Character Advancement

Once a character is in play, they will advance in experience and power throughout the chronicle. Below are the rules for advancement for both Standard Tickets and Season Passes.

Standard Ticket

• Your character will gain +10 XP upon purchase of a standard event ticket.
• This XP is awarded immediately, and can be spent prior to the game.
• A character can only gain XP once per game.
• If a player does not purchase a game ticket, their character will not earn XP for that session.

Season Pass

• Your character will gain +10 XP prior to each event, as if they purchased a Standard Ticket to that event.
• This XP is awarded immediately after the previous game’s conclusion, and can be spent prior to the next game.
• Upon purchase of a Season Pass, the character will also gain XP as though they had attended every prior game of the chronicle, “catching up” to the maximum awarded XP for the chronicle.

Character Rewrites

Sometimes, a player creates a character hoping for the best, but the game plays a little differently than they were expecting. We’re offering each player a rewrite of their character if they attend a game and they would like to make some modifications.

• A character is awarded ONE full rewrite, and only after the Character’s first session in-play.
• After their second game in-play, the character may not be rewritten.
• Characters who make only superficial changes to their sheet, like attribute, skill or discipline dots may continue as the same character.
• If a player makes fundamental changes to the character during their rewrite, like their clan, they must pick a new name and function as a different character.

To request a rewrite, reach out to an ST on the game discord. We will help you through the process.

Character Retirement

Players may choose to Retire their character at any time. A player may do so because they have hit a natural conclusion to their character’s story, or because they want to try something new.

If a player retires a character, they may create a new character per the Character Creation rules. The character’s XP, gear, boons, etc. do not carry over to the new character. A player may also opt to use a Pre-Generated character to hop right back into the game. The player should make an effort to alter their costuming and behavior to make it clear a new character is being portrayed.

A new character created during a game this way will still be awarded 10 XP for the game during which they are created, and will have an additional 5 bonus XP for each previous game of the chronicle. Season Pass characters will always be created at maximum chronicle XP.

Final Death

Sometimes, characters die. It’s part of what makes the game fun & intense - there are stakes (sometimes, quite literally). Character Final Death may come at the hands of other players, NPCs, or as a result of the story.

We encourage players to embrace character death as an opportunity to play a different concept, try something new, or engage in the story from a new perspective. When designing plots and antagonists, we try to balance character (and player) retention with the desire to create an engaging experience for everyone.

If a player’s character dies, they may create a new character per the Character Creation rules. The character’s XP, gear, boons, etc. do not carry over to the new character. A player may also opt to use a Pre-Generated character to hop right back into the game. The player should make an effort to alter their costuming and behavior to make it clear a new character is being portrayed.

A new character created during a game this way will still be awarded 10 XP for the game during which they are created, and will have an additional 5 bonus XP for each previous game of the chronicle. Season Pass characters will always be created at maximum chronicle XP.