For thus of you have I have already been doing stuff with due to work, and some commitments, I won't be posting until at least Sunday.  Just an FYI.

I you haven't gotten any game posts from me yet, it is because I am still missing info.

Updated: Game Map, and NPC portraits.

FYI, been off work for a few day will be updating soon for those of you still playing.

Head's up on my absence.  I was sick last week and this week is release week at work so I have been working late all week, and will continue until Friday it looks like.  Sorry, will continue then.If there are other people you wish to chat with in the party, feel free to post them as well, and we can assume the conversation happen at different time, and I will reply yo all as soon as able.  Thank guys.

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In reply to Storyteller (msg # 5):

boop

In reply to GameMaster (msg # 1):

Anyone still around?

Hello everyone.

Hello Jean,

It seems that you and I are the only ones logging in recently.  I do hope that some of the others do return.

Looking forward in seeing what all New Orleans has in store for us.

Having never been to New Orleans, I will have a lot to research in order to build up his backstory.

Just a heads up, some new members are being added.  I am getting them set up and then the story will jump back in.

This may be a dumb question... but is killing a mortal considered an immoral act that could cause me to lose what little humanity I have left?  (I thought it might be a good idea to ask this question before feeding...)

Mortals    hahaha...

They are food, just eat the good stuff.

People are friends, not cattle! Source your blood from healthy, free-range alternatives.

In reply to Lexi Thompson (msg # 14):

YUCK

In reply to Suel Cummins (msg # 12):

It all depends on your current humanity.  The lower it is the less killing will affect you.  However also the more inhuman you are and the harder for you to integrate with any society.  10 Humanity, you will find even feeding off humans off putting.  5 humanity, You are ok with killing kine when you need to, but but it would still be better to take only a little from each.  (Safer too).  1 humanity, humans are food, and the fastest was to the blood is to rip out their heart.  Who needs people, or TV, or forks.  The beast is in control, and it needs not these things.  (Ok, not really but you get the idea).

I'm getting the feeling I should try to let my prey live, unless they're really in need of being killed.

In reply to Suel Cummins (msg # 17):

Killing also draws attention from the mortals.  Police get involved (even if the bodies are disappearing, people are going missing.)  Some of those are really good at their jobs, and some are are even clued in to your world.  Anything that draw attention like that is a danger to the masquerade and that is a tradition you don;t want to break.  So...  be careful..

In reply to Lexi Thompson (msg # 14):

Some of have no choice.   :(

In reply to Christian Fisher (msg # 19):

That's okay, I'll forgive you. <3

I'm excited about this game!  I think i't gonna stomp some rump.

Ditto, just can't wait to see what all sorts of trouble I can find in the city.

ST,

Would a Kindred know if they are around others by instincts?

Not in Masquerade.  I think you're thinking Requiem.  Auspex helps however.

Hey, shouldn't it be Le Marquis?

Only if you address him in French, which he would appreciate.

In reply to Suel Cummins (msg # 21):

*two years later...*

"Aah, finally, combat!"

Is anybody here adept at crafting character sheets?

I'm great at "ideas", but TERRIBLE at the rules, and I can't access my 2nd edition books for a bit.

I know it might cripple me as a player, but would somebody be willing to PM me and go back and forth about my character and help me craft my sheet so I can get started playing?

In reply to Katherine Dashkovari (msg # 28):

I'd be happy to help! :) I have roughly 4 years of Vampire experience, so I'm used to making sheets.

Oh thank goodness! I'll pm you right now!

I can send you a link to get the information if you like.

Oh yes please, if available, so I'm not asking poor Lexi to do ALL the work haha :)

At work but will send later today.

Thank you!

Sent.

Let me know if you can open it and get all the information you need.

I can, thank you so much!

If you have a good perception there is a chance you ca recognize a vampire.  Also the lower their humanity the easier it is.

I will warn everyone now, this is a social game.  Don;t expect there to be a lot of combat.  I'm not saying it won;t happen, but that is not the intent of the campaign.  Also, don;t get into a fight you don;t think you can win.  People play for keeps in New Orleans.

