You know what to do here. This will also be the place to talk to character if you are looking to join a coterie at the start of the game.

Sorry all, I'll be catching up on my PMs tomorrow. Just finishing a project for an art class I'm taking, and its taken more time than expected. That is what I get for taking college courses for fun. But I'll be working until midnight to punch this out, so gaming will take a back seat tonight.

Hello everyone!

Greetings to everyone!

Evenin' everyone, your resident Banu Haqim warrior and judge of justice.

Hoping to form a coterie pre-game to be part of as we travel to Toronoto together. If anyone is interested, hit me up in a PM.

Bear with me all while I go through the 20 questions and set up character sheets.

I believe I'll cap things about 10-12 characters initially and see where I'm at in terms of time dedications.

If you are interested in Coteries, let the other players know. Some of you may be only a couple as you enter Toronto, and that is fine. As your stories cross you may pick up more, merge, divide, and what have you.

I have some Loresheets in mind that I will introduce as they are "discovered". I've still not made up my mind on what I'm going to do with players that already have a Loresheet should they wish to enter these Loresheets, so I'm open to taking your opinions on that case.

Hey folks...

A couple of questions for you all:

Chronicle Convictions - what are some guidelines overall that we can all adhere to/aim for?

How are you each sort of falling when it comes to Anarch/Camarilla?

What kinds of Coteries are folks thinking of? Since a number of them are written as if they are integrated into local politics, I'd imagine that some are out of reach or impractical.

As far as Derek goes, Camarilla here as far as that goes.

For Coteries, sounds like there is one sort of based on 'justice/judgement', but that's it so far. Though I'm sure there could be additional ones formed in-game (or if anyone else has some proposals).

Justice? Judgement? sounds like Camarilla crap all right. Odd how justice always seems to point to what the elders want, eh?

Yeah that's right. It's Anarch time. Freedom for all!

While Bassel naturally leans towards Camarilla in lieu of his clan, he doesn't necessarily follow their sense of Justice. Quick of you to assume though. ;P I thought the Anarchs was all about justice though, so.

We are, that's why we don't like to team up with a sect that employs warlocks to curse an entire clan, guilty and innocent alike.

I'm going to be a little spotty today, mostly active at night time in North America.

I'll have the Chronical Convictions set then, as I wanted to wait on the characters.

Well, karma sure caught up to those folk, so..

Speaking of karma...

Hello everybody!

In reply to Malcolm Black (msg # 14):

Just checked the cast and realized Hugo's in.  Hi everybody, looking forward to the game.

Boozhoo to all you out there. (That's hello in Ojibwe.)

I'm excited for the game, and for meeting all of you!

Hello newcomers.

A Tzimisce! Nice, I'm playing one in an IRL group atm, the new ways of fleshcrafting is quite fun, hope you'll enjoy it.

I'm (so far) not quite up to playing around with that, but I am looking forward to it. *grin*

I looked at the Tzimisce as Option 3 too. Not so much for the fleshcrafting, but more for playing the inhuman outlook they tend to develop due to their bane.

But a Nos getting adopted in a brood is it's own kind of mind-shattering horror. :)
This message was last edited by the player at 15:13, Mon 12 Apr 2021.

So many faces and no leader among you. Not to worry, a Ventrue is here! XD

Hello everyone, glad to be playing with you, and I'm not gonna be that stuck up in game. :P

*Paints a target on Seb's forehead*

Chronicle convictions are up.

Chronicle Convictions
• Courage is the highest value.
• My sect, right or wrong.
• Always keep your sworn word.

We are going with a new frontier sort of motif, and Toronto is similar to the wild west, but in kindred terms.

Give me a shout when you are done your sheet. I'm still processing a few more characters.

Just to be clear, I'm not balancing this game on Camarilla/Anarch lines. How things fall in that regard is up to you all.

I'm hoping by Wednesday/Thursday we can have the first RP threads kicking off.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:16, Mon 12 Apr 2021.

Hello everyone!  Excited to be joining you.

I'll be going over the threads today and getting a feel for what's out there already, but I wanted to say hi. Zofia (and her business partner Julian, who you'll meet later) are going to be a little bastion of safety and stability in an otherwise unfriendly world. Assuming they can get Asylum's newest franchise up and running despite being roughly 2,519 miles away from their Patrons, of course.

Considering their Patrons are Jeanette and Therese Voerman? Maybe a little separation is for the best.

In reply to Zofia Kaminski (msg # 23):

Is there a standard sheet people are using, or do we just do us?

FMB

In reply to Zofia Kaminski (msg # 23):

Oooh, we're getting another Asylum? Put on the tunes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-PEoU0FjzE

Press E to dance ridiculously

In reply to Hugo Dupuis (msg # 24):

It should be in your character sheet area.  If you can't edit it, let me know.

Hopefully soon. There is still some permitting issues to work out. Julian is handling it.

Love it.  I may have to update VtM:B tonight ;)




Found it, thanks.

Awesome. We're super in love with the concept, and have been wanting go play these two characters for over a year now.

Tell me about Hugo?

VtM:B did not age well. :)

In reply to Zofia Kaminski (msg # 30):

From the character description:

"Hugo Dupuis was once a man of finance; controlled, brilliant, exacting, he read the markets as well as anyone alive.

Now he is a dead man.  And mad.

Driven insane by the Embrace, Hugo has become a genius, an artist, a whisper at the edge of the collectors' world.  His paintings emerge from time to time; sought after, fought over, they reveal the world as it actually is.  Stories circulate among the well to do, the in-the-know, of a disheveled figure on the fringes of high-society parties, in the shadows of bohemian cafes.  The ignorant seek him out; it never ends well.

Seemingly abandoned by his Sire, Hugo struggled with his new-found madness, and threw himself into his art.  His paintings reveal more than just his vision; they reveal the truth, even truths best unknown.  He finally painted the wrong thing, saw what was not meant to be seen, and has been driven from the home and solace he found into a new world in the North.  His life was bought at the cost of his Sire's protection, a shield he never saw held over him until it was gone.

Now the madman stalks new streets, breaks new ground, his Eye opened to new sights.

You have been warned."

I go some posts out this morning but sadly I got occupied tonight.

If you guys are forming coteries, let me know and I'll set up private channels for you for OOC talk.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 33):


Alright gang, I seem to be caught in a waffle.  Does my Malk, Hugo, spend his xp on a third rank of Aupex (which makes his second level Domination power mesmerize), or does he spend it on two dots of obfuscation, making his second level domination power Dementation?  I love obfuscate, and given I'm playing him as bonkers, Dementation works.  I also like the idea of him being really strong in Auspex.

FMB

Auspex is a kindda "psychic" ability discipline like Dementation. I would go with that, but then again I am a *HUGE* fan of Auspex

Dementation is the staple of the Malkavians. Auspex is cool but I'd go for that first at least. Then you'd have something to get later.

