{Vampire: The Masquerade - OOC} New York by Night

I just read the adventure you're in on that other board, Shalimar :

You did MUCH better that some of the others I read - it didn't seem like they understood in-character gaming online OR anything much about Vampires.
Good in-character roleplaying there - it seemed like you knew more about the rules than the Storyteller, as well. ;)

[edit] I only read the OOC threads, but those were the impressions I got.
And this post of yours that said this:
"But the things she says or thinks in the In-Character forum are from her perspective, not mine. I seperate the two as best I can. It is very important in a roleplaying game to think and act from the character's point of view, and not your own, as you are almost certainly privy to knowledge that your character is not"
was great!

I will try for my part to include SOME terms and words that Vampires use, to make the game more flavorful (bloodbag, happy-meal, whack-job, etc).
I'll try to explain some of the terms and in-game stuff in the OOC thread to help anyone who hasn't read the book(s) or if I don't use them properly or clearly... [/edit]

And don't you only get 15 freebie points?

Ashrem - will you be put out if we happen to roleplay our characters antagonistically towards other players?
I'm not planning to, but that other Storyteller (ST) seemed to not be able to handle it when Shalimar roleplayed her character as not liking another character.

A rules question: how do you have the Tremere's Rituals work?
How many will Nikolai start with?

As for his history after the Embrace, he has spent every waking moment in the learning, acquisition, and practice of POWER.
He will have either 4 or 5 dots in Thamaturgy, as he is hungry for power with which to take down his hated monster.
Of course, in the acquisition of this power, he will be becoming somewhat of a Monster himself, aye that's the tragedy of the whole thing.... ;)
 
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Just a quick look at the point-distribution looks like they aren't grouped?
(7/5/3, etc)

Mortals have a 6/4/3 grouping and I believe she used some Freebie Points there.

However, I'd like to see a record of how freebies are used with all of the characters.

It was surprising to me to see a Brujah that wasn't a physical-based character. In my inexperience, I was assuming all Brujah to be somewhat thuggish, or at least not as manipulative as your little Sabrina.

Breaking away from clan stereotypes is something I strongly incourage. Given the circumstances of her embrace, she could easily fit as a member of any clan.

Maybe my ultra-manipulative Nikolai....

What clan is Nikolai from? I can't remember if you said Tremere or Malkavian.


I ratcheted back Nikolai to be 10th gen, as Ashrem said.
Are you going to be doing that for Sabrina?

Yes. That is something you should look at Shali. I'd like to see her at about 10th or 9th max.

Ashrem - Nikolai would never think of Embracing KV's...

Thats cool. There is always Timothy and Jemal's characters. If nothing else, I'm sure I could come up with an NPC. I like mixing her in with the PCs a lot better though.



A few other comments:

Nice pic Shalimar. She looks all nice and innocent. Who is that?

Vychtorya looks great.

Remember all, I still need these questions answered ASAP. The format thay are in works great.

You can either post them here, or e-mail me. I'd prefer you post it here, but if you have something hidden in your past you don't want the others to see, just email it with the subject as "ENWorld".

Wwhen I all of the characters in, I am going to put them in the Vampire Character Generator that I got for Christmas last year and haven't hardly used. :rolleyes:
 

reapersaurus said:

Ashrem - will you be put out if we happen to roleplay our characters antagonistically towards other players?
I'm not planning to, but that other Storyteller (ST) seemed to not be able to handle it when Shalimar roleplayed her character as not liking another character.


I don't have a problem with it. Like I said, I'm not going to railroad you guys. I would suggest trying to get along for your own benifits and for that of the game.

Example: The Wheel of Time game that Shali and myself are in. At least three of the characters have been trying to get away from the others since day one. However, they always seem to find a reason to stick around. It plays well with our character concepts, but continues to hold the story together.

A rules question: how do you have the Tremere's Rituals work?
How many will Nikolai start with?

Depends on your Thaumaturgy score.

As for his history after the Embrace, he has spent every waking moment in the learning, acquisition, and practice of POWER.
He will have either 4 or 5 dots in Thamaturgy, as he is hungry for power with which to take down his hated monster.
Of course, in the acquisition of this power, he will be becoming somewhat of a Monster himself, aye that's the tragedy of the whole thing.... ;)

Cool. Fits the Tremere concept well. I'm curious to see how he deals with the other members of his clan.
 

Nikolai is a Tremere.
And I'm sure my wife will see your comment about Vychtorya soon.

