Summoner Backgrounds (Hellfire)

## Backgrounds

The Summonercan spend any number of points on the Backgrounds below, each ranging from 1-10. A Background from 1-3 points is fairly trivial, easy to obtain and of limited value. A Background for 7-10 points is rare, impossible to achieve as an outsider and can be the foundation for their political influence.

* **Contacts:** The Summonerhas contact to individuals or organisations that can provide them with information, certain services or legal and illegal goods. The Summonerknows how to reach their contacts, but needs to negotiate a compensation for their service every time they request it.
* **Allies:** Allies function like Contacts, just that they are on the characters payroll. They will always be available but the Summonerwill need to pay them a monthly salary; the amount of which depends on the number of invested points and their market value.
* **Entourage**: A single mortal or Halfblood character that is on the Summoners payroll and provides unique services. Over the course of the campaign Entourage can be improved with XP.
* **Influence:** The Summonerhas a certain amount of controll over a specific sector or organisation. They can not give direct commands, but use their Influence to exert pressure or ensure conveniant coincidences. For instance they could ensure an event in a concert hall is placed on a specific date, or make sure the most gulliable security guards have their shifts during a break in.
* **Wealth:** The Summonerhas additional sources of Income that provide them with more resources on a monthly basis. This money can come from any number of sources; but these need to be properly defined. For a single point in Wealth they increase their monthy Income by +250 , which is doubled for any additional point.

* **Favour:** A favour functions like any of the backgrounds above, just that it can only be utilised once. However it will be much more valuable for the same amount of points.

* **Additional Servant** [5 points]: The Summoner has an additional, weaker Neverborn under their controll- bound through their own contract. This could either be a **Sixth Level** (Imp/Cherub) or **Seventh Level** (Avis/Hellhound) Servant. They can spend additional XP on them just like on their main Servant.
* **Improved Status**: The Summoner has an improved Status- public or internal, or more positive Stereotypes than their peers.

## Disadvantages

### Supernatural

* **Cursed** [3 points]- *The Summoner has been cursed by one of their Servants, or permanently marked by a failed Summoning.* Gain one permanent Corruption.
* **Vengeful Servant** [5 points]- *A former Servant has been liberated or ended their contract with their Summoner; but due to their past history the Neverborn holds hatred for their former Master; and will do anything to see them suffering or destroyed.*
* **Problematic Host** [1-4 points]- *One of the Summoners Servants has been summoned into a Host that turned out to be much more problematic than originally anticipated. From a mental disorder to a rebelling soul to a backstory that implicats the Summoner- the Servant will be more disposed against their master.*

### Bloodline

* **Difficult Child** [3 points] - *The Summoner has a child or student that causes them significant trouble. It could be unwilling for follow their vision, cause them public embarressment or activly rebel against them.*
* **Difficult Spouse** [4 points]- *The Summoner has a spouse that activly causes them trouble. They could spend too much of their money on their lavish lifestyle, have an affair or another activity that harms the Summoners public perception or be unwilling to retain their marriage status.*
* **Difficult Master** [5 points]*- The Summoners Master is activly disposed against them. They could try to sabotage their training or standing in broader soceity, harm their reputation or be aggressivly incompetent.*
* **Disloyal Halfblood Child** [5 points]- *The Summoner has sired a child with a Neverborn or Halfblood. Through varying circumstances either the Summoner or the Halfblood child ended their relationship and now the child is activly working against their parent.*
* **Questionable Bloodrelations** [5 points]- *The authenticity of the Summoners Bloodline is questionable at best. They could be a bastard, a potential Halfblood or simply an imposter.*
* **Lesser Bloodline** [4 points]- *The Summoner belongs to less prestigious Summoner Lineage that does not command the same respect and authority as that of its peers.*

### Mental

* **Additional Vices/Fears** [2 points per vice/fear]- *The Summoner has more vices/fears than usual.*
* **Addiction** [5 points]- *The Summoner suffers from a serious addiction that has controll over their everyday life. This could be anything from a synthetic drug, a chosen activity or even a behavioral pattern.*
* **Difficult Personality** [3 points]- *The Summoner has certain personality traits that activly stand in their way or retain them from reaching their goals.*
* **Short Fuse** [3 points]- *The Summoner has little self controll and gives in to their irrational impulses easily.*
* **Psychological Disorder** [5 points]- *The Summoner suffers from a pyschological condition that heavily influences their Summonerand actions.*

### Social

* **Minority Status** [1-5 points]- *The Summoner belongs to a minority that is activly discriminated against in their country/on the global stage.*
* **Adversary** [4 points]- *The Summoner has a mortal adversary that poses a significant risk to them or their operations.*
* **Dark Secret** [1-5 points]- *The Summoner holds a secret that neither the public nor his servants should learn.*
* **Lavish Lifestyle** [4 points]- *The Summoner lives a lavish lifestyle, valuing materialism and conspicious consumption.*
* **Infamous** [1-5 points]- *The Summoner has a certain reputation, be it internal or public, that negativly affects them*