Heh, hate to join the bandwagon, but I tend to agree with the others. Dementation is a neat Discipline and all, but 'when' to use it tends to be a bit situational than not. Auspex, however, especially at rank three, would have a ton of potential uses depending on which powers you took. And nothing says he can't be crazy without Dementation. Hehe.

Ah, but Unseen Passage is so flavorful!

I love my Haunts though, and it's somewhat of a requirement for them.

In PMs let me know if you want your first thread to be solo affairs or as a couple or group.

I'll be putting down a system for downtime, the first thread will try and capture mood, and give us a thought on your characters, as well as planning if it includes more than one character.  Then we will enter a downtime (weeks to a month of sped up time, while your characters go about getting things done) which will lead to story.

Downtime will allow you to grab contacts, shore up domain, bring resources to bear on a haven, while story will be encounters you will have with PC, NPCs and events happening in night as opposed to weeks or a month.

Time in our game will be pretty fluid. At times you may be in more than one thread, which may create paradoxes but I need you guys overlook, and justify them. For example if you are having a long conversation with a PC or NPC, and in another event a PC calls on you, it is unlikely it happened at that exact time you were talking. This will mean you can jump into the event.  Depending how things go, you can decide one took place before or after the other just to make sense of things.

I will be plopping you around Toronto if you don't have an idea of where you would settle, and don't want to do the research.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:34, Tue 13 Apr 2021.

I'll work on some research, but first, Bird is taking Moon out to her birthday dinner.

I also have to prod Bird into fleshing out how... oi, pun not intended... well they know one another and if they planned on meeting or whatever.

Hi everyone! Looking forward to playing with you. I will join others in saying that Auspex is a really fun discipline to play around with, lots of variety in what you can do with it.

Estimate on start date?

Zofia is stated out, and I think we were going to do Julian tomorrow morning.

I'll have posts out tomorrow night.

As I get out the Contacts, Domain/Haven, and Status threads, I just want people to realize that they don't have to get involved in those things if it doesn't make sense for the character.  These are just story avenues for some characters that players may wish to take.

Not every vampire cares about controlling human society, or furthering their hunting grounds, and position in vampire society. There may be a time however they may feel they need those and seek out people that have those contacts as they make contact with other vampires around the city.

Also the reason these things are not bought with xp is because I want these things to feel dynamic. Losing and gaining them will be like health and willpower in a story, happening due to some climatic fight that has story implications. I don't want players feeling that they lost something they paid for with xp.  Rather they should look at it like they got punched, in a conflict other than a fight. If you get Contacts due to your Predator type, they are untouchable, and remain outside of the Contact pyramid.

So if someone floods your sewer haven that you have been building for six months, don't look at it like a lose, but rather a fun story of survival and revenge. This goes the same for status loss due to someone trash talking you, and spreading a rumour that the harpies of the city believe. Or someone focusing the police on your underworld influences. All stories devices for us to expand and explore your characters, and city.

Apparently I lied.  I'm still trying to get some players all set up.  I'll get the threads out tomorrow morning, EST.

No problem! :)

Agreed.  Gotta get into character after all. And one thing Kindred are supposed to be (well, generally) is patient. Hundreds of years to look forward to.. can't rush it all. ;)

In reply to Derek Sullivan (msg # 47):

I'm laughing because as I sit here eagerly anticipating (and obsessively revising Hugo), I'm also tinkering with the half-dozen or so other variations and characters I have bouncing through my head ;)

I mean, Malk Disciplines and insanity would actually make for a pretty good Vampire version of The Shadow, you know?  If I pick up some obfuscate, and switch brawl for firearms . . . .  ;)

@Hugo Oh I feel this, the only reason I haven't been incessantly revising Zofia is:

1. I work shopped her to death a year ago in a game that never got past the prologue.
   
2. I need to help my spouse with Julian, but work has been a nightmare.

This message was last edited by the player at 00:59, Thu 15 Apr 2021.

In reply to Hugo Dupuis (msg # 48):

I keep thinking of potential changes myself at the moment. Should I shift this into that? Or keep it as is? Second guessing choices to say the least!

I understand that one all too well, Derek.

Thankfully I have Bird to bounce things off of.

I believe in you!

In reply to Moon Rain-Counter (msg # 51):


Also starting to think of themes and stories.  If we're going "Wild West", we've got some tropes to play with:

1) the wild vs. civilization (anarchs trying to live free of the Camarilla and start a new society, the Camarilla slowly encroaching and imposing order)

2) the fall-out from war (veterans of the Camarilla / Sabat conflicts, damaged by the experience, drift in, having not found a place in "normal society")

3) range wars and other resource conflicts (in an open city, Kindred stake out huge "ranches" as hunting grounds, inevitably coming into competition and conflict; conflict emerges between "ranchers" who feed widely across a large population to distribute it, vs. those who "homestead", staking out dense populations they groom; some Kindred "strike a claim", discovering a pocket of particularly rich feeding, while "claim jumpers" move in to try and take it from them

I mean, there's actually a lot to play with here.  It's especially funny given that we're in a city once described as "New York run by the Swiss" ;)

Oooh.

3) works insanely well for what Julian (I swear they will be joining today) and I are going for.

Asylum will be our claim, and likely fending off claim jumpers while we try and balance both sides.

In reply to Zofia Kaminski (msg # 53):


Do we have a time frame for the game.  I mean, is it set now?

As they never state a date of when the Second Inquisition, the Beckoning and the Gehenna War calls the Sabbat to the Middle East, let's say it is around 2014, two years before all hell broke loose in 2012 (Mayans got it right, just not for humans), and these events are still recent. Anarchs have been coming to Toronto on and off, some disappearing, some fights against Sabbat, but recent rumours were that it was empty by wandering Gangrel and Anarchs, pushing a migration of ambitious, hungry and exiled vampires looking to resettle.

Woot.  So, NPC vampires = plot foil.  Diggity.

Hahaha. Yeah, it would be a mistake to think you alone are in the city. I just didn't want people creating characters expecting elders/princes to give them orders. And I wanted them the PCs to not be passive players in any story, as that bores me, and you guys have to keep me entertained :)

Hello everyone.  Looking forward to hearing from everyone.

Hi Jack, welcome to the show. Tell us about what you're playing?

Playing a Venture financier/entrepreneur who got his start in the construction and mortgage loan industries.  I suppose you could say he came to Toronto to build something.;}

Another Blueblood. How nice to have more respectable company within our ranks. XD
Welcome.

Our game's getting really big, it's been easy to lose track of everyone's characters here, but I guess we'll be split up by sect and interests a lot of the time. I guess I can learn about you all when Sebastian actually meets you all in game.

