So, because I like potentially overworking myself, I think I will be splitting player backgrounds from my previous games into "backgrounds" and "motives."
Backgrounds determine the player's starting funds, equipment, faction bonuses and will have different flavor text throughout the game.
Motives are big gameplay modifiers that will add new features or sidequests.
None of this is meant to be balanced in any way.
Planned Backgrounds:
Noble Scion
Former Courtesan
Mercenary
Street Thug
Cultist
Corp Floater
Spirit Hunter
Bloodpit Gladiator
Hacktivist
Conspiracy Theorist
Nobody
Planned Motives:
Undercover
You are an agent of the Traveler's Mandate. You have infiltrated the vampire lineages as part of an operation to align the underworld with the priorities of the Mandate. You will be able to call on the resources of one of the most powerful organizations in the world. But whether or not you can trust your superiors and their goals... is a matter of perspective.
Disgraced Vampire
One of the ways to start a new game already as a vampire. However, due to past... indiscretions, you are widely hated by other vampires and only barely tolerated by your own lineage. Your first task is to earn your redemption.
Avenger
You joined the lineages for revenge. A vampire killed someone very close to you, and you intend to return the favor. Rise through the ranks of the Uzakh Drucah and discover who your target is, and how you can eliminate them.
Slayer
You are part of the Slayer Order of Saint Gorfu. You and your brother knights have been deployed to MoonFall to eradicate the vampire menace. Root the bloodsuckers out of their hiding holes, destroy their organizations, and break the back of the Uzakh Drucah. There can be no mercy for the wicked. Kill them all.
Traitor Vampire
Once a proud immortal, you have been broken by the Slayer Order and are little more than a leashed pet. But you are still a vampire, and you may yet betray your new masters... unless you actually believe that they'll still need you when their job is done.
Rogue Agent
You have no permanent loyalties, but your abilities put you in high demand with the vampire lords.
I have some more I'm working on, but I don't think I'll commit to those unless I have time.