Experience Points

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Experience Points
This is your one stop on how the points are gained and spent. Below is how you gain EXP as well as how you can spend those points. For spending any of your accumulated points, simply go on your personal forum and post under the chart how much you are spending and what your spending it on. Your character sheet and exp chart will be updated.

Earning Experience Points

Regular XP Awards
Source	Amount
Base XP Per Game	4
End of Story XP	3
Starting XP (earned once)
Source	Amount
Questionnaire XP	10
Backstory XP	10
Profile XP	10
Submitted prior to cutoff*	10
Other Perks
ST Shout Out	+1 DT Action
Forum Shout Out	+1 DT Action

* Cutoff is defined as the deadline for submissions before the next game. For PCs submitted before the launch of game, cutoff is 4/1/2022. For PCs submitted after launch of game, this is the Wednesday before the first game you'll be attending. If you miss one deadline (Game A), you may still gain the XP for submitting prior to the cutoff of the next game (Game B); you just won't have the bonus for that game (Game A).


Spending Experience Points

Item	Cost
Attributes	4
Abilities (Kin, Rank 0-2)	1
Abilities (Rank 3+)	2
Extra Field of Expertise	2
Specialty (if Ability is 3+)	1
Affinity Gifts	4
Non-Affinity Gifts	5
Willpower/Gnosis/Rage	2
Merits (with Staff permission)	2x Merit Value
Totem	2
Any Other Background/Influence	RP/Downtimes Only

Restrictions: Exalting Abilities and Attributes (i.e., buying multiple levels within one downtime period) is not permitted. You cannot buy from Charisma 1 to 3 or from Melee 2 to 5. You may, however, buy multiple levels of different Abilities/Attributes (a dot of Dexterity and a dot of Stamina, etc).


Character Sheet Rewrites
A player may submit a full rewrite of their character once, provided the PC has not changed from the rank they had when they were created.
To do this, make a new copy of the blank sheet and draft up an alternate character sheet titled "Rewrite of [Character Name]". Once that sheet has been completed to your satisfaction, post a link in your character forum so we can process it. This will be due with XP spends; rewrites after cut off will need to wait for the game after next to come into effect.

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XP Submission Process


XP Submission Policy Summary
Effective 5/20/2022, all XP submissions must be added as comments directly on your linked character sheet.

For those familiar with Google Drive, this means you right click on a selected sell (or hit Ctrl+Alt+M) to add a Comment. Include in this comment how much XP you're spending and for what. Once the spend is processed, it will be marked as resolved by staff.



Expanded XP Submission Guide
We've included the following steps for anyone not accustomed to navigating GoogleSheets. Click on any image for an expanded view.

Step One: Add Comment to Cell
Select the cell with the number/text you'd like to change. Once it's highlighted, you may right click it to bring up the option to 'Comment', or simply press Ctrl+Alt+M simultaneously to bring up the window.


Step Two: Enter Comment
This entry can be as in depth or brief as you'd like. To take Rage from 3 to 4, we've offered an example of "2 XP for Rage 4 (5/18)", which is pretty clear-cut and will make sure we know exactly what to update. That said, if you just type "Rage to 4", the comment is timestamped and we know how much XP it costs, so we can probably figure it out. Write whatever makes you feel most comfortable in your submission.

Step Two (Variant) - Adding absent text.
You can also use this process to add something new that doesn't already have something established to increase. Highlight an empty cell and Add Comment as mentioned above, but enter in the full text of what you want listed, like "Field of Expertise: Carving (2xp)".

You'll know a Comment was properly submitted when the upper right corner of the cell turns gold (as pointed out in the above image)

Step Three: Corrections
Believe it or not, we sometimes get things wrong (w h a t?). If you have a typo you'd like fixed, a name update, or just see something that didn't seem to make it onto your sheet, follow the above steps to add in whatever note is appropriate. If you got a Background/Influence Growth confirmed as a Downtime Action (or rites you'd submitted as learned) but it didn't make it onto your sheet, please also include in your comment a link to the forum post mentioning the increase.


Step Four: Confirmation
Once you've added all of your Comments, you should be able to track the number of unprocessed Comments by checking the number on the bottom of your sheet in the "Character Sheet" tab, as pictured below. If you're satisfied with your entries, you may log this however you'd like: keep track in an XP log on your forum, post in your DTAs that XP has been commented, etc. If there's a # of comments we can process, we'll know to look for it, and we're happy.


Step Five: Follow-Up (Optional)
When staff has processed XP, all of your Comments will be marked as resolved, and the number pointed out in Step Four should be gone. However, you can still access these resolved comments, and even reopen comments that you're not content with. At the top right of your sheet, you'll see a comment box, between your Google Avatar and "Share" (circled below). If you click on this, it will expand a list of all your submitted comments. From there, you may select a comment, which will automatically highlight the associated cell. You have the option of adding replies to reopen the comments to be addressed.