#anarch coterie

[mystickingstuff]

NY by Night's first season is legit my favorite. Of course I love season 2, but season 1's last episode is just a rollercoaster of amazing moments. From Fuego side-eyeing Rey when Isaac asked them to be polite in his sire's presence to their whole talk with Vaclav to their discussion about Reyes's shady deal with the Camarilla. Like, it's everything. Man, I miss that coterie SO MUCH.

*and I miss my ships, okay.

[thechampagnesocialist]

VtM AU Carley and Adam be upon ye :)

[kentuckycaverats]

edinburgh by night update

recap first since it's been over a month since last session:

the ventrue seneschal staged a coup and ousted the toreador prince by framing her for sabbat collusion. he's now prince and backed by a ventrue justicar and her archon, the new seneschal. also a ventrue

the coterie staged a big fight so that we can help from both inside the cam and within the anarchs. mitra (ravnos) and sami (brujah) are playing the role of dutiful cammie loyalist while del (toreador thinblood) and delores (lasombra) help the anarchs

there's a hidden sub-sub-basement in the club mitra owns, and he and sami constructed a sewer entrance so the coterie (and del and tara) can still meet discretely

end of recap!! new session started with the coterie meeting up in the basement of the club to figure out a game plan

first we need an object that belonged to delores' sire so del can hook her up with the 'communicate with kindred sire' ritual. del killed her own sire (twice) so now her line is dead and she can mix her blood with another kindred's to perform the ritual for them

call up our boy beckett to ask him because delores' sire was kind of a big deal and he might know something. he sure does!! they were friends and coterie mates once, and he has a bookmark she loaned him

ritual time! delores learned that her bloodline is able to control a massive abyss monster called the leviathan, and she can use this to help aelsidhe reunite with del. eventually. it's in madrid rn and her sire's trapped at the bottom of the ocean

sami and mitra deal with soooooo much bullshit politic circlejerk stuff at elysium. they see tara!!! she looks so relieved to see them and also so fucking sad. st says it's clear that she misses del but she has to put on her ironclad Tremere Primogen mask so no one else sees. she and the boys pretend not to know each other (no one knows that she and del are together)

sami and mitra are Pretend Boyfriends* (*not very pretend at all) and harkins tries to rub lyons' (mitra's other partner) nose in this. lyons and mitra are already pretending not to be together, and lyons already knows about/is cool with mitra being poly. fuck you harkins

every time someone asks about the coterie breakup sami and mitra are like "yeah well you know delphine, that violent asshole bitch, and delores was always too.....................religious. yeah, we got sick of the catholic shit." this works every time

ventrue justicar rolls up with the staked prince of glasgow (brujah) whose sire was the prince of edinburgh 2 princes before harkins. the brujah primogen of edinburgh, who was besties and possibly lovers with said deceased prince, has a fit and insists on sitting in on the interrogation so the ventrue don't pull some shady shit

mitra and sami are in the room, the justicar leaves, the room fills with shadow and when the lights come back the brujah primogen and prince of glasgow are piles of ash. we're 90% sure this is the new lasombra sheriff's doing. same dude who claims to be delores sire but isn't, and who definitely wants to control the leviathan himself but can't because he isn't of delores' bloodline

[lamiaoflilith]

WOD clan bingo for Tobias and Calliope. Calliope definitely fits her clan more then Toby lol. Toby just wants to be alone with his eagle bud and to overthrow the camarilla from the inside. Stole this from one of my mutuals lol.

[fallen--leafs]

I'm gonnaaa

Grab Chez. And Val. The dads and all of Andover if need be. And move down here.

[eyepatchdate]

scrolling ao3 and saw a vtm/batfam crossover and suddenly im completely normal

[eclecticfiend]

have you watched season 2 of nybn yet?

i did, although only once so far. i think the political intrigue of a cam coterie is interesting, but its not really my cup of tea right now. it just didn't scratch the exact same itch that season 1 did.

i really like coco and brawn tho, and i'm very much looking forward to what happens next to both groups.

jason really has his work cut out for him next season! but he is brilliant, so i'm not worried :)

[miss-floral-thief]

"we all need to be on teh same side" oh honey no

[castleintheskye]

I don't like playing games where you can only lose like vampire or monster of the week even tho I like the concept from a story perspective. However last night I dreamt I made a nosferatu character named Carjack because he used to scrub the vin numbers of stolen cars.

