology to make divinations. No need to describe at chargen (though you can) but the first description will stick.)
3pts of Favor spent in either 1/1/1, 1/2 or 3 (you're a Sidereal in Heaven, someone wants on your good side, or you've helped someone out already. Tell me who.)
There are no point spreads, there are no Bonus Points. I have completely severed from canon due to irreconcilable differences (based on differential cost to the same destination). If you are reading this you should have 1e Core page 270 open to see normal xp prices as well as 1e Sideareals page 265 for their modifications to that table.
You have five buckets of experience: one for Attributes (120xp), one for Abilities (88xp), one for WP/Virtues (35xp), one for Backgrounds (36xp) and one slush bucket (65xp). Slush bucket xp may be carried over after character creation. All leftovers from the other buckets are lost.
Attributes may be bought at normal xp prices except for Dexterity which costs rating*6 xp per dot. All Attributes start at 1 before allocation of xp. Attributes can be bought with xp from the Attributes bucket or the slush bucket.
Abilities may be bought at normal xp prices (including Auspicious and Favored discounts, first dot in a Auspicious/Favored Ability costs 2xp). Abilities may be bought up to 3 with the xp from the Abilities bucket. Abilities may be bought up to 5 with xp from the slush bucket.
The ability minimums on page 98 should be adhered to: I presume you aren't a ronin Sidereal and your fellows have plucked you from Creation and rounded out any deficiencies you might have had in the expectations of your Caste in the year or so it's taken you to get comfortable in your newly Exalted skin.
WP and Virtues may be bought at normal xp prices. All Virtues start at 1 dot and WP starts at 5 dots before xp expenditure. WP may be bought up to 8 and Virtues up to 3 with xp from the WP/Virtues bucket. WP may be bought up to 10 and Virtues up to 5 with xp from slush bucket. One Virtue must be 3 or higher. Virtue purchase does not impact WP level and vice versa.
Backgruonds cost 2xp*current level, first dot costs 2xp. Backgrounds can be purchased up to 3 from the Backgrounds bucket, but only at character creation. Backgrounds can purchased up to 5 from the slush bucket, but only at character creation and only with ST approval. Backgrounds can be obtained or lost post character creation and do not positively or negatively affect xp. In other words, character creation is the only time Backgrounds have anything to do with xp.
Permanent poxes cost 4 xp and permanent afflictions cost 6xp. Blights and Abominations are not available in permanent via xp. Poxes and afflictions can only be purchased from the slush bucket and only at character creation with storyteller approval and supporting backstory (popular backstories include coming from a mutated Wyld barbarian tribe, being sold into slavery eventually making your way to the Fae, ect.)
Essence starts at 2. Essence can be bought up to 3 at character creation. Essence can only be bought with xp from the slush bucket.
Colleges start at 0. You get 7 free dots, 4 must be from your Maiden's College. There are no other restrictions on their spread. More Colleges or increased College influence can be bought from the slush bucket.
12 Sidereal Charms (5+ Charms must come from Auspicious or Favored Abilities, 0 from a Sidereal MA, we'll use the 2e 'must have mastered 1 Celestial Style to learn SMA' rule) are obtained for free. Additional Charms may be bought for normal prices with xp from the slush bucket.
Finding a picture (or drawing one yourself!) of your character nets you 5 xp (slush).
Writing a background for your character nets you 5 xp (slush). This is a narrator-only brief on apsects your character, giving some flesh to the bones of your character sheet. Exapnd your motivation here, explain your background dots here, explain your phobia of wood spiders here. (Example: http://www.patternspider.net/pbp/viewto ... f=58&t=585)
Writing a short fan-fic of your character nets you 5 xp (slush). You can detail your Exaltation, being trained by/meeting your mentor/ally background, more detail on a particular point of your background writeup. Basically any scene you might read in a fantasy novel that stars your character. (Example: http://www.patternspider.net/pbp/viewto ... f=58&t=581)
Free Merits for this game:
Alternative Divination (your connection to the Loom via your Siderael Exaltation allows you one additional way beyond Astrology to make divinations. No need to describe at chargen (though you can) but the first description will stick.)
3pts of Favor spent in either 1/1/1, 1/2 or 3 (you're a Sidereal in Heaven, someone wants on your good side, or you've helped someone out already. Tell me who.)