I pushed out some threads today, and I'll have the remainder tomorrow.  This weekend I'll work on your sheets to make sure you are all set. After that it'll get easier on me as I'm done the crunch part, and just focusing on story, so that should start moving at a more rapid pace.

Thanks for you patience everyone.

Looking forward to it Sabastian.  I'm sure we can help each other out to better both our goals. Well met!

*More target on forehead painting*

Sorry all, got my ass kicked in with work and family, but the kids are at grandma tomorrow so you got me to yourselves.

Cookies and milk for everyone!

"I'm getting my ass kicked" has entirely new meaning with a global pandemic, take all the time you need.

Finally got Julian mostly done last night, spouse is going to review and edit him today, and I'm going to work on Zofia's character relationship maps as well.

In reply to Zofia Kaminski (msg # 67):


While I've played VtM before, this edition, and the relationship map, are new to me.  How are people recording them, and are we mapping them out ahead of time, or developing them in-game (or both)?

There is no official way to do it.  I was just going to use the draw tool on Google Sheets, post it to Imgur, and post that in my character description.


Between your Sire, merits, flaws, other PCs you might have history with, and Touchstones there is plenty to work with.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:37, Sat 17 Apr 2021.

Here is some freeware you could use as well, no idea if it's good.

https://kumu.io/
This message was last edited by the player at 20:54, Sat 17 Apr 2021.

It worked!

Formatting is ugly as sin, but I have a full relationship map in my character description.

In reply to Zofia Kaminski (msg # 71):

That actually looks pretty cool.

Would of helped if I'd actually linked the freeware

https://kumu.io/

Seems wife had plans for me yesterday, but I'm going through sheets, setting up private threads, and putting up threads for you guys right now.

Lazy day here, so will keep a watchful eye out most of the day more than likely here. :)

In reply to Hugo Dupuis (msg # 72):

I really like it, I just meant my description page formatting was ugly.

I filled it out more, and that fixed the problem.

Catch up day for me.  Finalizing character sheet...

I've got everything squared away.

Anyone need help?

My points on my character sheet are not lining up and it is seriously triggering my obsessive need for order. Could anyone offer any tips?

Bump the table from 3 columns to 6.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:28, Mon 19 Apr 2021.

I'll try and get some posts up tomorrow. Just adjusting to the kids doing home school again with the lock down, a wife swamped with work, and an exam for some university courses I take online for fun. Next day or two will be slow in terms of posts.  I have 4 character sheets to approve, a player in the wings I need to do 20 questions and all 5 to get rolling into threads. Then hopefully things will start to flow better.

Please bear with as things are a bit chaotic, but I'm hoping to get into the groove of things this week.

I hear CNN is crapping on us for the shit show we have going on here, and dumping on our premier (governor). Might have to start finding time to watch CNN :) I'm out in farmland, so we are good, I think 1 case in our community, and my wife is a healthcare worker so she is vaccinated. So nothing to worry about here beyond some time constraints.

Take all the time you need.

In reply to Zofia Kaminski (msg # 82):

Hunker down and stay safe.

Completely understand.  Take your time and take care...

I'm pushing out posts, and approved all completed characters.

I think I have Jack and Malcolm I'm waiting on, and perhaps another player.  I'll see how many threads I can update today, but the remainder I'll get done tomorrow morning.

All posts updated. Say hello to Iris. I'm short three character sheets before that is all done, and I'll start their threads when they are all set up.

Woo, and we're off! Working on my first post now.

Hello everyone. I'm your resident Malkavian psychiatrist, Iris, because I see things much as all of those in my clan do. If you ever feel in need of an ear, please feel free to avail yourself of his services :)

In reply to Iris Montgomery (msg # 88):

Welcome, Iris!

Thanks!

welcome aboard!

Thanks. Just looking at the character sheet and trying to pick the right things for character.

What direction are you trying to go? I'll admit, I struggle to find a way to make Malkavians interesting for me to want to play, so I'm curious.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:29, Thu 22 Apr 2021.

My character could be considered almost hyper rational because of his grounded work in psychiatry and neurology. He has a therapeutic technique called Narrative Reorientation Therapy that he uses with clients to help them get over traumas. It doesn't pay attention to the right or wrong of a given solution so long as the conflicted feelings that have arisen are resolved so even though Iris would contend otherwise, there's very little in the way of morality guiding his practice. And now that he's a Kindred, his thoughts have really changed on what it is to exist. I've been reading books on pessimism and the thoughts have dovetailed for this character into an almost eager nilihism with the vampiric condition and humanity. Think of an exuberant Rust from True Detective rather than his somber depiction in that show.

Busy day today, may fall short of getting some posts out.

This thing called Life gets us all. No worries from this quarter :)

Hello everyone. I will be your model, turned photographer, turned magazine manager, now seeking to establish a media empire.

Hello Eve!

I'm assuming this is a different version the same Eve who graced Detroit for many years?

Are you from that game? The requiem game?

If so, very different.

A social climber, with style and grace. More a psychopath than a sociopath.

So we can all be clear, the hunger dice sit at the end of the roll.  Please bold them from now on for me just for my ease.

Example: In this example my hunger is at 2.
08:36, Today: Storyteller rolled 2 successes using 6d10 with the World of Darkness 3rd ed system with a target of 6 with rolls of 3,5,10,6,5,2.  Testy Mctest.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 100):


Awesome, thanks!

As players finish up their private threads and enter downtime threads, let me know if you want threads with other PCs to talk things out as a coterie or a couple.

I'm waiting on Jack, Iris, and Eve to finish up their sheets. A player that applied and disappeared a few days ago may be added.

I will be taking off the red star, publicly inviting players to apply but may accept the odd player that asks if I feel I can add more. So this is likely it and I'm happy with this number.

Hmmm... How did you link the https://kumu.io/ graphic into the character details?  Did you use a hyperlink for a file?  Copying the image directly did not work.

I screen capped it, posted it to Imgur, and posted the Imgur link

That doesn't look bad at all.

I have to figure out how to edit google maps to set domains soon.

http://imgur.com/gallery/LE9MsdH

BEES

THAT'S A LOT OF BEES

...

THAT'LL BE FOUR DOLLARS, BABY, YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT?

I'm extremely jealous.

When we move North, we plan to eventually have bees.

In reply to Bassel ibn Hafiz (msg # 108):


I am so confused right now.

I'm assuming they picked up 3 pounds of bees today, and are excited about it and wanted to share.

In reply to Zofia Kaminski (msg # 105):

That seemed to work.  Thanks!

In reply to Zofia Kaminski (msg # 111):

Huh.  Didn't know you could buy bees.  I mean, beekeepers get them from somewhere, obviously.  I just sort of assumed it involved a campfire and a piece of carpet, or something ;)

*laugh*

We did just pick up our bees today.  I wish it was only $4!  It was drive-through pick up though, so...

We left the house at 5:20a.  So tired.

Uh.. Lessee.

