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GAMEPLAY: PERMUTATIONS: BACKROUNDS: MENTOR

 

Start by reading the Mentor background on pg. 115 of the V20 core book. Mentor and mentor level must be defined at purchase. That mentor will always be that level (unless story dictates otherwise).

 

Supernatural knowledges and traits such as Lores (which we treat like Languages, in V20 and are Merits) Disciplines, Combo-Disciplines, and Paths and Rituals (if applicable to a given sorcerer class) may be taught by Mentors.

• Learning and Teaching times apply. 

• High level mentors may opt to send someone else to teach disciplines or abilities (generally at a level equal to their mentor rating)

To use a mentor, you must spend XP each time equal to the power level of that mentor. (First use is free - you already paid for it) This XP is accounted as some undefined task that takes your character time and energy to perform. Alternatively, if you don't wish to spend XP, you may spend a boon of equivilent rank for the same task.

To use a level 1 mentor it costs 1 XP
To use a level 2 mentor it costs 2 XP or a Trivial Boon
To use a level 3 mentor it costs 3 XP or a Minor Boon
To use a level 4 mentor it costs 4 XP or a Major Boon
To use a level 5 mentor it costs 5 XP or a Life Boon

 

• Passively a mentor will always attempt to look out for your character's well being from their perspective. Passive does not cost XP.

• You may purchase multiple mentors (though never above 5).

 

RESEARCH USING MENTORS

 

Mentors can assist several different research projects during downtime actions, such as researching rituals, lores or combo disciplines. All supernatural research projects for these traits consist of two checks, an investigation check and an occult check. For those abilities that staff determines your Mentor has access to, you may (if you engage your mentor), skip the Investigation set of checks and go straight to Mastery. If you engage your Mentor for mastery (potentially a second use of that Mentor), you may add your Mentor rating to all checks for Mastery of that effect regardless of how long the rest of your Research takes.
 

Example: A Tremere player character wishes to secure the ritual Blood Contract. The character has Mentor 4, and staff has evaluated that this NPC has access to the Blood Contracts ritual. For a single use of his Mentor, the Tremere make acquire sufficient materials to begin mastery without wasting time researching them himself. For a second use of his Mentor, he may get private lessons and add his Mentor Rating of 4 to each Occult check hereafter for that attempt at mastery.