I set your GM Board to be Ignored in my Profile (so I won't be tempted to take a peak inside) haha!
All the plot twists that could have been ruined :o
Thanks Berka :)
Now I just hope Aman doesn't download the chronicle PDFs (Ha! I'm joking, the damn things are so unreadable that after I ran them through a PDF converter all I got back was gibberish. No way Aman is patient enough to read them).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 03, 2015, 07:06:34 pm
I'm the most patient person around here, thank you very much. >:(
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 07:07:24 pm
The letters that you guys get throughout the story were so bad that I had to translate them word-by-word and post them onto my GM board for future use XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 03, 2015, 07:08:09 pm
The letters that you guys get throughout the story were so bad that I had to translate them word-by-word and post them onto my GM board for future use XD
....
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 03, 2015, 07:08:33 pm
So, is this Dark Ages? Or is Transylvania it's own setting? What is the Year?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 07:10:30 pm
The starting year is 1198, the story will be set in Transylvania. I'll get more info out when i'm done reading Transylvania By Night (which actually turned up readable and copy-pastable results when I put it through a pdf converter)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 07:13:19 pm
The setting is not historically accurate (budapest exists, for one, several centuries before it was created), this is fine. There are 4 primary factions to be considered (at least for the first Act) - Old Tzimisce defending their homeland, a Tzimisce/Nosferatu/Gangrel alliance of princes defending their domain, the Tremere (currently strongest faction in Transylvannia, in an especially brutal feud with the Tzimisce), and the Ventrue (who are also enroaching on the territory with the Tremere and want more influence, as always).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Bo on January 03, 2015, 08:13:51 pm
Sorry, didn't see that the General OOC was created. Delete?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 03, 2015, 08:16:24 pm
I'm pulling off a lasombra. Maybe a knight, maybe not. Hmm..
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 08:17:18 pm
I was sure I locked that thread...
Create your own separate threads on the Character Creation board for questions about your character and your character sheet, the guide thread is just an infodump.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 03, 2015, 08:20:23 pm
>_> <_<
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Bo on January 03, 2015, 08:21:28 pm
All right, so I guess we should probably decide first whether we're going to be a noble group of vampires that have some sort of allinace or a rough band of brothers united on the streets so that we don't accidentally conflict characters.
I'm more comfortable with upper-class characters like Ventrue or Tremere, but I can be rough too if that's what the party wants to do. My PREFERRED character would be a Tremere, I'd be willing to write the backstory however I need to in order to fit the party. All I have is a preferred class after all.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 03, 2015, 08:25:49 pm
I got the Rich Malky Lay-about covered haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 08:31:11 pm
Oh-nonononono, you all start as neonates and i'll handle you guys joining up, you only know each other cursorily or by reputation before then.
You can be a Tremere - no one has decided to make a Tzimisce yet. If someone else wants a Tzimisce you can settle stuff with them (you either have to have interlocking backstories that justify you tolerating each other or you have to duel to the death)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 08:31:59 pm
I'd suggest waiting for me to post all the setting info before you begin with the backstories, but until then make whatever clans you want. I'll handle which faction you join based on that info.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 03, 2015, 08:33:51 pm
Hmm what about a Ravnos...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 08:35:41 pm
Characters in this coterie will have to be able to trust each other - the chronicle spans a planned 8 centuries and a lack of trust or a tendency to backstab will result in it's destruction before even the first century is done. Tremere/Tzimisce combinations are discouraged, though they will be allowed with the proper backstory. Similarly, Ventrue/Brujah combinations are also discouraged. Characters that aremade so that it is inevitable they will betray the cotterie will not be accepted. You are not going to be spies and traitors, you are a group of loyal friends who stick together even when different ideologies will threaten to split you apart through centuries of conflict - or maybe you just stick together because it is in your best and mutual interests to do so, whatever the case, you will have to trust one-another. The first chapter will focus primarily on building this trust, you are expected to make use of it.
Your sires must all be alive. No orphan Annies here, they are necessary for the beginning of the plot to the story. Other than this, your only limitation when constructing your background is the setting of the story.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 03, 2015, 08:38:45 pm
Hmm not any of my planned ones then, ok I will look into the clans again
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 08:39:46 pm
Well, you can make a Ravnos but just know that it probably won't live long and you'll have to make a new char (if you plan on betraying)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 03, 2015, 08:41:30 pm
Well, you can make a Ravnos but just know that it probably won't live long and you'll have to make a new char (if you plan on betraying)
Yeh, Hense the not going for that lol. Going to look at the clans again as there was one I thought of making before going for Gorn.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 08:44:53 pm
Nosferatu seems your type. With Obfuscate 3 (a discipline all Nosferatu should heavily invest in) you can even hide your ugliness.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 09:18:37 pm
I'm trying to skip the parts that have nothing to do with vampire influence. I won't blame you guys for skimming.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 10:32:26 pm
Okay! That's a decent amount of the setting. I'll be posting some info on the major cities soon.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 10:33:30 pm
And i'm just going to skip riiiiight over Lithuania.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 11:28:19 pm
So, if you're skimming i'd suggest just Control-F ing "Tzimisce" "Gangrel" "Nosferatu" "Tremere" "Ventrue" "Transylvania" "Kupala" and "Cainites" Read the parts involving them, since it might be important.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 03, 2015, 11:29:19 pm
So much stuff.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 03, 2015, 11:35:27 pm
I thought there were no mages around in this game?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 11:36:16 pm
So did I. The game changed its mind.
