[IC][WoD20] Inheriting a Mysterious House

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Jun 4, 2026 7:53 pm
Wanted to do something else WoD related, but since I couldn't decide which of the long gestating ideas to run, figured a more simple, wild card approach can be fun to do.

The idea is pretty simple and inspired by media about mysterious, mystical and plain strange places. The PCs get a letter informing them that they are a beneficiary of a will of some long lost distant relative. They roll up to the lawyer's place to find out that some cooky uncle/aunt has left them all a house. For reasons of their own, they take the chance and move in together. The kicker - they are all supernatural beings (thinking of having a shifter, a changeling and a mage) and the house is nexus of supernatural energy - node/caern, freehold, nihil, leylines, the works.

Alternative option is a Charmed-esque chronicle - three witches receive a house from their absentee parent (maybe a worldly mage dad or a Ceilican mom) and must now protect it together, getting to know each, sisterhood and sexy demons abound. I've contemplated running something similar with GURPS or Cypher once upon a time, but as I've yet to finish either of those corebooks.. eh.

Thoughts? Suggestions?
Jun 4, 2026 10:02 pm
The general premise seems like it could show promise. But I'm not sure if the whole idea (including the mixed-splat party) would fit well in WoD, both lore-wise and system-wise.
Jul 5, 2026 3:59 am
total newbie to WoD so i'm game.
Jul 5, 2026 9:39 am
Unfortunately I've been running on fumes for the last month or so, so I don't think starting something new now would be productive. I will be recruiting for a running VTM Sabbat game soon, as we've lost folks and are down to 2 people.

Also, for those who missed it - we do have a WoD megathread here. There are polls in the top post and the updated list of things is in the last.
As for this concept, I did think it over after vicky's comment and the revised version of this that I've arrived at is that of a Bastet family. The mother is a Ceilican cat, who fought with her nature throughout the characters childhood (the PCs are siblings in this scenario), before finally succumbing to her curse and disappearing. Years later the characters, now grown, reunite in their old childhood home to reconnect/make amends, etc. I thought that the majority of the PCs would be Bastet (not necessarily of Ceilican tribe), while one or two can be something else - Kinfolk, Mage or Changeling. The game would probably be a sandbox type - the characters move in together and follow whatever threads and hooks they want in the city. Changeling stuff would be the most fitting, what with the Ceilican ancestry. The point that I wasn't too sure about is the family unit and its dynamics. Hard to predict which way that'll go.
Jul 5, 2026 10:42 am
Take care of your self. I have skated burnout myself, and is just recently getting back to normal

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