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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 09:13:14 pm »
Posted a bit on the traditions generally followed, so that you guys know what's "rude" or not.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 09:12:36 pm »So... Basicly Fantoma is as good as dead?
She can heal herself up to Bruised, she's fine, haha. She just can't heal everything completely.
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Resources / Vampiric Traditions
« on: January 28, 2015, 09:11:45 pm »
The First Tradition: Covenant
“Thy blood makes thee my brood, crafted in my image. My curse thine, my salvation thine. I stand before and above thee as god-regent. I am the way, my Traditions covenant. Renounce me and renounce all hope.” Thus spoke Caine.
The notion of covenant is central in understanding the Old Ways in the Dark Medieval. It is through the First Tradition in particular, and all the Traditions in general, that Cainites recognize Cain as monarch of the night and affirm their lineage as sublime beings, both cursed and blessed. Cainites look to the Old Ways and the covenant of Caine to aknowledge their spiritual link to Caine. Through the dictates of the Old Ways, Caine is present and not a figure of myth and legend. In adhering to the traditions, Cainites confirm their faith in Cain and their damned natures – for better or worse.
Those who abhor the curse look to the First Tradition in hopes of finding salvation, that in following Caine’s ways they will find redemption. In turn, those who seek power follow the covenant, believing in its hidden promise of power in return for faithful service. Princes and lords, like-wise, look to the First Tradition to legitimize their rule. Like mortal kings who rule through divine investiture, princes cite the First Tradition, and Caine’s covenant, as proof of their mandate to lead just as Caine “stands before and above” all Cainites.
The Second Tradition: Domain
“As I am master of Nod, thy domain is thine own concern. Thou art its master and all will respect this or suffer thy wrath. All will present themselves when entering, and thou shall protect them in turn. By right, thou art allowed to hunt within the bounds of thy domain, its blood thine own. Accept its responsibilities, minister thy domain and pay others the same respect thou expect.” Thus spoke Caine.
The Tradition of Domain has always been central to Cainites, and such is especially the case in these times of feudal relationships and vampiric overpopulation. For the last 200 years, Cainites of all ranks and clans have been desperately fighting over shrinking domains, reaching a murderous frenzy in the last few decades. Domain often denotes more than influence and protection, it grants the Caonite sole feeding rights within its boundaries. Claiming domain over a tavern means a near limitless supply of victims, while an isolated hamlet would be hard pressed to sustain more than a single vampire. A Cainite will not go without blood as long as she claims domain (regardless of its size) and she can protect it by keeping other Cainites out.
Holding a domain also requires the Cainite, be she prince or neonate, to offer hospitality to those vampires who enter and present themselves. While in the domain of another, a Cainite can expect to be treated with respect. The owner of the domain is responsible for the safety and well being of guests, and she must share her feeding grounds with them. However, guests who abuse their stay may face strict sanctions. Recently as tensions flare between princes and elders, a few have closed their domains to visitors, isolating themselves and sentencing any and all who enter their domain uninvited to Final Death.
Domain is also the feudal cornerstone of the rule of princes. In this age of Cainite lords and monarchs, domain as become of paramount importance. A prince extends his influence by aquiring more domains. Doing so allows her to grand portions of the conquered territories to her loyal vassals, further cementing her power and attracting more and more Cainites to her banner. Just as mortal regends claim ownership over their knights, some cainite lords have gone as far as to claim domain over individual cainites themselves and expect their vassals to supply them with tithes of blood and victims in return for their royal “patronage” or grants of domain.
The Third Tradition: Progeny
“Thou shalt only sire another with the permission and blessing of thine elder. To create is the providence of those closest to me, for they shall be accountable. Break this, and both thee and thy progeny shall be slain.” Thus spoke Caine.
According to the Third Tradition, only the eldest vampire can grant permission to sire a childe. However, for as long as most Cainites rember, the princes have held the privilege of the Third Tradition. The reason is simple – the need to control and limit the Cainite population in their domains. The more childer one’s subjects Embrace, the higher the demand for blood and the scarcer feeding grounds become, taxing a prince’s ability to provide for his vassals. Princes also hold dear the right to create progeny to limit their rivals’ ability to amass legions of newly sired vampires as shock troops. A prince can also promise permission under the Third Tradition as a gift to obtain favors from another Cainite, or as a reward for loyal service.
Those vampires who embrace without permission usually face the destruction of their childer and, if the offence is severe enough,themselves. Few princes waver on this point. In truth, the act of monitoring who is Embracing and who isn’t is impossible. It is often easy for a sire to send his childe away and keep her a secret until the time is right. Therefore any prince who wants to hold his fief needs to severely punish those who are caught. They must serve as an example, or the prince’s other subjects will begin to question his power and authority.
The Fourth Tradition: Accounting
“Those thou create are thine own blood until released from thy charge. Until that moment, their sins, their blood and their punishments are thine.” Thus spome Caine.
