Philly by Night: Open Wounds [VtM 5ed Beginner friendly]

[Kakihara]

Philly by Night

Philadelphia was once one of the first and greatest Camarilla cities in the new world, the capital of this fledgling nation. The early Vampire helped guide the people and set up new domains for the clans, but it was also a haven for those escaping the yoke of the elders of the old world. It became a cesspool of the Anarchs and Sabbat clans, finding allies in the rebellious nature of the new nation. When the seat of power changed to a new city, born out of a need to govern the expanding America, many of the higher ranks left for this new center. In the vacuum that followed, many Sabbat infiltrators moved into positions of power and eventually the city fell to them, becoming a center of power for the Black Hand.

With the sudden leave of so many elders and the weakening of their old nemesis, Ireana of Clan Tremere proposed an assault on the city to take back what was once theirs. Secretly, she made deals with Anarch factions to obtain help, offering neighboring Cherry Hill, New Jersey as an Anarch zone in reward, because who really wants to live in that state. Many younger vampires joined the battle as it offered a fresh city to rebuild and find positions of power in a fresh court. The battle was swift and sure, taking the greatest holds in one night before slowly routing out the remaining Sabbat. With the city theirs, the newly proclaimed Prince of the city, called Queen by some, has started the arduous task of rebuilding the Camarilla's base in the City of Brotherly Love.

You will be playing neonates and childers Vampires who have helped in the Camarilla takeover of the city.  Fresh to the new court, you have been invited to the victory celebration which includes officially breaking up the neighborhoods and creating coteries of the vampires who assisted but do not have any settled ties.  Players will be tasked with assisting the Camarilla in keeping things well in the city, running the business they are given and the maintaining their Masquerade.

Hello, I am thinking of running a Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition group game as it's been a bit since I've done a forum group game. If you’re interested, read on! Please note that this game is new player friendly so new players to the system are highly encouraged to apply. I am new to the 5th edition but I am not new to the Storyteller system, having run them since the 90s.  I am looking for about 4 to 6 players.  If enough people are interested, I’ll add more info and character sheets.

Playable Clans are: Ventrue, Toreador, Tremere, Nosferatu, Malkavian, Brujah, Gangrel, Caitiff, and Banu Haquim and Lasombra.  Brujah, Gangrel and Lasombra will all require good backgrounds detailing their involvement with the Camarilla.

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[td][b]Name:[/b] [/td][td]   [/td][td]Name Here[/td][td][/td]   [td][b]Concept:[/b] [/td][td][/td][td]Concept Here[/td][td][b]Predator:[/b][/td][td]   [/td][td]Predator Type[/td][td][/td]
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[td][b]Sire:[/b][/td][td]   [/td][td]Sire Here[/td][td]   [/td][td][b]Desire:[/b] [/td][td][/td][td]Desire Here[/td]
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[td][b]Craft:[/b][/td][td]   [/td][td]○○○○○[/td][td][/td]   [td][b]Insight:[/b] [/td][td][/td][td]○○○○○[/td][td]   [/td][td][b]Finance:[/b][/td]   [td]○○○○○[/td]
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[td][b]Drive:[/b][/td][td]   [/td][td]○○○○○[/td][td]   [/td][td][b]Intimidation:[/b] [/td][td][/td][td]○○○○○[/td][td]   [/td][td][b]Investigation:[/b][/td]   [td]○○○○○[/td]
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[td][b]Firearms:[/b][/td][td]   [/td][td]○○○○○[/td][td]   [/td][td][b]Leadership:[/b] [/td][td][/td][td]○○○○○[/td][td]   [/td][td][b]Medicine:[/b][/td]   [td]○○○○○[/td]
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[td][b]Survival:[/b][/td][td]   [/td][td]○○○○○[/td][td]   [/td][td][b]Subterfuge:[/b] [/td][td][/td][td]○○○○○[/td][td]   [/td][td][b]Technology:[/b][/td]   [td]○○○○○[/td]
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Discipline ●●○○○
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[b]Hunger:[/b] ▢▢▢▢▢
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[b]Humanity:[/b] ●●●●● ○○○○○
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[spoiler=Advantages and Flaws]
List Advantages and Flaws here. Make sure you note how many dots you took in those respective areas.[/spoiler]


[spoiler=Touchstones & Convictions]
List your touchstones and convictions here. You do not need to be especially detailed here; we can build more on this in play.[/spoiler]


[spoiler=Chronicle Tenets]
The Storyteller has set the following to be the Chronicle Tenets.

