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Keira Kelly: /* Fame */

2019-01-15T11:20:31Z

Fame

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	~~You~~ know ~~people â€“ human people â€“ from many different walks~~ of ~~life~~. ~~Contacts primarily provide you with information~~ in ~~their areas of expertise,~~ and ~~they may want~~ to ~~exchange favors~~ of ~~various kinds~~. ~~For different kinds of help, use your Influence (p. 187) in~~ the ~~mortal world~~, ~~or call on your Allies (p. 184) or Mawla (p. 192)~~.		Mortals know your name and eagerly seek out news of your activities. You might be a movie star, rock star, or other celebrity. Fame grants pull in mass and social media; you have more ways than most to manipulate the thoughts of the populace. You likely have ways to mask the fact that youâ€™re never seen during the day, such as a body double.

	~~A Contact is someone~~ in ~~an excellent position~~ to get ~~information~~. ~~They might be a police dispatcher, rather than a homicide lieutenant, or a congressional staffer~~, ~~rather than a senator~~. ~~Information brokers~~, ~~gossip columnists, underworld fixers, and reporters make excellent Contacts. You can define~~ your ~~Contacts when you buy this Background or as~~ you ~~need to introduce them in play. Whenever you create them, make sure to add them to the Relationship Map~~.		In some circumstances, the Storyteller may allow you to use Fame in a Social test dice pool instead of another Trait, especially to get into an otherwise exclusive venue or event. â€œDo you know who I am?â€ doesnâ€™t work everywhere, but it does work. Each level of Fame subtracts one from the Difficulty of Social tests against your fans and from many hunting tests, depending on your predation strategy â€“ you have less trouble attracting prey.

	~~{{showdots\|1}} One Contact who can do or get something cheap or common~~ for you ~~(Resources 1). Examples: a weed dealer~~, a ~~car salesman~~.		Fame has its downside, of course â€“ itâ€™s harder for you to tail someone unobtrusively, for example, and who wants groupies hanging around the door to their haven all day tagging its location on Instagram? You should look into taking Disguise as a specialty.

	~~{{showdots\|2}} One Contact who~~ can ~~do or get something useful~~ for ~~you (Resources 2)~~. ~~Examples: small-time gun dealer~~, ~~veterinarian.~~		By default, Fame applies among mortals, but you can also buy Fame that applies among Kindred for the same cost. Some vampires, such as Dracula or Elizabeth Bathory, might have both! Vampires may admire, or at least be more interested in, a Kindred who was famous or infamous in life: Arthur Rimbaud, Crispus Attucks, Billy the Kid, and the like.

	~~{{showdots\|3}} One Contact~~ who ~~can do~~ or ~~get something expensive or hard for you (Resources 4). Examples~~: ~~security systems expert; police lieutenant in homicide~~, ~~narcotics~~, ~~or other useful field~~.

Keira Kelly: /* Mask */

2019-01-15T11:08:00Z

Mask

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	â€¢â€¢ Your Mask can pass a background check with the national police: FBI, Scotland Yard, or the equivalent. If you had a military or intelligence record in life, it has been classified. If you have a two-dot Mask, you can also buy the following Advantages for one dot each:		â€¢â€¢ Your Mask can pass a background check with the national police: FBI, Scotland Yard, or the equivalent. If you had a military or intelligence record in life, it has been classified. If you have a two-dot Mask, you can also buy the following Advantages for one dot each:

	â€¢ Zeroed: Someone in high places has purged your real records. You officially donâ€™t exist.		â€¢ Zeroed: Someone in high places has purged your real records. You officially donâ€™t exist. <br>
	â€¢ Cobbler: You can make or source Masks. Making a Mask takes three days per dot and possibly exposes you online; sourcing Masks takes one day per dot, but costs something in return. How much depends on your leverage, margin on the Social test, or whatever else the Storyteller decides.		â€¢ Cobbler: You can make or source Masks. Making a Mask takes three days per dot and possibly exposes you online; sourcing Masks takes one day per dot, but costs something in return. How much depends on your leverage, margin on the Social test, or whatever else the Storyteller decides.

Keira Kelly: /* Mawla */

2018-12-10T04:03:18Z

Mawla

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	Your Mawla might trade information to mutual beneft, or even come to your aid if you have respected the relationship. A Mawla may be powerful, but their power need not be direct. Depending on the number of dots in this Background, your Mawla might be nothing more than an ancilla with a remarkable information network, or they might be a centuries-old creature with tremendous influence and supernatural power. They may offer advice, speak to the Prince or Baron on your behalf, steer other elders clear of you, or give warning when youâ€™re walking into situations you donâ€™t understand. Your Mawla, of course, expects reciprocity.		Your Mawla might trade information to mutual beneft, or even come to your aid if you have respected the relationship. A Mawla may be powerful, but their power need not be direct. Depending on the number of dots in this Background, your Mawla might be nothing more than an ancilla with a remarkable information network, or they might be a centuries-old creature with tremendous influence and supernatural power. They may offer advice, speak to the Prince or Baron on your behalf, steer other elders clear of you, or give warning when youâ€™re walking into situations you donâ€™t understand. Your Mawla, of course, expects reciprocity.

	A Mawla rating could even represent a group of like-minded vampires, such as the elders of the cityâ€™s Tremere chantry or a Trotskyite clique amongst the Anarchs in town. (Te plural of Mawla is Mawali.) As a general rule, a Mawla group costs one dot more than a single Kindred of that level: a coven of elder Mawali would be a four-dot Mawla group, for example.		A Mawla rating could even represent a group of like-minded vampires, such as the elders of the cityâ€™s Tremere chantry or a Trotskyite clique amongst the Anarchs in town. (The plural of Mawla is Mawali.) As a general rule, a Mawla group costs one dot more than a single Kindred of that level: a coven of elder Mawali would be a four-dot Mawla group, for example.

	Whoever they are, write them on your Relationship Map when you buy them.		Whoever they are, write them on your Relationship Map when you buy them.

Keira Kelly: /* Status */

2018-12-05T01:16:20Z

Status

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	'''Advantage		'''Advantage

	â€¢ Known: A properly introduced, welcomed neonate, seen as an up-and-comer.		â€¢ Known: A properly introduced, welcomed neonate, seen as an up-and-comer.

Keira Kelly: /* Status */

2018-12-05T01:15:56Z

Status

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Keira Kelly: /* Retainers */

2018-12-05T01:11:15Z

Retainers

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Keira Kelly: /* Retainers */

2018-12-05T01:09:41Z

Retainers

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Keira Kelly: /* Resources */

2018-12-05T01:07:18Z

Resources

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Keira Kelly: /* Resources */

2018-12-05T01:07:07Z

Resources

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Keira Kelly: /* Mask */

2018-12-05T01:04:44Z

Mask

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