If you're planning on keeping bees, you should take a class or get a mentor (we got a mentor) and we ordered our first box of bees.  This year, when all is said and done we should have 2 hives, and hopefully we'll be able to rob them next late spring.

We have friends who did it a few years ago as well. Though for them, they were free bees.

The way it works around here is you can join an emailing list after you take the classes, and when someone calls an exterminator saying "help, I've got bees swarming in my yard" the exterminator puts them in touch with the list.

Then the first person who responds gets to come pick them up. They got 3 hives that way.

I got half a dozen hens, 3 dogs, two boys, and a latina, that's all the crazy I can handle at this time.

I'll be back to regular posting on Monday. I'll try and put out some posts tonight and tomorrow.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:06, Sat 24 Apr 2021.

Did you forget you asked me to join this game?



:P

Hahaha!

Ummm.... I have a plant?

Giant responsibility people...

I'll be posting throughout the day and getting threads up.  Busy weekend with the boys, but I should be good this week.

Dude... I kill so many of those.  If you're keeping it alive, more power to you!!

Everyone but Iris Montgomery should have a thread now.  If I missed anyone let me know.  I tend to mess these up sometimes.

I'll be going through regular posts now and will be active for the next 4-5hrs to push out secondary posts if you all are on.

All caught up. Let me know if I missed you. This week should be good for posting for me.

If your thread ends, you will see a downtime thread up with your name on it. Jump in there and we can talk.  I know the first few downtimes you'll have questions, so don't hesitate to ask as we work through them.

I believe you also all have coterie threads. If you feel you belong to a coterie that doesn't have a thread, or I forgot to add you to it let me know.


Current Coteries:

Bird and Moon (Anarch - Native American Coterie)
Zofia and Julian (Camarilla & Anarch - Asylum/Elsyium Coterie)
Bassel, Derek, and Malcolm (Camarilla - Crucible, heavy ties to the underworld)
Eve, Hugo, Jack, and Sebastian (Camarilla - Respectable front to darker activities)


Current Solo Members:

Iris (Anarch - University professor and psychologist)
Kevin (Anarch - Loner and survivor running away from a dark past)
Lily (Anarch - A champion of the oppressed, and community organizer)

Hello all, a little under the weather I may be slow in posting.

=/

feel better Malcolm!

In reply to Moon Rain-Counter (msg # 125):


Yep, take care of yourself, and get well.

Feel better Malcolm.

Thanks gang! (:

In reply to Malcolm Black (msg # 124):

Take your time and get well man! Hopefully nothing too serious!

Feel better Malcolm!

In reply to Malcolm Black (msg # 124):


This message was last edited by the player at 20:03, Tue 27 Apr 2021.

I agree with Jimmy Fallon here, I'm getting my second COVID shot tomorrow and I'm not looking forward to the aftereffects.

Feel better Malcolm, hope it passes soon!

If its the Moderna shot, word of advice for you Sebastian: Take the next day off. Second shot was much like the first for me (and a lot of others I've heard) - sore arm for a couple days after. But the biggest 'new' thing is the day after your shot, you're going to be exhausted. "Tired" is putting it mildly. Sleep all day and you'll still feel tired. So take that day off if possible. On the bright side, by the next day, you'll feel like a million bucks and be wide awake!

Took my vaccine yesterday.  I'm exhausted today. I'll see how I'm feeling later today.

I get my second shot on Monday. Taking Monday off just for that. Might wind up taking Tuesday off too depending on how it goes.

In reply to Bird (msg # 135):

Good luck to you! Sending all the well wishes in advance.

I'm getting shot number two on Monday as well.  I hope it's not as horrid as shot number one was.

Already had my vaccine shots. It wasn’t bad

I had Moderna.

Shot 1 I had a sore arm.

Shot 2 I had aches and a fever for 36 hours.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:58, Wed 28 Apr 2021.

Had my first yesterday. Feeling sluggish and nauseous. Hate nausea :\

That's where I'm at.

Pfizer by any chance?

No, Astra.

Well, it doesn't surprise me that there's overlap in what'll show up. Gonna get ginger ale and chicken soup IVs. Godspeed to us all o7

I'm feeling much better today.  I'll throw a bunch of posts later day.

If you need me for your coterie threads let me know, I've fallen behind there and probably won't be able to catch up.

Yea my mom felt crap for 2 days too. My dad is getting his tomorrow.

I get mine in what? 3 months? FML.

We're still going through people who are 60+ here so I'm lucky if I get mine by the end of the year. Thank god I'm not an essential worker oh wait I work in retail.

In reply to Bassel ibn Hafiz (msg # 147):


Couple-three weeks until I can get mine.  Counting the days.

Everyone's thread should have been updated. If I missed you, just let me know, I'm getting into active threads being 2 pages.

Edit:  Just to be clear, these plots I'm throwing you guys can be accomplished as a group or alone. Obviously it is more dangerous alone. Some are more dangerous than others. I don't want you guys feeling you have to pursue these plots either, you are free to go do your own thing for now, and maybe return to them at a later point in time or never bother with them. I'm here to tell a story with you, so don't feel bad telling me, "my character is not interested in that," and start telling me what your character is doing.
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:51, Fri 30 Apr 2021.

I feel like I've slept all of yesterday and I'm still sleepy, but at least I'm fully vaccinated.

It feels so strange hearing about the varying demand for it around the US. My town was all booked up for months as well; I was lucky enough to get an appointment in a town two and a half hours away. Then again, Alaska's been giving away shots to everyone over 16 for a while but they've got such a small population anyway...
This message was last edited by the player at 01:28, Sat 01 May 2021.

I work through a school district, so they arranged for all of their employees to get vaccines for everyone who wanted a shot.  Luckily I didn't have any side effects to the second shot like a lot of people around the country reported.

I'm writing to let everyone know that the ST seems to have contracted Covid before the vaccine could fully take effect.  He's fine.  He'll be out of the hospital tomorrow, they took him in today, but everything seems to be going well.  We thought it was the side effects of the vaccine, but when it continued, and my checks would sometimes result in lower blood oxygen levels, we went to get to get him tested and it turns out he had contracted it.

I'll keep you updated :/
This message was last edited by the player at 02:27, Tue 04 May 2021.

Take your time.  Get well soon!

From our family to yours, I'm so sorry this happened, and I'm grateful that he is recovering.

Whatever you need, please feel free to ask.

In reply to Eve DeFontaine (msg # 152):

Oh no!

Please take care of one another.

In reply to Bird (msg # 155):

Oh, damn.  Be well, stay safe.

Rest well and feel better! Hopefully it works through without much difficulty. My father got it several months ago, so it can be a rough ride. Will keep fingers crossed! Good luck!

My best wishes and hope for a speedy recovery.

