May 26, 2025 1:24 pm
A warm-blooded welcome to everyone! Thanks for coming together to play this game! My Discord, for the casual chats.
[OOC] The Autarkis
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May 26, 2025 3:58 pm
Thank you for inviting me and giving me an opportunity to play VtM 5e. I have always wanted to try it.
May 26, 2025 4:22 pm
Same here, thank you kindly for the invite. And hi to everyone else, feeling real sanguine about this game and looking forward to getting started!
May 26, 2025 11:32 pm
Great to be here, looking to mix it up with players both new to me and familiar!
May 27, 2025 1:27 am
Welcome welcome! And we'll give everyone a chance to join up before we start any proper discussions.
May 27, 2025 10:50 am
Looks like everyone's in, welcome again!
I figure we need a moment to wrap our heads around V5 options and pecularities, so browse through and ask questions if you're not sure if something is available. I'm generally keen on allowing everything if it makes sense to whatever you're conceptualising.
I figure we need a moment to wrap our heads around V5 options and pecularities, so browse through and ask questions if you're not sure if something is available. I'm generally keen on allowing everything if it makes sense to whatever you're conceptualising.
May 27, 2025 10:53 am
I do have a question though that you can think about whilst you do chargen, since we're intending to co-construct some of the world. Where would you like your city? I need a ballpark, North America, Europe or Asia, or 'surprise me'?
May 27, 2025 2:13 pm
Hmm... I'd probably pick North America, since it's familiar. My European experience is limited. That said... I am ultimately fine with anywhere.
Except Asia. Because for Asia, we need to play Kindred of the East. š
Except Asia. Because for Asia, we need to play Kindred of the East. š
May 27, 2025 2:21 pm
North America and Europe are what I'm used to as settings, but always open to trying something new, so I guess I'll go with 'surprise me' as well.
May 27, 2025 2:48 pm
I'm a fan of Europe. It's got those deep old world bones that people from North America such as myself find hard to fathom.
What do you mean this city has been here for 2300 years???
What do you mean this city has been here for 2300 years???
May 27, 2025 3:29 pm
MaJunior says:
Except Asia. Because for Asia, we need to play Kindred of the East. šMay 27, 2025 3:35 pm
Thanks, I believe everyone's replied on this. 4.5 votes for surprise/any, 0.5 for North America, 1 for Europe, (and -1 for Asia in jest!).
Gimme the evening, announcement tomorrow, and you can continue to think character concept around this city!
Gimme the evening, announcement tomorrow, and you can continue to think character concept around this city!
May 28, 2025 10:26 am
MaJunior's comment left a sticky in my head, and Emberskyes' point about an older city resonated as well. May I propose -
Hong Kong!
There's well established lore on it (it's got its own excellent book from years ago).
Key features to consider for chargen:
- there's no prince at this point, only primogen
- it's cosmopolitan enough to encompass characters of any descent, you don't have to make an asian character. The former prince certainly wasn't.
- your sires will have lived through the British handover to China
- or your sires might have moved to HK to get away from the major vampire political conflicts in US and Europe (5e advances the plot for the Camarilla Anarch conflicts, the slight retreat of the Sabbat, and the rise of the Second Inquisition) and living in a place without a prince allows for that, also explains why they were allow to sire.
- in lore terms, something may have happened between Kindred and kuei-jin in the recent past, but we're not delving into that
You can choose to ignore some of the bullets above of course, and just let things play out. I will be happy to describe things as they unfold. So your character can still make sense as you create it without worrying too much about history.
Hong Kong!
There's well established lore on it (it's got its own excellent book from years ago).
Key features to consider for chargen:
- there's no prince at this point, only primogen
- it's cosmopolitan enough to encompass characters of any descent, you don't have to make an asian character. The former prince certainly wasn't.
- your sires will have lived through the British handover to China
- or your sires might have moved to HK to get away from the major vampire political conflicts in US and Europe (5e advances the plot for the Camarilla Anarch conflicts, the slight retreat of the Sabbat, and the rise of the Second Inquisition) and living in a place without a prince allows for that, also explains why they were allow to sire.
- in lore terms, something may have happened between Kindred and kuei-jin in the recent past, but we're not delving into that
You can choose to ignore some of the bullets above of course, and just let things play out. I will be happy to describe things as they unfold. So your character can still make sense as you create it without worrying too much about history.
May 28, 2025 11:28 am
Consider me duly surprised! Interesting, I barely know anything about HK in VtM terms, so this will certainly be a breath of fresh air.
Now to start character crafting in earnest...
Now to start character crafting in earnest...
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