Perhaps I have had some sort of premonition that your search for who killed Vlad is going to put you on a path to greatness, so I'm helping with that. Being able to predict who will do well in an election might make you finding your politician a bit easier...

In reply to Carmen Martinez (msg # 52):

Love it! Is it ok if I have received a tip from you about 10 years ago, that the one I'm looking for is living here? The only thing Lilith knows about him is that he has a V shaped wound (about 15 cm) on the left side of his back. Carmen saw the V shape in Bronx, in one of her visions, and decided to tell Lilith about it.

In reply to Carmen Martinez (msg # 50):

Carmen, do you still want to be the one trying to save Jake from his Fate?

Lilith, would you rather Gigi be your blood supplier?

Gigi, are you leveraging something against Jake to get his help? Or would you rather know his secret?



I am not possessed per say, I am just demonic now. However, my Patron could have mysterious motives in wanting you to remain on earth, and thus interfered when I was about to avenge your death. Thus insuring your murderer lives on...
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In reply to Jake Montello (msg # 54):

No, we're good. I'll find other connections with Gigi. I still have 1 debt on my list and she has 3 on her list as well. You remain my blood supplier if you don't wish otherwise.
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In reply to Lilith Voss (msg # 55):

Sounds good to me! I like have some connection to every PC.

:)

Hello everyone, I will be playing the Wolf on this adventure of ours. Tori is very protective of her territory and those that reside in it, so try not to get between her and it.

These are my starting debts. Who wants what or has any ideas about them?

• Someone is hiding you from someone, or something, powerful.
You owe them a Debt.
• Someone hired you for a job and you fucked it up. You owe them
2 Debts.
• Someone lives in your territory, benefiting from your protection.
They owe you a Debt.

Hi Tori!
I would like this one please: "Someone lives in your territory, benefiting from your protection. They owe you a Debt."
Lilith came to Bronx 10 years ago. She was only 18 y/o back then. She needed your protection. She hasn't moved out, so she still lives in your territory.

In reply to Tori (msg # 57):

No doubt the wolves and the tainted do not get along, as the tainted tend to violate 'territory'. However, Jake could be deliberately not mentioning you to his patron in order to conceal your presence.

Carmen is on the run from the gang that smuggled her into the US. Maybe she hired you to scare them off when they came sniffing around?

alright, so Lillith lives in my territory under my protection. I like that. Okay and Jake is hiding me from his patron for reasons undecided as yet.

So that leaves this one:
Someone hired you for a job and you fucked it up. You owe them 2 Debts.

Edited to add:
Sure, I tried to scare them off and failed to do so. So now I owe you 2 debts. I like that, that's good, thanks, Carmen.
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@Lilith: Definitely want a connection with a vampire considering her past dealing with that particular creature of the night. I think I like 'Someone thinks they’re protecting you, but it’s really more like you’re protecting them'. Maybe the vampire slayer that killed her ex has been snooping around and Gigi has made sure he doesn't know about Lilith.

@Jake: I kind of like the dangerous angle of Gigu leveraging (or trying to leverage) dirt over someone whose already essentially made a deal with the devil.

@Carmen: I would love to have a terrible prophecy about Gigi. It gives her something to try to maneuver around. Partly something to be afraid of and maybe to have an unearned sense of power. "I know this so that means I can be a step ahead on it... right?"

@Samuel: Makes sense to me. I can totally see her making promises and trying to keep all these deals up in the air until she can really learn enough to get her footing  and position as someone who shouldn't just be a victim.

Debts as of now:

Gigi Deshmukh:
Gigi is leveraging something against Jake to get his help. Due to her investigations, she knows Jake's real name is Marcus Brody. Which is weird, because Marcus died in prison years ago, jailed for shooting at cops. As a result, while Jake will play ball, she owes him a debt.

Amanita Jezra
-Jake found one of the members Al Saddiq after finding out Amanita was killed by them. Knowing the high price for vengeance in the afterlife, Jake thought that if he murdered the man Amanita would find peace. However, the Demonic Patron known as the Inquisitor forced Jake to stand down for reasons only known to it. He feels intense guilt, and owes her a debt.

Carmen Martinez
Carmen had a vision of something horrible happening to Marcus Brody. However, he did not listen to her warning as he only believed in the mundane world. Even as Jake accidentally ran into her later, she recognized him despite his new face and voice. She also had a vision of the creature he had become, and now has sworn to bring him back to the light...somehow. Jake feels intensely guilty about all this, and fails to convince her to give up on him. He owes her 2 debts.