A prince never grants lightly the right to create. Once hequeathed, the sire becomes solely responsible for her childer’s actions. This Tradition warns all Cainites to choose their progeny wisely. The Fourth Tradition requires the sire to both educate and protect her childe, the penalty of doing otherwise is simple – the sire pays for her childe’s indiscretions and crimes. Those who are wayward in their duties as sires, and who give their childer too free a reign, eventually face the ire and condemnation of their prince. Fearful of the consequences, some sires force their offspring to swear blood oaths. These oaths, which involve repeated drinking of the sire’s blood, make the childe into a supernaturally bound thrall, this guaranteeing loyalty. Most vampires bastain from this practice because it also tends to make the childe into a sycophant. The custom of the Fourth Tradition also requires the sire to present their childe to the prince for approval. The prince decides if the childe is worthy of joining the ranks of the Cainites as a neonate or if he should be destroyed. Many princes use this custom to keep their vassals in check – offering the right to Embrace, then destroying the childe citing improper tutelage.
The Fifth Tradition: Destruction
“Forbidden art thou to spill the blood of another of thy kind who is elder. This right belongs only to the closest to me and none other. It is forbidden for those of weaker blood to rise against their elders. This is my final covenant.” Thus spoke Caine.
Princes jealously uphold the Fifth Tradition, using it as a buffer to keep their vassals in line and to remove any potential troublemakers. The right to desroy another Cainite is the final cornerstone of a prince’s authority. Not only can a prince sire freely and claim domain, he can also decide who meets Final Death. The prince can use the Fifth Tradition to punish any crime, no matter how trivial or minor it is under the Lextalionis – the Cainite version of biblical justice.
In the feudal climate of the Dark Medieval world, the right of a prince to destroy another Cainite is often conferred as a gift. Cainites of rank, such as the warmaster or sheriff, are usually granted charter of the Fifth Tradition to dispense the justice and enforce the prince’s rule. However, most princes are cautious when ordering the destruction of Cainites who are the vassals of another lord or prince. Although some princes do not hesitate, others who are more guarded send the offending Cainite back to her prince for punishment. If the accused is then not punished, this may be grounds for war.
The Sixth Tradition: The Silence of Blood
“Never shalt thou reveal thy true nature to those not of the blood. Doing so shall renounce thy claims to my covenant.” Thus spoke Caine.
Cainites may be supreme hunters, but being careless and alerting mortals to their true nature never bodes well for them. Vampires depend on a certain amount of secrecy and deception to keep their night time realm secure from the masses of formant mortals that surround them. Most medieval mortals know things stalk the night, but there are much less clear as to just how to deal with these things (other than avoiding them). Were humans to fully understand the weaknesses and customs of the race of Caine, a great purge would become possible.
Thereforce, princes enforce the Sixth Tradition in varying degrees. Some, especially princes of large cities, hold the Silence sacrosanct because they wish the mortals to delude themselves that walled cities are somehow safer than scattered hamlets. (In fact, the feeding is much easier with mortals all together in one place.) In other principalities, the Silence is paid lip service and largely ignored. There are places where Cainites boldly and openly attend mortal courts, ruling through terror and confident in their dominance. Unless they are secluded and miles away from other mortal settlements, however, such fiefdoms rarely last more than a few decades before they are put to the flame by the church or other Cainites. Generally, Cainites allow (even encourage) manifestations of their damnation that are likely to keep mortals fearful and cowed, and they ban those that are likely to bring organized resistance. Seeing the difference is the mark of a truly skilled prince.
“Thy blood makes thee my brood, crafted in my image. My curse thine, my salvation thine. I stand before and above thee as god-regent. I am the way, my Traditions covenant. Renounce me and renounce all hope.” Thus spoke Caine.
The notion of covenant is central in understanding the Old Ways in the Dark Medieval. It is through the First Tradition in particular, and all the Traditions in general, that Cainites recognize Cain as monarch of the night and affirm their lineage as sublime beings, both cursed and blessed. Cainites look to the Old Ways and the covenant of Caine to aknowledge their spiritual link to Caine. Through the dictates of the Old Ways, Caine is present and not a figure of myth and legend. In adhering to the traditions, Cainites confirm their faith in Cain and their damned natures – for better or worse.
Those who abhor the curse look to the First Tradition in hopes of finding salvation, that in following Caine’s ways they will find redemption. In turn, those who seek power follow the covenant, believing in its hidden promise of power in return for faithful service. Princes and lords, like-wise, look to the First Tradition to legitimize their rule. Like mortal kings who rule through divine investiture, princes cite the First Tradition, and Caine’s covenant, as proof of their mandate to lead just as Caine “stands before and above” all Cainites.
The Second Tradition: Domain
“As I am master of Nod, thy domain is thine own concern. Thou art its master and all will respect this or suffer thy wrath. All will present themselves when entering, and thou shall protect them in turn. By right, thou art allowed to hunt within the bounds of thy domain, its blood thine own. Accept its responsibilities, minister thy domain and pay others the same respect thou expect.” Thus spoke Caine.
