Canberra Awakening Downtime Template
Email Subject and Document Name
[Year] [MONTH] - [CHARACTER NAME] - Awakening Downtime Report
Due Date
Two weeks before the next game (which will usually be the first Sunday of the month).
Please Note
Copy the follwing into an a word document and attach it to the email you send in.
Player Name:
Character Name:
Domain: Canberra
Date of Game:
Date of Report:
Dear Diary:
The purpose of this section is for you to give yourself an opportunity to express your character’s thoughts, opinions and feelings.
Game Recount:
Here is where you list actions that you’ve taken that you feel is significant to the game. For the most part these are things you have discovered, have done or have had done to you resulting from player or plot interaction. This includes (and is not limited to): Favours, deals, negotiations and arrangements made with other characters. Attacks (supernatural, mundane, political etc.) Campaigns, activities, ventures or enterprises you initiated or continued Places you visited and things you did there. Interactions with NPCs (phone calls, hit squads etc.) Injuries you received (mentally or otherwise) Morality loss or derangements gained Any other significant action that may have consequences to other players or the venues as a whole.
Downtime Report
Here are the activities that you as a player have taken in your downtime, between games. What kind of actions can constitute downtime actions? Quite simply, everything a character can normally do in a session except attack other characters directly. Most players prefer to use their downtime actions for less than glamorous but still vital actions [pg 172 MET].
Resolve based actions (1 per dot in resolve)
These are actions your character takes personally.
Each action should address the following points, copy the below italic section for as many actions as you are doing: Project Name: Project description: Number of Actions spent: Characters involved: Skills and Powers used: Desired outcome:
Allies based actions (1 per Allies Merit)
These are actions your character has some allies accomplish for you. Their actions must be related to their sphere of influence [pg 138 MET].
Retainer based actions (1 per Retainer Merit)
These are actions your character has some retainers accomplish for you. Their actions must be within the capacity of their skills [pg 145 MET].
Regaining Mana
If your character uses any method beyond the base Willpower + Hallows to gain mana please list it here. Examples include using Arcana that have a method to gather manner, or your character being willing to take Resilient damage to scour mana from their body.
Travel to and from IC location
Describe the methods and precautions you take to travel to and from the IC venues of the game. This can become important if other characters or NPC’s are attempting to interact with your travels on some level. Please give special notification to the ST (ST Admin if applicable) immediately if it differs for any particular game event. If this is not resolved it may be taken as the previous months action or none at all.
Feedback Question
Answer the feedback question here, it is provided with the downtime reminders.
XP Log
Here is where you list your XP claims and expenditure. List the cost, the item and any teacher if necessary, such as for raising a non-favoured arcana past its normal limit.
An Arcanthus for Example:
Fate 3 for 18xp
Forces 3, normally limited to 2 in an unfavoured Arcana, costing 24xp in total. Taught by Jeffry the Obrimos played by Allan Davis.