The line writers for White Wolf , do not have to follow the RAW for character creation.
Consequently , a number of npcs have amazingly high xp totals , that by RAW xp gain , players could not practically achieve.
One Werewolf core book npc is doable in 20 years of weekly play.
Games that do this annoy me , where a PC can never , ever be as good as an npc.
Sure , there are beings that are way more powerful than players ,
but being overshadowed by line-created character archetypes has no appeal for me.
At least in Magi of Hermes , we get some well-developed Magi that are believable within game context.
People can always post examples of ignoring some limits or rules on the forum.
What about the ST who asked about his player , who had a lucky roll studying from raw vis
and ended up with a Rego score of 85.
This is not limit or rule breaking , but few would like or accept such in their saga , imho.