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[ilovefire]

Well, I'm thinking about trying to run a game using one of White Wolf's old World of Darkness products (Vampire: The Masquerade and the like. Not Vampire: The Requiem and the like.), and would like to see if anyone here'd be interested. The follow systems I have the core rules for and can provide... sources... to get them if you do not and are interested.

Mage: The Ascension (2nd and Revised, but I prefer Revised)
Changeling: The Dreaming (2nd only)
Hunter: The Reckoning

And these books I have, but cannot provide sources for except to actually tell you, and I'm a little lazy.

Vampire: The Masquerade (Revised only)
Demon: The Fallen

If you are interested in playing in ANY of these, if you would just post in here which one or ones you would be?

And if you want any information on the settings/systems, feel free to ask.

[Erik Mesoy]

Noun: The Gerund, perhaps?

Seriously, I'd be interested in M:tA.
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[AbuDhabi]

M:tA sounds cool. I wouldn't say no to V:tM, 'cause I seem to remember having such a PDF on one of my drives somewhere.
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[Attilla]

M:tA does indeed sound neat, but i'm up for anything, provided I manage to somehow find the stuff necessary for them, ofcourse.

[Omegaboot]

I've tried to get into V and M games before, and wouldn't mind getting into one of those. the others, I don't know. can someone give me a rundown on what they're like?
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Thorn Stormdaughter is pretty.
Natha Vinio, Drow Cleric of Lolth. Of unknown gender.

[EvilDarkLord]

M:tA includes the Technocracy, which wants to replace any traces of magic with order and technology. Naturally, they're after you.

On the plus side, since magic in those times was more... interesting, you get a fair share of trenchcoats, silver katanas, and utterly screwing up reality.

So yeah, I'd like that. Or V:tM.

[AbuDhabi]

See, ILF? Plenty of interest and no head-biting.
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[ilovefire]

Changeling is... wierd. Basically, you are fey folk. Get reality to accept your continued existance via increasing their creativity. I only just got the book myself, so.

Hunter is what it says: you are a normal human gifted with strange powers to hunt the supernatural. (replace hunt with reconcile/study/etc as you see fit)

Demon... basically, you were there when the universe was created, you rebelled against 'god', ended up cast into hell for a few eons, then hell got cracked, you escaped, and sort-of possessed a mortal body--and got all their memories, which shocks you out of your Torment, which is the force that basically drives every demon insane.

[Erik Mesoy]

Looks like most of us favor either MtA or VtM. Can you pick one so we can start making characters?
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[AbuDhabi]

My vote is for M:tA. Since I've already read 20% of the PDF.
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[ilovefire]

Well, I'm going to say preliminary Mage, since I personally cannot provide you with Vampire source material.

That, and I prefer mage. Start rolling up characters. Post backstories and et cetera in here, and I'd like the PCs to at least know of each other prior to the beginning of the campaign.

Standard character creation, no starting XP, lesse...

Allowing Merits and Flaws, but talk with me about them, standard maximum of 7 bonus freebie points from flaws.

I may or may not allow technocratic characters, but I'd prefer only traditional or orphan mages.

[Erik Mesoy]

I'll intersperse character stats with fluff here. [Post-freebie point boosting and editing in brackets.]

Fredric Dawn
Concept: Professional wrestler/brawler
Tradition: Akashic Brotherhood
Essence: Dynamic
Nature: Bravo
Demeanor: Celebrant
Yes, I'm an Awakened mage now, but I still wrestle, and I hate saying "what I used to do best". I still wrestle better than I do magic, if you ask me. The Brotherhood has taught me a lot - pretty much any form of unarmed combat, and a great deal of resilience, too, though I've always been big and strong. Life comes up to me and I deal with it.

==ATTRIBUTES==
PHYSICAL 5
Strength ****O [Powerful Arms]
Dexterity ***OO
Stamina *OOOO
SOCIAL 3
Charisma ***OO
Manipulation *OOOO
Appearance **OOO
MENTAL 7
Perception ****O [Alert]
Intelligence **OOO
Wits ****O [Combat Reflexes]
If there's one stereotype that people think of when they see me, and which is completely inaccurate, not just "damn wrong", it's the one of my being a big, stupid brute. I did decently in school, I'm alert and awake, and I think on my feet. I just get lazy sometimes - thinking is boring.


==ABILITIES==
TALENTS 13
Alertness **OOO
Athletics ***OO
Brawl ***OO [****O Wrestling]
Dodge **OOO
Streetwise ***OO
SKILLS 9
Etiquette *OOOO
Firearms **OOO
Stealth ***OO
Survival ***OO
KNOWLEDGES 5
Computer *OOOO
Enigmas *OOOO
Investigation **OOO
Medicine *OOOO
Grab. Block. Dodge. That's pretty much what the public sees at the Red Rock Wrestling Club, and I'm good at it. What's politely ignored and covered up when it's seen at all is the large amount of criminal class there. Note that I didn't say "underclass", because I'm part of it, at least a little. I know who's who in the shady life, from the ordinary bouncers who train at Red Rock to a couple of bosses who want to be able to handle matters themselves.
Of course, visiting the shady side of town requires you to be a little prepared. Even when you know who's who, there are two preparations you should make. One is to know what's what, and the other is to bring a gun. Otherwise you might offend people or look defenseless. Neither of those are good, even if you have a reputation.
What I do in my spare time? Play computer games, watch TV, read odd novels. Some of it sticks, even. I'd never call myself a hacker, but I can install stuff on my computer without needing help. I know a couple of riddles, like what walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening. Heh. And some basic forensics and the like, watching too much CSI.

