[Closed] WoD: Vampire Thread

[Seonaid]

What details would you like to know?

If you allow the Kuei-jin, let me know how I can make her a higher Dharma. For the character I'd like to play, she would have to be at least 5, preferably 6. I haven't yet determined how old she would be chronologically.

If you want me to play Marcus, I need to know who the local (city, state, region) politicians are, both kine and Kindred. As a mortal, Marcus had/has extensive contacts and information in human politics. As a vampire, he has the same. I was thinking his sire would be either the current or previous Prince, or a Prince of a nearby city. Knowing the political relationships would let me flesh out his history (not to mention, make it plausible). Also, it might help me figure out smaller details like what other language he knows.

Francis Drake sounds good! I'm excited about this campaign!

 

[Majin]

Immortal Name: Horus
Mortal Name: *Refuses to give it*
Nature: Visionary
Demeanor: Loner
Clan: Setite
Generation: 8th
Haven: New York - Museum
Concept: Outsider

Apparent Age: 22
Real Age: 2,033
Sex: Male
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 175 lb.
Hair: Black (Straight w/ Red Highlights, Shoulder Length)
Eyes: Green


ATTRIBUTES

Physical
-Strength ** (5 FP)
-Dexterity ***** (10 FP) (Specialty - Lightning Reflexes)
-Stamina *** (5 FP)

Social
-Charisma **** (5 FP) (Specialty - Witty)
-Manipulation **** (5 FP) (Specialty - "Damn I'm Smooth")
-Appearance *** (5 FP)

Mental
-Perception ***** (5 FP) (Specialty - Insightful)
-Intelligence ***
-Wits ***

ABILITIES

Talents
-Dodge **** (2 FP) (Specialty - Sidestep)
-Empathy *
-Intimidation *
-Subterfuge *

Skills
-Drive *
-Etiquette **
-Firearms *
-Melee ***** (Specialty - Swords) (4 FP)
-Stealth **

Knowledges
-Academics ***
-Finance *
-Linguistics ** (Native Language: Italian) (Bonus Languages: Egyptian, English)
-Occult ***** (Specialty - Rituals) (4 FP)
-Politics *
-Science **

ADVANTAGES

Disciplines
-Presence *** (21 FP)
-Serpentis ***** (14 FP)

Backgrounds
-Age ***** (+100 FP)
-Generation *****
-Herd ** (2 FP)
-Resources **** (4 FP)
-Retainer ** (2 FP)
-Status ***** (5 FP)

Virtues
-Conviction ***** (10 FP)
-Self-Control *****
-Courage ***** (2 FP)

Path of Typhon *****

Willpower ***** ***** (5 FP)

Blood Pool ***** ***** *****

Merits/Flaws
-Prestigious Sire (+1)
-Oracular Ability (+3)
-Cursed (-4)

Equipment

-Cane-Sword
-Cell Phone

Notes

-Horus has used the Serpentis discipline "The Heart of Darkness" to remove his heart and store it in a Canopic jar in his crypt Haven underneath the Guggenheim.

Background

Goes only by the name of 'Horus'. This vampire refuses to give any other name but that when introductions are made, which tends to get him quite a lot of weird stares, as he is clearly of pure Italian background. Naming himself after the Egyptian sky god and adorning most of his person with jewelry depicting the Eye of Horus, he believes that "The Eye of Horus" has been awakened in him, granting him superior intuition and knowledge of the world and his surroundings. Set's historical rivalry with Horus has secret meaning to him as well, but he guards this secret venomously, never confiding the true meaning to anyone.

Among the previously mentioned jewelry that Horus wears with the depiction of "The Eye" are a tight golden tauk choker around his neck, a ring, and golden bracelets. Other notable jewelry on his person are a simple but elegant golden ankh necklace, two golden earrings shaped like obelisks hang from his ears, and he carries a beautiful golden cane designed with the head of an ibis as the handle in homage to Thoth. The cane, also not much of a secret to those who have seen it in action, is actually a well hidden Cane-Sword.

As for himself, he is quite good looking standing at just over 6 feet with an athletic, toned build. He has shoulder length, straight black hair that when looked at from certain angles seems to shine a blood red. This cuts quite a contrast with his emerald green eyes. To others he looks to be in his very early twenties, but the truth is Horus is over two thousand years old. A Setite embraced by the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra herself. When Cleopatra was sentenced to death by snake bite she faked her apparent death already being a vampire herself. No longer held by mortal responsibilities the charade was ended. Cleopatra was free to do as she wished. What she chose to do, was sire a childe.

