Character creation and character options are limited to what is outlined in Laws of the Night 5^th Edition.

New characters start with an additional 100 experience points (in addition to the 20 experience points listed in the book, for a total of 120 experience points). This should bring new characters in line with starting character creation for Darkness Emergent event games.

In the event of character death or retirement, new characters will receive 50% of their earned experience (rounded down) in addition to their starting experience.

Existing Darkness Emergent Player Characters will be allowed at their experience point totals at the start of Darkness Emergent Chicago - The City of Big Shoulders (a maximum of 320 total experience points). A copy of the approval email from a Darkness Emergent Concierge will need to be forwarded to cibynight@googlegroups.com prior to play. This will be treated as starting experience and not earned experience for the purposes of making new player characters.

Characters that have died during a Darkness Emergent event are assumed to have died in Central Illinois by Night.

Further experience points awarded from Darkness Emergent will not apply towards Central Illinois by Night Player Characters.