Ghouls: Fatal Addiction [VtM]

[RedPhoenix]

After careful consideration I am giving in to my brain's demands that it not be exposed to another White Wolf system game. It does sound like a cool setup with lots of good writers, but it just isn't for me. Sorry all! :(

[AndyZ]

After careful consideration I am giving in to my brain's demands that it not be exposed to another White Wolf system game. It does sound like a cool setup with lots of good writers, but it just isn't for me. Sorry all! :(

Sorrow, but understandable.

Looks like it's just three, then...

[Blythe]

If you want to get a couple more people, Andy & Kia, could always move this thread to the more visible board for GMs seeking players?

[AndyZ]

At this point, I'm not honestly sure.  We've got the NPCs pretty well congealed, and rebuilding the plot ideas based on all the new information. 

Besides, three might very well be a good number for this kind of game.  A number of the plotlines are being more specifically tailored to individuals (though we have plans for group events as well ^_^) so having too many might be too much more work.

[Blythe]

I'm down with whatever y'all wantin' to do. :)

[King Serperior]

I'm fine if it's only three PCs.  Might make for a more focused set of plots.  Besides, as Rummy pointed out, we kind of unintentionally went with a Mental, Physical, Social theme with our characters.  :P

[Rummy Tum Tum]

I'm down :D

[AndyZ]

Part of it's my fault for throwing it all together knowing I'd have to make lots of changes by the time people actually had characters together.  But then, I'm not the best at running games >.>

As a note since I don't think I said it anywhere else, IC starting day will be May 1st, 2017.  It's a Monday and that makes it easier for me to keep track of days to dates.  I plan on leaving earlier dates open so that players can just have their characters meet up and chat as desired.

[King Serperior]

Sounds good to me.

So, what did we say the explanation was as to the small number of Kindred and Ghouls?

[AndyZ]

Ordinarily, it's 1 Kindred for every 100,000 Kine in the city.  That puts Las Vegas at just about right with 632,912.  Likely I'll put together more ghouls also.

[King Serperior]

So, about six tops.  Sounds alright.  I wasn't certain of the exact ratio of Kindred-to-Kine.

[AndyZ]

With the seven, it's slightly high, but not egregiously so ^_^ Plus the tourism influx means the Kindred have more options for people they'll never see again.

[King Serperior]

*nods*

The number of tourists coming in and out was the main reason I suggested Vegas.  No one will miss a few missing people since Vegas is the place people go to to disappear.

[AndyZ]

Okay, question for the group.  Current plans involve not fully starting events until the RL 7th, but would people be interested if I set up the IC thread early and give people the first few days for meet and greet, getting to know each other's characters?

KS, for Sarah, looking through the equipment, I don't have stats for grenade launchers and I don't expect to have you fight anything in which they might become necessary.  I'm good with approving pistols, SMGs, shotguns, sniper rifles, and I can come up with stats for smoke grenades.  In exchange, your and more legally questionable weapons come from your PD Ally, so any flagrant use of them will draw attention back to them.  Sound good to you? 

We also need to figure out each Major Contact, but if everyone else is good with it, we can leave that open for the time being and just come up with useful Contacts as the game goes on.  Slight advantage to the players there, but it'll give a better chance of making sure it's helpful and all of you are kept informed of stuff.

[Blythe]

I'm down with the IC opening for general meet n' greet, also down to hammer out contacts n' things later on. :)

[Rummy Tum Tum]

I'm fine with this

[AndyZ]

OOC Thread: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=272215.0

Character Sheets: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=272212.0

I wanted to try to clean up the sheets a bit to make them look better, and I don't think I did a very good job.  It doesn't look like there's any way to make a single cell spread across multiple rows in BBCode, though.

[King Serperior]

Okay, question for the group.  Current plans involve not fully starting events until the RL 7th, but would people be interested if I set up the IC thread early and give people the first few days for meet and greet, getting to know each other's characters?

Sounds fine by me. 

KS, for Sarah, looking through the equipment, I don't have stats for grenade launchers and I don't expect to have you fight anything in which they might become necessary.  I'm good with approving pistols, SMGs, shotguns, sniper rifles, and I can come up with stats for smoke grenades.  In exchange, your and more legally questionable weapons come from your PD Ally, so any flagrant use of them will draw attention back to them.  Sound good to you? 