So is the max gen 10th, or 9th?
My wife originally had her Gen as 8th, but there's IMO nothing really in Vych's background that requires a high gen.
Once you get to 10th and later, there's very little difference between gens (just a slightly bigger blood pool).

Nikolai wants POWER. This is a critical part of his character - he must obtain enough power to wreak his revenge on this legendary, untouchable vampire (I'm going to finish the backstory on my website soon - I'm to the spot where the old Malkavian that the human Nikolai meets will give him a bit of info about The Monster.)
So low gen fits right in with Nik's character.

There's nothing secret about either of our characters - we'll be posting everything on the boards.
And I've looked at that question sheet a few times already - I went over it with Vych (I'll stop calling her "my wife"), and it seemed like her background answered most of the questions on that page.

And BTW: Shalimar - what is your character's background?
I'm interested in reading a childe-vampire's story.

(anyone else ever think of that 80's pop band when reading the name "Shalimar"?)
 

Ashrem Bayle said:
Cool. Fits the Tremere concept well. I'm curious to see how he deals with the other members of his clan.
I might have a LOT of reading to do then. :(
I have 3 Thaumaturgy books, and have read them some, but the whole "Tremere chancery" and clan-involvement thing kind of lost me.

Ashram - how much influence from our respective clans will we all be encouraged to include on our characters?
How much will we all have to know about the World, and its political in-clan machinations?
As I said, that's the part where I lost interest in the WoD, as it seems to complicate play too much.

And since you said that we'll be pretty much on our own in New York (there are so few vampires there, would there be much of a clan presence I'd think it would be a welcome environment that would spur coteries of many clans, instead of the heirarchical, clan-based traditional way that entrenched cities became).

BTW: we both love the idea of New York, and how there's a power- and tradition-vacuum there.
It seems to spur a game well and nurture the kind of cross-clan activity that makes for better play.

It IS hard for me to imagine in New York that we would be Embraced by 7th-Gen vampires : 9th gen Sires is pushing it, in my eyes, even tho I'd love lower gen...

But as I've said, I never really got V:tM once all the clan, low-generation, and political structure information was introduced.
 

And I've looked at that question sheet a few times already - I went over it with Vych (I'll stop calling her "my wife"), and it seemed like her background answered most of the questions on that page.

I'd still like it in the Q&A format though. It makes it a little easier on me.

There is still a lot to be delt with:

Were you a ghoul before you were a vampire?
What was your embrace like?
What were some significant events of your early days as Kindred?
How do you view the others around you?
What are your long term goals? [VERY Important]
What are your short term goals? [VERY Important]
What are you good at, and how do you use it to your advantage?
Why are you where you are now?
How do you view your existence now?

I plan to keep all of the histories together and the Q&A format makes for a much better refference than digging through a story.

Even if they where both very good. :D
 

Experience

You will get 1-2 experience points per week of real life time if you are an active poster. I'll probably give 2 points if you post once a day. I'll give you 1 just for being in the game. [Note: I do not count the weekends as I myself may not be on the boards.]

You will get bonus points for:

Playing strongly within your Nature and Demeanor.
Major plot points and goals met.
Taking part in and drving dramatic or pivitol scenes.
Whatever else I want. :p
 

I'll be posting an overview of the city and it's supernatural parasites soon.

I'll be sure to hit on the Tremere for you. Don't worry about their convoluted hierarchy. There just isn't enough of them to be a real "organization" like in some cities.
 


Where and when she was born and raised?
Sabrina was born in 1995 in New York City. She has been raised in the city her entire life, though that is a misnomer, as she hasn’t really been in the city but rather above it all. Sabrina lives with her parents and “Uncle” Nathaniel in the top four floors of the hotel owned and originally built by Nathan centuries ago. She has had a rather carefree life prior to the events surrounding her embrace. She attended Chilton Academy Preschool, a highly expensive and prestigious school. Following this she went to an all girls private school for two years.

What were your parents and family like?
Her parents were warm and supportive, when they were ever around. They are Ghouls in the service of their Ventrue Ancestor, Nathan, who has promised to eventually embrace them. She had a pretty good relationship with him, and has a very close loving relationship with his newest Childe, her brother. He is older, and has taken up some of the slack of raising her due to their father’s busy schedule. Everyone around her is rather reserved, and always has been, besides her brother. This hasn’t rubbed off and she acts like what she is, a child. Now she is a child with powers beyond mortal comprehension.

