Re: World of Darkness forum based roleplay.

[Sinnadrin]

I am interested, though more so with nWoD than oWoD.
Partly because it is the version I am more familiar with (and also because as far as I understand, given the toolbox approach of nWoD, it is by far much easier to get into that setting since a lot less lore is predetermined)

Which makes the setting of nWoD boring. The metaplots are one of the best things about oWoD.

Agreed.

I'd be up for it as long as it's oWoD, that being the setting I've mostly been playing pen and paper for the last 8 or so years. Might possibly drag Ziata'Ima with me.

[Sinnadrin]

The unwanted guest
A new kindred/clan has appeared within the city, Be they powerful and renowned or recently turned and infamous they are causing trouble, a difference of opinions have resulted in the current clans and kindred within the city to either rally with the newcomer or stand against them. How will everyone be affected?

[Cathee Norris]

Hate to double post, but.

Anyway I could possibly delete the threads on the area previously used for WoD roleplay. ..Alittle spring cleaning to open up alittle room for our new plot, profiles and posting thread.

If you wish I could make a forum attached to the forum with the old stuff in it, simply to be there for the sake of inspiration, or if someone feels like picking the old stuff up again. Up to you of course

[Gesh]

Hate to double post, but.

Anyway I could possibly delete the threads on the area previously used for WoD roleplay. ..Alittle spring cleaning to open up alittle room for our new plot, profiles and posting thread.

If you wish I could make a forum attached to the forum with the old stuff in it, simply to be there for the sake of inspiration, or if someone feels like picking the old stuff up again. Up to you of course

Sounds good!

And a some truth on my part, Although I am a fan of World of Darkness I don't know every speckle of lore and for that reason, I apologise now for anything I say or write incorrectly within the roleplay! xD;

[Gesh]

Choice of city? Random world capital? Made-up so we don't have to cling to much to -actual- history?

I was thinking somewhere like Chicago or London. A place with tall buildings, tendency for winter-favored weather, definately a city where the night is far more eventful then the day.


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[Drustai]

Choice of city? Random world capital? Made-up so we don't have to cling to much to -actual- history?

I was thinking somewhere like Chicago or London. A place with tall buildings, tendency for winter-favored weather, definately a city where the night is far more eventful then the day.

Either works for me, though a major city like that is going to prevent from doing the 'fresh meat' story if that's what we go with, unless that is a section of the city rather than the whole city.

[Geneviève]

Now as a Brit I should say London. But for Vampires, it's gotta be Paris, Bucharest, or Rome.

[Sinnadrin]

If it's modern era, I'd opt for a large and developed city anywhere in the Anglosphere. Practical vampiric paradises (thanks to larger numbers, player characters wouldn't make up a quarter, or half the city's population ;P), and since the game language is English, it'd also make roleplaying foreign phrases and accents easier.

[Grufftoof]

Chicago, the windy city, lakes, woodland close by. The history of prohibition, gangsters and music? It'd be a good choice. It has a good "underworld" already there... from dirty clubs to wet and windy streets.

London... is just a bit "passé" and maybe "done before"? But it'd be easier for me to "play" as I know the place... but that doesn't stop me wanting to try somewhere completely different.

Plus wouldn't London have a pretty established history of its own anyway, really...

Though. I suddenly have an idea about London... oh... yes.

[Braiden]

nWoD would have been more interesting to me since I'm more comfortable with the whole setting and know my way around most parts of it. oWoD I'm mostly familliar with hunters and vampires to be honest (and then not even very good). But I suppose I could always play a scared fledgeling or neonate (if we are doing VtM) that sucks up to some badass character and gets to be its pet.

[Shandrea/Nar'Gaya]

I might agree with Gruuf that London is perhaps a little too "Done". then again, we also have "Chicago by Night" as a chronicle in VtM, but I think that's a bit more open for new tales and not to mention NPC's. London is in a strong iron-grip as far as the power-balance goes, and I imagine we'd have more freedom in for example Chicago. ^^

This is just me brainstorming though...

One question though, what sort of setting would we have? Maybe this is stated earlier in the thread, but I'm tired, and can't find it..
Will we be running Camarilla, Sabbath or Independent? For those somewhat new to the World of Darkness, and perhaps a little worried about gore and creepiness, I imagine Sabbath to be the least attractive of the options. Then again, it leaves for a lot more room for maneuvering, rather than the "pious" and politically correct Camarilla. ^^

Or would we perhaps be a coterie outside of organizations?

And on yet another note... I wanna play too! Could I revive the Tzimisce project I had planned?

[Gesh]

Inspiration that can be found from chicago: Jazz and swing, Shows and clubhouses, Immigration, clashing of culture, Italian origins, tradesmen and businessmen " The city is a center for business and finance and is listed as one of the world's top ten Global Financial Centers. ", "Due to its cosmopolitan history, Chicago has a rich blend of religious heritage as displayed by the architecture and institutions throughout the city. Christianity is predominant among the city's population represented by the various denominations including Catholic, Protestant, Oriental and Orthodox churches. ", Considered the heart and birthplace of american Journalism. " Chicago has the third largest gross metropolitan product in the United States—approximately US$506 billion according to 2007 estimates. "




About the Sabbat, Cami and Independant question. Violence and gore will: hopefully, be within the roleplay given the nature of the game. But, It should be reconised that many would want to avoid performing violence, or atleast get someone else to do it ^.^

[Gahalla]

I might agree with Gruuf that London is perhaps a little too "Done". then again, we also have "Chicago by Night" as a chronicle in VtM, but I think that's a bit more open for new tales and not to mention NPC's. London is in a strong iron-grip as far as the power-balance goes, and I imagine we'd have more freedom in for example Chicago. ^^

See, this is sort of why I was pressing for nWoD. There we don't have to look for a city with "enough freedom" to allow creation of new tales and/or npc. And we don't have to shy away from awesome cities with rich histories because in the lore one faction has their hq there or something.