[u][b]Gothic/Romantic[/b][/u]

* Never deny true love
* The guilty should suffer
* Uphold the norms of decent society.
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[spoiler=Blood Potency]
(You can find the chart for these values for your Generation/Potency on pg. 216 of the core rulebook)

[i]Blood Potency:[/i]
[i]Blood Surge: [/i]
[i]Mend Amount: [/i]
[i]Power Bonus: [/i]
[i]Rouse Re-roll:[/i]
[i]Feeding Penalty: [/i]
[i]Bane Severity:[/i] [/spoiler]


[spoiler=Biographical Data]
[i]True Age:[/i]
[i]Apparent Age:[/i]
[i]Date of Birth:[/i]
[i]Date of Death: [/i]
[i]Appearance: [/i]
[i]Distinguishing Features:[/i] [/spoiler]


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[b]Background: Give a brief description of your characters life and unlife before the start of the Chronicle. [/b]
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[b]Total Experience:[/b]

Character reason will follow standard.  Having considered some things, I think I'm going to give the 15 exp to be spent per the rules for everyone though with some guidelines.  No Discipline over 2 dots to start.  Also, while your group will be given a business, it will come with no benefits not purchased.  So if you may want to spare one or two perks to use on your Coterie Creation per the rules on 195 of the main rule book. 

Interested parties: (*submitted WIP characters)
1. Bly *
2. Love and Submission *
3. Biblophilia *
4. Dirigible *
5. Rummy Tum Tum *
6. Pumpkin Seeds *

[Love And Submission]

I'm shocked that I'm the first person to show interest in this.

[Dirigible]

Only cause you beat me to it by like two minutes! I have a Nosferatu concept I'm working on.

[Blythe]

Interested in playing as a Toreador! (Or maybe Ventrue!) :)

[Pumpkin Seeds]

I would love a chance to learn this new edition if that is ok.  Would a Lasombra be ok or maybe Gangrel?

[Kakihara]

I would love a chance to learn this new edition if that is ok.  Would a Lasombra be ok or maybe Gangrel?

That's more than Ok, the game is totally open to new players.  While I'm familiar with the Storyteller system this will be my first 5th edition game as well so it's a game of learning.  And both Lasombra and Gangrel are open for options.  Now, with the newer setting, they do not have as much representation in the higher ranks of the Camarilla but that really shouldn't matter at the local level of the game.  Just something to keep in mind.  It's kind of one of the biggest changes with 5th edition with making the Brujah and Gangrel mainly Anarchist and splitting the majority of the clan off. 

Also, since we are at 4 interested parties I've posted a character sheet I hacked together that should suffice.  But if anyone has any questions on anything let me know. 

[Dirigible]

I have a question: I was planning on taking the Blood Leech predator type for my character, the idea being that he works as a bodyguard/mercenary/detective/messenger for other kindred, taking payment in the form of drinks of vitae from them. Whether this is viable or not depends on how you interpret the wording of the predator type and the laws around diablerie in Philly. By my reading, diablerie refers only to drinking to the last drop from other kindred, so while feeding from them might be feared and reviled, it might not necessarily be illegal (otherwise blood bonding would be illegal too, right?).

If you rule that any form of feeding from other kindred is against the law or if the idea of taking vitae as payment doesn't work for your idea of the campaign, I'll come up with a different predator type, no worries.

Also, instead of not giving neonates the 15 bonus xp, can I propose that we give childer the same bonus? That'd keep things balanced and let us all customise a bit more than the default.

[Red Stella]

Hiya.

I hope you’re serious about being beginner friendly, because I’ve never played any version of VtM.  At all.  Ever.
I do have friends who play, I’ve seen some of the rulebooks, and I have some clue about things like clans etc. 

I’m curious and fond of horror genre games.   

Red Stella
💋

[Kakihara]

I have a question: I was planning on taking the Blood Leech predator type for my character, the idea being that he works as a bodyguard/mercenary/detective/messenger for other kindred, taking payment in the form of drinks of vitae from them. Whether this is viable or not depends on how you interpret the wording of the predator type and the laws around diablerie in Philly. By my reading, diablerie refers only to drinking to the last drop from other kindred, so while feeding from them might be feared and reviled, it might not necessarily be illegal (otherwise blood bonding would be illegal too, right?).

