Create your starting character based on the information given to you in the mage book but give your character 5 dots in Arete, 3 dots in any one Sphere of your choosing, and 5 dots in Resonance. All backgrounds, merits, and flaws found in the M:tA Core book, as well as those in the Storyteller's Guide, Guide to the Traditions, and the various Player's Guides are available.

Please use only the Talents, Skills, and Knowledges available on the generic character sheet available here and these additional abilities:

Talents:
Empathy
Intuition

Skills:
Animal Ken
Hypertech
Martial Arts (*)
Security

Knowledge:
Lore
Politics
Research
Rituals

Please fill out the two Fleshing out the Character Questionnaires here and here at which time you may spend an extra ten freebie points on your character.

(*) The Martial Art skill is available for three freebie points a dot instead of the usual two. When taking martial arts please specify if you will be learning a hard or soft style.