What were some significant events of your life?
The most significant in her life is her kidnapping, which was what led up to her embrace. It was very violent lasting for several days, and during it she was raped. It was during this time period that she became famous as her face was plastered on several news stations during the horrible situation. She has only been kindred for a few days, so she is still in denial about the rape and has pushed it out of her mind as a defense mechanism.

What happened when you became a young adult?
N/A she is still a child.

Were you married or in love?
No to both, but she does have a kitten named Spots Mackenzie the 3rd that she loves

What was your embrace like?
Her embrace was an extremely traumatic experience for her, the most terrifying of her entire life. Her sire, Elizabeth, had her kidnapped in the middle of the school day, and kept her bound with nothing to eat for two days. Over the course of those two days she was raped, and terrorized by Elizabeth who used her disciplines just to instill fear just because of her rivalry with Nathan. Nathan was eventually able to track her down, and called in a few favors from the prince to have her returned to his care.

Because of the wording of the Prince’s order Elizabeth was still able to interfere with Nathan’s plans for the girl by embracing her, and forever stopping her from joining the Ventrue. Because of the wording, it left her “uncle” in charge of her education, and responsible for her according to the traditions, and used up his newly granted right to sire. Because she was taken from school her kidnapping it was impossible to hush it up, and it made the news, leaving her face posted on all the news channels, leaving her a minor dose of fame and media recognition.

What were some significant events of your early days as kindred?
The most significant events of her early days as kindred were her first feeding and her release back to her family, and the turmoil that the realization of her embrace caused.

Her first feeding was about the same as most. She nearly killed two men, ripping into them, instinctually using their own blood to strengthen her enough to hold them down as drained them almost to the last drop. They would have died if Elizabeth hadn’t gifted them some of her own blood. That initial need and blood lust is very frightening to her, and she has decided to never let herself get close to that again, if she can help it she will feed whenever she feels the slightest hunger.

Because of her Brujah heritage her surrogate sire is leery of her, and not as trusting as he would be if he had embraced her. He is an elder, and is used to taking what fate throws at him, but this is still a stinging blow, and her presence is a reminder of his rival. It falls on his true childe, her brother (played by Jemal), to act as peacemaker and protector. He is helping with some of his sire’s duties out of love for her, as well as feelings of guilt.

What Drew your Sire to you?
Elizabeth was drawn to me because I was the weakest of all those surrounding Nathan, all the others were super-natural in some way, and could have put up a fight in some way. She embraced me out of hatred and spite, to interfere with his plans for me.

Was I a ghoul before my embrace?
No, but my parent’s were

How do you view those around you?
The only contact she has had with other vampires that she is aware of is with Elizabeth who she view as a monster. She is still in the learning and tutelage process. It has only been a few days, she has not really learned anything yet, she will learn about the other clans from in game instruction. As of know she knows only two clans: Ventrue, and Brujah.

She sees the Ventrue clan as her family, loving, and protective all the members she has met are part of her family, and love her in their own way

The Brujah clan frightens her; she sees them as monsters from out of fairy tails as her only example is Elizabeth.


What are your goals?

Her long-term goals are:
To grow up (which is rather ironic as her body will never grow at all) which will cause anger and hatred towards Elizabeth making her destruction a very important (central to the character) long term-goal. She also wants like all children to be able to take care of herself so that she gets to make the rules, and also wants someone to be there to take care of her (Her brother). She never wants to kill or really hurt anyone while feeding

Short-term goals:
She wants to make up with Nathan, and get back on his good side; she doesn’t truly understand why he gets upset when he sees her sometimes. She wants to learn how to control her disciplines, and she really wants to learn all about being a vampire because it’s so cool. Her Birthday is coming up as well so she wants her parents to throw her a sleepover party.

What are you good at, and how do you use it to your advantage?
Sabrina will grow into a social butterfly as she matures, but her abilities are overshadowed by her youth, and will be for quite some time. She can work well with computers, and can be quite the charmer if she wants something enough. Her singsong voice and attitude can grow on just about anyone, and she was lucky enough that she still appears to be living (blush of health)

Why are you where you are now?
Sabrina is where she has always been, in New York City, staying with her family. They are all she has, and her love is a guarantee that she will stay with them for a long time to come.

How do you view your existence now?
Sabrina thinks this is so cool; She just can’t wait to learn everything there is to know about Kindred society. She doesn’t truly comprehend what has happened to her, so her outlook on it will probably change greatly
 

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