Characters for Countenance are mortals, as per World of Darkness sourcebook. No points may be saved back for later expenditure.
Mandatory requirements for character use are simple and straightforward. You must be in the city, and you must personally know two other player characters well enough that with a phone call could arrange for a social meeting. Note that business and professional relationships do not meet this requirement.
You should determine if your character was born in countenance, and if so how many generations of his family have lived there.
An additional set of requirements have been put together, and copypasta for these follows shortly. This game is Ordo Dracul by general concession, if a different covenant is desired and mutually agreed to, I need to be informed as early as possible.
Each player must select one of the following requirements to satisfy. Ideally, each player will satisfy a different requirement, and only one player will satisfy each req.
Skill pool requirements
Intelligence + Academics = 7+
Intelligence + Investigation = 7+
Presence + persuasion = 7+
Manipulation + persuasion = 7+
Intelligence + Occult = 7+
Dexterity + Larceny AND Wits + Stealth = 6+
Manipulation + Socialize = 6+ AND Resources 3+
Manipulation + Streetwise = 7+
Story/Background Requirements
Though these leave a lot more of the character sheet free to be distributed as desired, they have farther reaching consequences the specifics of which will not be available to the player. In other words, I have mischeivous plans for these reqs, satisfy them if you dare. Mwahahaa.
You are a member of the Chapel family, which lays claim to being one of the oldest families in the city.
You have Influence (Society) 2+, and have used three consecutive monthly influence actions to push through approval of your leasing an apartment in The Nocturne, a very classy, very exclusive high rise apartment downtown.
You have invested significantly (Resources 4+, Influence[Transportation]) in a business called Dong Xi import export company, based in chinatown. You do not have a controlling interest in this company, but are a significant partner.
You have published a research paper in a nationally distributed, peer reviewed journal. (Reqs primary research skill 3+, Status 1+)
You are a teaching assistant for Dr Southern, a well published historian at the local private university.
You murdered (intentionally or via manslaughter) a man named Gordon Fox, but was not convicted of any crime. (Alternately, you weasled your way out of jail either by law or by actually making a prison break.) Ensure that any skill, attributes, or backgrounds you use for this requirement are above 3.
Note that you must satisfy one skill pool requirement OR one story requirement. Of course, your skill pools may be anything you like within the rules, but I do discourage people from making duplicate characters.