If you rule that any form of feeding from other kindred is against the law or if the idea of taking vitae as payment doesn't work for your idea of the campaign, I'll come up with a different predator type, no worries.

Also, instead of not giving neonates the 15 bonus xp, can I propose that we give childer the same bonus? That'd keep things balanced and let us all customise a bit more than the default.

I had considered giving everyone 15 to be fair the other way around but initially rejected the idea.  But I'll revisit it tonight after work and decide if I want to change it and give everyone 15.  I need to look over the buy system again.  I'll update the main post if I go with it.

And yes, I feel like with 5th edition, they have changed diablerie to mean drinking the last drop of blood and taking their essence.  I feel like in old editions the idea of feeding off other vamps was rather condoned, but based on a lot of the text in 5th edition, I feel like it's been let up on.  There is even mention of vampires who have sex with each other using blood to spice things up while being careful of not blood bonding.  So, I think culturally it's not something the nobles of the Camarilla made illegal or will even care, it's probably something they look down their nose at as a more Anarch practice.

Hiya.

I hope you’re serious about being beginner friendly, because I’ve never played any version of VtM.  At all.  Ever.
I do have friends who play, I’ve seen some of the rulebooks, and I have some clue about things like clans etc. 

I’m curious and fond of horror genre games.   

Red Stella
💋

I'm totally serious about it being beginner friendly.  I'm more of a narrative GM/Storyteller which has a tendency, I feel, to be easier for new players.  All but one of my IRL D&D group have ever played a TTRPG and the only person that usually has trouble with it is the rules lawyer.  You could even create a childer character, someone who's new to being turned, to play into your lack of deeper knowledge.  And honestly, I feel like a lack of knowledge is helpful in Vampire as really only the elders at the top know a lot of what is going on, knowledge is power in the setting and kept highly coveted.   I believe you can get free starter rules off Modiphius webpage and off DrivethruRPG, though the latter requires an account. Not sure if Onyx Path has it on their site. Though if you need any help feel free to ask here or PM me.

[Blythe]

Sheet Rough Draft!

Additional Images

* Note: Main image is of Korean Actress Jung Yeon Soo, who was 26 at time of photo (birth year 1990). The two additional images are still of her, but from 2018 when she would have been 28.

Name:		Ji-ae Bang		Concept:		Former K-pop Band Member	Predator:		Osiris
Chronicle:		Philly By Night: Open Wounds		Ambition:		Achieve Humanity 10	Clan:		Toreador
Sire:		Unknown		Desire:		(Blank, see post explanation below)	Generation:		13th

Physical				Social				Mental
Strength:		●○○○○		Charisma:		●●●●○		Intelligence:	●●○○○
Dexterity:		●●●○○		Manipulation:		●●●○○		Wits:	●●○○○
Stamina:		●●○○○		Composure:		●●●○○		Resolve:	●●○○○

Athletics:		○○○○○		Animal Ken:		○○○○○		Academics:	○○○○○
Brawl:		○○○○○		Etiquette:		●●●○○		Awareness:	●●○○○
Craft:		○○○○○		Insight:		●●●○○		Finance:	●●○○○
Drive:		○○○○○		Intimidation:		○○○○○		Investigation:	●○○○○
Firearms:		●●○○○		Leadership:		●○○○○		Medicine:	○○○○○
Melee:		○○○○○		Performance:		●●○○○ (Acting, Dancing)		Occult:	●●○○○
Larceny:		○○○○○		Persuasion:		●●○○○		Politics:	●○○○○
Stealth:		○○○○○		Streetwise:		○○○○○		Science:	○○○○○
Survival:		○○○○○		Subterfuge:		●●●○○		Technology:	●○○○○

Disciplines
Auspex ●○○○○ (Level 1: Sense the Unseen) Celerity ○○○○○ Presence ●●●○○ (Level 1: Awe; Level 2: Lingering Kiss; Level 3: Entrancement)

Willpower:		●●●●●		Health:		●●●●● ○○○○○
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Hunger: ▢▢▢▢▢


Humanity: ●●●●● ●●○○○
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Advantages and Flaws

Fame ●●
Herd ●
Haven ● (One bedroom apartment)
Looks ●● (Beautiful)
Resources ●●●●

Folkloric Bane ● (Silver or Silver-plated weapons)
Enemy (Nari Kim, rival actress) (Effectiveness  ●●, Reliability ●)

(Predator Type provided 2 points of Fame, 1 of Herd, 1 of Folkloric Bane, 1 of Enemy. Two points of Flaws from chargen were used to boost Enemy)

Touchstones & Convictions

Nari Kim – Protect the innocent from harm
Victor Wortham – Disobedience is dishonor

Chronicle Tenets

The Storyteller has set the following to be the Chronicle Tenets.