We'd make what we need in the city we want (whichever city that may be). Adapting that place's mythos, legends and atmosphere for our own chronicle. No ancient conspiracies to stand in our way (unless we make them).

And we'd also all be on equal footing on a meta-level. Noone would know more than anyone else about this city in particular. No obscure powerful npc that not all of us knows about, no secret conspiracies to read up on beforehand. Which certainly is an advantage in a political game.

[Sinnadrin]

Even the very sourcebooks of the old WoD keep stressing that rules are for the players and not the other way around. In virtually every publication, you will find encouragement you shouldn't even need; feel free to bend all these extra bits of info and lore specifically to your chronicle. As long as they are not far-fetched, players will easily comply; WoD isn't the game for DnD-style, hardcore ruleplayers.

Don't like a city's power structure? Scrap it altogether and create new NPCs! Or keep only some of them, in light of what your chronicle needs. The game is set in 2011? Oh, sorry, more than a decade has passed since info last came out on this city, and boy, that decade was sure busy! And this leads us to our current events... etc.

It's no wonder all those Redneckville By Night books are labelled as supplements, not rulebooks. That's exactly what they are.

[Drustai]

Plus wouldn't London have a pretty established history of its own anyway, really...

So does Chicago, in Chicago by Night. For example, the Garou invasion in 1991 that lead to the slaying of its current Prince and, I believe, the entire Primogen.

The game is set in 2011? Oh, sorry, more than a decade has passed since info last came out on this city, and boy, that decade was sure busy! And this leads us to our current events... etc.

Exactly. The history provides exactly that, history. Something to draw on for inspiration for not something that you absolutely must adhere to, particularly in the modern era.

[Gesh]

Garou invasion? I'm not sure if I remeber what a Garou is?
I remeber the Primogen being the elite of the prince, correct?

[Drustai]

Garou invasion? I'm not sure if I remeber what a Garou is?
I remeber the Primogen being the elite of the prince, correct?

Garou are werewolves.

And the Primogen are basically like the Prince's cabinet of advisors. They're the clan heads of each (recognized) clan in the city. In some cities the Primogen can exert a lot of control over a weak Prince, in others a Primogen might just be political figureheads for a strong Prince to keep the clans quiet.

[Gesh]

The reason I liked the " Land grab " idea was that we wouldn't have a prince yet. And we could essentially create our own history without having to make any up, with the underlineing theme of " What drove away the last kindred? " being slowly revealed overtime.

[Drustai]

The reason I liked the " Land grab " idea was that we wouldn't have a prince yet. And we could essentially create our own history without having to make any up, with the underlineing theme of " What drove away the last kindred? " being slowly revealed overtime.

Then Chicago works rather well for that.

Though Chicago does have some history after the Chicago by Night arc, you can alter that to something that serves this story better. For example, say that the Garou completely decimated the city's vampire population, completely driving them out of Chicago (or at least, driving out all but a handful, who stayed behind with no organization while cowering away in their havens). For some reason, the Garou have recently, finally, vacated the city, leaving it open for Kindred resettlement.

That's what I mean about the metaplot for oWoD being awesome. You don't have to use it -exactly-. You can use it as a building block to base your story on, changing details as you see fit to better support your story.

[Gahalla]

Hmmm... I had an interesting idea. If we are to play oWoD I'd like to enter it blind so to speak. Meaning that I just create a mortal and then one of you decides what clan/faction I am in and the only things I'd know would be what you would tell me IC.

That could prove rather interesting methinks.

[Gesh]

Hmmm... I had an interesting idea. If we are to play oWoD I'd like to enter it blind so to speak. Meaning that I just create a mortal and then one of you decides what clan/faction I am in and the only things I'd know would be what you would tell me IC.

That could prove rather interesting methinks.

I was thinking of something similar for my own charecter.

[Grufftoof]

I've been trawling and reading wiki stuff on oWod and nWod and stuff...

But I get lost and confusseled

I did like a lot some stuff on Changelings and the Thorns and stuff... but does that kinda stuff even fit into the realms you're thinking of?

Guide me where to look and read. I get bored at work... :0

[Gesh]

I've been trawling and reading wiki stuff on oWod and nWod and stuff...

But I get lost and confusseled

I did like a lot some stuff on Changelings and the Thorns and stuff... but does that kinda stuff even fit into the realms you're thinking of?

Guide me where to look and read. I get bored at work... :0

Download the PDFs!

Vampire The Masquerade is the one were all talking about, but I am a HUGE fan of the Changeling stuff to.

Bumping this also, would like to see this up and running by the end of next week.

[Muzjhath]

If this goes off I'll say this here.
Who wants a Ghoul?
There, now you get to fight over me. As that's how far I want to go with oWoD since the only thing I really like it for is when you want to go and be silly with elder vampires. Personally I would prefeer it so much more if it was just "WoD" no module. (Playing as mortals with maybe 1 in 20 knowing what really existed, if that many). Or a better mix all trying to hide from each other.

Say, the scenario being that everyone worked for a specific company yet no one at that company was allowed to know their secrets. E tc.
You get the picture, something not just oWoD Vampire. (Which does indeed have a fun metaplot I only know about 2% of, but for political roleplay, and faction roleplay, and a whole lot of other stuff the Requiem is better ever if the Requiem metaplot is weak)

[Gesh]

BANG! Oh EM GEE Someone shot the president.

Besides that, This needs. to. happen.


And yes, Ghouls would be greatly loved.

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