[deathandthesoul]

Hey you! Do you like LA by Night and NY by Night? Want to branch out into watching more VtM actual plays? There's a few I really enjoy that I'd like to share. They are all 5th edition

Blood on the Grand Strand/Are We Dead Yet? from Huddyvonschland Coterie clans: Ravnos, Tzimisce, Salubri, Tremere, and some more regulars who swap in and out. And then also oops all Thinbloods! The tourist town of Myrtle Beach enjoys a vibrant nightlife. An eclectic Anarch coterie must contend with the Camarilla (and later Sabbat) making moves in their city while the Second Inquisition begins their operation. There's funky cults, a suspicious drug operation, weird Thinblood stuff, and a lot of juicy worldbuilding which sometimes brings in other elements of the World of Darkness. The players are an absolute delight, Huddy's storytelling is fucking delicious, and the table has a ton of chemistry. The atmosphere is moody and it's a very chill time. I consider this my comfort chronicle

Vegas by Night from Mayday Roleplay Coterie clans: Ravnos, 2 Malkavians, 2 Gangrel, Warrior Salubri, Lasombra This show is nuts. It has everything. Vividly gritty ST narration, occult mysteries, a coterie of forcibly Camarilla kindred in way over their head, wacky Vegas hijinks, lifelike and captivating characters, a meat house, Lake Mead being terrifying, so much buck wild combat. A gospel singer Ravnos who sounds like Elvis and the world's horniest Malkavians. Every plan goes haywire. They always pick the solution that will create the most consequences for them. It's super high energy but man it's fun. Caleb has spread such a wide web of plots that all somehow interconnect. It's really impressive seeing it all gradually unveil and all make sense together in the greater scheme of things. His brain is seriously huge

Legacy of Bulls from Adventure Tavern Coterie clans: [Spoiler], Hecata, Brujah, Toreador A Birmingham coterie inherits the grudge of their forebears and has to race against the clock to solve a mystery and prevent any damage. I'm in love with CT lmao he's my favorite representation of that clan I've ever seen. The chronicle has elements of the occult/magic, investigation, and an atmosphere that is often moody and tense with the occasional chaos. I love the drama in this one

ATL by Night from the Facility Productions Coterie clans: Brujah, Tremere, Ventrue, Gangrel. And some more regulars who swap in and out. In later seasons there is a new coterie: Lasombra, Thinblood, Hecata, Tremere, Gangrel, Ravnos After taking heavy losses during the Final Nights, kindred society in Atlanta must rebuild. Many were hastily embraced during those confusing times and the coterie is tasked with bringing those lost childer into the fold. There is a focus on character development and kindred Politics with heavy Second Inquisition involvement. All in all I find it to be very cozy and intimate, it's really relaxing to watch

The Rook and the Rascal: Montreal by Night from ThreeKingsLoot (audio only) Coterie clans: Tremere, Toreador, Nosferatu It's been a while since I listened to this one so I forget a lot but I remember there were werewolves, Pentex, and a lot of over the top violence. And something about a cult leader, I think? But it's also very cozy and has themes of community and friendship. They utilize True Faith in a novel way and the characters and narration are very charming. They don't follow the game mechanics exactly but it makes things way more high stakes and dangerous and interesting. I had a good time listening to this

[crownedinmarigolds]

Fangfest 2024 - Day One - The Fool Khloe Osborne, Ventrue Thinblood, bane of the Fullbloods. She has no idea the greater workings of Atlanta, and no one who knows seems to be keen on telling her. Her and the rest of Stakebait coterie are going to probably make all of their makers rue the day they were ever made. You don't tell them what's going on? Well, guess matters will just need to be taken into their own hands. Khloe is my fool! She has no idea what's happening, she really is just doing what she's being guided to do. The coterie is starting to really catch heat from the consequences of their actions, and the Fullblood higher ups are always mad and blaming them but also neglect to tell them exactly WHAT they're messing up. Fine by them, who needs the Fullbloods anyway???? *sweats nervously* The hands gently holding her arm are her coterie (Christian, Kyle, Ralph) and those covering her eyes are her sire and Anarch (Lena), as well as the Dusk Angel and leader of the Thinblood resistance (Sydney). She's holding a fire bomb that hunters had left in a Thinblood haven, which she used in their scuffle against the Sheriff. It cemented the Thinbloods as a LEGITIMATE problem now for the local Camarilla rather than just nuisances. It's Fangfest day one! So stoked that I've been able to assign tarot to our OCs!! Can't wait to keep going!

[grizguts]

Inside you there are two vampires . . . Traditional style vampire, and Anarch Bimbo smash the patriarchy vampire. I made some more VtM Coterie Coffins for myself and a coterie member~ @diableriedoll Mug is from Enthralledyet ! Credit for the Altered heart version of the Anarch symbol, designed by QueensCourtsGames !

[therpgconnoisseur]

@cavegirlpoems posts about vtm encouraging a wide variety of playstyles reminded me that one of the basic brujah archetypes was "anarch thrash metal band coterie going on tour" and that sounds like a fucking cool as hell campaign idea

[bloodoftremere]

Kindred of By Night

LA coterie ◦ Anarch coterie ◦ Camarilla Coterie

[auspex]

Hey I need to warn you about a fascist blogger who is spreading some serious bullshit here in the vtm fandom on Tumblr. Normally I would say you could just block this loser, but his takes are some of the worst I've ever seen or imagined.