Gothic/Romantic
* Never deny true love
* The guilty should suffer
* Uphold the norms of decent society.

Blood Potency

Blood Potency:1
Blood Surge: Add 1 die
Mend Amount: 1 point
Power Bonus: None
Rouse Re-roll:Level 1
Feeding Penalty: No Effect
Bane Severity: 1

Biographical Data

True Age:22
Apparent Age: 21
Date of Birth: January 1st, 1998
Date of Death: January 1st, 2019
Appearance: A brunette Korean woman with pale skin, large eyes, and an tendency to never smile. Seems to change outfits rather a lot, from elegant casualwear to high-fashion chic.
Distinguishing Features:

Background

Background:
Ji-ae was a bit of a prodigy in her teen years; she always seemed to have a persuasive demeanor and good looks, which resulted in her being tapped for a girl band by a big name label when she was 16. For two years, she lived the dream life with massive amounts of fame and fortune. The fortune stayed thanks to her wise parents and her extremely strict agent, Victor Wortham, but the fame started to ebb when the band lost its spark.

It didn't help that Ji-ae wasn't a good singer; she could lip-sync though, and she kept to the background. Her fame came from her talented dance moves and choreography with the band; she might not have been the lead singer, but she was the reason Crimson Crush looked damn good on stage. At eighteen her time in the spotlight was mostly done, and she realized she'd socially fallen behind most of her peers. She decided to skive off and move to Philly, a big enough place to feel like she was still in the hustle and bustle of the city, but not so iconic that it would overwhelm her the way New York or LA might have. She attended a local community college to get a degree in business, but she was mediocre at it. Still, it helped her keep her fortune going, and she was able to at last hone true social skills without needing Victor to handle things for her.

Victor would still score her work from time to time, mostly in make-up commercials or in a rare low-grade music video, which kept new income coming in but kept Ji-ae out of the spotlight. Some people remember her still though, and it's not uncommon for people to walk up to her to gush about their favorite concert of Crimson Crush and their favorite dance moves. During this time, she met Nari Kim, who hated her guts immediately. Nari dreamed of the sort of fame that Ji-ae seemed content to let fade, and any time Ji-ae would be auditioning for a new part, Nari would be there. But Ji-ae could respect Nari even if Nari wished she was dead--Nari's dreams were valid and worthy. Nari had lived a hard life, which Ji-ae learned about bit by bit, and she's come to genuinely care for this woman who loathes her. She sees Nari as innocent but easily emotionally manipulated and hurt. Whether that's true remains to be seen.

She was all set to let her fame dwindle into obscurity until roughly a year ago. She was clubbing with some new college friends one night...and she met a man. He was handsome, smart, and seemed to know a lot about her. The wine she'd had resulted in her not remembering his name at all.

The next night, she was dead. But not a normal dead, a walking corpse hungry for blood. The local Sheriff found her quite quickly, dragging her in front of the Prince--even someone with a small amount of fame at the Embrace would not have been able to avoid it for long--and eventually the Prince decided Ji-ae could make an excellent asset in covering up Masquerade violations, which Philly desperately needed given recent events. Her wealth and remarkable persuasive abilities suggested someone who could make things happen without forcing the issue, which was a skill indeed. Instead of sentencing Ji-ae to Final Death for having the misfortune of being sired without permission, she has instead been tasked with helping keep Philly's true nightlife a secret.

Unfortunately, this means Ji-ae is required to maintain a certain presence, so she cannot let her fame fade out entirely. Her fame is the Prince's tool now, as is her wealth, and she must shepherd both carefully. Victor is useful in this, but Ji-ae keeps him at arm's length, as she knows Victor knows her far too well; he would know something is wrong. She has relegated their meetings to Skype and Zoom chats and takes work revolving more around in-person dance shows so as to keep Victor employed but un-suspicious. For now.

