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

[Catulle]

If its ok with you I'd rather you did it Catulle. Its something that is intergral to her character, and will affect her for the rest of the Chronicle. You sound like you have a lot of Vampire :TM experience and I think this might be very challenging.

Sure thing. If Jemal keeps playing Jemal for the scene, I'll worry about 'framing' and the like. It'll keep reactions and such as genuine as possible.

Regards,

Barry

 

[Vychtorya]

[reapersaurus] Ash - are you going to copy n paste your character into the Rogue's Gallery thread?
Q & A?
Background?

I'm going to take your recommendation somewhat and switch Nikolai's Intelligence and Wits scores. The high Wits score was an older character concept, when I was trying to emulate Jafar from Aladdin.

 

[Catulle]

I'll field this one, if it's okay...

I'm happy to have character information stored offline (i.e. kept up to date by myself, Jemal and the player in question) to maintain the mystery of the setting. Most of you folks (everyone but Ash if I recall correctly) didn't have the chance to not post them, though, so if you want to take down some/all character information that's fine (just keep Jemal and I informed). If you want to keep it up, that's fine, too. It's totally down to individual comfort zones, really.

Regards,

Barry

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

I kinda like the mystery currently surrounding Gabriel.

 

[Valara]

probably good to clarify that again, Shalimar, and I gotta say, that is an entirely cool in-deep approach to the character you're taking.

I kinda wish that Nikolai could roleplay with Sabrina, but I don't see how the character concepts allow for much interaction?

Like i said earlier, this is the part of the whole V:TM that I think is the most interesting. It's also the part that is the most glossed over, the coming to terms with being forced to drink blood. If I hadn't done this, I would have tried to go the route that Kit is going, because I think it would make a good chronicle.

Well if anyone wants to approach Sabrina, they can, she would love to meet everyone. She would be nice to everyone equally, unless they do something to scare her. So again feel free to strike up a friendship, or whatever you want, just be aware, that she really is only a child, and probably can't help anyone in doing or planning anything. I could definitely see everyone being very interested in her. She is something no one has ever seen before and at the very least it would probably make them curious about her and what she can do.

If for no other reason then as a mascot she would probably be kept around, she's likeable, naive, innocent, friendly, a breath of humanity in an otherwise dying decrept social structure.

EDIT: ITS me, Shalimar, this is justt he account I have for the Star Wars Iconics Game.

 

[reapersaurus]

hmm.... fascinating, Shalimar.
That is one way of looking at Sabrina.

There are more ways for characters to perceive her, though.

Can I editorialize a little here?
(too late if not... )
It seems that the approach that some are taking to this Chronicle is that being a Vampire is a benefit - like you get all these kewl powerz. <-- nudge and wink joke to make point
I understand wanting to play it that way, but I want to get across that that's not the way I see it, or how I want to roleplay Nikolai.

He ONLY agreed to be a vampire because he was desperate to obtain the power necessary to actually present a credible threat to the Monster.
I hope I got across somewhat in his Q & A that it just about killed his humanity to willingly become exactly what he hates.

Nikolai, therefore, would view Sabrina as an utter abomination.

Shalimar - is it OK to roleplay that? (I haven't already, out of fear of upsetting you (or others).

 

[reapersaurus]

I kinda like the mystery currently surrounding Gabriel.

Well, mystery is one thing, but what _I_ don't know is how I should be reacting in-character to another Tremere.
I've never played in a Chronicle that had duplicates of clan characters.

So I am inexperienced in relating to another in-clan PC.
I don't know how Nikolai is expected to, or would, react to a classic ladder-climbing, Council-bound Tremere.
The fact that you made another Tremere kind of threw me, Ash, as well as him having very similar attributes and powers (sound familiar?).

Basically, Ash - what are you getting at with making him a similar Tremere, ability wise, but very different personality-wise to Mikolai?
Could you give me some info to work with so I can understand what you're planning?

 

[Shalimar]

He ONLY agreed to be a vampire because he was desperate to obtain the power necessary to actually present a credible threat to the Monster.

Nikolai, therefore, would view Sabrina as an utter abomination.

Shalimar - is it OK to roleplay that? (I haven't already, out of fear of upsetting you (or others).

It's fine with me if thats the way Nikolai feels, and acts. He is yours, I wouldn't want to tell you how to play him, and I would be more upset if you changed his personality just to suit me, then if you played him as if he abhorred her. I would rather you do what would make you happy.

That said, she wouldn't understand why he hated her, even if he bothered to explain it. She doesn't hate anyone(Elizabeth either, at least until its explained what happened) and can' t really understand the feeling. Even if he did explain it to her, she would think he was being silly, she had no control over it anymore then being born with blue eyes and freckles.

You play him as you see fit, and I'll play her as I think a child would react to the world of darkness. As a matter of fact, I think it would be pretty funny for her to be afraid of vampires, despite the fact she is one and more powererful then some. Images of the bogey man can seem worse then they really are, then again maybe not.

 

[reapersaurus]

Whew!
Glad you support my approach to Nikolai, Shal.

But Nikolai actually wouldn't hate Sabrina - he would probably feel more sympathy, or pity for the horror her life has become.

He would more than likely (I'm thinking it thru here) feel anger towards the sick m&^%-f^er that Embraced a kid.

Nik's thought ballons: "As if mudering and corrupting anything that's Good isn't enough for those scum, they take innocence from a CHILD??!!!
They should be wiped from the Earth as the plague that they are..."

Yes, if you noticed Nik hating vampires, he does have some self-worth Issues.... LOL

 

[Shalimar]

But Nikolai actually wouldn't hate Sabrina - he would probably feel more sympathy, or pity for the horror her life has become.

He would more than likely (I'm thinking it thru here) feel anger towards the sick m&^%-f^er that Embraced a kid.

Nik's thought ballons: "As if mudering and corrupting anything that's Good isn't enough for those scum, they take innocence from a CHILD??!!!
They should be wiped from the Earth as the plague that they are..."

I am thinking from everyone's reactions that madam Elizabeth is in for a bad decade or two unless she wants to relocate. Even gnats can be annoying if there are enough of them.

AS a matter of fact, I can't wait to here this first explination of what is up from Jemal. I think she might throw a temper tantrum because he is scaring her, depends how he tells her, or on how he shows her if he goes that route. I don't expect a potence powered rage would be high on Qadir's list of funny things to laugh off.