Character Creation for New Starting PC Characters:

Both W:tA system games in the Necropolis Chronicles have pretty much agreed to the following Guidelines, but please also refer to the Junkyard Game's Guidelines for more information about their particular game, and any restrictions, modifications or additional Guidelines if you wish to submit a character to their game. If you need help with Character Creation, or more information about about the Silver Moon game, please check out our website.

• Only WoD characters, created from the revised Werewolf: The Apocalypse book, or appropriate supplement or system book
• No WW Signature Characters, or Mentor/Close/Blood type of relationships directly to Signature Characters
• No Vampire characters (should go without saying, but...)
• No Abominations, BSDs, or other Wyrm critters of all various types
• No Home-Made Shifters, only the Tribes and Breeds listed in the books (so, no Werefrogs and such)
• No extinct Tribes or Breeds (yes, this means White Howlers)
• No 'Insta-Elders', or Rank 6 (Legend) Characters; no starting Rank approved over Fostern (or appropriate Fera Rank Two)
• No non-Kinfolk Mortals
• No Ronin, unless special approved, and then requires approval by Warder/Grand Elder IC as well (this must be worked out prior to bringing the character into play, they are disallowed for "Test" characters)
• Knowledge of animal or shifter languages, other than your own, if applicable, requires more than a dot in Linguistics (such as a Gift, Animal Psi, etc.)
• The Silver Moon game does not utilize the Secondary Traits system of half cost, although some STs can give a lower difficulty on rolls when certain Secondary Traits would apply
• Characters submitted can not utilize xp from other games; please adhere to the New Character Guidelines shown
• 'Test' characters in Silver Moon can not achieve xp for the time they are played before approval, and are subject to the Guidelines for Test Characters
• The Garou tribes of Glass Walkers, Bone Gnawers are highly restricted, and excellent reasoning must be given for them to be at Silver Moon
• The Fera breeds of Ananasi, the Celican tribe of Bastet (with Ajaba to a lesser extent) are highly restricted, and excellent reasoning must be given for them to be at Silver Moon. These types of characterrs are not allowable as Test characters. Ratkin characters are banned.
• The Junkyard game has banned the following Tribes as PCs in their game: Red Talons, Shadow Lords, Silver Fangs and Wendigo. Also all Fera with the exception of some Corax, Nuwisha, and Ratkin.)
  *Note* Being approved by either game does not give the character PC rights in the other game. To play in both games requires submission of sheet to both games, and the approval of both games
• Eastern shifters must also be approved through the Special Approval Board, if they intend play outside of the Little Asia game, and are not allowable as Test characters
• No Wolf/Dog hybrids
• No Trait or Background over 5, including Rites (Personal Totems Background can be except from this if it is approvable otherwise)
• No Katanas, Fetish or normal
• The Demolition Skill is highly restricted.
  
  **Notes**
  
  At this time there is a temporary restriction in place for the Flaws of Enemy and Hunted.
  Also Ananasi submissions are closed. Most of the Fera can not be played by 'new' players to the game. Please speak with the approvers before submitting them, especially Mokole. At this time no Fera may be played as Test/Pending prior to Approval.
  
  Resources and Pure Breed are restricted - no higher Resources than 4, and only that high with excellent reasonings. Please see Tribal chart for Pure Breed.
  
  We have had a flood of 'Streetwise' characters in almost all of the Tribes, therefore at this time characters with 'Street' background histories, high Computer Knowledges, and other related things are restricted and will not be approved without some excellent reasonings.
  
  In addition we have a surplus of Kinfolk Weapon Forgers, and those with high Fame backgrounds. When chosing Allies and Contacts, please make them something other than Underworld types.
  

Shifter Character Guidelines

Rank One:

• Regular book starting stats with 15 Freebie points. Please adhere to shown initial spread of dots.
• 4th dot in Abilities only bought with Freebie points
• Lupus characters may only purchase certain abilities with Freebies points, not initial dots (see W:tA 3rd, page 61). Also, please look over the "So you wish to play a Lupus character" before submitting your character.
• Please look over the Merits/Flaws Restricted List before submitting your character. Although none are straight-out banned at this time many need specific information or circumstances to take
• Merits only purchased with Freebie points
• Merits should be limited to a total of 7 points, any additional over 7 will cost double the amount of Freebie points (Example: Total Merits of 10 would cost 13 actual Freebie points)
• Please look over the Fetish/Talon Guidelines before giving your character his/her Fetishes. Only Fetishes/Talons from the books are allowed at character creation. All Home-Made Fetishes must be created/acquired IC.
• Flaws taken which total over 7 points do not give additional Freebie points
• Personal Totems cost double the amount of points shown for the Totem for Garou characters, need a good explanation stated, and could require the 'Lone Wolf' nature
• Willpower rating should ~normally~ be no higher than 7
• No out of Tribe/Breed/Auspice Gifts (common-type Gifts, such as Mother's Touch or Sense Wyrm only approved on a case-by-case basis). These types of Gifts must be learned IC.
• Gifts taken from older books which were not revised might be allowed, however the exact wording of the Gift, and which book it was taken from must be on the character sheet
• No Hedge Magic/Sorcery Paths. These must be learned IC, and only the appropriate Shifter Types, Tribes or Camps will be allowed to have them (such as Bastet, Uktena, etc.)
• No Psychic Powers
• Be prepared to explain the character's dots in Lore Knowledges
• Lore taken from the character's specific supernatural type (Such as Garou) will be allowed to utilize the half-cost method