Total Experience: 15 EXP
Breakdown of EXP expenditure!
I spent 6 EXP to gain Ji-ae's second dot of Finance!
The rest of the 9 EXP I have converted to 3 Advantage points to contribute to the Coterie Creation section. I would prefer to put 1 point each in Chasse, Portillon, and Lien, if at all possible. I figured that would go a long way to helping the coterie's business they run be safe/successful!

The sheet is a rough draft, but the grand majority of it is there/done! (It may need a few fixes, such as things I may have missed, or dates as I don't know what the IC year for the game's start would be, so I am willing to change Ji-ae's birth year/embrace year accordingly! Still trying to think of a name for the Sire even if he's not so involved with Ji-ae any longer...)

For her Desire, I was hoping to have it relate to another player character, maybe something she could help them with, which is why I left it blank! I figured Desire could be an easy way to create an immediate tie between two PCs so as to encourage working together.

* Also a note! If you get more interest in the game and you can't take everyone, please know I am more than happy to cede interest & bow out in favor of a newer player to VtM, as I like seeing folks getting tot learn the system! 

[Love And Submission]

W.I.P

Name:		Roberto De Luca		Concept:		Ventrue Mafiaso	Predator:		Alleycat
Chronicle:		Philly By Night		Ambition:		See The Giordano Crime Family Become The Most Powerful In The City	Clan:		Ventrue
Sire:		Molly O'Sullivan		Desire:		Desire Here	Generation:		13th

Physical				Social				Mental
Strength:		●●●○○		Charisma:		●●○○○		Intelligence:	●●○○○
Dexterity:		●●●○○		Manipulation:		●●●○○		Wits:	●●○○○
Stamina:		●●●●○		Composure:		●○○○○		Resolve:	●●○○○

Athletics:		●●○○○		Animal Ken:		○○○○○		Academics:	○○○○○
Brawl:		○○○○○		Etiquette:		○○○○○		Awareness:	●●●○○
Craft:		○○○○○		Insight:		○○○○○		Finance:	○○○○○
Drive:		●●○○○		Intimidation:		●●●○○		Investigation:	○○○○○
Firearms:		●●●●○		Leadership:		○○○○○		Medicine:	○○○○○
Melee:		●●○○○		Performance:		○○○○○		Occult:	○○○○○
Larceny:		●○○○○		Persuasion:		○○○○○		Politics:	●○○○○
Stealth:		○○○○○		Streetwise:		●●●○○		Science:	○○○○○
Survival:		○○○○○		Subterfuge:		○○○○○		Technology:	●○○○○

Disciplines
Dominate ●●○○○ Fortitude ●○○○○ Potence ●○○○○ Willpower:     ●○○○○ Health: ●●●●● ○○○○○     Composure: ●○○○○     ▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢   ▢▢▢▢▢ Hunger: ▢▢▢▢▢ Humanity: ●●●●○ ○○○○○ ▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢ Advantages and Flaws Criminal Contacts: ●●●○○ Haven: ●●●●○    Watchmen: ●●●○○    Armory: ●●○○○ Resources:●●●○○ Flaws: Obvious Predator: ●●○○○     Touchstones & Convictions Carmine Giordano IV (None may control me) Chronicle Tenets The Storyteller has set the following to be the Chronicle Tenets. Gothic/Romantic * Never deny true love * The guilty should suffer * Uphold the norms of decent society. Blood Potency (You can find the chart for these values for your Generation/Potency on pg. 216 of the core rulebook) Blood Potency: 1 Blood Surge: Add 1 Die Mend Amount: 1 Point Power Bonus: None Rouse Re-roll: Level 1 Feeding Penalty: No Effect Bane Severity: 1 Biographical Data True Age: 35 Apparent Age: 25 Date of Birth: 4/4/1985 Date of Death: 8/6/2010 Appearance:   Roberto dresses like your typical Italian "businessman." Handmade suits with  a gold watch and the occasional black tracksuit with white stripes. Distinguishing Features: Has a horshoe tattoo on  over his right wrist Background Background: Born and raised in Philadelphia's lower east side, Roberto De Luca began working for the Giordano crime family shortly after his sixteenth birthday. Originally, a bagman for the family, he eventually rose up the ranks and became a major enforcer for the family in his mid-twenties. Unfortunately for him,  he also fell in with Molly O'Sullivan, a woman he originally thought was a high-ranking member of the Irish mafia. She was in fact, a member of clan Ventrue and wished to embrace the young De Luca to help tighten her clan's grasp on the city. Total Experience: 15 EXP 1 Point In Investigation (3 XP) 2  Point In Investigation (6 XP) 2 Points In Portillon (6 XP)

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[Rummy Tum Tum]

I am super interested. Have played some 5th ed and I've enjoyed it so far. Thinking of making a Lasombra who's a Descendant of Montano. Or a Malk

[Love And Submission]

I'm fine with the nightclub or a strip club. I prefer a strip club just because it feels more Vampirey.