The Tradition of Domain has always been central to Cainites, and such is especially the case in these times of feudal relationships and vampiric overpopulation. For the last 200 years, Cainites of all ranks and clans have been desperately fighting over shrinking domains, reaching a murderous frenzy in the last few decades. Domain often denotes more than influence and protection, it grants the Caonite sole feeding rights within its boundaries. Claiming domain over a tavern means a near limitless supply of victims, while an isolated hamlet would be hard pressed to sustain more than a single vampire. A Cainite will not go without blood as long as she claims domain (regardless of its size) and she can protect it by keeping other Cainites out.
Holding a domain also requires the Cainite, be she prince or neonate, to offer hospitality to those vampires who enter and present themselves. While in the domain of another, a Cainite can expect to be treated with respect. The owner of the domain is responsible for the safety and well being of guests, and she must share her feeding grounds with them. However, guests who abuse their stay may face strict sanctions. Recently as tensions flare between princes and elders, a few have closed their domains to visitors, isolating themselves and sentencing any and all who enter their domain uninvited to Final Death.
Domain is also the feudal cornerstone of the rule of princes. In this age of Cainite lords and monarchs, domain as become of paramount importance. A prince extends his influence by aquiring more domains. Doing so allows her to grand portions of the conquered territories to her loyal vassals, further cementing her power and attracting more and more Cainites to her banner. Just as mortal regends claim ownership over their knights, some cainite lords have gone as far as to claim domain over individual cainites themselves and expect their vassals to supply them with tithes of blood and victims in return for their royal “patronage” or grants of domain.
The Third Tradition: Progeny
“Thou shalt only sire another with the permission and blessing of thine elder. To create is the providence of those closest to me, for they shall be accountable. Break this, and both thee and thy progeny shall be slain.” Thus spoke Caine.
According to the Third Tradition, only the eldest vampire can grant permission to sire a childe. However, for as long as most Cainites rember, the princes have held the privilege of the Third Tradition. The reason is simple – the need to control and limit the Cainite population in their domains. The more childer one’s subjects Embrace, the higher the demand for blood and the scarcer feeding grounds become, taxing a prince’s ability to provide for his vassals. Princes also hold dear the right to create progeny to limit their rivals’ ability to amass legions of newly sired vampires as shock troops. A prince can also promise permission under the Third Tradition as a gift to obtain favors from another Cainite, or as a reward for loyal service.
Those vampires who embrace without permission usually face the destruction of their childer and, if the offence is severe enough,themselves. Few princes waver on this point. In truth, the act of monitoring who is Embracing and who isn’t is impossible. It is often easy for a sire to send his childe away and keep her a secret until the time is right. Therefore any prince who wants to hold his fief needs to severely punish those who are caught. They must serve as an example, or the prince’s other subjects will begin to question his power and authority.
The Fourth Tradition: Accounting
“Those thou create are thine own blood until released from thy charge. Until that moment, their sins, their blood and their punishments are thine.” Thus spome Caine.
A prince never grants lightly the right to create. Once hequeathed, the sire becomes solely responsible for her childer’s actions. This Tradition warns all Cainites to choose their progeny wisely. The Fourth Tradition requires the sire to both educate and protect her childe, the penalty of doing otherwise is simple – the sire pays for her childe’s indiscretions and crimes. Those who are wayward in their duties as sires, and who give their childer too free a reign, eventually face the ire and condemnation of their prince. Fearful of the consequences, some sires force their offspring to swear blood oaths. These oaths, which involve repeated drinking of the sire’s blood, make the childe into a supernaturally bound thrall, this guaranteeing loyalty. Most vampires bastain from this practice because it also tends to make the childe into a sycophant. The custom of the Fourth Tradition also requires the sire to present their childe to the prince for approval. The prince decides if the childe is worthy of joining the ranks of the Cainites as a neonate or if he should be destroyed. Many princes use this custom to keep their vassals in check – offering the right to Embrace, then destroying the childe citing improper tutelage.
The Fifth Tradition: Destruction
“Forbidden art thou to spill the blood of another of thy kind who is elder. This right belongs only to the closest to me and none other. It is forbidden for those of weaker blood to rise against their elders. This is my final covenant.” Thus spoke Caine.
Princes jealously uphold the Fifth Tradition, using it as a buffer to keep their vassals in line and to remove any potential troublemakers. The right to desroy another Cainite is the final cornerstone of a prince’s authority. Not only can a prince sire freely and claim domain, he can also decide who meets Final Death. The prince can use the Fifth Tradition to punish any crime, no matter how trivial or minor it is under the Lextalionis – the Cainite version of biblical justice.
In the feudal climate of the Dark Medieval world, the right of a prince to destroy another Cainite is often conferred as a gift. Cainites of rank, such as the warmaster or sheriff, are usually granted charter of the Fifth Tradition to dispense the justice and enforce the prince’s rule. However, most princes are cautious when ordering the destruction of Cainites who are the vassals of another lord or prince. Although some princes do not hesitate, others who are more guarded send the offending Cainite back to her prince for punishment. If the accused is then not punished, this may be grounds for war.
