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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fenriswolf456" data-source="post: 5935665" data-attributes="member: 6687664">Well, who are you talking to? The only mentions of interactions have been with your Elders, likely the oldest and most powerful vampires in the city. You're barely out of your diapers in the scale of vampiredom. You may have good ideas, but to them, you haven't done anything, haven't proven yourself in any way. Why should they bother with such a Childe? You've got potential, and moxie, but these NPCs have been at this game for centuries. Even 4 dots Charisma doesn't do much to impress.  Well, one thing that isn't mentioned is the general plot. What is going on that the players initiatives are being ignored. It's sounding like it's not just you if the other operations have been ignored as well. Whatis the ST focusing on?  Sounds like a powerful ally to have, and he should already be friendly to you if you saved him, or at least helped him out. Make contact, see if the Sheriff needs anything done. Make yourself useful and show that you can get things done. There's bascially three ways to advance amongst the Kindred. Prove yourself useful, get some dirt on someone, or play rivals off each other and keep your hands clean. Name drop. If you're in with the Sheriff, bring it up casually the next time you're in the presence of your Primogen.  I'm not gathering why your Primogen has it in for you, did you do something to piss them off? Sounds like it's time to get a new Primogen. Does the Primogen have a rival? If so, get in with them, and look to topple the current Primogen. Do some leg work, find out who doesn't like the Primogen, get some dirt on him, get him into trouble with the rest of the Primogens and the Prince. You're in with the Nosferatu, if anyone knows some dirt, it's them. Where does your Sire fit into things? Talk to them and try to get information, especially in the working of the city and the kindred within it. Who are the power players? Who is rivals with whom? A standing order to kill you on sight? Did this come from the Prince, or are you still considered a Childe? Only the Prince has that right to declare destruction. Get your Primogen in trouble for overstepping his bounds. I'm not following on the boon either. How are you owing a boon to someone, what's the backstory on it? A lifeboon means that your life was saved by the one granting the boon. So what's the story on it? The first bit of this page <a href="http://lamushcast.wikidot.com/camarilla-society:prestation" target="_blank">Prestation & Boons - LA: A House Divided</a> should give you a better idea of boons and how they work.  Seems little point in this, other than for something to do at the moment. Do you mean your own contact, the mob boss? Why are you contacting them for menial work? Use your coterie police and gang contacts. Start making a herd to feed from, and look to making a loyal ghoul or three. Come up with your own petty crimes, and bring in some of the contacts to share the score. Charisma 4 is natural leader territory, so you're the one who's supposed to be coming up with the ideas.  I'm not understanding the level of combat ... you mention 95%, but then later on say that there's been one fight in at least 5 sessions. So the others in your coterie were explicitly ordered by the Prince to fight, and they ran? What were the repercutions of that? How are you blood bonded? And to who? Your buddies are feeding you their blood while you're in torpor? What's the excuse?  One thing you may not realize, being new to the setting ... the Ventrue and the Brujah do _not_ get along, at all. They have a very long history of fighting each other. So I don't see your Storyteller blocking you on this one. Your coterie has a Ventrue in it? Then that's who the Prince is going to talk to. Remember that Ventrue are the 'nobles' of the vampire world. They believe they should be the ones to control and rule the Camarilla, and have the skills, contacts, and resources to do so. The Prince will assume that your Ventrue buddy is the leader of your little group. The Prince is also likely very old, and a few generations above you. You've been a vampire for a mere 8 years. It's shocking to the Prince that you're even allowed to think for yourself, much less be asking and making demands of them. And the Prince's word is Law. What he says goes. He let you come into the vampire world, and he has the power to have you taken out of it. He's the CEO of the company that he build up from the ground up ages ago. You're the new hire. You don't even have the support of your manager (Primogen). Thinking as a Ventrue, you should count yourself lucky to even be allowed audience with the Prince, as you're nothing but common street rabble. And then you have the insolence to try and speak to him, as an equal? Keep your place and remember who you're speaking to, whelp!  Keep working with the Ventrue in setting up your empire. With two players, the Storyteller can't ignore for long. The thing with the Storyteller system is that sometimes a character will get the spotlight and attention of the ST for long stretches. It's not a good way to GM, and should be relegated to out-of-session playing or emails, but it can happen during the game. Just work on your plans. What angles are your empire going to cover? Who are they going to make deals with, and what are the deals, or who are they going to push out? Will they be treading on the toes of other vampires? Get the organization planned out.</blockquote>

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