In reply to Eve DeFontaine (msg # 152):

Ouch.  Hopefully the vaccine helps him battle it away a bit easier.  If you need anything, let us know.  I am good at dropping stuff in the mailbox or ordering from amazon!

In reply to Eve DeFontaine (msg # 152):

Sorry to hear that! I hope he's feeling better soon.

He's out of the hospital.  Everything looks fine.  I think he's just tired.  We're hoping he'll be back to his normal self soon.

That is amazing news.

In reply to Eve DeFontaine (msg # 161):

Woot woot! We can all celebrate with +10 XP! (I kid, I kid)

In reply to Eve DeFontaine (msg # 161):

Awesome news!

Good to hear. Too many people dying, it's always good to hear good news.

Huzzah!  Here's to him getting rested up and feeling right as rain sooner than later.

Jolly good!

Well that sucked.

I'll be resuming posting.

Huzzah! Glad to see you back. Take your time. Don't push too far too fast. Be mindful of what your body is telling you.

At least you're alive, that's a plus.

Defiantly a plus.  Just came out feeling a bit weak, and winded.  Still not 100% but for the most part I'm feeling good.  Did some light weights, dog walk, and 15mins on my row machine this morning.  I can feel that I'm not all there, but I figure I'll take it easy this week and maybe the next, and slowly work myself to where I was.

Helps that the wife is a RN and is checking my blood oxygen levels, pulse and heart.  I would have continued thinking it was the vaccine otherwise.

This just means more sitting at home, so rpol is entertainment.

To avoid having to repeat myself in multiple threads, your character is the only vampire in the city that you know of, unless you came in with a coterie, then it is you and them as far as your character will know.

Events may bring characters together. Character may call out to other vampires through various means. As your characters establish domains you may spot those that enter into your domain, or if you marked your domain, they can try and contact you if they recognize the markings.

I will assume that characters are trying to be as discreet as possible unless stated otherwise in all other cases.

Page 323 gives some ways you can contact, leave, and find marks.

Edit:  Anarch and Camarilla signals are nearly indistinguishable from one another. If you happen to be in the same area and pick up a signal, you will not know what you get.  Sabbat signals are foreign to you unless you have certain loresheets.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:33, Thu 06 May 2021.

Glad everything worked out for you ST, make sure to take it easy and get a lot of rest!

I think I'm over it Sebastian.  Sweating a lot in work out, but that is about it.

Middle of next week I will be starting an event as something big happens in the domain. If you are not done with your private, downtime, coterie threads, or other event threads you may have initiated, don't worry, you can jump into it anyways.

I'll be active every day except for Mother's day, which is this Sunday.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:17, Sat 08 May 2021.

Everyone should have their Downtime thread up. If your private thread is not completed don't worry.

I've posted Chapter 1, it is currently close.  Let me know where your character will be, ie in the coterie haven, in personal haven, out in the streets, ect.  This will allow me to start separate threads, and we will see where that will lead us.

Is the personal thread IC or OOC?

OOC

Example: Zofia will spend the first week researching and finding a good patent lawyer for her new invention.  She will use her presence, dominate, and good looks to get a meeting with them, the set up an opportunity to blood bond him.

Everyone Gain 1 xp for passing the number of the beast 666!

*snicker*
Woot woot!

Dice roller fixed so that 1s no longer take away from successes thanks to Bird.

Sorry for the delay everyone, I'll be back in full force tomorrow.

Work was.... yeah.

Just wanna check, the Wake Up chapter thread is for everyone to post in?

Busy weekend, but I'll get to posting tomorrow.

So here is how I am going to attempt to run Chapter 1:

1) Each player will post in the thread with your character's name in the title.

2) You can state where you are starting when the fires erupt, or when you hear the sirens.

3) At some point I may ask you you to move Wake Up (Chapter 1) without a name, and this may be due to your characters having bumped into one another.  It will also be where I post something that most of the characters can see, to avoid me having to make the same post in multiple threads.

The reasons why I am doing it this way is because I don't want people to have to scroll through everyone's posts to find out if I replied to them, as well as for my own sanity. Though a cluster fuck may erupt anyways later on, I want to try and avoid it as long as possible.

Bolded red just so people don't miss this.

Edit:  I believe Iris has left us, but just in case they return they have a thread. In the mean time the character is an NPC.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:30, Tue 18 May 2021.

Sorry for my quasi-absence.

I was working all weekend, then emergency trip to my kid, and finally stung by my bees and an allergic reaction so bad I went to the dr.  I can barely use my dominant hand at the moment, so things are slow going.  Once the meds kick in, I'll be right as rain though.

Can I ask everyone to make a rouse check for the Wake Up Thread.  If you succeed, your hunger is 1, if you fail your hunger is 2, unless you have Herd in which case you can use one of those to reduce it to 1.

Edit: I'm stopping my posting spree for tonight. That was a lot of posting, but it was nice to have to a lot of posts happen in a short time.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:46, Fri 21 May 2021.

Yes, it was.

Heya, Next ... two days. Ish. I'll be less able to post. My eldest kid is graduating from an elite residential art-based high school. So, the wife and I (and kid sister) are heading up to handle graduation ceremony, moving the kid out, etc. Should be able to check on posts in the am tomorrow while I'm at work, and I'll be able to read posts (most likely) on my phone after that, but I'll be away from a real keyboard until sometime Saturday most likely.

Congratulations!

Congrats Bird!

Been a busy today, but I'll get some posts up later tomorrow morning.

My little one has been sick for the past two nights and I've been a walking zombie, so as soon as they crash I'm out.

I'll see how this night goes and try and post tomorrow.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 192):

Get some rest.  Kiddos come first, then you gotta take care of you.

Family first, always.  Get some rest and take care of your health.

What Jack said. Family first.

Sick babies are the worst.  Get you some rest and hope the kiddo is better soon.

The wife didn't work today so I slept some 4hrs this afternoon and want to sleep more, hahhahah.  So if I don't post tonight, I'll post tomorrow morning.

Sleeeeeep.

Don't worry about posting and take care of you.

Woot! 1000 posts!

We all get 1000 XP!

Just kidding, just kidding

(but it is 1000 posts)

Everyone Gain 1 xp. :)

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 200):

I'll take it. I'm a greedy XP hog.

Aren't we all.

Here, here! I second that!

True story. One time, in an Orpheus Chronicle, Moon's Player did not spend her XP. Like... ever. The other 2 to 3 Players spent it almost as soon as we got it, or saved it for specific purchases.

Finally, towards the end of the story or maybe near the mid-point... some time well into the game (which lasted something like 3 years)... the ST finally was looking over sheets and asked why her character didn't have X ... or Y... or something. And then realized that she'd banked up somewhere over 150 XP.

Why?

"I didn't know what to spend it on."

So... the GM took her sheet home and spent all (or at least most of) the XP. The character didn't really change a whole lot. Moon's Player kept doing the same things she'd been doing because she was used to it, but she at least had the option of doing more.