[Bibliophilia]

Oh, hell yeah.  -waves at all the familiar faces.-  I'm not sure what I wanna make, yet, but I'll probably have something up by tomorrow.

[Dirigible]

Is there a typo on the sheet in the Health/Willpower section? I'm not sure Composure is supposed to be there.

[Blythe]

I lean a little to 'nightclub' but I don't object to any of the other options. 

[Kakihara]

Is there a typo on the sheet in the Health/Willpower section? I'm not sure Composure is supposed to be there.

It may have been a issue in my combining multiple sheets to make one I liked the look of, one of them being from when they were still testing the system.  I'll give it an look here and see if it should be something else or just needs to be deleted.   It looks like I missed Resonance so I've just added that in there.

[Red Stella]

Thanks! 
I’ll get my hands on the starter rules and see what I can come up with.

I'm totally serious about it being beginner friendly.  I'm more of a narrative GM/Storyteller which has a tendency, I feel, to be easier for new players.  All but one of my IRL D&D group have ever played a TTRPG and the only person that usually has trouble with it is the rules lawyer.  You could even create a childer character, someone who's new to being turned, to play into your lack of deeper knowledge.  And honestly, I feel like a lack of knowledge is helpful in Vampire as really only the elders at the top know a lot of what is going on, knowledge is power in the setting and kept highly coveted.   I believe you can get free starter rules off Modiphius webpage and off DrivethruRPG, though the latter requires an account. Not sure if Onyx Path has it on their site. Though if you need any help feel free to ask here or PM me.

[Rummy Tum Tum]

I was 50/50 on strip club or nightclub, then I figured nightclub would make for easier feeding and connection-making. Strip clubs tend to have very distracted clientele lol

[Kakihara]

It looks like Nightclub is winning so far.  I've tried to create some unique businesses so I was too amused to just foist one on you, honestly.

Also, I've decided to revive my idea and give 15 exp points to be spent per the Neonate creation rules to everyone.  Though as I pointed out in the main post, be aware the business will not come with perks and will pull from your Coterie Creation per the rules in the book.  So some may want to spare a few points for that to keep it safe and running well.

[Bibliophilia]

WIP

Name:		Imane Haddad | Dihya		Concept:		Medium	Predator:		Osiris
Chronicle:		Open Wounds		Ambition:		Reclaim her Godhood	Clan:		Malkavian
Sire:		Sire Here		Desire:		Desire Here	Generation:		Generation Here

Physical				Social				Mental
Strength:		●●○○○		Charisma:		●●●○○		Intelligence:	●●●○○
Dexterity:		●○○○○		Manipulation:		●●●●○		Wits:	●●●○○
Stamina:		●●○○○		Composure:		●●○○○		Resolve:	●●○○○

Athletics:		○○○○○		Animal Ken:		○○○○○		Academics:	○○○○○
Brawl:		○○○○○		Etiquette:		●○○○○		Awareness:	●●●○○
Craft:		○○○○○		Insight:		●●●○○		Finance:	○○○○○
Drive:		●○○○○		Intimidation:		●○○○○		Investigation:	●○○○○
Firearms:		●○○○○		Leadership:		●●○○○		Medicine:	○○○○○
Melee:		○○○○○		Performance:		●○○○○		Occult:	●●○○○
Larceny:		●●○○○		Persuasion:		●●●○○		Politics:	○○○○○
Stealth:		●●○○○		Streetwise:		●○○○○		Science:	○○○○○
Survival:		○○○○○		Subterfuge:		●●○○○		Technology:	○○○○○

