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Here's a listing of the Character Creation and Rules forums, which are currently being reviewed and updated to reflect the current state of things or changes that have been made due to time, alternatives for smoother running, and other such things, for the sake of better transparency.

There will be more things added that have been run or addressed as they arose previously but never publicly addressed for general reference, again for better transparency and for the sake of reference should questions arise.

Character Creation

• Templates
  • Backstory Questions
    Breaking Points
    Character Growth Goals
    Dice Roll Request
    Familiar Sheet
    Health and Paradox Records
    Mage Sheet
    Mortal Sheet
    Private or Subforum Request
    Rotes
    Willpower and Quintessence Tracking
    Wonder Information
  Resources
  • Backgrounds and Adversarials: Under review/reformatting
    Current PC Population: Updated and current
    Differential Crafts and Performance
    Merits and Flaws: Updated and reformatted
    New Trait: Specialized Ability: Updated for clarity and examples
    Playing an Apprentice
    Steps of Character Creation: Under review

Rules and Systems

• Boardwide
  • Code of Courteous Conduct: TOC added
    Forum Timelines > Maintaining Timelines: Updated
    Multiple Characters
    Other Supernaturals: TOC added
    Recruiting
    Subforums and Private Forums
    What is Plot?
  Character
  • Character Forums
    Character Growth and Goals: Unedited, but an aside-reminder to check and update yours!
    Familiars and Gremlins: Reformatted, but the information otherwise unedited.
    Having an Apprentice
    Off-Board and IM/PM Scenes: Updated
    Rotes
    Willpower and Quintessence Tracking: Updated
  Mechanics
  • Arete and Seekings: Updated
    Background: Arcane
    Creating Wonders and Fetishes: Under review due to relative timeline
    Damage and Recovery: Updated and reformatted
    Dice Rolling and You: Working on examples and dice pool standards for player-rolled actions.
    Paradox: Updated and reformatted
    Quiet
    Resonance: Under review
    Spell-Casting: Updated and reformatted
    Tradition Lore

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• Resources
  • Merits and Flaws: Under review/reformatting

I have been reviewing Merits and Flaws: to check for redundancy; to condense entries with the same mechanics or choose a preferred mechanic / fluff combination; to add entries from other editions [like M20]; to add entries from other gamelines with fluff and / or mechanics tweaked to suit the flavor of Ascension; and to reformat in a way I find easier to access.

I have been doing all of this reviewing in my Staff section - the current, linked thread visible to you is what has always been there.

However, I am almost finished with this reviewing and reformatting process, and I wanted to give all of you a heads up: some Merits and Flaws may have been changed - their name might have changed to fall under a collective headline; variable Merits and Flaws may have shifted their scales; some Merits and Flaws might have shifted point values.

I will be reviewing character sheets to make note of who has what Merits and Flaws, and whether any of these have changed in my review. If you have any that have, I will be contacting you to discuss it, either to alert you to a name-change, point you to a clearer description of the function of the Merit or Flaw, or discuss with you the potential for shifting a Merit or Flaw into something that might better fit what has been played or displayed [ such as in cases where a played Derangement might better-suit M20's PTSD description ].

None of this should change how your character is played! Most of it is a courtesy notice in case you go looking for a mechanic to refresh yourself on its use or function; a lot of it is just cosmetic. The point-value of a Merit or Flaw is, after character creation, largely irrelevant here, since we do not use experience points, so if something shifts value it will not affect how your sheet is currently built.

This is a heads up, in case you want to head things off and drop me a line to talk about some of your Merits and Flaws, or alternate versions of your Merits and Flaws you have seen and want to ask after, etc.

As always, if you would like to remove a Flaw or gain a Merit, make it a Character Growth Goal and bump it to me so we can work out the details of that undertaking!

The above list has been updated. Red notes indicate things that have been updated recently. The green note is just a reminder to you guys!