I want experience, but I never know what to spend it on.  All experience provides is anxiety :P

Yep, I am an XP hoarder.  It does cause Anxiety, Eve.

BIRD BROKE THE GAME.

No, but really.

On my screen I can see stuff I'm not supposed to see and it's not a part of his text box and it all goes to heck.

Looks fine on his screen. *shrug*

It looks strange on my phone.  Bird broke the internet?

Looks fine to me.

Edit:  I'm on a laptop.  Maybe it's a phone glitch?
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:56, Sat 05 June 2021.

Nope, I'm on a laptop, too.

Still broken.

*frowning*

I wonder what's causing the issue.

Fixed.


Just had to push some stuff into the Abyss.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:47, Sat 05 June 2021.

Hey everyone. Just finished up my character. Will try to catch up with the posts as soon as possible.

I did a character description if anyone is curious about Léna. And because she is Haitian and her name is French, it's pronounced Lay-na. The accent mark can't be added to character names.

Anyhow, I hope to get to posting soon.

Welcome to the fun, Lena!

Jesse will also be joining you. She's an utterly charmless financier from Hong Kong. And by Hong Kong, I mean England. And by England, I mean Cambridge. She went to Cambridge.

She's also from the Clan of Death who are, at this point, still... Well, there are some ongoing negotiations about whether or not they're the Giovanni. Looking forward to playing around with you all!

Welcome Léna, Jesse!

Éve has the same problem Léna, but I wouldn't know how to express how Eve and Éve sound differently.  Less of an ee sound.

Also hi to Jesse.  Nice to have you with us :)
This message was last edited by the player at 05:03, Wed 09 June 2021.

Hello new players!

I don’t know if this has been mentioned or not; but is it possible to Embrace the crack-smoking mayor Rob Ford?

I mean... that dude is a straight up maniac. I’m pretty sure he’s Malkav in real life.

Blood-bound Ghoul with various derangements.  ;)

The Ventrue consider him a Masquerade breach. Not because he's mayor. Just... C'mon.

Welcome to both our new players! Nice to have you aboard.

Yep!  Welcome, welcome!

Thanks for the preemptive welcomes everyone.  :)

I'm Sabrina, also called "Angel" by my friends, (and sometimes by those I don't wish to know my real identity). I think I'm the only one here playing a Thin-Blood -- (apologies if I missed another Duskborn out there!)  -- so I'm excited/anxious to see how things work out with all y'all higher gens.   ;)

BTW, player to player, I have a couple pics added in my description and I managed to figure out how to get them side by side, but I haven't stumbled across how to get the words of the description to show up beside the pics... so if anyone knows how to do that, please shoot me a PM. (Thanks!)

Welcome aboard!

In reply to Sabrina Kyle (msg # 224):

Add align='right' /> after the URL and it will align the pictures to the right and you description on the left.

My pics are smaller, so I get more text to the left of my pics. But give it a shot.
This message was last edited by the player at 03:45, Thu 10 June 2021.

In reply to Lena (msg # 226):

Welcome!

I hate you Lena :P  You inspired me to waste an hour on my description this morning after seeing your beautiful set up.

Also Zofia has an amazing relationship map, but I don't know how to do that. If I did I would make one for our coterie. That looks amazing.
This message was last edited by the player at 12:17, Thu 10 June 2021.

Lol. Your welcome! Yours looks great.

I wasn't fishing for complements, but I'll take it :p

Long day of driving. I'll get updates up tomorrow morning.

I will be travelling out of town starting Monday for two weeks, so my posting will be sporadic.  If you need to NPC my character go ahead, so the storyline isn't held up. I will check on posts when I can.

Enjoy your trip Jack.

I'll update tonight all.

Alright...

Which of you is the Tzimisce on 20 Adrian Ave in Toronto...

Google street view. Look for the white van that someone's ghoul is removing packages from.

Subtle, but definite Masquerade breach.

Tsk.

Wasn't me.  I work with bees.

Don't spoil the plot for other players. There's a scene right now playing out with deliveries being made for one of the PCs.

In reply to Jack (msg # 232):

Bon voyage, and I hope we're not all dead by the time you get back :(

Hello everyone!

Taking our first vacation in two years, so posts might be a little slow. Hope you're all well.

Enjoy it.

Intrudair Camera Jacket for those of you who are curious.

I AM BATMAN!

In reply to Bird (msg # 234):

I'm dying . . . .

Happy travels, Jack, be safe.

Eve rocking Auspex is going to see Lena flying in like BatGirl!

I was considering dipping into that Protean power to try to have Kevin ride some sort of unconventional animal at some point (a deer or maybe a moose), but I think you've found a much better use for it!

That is so funny.

Moose riding Gangrel in Canada is expected.

An insectoid looking Nosferatu floating in a swarm of wasps, less expected. Though I don't want to bother finding out if a coordinated swarm of insects can generate enough lift in a certain part in them to lift a feather.

In reply to Eve DeFontaine (msg # 244):

Sense the Unseen is passive, right?  Hugo's about to get a surprise too. ;)

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 245):

After reading Moon's IC/OOC posts, I'm definitely expecting to see bee swarms come into play at some point :p

I'll say that a single honeybee can easily carry off other dead bees, wasps, and when flying over the ground (within an inch or so) there's definite disturbance on the ground similar to what you see in movies from helicopter down-draft.

A swarm of honeybees can regulate temperature throughout a hive (either a commercial box or a natural construction) to maintain an internal temperature of around 95F and control humidity (much less effectively) by vibrating their bodies and beating their wings.

So expect to see a vampire that weighs as much as a feather floating on the updraft current created in the centre of a swarm of flying insects. This will likely be accompanied by their hands stretched out, laughter, and proclamations of your end, though not guaranteed.

And yes, Moon is the crazy bee woman.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 249):

Yeah. I think it's possible but getting a swarm of bees to go in one direction might be tough. Too, they can easily be buffeted by wind and moisture. So, shrugs. Dunno. It's a game so it's not 100% realistic anyway...

In reply to Bird (msg # 248):

Is it weird that IRL I want to pet bumblebees?

In reply to Hugo Dupuis (msg # 251):

Nope. Just be careful with them.

Bumblebees can sometimes be held, but they can also be a bit skittish and territorial. If you ever find a bumblebee "hive" (they tend to grab spots relatively low to the ground with some cover) you'll probably have to make some space between you and them pretty rapidly.

Honey bees vary kind of widely. We've currently got one hive that's fairly chill and one hive that's very defensive. We can typically hold the honey bees - or rather get them to crawl on our hands. Especially if we've got sugar water or the like on our fingers (or honey or just water).

Bumblebees can sting multiple times. Honey bees only sting once (each).

