Bastet Character Creation

Character Creation Process

Step One: Choose Concept, Tribe, Breed and Nature, Demeanor and Pryio.
Step Two: Choose Attributes (7/5/3)
Step Three: Choose Abilities (13/9/5)
Step Four: Choose Backgrounds, Gifts (three Level One Gifts from General, Breed and Tribe in any combination), and Renown (3)
Step Five: Record Rage and Willpower (both by tribe), Gnosis (by breed), Merits and Flaws and Rank (1). Spend Freebie points (15) as desired.

Concept

Artist: musician, painter, dancer, actor
Loner: drifter, lorekeeper, sage, hermit, mountain cat
Native: hunter, tribesman, modern renunciate, shaman
Professional: lawyer, teacher, cop, programmer
Scholar: professor, linguist, keeper of the old ways
Searcher: mystic, treasure hunter, forbidden secrets scholar, traveler
Sneak: spy, assassin, thief, gossip, scavenger
Thrill-Seeker: daredevil, circus performer, criminal, racer
Vagabond: biker, escaped cat, street person, runaway
Warrior: guardian, guerrilla fighter, avenger, terrorist

Breeds

Homid: Born of human parents, your new life is a mystery and an adventure. (Nickname: monkeychild)
Initial Gnosis: 2
Initial Gifts: Cat Claws, Sweet Hunter’s Smile

Metis: The offspring of a censured union between Bastet, you have a permanent disability but a deep link with primal creation. (Nickname: half-breed).
Initial Gnosis: 4
Initial Gifts: Create Element, Sense Primal Nature

Feline: Big cats birthed and raised you, whether wild or in captivity. Your kind are all but gone, and you must fight to survive. (Nickname: wildcat)
Initial Gnosis: 6
Initial Gifts: Mark as Mine, Kitten’s Cry

Pryio

Daylight: You have an open and honest heart, and tackle things head-on.
Twilight: You see life in many shades and prefer complex, artistic pursuits to plainer things.
Night: You like to be left to yourself, and grow angry when someone intrudes on your private pursuits.

Backgrounds

Allies: Friends of any species.
Contacts: Your sources of information and aid among the human population.
Den-Realm: A magical place where you and the land are one.
Jamak: A spirit ally with whom you exchange favors.
Pride: Non-Bastet relations, usually feline, who are immune to the Delirium and know what you are.
Mentor: For the year, your teacher and friend. Afterward, you must trade this for another Background.
Pure Breed: Your pedigree and lineage among your people.
Resources: The amount of wealth you have at your fingertips.
Rites: The ceremonies you know and can perform.
Secrets: Inside information that can be both valuable and dangerous to possess.
Trinket: An object you possess that has some magical or mystical powers.

Rank and Renown

The ranking system is similar to what the Garou use, and there are slight differences from tribe to tribe.

Rank

Glory

Wisdom

Honor

Rank 1 1   2
Rank 2 2 1 3
Rank 3 3 2 5
Rank 4 5 3 7
Rank 5 7 5 9

Freebee Points

Freebee points should be distributed as follows.

Trait

Cost

Attributes 5 per dot
Abilities 2 per dot
Backgrounds 1 per dot
Gifts 7 per Gift (Level One Only)
Rage 1 per dot
Gnosis 2 per dot
Willpower 1 per dot

Bastet Totem

None. Cats have too much pride. They will pay respects to Gaia, Mother of all Cat-kind, but all Bastet must pay twice the normal amounts for the Totem background.