Disclaimer:
This is not, nor is it intended to be, World
of Darkness canon. This is my interpretation of
fictional Russia, based on materials identified in the References section.
The GM reserves the right to say 'No' to any aspect of character design
or any character action that he feels violates the intention of the game.
Elder Fae Character Creation
Creat your Changeling character as per the 2nd
edition Changeling rules except as noted below:
Base Statistics:
Backgrounds:
The Elder Background Age costs four points per
dot.
Tempers:
Elders should purchase their tempers (Glamour,
Willpower, and Banality) to equal levels unless they want to risk the effects
of Bedlam, Banality or worse.
Elder Merits:
Enlightened (variable point merit)
You have taken at least the first few steps on
the road to becoming one of the Siochain. Although you are be no
means immortal, your aging is slowed even outside of your freehold and
the effects of Banality and Bedlam on you are reduced. You may add
a number of dice equal to your rating in this merit to your rolls to resist
the effects of aging, Bedlam or Banality. This merit is a prerequisite
for the background, Age.
Elder Backgrounds:
Age
You have survived for many, many years as a changeling.
Every dot in this Background gains a number of freebie points to use in
character creation but also increases your Banality. This banality
can only be bought off through quests or play activity - never strictly
with freebie or experience points. You may not purchase more dots
of age than the starting Banality of a starting Changeling of your seeming
(1 dot for Childings, 3 dots for Wilders, and 5 dots for Grumps), nor may
you purchase more dots of Age than you have dots of the merit Enlightened.
You would have slipped into Bedlam long ago without some degree of enlightenment.
*
26-100 years active: +30 Freebie points, +1 Banality
** 101-175
years active: +55 Freebie points, +2 Banality
*** 176-250 years active:
+75 Freebie points, +3 Banality
**** 251-375 years active: +90 Freebie
points, +4 Banality
***** 376-500 years active: +100 Freebie points,
+5 Banality
Other notes for elder development should be gleaned from the notes on Elder Vampire development.