In reply to Bird (msg # 252):

I thought bumbles had the "guts out" stinger?  Now I have to treat them with respect, rather than affection.

Nope, just honey bees have that problem.  Females at that.  The queen can sting multiple times, and our adorable lil drone boys can't sting at all!

One thing you can do to attract bees to your home (other than pollinator friendly plants) is to make a bee-watering station.  Take a shallow bowl and fill it with marbles, river stones, or even the plastic shower loofah things and add water.  Bees are very good at drowning themselves, so places to perch to drink is super helpful.

Another thing is to mix up some 1:1 (water:sugar) mix - NOT FOR HUMMINGBIRDS, THAT WILL GIVE THEM DIABETES - and you can put it on your fingertip and the bees might come and sip/lick it off.  Keep it in the fridge until you need it. A little goes a long way (unless you have my hives, then they consume like 15lbs of sugar a week. YIKES!)

In other news, yes, Bird and I are crazy bee people both in and out of the game.

In reply to Hugo Dupuis (msg # 253):

That's honey bees.

Bumblebees (most? there's a few varieties) can sting multiple times.

Bumblebee removal is a smidge below wasp removal. No one really likes doing it because the chances of getting stung are so high.
Honey bee swarm or hive removal does carry a risk, but you can at least get something out of it - a new hive of bees, a chunk of wax and honey, etc. But wasps and bumblebees don't give you any of that stuff; so removing wasp nests or bumblebee "hives" (they're not really hives, more like a hidden collection of eggs and food stores) is generally a "if you can find someone who will actually do it" kind of deal.

Now, all of that said... there's something like 20,000 different species of bees (4000 different ones in the US alone). So, these big sweeping generalizations about honey bees and bumblebees and all that are just that.

If you see a swarm or a nest in the wild, find someone local and knowledgeable to give it a look to identify it and determine how much of a 'threat' it might be.

I've learned so much about bees today.

It’s actually not the first Bee-tutorial I’ve had RPG chat platforms.

Likely won’t be my last! :)

Sorry not sorry. *grin*

In reply to Moon Rain-Counter (msg # 258):

https://cdn.discordapp.com/att...video-1623458875.mp4
This message was last edited by the player at 00:24, Thu 17 June 2021.

These are the 2 knives that Lena came swooping down with.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/att...355580436/image0.jpg

Had a busy day today, so I'm crashing early, but I'll get some posts up tomorrow morning.

Seems I was optimistic.  I'll get some posts up in a couple of hours.  Tomorrow is all rain so I'm off.  I'll be able to post all day.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 262):

woot woot.

I should be able to post some tomorrow too... during the daytime. The evening is booked up.

And Saturday is Bee-day during the morning

Anyone know if the book has rules on spotting a vampire.  I see some disciplines, but if you aren't using disciplines?

I've been using my own judgement call these days, like if a vampire is running 4 blocks and isn't tired, he's easier to spot (diff 2 or 3), but standing around doing nothing he is very hard to spot (diff 4 or 5).

How about flying down from the rooftops and impaling a person? That’s probably a dead give away?

Not sure it’s really possible without using a Discipline. Maybe a medium difficulty Medicine roll or high difficulty Awareness roll

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 264):

Depends on who's doing the 'spotting' and what methods, I'd guess. How much they know about vampires, what kind of signs they're looking for, etc.

Family took me out for an early father's day today because the wife is working tomorrow but it meant I've had to do 3hrs of driving so I'm beat. I'll get updates going tomorrow. For you fathers in here happy father's day to you.

Thanks! You too.

Have fun!

@Hugo.  If I hadn't JUST had a Bestial Failure I probably wouldn't have had her react so aggressively.

But this seems like a fun opportunity for roleplay.

In reply to Zofia Kaminski (msg # 269):

PM'ed you on the scene - not clear on what / why I'm opposing, especially with composure and subterfuge.  I take it the 5 successes were to kick the ladder - so what's the opposed role supposed to represent?

FMB

A Happy Father's Day to all you daddies out there!

... Whether you have that title via children or a compliant lover.  ;)

Happy Father's Day everyone

Lena I promise I'll post tomorrow. Long day today.

In reply to Eve DeFontaine (msg # 272):

I’m not in any rush, just glad to be posting again.

Regular posting should resume tomorrow, sorry for the delay!

I'm waiting on a post from Jesse and Sebastian to wrap up those threads.

Send me a blurb in your Private threads what your characters do, and we will move onto the next scene happening later in the night after you escape with a bit of a chase, some skulking, or with a few lies.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 275):

Also snacks.  Hugo definitely needs snacks.

In reply to Hugo Dupuis (msg # 276):

How do we unfrenzy Sebastian?  Big book seems vague on this.  Hugo can try a Dominate, but Seb gets +3 dice, and if Hugo fails the rouse check, we have a whole other bag of crazy to deal with.

Well, he’s gotta Slake 4 Hunger (if he’s still at 5) to drop out of a Hunger Frenzy.

Hopefully draining this shovelhead will be enough, though theirs the whole Diablerie thing.

Last section of pg. 221!

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Spoiler text: (Highlight or hover over the text to view)
(j/k, that's the section on Stakes. Althoooooough...)

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In reply to Bird (msg # 279):

Yeah - went and looked that up, and was all "Wait, what?!?" ;)

Happy Father's Day to everyone.

I could just drink the amount of blood I need. Or stakes. Either way.
Fun times all around. XD

Pretty sure that Nosferatu is currently staked and crammed into the trunk of Jack’s Porsche.

Unless there were more than one.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:39, Tue 22 June 2021.

Are you trying to take my drink away from me? You don't mess with an alcoholic's drink. >:(
It's my Nosferatu, get ur own!

I'll correct that Lena.

Finders keeps, losers weepers.... Ahhh sharp teeth, run!

Glad that Lena isn’t a part of the Cam with all their rules! Lol

Rules only apply to the Camarilla to keep those in lower station down. When you are the one upholding the rules those rules can be bent of broken as needed.

*gasp*  Are you suggesting the camarilla are corrupt? ;)

One of my fave WW things ever is a bit in Beckett's journal when he's at some Anarch pseudo-utopia, and he basically gets an Anarch elder to admit they've recreated the Camarilla ;)

Is the One Dark Night Thread open to everyone, or specific to Bird and the gang?

FMB

My apologies everyone, it's been a busy two days.

Ugh, get it. Get iiiiiiiiiiiiit.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 289):

NP. Gotta take care of business before pleasure.   :)

In reply to Sebastian Guerrero (msg # 283):

And here I thought you liked your car more?!? Besides you were busy at the time.;}

Hey, that's my white powder you're talking about here. Nothing beats the juice.  Nothing...

Don't do drugs, kids. ;P Not worth it.

Vitae … it’s a helluva drug.   :)

This weekend I got my nephew's birthday party today, and my wife's birthday tomorrow, so I'll start updating Monday.