Lilith Voss
A few years ago, Jake found the ever-hungry Lilith in need of a new blood source. Jake has worked out a deal with a few guys from a blood bank, and often works out a way for local vamps to get blood. Granted its not the whole vamp population, but he figured it would be better for the locals so Lilith does not get hungry. She owes him two debts.

Jessica Addams
Jessica had many enemies other than vampires. One of them was a demon patron called Wrathborn. However, Wrathborn's goals seemed to be opposed by Jake's patron the Inquisitor. As a result, he instructed Jake to help Jessica. As one could imagine, she is not thrilled to have a demonic creature like Jake helping her out...she owes Jake a debt.

Samael Thornglade
Having escaped from the Fae World, Samael was being hunted by the equivalent by a fae bounty hunter. Samael could sense Jake was more than he appeared, and 'hired' Jake to protect him. Jake agreed, not really understanding what he was getting into. Despite that, Jake managed to defeat the thing, and Samael got to remain in this world...for now. He owes Jake a debt.

Tori
The Wolves are supposed to guard their territory from unnatural creatures that break into this world. As a result, enough demons have banded together to try and kill any wolves they find...and visa versa. When Jake stumbled across Tori, he decided to lie by omission about her location. He does not know how long he can hide her, but he understands and respects what she does...and wishes he could. She owes him a debt.

OOC-If you guys don't like any of this, I will change it with no problem.
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Sounds good to me! BUT why would Lilith be a target for the vampire slayer (the hunter who killed Gigi's ex)? I think we need to define his personality or his interests (the MC would use this for sure :)) )

@Everyone:
I have this on my list: Someone relies on you for their fix. They owe you a Debt.

@Jake: All good! I will also post all my debts when the list is done.
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I'm going to create the first in-character thread now. I doubt that the entire crew of you will be required for this job. The ones who aren't included will have another job to do.

In reply to Lilith Voss (msg # 65):

If we were a little liberal about the definition of 'fix' I could see Lilith providing Amanita some kind of emotional support that she comes to rely on. Is Lilith maternal at all? Neets was pretty young and lived with her parents and was really wrapped up in her family, so she would feel really empty and alone and adrift, aside from everything else..

Like, maybe she comes over every few days or whatever and Lilith holds her and lets her cry it out?

I believe it could also mean a sentimental 'fix', but are you sure you want to owe me another debt?

It's fine with me, all in all. In for a penny, in for a pound.

But I can also understand if you'd rather spread your Debts around a little.

All good either way.

If you don't mind, I'd wait for @Jake, @Samael, @Carmen to see if they want to owe me one, because I already owe them 1 :D
Overall I have contacts with everyone so far.

Okay, two things that keep coming up.

1. You, the player behind the PC, are the expert on your playbook. If you are the vampire, you are the expert on how vampire powers work. The authors provided us with source material for vampires, which is a great start. However, they deliberately did not explicitly say what the rules are for vampires in Urban Shadows are. That is to allow us to define our own rules in our fiction. The same is true for all your roles. I will contribute as well, naturally. If you establish something about your character in-fiction, it's true. Just be aware that I will also add balancing elements. If you make vampires largely immune to regular bullets, I will find a way to make you more vulnerable, perhaps by making something else true in fiction.

2. Stanley Ipkiss is not a character in this game. I put that on the character sheet template as an example of how to write your debts. Even that's not a requirement. If you want to format them differently, go ahead.

I still have this debt left to give away:

"You consider someone a friend even though the friendship keeps bringing you trouble. They owe you a Debt."

Perhaps others would like to post which debts they still need to give as well?

In reply to Jessica Addams (msg # 72):

That sounds like a perfect one for me, but we already have a debt link, so that is better off going to someone else.

By way of my debts, I am totally done and have a link to all pcs ether through my debts or thiers.

In reply to Jessica Addams (msg # 72):

I had suggested this one for Amanita. We hadn't confirmed or gone into details.

@Jake, @Samael, @Carmen, @Tori - any of you would like a Vamp to get rid of something for you?
I have this: Someone relies on you for their fix. They owe you a Debt.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:07, Fri 04 Dec 2020.

Just a side note, I will take any debt links that you cant find someone for, but you should go through the other players first.