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Damned Gangrel. As I awaken and tend to my things, I see a message from Aurelia, the local Baron. She has invited me to some bar to meet with her and Koffi. I reluctantly go after ingesting some rando blood.

The address sent was some dingy dive in Speedway. It was empty save for the Anarchs, a barkeep, and 4 or 5 depressed drunks. They were in a corner booth, and when I joined them, the first thing Aurelia said is "Hunt?" as I'm asking what she means she interrupts "A Hunt. Will you join us on a good old fashion Gangrel hunt? We like to go after local scumbags and whatnot and make them pay." I agreed, and we chatted for a bit, Harish, their Emissary , deciding to join us before we left .

I haven't spent much time among the Outcasts, so I was under the impression this was a simple feed-kill with a twist. Not so.

The Anarchs drove me out to the woods, where the Gangrel shape changed and ran around amongst the beasts. Aurelia caught a deer with her claws, mutilating the poor thing. She brought it back and the Koffi began to drink from the wounds like, well, an animal. Harish bit the creatures throat, while I stand by curiously watching. When they offered me a sip I dipped my finger in its blood and tasted it. Better than rats.

After this little ritual, we went to stake out the target. Apparently, the guy was a prison guard with a tendency for violence. We pulled up a street away and made our way to the house, a simple two story with fading white paint. Two cars were parked outside, but the lights were off. It was decided that I would be sent in to survey the place. Unseen Passage plus an unlocked door makes for an easy time. A middle aged woman and a teenage boy were in the kitchen, talking around the dinner table. Great, a complication. The target was upstairs, endlessly scrolling on his phone. I make my way back and inform the Anarchs of the situation, and despite the unsuspected humans, they decided to move in. I made my way back inside and up the stairs, waiting until I hear the knock-knock on the door, when Harish would attempt to use Dominate to deal with the others, and the Gangrel would come upstairs and help get the guy out. I held the guy back with a knife to his throat but my threats were met with a simple "what the fuck, fuck you". Luckily, I was able to keep a hold on the guy while Koffi came to my assistance, tying the dude up. Aurelia laughed and told us to bring him down. We obliged, and found the two kine asleep on the couch, with Harish lounging in a reclining chair. He got up, opened the back door, and then there we were, in this small, fenced area. Koffi and Aurelia began to drink deep of the subdued target, with Harish waiting patiently to join in. We heard people moving and talking in the house, it looks like whatever Harish did wasn't too successful. Aurelia says "not enough time, stab him and lets get out of here". Koffi whined, "aww but the chase is my favourite part!". Harish pulled out a small knife and plunged it into the mans heart. It was now that I fully understood what was going on. Apparently, the Gangrel like to choose a target, subdue them, and release them in the woods so they can chase them down and kill them. she ride back was full of arguing over how things could have gone better. The second the car stopped, I slipped out and vanished into the city.

I thought the Gangrel were just animalistic, but tonight revealed a gruesomely primal part of their nature. We Kindred are hunters yes, and many of us even revel in the hunt, but the way their eyes looked as they jumped on him, the noises they made as they fed on him in a way like wolves feed on a carcass. I'm starting to think there is more animal traits of the Gangrel besides their appearance and disciplines.

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[zindoesart]

julia and ilaria

[radiantmorningstar]

[transhueylong]

Someone made a vampire/VTM themed Ironsworn hack!

[interkos]

For @saintchevre

[bahamuts-tears]

I promise more vtm content soon 🙏

I've bern traveling a lot and will be headed to Firenze soon. The uffizi is so important and I really want to see Cellini’s work in person.

Really don’t want to leave this part of the world.

The best thing about traveling solo is being able to wander.

Please forgive me for not posting art. promise soon!!

[ttrpg-smash-pass-vs]

actually now I'm curious.

EDIT: Right, my personal experience is D&D 3.5, years of PF1e, a quick bout of Call of Cthulu, a year long campaign of Changeling the dreaming, Some d100 fallout thing, big campaign of Shadowrun 5e, D&D 5e, and PF2e. Haven't gotten to play PF2e in an actual campaign though, just watching and studying and running through mini adventures solo to balance test. Which is sad, but the only group I'm part of that plays it currently includes someone I'm not inclined to play with again. Also, have sat in on plenty of VtM and a bit of the Witcher RPG (and heard the tale of the campaigns like 10 times to the point I know it well.)

Most of it was PF1e. While I did enjoy my 3 year 5e campaign once I got dragged over, I'm glad to be slinking back home to Paizo. Changeling the Dreaming is my second favorite system. D&D 5e behind it. I feel like PF2e will knock PF1e down to 3rd of 4th once I can actually play the damn thing, but for now my mastery and nostalgia keep it at 1st.