A young military officer from Rome she had met through her relationship with Marc Antony had displayed quite an attraction to her, and the Egyptian culture. She took a liking to this officer and embraced him not long after her "official death" Cleopatra was a very important member of their clan, which made things much easier on Horus while learning the ways of the kindred. After the eventual occupation and fall of Egypt Cleopatra and Horus continued to operate within their clan. Business was as usual. Something like this would do nothing to stop the goal of the Setites. Not all was well within Horus' mind though. That initial attraction to his sire he began to feel grow. The emotion of love pulled at him. This troubled Horus greatly. He had to fight this emotion. Ever since he was a teenager and began courting young women he learned that things never worked out the way he wished when it came to that. It was as if he were cursed or something. So for hundreds of years he fought against this emotion. Distancing himself always from his sire. After all he was doing this for her. He couldn't let her get that close to him, otherwise it would end in tragedy.

A thousand years past, and then nearly another. It became more and more difficult for Horus to curb his emotions for Cleopatra. He had to get away. Horus saw great opportunities in leaving Egypt and seeking knowledge and power for himself in America. At first his sire forbid him to go. She was used to the near 2 millennia they had shared together. But she had always been lenient with Horus and he was more then experienced, and so she agreed to let him go with her blessing. They would share many things together yet still, just from a distance. Horus' love for Egyptian culture had only found time to grow over the years, and choosing to remind himself of its splendors created a position for himself in New York that would be most comfortable.

The great resources he had accumulated for himself were put to use in granting him ownership of the Guggenheim museum. One of his retainers, a figurehead, publicly claims ownership to the place, but it acts as a comfortable haven for Horus in the great crypt he has built underneath the place where he sleeps in an authentic Egyptian sarcophagus surrounded by artifacts from 'home'. Aside from this, he owns an old mansion as well in New York, where he keeps his herd of 7 vessels, which he has cleverly named each one after a particular day of the week. A temple back in Egypt back with his sire is a last place of refuge he claims as well.

When out during the night, he dresses in fine Armani suits covered by a long satin overcoat that nearly reaches the ground. When not being chauffeured in his limo to his favorite Toreador run club "The Maze", and hunting ground in the city, he drives there himself in his favorite Italian sports car. Occasionally he will also don the traditional eye makeup of the ancient Egyptians making him stand out in a crowd even more then his usual attire accomplishes. Within these clubs he can most always be found sitting in some dark corner by himself. On occasion though he will speak and have dealings with the few friends he has. But always he keeps to himself, avoiding the yearnings of his non-beating heart, giving nothing more then respect to those he deals with, but never can they have his love or admiration.

 

[Thanee]

So could someone list the Specialties for the Appearance attribute?

Bye
Thanee

 

[Mordane76]

The long list of new talent/skills/knowledge in the player's handbook. Secondary abilities tend to be more restricted abilities (most of the time, being part of one of the primary abilities, some times not). They suggest to treat all target as -2 difficulty or to pay half-price to learn thems.

There is one or two interesting abilities (thinking of sewer lore, which is a pretty restrictive knowledge).

Sorry... just wanted to make sure what you meant.
I prefer to use the lower difficulty option, so they will cost as much as normal Abilities.

 

[Mordane76]

If you allow the Kuei-jin, let me know how I can make her a higher Dharma. For the character I'd like to play, she would have to be at least 5, preferably 6. I haven't yet determined how old she would be chronologically.

If you want me to play Marcus, I need to know who the local (city, state, region) politicians are, both kine and Kindred. As a mortal, Marcus had/has extensive contacts and information in human politics. As a vampire, he has the same. I was thinking his sire would be either the current or previous Prince, or a Prince of a nearby city. Knowing the political relationships would let me flesh out his history (not to mention, make it plausible). Also, it might help me figure out smaller details like what other language he knows.

Francis Drake sounds good! I'm excited about this campaign!

Use New York as it is today for the Kine politics and current events, and for lay-out (so, in case anyone is wondering, Sept. 11 did happen here, so no WTC). This does mean that the climate is a little more cautious in NYC at this time. Also, take some of the overlay from the original Revised novels, in which NYC falls to the Sabbat, and then is retaken by the Camarilla. That would have happened two years, so the Kindred politics in NYC would just be starting to crystalize completely again.