For the Crucible figure out what you're doing with the body.
For the Anarchs & Jesse same.
For the Tempest & Lena, feel free to tell me where you are going with the bodies, and you can start the conversation.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 295):

Have a fun weekend!

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 295):

Ditto

Sorry everyone, still a bit buys around here.

Not a problem

Same.

Sorry Hugo!  I'll have a post this evening for sure.

Our electricity has been out since midday and its brutal heat with some crazy rainfall.  I'm having to run to my car to drive it around to charge my phone.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 301):

Oh that SUCKS!  :(
Hope things turn around soon.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 301):

Whaaaaa...

We've got a spare bedroom but I fear we're hours and hours away (and a different country)

We're packing up to move to my mom's for the night.  This is what we get for living out in the country.  They said they would have it fixed by now, and it came on for 15 minutes before it cut off again.

Need to get myself a solar roof and a battery.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 304):

We looked into solar panels and a battery just this past year. Very expensive. Useful for times like this, but very expensive.

(well, expensive where we are in the US)
This message was last edited by the player at 10:40, Wed 30 June 2021.

In reply to Bird (msg # 305):


No worries, take care of the fam.  It's the last day of school here, tomorrow is the national stat holiday, and it's likely to be a family heavy weekend.  I'll be checking in, but sporadically anyways.

In reply to Hugo Dupuis (msg # 306):


Also, I'm dying that we're about to do this in Brampton.  Nothing ever happens in Brampton ;)

I'm here and will start posting soon. My apologies on the long wait.

Happy Canada day to those Canadians here.

Le Jour de la Confédération!

If I missed a thread of yours let me know. If I missed a post asking me for something let me know.

I may move the game a week or two for some groups. Or push 3 weeks for the first gathering in Asylum.

@Hugo, did you see the thread change names?

They are talking in their coterie channel, trying to figure out if they will go and just waiting for some to respond.

Oh good.

I missed it the first time, but my situational awareness stat is low.

I changed it today to move the story forward and gave them access to them incase they want to jump in so that if they do they aren't waiting on me.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 314):

Yeah, I took it back to the gang.  I'm assuming they'll join in, but didn't want to make a decision for them.

Awesome.

How many should we put out chairs for?

Yep, no rush/pressure, but I'd love to know for my post who else is showing up with Hugo and Eve. :)

I think we all are.  Jack, Sebastian, and Lena.  It's a party :)

My post is up

In reply to Jack (msg # 319):

God, I love playing Malkavians ;)

Sorry, the holiday weekend really threw me for a loop. I might need at least 1 more day before I can make a post.

And happy July 4th to all the Americans here. :)

As a head's up, I (and Moon for that matter) are technically in the direct path for the remnants of Elsa. While I doubt that it will do anything other than some wind and heavy rain, there's always the chance that we'll lose power or the 'net will go down or some other miserable condition.

In reply to Sebastian Guerrero (msg # 321):

We'll wait for you.

Stay safe!

And thanks for that, VIP post coming later tonight or worst case tomorrow morning.

We'll both have a response tonight.

Mine is mostly done.

To both the Anarchs, Camarilla, Clans if you find someone that is deserving of status through play over time, you can suggest. Use a word to describe what that status is, feared, respected, wise, knowledgeable, effective, deadly ect.

I will seek consensus from those in those organizations, and judge before giving out the status.

So if you see leaders forming in your organizations these are good times to tell me.

This also goes for negative status.

We'll wait for Sebastian? Don't want to cut him off.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:55, Tue 13 July 2021.

Alright, I’m good. Thanks for waiting!

Zofia and I are on deck, it may take a minute though, lots of replies to juggle. XD

Take your time, you know I did. :D

In fact, taking more time will make me feel better.

Hello everyone!

Wife is down for the count with a migraine. My post is ready to go, but we've been writing in tandem (hence why her posts have been coming less than a minute after mine, and why they reference each other so much).

Sorry to hold things up.

In reply to Zofia Kaminski (msg # 331):

No worries, tell her (when she can tolerate speech) to be well.

Thank you for waiting! We've posted.

We are one scene away from having all the PCs attend the first domain gather at Nav.

This Friday to Monday I'm taking the family up to the cottage, so don't expect much from me. I'll put up the large gather thread up however before then if the scene seems to be going well. This should give everyone a chance to RP and get to know each other during the four days I'll be semi inactive.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 334):

What's the survivors thread?  That's distinct from the Nav meetup you reference here, yes?

Yes, it is for the Tempest, and the Crucible.  Effectively Andrew and Darian meeting up but since Andrew is under a tight leash of Eve, that meeting is involving her and she is involving you.

Well everyone, I don't think I can get the gather thread up, as several threads conclude, and I will be out this weekend, and Monday.  We'll pick up again on Tuesday.

Haha, Hugo... how long have you been sitting on that one waiting to use since the night of the fire? Since the first few posts? Hehe.

In reply to Derek Sullivan (msg # 338):


Nah, most of Hugo's stuff is spur of the moment ;)

In reply to Derek Sullivan (msg # 338):

I'll second that, an amazing idea. Hugo is putting the local Toreador to shame :p

He always out stages me, I'm used to it now :p

In reply to Eve DeFontaine (msg # 341):

Never on purpose ;)

Re: Survivor's Thread.


So much for waiting to hopefully give the others a chance to interject. :(

I didn't see that until now.  Did you edit that in.  It sometimes takes hours for me between when I start the post and sending it out.

I added that in about three hours before your reply. Heh.

I often start a reply, get interrupted, go do things for an hour, return to the reply, get interrupted again, do things, return, and so on :)

I'm a mother of two young kids, a wound care nurse, with her own wound care business with just myself, and my partner.  I post in-between everything as I get a chance.

Hmm, how much did you edit your post #27 in that thread, Eve? While it was late last night when I replied to it, it seems different from when I originally read it to be sure...

The only edit was:

"I don't need a Brujah that can dish it out, but can't take it."

It was bugging me sooooo much.

This is what I had:

"I don't need a Brujah that can dish it out, but can't it."

If you feel other parts were changed, I will happily change them to how you believe they were.  That post was suppose to be conciliatory, while reminding him that threats were not acceptable.

I have no interest in arguing OOC about the game.

I drive back home today.  Long drive and we are doing a hike along the way so I'll be catching up on things tomorrow or after tomorrow.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 350):

Enjoy your time away and your drive/hike.   :)

Enjoy your time!

My apologies everyone but I need to catch up on work. By Friday I should be caught up and with some time to jump back into game.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 353):

Not a problem.

Hey all, sorry for just going dark.  Work became a handful for a time.  I'm checking up to see if we got everyone still here.

Yo. Yooooooooooooooooooooo.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 355):

Hello!

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 355):

Am here.

Still kicking.

We're both here.