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Character Creation: Rarity, Elders, and Age

In order to ensure that all players have the opportunity to play both something more powerful and something unusual, whilst at the same time trying to avoid flooding the game with such characters, Nightfall limits the quantity of rare and elder characters in the game.

It is permitted for each player to play a single Elder amongst all vampire games at any one time. This is defined as any Master or Luminary character. Characters with Machiavellian Prodigy do not count towards this limit, nor do Pretender generation characters, who are redefined as Ancilla (see the section on Status). It does not prevent characters diablerising to Elder, but once there they may not create another Elder character in a different game.

It is permitted for each player to play a single Uncommon/Rare rarity character across all games at any one time.

Restricted rarity characters always require Lead ST approval.


If intending to play an elder, it is also recommended to read the setting document about elders and the expectations on them in play, which is available here.

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Character Age

Characters may not have been born prior to 1500 AD unless they have suitable merits or flaws to support their age.

Suitable examples are Architect of the Tower, Archaic, Blood of the Ancients, Chosen of Cappadocius, Illiterate, Intense Vitality, Methuselah’s Thirst, Old Dog, Path of Chivalry, Path of Heaven, Path of Orion, Reputation, or Social Nobility.

This has been done to reduce the quantity of pre-Camarilla characters and those that were around for early kindred events, to make such characters the minority and help encourage the in-game focus on accepted kindred history.