Be happy, by the way. I'm skipping soooooo much stuff XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 03, 2015, 11:36:46 pm
I am. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 11:38:10 pm
So, like, am I the only one here who thought before now that Transylvania was a singular country?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 03, 2015, 11:38:39 pm
Apparently transylvania is really just half of Hungary (the eastern half, specifically), it's not even really a country, it's a region.
huh
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 03, 2015, 11:57:40 pm
I (and my sore fingers) HAVE PREVAILED! It was a pain reformatting all of that but all that's left for you guys is for me to add the important Cainites, and for myself I have to add all the stat blocks. Then I have to read Act 2-12 for the chronicle.
But that's not too bad. You'll all be making your characters while I deal with that.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 03, 2015, 11:58:42 pm
Yay. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 04, 2015, 12:16:06 am
Oh well, time for assamite bad-assness. (Damn you aman for taking lasombra. I wanted awesome shadow arms)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 04, 2015, 12:18:00 am
Damn Seth and I, u mean. ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 04, 2015, 12:28:48 am
Bastards. >:(
Oh well. Here's hoping that any of your character wont be women because this ass amite(intended) is a totally sexist muslim who doesnt think women should be embraced.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 04, 2015, 12:32:35 am
Doesn't matter if Aman made a Lasombra (or if Seth is also making a Lasombra) - you could all be Lasombra if you wanted. This isn't a "We need a thief" or a "we need a healer" scenario, you could all be fleshcrafting Tzimisce or crazy malks or even just a bunch of Toreador. What's important is that you make good characters, not what clan they're from.
Besides, shadow powers rule and the third Abyss Mystic ritual allows multiple ritual casters for an exponentially more potent summon.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 04, 2015, 12:33:58 am
Oh well. Here's hoping that any of your character wont be women because this ass amite(intended) is a totally sexist muslim who doesnt think women should be embraced.
Actually, there's a general rule among the Assamite that they are only to embrace men. There was, like, one female Assamite in Constantinople, and she was a secret weapon against other vampires for the Assamites because it was well known that women weren't embraced by Assamites.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 04, 2015, 12:36:57 am
Note: If you're an Assamite, you aren't trusted by any of the factions governing Transylvania, and you will be forced to swear a magically-binding oath of loyalty or even be blood bound if you want to continue on in the chronicle (which is the reason I said Assamites and Followers of Set are not recommended - yes, they both go through the same thing.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 04, 2015, 12:46:09 am
Actually, there's a general rule among the Assamite that they are only to embrace men. There was, like, one female Assamite in Constantinople, and she was a secret weapon against other vampires for the Assamites because it was well known that women weren't embraced by Assamites.
yeah i read that part when reading up on assamites when i made bastian. But bastian was.. well bastian. ^^
But hey, a question for you. Would you allow the marketstands ghouls master to be his sire?
And yes, i agree with you on the awesomeness of lasombras. - and nah, i think its more fun if we didnt have a majority of lasombras. In case we go democrazy or something xD
And i might re-consider being a assmite regarding your latest post. I've only skimmrd trough what you've posted so far.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 04, 2015, 12:51:30 am
Oh, it isn't in what i've mentionned so far, it's only brought up in the Chronicle books.
Nope, unfortunately he already has a childer and goals that would force you to betray the cotterie.
However, there's another char that I think would be a good sire... but I have to wait before I reveal him to you since, well, I have to read through all the chronicle books to see if he becomes important in a way that does not permit him to also be your sire.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 04, 2015, 12:52:09 am
Make your char first, we can worry about sires later.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 04, 2015, 12:17:57 pm
Oh well. Here's hoping that any of your character wont be women because this ass amite(intended) is a totally sexist muslim who doesnt think women should be embraced.