Disciplines
Auspex ●●○○○ Dominate ●○○○○ Obfuscate ○○○○○ Willpower:     ●○○○○ Health: ●●●●● ○○○○○     Resonance: __________     ▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢   Hunger: ▢▢▢▢▢ Humanity: ●●●●● ○○○○○ ▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢ Advantages and Flaws Beautiful [●●] - +1 to appropriate Social rolls. Bloodhound [●●] - Successful Resolve + Awareness roll to detect Resonance without tasting it. Herd [●●] - Imane's devoted followers. Retainers [●●] - Charles Farmer Resources [●●●] - Funds provided by her followers. Folkloric Bane [●] - Holy Water burns like fire. Stigmata [●] - Bleeds from wounds on hands, feet & brow upon reaching Hunger 4. Clan Bane - [Schizophrenia] Touchstones & Convictions List your touchstones and convictions here. You do not need to be especially detailed here; we can build more on this in play. Chronicle Tenets The Storyteller has set the following to be the Chronicle Tenets. Gothic/Romantic * Never deny true love * The guilty should suffer * Uphold the norms of decent society. Blood Potency (You can find the chart for these values for your Generation/Potency on pg. 216 of the core rulebook) Blood Potency: Blood Surge: Mend Amount: Power Bonus: Rouse Re-roll: Feeding Penalty: Bane Severity: Biographical Data True Age: 36 Apparent Age: 24 Date of Birth: Date of Death: Appearance: Distinguishing Features: Background Background: Give a brief description of your characters life and unlife before the start of the Chronicle. Total Experience:

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[Dirigible]

Appreciate the extra XP, boss!

Here's what I think the Willpower/Health section is supposed to look like:

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[td][b]Willpower:[/b][/td][td]   [/td][td]●●●●● ●○○○○[/td][td][/td]   [td][b]Health:[/b] [/td][td][/td][td]●●●●● ○○○○○[/td][td]   [/td]
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[td][b][/b][/td][td]   [/td][td]▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢[/td][td][/td]   [td][b][/b] [/td][td][/td][td]▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢[/td][td]  [/td][td][b][/b][/td]
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edit: E's in-thread editor does NOT like those little bubbles.

Zach Brown: Have Fangs, Will Travel

Name:		Zachary Brown		Concept:		Nosferatu Ronin	Predator Type:		Blood Leech
Chronicle:		Open Wounds		Ambition:		Ambition Here	Clan:		Nosferatu
Sire:		Fagin		Desire:		Desire Here	Generation:		12th

Physical				Social				Mental
Strength:		●●●○○		Charisma:		●●○○○		Intelligence:	●●○○○
Dexterity:		●●●○○		Manipulation:		●○○○○		Wits:	●●●○○
Stamina:		●●○○○		Composure:		●●○○○		Resolve:	●●●●○

Athletics:		○○○○○		Animal Ken:		○○○○○		Academics:	○○○○○
Brawl:		○○○○○		Etiquette:		●○○○○		Awareness:	●●●○○
Craft:		●●○○○ (Building Maintenance, Weaponsmithing)		Insight:		●○○○○		Finance:	○○○○○
Drive:		○○○○○		Intimidation:		●●●○○		Investigation:	●●●○○
Firearms:		○○○○○		Leadership:		○○○○○		Medicine:	○○○○○
Melee:		●●●●○ (Swords)		Performance:		●○○○○ (Stage Magic)		Occult:	●○○○○
Larceny:		●●○○○		Persuasion:		○○○○○		Politics:	○○○○○
Stealth:		●○○○○ (Against Kindred)		Streetwise:		●●○○○		Science:	○○○○○
Survival:		○○○○○		Subterfuge:		○○○○○		Technology:	○○○○○