I'm a bad girl.. trying to work myself up the ladder fast.  LOL
This message was last edited by the player at 03:12, Tue 02 Apr 2019.

Duly noted.

Are we able to get a thread rolling, so a few of us can at least start off some early rp, or is this going to be primarily gm driven and we need to wait for a primary gm run thread?

In reply to Katherine Dashkovari (msg # 41):

Everyone who has a complete character background and character sheet should already have a thread started.  If you have both and don;t see an intro thread, send me a PM.  As for public stuff, Once you intro is complete, there is an even that you will be introduced to.  From there you can do whatever you like.  You don;t have to wait for me, after you have been invited to the main event and have access tog group 1 threads. (I do want to be sure though everyone has had some sort of introduction.  It like the mini solo sessions from 1st Ed.)

I'm looking forward in meeting all the other Kindreds in New Orleans.  Hope we all can get along without getting the attention of the Prince.

I’ll second that.  Let’s not draw the Prince’s attention.

I will be away for few days so my posts will be inconsistent.

I just did a small edit to my post to clear up with whom my character was getting mixed up with.

If we don't have any points in Dodge do we use our Dexterity ?

In reply to Nefertiti (msg # 47):

Yep, and if you have another skill that you think you could use somehow I am ok.  (EX: alertness, seeing the thing out of the corner of your eye.)  The difficulty might go up though, depending on how much you are trying to fit something that just doesn't fit.  (like subterfuge, fool the bullet you are not there - will have a very high difficulty)

What time is it at the moment?

In reply to Nefertiti (msg # 49):

about 3:30 AM.  Sun rises about 7:30.

I am unlikely to post today because windows were replaced in my home and it caused a major dust storm which triggered my dust allergy pretty hard. :(

In reply to Lexi Thompson (msg # 51):

no worries at all.

I am likely to be away until tomorrow evening or Saturday due to it being Midsummer here in Sweden.

Ha en bra dag!

In reply to Lexi Thompson (msg # 53):


Ha det så roligt

ST

What time is it and how long would it take to get back to the scene of the crime?

In reply to Nefertiti (msg # 55):

It is about 4:10 AM.  The sun rises about 7:30 this time of year.  Walking back would take about an hour.  A drive only about 15-20 mins.

For those of us in the states, tomorrow if our independence day.  I will likely not be online.

Also, if anyone is interested, feel free to share some info about yourself.  (no pressure at all)/

Your Storyteller is Ron.  I live in the US, in Massachusetts on the east coast.  I have been playing vampire since first edition, but it hasn't been a main game of mine.  I mostly run Pathfinder (DnD before that).  Been a GM for over 30 years with a dedicated group until recently.
This vampire campaign is one I started locally with my players on one of our breaks from our main game.  I really don't know a lot of the lore, and never followed the books, new editions, etc.  I just happened to like the thought of New Orleans with all the history (Though I use google for that) and the opportunity for the supernatural there.  It seems rife for all kinds of spooky things.

Happy 4th of July. :)

I'm 26, I'm living in Sweden but I'm originally from a little country called Lithuania on the Baltic Coast. I have played most iterations of DnD, Shadowrun and Vampire over the years, including a few weeks of Werewolf in which I played Snake Plissken as a werewolf.

I like to follow lore, history have a font of weird knowledge and yet very rarely  play bookworms. Maybe I should!

41 a couple of days ago.  Canadian, of Arabic and French decent, with a Latina for a wife, so I'm pretty multilingual, which is nice in a New Orleans setting.

I play some D&D, but not past pathfinder, as I never bothered to invest in buying the newer editions due to 4 being so awful.  Love the Birthright setting of D&D.  I like the 40k line of RP games from Final Fantasy, as well as a lot of their other products.  A great unknown gem of a RP game is Kult, if you like horror, angles and demons, and the decent into madness.  I can't wait for the new Cyberpunk rpg, and video game.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:10, Fri 05 July 2019.

