In reply to mazx (msg # 40):

I think they meant as a bone gnawer kin. BG aren't known for their resources so you'd need an outside financial source to go to college as a BG Kin.

Could even be good roleplay experience if it was a not so legal source and they came calling for their interest.

In reply to Vane66 (msg # 42):

I don't think that is necessarily true for their kin though. I don't have the tribebook anymore but the Gnawers have always been my favorite tribe. I'm pretty sure it is mentioned there that 1) they impose their lifestyle on their kin, 2) the Gnawers kinfolk comes from all sorts of backgrounds and 3) during emergencies the Gnawers are known to rely on their more fortunate kin for financial help. W20 backs this up by being less strict with resources for kinfolk than garou.

That said, I had another idea and am scrapping the nurse, so it's not a big deal!

Fair enough!

I bought the kinfolk book today. Fun read so far!

good to know!

Im unsure how to use the abilitys even onyx paths own website is unhelpful...

What abilities do you mean? Bureaucracy, Intuition, etc? They look like the old secondary abilities. In a Vampire game I played a loooong time ago the GMs decided they were rolled at a lower difficult since they are basically more specialized versions of the basic ones.

those are the ones!

Just intuition... how much can it do?

Hmm... It could work like the Merit Danger Sense, but maybe expand it to situations where the character isn't necessarily in danger.

like the cliche "I didnt break the Vase mommy, the Cat did it!"

What are the main tribes going to be in the area?

I tend to favor the snootier tribes, so shadow Lords, Fiana, Fangs, and Glasswalkers, scattering of others.

Hello all, I'm new-ish to the setting as I've only played the Vampire and Mage versions. The concept I have is a sort of kin of the Get of Fenris, possibly having a full Garou sibling as a contact. As for support, I was thinking of making him ex-law enforcement and now a business owner (likely in construction or contracting). For what sort of town to be in, I would suggest something moderately sized but not a metropolis, so something you might find in the bigger midwest cities.

Welcome Ubagluba!

sounds good!

In reply to Ubagluba (msg # 53):

Ingrid is Get too, so we might know each other

sounds reasonable, also lets think on how your vocations Former policeman, and Homemaker would  intersect.

I haven't decided on my tribe yet. I'm between Shadow Lord, Glass Walker, or Bone Gnawer.

Basic concept:

Fredrick Vonholt
Owner of Holt's Salvage, the junk yard located just outside the town. The back part of the Salvage yard has his small house and private work space where he does custom metal working and crafting.

Also my Kinfolk: A Breed Apart just came in the mail.

In reply to Vane66 (msg # 58):

Bone Gnawer, well, don't come into my characters home without showering and putting on clean clothes. ^_^

Good Point.

Ideas on background pools so far?

Define "clean".

I can't decide between pharmaceutic or network security specialist.

Pharmaceutic Offers more excuses to study numina, Network Security specialist is more a "Modern" vocation.

if that helps?

I based the vocations partially off my own life choices. Law enforcement is fun and all, and would have let my character (Eli Williams) help out his sister after her first change and generally keeping her nose clean in the human world. As she would have gotten older and more experienced staying hidden, Eli would have transitioned to something he felt would benefit a lot more people, building homes. Construction work is usually a great deal more lucrative than police work, so that would let me start with a decent resource, some contacts, and probably have my own sort of scholarship program.

Okay, I think I'm settling on Bone Gnawer kin, he can use part of his salvage yard as a camp for wandering Gnawers. Maybe they refer to it as Junk City. It could be hidden behind stacked cars and piles of scrap. He'd be open to allow passing Ratkin to use it as well.