House Rules for Various Stuff

Raising Backgrounds:
A background may only be raised through in-story actions or with Maturation Points during downtime. 

Raising a Skill Above 5:
It takes a number of years of research equal to the number the skill being raised to minus its governing stat. (E.G. If Stu the Nosferatu wants to raise his Alertness from a 5 to a 6 and he has a Perception of 3, it will take him 3 years of experience and research).

Gaining or Losing Merits/Flaws:
It takes a number of months equal to the number of points in the Merit/Flaw before they may gain/lose it. The Merit/Flaw costs a number of experience equal to 3x the listed cost, or one for one with Maturation Points.

Raising Stats:
It takes a number of months of training equal to the current rating of the stat, before it may be raised.

As a heads up there will be a number of years of downtime after we finish the first story arc. There will be years of downtime after every story arc, and we will be using the Maturation Point system of Vampire Dark Ages.