==BACKGROUND==
Allies: X
Arcane: X
Avatar: **
Contacts: * [**]
Destiny: X
Dream: X
Influence: * [**]
Library: X
Mentor: X
Node: *
Resources: **
Wonder: X
Being a top-notch wrestler has some benefits. I have my own cubbyhole at Red Rock, and I make about a thousand dollars a month winning tournaments. I have enough of a reputation and a physical presence that people cooperate naturally, though of course I wouldn't force them.
What's ironic, though, is that my room is next to a Node. Would you believe it? There's a sort of alley-garden overlapping area outside the wall (my locker is at the edge of the residence building). I can see it from the window. It's gone unmaintained for years, as none of the buildings nearby lay claim to it on any maps. I discovered it one day after the explanations stopped making sense.
Explanations? Oh, yeah. Might as well tell you how I came to be Awakened. You see, I used to think it was all psychosomatic. Every decent wrestler tells himself he's going to win. Me, too. I told myself I was in perfect shape, was getting stronger every day. I told myself to focus, tune out the pain, concentrate on the task at hand, I could do this, whatever "this" was... well, all that was fine and dandy, until the day I caught a cold. And got rid of it the same day. And a cut on my arm from yesterday had healed that morning. And I got a bruise that day, and it went away too. And I was hearing people's thoughts - I couldn't put it down to "reading body language" any more.
I was drifting into the Akashic Brotherhood around that time, and I had it explained to me there. They've got excellent discipline, and they taught me about both using my body to fight and my mind for magic, so I joined them easily enough.

ARETE: 1 [3]
WILLPOWER: 5 [8]
QUINTESSENCE **000000000000000000 PARADOX
Health +1

SPHERES: Mind 2, Life 2, Matter 2, Prime 1.

MERITS:
Huge Size, 1pt: Extra health level
FLAWS:
Addiction(Alcohol), 1pt: May go into withdrawal.

FOCI:
Life - a reinforced gauntlet with strips of metal. Also serves to reinforce strikes. (Lethal instead of Bashing.) Used to be a lucky charm he used to feel his own strength before wrestling. Not something you wear in public unless you want to telegraph that you're going to hit someone.
Matter - A pair of plum-sized meditation balls, made of some nondescript metal. (Normal usage is to hold them in your hand and rotate them around one another.)
Mind - Concentration, as taught by the Akashic Brotherhood.
Prime - a lit candle.

Other stuff:
Class One armor
.44 Magnum
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[ilovefire]

Erik:
your rating in various spheres cannot exceed your Arete. Fix that.
also you've got 2 more sphere dots to give.
You can increase Arete with freebie points.

[Erik Mesoy]

I'm not ashamed to admit to drinking. It's better than possibly going mad. I mean, rewriting my own Pattern? Magical bootstrapping? It seemed crazy at first. I'm more comfortable with it now, but so many of the people I know are at the bar, and it feels good to have an outlet of some sort. The Brotherhood has been hinting at me to stop, and maybe I will. Maybe. Of course, the Cult of Ecstasy disagrees vehemently, but I'm not into their thing.

Okay. Extra Sphere dots placed.

Freebie points:
8 to increase Arete to 3
3 to increase Willpower to 8
2 to increase Brawl to 4, and take specialization Wrestling (obviously)
2 to bump up Contacts and Influence to 2 dots.

I also picked specialties:
Strengths: Powerful Arms
Perception: Alert
Wits: Combat Reflexes

Avatar and Resonance type are both Dynamic.

Whether it's the arena or facing something with magic, I love situations with just enough time to react. I don't have the stamina to carry on for very long, so I have to try to win quickly, which I don't mind. Yeah, let's do it!

What else should I work on?
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[ilovefire]

Erik: Nope, that should be plenty enough. Just edit those changes and et. cetera into your sheet for completeness' sake, and it'll be great.

[Corinthian]

Is the choice of game settled? I'd love to play V:tM, I have some experience with it, but no RL group. I've looked at M:tA as well, but it seems weird, to my tastes. I would be on a V:tM game (Camarilla or Anarch, preferably) like white on rice.

[ilovefire]

Corinthian: Yes, it's be decided on Mage. YOu are welcome to play of course, but I would rather not mix Vampire and Mage, since the power level of Mage is, to be honest, very much higher than the power level of Vampire.

[Erik Mesoy]

[AbuDhabi]

The character sheet:

[ilovefire]

Erik: I am thinking of 'some random town in the southeast united states', unless anyone disagrees, and as for when, Late '06, early '07. Yeah, Ascension hasn't quite yet made it in this version. >>

AD: Great. A little write-up on Rudy's style and paradigm, and it'll be perfect.

[AbuDhabi]

Right-o. I'll get on it.
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[Erik Mesoy]

So. How did the characters meet up? (Hopefully, there will be more characters than these two.) What kind of OHSHITDISASTER GM fiat threw them together? Is the major motivation to be "push" (quest to do) or "pull" (villain to hunt down)? How dark will the tone of the Chronicle be?
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[ilovefire]

To be honest, Erik? I'm not entirely sure yet. For this, I'm waiting until I get all the character's sheets in, then I'll think about it, determine how they got thrown together, tell you guys, think a bit on the tone I want, not tell you guys until the thing starts, and then hopefully it all works out.

In short, gentlement, I improvise.

[Erik Mesoy]

I demand more character sheets.
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[ilovefire]

As do I! Because I'm itchy to start up this game. But I can't until I get more SHEETS.

SPREADSHEEETTTTSSSS!


Sorry, inside joke.