I know there is a lot of wiggle room in world of darkness due to the massive amount of lore produced over the years, but this r4cs0 guy is taking his fascist fantasies to the extreme. First of all, he hates everything other than mummies, because he says mummies are "less whiny" than all the other supernaturals and that every other type of supernatural believes that everything went wrong when we invented indoor plumbing. He explicitly hates all werewolf content, but only because he thinks the writers stole their ideas from Captain Planet and werewolves are therefore "woke!" And he really hates bisexuals, not just in the game, but just in general.

But the end goal of this guy seems to be recruiting people to play a game he plans to run, but he's going to force the players to enact his fascist bullshit. He wants the players to play as mummies, but impersonate a coterie of anarch Kindred. The mummies will secretly team up with the Society of St Leopold to create a program through the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa to grant a "special dispensation" to bisexual Catholics that agree to send DNA samples to the Vatican Bank in Rome. The SI will use these blood samples with a new technology they developed to determine who in Ottawa is being fed on by vampires, which the mummies will then use to overthrow the Camarilla and seize praxis for themselves.

But the kicker is that the real goal behind all of this is to capture sheriff Qui, who r4cs0 wants to punish for being bisexual. He plans to enact a ritual to banish him to the underworld by burying him upside down and allowing wolves to eat his lower legs, which apparently means you can't run away from wraiths anymore or something. This dude is literally only playing vtm so he can engage in homophobia, transphobia and dendrophobia!

is this a bit or

ill say that favorite splat being mummy... L take

also u didnt share the url (rasco and r4sc0 didnt show anything)

also

???

[supereffectivemoonblast]

Vampire the Masquerade - The Southern Blood Rush

The Prelude

The Southern Blood Rush is set in Australia 2024 in the reality of the World of Darkness. The first vampires to reach Australia did so at the same time as White Settlers, so in immortal terms, the race for conquest and domination has only recently begun. A power vacuum has opened up on the east coast of Australia, and several groups work in the shadows to rule the modern Australian urban centres. Just as the mortals poured into this land for a Gold Rush, seeking riches, Vampire's are infiltrating Australia's cities for a modern Blood Rush.

This particular Canon focuses on two parties or "coteries" of Vampires; a trio in Sydney, and a trio in nearby Wollongong. These campaign notes focus on my group, the Wollongong party, hence the "Coteries of the Illawarra" subtitle.

2 years before this story began, The Camarilla (the dominant governing body of Vampires) withdrew from the Wollongong area due to pressure from the Sabbat (a vampire collective that wish to overthrow humanity). Since a bunch of powerful figures left the area, those left are warily awaiting the first grab for power.

Chapter 1. A Warlock walks into a Bar

The Tremere are a secretive but powerful group of vampire mages, and although the majority are loyal to the Camarilla, three have chosen to stay behind in Wollongong. Adrian sends his childes (those he turned) out into the greater Illawarra to find allies for the upcoming backlash he expects from the Camarilla. I play Graham Watson, an Englishman who was turned at 77, and remains incognito as a lecturer at the University of Wollongong.

Graham is sent to find connections with The Dianas, a large and powerful group lurking in Wollongong's CBD. He seeks information at the Black Cockatoo, a bar in the city centre that is rumoured to be a vampire hotspot. There, he meets the bar keeper and owner of the secret under-bar "The Blinded Eye," Tess Barbour, an operative of the Ministry of Set. Tess watches Graham carefully as he chats with three of the Dianas about a possible favour and finds out he is a Tremere.

Graham is sent to Wollongong Hospital on an escort mission, and Tess accompanies him, hoping to make her own connection with the Tremere. There, she and Graham meet with Claira Windward, a vampire doctor who delivers bloodbags to the Dianas. Claira has multiple human partners who she uses for blood and transport, and has one of them deliver the trio back to the CBD.

In the depths of Wollongong Mall, the three vampires meet the Dianas. After a higher rank member learns that Graham is a Tremere looking for allies, he is asked to dispose of a human who they captured. After learning the man assaulted a defenceless woman, Graham demonstrates his magical prowess, transforming the man's blood into water, killing him in minutes. Highly impressed, the Dianas send Graham away, promising to connect with his sire.

Left to right: Graham Watson, Tess Barbour, Claira Windward

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Tess later has a meeting with her superiors, discussing possible uprisings from the Sabbat or the Anarchs (another loose collective of Vampires opposed to the Camarilla). Tess tells her clan about Graham and how connections with the Tremere could help their odds.

Graham returns to his clan's hideout at UOW and informs Adrian that connections have been made with a few groups, but the secret of Tremere presence may have been let loose by this play.

Claira wakes the next day to find that not only have a pair of her boyfriends become sick by a strange illness, but that a similar illness has shown up in tens of patients at the Hospital. Due to the symptoms, she suspects that a Vampire with infected blood may be spreading an illness intentionally, with the purpose of weakening the blood supply for other vampires in the city.

More to come next time.