Rank Two:

-same as above except Willpower should ~normally~ be no more than 8, and after completing the sheet an additional 10 Freebies may be given to the character as "Maturity" points (although Merits must be purchased with original 15 Freebies)

Also, please check the character's appropriate Tribe and/or Fera pages on the Caern's main website. Some have additional restrictions and/or requirements within their specific group for new character approval.

Werewolf: The Apocalypse Character Creation Outline

Kinfolk Character Guidelines

Allowable Kinfolk Characters:

• Those created from Kinfolk: Unsung Heroes* (utilizing the revised cost system for any Hedge Magic Paths/Numina)
• Those created from Mage: The Ascension, WoD: Sorcerer Revised Edition, and other systems (excluding the 'Hunter' systems) requiring the purchase of the Supernatural Merit: Shifter Kinfolk although they will need to be approved by a "Special Approval" panel, and then forwarded to the designated primary system after the process is complete (in this case, the Silver Moon game). Note that MageKin will be restricted and need approval of both systems, and that Sorcerer Kinfolk will not utilize the "Equal for All" starting stats that Sorcerers created strictly for the Mage game, without the Merit, will use. In the Shifter game they will utilize the starting stats shown in the book.
  *NOTE* At the time, all new Mage Kinfolk will Awaken in the game IC, and the available number allowed are limited.
  

Character Creation Guidelines:

• Regular book starting stats with 21 Freebie points
• Wolf-kin utilize 6/4/3 in Attributes, 7/3/1 Abilities, 5 Background and have the background restrictions of the Red Talons. See Wolfkin for further information
• 4th dot in Abilities only bought with Freebie points
• Please look over the Merits/Flaws Restricted List before submitting your character. Although none are straight-out banned at this time some need specific information or circumstances to take
• Merits only purchased with Freebie points
• Merits should be limited to a total of 7 points, any additional over 7 will cost double the amount of Freebie points (Example: Total Merits of 10 would cost 13 actual Freebie points)
• Flaws taken which total over 7 points do not give additional Freebie points
• Please remember to check the character's Tribal Restrictions for backgrounds (K:UH pg 50)
• Willpower rating should ~normally~ be no higher than 6; Mage and Sorcerers ~normally~ no higher than 7
• No Gifts, unless it is through special approval (such as for a character who is older, and then normally only those listed in the Kinfolk book), they need to be acquired IC
• Be prepared to explain the character's dots in Lore Knowledges
• Lore taken from the character's specific supernatural Kinship type (Such as Garou) will be allowed to utilize the half-cost method
• Mages with the Merit: Shifter Kinfolk need to look over the additional information under Sorcery/Magic, as well as the current Guidelines for Mage: The Ascension, and gain approval through that system as well.
• Sorcerers with the Merit: Shifter Kinfolk need to look over the additional information under Sorcery/Magic, as well as the current Guidelines for Sorcerers.
• For Sorcerer Kinfolk- there is a cap of 4 on Sorcery Paths and Psychic Powers
• For Sorcerer Kinfolk - the Gnosis Merit can not be taken along with the Mana Background
• After completion of sheet, an additional 5-20 Freebies may be given to a Kinfolk character as "Maturity" points - depending upon the age of the character, although Merits must be purchased with original 21 Freebies. (In determining the amount of freebies, take each decade of life starting in the 20s and give approximated 5 Freebies for each.)
  The additional Freebies extends to all Kinfolk characters, but those not created straight out of the Kinfolk book are limited to only 10 additional Freebies.

**There might be a site-wide restriction set on characters who cross over more than one system, such as a Kinfolk Sorcerer who also has the Merit Fae Blood, etc.

	Kinfolk: Unsung Heroes Character Creation Outline
	WoD: Sorcerer Revised Character Creation Outline (for those Sorcerer characters taking the Merit: Shifter Kinfolk)

Please be aware that anything outside these Guidelines takes specific special approval, and would be acceptable only in rare cases, in addition to requiring an excellent background/history and concept of the character to warrant it (not to say it could not happen). This is not to limit creativity, but encourage balance and fairness in the game for all the starting characters.

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