Vampire: the Masquerade - New York by Night OOC Thread

[Ashrem Bayle]

Sounds good to me.

 

[Catulle]

Hey folks,

Sorry about the patchy service these last few days; it's really been a hard week and by the end I haven't been much use for anything bar eating and sleeping. Add to that it's first-Sunday-of-the-month again (Live Sabbat game to run tomorrow), and see my stress levels rise... All should be back in hand by Monday, however.

Okay, I guess I'll be setting Aura Perception at 10 - Auspex, then. That way, characters will start with it working as per the book, and improve over time. Strictly speaking, disciplines are on a 1-10 scale so the '8-' system would fall apart at the high end (not that I ~plan~ on introducing any Antediluvians, of course).

Tory (and Jemal) - feel free to post your arrival at Antiquities when you want; I'll build on what Tory presents, though.

Some opposed stealth/detection rolls (both diff 6 unless otherwise noted);

David - (9,7,6,4,3) 3 successes/(10,7,5,1 - diff4) 2 successes
Gabriel - (6,5,4) 1 success/(10,9,6,5,3,2,2) 3 successes
Legba - (8,8,6,5,5,3) 3 successes/(9,6,1,1,1,1 - diff5) 0 successes
Max - (9,6,4,2) 2 successes/(5,4,3,2) 0 successes
Nikolai - (9,8,8,6,2,2) 4 successes/(10,8,8,6,6,4,3,2 - diff4) 6 successes
Figure in the graveyard - detection 10,6,3,1,1 = 0 successes

Regards,

Barry

 

[KitanaVorr]

LOL

Very good parry, Catulle

Keats it was - and paraphrased too



And one of my favorite poets I might add

 

[Vychtorya]

Orginally posted by Catulle

The graves in the dip were in total disarray, torn up here and there as if by force majeur, bones strewn across the charnel-field and parhaps a dozen corpses in a variety of states of putrefaction and integrity ripped free of the earth, to lie exposed and naked on the bloody earth. A bare tree stood in the midst of it all, and in drawing closer, a man's form was hooked to it, branches forced hard through flesh and muscle alike; one bloodied bough protruded from his chest and had been broken off.

A portable light threw illumination up onto the tree, as a figure dressed as a police officer cast it upwards, towards the body that hung there. His posture radiated unease, and such was his concentration that he paid no heed to the approach of the Kindred.

Above the victim's head was hung a wooden plaque, lettering indistinct in the shadow. Lodged in the tip of the broken branch, and sprayed red with blood, was a single white rose.

Catulle!! WOW! I do believe I sat rivited in my seat as I read this! I would have sworn I was there with them in the yard! The descriptiveness completely captivated me, and I became ensnared and I did not want the scene to be over! The end was simply beautiful! I had goose bumps as I read it - truly enraptured over the macabre beauty of the scene. Thank you!

 

[KitanaVorr]

ok

I changed my quote from Salvadore Dali to someone else and edited my post a bit after I decided I didn't really want Caitlyn realizing that much too fast about the mental manipulation acrobatics that fateful night.

en guarde

 

[Catulle]

Tory - Glad to hear you liked it. I was a little concerned about the PG-13 plus content, but hey - if you folks get on with it...

Kit - You resorted to Ode...

Regards,

Barry

 

[KitanaVorr]

Oh...

I'm going to have to do something to you about that choice of poem there...hardy har har...forbearance

 

[reapersaurus]

Catulle - I'm actually glad the pace was slower this week - it is difficult sometimes to keep up with a rapid pace, and the graveyard scene is riveting enough to take some time with it, if that makes it more covenient for all to post.

I'd like to add my compliments at everyone's quality of posts in this Game.
I think it's rather obvious that we've got something special going on here in Vamp-land, and just wanted to float the observation that just because a particular post doesn't get accolades, it doesn't mean that it wasn't appreciated and noted (this goes for all).

Having said that, Catulle, I agree with Tory : that graveyard tableau is positively horrific -
KUDOS!

About the stealth/detection rolls.
Damn! Nikolai should try out for the Special Forces, SAS, or something.

And Legba got FOUR 1's?
Ouch - the bones not nice there.
So would that be considered a 'botch'?
What does that usually take the form of, in a scene?

I'll post Nikolai's (over-)reaction to the scene as I can....

 

[Festy_Dog]

Yep, I agree with the others when I say your description of the scene roxxors (forgive the gamer slang ), it painted a perfectly dark, gruesome scene in my mind. I could really see what was being described.

Damn! Nikolai should try out for the Special Forces, SAS, or something.

SAS is exactly the occupation I want IRL.

 

[Catulle]

And Legba got FOUR 1's?
Ouch - the bones not nice there.
So would that be considered a 'botch'?
What does that usually take the form of, in a scene?

Botching occurs when the roll comes up with no successes and one or more '1's (before cancelling successes with '1's). For example, on a difficulty 6 roll, 5,5,4,1 would be a botch and 6,1,1,1 would not. Note that spending willpower, because it creates a success, removes the chance of botching entirely (as does Potence for str based rolls).

Yes, botches are usually examples of when things go totally awry. Greeting the flemish Prince en francais could be a botch on etiquette (if it would provoke a problem for the botching character). Likewise, a firearms botch could mean jamming the gun. Sneaking about, you might reveal yourself to anybody who didn't botch their perception check (the Dry Twig Method).

Regards,

Barry