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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Meridian" data-source="post: 412699" data-attributes="member: 1603">Once long ago....The greatest RP moment(Please forgive the system used: VAMPIRE)I ran a VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE campaign set in 1920's Chicago eight years ago.The cast of characters (I'll list them by concept first, then Clan for those who actually know this system)A sociopathic Mafioso hit man who considers the act of killing a form of self-enlightenment (Assamite Antitribu)A psychiatrist investigating local cults and analyzing the group mentality behind them (Tremere)A wealthy artist related to the Cartier diamond magnate family caring for a human ward (Toreador)A black dockworker attempting to uphold unionization (Gangrel)A speakeasy owner with a secret identity as a cat burglar (Ventrue)A playwright/author whose fascination with the macabre leads him into the world of grave-robbing (Malkavian)An accountant who was murdered by a mob boss for knowing too much but survived when transformed into a vampire (Nosferatu)The greatest moment of roleplay actually took place during a jaunt to New Orleans.  The backstory was that midway through the campaign, the human ward of the artist was kidnapped by a satanic cult as part of a ongoing plot to embroil him and his vampires in a series of events calculated to dehumanize them all, rendering them vulnerable to further corruption.  The scene took place at the climax of a car chase that ensued right after the child was rescued (by the Mafioso no less) and ended in a plot of undeveloped land with dawn coming over the horizon...By this time, all of the vampires had lost a lot of blood from the gunplay and were becoming dangerously incapacitated and/or close to frenzy.  In visuals straight out of Custer's Last Stand crossed with Bonnie & Clyde, some stayed out of the ground providing interference to make sure their allies could reach ground safely and protect the mortal child, some came out of hiding at risk to themselves to save the other vampires by dragging them under shelter while everyone started to burst into flame, shouting their defiance at the forces of evil...and in one heart-wrenching dialogue, one unique couple swore undying love to one another, sealed with blood, while hidden from the sun in a dry water tower.It was all the more tragic when at the end of the campaign the artist was martyred by a third party and his allies made a pact with their satanic enemies in order to get revenge.</blockquote>

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