New Character Template

First off, if you have not already read the Player Agreement and the House Rules, go do that.

## Creating a Page

You can create a new page in one of two ways:

The first is to type in your address bar

`http://new-albion-vtm.wikia.com/wiki/Your_Article_Here`

(replacing, of course, "Your\_Article\_Here" with your character's full name, paying attention to capitalization.) Once there, click **Click here to start this page!**

The second way is to go to Special:Createpage and start from there.

Voila, you have a new character page to work with. While it isn't strictly necessary, we find it generally better to do your work in the *Source* editor mode, as this gives you just the code instead of the editing program trying to figure out what you want to do and potentially adding strangeness (this happens more often than you'd think).

## Adding an Infobox

Before you continue, make sure you're in code view (by clicking the "source" button on the top right of the wikia editor), and then grab the code from Template:Infobox Vampire to paste at the top of your new page.

## The Rest

The following is a rough template of what we like to see on a character's page. All information here is intended as placeholders and prompts. The more information you provide about your character, the better we can understand them and thus, can better integrate them into the mutual stories of New Albion.

A physical description of your character.
== Personality ==
Tell us some things about your character. What do they like/dislike? Do they have any notable habits? How do they interact with people? Etc.
== History ==
A good rule of thumb here is simply to explain how your character got to New Albion. If you want to perform a deeper dive into the character history, feel free, but it's not entirely necessary and can go be explained IC as you like.
== Sheet ==
`{{Spoiler Start}}`
Note that the code before this text simply hides it in a collapsible spoiler tag. You can move the `{{Spoiler End}}` after the Merits & Flaws section to wherever you need to hide as much as you like (that's the end of the spoiler tag).
* To get a template for your actual character sheet, go **here**.

=== Backgrounds ===
Explain all your backgrounds here, should they need a more in-depth explanation.

```
;Background: Text.

```

=== Specialties ===
List here, if any. Copy the below if you need to.

```
''Talents''
;Talent (Specialty): Text.

''Skills''
;Skill (Specialty): Text.

''Knowledges''
;Knowledge (Specialty): Text.

```

=== Techniques ===
Techniques are "combination Disciplines" where a Kindred has learned how to use several of their supernatural abilities together for a new effect.

```
;Technique Title: Technique Rules.

```

=== Merits & Flaws ===
Explain all your merits and flaws here, should they need a more in-depth explanation. Copy the below if needed.

```
''Merits''
;Merit: Text.

''Flaws''
;Flaw: Text.

```

`{{Spoiler End}}`
==Relationships==
Here you can place a list and commentary with your character's thoughts and opinions on others.

```
*[[Person Page Name|Nickname]]: "Quote."

```

==Additional Pictures==
<gallery widths="100px" heights="100px" perrow="5">
File:filename|Picture text.
File:filename|Picture text.
</gallery>
== Etc ==
If you want you can add in things like playlist, or other character information here.
[[Category:Character Concepts]]

You don't have to follow this template exactly if you don't want to, but it gives you a good idea of what we're looking for in an app. Feel free to look at other character pages to see examples, and please look over the Character Generation page.

## Wrapping Up

Once you've got everything put together as you like it, tag a staff member to give your page one last check.

Once they give you the okay, you can change your page's category from Category:Character Concepts to Category:Current\_PCs by replacing [[Category:Character Concepts]] with [[Category:Current\_PCs]].

And then you're good to go!