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CHARACTER CONCEPT
When creating an Elder character, their Nature, Demeanor and Clan are all determined as outline in the V20 Corebook, as are Attributes, Abilities and Backgrounds. However, the Elder character may initially purchase at least five (5) dots in any of her Abilities; vampires with the Elder Generation Background (see further below) may have ever fewer restrictions.

Elder characters require more preparation that the start of their creation, for they have existed as Kindred for at least a mortal�s lifetime, and quite often many such spans of time. They have seen more than is possible for the brief-lived humans of their acquaintances, and though they may not have grown wise with the many years, they have undoubtedly grown in some manner.

Seeing the world rush out around them while they remain unchanged, watching generations of their families born and die in the space of an eye-blink, awaking from torpor to utterly alien surroundings, while all the time making their way in the murky world of Kindred politics is an existence that forms complex characters.

When several players each create such fully fleshed, multi-dimensional personalities, mantled in the world�s history, the roleplaying potential in the situation is extraordinarily rich.

CHOOSING ATTRIBUTES
This works the same as in V20, save that a player assigns ten (10) dots to the character�s Attributes category, seven (7) to their secondary one and five (5) to their tertiary one. The character also starts with one dot in each Attribute.

The older a character is and the more experience they have, the greater number of freebie points the player can expend during character creation. By take the Age background (see further below for further information), the character can receive additional points.

note: If a character has a starting Attribute, Ability or Advantage of 6 or higher after spending all freebie points, they must take a Derangements for each Trait.