Disciplines
Potence ●●○○○ (Soaring Leap, Prowess) Obfuscate ●○○○○ (Silence of Death) Protean ●○○○○ (Weight of the Feather) Willpower:     ●●●●● ●○○○○ Health: ●●●●● ○○○○○         ▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢   Hunger: ▢▢▢▢▢ Humanity: ●●●●● ●○○○○ ▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢ Advantages and Flaws Haven – Standard (Orphanage Basement) Resources – Standard Short Bond ●● Lore Sheet – Sect War Veteran (Survivor, Active Participant, Trophy Kill) ●+●●+●●● Active Participant – Mawla Group (Clients and Patrons) ●●●● Base – Folkloric Block (Thresholds) ● Base – Bond Junkie ● Clan Bane –  Repulsive ●● Clan Bane – Disguise Penalty ● Blood Leech – Dark Secret (Diablerist, Sire-Slayer) ●● Blood Leech – Prey Exclusion (Mortals) ●● Touchstones & Convictions * There is such a thing as innocence in this world. Protect it. (Wallace, helpful nosy orphan kid) * Bad habits and bad masters can become life-ruining demons. Control them or destroy them. (Jerrica, reformed junkie trying to stay clean) * Lies cannot last. Only trust can. (Ditko, homeless chess savant Zach has revealed himself to) Chronicle Tenets Gothic/Romantic * Never deny true love * The guilty should suffer * Uphold the norms of decent society. Blood Potency Blood Potency: 2 Blood Surge: 1 Mend Amount: 2 superficial Power Bonus: 1 die Rouse Re-roll: Level 1 Feeding Penalty: Animals and bagged blood slake half Bane Severity: 1 Biographical Data True Age: 27 Apparent Age: About five days floating in a sewer post-mortem. Date of Birth: 2003 Date of Death: 2010 Appearance: Short but compactly powerful, corpse-like pallor with bone fusion patterns, gaunt. Distinguishing Features: Intensely focused gaze, fastidious clothing, bone-hilted sword. Background Background: Zach Brown never had much of a life before it ended. He was an orphan, raised in St. Paul's Home For Wayward Boys, a strong, quick, stubborn, sharp-witted kid though one more drawn to detective stories and magic tricks than sports. At the age of 17 he was embraced as a footsoldier for the Camarilla's war against the Sabbat by a Nosferatu named Fagin and cruelly hammered into a weapon. His unlife was defined by the war for the praxis of Philadelphia, in which he earned his spurs and the respect of a number of influential Kindred. In the final nights of the war he discovered Fagin was playing the three sects against each other and planning to emulate the Sabbat's swarm tactics by embracing a number of other orphans en masse. Desperate to save them from his fate Zach attacked his sire, overpowered him and diablerised him. Most believe that Fagin was just another casualty of the war. Having tasted Kindred vitae Zach swore to himself never to feed from mortals again, and now survives as a sellsword, bodyguard for hire, courier and investigator, taking his payment in blood. His haven is beneath the same orphanage where he grew up, where he works as a night repairman and groundskeeper, swaddled in gloves, scarves and hats. Total Experience: 15: Sect War Veteran 3 (9xp), Weaponsmithing speciality (3xp), Performance 1 (3xp)

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Whichever business we choose doesn't matter too much to Zach - whatever it is, he'll be behind the scenes fixing stuff and cleaning up. Or possibly arranging unfortunate accidents for the competition.

Potential Desires:
* Watch one of Ji-ae's shows from the front row without everyone freaking out.
* Have a boy's night out with Roberto to celebrate their mutual 10-year embraceaversary.

[Bibliophilia]

I've got Imane started, and I'll probably finish her up tomorrow!

[Kakihara]

Appreciate the extra XP, boss!

Here's what I think the Willpower/Health section is supposed to look like:

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[td][b]Willpower:[/b][/td][td]   [/td][td]●●●●● ●○○○○[/td][td][/td]   [td][b]Health:[/b] [/td][td][/td][td]●●●●● ○○○○○[/td][td]   [/td]
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[td][b][/b][/td][td]   [/td][td]▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢[/td][td][/td]   [td][b][/b] [/td][td][/td][td]▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢[/td][td]  [/td][td][b][/b][/td]
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edit: E's in-thread editor does NOT like those little bubbles.

Whichever business we choose doesn't matter too much to Zach - whatever it is, he'll be behind the scenes fixing stuff and cleaning up. Or possibly arranging unfortunate accidents for the competition.

Potential Desires:
* Watch one of Ji-ae's shows from the front row without everyone freaking out.
* Have a boy's night out with Roberto to celebrate their mutual 10-year embraceaversary.

That's what I get for pulling someone else's coding and trying to adjust it.  I normally suck at it but liked the dots look more than the standard text.  I'll see if I can fix anything up.

Also, I like to give a little player freedom with stuff like Allies and Retainers since it would have been your characters that picked them out, so if you have a preference for their look and background  feel free to add that in as well.  Otherwise I'll make it up if a player doesn't want to specify anything.

[Bibliophilia]

Oh, good.  -giggles.-  I kinda only have like a type of Retainer for Imane, but don't really wanna go through making a whole other sheet for him.  Is that cool?