Ascendance/CharacterCreation

Character Creation House Rules

Characters may be Dragon-Blooded or God-Blooded. Power Combat rules will be effect.

Dragon-Blooded

Dragon-Blooded characters are created using the standard rules for creating Lookshy characters in the Outcastes book, with the following changes:

• Characters start with Essence 3.

• Characters may not start with any First Age artifacts outside of Elemental Lenses, and possibly the Crimson Armor of the Unseen Assassin. You are considered to be intelligence agents, and thus, your equipment should be subtle.

• Characters may start with Celestial-level Martial Arts. If you choose this option, you must take Tiger-and-Bear Awareness, and Tiger-and-Bear Unity, and may choose 4 other Charms. Characters who start with Celestial-level Martial arts may not start with Sorcery Charms or the Sorcery background. You may choose from the following styles:

• • Ebon Shadow Style
  • Mantis Style
  • Righteous Devil Style
  • Snake Style
  • Tiger Style

• Dragon-Blooded with Celestial Martial Arts must roll Dexterity+Martial Arts to activate their Form, and may not start another Martial Arts style until they finish their first one. All Celestial Martial Arts cost the same in Freebies and XP as Immaculate styles.

God-Blooded

Characters may start off as a God-Blooded, or Dragon-Touched. None of the other God-Blooded types are allowed without very good reason.

• All God-Blooded characters will start off with Essence 2 and the Awakened Essence Merit.

• Dragon-Touched characters have 6 points to divide between Inheritance, Experience, and Knowledge. You should not have more than 2 points in Inheritance, and 3 in any one of the other special Backgrounds.

• God-Blooded characters have 6 points to divide between Inheritance, Experience, and Knowledge. You should not have more than 4 points in Inheritance, or 3 in any one of the other special Backgrounds.

• All God-Blooded characters buy the Artifacts background according to the rules for Lookshy characters.

• All God-Blooded characters may also buy the Arsenal background. They may decide whether artifacts gained from the Arsenal background are on loan from Lookshy, or from their divine parent if appropriate.

• God-Blooded have the same artifact restrictions as Dragon-Blooded characters.