Originally Posted by
Saint Jaffo
I think it works different. I used to have an account which was created before the permit was added. With an account like that, I could create how many characters I would like and no permit needed. But I lose that account and I created a new one (last year) and I had to buy the permit for every character I created.
What I recommend is buying Red Eggs with your main account, stash them, log into your new character and open the red eggs (they can drop story tokens). Once you have 30 just head up to travelers and buy the permit.