My name is David, I am 45 soon to be 46 years young. My Parents were from Portugal, but I am from Massachusetts, and have played on and off with Ron's Group for over 30 years or so (including the original New Orleans Vampire game).  I have Gm'd and played a large number of Table top RPG games mostly D&D (3rd, and 5e being my favorites), Pathfinder (another favorite).   I have won a regional Iron GM competition, and have even ventured into publishing super hero modules.   In my personal life I have 3 children including twin boys.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:41, Mon 08 July 2019.

Very cool.  Dave and I have played a bunch of cyberpunk.  We have both played with the creator of the game Mike Pondsmith and chatted with him and his son.  Dave knows him a bit better than I do.  Very cool guy and pretty good GM.  His son created the Witcher RPG which is awesome and is a great GM himself.

Greetings, my name is Edmund and I have been roleplaying for 40 years. I got started with D&D blue book through my cousin and been playing ever since. Use to LARP Vampire in Jacksonville and tend to play Nosferatu. (In Jax we had 30' cockroach named "Matilda" that took care of the empties)

I live SW of Gainesville, Fl and mostly play Pathfinder when I get a chance, but also board game.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 61):

Mike Pondsmith is an awesome dude, and that voice helps.   LOL

In reply to Christian Fisher (msg # 63):

For those who never heard him, Mike has a very deep Barry White type of voice.

As a heads up I will be mostly unavailable 07/17 to 07/21 as I am taking an SCA Camping trip. I might be able to check in randomly during that time.

In reply to Nicholaus Meilyr (msg # 65):

SCA?  You mean The Society?  That is awesome.  Always wanted to do that.
We will have to get your character to a good place before then to be out of commision.

Which event and what Kingdom?

HL James the Tavernkeeper, Trimaris.

That sounds really cool.  I've seen interviews with him, and he sounds like a person that puts a lot of thought into his game.

In University, a friend of mine created a Cyberpunk LARP, and we had a great time with it, with the LARP constantly bring in some 30 players for 3 years straight, every other weekend.  Always thought he should have tried to send it off to Mike Pondsmith to see if he would be interested in selling it.  The idea is the game took place in some dive, in this case in NeoTO (Toronto's nick name).

I've never seen the Witcher RPG.  I'll have to check it out.

When do we hit the following day? Is there a thread for it somewhere?

In reply to Katherine Dashkovari (msg # 69):

Sorry this is some of the stuff I am a bit new at.  I was waiting for a few more people to tell me they are set for the night, before I describe the next night.  However, if you want to retire for the day and head out, drop a message in the "new thread" post and just say what you want to do.  (You can make it a private line if you want just me to know or even a PM.)  Then I will open a new thread for you.

How about some suggestions?  Should I keep some threads open for locations and then people can use private lines for private actions/conversations or would you rather have every scene be a new thread?  If so how should I name them.  Date and locations?  People, something else?

I was hoping Nicholaus would of posted by now. If nothing later tonight I will post to move forward.

In reply to Nefertiti (msg # 71):

He is on a camping trip till the 21st

Morning all. Trying to catch up on posts slowly.

Sorry Nefertiti I was out of town as I posted to ensure everyone would know.

I would have joined Nefertiti, but I am not sure how you would like to proceed. I can roll with the whole I didn't respond so I didn't go and could go do other things. Or we can say I ghosted along, or lastly I can say I finished up what ever at the safe house and moved to join her later?

Ghost along. You might like what you see

Boom, you are there.  Standing by the SUV.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 76):

Thanks I'll need access to that thread when possible.

This week I am covering a software release at work and will be working crazy hours.  I may not post as much as normal.  Sorry in advance.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 17:15, Sat 24 Aug 2019.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 78):

No worries RL comes first.

When you can, waiting on a final (?) response in the Aftermath scene before we can move on.

Sorry again folk for the absence.  I lost my Aunt haven't had a lot of time the last few days.  Things should be back to normal next week.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 80):

Sorry for your loss

I send my Condolence to you and your family.

Sorry to hear that, ST. :( Take all the time you need.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 80):

So sorry ST! Take all the time you need!