The Sixth Tradition: The Silence of Blood
“Never shalt thou reveal thy true nature to those not of the blood. Doing so shall renounce thy claims to my covenant.” Thus spoke Caine.
Cainites may be supreme hunters, but being careless and alerting mortals to their true nature never bodes well for them. Vampires depend on a certain amount of secrecy and deception to keep their night time realm secure from the masses of formant mortals that surround them. Most medieval mortals know things stalk the night, but there are much less clear as to just how to deal with these things (other than avoiding them). Were humans to fully understand the weaknesses and customs of the race of Caine, a great purge would become possible.
Thereforce, princes enforce the Sixth Tradition in varying degrees. Some, especially princes of large cities, hold the Silence sacrosanct because they wish the mortals to delude themselves that walled cities are somehow safer than scattered hamlets. (In fact, the feeding is much easier with mortals all together in one place.) In other principalities, the Silence is paid lip service and largely ignored. There are places where Cainites boldly and openly attend mortal courts, ruling through terror and confident in their dominance. Unless they are secluded and miles away from other mortal settlements, however, such fiefdoms rarely last more than a few decades before they are put to the flame by the church or other Cainites. Generally, Cainites allow (even encourage) manifestations of their damnation that are likely to keep mortals fearful and cowed, and they ban those that are likely to bring organized resistance. Seeing the difference is the mark of a truly skilled prince.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 09:03:51 pm »can viccistude be used to repair bones?
You'd think so wouldn't you? But nope, not an option.
She's a ghoul. She'll heal her wounds with blood, ha ha.
Yep. Though she doesn't have enough (Animals have tiny, tiny blood pools).
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Chapter 1: Dark Tides Rising
« on: January 28, 2015, 08:30:08 pm »
Kiril senses no deception in the girl, she huddles close to him. Kiril feels his fangs loosen in his jaw as he feels her warmth. He also feels her shiver, as she realizes how cold he is...
Heldric moves unseen through the backstreets, comfortable in the darkness. He soon catches up to Sylvian, noting the sound of the guards right ahead.
Sylvian has been moving through the alleys, looking for the girl and following his servant Aldric - when Aldric is crossed by a group of two guards. Both guards having recognized Aldric from when he ran after the girl, the thugs immediately restrain him and order him to tell them where their men are. Contemptuous of the two men, Sylvian moved forward and, using his magnificent force of Presence, entranced both guards, telling them they would be better off returning, that they wouldn't find the girl and that he would bring her back for them. A lie of course.
The guards went off to convince the other three men (further ahead) that they should just give up the chase, Sylvian going with them to help the case - when Ennius catches up with the Toreador.
Just then, however, Anton leaves, galloping away to try and draw off the guards that are no doubt somewhere nearby himself and Kiril. Anton thinks he hears a noise to his right - so he immediately makes a hard left and shouts a loud "Hi-ya!', urging Fantoma forward.
In the space directly in front of him, Sylvian, Odi, Aldric, Ennius and five guards await. Aldric is the only one who recognizes him, everyone else, blinded by the dark alley, see only a fearsome monster atop a black horse. The two entranced guards immediately break their ensorcellement - and Anton, unable to stop in time, crashes into and straight through the men, throwing all of them forcefully into the walls and instantly earning their ire. Aldric, Odi and Sylvian would have soon shared in their fate as well - but Ennius stepped forward, and took a solid stance. Bracing himself, he let Fantoma strike him - and the horse stopped. Instantly.
Like if she had galloped into a wall, the force of the stop shatters Fantoma's chest - even with her armor and her supernatural Fortitude, she is gravely injured, and Anton himself is flung from his saddle, thrown clear over Sylvian and his servants.
Odi curses loudly and Aldric yells out - "it's Anton, it's Anton!"
It's now that Lucien arrives, seeing five bruised guards looking both hatefully at the fallen knight and fearfully at Ennius, who had just stopped a running horse in place without moving an inch.
The noble seems to have disappeared, being nowhere in sight. At least, not for them...
As Kiril moves, he hears a voice from his right - a place that the lord could have sworn was empty a mere moment before.
"Excuse me? May I help you?"
The nobleman (of course Kiril doesn't know he's a vampire, having not heard Aldric's statement) waits there with a large purse of coin between his hands - the implication clear. He wished to buy the girl who had so sparked his interest.
Steeple
The crowd is still here - and many of the men here reek of hard liquor, perhaps he can ask them?
Heldric moves unseen through the backstreets, comfortable in the darkness. He soon catches up to Sylvian, noting the sound of the guards right ahead.
Sylvian has been moving through the alleys, looking for the girl and following his servant Aldric - when Aldric is crossed by a group of two guards. Both guards having recognized Aldric from when he ran after the girl, the thugs immediately restrain him and order him to tell them where their men are. Contemptuous of the two men, Sylvian moved forward and, using his magnificent force of Presence, entranced both guards, telling them they would be better off returning, that they wouldn't find the girl and that he would bring her back for them. A lie of course.