[givemedamage]

scariest most terrifying thing ever for halloween ever is like just some dude having a nice time playing vtm solo while their sims are dying

[blackoutsys]

one thing i will probably not figure out if it's system related is just suddenly and randomly getting the urge to like. hunt people for sport.

like. i've got games i can do that in. however they all require and Large amount of people to actually work properly [project winter, among us] if you don't want to play with randoms

i play VTM: Bloodhunt but i don't want to do solos but my friends who Do play are busy

i don't think i will be used to having like. random urges/desires getting shoved into my head sdknfsdnkjs

'cause it's not a Concerning Urge [i've felt it before and i know how to deal with it easily] but also. how the fuck do i explain to someone my brain wants a fucking sniper rifle

like im gonna assume it's probably partly passive influence but like???? fuck????

[pretend-pretend-vampire]

if vtm had a gacha game

quick disclaimer: I'm probably not going to make this an actual game even if I'm allowed to, I just had fun thinking it up. I might do something with it though, I dunno what yet.

setting and plot

player is an anarch baron sending coteries on missions. there are more anarchs officially part of the movement than the baron has direct control over, “recruited” characters are just ones the baron has enough power over to make them do things

story starts small, with missions being largely to keep the peace within the anarchs themselves and keep [undecided city] running as it should

one event has them go to the beach PLEASE we need a beach episode

gameplay

form coteries of 4 for missions

success/fail (NOT choices matter) story rpg approach to missions. sometimes very specific specialties will resolve to a win far easier than high stats/disciplines, so fledglings with niche specialties remain useful into the midgame and even the lategame if you know where to use them

still a dice roll whether things work or not, so higher stats are important but can still fail

vampires in a coterie will gradually build trust the more successful missions they’re on with each other, which will increase the likelihood of succeeding help checks/amount they can help each other on checks per level of bond

missions grant feeding materials, trust, and on a first clear [currency]

vampires

vampires are named, with backstories and feeding preferences and flaws

vampires have the usual attributes, as well as a few key specialties (numbers dependent on the rarity of the character)

vampires have Discipline powers too (numbers dependent on the rarity of the character)

level-ups can be saved and spent on increasing stats or disciplines. different rarities get different level caps, and certain levels will unlock bond stories where you get glimpses into the personal lives of the vampires

vampires come in F (fledgling), N (neonate), A (ancilla) and E (elder) rarities, with fledglings being the most abundant and easiest to recruit and elders being by far the hardest

recruiting (scouting) can be done with [currency], typically in a solo yolo with some form of pity/spark system.

duplicates can be devoured for additional experience, which will be more if the dupe is devoured by its original

skins/”masks”(?) can be acquired, possibly granting mechanical benefits? and they’ll typically feature the vampire in a different outfit or doing something different. frequently gory. they can be set for navigators on the homescreen also

feeding materials

blood types A, B, AB, and O, as well as bagged blood, corpse blood, animal blood, and much rarer vitae and meat

very small chance for a feeding material to grant additional xp (representing resonances)

certain vampires have restrictions on which feeding materials they can/will consume, suffering steep mechanical consequences (lower experience gain?) for being fed the wrong type of blood (e.g. ventrue not getting their preferred bloodtype, nagaraja not getting meat, farmers not getting animal blood)

daily free 10-pull for basic(?) feeding materials

characters

lotsa typically-anarch clans, but antitribu of all clans are present. huge sprawling cast of 50+ recruitable characters

some events unlock characters “switching sides” to the anarchs, adding to the gacha pool as rate-ups for the relevant event periods

one salubri in the whole game and they’re a neonate but their unique amalgam disciplines make them really fucking useful

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Tonight proved interesting. Tufts, my Gangrel friend told me that 2 of the local Divas are feuding. Carmelia, one of the dreaded Kindred suburbanites, is aiming to convince to Primogen that she would be a better Keeper of Elysium than Rayner, who has had the role for over 4 decades. Always down to fuck with the Roses, I decided to go to Rayner and express my support after grabbing something to eat, as my taste for rat blood was wearing away.

He was frantic, pacing and staring at all these strange but beautiful tapestries depicting scenes both gruesome and beautiful. Apparently he has made one for each of the Primogen, and inquired if I may assist him in delivering them. Curious to see their reactions, I spent the night riding around town and presenting his works to our Primogen. It was a mixed bag, all in all. Some greatly enjoyed the works, although most of them are rather friendly with Rayner. Itzhak, our Toreador Primogen, seemed beyond amused that his childe would create such a work in an attempt to maintain good standing. Eskil, the Termere on the council, flat out refused the gift and said he couldn't care less who arranged Elysium. Classic Eskil. Sometimes this whole Camarilla thing can actually be fun, especially when you don't give a shit about it. I let the others scurry around and humiliate themselves in an attempt for power and glory. Me? I'll be with the rats, pouring over their secrets and shame.

