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.
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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.