The guards went off to convince the other three men (further ahead) that they should just give up the chase, Sylvian going with them to help the case - when Ennius catches up with the Toreador.
Just then, however, Anton leaves, galloping away to try and draw off the guards that are no doubt somewhere nearby himself and Kiril. Anton thinks he hears a noise to his right - so he immediately makes a hard left and shouts a loud "Hi-ya!', urging Fantoma forward.
In the space directly in front of him, Sylvian, Odi, Aldric, Ennius and five guards await. Aldric is the only one who recognizes him, everyone else, blinded by the dark alley, see only a fearsome monster atop a black horse. The two entranced guards immediately break their ensorcellement - and Anton, unable to stop in time, crashes into and straight through the men, throwing all of them forcefully into the walls and instantly earning their ire. Aldric, Odi and Sylvian would have soon shared in their fate as well - but Ennius stepped forward, and took a solid stance. Bracing himself, he let Fantoma strike him - and the horse stopped. Instantly.
Like if she had galloped into a wall, the force of the stop shatters Fantoma's chest - even with her armor and her supernatural Fortitude, she is gravely injured, and Anton himself is flung from his saddle, thrown clear over Sylvian and his servants.
Odi curses loudly and Aldric yells out - "it's Anton, it's Anton!"
It's now that Lucien arrives, seeing five bruised guards looking both hatefully at the fallen knight and fearfully at Ennius, who had just stopped a running horse in place without moving an inch.
The noble seems to have disappeared, being nowhere in sight. At least, not for them...
As Kiril moves, he hears a voice from his right - a place that the lord could have sworn was empty a mere moment before.
"Excuse me? May I help you?"
The nobleman (of course Kiril doesn't know he's a vampire, having not heard Aldric's statement) waits there with a large purse of coin between his hands - the implication clear. He wished to buy the girl who had so sparked his interest.
Steeple
"I don't feel like a chase," Steeple says to Maurice, losing interest in the slave auction now that everyone ran off after the girl.
"Now where's that nice inn?" he says, looking around the square.
The crowd is still here - and many of the men here reek of hard liquor, perhaps he can ask them?
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 05:44:14 pm »Seth, trade the girl for higher appearence rating?
Hitler appearance was a better offer XD
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 05:34:37 pm »Okay, first of all the horse should get a perception roll.
Second, how is it. A botch? Wouldn't that mean he didn't find the guards, since he was specifically looking for them?
Aww, he went offline.
Exactly. He's trying to avoid the guards by specifically going where they aren't. A normal failure means he doesn't know where the guards are while trying to avoid them (small chance of riding into them).
A botch means he rides directly into them (failing his goal horribly). Fantoma goes where he leads, she thinks he's charging into battle ^_^
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 05:29:50 pm »
Definitely not the guy on the warhorse with 1 perception, no siree.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 05:19:51 pm »Wait, Kiril actually botched?! With charmed existence?! Whaaaaa. XD
Yeah. Sure. Kiril botched.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 05:15:30 pm »
Anyway, waiting on something from Steeple before I update anyone.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 05:14:08 pm »D:
Guess who just botched his perception roll and ran directly into the guards? XD
This is beautiful. Someone else had already taken care of the guards too, but Anton rides right into them after XD
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 05:12:10 pm »Seth, trade the girl for a hiher appearence?
Trade the girl for a hitler appearance?
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 05:11:04 pm »
Hahahahahaha
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 05:02:55 pm »
Your first ten re-rolled into another 10.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 05:02:26 pm »
Nighshades don't block sound (nor does Kiril have them).
Plus, the girl would suffocate in them. Unless you just leave it at your feet.
You only had 4 dice for that XD
Plus, the girl would suffocate in them. Unless you just leave it at your feet.
You only had 4 dice for that XD
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:57:19 pm »
Dexterity ride. two 10s and one 9
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:49:20 pm »4118
Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:49:10 pm »
Everyone gets to make a riding roll through the narrow alley way now! +1 difficulty for each additional rider on the horse! Woo! (Anton's initial roll was at difficult 9, so it'll max out at 10 and the pre-requisite number of successes will just have to be 4 instead of 3)
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:47:42 pm »so now we're going with if you don't specifically mention something I should always assume it isn't there? XD
Never assume that (spies and hidden monsters everywhere!)
But if I don't mention it, your character doesn't know it's there.
I think that's technically possible, right? If that makes no sense, I'll edit. XD
Fantoma's pissed off. And much slower.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:41:59 pm »
You asked if the guards chased you, not if you know where they are at the moment (you don't, otherwise i'd have included it in the post).
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:35:16 pm »
Joseph is a good horse, of course he sat.
Lucien currently cannot see him, but knows he went into the alleyways.
