World of Darkness 20th Anniversary One-Sheet WOD 20th: Andreas Cornaro

Background List One

• Allies

  Allies

  Two allies, both of moderate power.
    Allies are mortals who support you willingly, without coercion. They are not always available to offer assistance; they have their own concerns as well, but they could provide indirect access to their own Backgrounds such as Contacts, Influence, or Resources. However, nothing is free. If you draw on favors from your friends, they may ask for a favor in return.
  
   
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• Contact

  Contact

  Two major contacts
    Contacts are people you can manipulate or coerce into offering information. Minor contacts are spread throughout the city. Roll your Contacts rating (difficulty 7) and reach one minor contact for each success. However, you still have to convince them to give you the information. Major contacts can give you accurate information in their fields of expertise and each should be described in detail before the game begins.
  
   
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• Retainer

  Retainer

  Retainers are servants, assistants, or loyal and steadfast companions. Many vampires’ servants are ghouls, ghouled animals, or people whom you’ve repeatedly Dominated or completely enthralled. Retainers may be useful, but they’re never flawless or blindly loyal – if you treat them poorly without exercising strict control, they may well turn on you. With Storyteller permission, a player may create a single more competent Retainer by combining points in this Background. Players can spend pooled Background points on Retainers.
    Three retainers
  
   

Background List Two

• Alternate Identity

  Alternate Identity

  You maintain a complete alternate identity including proper documentation. In this day and age, that meant business records, church records, and perhaps legal documents. Every region had its own bureaucracies.
    You are firmly grounded in your alternate identity. You are convincing enough to play the part of a doctor, priest, noble, diplomat, or other privileged position.
  
   
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• Domain

  Domain

  Domain is physical territory your character controls for the purpose of feeding. The local Prince or other Cainite authority acknowledges and supports your claim. You may designate one or more dots to increase the security of the Domain rather than its size. Each dot assigned to security increases the difficulty to intrude into the domain by one, and decreases the difficulty for you to identify and track intruders by one. Each level of Domain reduces the difficulty of hunting checks by one for those allowed to hunt and adds to your starting blood pool. See p. 334 for more information on hunting. Domain can be used with pooled Background points.
    A church, manor, or other large structure — a location with ready (but controllable) access to the outside world.
  
   
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• Generation

  Generation

  This Background represents your Generation: the purity of your blood, and your proximity to the First Vampire. A high Generation rating may represent a powerful sire or a decidedly dangerous taste for diablerie. If you don’t take any dots in this Trait, you begin play as a Twelfth Generation vampire. See p. 341 for further information.
    Seventh Generation: 20 blood pool, can spend 4 blood points per turn and possess Traits at 6 dots
  
   

Background List Three

• Herd

  Herd

  You have built a group of mortals from whom you can feed without fear. In addition to providing nourishment, your Herd may be useful for minor tasks. However, unlike Allies or Retainers, they are typically not very controllable or skilled. Your Herd rating adds dice to your rolls for hunting. Players may purchase pooled Herd with Background points.
    Seven vessels.
  
   
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• Resources

  Resources

  Resources are assets your character controls. These may be gold, investments, property, commercial inventories, or even taxes and tithes. A character with no dots in Resources may have enough clothing and supplies to get by, or she may be destitute and squatting. You receive a basic allowance each month based on your rating, so detail exactly where this money comes from. Players may purchase Resources for their characters with pooled Background points.
    Wealthy. You rarely touch gold, as most of your assets exist in tangible forms that are themselves more valuable and stable than coin. You hold more wealth than many of your local peers. When earning your Resources doesn’t enjoy your usual degree of attention, you can maintain a three-dot existence for up to a year, and a two-dot existence indefinitely.
  
   
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• Status

  Status

  You’ve standing within the local Cainite community. You may derive this standing from your sire’s status and bloodline, the reputation of your coterie, or your own individual deeds. High Status may make you a target for those against your faction. When interacting with local Cainites, you may roll your Status in conjunction with a Social Trait to reflect the positive effects of your prestige.
    Influential: an elder
  
   

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