The current Prince of NYC will be a Ventrue named Walter Morgan; he was installed as Prince following the revenge killing of the previously installed Nosferatu Prince by the Sabbat (following their ousting from NYC). Walter Morgan is originally an Englishman (so an Old Worlder), and it is rumored he is elder Generation. As with the original Nosferatu Prince, Morgan was installed as Prince at the behest (read -- order) of a Justicar speaking as the voice of the Inner Council; this time, the Ventrue Justicar handed down the "suggestion."

His Primogen is fairly Ventrue-heavy; he has installed a Ventrue (one of his progeny) to act as his Seneschal, a Ventrue to act as Sheriff (I'm at work, so if I use an incorrect term, I'll change it to the proper one later), and also has a another Ventrue acting as the speaking representative for the clan. Also on the Primogen sits a Tremere representative, a Toreador representative, a startlingly lucid Malkavian representative, a Nosferatu representative, and a Brujah representative. There is only one local Gangrel, and he is the Scourge.

The Harpy scene in NYC is VERY dog-eat-dog, and always changing. The current leader of the Harpies is a Toreador neonate who's probably in over her head, but her position is presently secure because of her heritage -- she's the Childe of the Toreador Primogen. A catty little priss originally borne into a rich Bostonian family, she's used to being in the midddle of the pomp, and possesses an amazing talent for sarcasm considering her otherwise vapid interactions. She has several other Toreador and Ventrue as hangers-on, but no other real support of consequence.


As for Marcus, this leaves him with three choices -- Childe of the original Prince of NYC before the Sabbat invasion (now dead), Childe of the local Ventrue Rep, or Childe of a Prince from a nearby city.


Hope that helps everyone!

 

[Seonaid]

Are there any nearby Camarilla cities of note? I would like Marcus to be Ventrue, and preferably from New York, but if he's the childe of a nearby Ventrue Prince, that would work just as well.

 

[Velmont]

I didn't know of the change of control of New York... I will change my true age. I'll have only 2 years old as a vampire, so I may be seen by a recruitment to repopulate the city by the Camarilla.

For my enemy, will there be any fitting Toreador for the role. If you prefer, I can switch for a Toreado clan enmity, as I don't think Toreador like the idea to have a Nosferatu performing well in the world of art...

Edited
Oh... and I drop 1 point in Politic to get 1 in Sewer Lore.

 

[Velmont]

Francis Drake sounds good! I'm excited about this campaign!

Thanks, More I look at him, more I like him. But my favorite character I ever played in any games of any systems, was a Nosferatu with an Arsene Lupin concept... so I was very hesitant to play it again, but it could had ruined the memory I have of it. I wanted to take another clan, but I think I'm a Nosferatu in the souls, and as a computer engineer myself, I hope I will be able to play his technical knowledge well...

Just for personal culture, Francis Drake is the name of a famous pirate, I tought the name would be fun to take as I'm a web pirate

 

[Mordane76]

I didn't know of the change of control of New York... I will change my true age. I'll have only 2 years old as a vampire, so I may be seen by a recruitment to repopulate the city by the Camarilla.

For my enemy, will there be any fitting Toreador for the role. If you prefer, I can switch for a Toreado clan enmity, as I don't think Toreador like the idea to have a Nosferatu performing well in the world of art...

Edited
Oh... and I drop 1 point in Politic to get 1 in Sewer Lore.

There's no problem having either Clan Enmity (Toreador), or simply selecting a particular Toreador that dislikes you. That Toreador does have to have some power, though (because of a 2pt Flaw), so we'd have to figure out who they are. They might be a Toreador with some clout (especially as an artist), but no a direct member of the Kindred political structure.

 

[Mordane76]

Are there any nearby Camarilla cities of note? I would like Marcus to be Ventrue, and preferably from New York, but if he's the childe of a nearby Ventrue Prince, that would work just as well.

The closest Camarilla cities would be Albany, Boston, Trenton, Buffalo, and Philadelphia.


Boston has a potential Ventrue Prince -- the city also has a "large" Giovanni concentration.


Albany has a potential Ventrue Prince -- it has no real difficulties or obvious perclivities to speak of.