Lucien currently cannot see him, but knows he went into the alleyways.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:33:02 pm »Quote
The girl made good time, running to her right towards an alley off of the square. As Anton gave chase, the Beast begged him to urge Fantoma to run as fast as she could - but he swatted it down, and raced through the narrow alleyways, his armoured knees almost scraping against the walls of the buildings nearby.
Lucien told Ennius to give chase as well, as he and the schlatza followed at a more leisurely pace. The knight is slow, however, and burdened by his armour, moving notably less quickly than the girl, Anton or Kiril.
Kiril also takes flight, confident in his ability to find the girl - though Anton rapidly outpaces him atop Fantoma.
Heldric sees Kiril, Ennius and Anton disappear into the city. The guards follow but the Nosferatu cannot tell where they go.Then he sees the nobleman briefly glare at Steeple and join the chase.
Steeple is left in the dust, no one truly caring for his bid.
"You know old chap, I do think that nobleman just challenged you to a race!" Prince Maurice adds.
Sylvian, impressed by the girl's beauty sends forth Aldric, wishing to know what was going on while he followed himself with Odi at a more leisurely pace, similar to Lucien.
The girl reached the alley only to find it a dead end. She turned, ready to face the guards only to find Anton staring down at her from atop his black warhorse, a knight from hell. She cowers down into a corner, terrified. Kiril soon joins, and she rushes towards him.
“Te rog, te rog! Trebuie să mă ajuţi!” – She cried in Romanian at him as she grabbed at his coat. Kiril didn’t know how to respond.
“Please! Please! You have to help me!” - She cried again this time in Hungarian.
“Please, I am of royal blood, I have been taken from my family by men who wanted a ransom that they could not pay. I am no slave, you must save me from them and this monster.” – The girl cried.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:31:49 pm »No, it was a joke. Mr Whitey is a 5 pt ally because he's actually a shapeshifted archmage.
Anyway, did the guards actually follow us?
It was in the update.
Whitey is a 3pt ally XD
aah okay. But unsure what to post now since your update didn't mention him at all.
Yes it did, check again
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:27:45 pm »That's why he was 5 points. XD
Did you mean Andreas?
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:26:45 pm »
Unknown vamp went after the girl, just like Ennius - same thing in the end
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:24:56 pm »
All of them. But he pretends he only speaks crocodile. (He's really a shapeshifting archmage).
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:20:40 pm »I thought our default language was Slavonic?
Edit: Yeah, Bulgaria speaks Slavonic- are you saying Anton hadn't been home in so long he forgot his native language? XD
Oh, missed that one. Haha, thought for a second that neither of you should have been able to speak to each other this entire time.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:19:05 pm »I thought our default language was Slavonic?
You realize you have to list your default language along with your normal languages, right?
Kiril also got the roll, but he failed it.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:14:57 pm »
He understood her the first time (He succeeded his lingusitics roll for Slavonic defaulting to Romanian).
Hilariously enough, it appears Kiril and Anton have no common language.
It also appears that Anton has an unnecessary language - German and French default to one another (they're based off the same thing, and honestly, I don't care to keep track), I would suggest replacing one of the two with Hungarian.
Hilariously enough, it appears Kiril and Anton have no common language.
It also appears that Anton has an unnecessary language - German and French default to one another (they're based off the same thing, and honestly, I don't care to keep track), I would suggest replacing one of the two with Hungarian.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Chapter 1: Dark Tides Rising
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:05:42 pm »
The girl made good time, running to her right towards an alley off of the square. As Anton gave chase, the Beast begged him to urge Fantoma to run as fast as she could - but he swatted it down, and raced through the narrow alleyways, his armoured knees almost scraping against the walls of the buildings nearby.
Lucien told Ennius to give chase as well, as he and the schlatza followed at a more leisurely pace. The knight is slow, however, and burdened by his armour, moving notably less quickly than the girl, Anton or Kiril.
Kiril also takes flight, confident in his ability to find the girl - though Anton rapidly outpaces him atop Fantoma.
Heldric sees Kiril, Ennius and Anton disappear into the city. The guards follow but the Nosferatu cannot tell where they go. Then he sees the nobleman briefly glare at Steeple and join the chase.
Steeple is left in the dust, no one truly caring for his bid.
"You know old chap, I do think that nobleman just challenged you to a race!" Prince Maurice adds.
Sylvian, impressed by the girl's beauty sends forth Aldric, wishing to know what was going on while he followed himself with Odi at a more leisurely pace, similar to Lucien.
The girl reached the alley only to find it a dead end. She turned, ready to face the guards only to find Anton staring down at her from atop his black warhorse, a knight from hell. She cowers down into a corner, terrified. Kiril soon joins, and she rushes towards him.
“Te rog, te rog! Trebuie să mă ajuţi!” – She cried in Romanian at him as she grabbed at his coat. Kiril didn’t know how to respond.
“Please! Please! You have to help me!” - She cried again this time in Hungarian.
“Please, I am of royal blood, I have been taken from my family by men who wanted a ransom that they could not pay. I am no slave, you must save me from them and this monster.” – The girl cried.
