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Tempest has open character generation, but it's important to be aware that we're very careful about maintaining the theme of our game, and we may ask people to alter their concepts slightly if we feel that they are out of theme. As a result, we highly encourage that you talk with your intended sphere staff about your concept before you put too much work into making the character.
Once within chargen, you will notice that some portions differ from the rules set out in the books. One major difference is the way that points are allocated. Rather than set priorities, you are given a base number of points that you can put anywhere. We feel this makes for more realistic, balanced characters. This also gives you the ability to min-max for much less realistic characters. Please don't give into this temptation -- you'll just wind up having to go back and change your stats when you try to get approved.
You will also notice that many of the merits have very high costs. Our intention is to make merits that we don't want to see too many of on the grid more expensive. That way, we don't have to tell someone who really wants Iron Will no, assuming that they want it enough to pay for it.
If you have any questions, find any problems, or think something isn't working correctly, please feel free to page staff.