From Email post of 5/19/2009 to US-Announce:
Given the number of questions I've already received in a short amount of time, I thought I would clarify from things about the Character Creation Document.
- Back in the mists of yesteryear when I had hair and a life, there was an Ordeal called Wisdom of the Stage. Once completed, you were able to apply a 3XP bonus to any PC you created and wrote a full background that was approved by your VST. This Ordeal went away around 2002, but players in the US are still allowed to make use of it, even though no one new could take it and gain the same benefit.
- The Australian Camarilla came up with this Character Creation Document and, looking over it, it was the feeling of myself, my staff, and the RSTs that it would be a good replacement for Wisdom of the Stage, with the XP award being adjusted for the new Chronicle and the amount of work it required.
- This bonus XP (up to 8 XP, determined by your VST) may be applied to any PC for which you complete the Character Creation Document. How your VST prefers this to be logged is up to them. As well, any of us old fogeys who have benefited from Wisdom of the Stage on our current PCs can only gain up to an additional 5 XP rather than 8 since we've already gotten 3.
- The file can be found by the doing the following: 1) Log into the CRD, 2) Click on 'Files' on the left side bar, and 3) go down to the very bottom and look for the US Character Creation Document.
Clint Hauser
US NST