Lucien told Ennius to give chase as well, as he and the schlatza followed at a more leisurely pace. The knight is slow, however, and burdened by his armour, moving notably less quickly than the girl, Anton or Kiril.
Kiril also takes flight, confident in his ability to find the girl - though Anton rapidly outpaces him atop Fantoma.
Heldric sees Kiril, Ennius and Anton disappear into the city. The guards follow but the Nosferatu cannot tell where they go. Then he sees the nobleman briefly glare at Steeple and join the chase.
Steeple is left in the dust, no one truly caring for his bid.
"You know old chap, I do think that nobleman just challenged you to a race!" Prince Maurice adds.
Sylvian, impressed by the girl's beauty sends forth Aldric, wishing to know what was going on while he followed himself with Odi at a more leisurely pace, similar to Lucien.
The girl reached the alley only to find it a dead end. She turned, ready to face the guards only to find Anton staring down at her from atop his black warhorse, a knight from hell. She cowers down into a corner, terrified. Kiril soon joins, and she rushes towards him.
“Te rog, te rog! Trebuie să mă ajuţi!” – She cried in Romanian at him as she grabbed at his coat. Kiril didn’t know how to respond.
“Please! Please! You have to help me!” - She cried again this time in Hungarian.
“Please, I am of royal blood, I have been taken from my family by men who wanted a ransom that they could not pay. I am no slave, you must save me from them and this monster.” – The girl cried.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 04:00:32 pm »Who says he wants to have sex with her? XD
Hey, you're the one who said you were the Jared of the group XD
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 03:48:37 pm »
She isn't a slave whore, haha. None of them are. They're girls who are slaves in Ye Olden Times though, what do you think they're being sold for?
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 03:45:28 pm »
Pfft, escaped slaves totally aren't for sale.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 03:44:09 pm »Anton'll probably give her to you, lol. He just wants to make sure no one destroys her virtue.
Proooooobably shouldn't give her to Kiril then.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 03:36:25 pm »
Ah, yes, ride the warhorse through the narrow alley, this will end perfectly.
*Rolls the dice.
Oh. Huh. It actually did end perfectly. Damn. I was looking forward to "Anton crashes into wall while the others move on."
*Rolls the dice.
Oh. Huh. It actually did end perfectly. Damn. I was looking forward to "Anton crashes into wall while the others move on."
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 03:31:35 pm »
Church is, I am fairly sure, against sex slaves.
(At least officially)
(At least officially)
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 03:24:02 pm »
So, she's escaping into the alley - if you guys don't specifically follow her then she's getting away.
And Ennius ain't catching her, he's literally the slowest person here (with at best average dexterity and an armor penalty).
And Ennius ain't catching her, he's literally the slowest person here (with at best average dexterity and an armor penalty).
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 02:46:59 pm »
You guys all had to pass through the same area regardless, so you all saw the slaves, and the event happened before you could do anything of note.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Chapter 1: Dark Tides Rising
« on: January 28, 2015, 02:11:07 pm »
As everyone stops - whether because they're waiting for the others or because they've decided to make a purchase - a man calls out the final bid for the first slave, who is sold for a tidy sum of 100 Pence (Around 8 shillings, or 2/3rds of a Librum).
The woman was dragged and handed off to her new master - a stern looking man in a gray hat. Walking back into the shadows as he spoke, the Barker grabbed a girl and pulled her up to the stage. Even before she reached the torch light the vampires could see that she was beautiful. In the flight she was a vision. Her hair, long and raven black, fell to her shoulders in waves. Her almond eyes were dark and haunted, and her beautiful face was set into a hard mask as she stepped forward. Her dress - once fine, a deep blue fabric, probably silk, had been torn and dirtied up but the lines told the truth of it.
As he lifts her to the top of the platform, the auctioneer calls out,“What am I bid for this woman? Virgin and untouched, obedient and beddable.”
The vampiric nobleman - who Lucien had not reached yet at this juncture, having just gotten off his horse - immediately calls out, now finally having his interest sparked - "500!"
As the auctioneer turns to survey the crowd, the woman snakes out her foot and trips him. She leaps off the platform to her left near the group. To the laughter of the crowd, the auctioneer lands heavily. The woman streaks toward an alley, frantically moving her arms behind her as she attempts to free herself of her bonds
The guards have not yet started after her - gathering their wits perhaps - and the crowd seems amused enough by her escape that they likely won't give chase.
The woman was dragged and handed off to her new master - a stern looking man in a gray hat. Walking back into the shadows as he spoke, the Barker grabbed a girl and pulled her up to the stage. Even before she reached the torch light the vampires could see that she was beautiful. In the flight she was a vision. Her hair, long and raven black, fell to her shoulders in waves. Her almond eyes were dark and haunted, and her beautiful face was set into a hard mask as she stepped forward. Her dress - once fine, a deep blue fabric, probably silk, had been torn and dirtied up but the lines told the truth of it.