That's something I didn't think about.  So, the pistols, SMGs, shotguns, and maybe(?) will primarily come from the Casino weapons locker.  Sniper rifles and other powerful equipment comes from the Vegas PD ally should the need arise?  I am more than okay with this.  In fact, it sounds perfect!

We also need to figure out each Major Contact, but if everyone else is good with it, we can leave that open for the time being and just come up with useful Contacts as the game goes on.  Slight advantage to the players there, but it'll give a better chance of making sure it's helpful and all of you are kept informed of stuff.

This sounds good to me.  At the moment, I don't know where to really begin for the major contacts.  Taking the time to hammer down useful ones is good in my book.

I wanted to try to clean up the sheets a bit to make them look better, and I don't think I did a very good job.  It doesn't look like there's any way to make a single cell spread across multiple rows in BBCode, though.

I think the sheets look good enough.   :-)

[AndyZ]

I should warn that I don't have a great deal of combat expectations, but I'll make sure to have some.  Just be warned that doing too much with high-caliber firearms will attract attention that the local Kindred don't want ^_^ But I can work with the stats of any of the guns in the V20 core book, as well as the Kevlar Vest, just in case you want to be prepared for the inevitable implosion of society as we know it. ;-)

Rereading Major Contacts, my initial reading of it might be very off from how I thought it went.  I'm good with you having all sorts of minor contacts without figuring them out, and it gives suggestions like beat cops, club bouncers, and so on.  Sarah knows a lot of people, even if the low Charisma makes "friends" a stretch, and knows how to get info out of them.  The Major Contact suggestion would be something like someone in the District Attorney's office.

Honestly, though, the exact thing is moot.  You're putting 4 points into Contacts and I'll want to make sure you'll get your points' worth out of that.



Another thing I should tell everyone before I forget: when a mortal dies, it gets blamed on the Newspaper Mime.  This is a serial killer who doesn't actually exist: the Malkavian occasionally uses Obfuscate to create off-the-strip sightings, and tabloids enjoy posting about this serial killer who is "black and white and red all over," but when the Kindred need someone dealt with or to explain away an unusual death, that's the cover story.

"Completely drained of blood and dumped in an alley?  That Newspaper Mime is just plain weird.  It didn't happen on the strip, though.  That tourist must have just wandered off where she shouldn't have, but it's safe here."

[King Serperior]

I should warn that I don't have a great deal of combat expectations, but I'll make sure to have some.  Just be warned that doing too much with high-caliber firearms will attract attention that the local Kindred don't want ^_^ But I can work with the stats of any of the guns in the V20 core book, as well as the Kevlar Vest, just in case you want to be prepared for the inevitable implosion of society as we know it. ;-)

No worries there.  Other than the standard pistol Sarah keeps on her (and the Kevlar vest only in the casino unless there happens to be a situation that calls for it), the higher caliber firearms are mainly emergency things.  After all, she has had police training, so she knows when and where a weapon may be appropriate.  ^_^

Rereading Major Contacts, my initial reading of it might be very off from how I thought it went.  I'm good with you having all sorts of minor contacts without figuring them out, and it gives suggestions like beat cops, club bouncers, and so on.  Sarah knows a lot of people, even if the low Charisma makes "friends" a stretch, and knows how to get info out of them.  The Major Contact suggestion would be something like someone in the District Attorney's office.

Honestly, though, the exact thing is moot.  You're putting 4 points into Contacts and I'll want to make sure you'll get your points' worth out of that.

Well, other than the ones mentioned in her Allies, I wouldn't consider any of the major contacts as "friends."  Sarah's low Charisma is more along the lines of a 'Bulldog Personality" which means she may not look very tough or intimidating, but you really don't want to be on the receiving end of her bad side.   8-)

[AndyZ]

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=272226.0

Feel free to post up to and including May 5th, 2017.  If you post before May 1st, it'll be noted as your character's history.

Remember that your characters do need to sleep, and if you want to give me a feel for when your characters are up and about and when you sleep, that'd be awesome.

I'll start off the May 6th event when I come back on the 6th or 7th.

[Kia]

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=272226.0

Feel free to post up to and including May 5th, 2017.  If you post before May 1st, it'll be noted as your character's history.

Remember that your characters do need to sleep, and if you want to give me a feel for when your characters are up and about and when you sleep, that'd be awesome.

I'll start off the May 6th event when I come back on the 6th or 7th.

Also, if you need a particular NPC for a scene, feel free to pm in the requests. Just make sure to tag in both Andy and myself being it makes staying on the same page easier ^^