The following Backgrounds are available to ONLY Elder characters. Generation limits to Traits (7th generation for six (6) dots, 6th generation for seven (7) dots, etc.) still apply.

AGE
You have survived for many, many years as a vampire. You have seen much of the ever-changing, never-changing dance of politics and pain that forms the worlds of both Kindred and kine alike. This background does not necessarily reflect your actual age, however. Instead, it reflects the number of years you have been conscious throughout your long existence.

If you have fallen into torpor, time passes you by, as does the experience and knowledge you could have gained by participating in the events of that period. Players are free to determine how many times their character(s) have fallen into torpor, and for how long each time. This enables players to create characters born in truly ancient times.

51-200 years active +30 freebie points, -1 Humanity
�� 201-350 years active +55 freebie points, -2 Humanity
��� 351-500 years active +75 freebie points, -3 Humanity
���� 501-750 years active +90 freebie points, -4 Humanity
����� 751-1,000 years active +100 freebie points, -5 Humanity

GENERATION
Elder characters begin as 10th generation. Only by taking this Background can they start as more powerful, lower-generation vampires. Characters cannot take more than four (4) level of this Background.

However, the blood of more ancient vampires is highly sought by those Kindred willing to commit the sin of diablerie. Characters of lower generation are inevitable targeted by such types (or other being equally interested) for the promise of greater power for themselves.

Thus, characters with this Background have at least one enemy after their blood. This of course, does not preclude other enemies interested in destroying the character for other reasons!

9th generation One minor enemy.
�� 8th generation Two minor enemies.
��� 7th generation One major enemy.
���� 6th generation Two major enemies.
����� 5th generation NPC Reistricted ONLY