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Message: <blockquote data-quote="negZero" data-source="post: 5934801" data-attributes="member: 6695029">First am new to the World of Darkness setting, have never played single version of it in all of my pen & paper days but I need break from running a D&D game after 2 years and my group wanted to play this game. We have an extremely experience storyteller who knows the rules in and out. Now I've played in dozen campaigns and can roleplay with best of them; I've done everything from military leaders, anti-heroes, 40 foot giants, inquisitors and a bird who destroyed a Dark Sun campaign with high bluff score and one piece vendor trash. Am not saying this to brag but just to get the point across that I can pull off a lot. However in our VtM am at a lose.See as I mention early am new to oWoD and VtM, so our storyteller made mine everyone elses characters due to us being new. I was given Brujah character, this wasn't really problem for me done blood knights before and I was always able to give them amazing depth. Actually this good place for stats Pre-embraced:Before his embrace my character was University student majoring in Psychology with minor in Political Science. Before his post secondary life he and his future coterie used to run a small drug operation. During his criminal days he was the the muscle of the group taking on all comers (note this was shared background just replace muscle with another role for another character). As child he was sickly and deemed an outcast, forging his body both physical and mentally to get away from the slums and factories that haunted him.Clan: BrujahEmbraced: 2004Generation: 9th (Don't ask)AttributesStrength: 3 Charisma: 4 Perception: 2Dexterity: 4 Manipulation: 3 Intelligence: 2Stamina: 3 Appearance: 2 Wits: 2Abilities:Alertness: 1 Etiquette: 2 Academics, Military History: 2Athletics: 1 Firearms: 1 Politics: 1Awareness: 1 Larceny: 3 Technology: 2Brawl: 3 Melee: 2 Psychology: 1Empathy: 3 Performance: 1Intimidation:1 Stealth: 3Leadership: 1 Survival: 1Streetwise: 1Subterfuge: 3Disciplines VirtuesPresence: 1 Conviction: 2Celerity: 2, Instinct: 4Potence: 2 Courage: 4Humanity: 5Willpower: 6Influence: Background: Boons (Coterie)Resources: 2 (Coterie) Contacts: 2 (Police & Gangs) Lifeboon to seneschal (Coterie)Underworld: 2 (Mine) Contacts: 1 (Underworld mob boss) Major to my Primogen(Coterie) Street: 1 Major to Nosferatu*Note: Anything not mentioned is zero or not in yet*Now as you can tell from my build am suppose to be stealth warrior who can break into anything, with some budding social skills. Now here comes the problem the storyteller running the game as 95% RP 5% combat. See this just cripples my character making me feel useless and the load to the rest of the group. When asked about the Storyteller very much gives off the vibes that am suppose to pull the others out of a fight when they screw up and I got other things to offer. Now I've dropped hints to the storyteller that am bored (can I actively pay off boons, calling up my contact and demanding work) this has just left him dumbfounded and confused.Finally today I had enough called him out on it. Sat there point blanked and asked him is my character ever going to do something. He again was taken back by this and confused. I explained to him every other character got something up and running within 5 sessions. Me on the other hand I've been put into torpor when I missed a session, told to sit and wait when I asked if theres a way to pay off boons in more proactive way, put into torpor again, and finally told that my contacts will never give me help on finding jobs during session 5 where I sat and did nothing for the whole session. He gave some ideas but I don't know if hes going to follow through on themSo I turn to the you guys and your experiences what can my character do? Just couple things I can't depend on my Coterie due to the twice torpor thing, they just see me as load to the group. I really don't want another boon unless I out right must take one. Also please explain your whole idea out as mush as possible. Pointing me to books that may help me would be great too. Thank youEdit: UpdateNow so far I have never been allowed to use my social skills. Either am told to STFU by an NPC or ignored by the storyteller. So my talk skills have been pretty much useless to point I want to get rid of presence since I never get a chance to use it. I have records on this so yes this really happen.Storyteller ideas:Call in a boon get security business going, not seeing were this will go since the criminal operation and mechanic shop others have open up he doesn't do much with.Tell the other players am bored and can do stuff for them, players see me as the load because they never get into fights and one time they did they ran away (They were order by the Prince to this fight and the only reason why there not dead is because I actually fought a monster and saved the Sheriff)Call the Sheriff, this guy has been described to us as 500 pounds of pure asskicking and makes us <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> bricks and no one wants to talk to himCall the Primogen to pay off the boon, first been told thats not how boons work and my Primogen has a standing order to kill me on sightSteal cars and break into houses, I get chew out for calling my contact asking for work in petty crime and now am told to do petty crimeOther posters ideasTake over street gang, odds are this is putting me in torpor for the third time and if not will never be usedJoin the anarchs, won't go well periodGet some ghouls, meant work if he doesn't shoot it down due to him knowing me and how my power plays work outAttack the other PCs, I got blood bonds at lvl 2 due to the second torpor and I've gamed with these guys for 2 years and couple even longer then that. So this meant start a flame war at our table.</blockquote>

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