How does one acquire Experience Points (XP), and what can one get with them?
XP (“ex-pee”), also known as Experience Traits or as EP (“eep”) is gained according to the table in the Primer. Attendance garners one XP, as does the occaision of a player’s first night, and being given a role-playing award also garners an additional XP. Also, writing a history for your character will not only get you plot but an extra XP. The maximum XP one can gain from one session is 3, with room for exception if there is a very good reason. As for spending, there is a table in the Primer for that as well. You need the appropriate amount of XP, a good reason why you are purchasing it (you don’t just make contacts in the Health industry, all of a sudden), and (for Spheres) a waiting period and method of learning the Sphere and internalizing it and viewing it through your paradigm or (for Seekings) a request send to the STs, who will either deny your request or craft a Seeking for you. (If you fail a Seeking, the XP is refunded unless the ST deems that you got enough out of the Seeki