Sorry to hear of your loss.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 80):

Sorry to hear that

Really sorry to hear of this.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 80):

I am sorry to hear of your loss. Take as much time as necessary.

In reply to Nicholaus Meilyr (msg # 88):

Thanks all.

I apologize. I was waiting for Nefertiti to post more. I did receive that PM. I just hadn't responded due to activities already engaged.

Was that last post supposed to be addressed to Kat? I'm not sure if it lines up with what I posted last, or if that's intended?

In reply to Katherine Dashkovari (msg # 91):

In which thread?  The dungeon post was a response to what Lexi said.

Oh ok, perfect.

You had said somebody backs off and looks at Kat like she was a snake, so I was just making sure it was a typo.

In reply to Katherine Dashkovari (msg # 93):

Yup, that kids seemed like he turned terrified of both of you.

Hey, just wanted to say that I'll be a bit more spotty with posting the next couple of weeks and most likely will be completely absent 24th-27th as I will attend a conference in Russia. :)

OMG where in Russia?!!?

In reply to Katherine Dashkovari (msg # 96):

St. Petersburg. :)

In reply to Lexi Thompson (msg # 97):

No problem.  I hope you enjoy the trip and don't run into any issues.

In reply to Lexi Thompson (msg # 97):

Darnit! I'm in Novosibirsk! Would've bought you a coffee in Piter if I was closer!

In reply to Katherine Dashkovari (msg # 99):

Sorry, tovarisch - maybe another time. ;)

will be a late on posting, have a work deadline I am completing.  should be back to normal tomorrow.

Hey-yo. :)

I'm back from Russia! It was very nice, now I'll be available a lot more.

In reply to Lexi Thompson (msg # 102):

How you had a good trip.

I’ll be posting tonight sorry for the delay

Sorry for the delay.  Will update all the posts I missed tomorrow.

Hey all, I have been watching the threads to see when you are ready to move on but I may be gone for the next couple of days.  Sorry, Work stuff.

Hi Folks, This time of year in the states, it tends to be very busy.  I'll apologize for the slowness of the game.  For me the holidays, event, wnd work have been eating a lot of time, and I am still waiting for it to get back to normal. I know some of the other players are also experiencing the same thing.  Please excuse the slow posting during this time.

For those of you that celebrate, please have a happy holiday season!  I wish you all Joy and happiness, and freedom from real monsters.

Hope you have an enjoyable holiday season Storyteller.

Post was edit to move forward

Just want to be certain before I post. Jean and Suel both are ignoring my words about stopping the man with the gun from causing harm but they are both still attacking?

Just to clarify, I’m still in the van?

In reply to Suel Cummins (msg # 111):

yes.  You are in the van, and the guy you knocked out is on the floor in front of you.  the driver is trying to drive and see what you are doing at the same time, and nefertiti is on the seat right next to you.

Now that is some bad rolling for Marcel.  If he ends up hitting Suel then that is the only person gonna get damaged from the team and its a team member doing it.  Or if Joe does some bad driving too. LOL

Should I roll to try to avoid getting crushed?

In reply to Suel Cummins (msg # 114):

Just waiting on Jean, then I can let you know what you need to do.

Let’s all give Charles a warm welcome

Why, thank you my dear! It's a pleasure to be able to make your acquaintance. I'm merely waiting for my travel documentation to be certified, and then I hope to be arriving in your illustrious city shortly. I do so hope that our interactions in person will be as cordial as of that through these electronic missives.

Sincerely Yours,
Charles Whitaker

In reply to Charles Whitaker (msg # 117):

I will be delayed in posting all.  The current situation has many of the people at my work not able to work in the office and part of my job is acting as a resource for them when they are working remotely so I have been extremely busy this week.  Things should slow down as soon as they get used to the new environment.  thanks for being patient so far and I should be back to more normal sched soon.

Take care.  I’ll be here when you return.

Hope things go well for you. Take care.

Sliding the coffin lid in place.  Folding my arms.  Dreaming hot, red.