<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=3906.msg129523#msg129523">Quote from: Natalie C. Barney on 06-02-2006, 03:14:05</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I have an important character generation question are the costs to buy things the same as a begining character or as if you were paying for them in a chronicle. Example: Is raising WILLPOWER 1 xp per dot or the current number of dots in xp (if I had a Courage of 3 it would cost 3xp). This is a biggy lots of things are going to cost too much if not using the starting costs save if a Dicipline in the clan is at 1 Dot then going to 2 Dots is actually a little cheaper but everything else...</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Very simple.  As Jefe noted . . . create a normal starting character (with 15 or 21 Freebies, depending on the nature of the beast).  Then add 15 XP - note that the creation spot says, and I quote, "15 XP (not Freebies, note)".  I thought that was pretty clear.<br/><br/><strong>if I had a Courage of 3 it would cost 3xp</strong><br/><br/>And this part makes no sense in the question/example.  For XP use, the character's level of Courage has no effect on the cost of raising Willpower.  Same goes for Freebie use.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I don't want to take Age so this is very important to understand and will decide if I play.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>That's good, since it is not available (see update House Rules).  It's inclusion was a typo.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Frankly a Vampire with a low Willpower is not likely to last long</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Says who?  And what is "low" defined as?  Personally, I played three Kindred in one Chronicle over the course of 4 years, none of whom had above a 5 Willpower, and one of those was the Tremere Primogen.