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[mxldito]

Get to Know the Mun

what's your phone wallpaper?: Both my wallpaper and lock screen are Coyote lol. My lock screen is this classic by joltergeist and my wallpaper is this beauty by its-sixxers.

last song listened to: Solo la morte ti ammanette - Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats

currently reading: Netherworld by Richard Lee Byers. It's one of those OLD VTM novels. I believe this one is based off V2.

last movie: Watched Maxx/xine with Prism.

last show: Blue Planet II.

what are you wearing right now?: A snap closure tank top and cargo short (in a goth honoring way)

piercings/tattoos: Double lobe on my left and single lobe on my right. I almost got a navel ring but my anatomy turned out to be a little risky for it.

glasses/contacts?: Glasses

last thing you ate?: Chicken sammich (yay!)

favorite color: Black.

current obsession: Other than the usual? Horror movies again.

do you have a crush right now?: The Predator in the original 1987 film heehee.

favorite fictional character: My OCs...and my friends OCs. :)

last place you traveled: Like, traveled traveled? Went to San Francisco with my tías and a couple of my cousins a little while back! We toured Alcatraz and it was very interesting. My hips gave out once we got back to our lodgings though. My hips hurt easy and there are so many stairs and inclines in the island and in the actual prison itself. But the view across the bay of Fisherman's Wharf is very beautiful after dark. I love being on boats. :3

Tagged by: @eternalbite (Thankies :3) Tagging: YOU!

[toskarin]

this is more of an idle curiosity than any sort of declaration of intent, but if I did another ttrpg soundtrack, what sort of soundtrack would people be interested in?

for context, I'd say NOMAD/VIRTUE was "lived-in sci-fi"

[interkos]

for @saintchevre

[leitereads]

OC/WIP Tag Game!

Thank you so much to the lovelies @paeliae-occasionally, @drchenquill and @the-letterbox-archives (who actually created the tag game - it is such a fantastic idea) for tagging me!

Rules/Premise: Just open the floor for questions about your wips/ocs/creative process/etc.!

As I am writing this, I am embarking in a new creative journey, both by developing my own Vampire: the Masquerade (VtM) chronicle (a tabletop roleplaying game in which you participate in it as a vampire character) and by revamping my old WIPs into something I am truly passionate about. Also, I am developing a solo character for another similar tabletop roleplaying game (Vampire: the Requiem - Eugen Schulze), and it has taken a lot of my energy (in a good way) as of lately.

Therefore, the novel-focused WIPs are still being revamped/researched about, but I have no problem talking about what I have so far.

Seriously, ALL QUESTIONS ARE ALLOWED, from everyone. I'll answer anything and anyone hahah.

I sure will ask you all questions, since I am extremely interested in knowing more about your own WIPs/OCs as well, but for now I will be tagging @yourpenpaldee, @writelikethrollope and @noxxytocin! Thank you so much, and no pressure!

The Apocryphal Truth

I started writing this novel while I was still in high school, and the main character (Dr Edgar Frost) is someone who has been growing up with me. The premise of the WIP is based on Gnostic horror, and I play around with themes connected to memory, reality, consciousness, trauma and loss. It's set in the Victorian Era, and the characters are diverse, in almost everything. Some of the characters are the following ones:

Edgar Frost: an illegitimate son of a British earl, who is searching for a way of joining fragmented "minds", in order to reveal a higher truth. He is your brooding Sturm und Drang Byronic hero/anti-hero, with an angelic exterior, but ready to get his hands dirty if needed.

Cléo: A French-Egyptian orphan who ended up in custody of Edgar's father, suffering the same destiny as Edgar. She is a determined young woman, passionate about the arts, but also politics, and she was able to climb her way to the top through her cunning and leadership personality.

Jacques: French journalist who belonged to the French military and secret services of the time. He had his fair share of violence, and his hedonistic side took him to London, to spend the rest of his life away from the drama. Until he met Edgar, and now he stuck himself to that idiot.

The Immortal Emperor's Regicide

I don't have a lot of material regarding this WIP, because:

a) it is based on a tabletop narrative game as well, so part of the worldbuilding comes from there and,

b) this was originally a collective creative writing project, and I am no longer working with my writing partner, so all the characters they created don't exist anymore in this new version of the story, making it a complete new story.

But the overall premise is similar to the one of The Apocryphal Truth: Victorian-like setting, horror-fantasy oriented. Ghosts, lots of ghosts. Emotional (and blood) vampires. Eldritch Gods, etc.

Solo Character: Eugen Schulze

Dr Eugen Schulze is a vampire character made for a Vampire: the Requiem (VtR) chronicle narrated by a friend of mine. It is set in our current days, in Berlin. Eugen himself is an old vampire (from the 1910s) who was transformed at the end of WW2. He worked as a doctor and scientist, responsible for horrendous experiments associated with Germany's position on the war. Things didn't go as planned, and he stayed in torpor till the 90s/early 2000s, and during this time his ideologies changed (he now hates everyone). With a witty and sarcastic sense of humour, Eugen is someone extremely professional, and he is trying to reach apotheosis through his vampiric condition, by medical experimentation and by following Gnostic beliefs. He is also a great appreciator of goth and metal music.

[yourundead]

A dick of a character Im writing for my vtm solo game. This girlboss of a catiffe that goes toe to toe with Ventrue is making my Nos Rabbits life a living hell. I fucking hate her.