Updated Merits and Backgrounds

Merits and Flaws
We will be using both the Merits and Flaws from 5th edition and 20th edition, consult the storyteller whenever there's an overlap. Story comes above game play. You cannot take additional flaws to add additional points to your Advantage Pool. You can buy away Flaws at a cost of 2 EXP dot per level of the flaw.

Backgrounds
Backgrounds function as normally, however as opposed to Merits and their flaws, Backgrounds cannot be purchased with EXP, as such they don't have the same sanctity. A Storyteller may gift and revoke Backgrounds at his leisure. Background Flaws can only be removed during play.

A few backgrounds will follow the changed version found in 5th anniversary: Allies, Contacts, Fame, Influence, Haven(And associated merits and flaws), Herd, Alternate identity is replaced by Mask, Mentor is replaced with Mawla, Resources, Retainers, Status and the Domain backgrounds (Chase, Lien, Protilion)

Generation has been completely removed. It's up to the Storyteller and the Player in unison to decide where a character lies in the blood hierarchy of Caine.