As he lifts her to the top of the platform, the auctioneer calls out,“What am I bid for this woman? Virgin and untouched, obedient and beddable.”
The vampiric nobleman - who Lucien had not reached yet at this juncture, having just gotten off his horse - immediately calls out, now finally having his interest sparked - "500!"
As the auctioneer turns to survey the crowd, the woman snakes out her foot and trips him. She leaps off the platform to her left near the group. To the laughter of the crowd, the auctioneer lands heavily. The woman streaks toward an alley, frantically moving her arms behind her as she attempts to free herself of her bonds
The guards have not yet started after her - gathering their wits perhaps - and the crowd seems amused enough by her escape that they likely won't give chase.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 01:55:46 pm »
D, are you telling your horse to sit? XD
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 12:58:00 pm »
Vampire (pale aura means vampire).
Not a Prince (If a Prince cared about slaves he would send servants out, not get them himself).
I'm actually not that busy, and I can continue the story - but I saw that Bo was online and wnated to give him a chance to post. I can continue if, like, two people say they don't mind.
(Because there is an event that happens here with the slaves, other than an opportunity for the rich people to feed).
Not a Prince (If a Prince cared about slaves he would send servants out, not get them himself).
Man, I hate long days at work when everyone else is busy haha!
I'm actually not that busy, and I can continue the story - but I saw that Bo was online and wnated to give him a chance to post. I can continue if, like, two people say they don't mind.
(Because there is an event that happens here with the slaves, other than an opportunity for the rich people to feed).
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 12:37:38 pm »
He certainly has the stamina to survive it XD
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 28, 2015, 11:45:52 am »
For now? Yes, but give it time... XD
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 27, 2015, 10:38:49 pm »Nah. Syl's obvi a jerk XD
I'll make a child for Carinus to eat if he wants.
Nah, it's just not the same if he doesn't hunt it down and destroy it himself.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 27, 2015, 10:34:11 pm »
Carinus has always wanted to know what vampire tastes like.
Sylvian also has enough money.
Sylvian also has enough money.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 27, 2015, 09:58:26 pm »
4 and up is reasonable slave-buying money.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 27, 2015, 09:57:58 pm »How much money does one need to buy slaves? More than 2 resources worth?
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Resources [ Vampire: The Dark Ages -- Page 129 ]
A medieval person's assets are unlikely to be static. Most peoples' Resource will be land and animals, which must be farmed to generate revenue. Merchants must trade. Nobles must collect taxes and dues. And of course, all these activities take place in daylight in the medieval world. Realizing assets (selling animals, for example_ also requires that the person be able to move about during the day. Tricky.
There are no medieval investment funds or stockbrokers. If a character has Resources, she must either manage her assets in person (hard to do at night) or employ a bailiff (manager); in this case, think about and develop the character's relationship with her proxy. It is also worth specifying roughly what these resources are. Farm animals, land, and trade goods are some examples.
On the other hand, medieval vampires are unlikely to have much use for money. They might want weapons, or cash to pay bribes, but what do they need? They don't need food (on which medieval craftsmen spend 90% of their income), don't need to spend money running a car, and are unlikely to pay rent. Markets and traders are only open during daylight hours, so vampires without mortal servants won't even be able to buy anything.
1 Scant resources: You have just enough to afford the bare necessities -- shoes and clothes when yours wear thin -- but nothing more.
2 Sufficient Resources: You can meet your basic requirements and still have one or two shillings spare per month.
3 Comfortable: you might own a small house and have some means of making a comfortable living. You earn five Librum per year (about average), all spending money. Consequently, you have five shillings per month. If you sold up and moved out you would get no more than five Librum.
4 Wealthy: You have a large house or small manor. You might own a village or you might be a wealthy merchant. You could afford to keep a horse, and you certainly have a few servants. Servants that will stay loyal to you regardless of secrets should be counted as retainers. In addition, you have five shillings per month. In total, your estate is worth around 400 Librum.
5 Vast Wealth: You might own a castle and vast tracts of land (10 -- 20 entire villages), or run a huge trading empire. If you can work out a way to exploit these resources, you could maintain a huge household, including stables, servants, etc. and still have one Librum per month to spend. The estate would be worth thousands of Librum, if you could find anyone wealthy enough to buy it.
Librum = 12 Shillings.
The slave currently on sale would cost Carinus his entire yearly salary, assuming he earns two per month.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 27, 2015, 09:46:59 pm »I must have some money, right? XD
How many points does Carinus have in resources?
Hey, could one's ally/retainer have an ally/retainer of his own?
Monopoly money, perhaps?
Two more than you, which isn't exactly slave-buying money XD
In theory, yes. In practice, it is unlikely that they'll ever get the chance.
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 27, 2015, 09:30:51 pm »Quote
Resources:
Hmmm, let me think about that for a quick second.... XD
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Vampire The Masquerade / Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
« on: January 27, 2015, 09:29:28 pm »
If you have the money, yes.
Yeah, i'll tell you.
Yeah, i'll tell you.