Vampire: the Masquerade - New York by Night OOC Thread

[Tory Adore]

Hi. It's still me, just with a different name. I needed a change. Hope you all enjoy the pun

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

Hi. It's still me, just with a different name. I needed a change. Hope you all enjoy the pun

cute

 

[reapersaurus]

Festy - Nikolai thought that bit about the cabbie.
It wasn't audible.

Unless his subterfuge roll was THAT bad.... or he's failing his internal monologue check AGAIN.
(Catulle, what's the difficulty rating on that?)

 

[Festy_Dog]

sorry, thought he spoke it, i'll fix that

 

[Krizzel]

Don't feel bad, Festy - I saw quotes and read it as speech the first time too

 

[reapersaurus]

I think I just cracked the code!

Ash, Festy - Catulle said in the game thread :

Qadir said: "I will approach the main entrance. The Masquerade will be our first concern, and the ambulance delayed if need be. I can certainly divert attention from your entrance." Though he looked about the neonates, his attention rested at the last on David, who bobbed his head in agreement.

At this point, he switches the speaker's voice over to David (the scourge).

"We can get into the Frederick Douglas over the wall from deeper in here, if nobody's watching that's the best way in." The scourge continued "I'll need the... specialist" He looked from Gabriel to Nikolai and back "and his minder, whichever is which, with me. We'll make for the scene and take it from there. Contact me if there's trouble at the gates and I'll send help or come myself." It seemed the sheriff's turn to nod.

"Then I wish you luck, gentlemen. If there is nothing else, I must go to work." With a bow, Qadir stepped back to walk the distance back to the main access alone.

Qadir is planning on going alone to cause a distraction so that all of us can do something in the graveyard, possibly protecting the corpses from going in the ambulance?

It seems very difficult to get a handle on, regardless.
Hopefully Catulle can lend some lend, if he's feeling well enough to reply.
Tory says he hasn't been feeling well at all.

 

[Krizzel]

That was how I read it as well in regards to Qadir going alone.

 

[reapersaurus]

Catulle - status check:
on page 15, Nik's first post of this scene, I asked if it was appropriate for Nik to have brought his shotgun in his trenchcoat for this mission?

He's wearing his Kevlar vest under a charcoal grey trenchcoat (OOC: would it be appropriate to be packing weaponry for this scene?).

He'll also start actively using Auspex from here on in the scene...

edit: I also took out the quotes when Nikolai thought about the cabbie, and I'll be using whitesmoke for the color of thoughts.
I changed his spoken color to be brighter, also.

 

[Festy_Dog]

well i'll fix that up too then

 

[Catulle]

Hey folks,

Sorry if the perspective-switch confused you. I'll try to remain clearer in future, but I just couldn't seem to get that one to flow quite right.

So to clarify and answer some questions:-

1) It does seem to be Qadir's plan to go in front alone while David takes you guys to play in the graveyard proper. Want to suggest a change of plan to him?

2) No problems with the shotgun. I had kind of figured you'd want it anyways.

3) Auspex use duly noted.

On the plus side, I'm now feeling much better. On the minus side, I've given two of my housemates the Pox...

Regards,

Barry


Edit: Some more bits and pieces (and rolls to be filled in once I get near dice)

Nikolai - Int/Occult diff6 - 10,10,9,9,5,5,4 reroll 4,2 = 4 successes

Nikolai will be aware of the Giovanni family (pretenders to the status of the Tremere that they are!) and their traditional concerns with necromancy. It is thought (not unfoundedly) that they'll stoop to anything in their pursuit of power over the dead. Though not true magic (or even blood magic), necromancy follows similar forms; paths and rituals (though the latter is emphasised heavily in even the practice of the paths). It's said that the Giovanni usurped their clan from another bloodline, founding themselves on diablerie and that this was what kept them excluded from the Camarilla.
Otherwise, he knows that the Sabbat practices ritual interment of their own kind in what could well be necromantic rites of their own. The 'other sect' is famous for it's debauchery and darker tastes, with the Tzimisce Kindred able to rend and resculpt flesh and bone - it could be that they need raw material for whatever purposes they have from somewhere. It is said that the Toreador antitribu of the Sabbat have turned to the disgusting in their appetites, rather than the beautiful, revelling in the macabre and raising up filth as if it were art.
There's even a subgroup of Setites of Haitian origin which practice a form of voudoun magic, similar to a blend of Giovanni and Tremere methods, though they remain elusive and studies of their methods are scarce indeed.

- Would there be a preference for my posting any information gleaned from such rolls here, or by private e-mail (I have genuinely no problem with either way).

I figure I'll deal with distractions from Auspex use if/when they arise.