Universal Approval Questions
PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS/STATEMENTS:
**What specifically are you applying for?
Overall Statement:
Please state your agreement to the following statement:
"I agree that the ability to play this character concept and its related approval items is a privilege and not a right.
- I understand that a Storyteller with jurisdiction over this character may revoke the ability to play this character, in whole or in part, if I misuse this privilege.
- I also understand that I may be denied the approval of this item on the basis of game balance, overabundance, or unsuitability for the game at any level.
- I agree to conduct myself in an ethical manner, and to portray this approval responsibly, and understand that failure to do either is sufficient cause for denial or revocation of this item or character.
- I have the right to ask for and receive the reasons for denial or revocation."
CHARACTER QUESTIONS (To be answered for all applications)
**What are your character's reason(s) to continue existing? What most motivates your character to interact with other characters? What fears, joys, or other emotions drive him or her? What are his or her goals? What is your character willing to die for?
**How does your character interact with the mundane world? (If your character possesses any supernatural qualities, please describe how he or she avoids undue attention from ordinary people.)
**What faction/group does your character most feels a part of (Clan, Covenant, Bloodline, Lineage, Coterie, etc., or venue equivalent)? Why that group? How does his relationship to the group affect his/her dealings with other groups he/she is a part of? (For example, if lineage is most important, how does this impact his/her views of clan and covenant?)
**Does your character deviate from paradigm? If so, how does this deviation add to the global chronicle?
OVERALL QUESTIONS (To be answered for all applications)
**Outline the nature of the group you are applying for as presented in canon (ie, if you are applying for an age app, how does canon present characters of that age? If a bloodline, how is the bloodline depicted in canon)
**Is there any way to accomplish what you are seeking at a lower approval level? If so, why pursue this approval over the other option(s)?
**How will your character having this approval further the themes of the venue?
**How could this item be detrimental to the game? How do you intend to prevent that?
CHARACTER QUESTIONS (To be answered for applications related to character type approvals, such as NPC links, Age, Bloodlines, Legacies, etc.):
**What draws you to this concept in particular?
**How has your character acquired something of this level of rarity? (IE, for bloodlines, who avused your character? For age, how has your character stayed along so much longer than most characters? etc.)
ITEM QUESTIONS (To be answered for applications related to items, such as physical objects, Fetishes, Imbued Items, etc.):
**Does this character have any other special approval items? If so, please list the item, app #, and approval level.
**Do you currently have any other approval-level items for other characters? If so, please list the character, item, app #, and approval level.
**How is your character gaining this item? Include any citations from canon, precedent, correspondence or approvals/numbers (including page numbers) detailing how your character acquires it
**Why does your character want this item, if applicable? If your character does not want this item, please explain why he or she is accepting, developing, or otherwise acquiring it.
**Is your character or are you as a player planning on teaching, spreading or otherwise expanding this item into national chronicle? Why, or why not?
**How would your character react if this item is lost, stolen, destroyed, etc.?
**Custom items should be less powerful than items from canon. Please name any canonical items with similar effects, and note how this item is more limited than those precedents.
**Outline the steps your character has taken to acquire this item.