Dibs on killing D first! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 04, 2015, 12:18:34 pm
XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 04, 2015, 01:42:35 pm
Ok looked back at my original idea before Gorn, and I still love it however I think it would cause setting problems and right now I'm too busy to be actively solving nuanced setting problems when I could instead just go invisible and screw with people so I am actually edging towards nosferatu now.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 04, 2015, 02:22:31 pm
Your original idea before Gorn was Charlie, no?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 04, 2015, 02:37:35 pm
Between charlie and Gorn, I was planning a very different char then realized how much fun I could have by going full on 'barbarian class' for a change. Looking more deeply into nosferatu right now though
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 04, 2015, 04:12:40 pm
Hey guys, when you get your merits/flaws do you mind posting the full description under said merit/flaw? I don't want to have to look for them.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 04, 2015, 06:11:47 pm
Will do once home, instead of going for the standard ones I've been trying to take Ines more specific to nosferatu.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 04, 2015, 07:26:02 pm
Nuhu! I'm actually going to play nice for a change. ^^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 04, 2015, 07:28:35 pm
(Mostly cuz i'm not giving any of you a choice)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 04, 2015, 07:29:11 pm
Thank god. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 04, 2015, 07:53:03 pm
Does on forcing him into frenzied first
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 04, 2015, 08:03:12 pm
About 2/3rds of the way done with the vampire NPCs.
Okay, that's a lie, i'm about 2/3rds of the way done with the non-Tzimisce, non-Tremere NPCs. Tzimisce and Tremere both have two chapters all to themselves. It's a horrifying amount of editing.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 04, 2015, 08:03:56 pm
About 2/3rds of the way done with the vampire NPCs.
Okay, that's a lie, i'm about 2/3rds of the way done with the non-Tzimisce, non-Tremere NPCs. Tzimisce and Tremere both have two chapters all to themselves. It's a horrifying amount of editing.
Woah. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 04, 2015, 08:05:28 pm
Quote
As he seems to fear nothing, quietly emerging from battles, captivity and other life-threatening situations unruffled and intact, many Cainites (and a few mortals) whisper that he is immortal—perhaps the Wandering Jew. At least a few Cainites believe him to be Caine. As his aura is as anonymous as his name, none can say for certain.
Who is the Wandering Jew?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 04, 2015, 08:06:07 pm
Auspex is also a Toreador clan discipline, so Aman's strange insistence on it will also apply to you, no doubt.
Sweeeeet
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 10:19:43 am
So, final player list:
Sethaniel - Lasombra (Brother to Aman's Anton)
Aman - Lasombra (Anton, Ashen Knight)
Berka - Malkavian (With badass pet rock named Prince Maurice)
Daedalus - Tzimisce (Fleshcrafter)
Bo - Toreador (snobby bastard)
Forge - Nosferatu (Sneak Sneak)
No problematic combinations, which is good. Based on this you could be hired by a Tzimisce or a neutral faction (Prince of Budapest). I think i'll go with Tzimisce but i'll have to wait until I finish the Chronicle to see if it might be better to take something else.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 05, 2015, 11:25:16 am
So, who hates Malkies the least in our party?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 11:26:59 am
I'd say the malkie XD
Probs Forge. Nosferatu can't exactly afford to be judgemental, what with their faces and everything.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 05, 2015, 11:30:17 am
I can make everyone sexy! Except forge. He can be our teams ugly mascot. ;D
yeh, pretty impossible to make a nosferatu sexy... I almost even gave him giant bat wings for gliding off high towers and steeples etc. just to say "Screw it, lets go stereotype!"
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 05, 2015, 01:00:33 pm
Would have been pretty epic. Though I think D's character at higher levels could do that for you.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 05, 2015, 01:09:14 pm
Would have been pretty epic. Though I think D's character at higher levels could do that for you.
nah i can do that as soon as we start. Going to put a 4 in Vicissitude. Or put a 3 in it and also start out with koldunic sorcery. i think you need a 3 in Vicissitude to make stuff with bones/flesh.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 05, 2015, 01:10:51 pm
nah i can do that as soon as we start. Going to put a 4 in Vicissitude. Or put a 3 in it and also start out with koldunic sorcery. i think you need a 3 in Vicissitude to make stuff with bones/flesh.
I dunno, to fly you may need more flesh and bones on a vamp then he has to spare. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 05, 2015, 01:13:46 pm
I can make everyone sexy! Except forge. He can be our teams ugly mascot. ;D
O.o
Oh. Your character. Your character can make everyone sexy.
Who's Heldric again?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 01:16:34 pm
Completely and absolutely unable to alter a Nosferatu's appearance (any attempt will simply fail. No Tzimisce is powerful enough to undo the curse Caine placed on Absimilliard and all his childer).
You'll need "graft life to life" (Vicissitude 6), otherwise you'd have to take the flesh and bones for his wings from his own actual flesh and bones, which are limited in supply. You could do it but at the cost of Heldric's physical attribute points.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 05, 2015, 01:16:44 pm
Forge's nosferatu. (aka Anton's lover)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 05, 2015, 01:17:10 pm
The mascot. :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 05, 2015, 01:17:23 pm
Completely and absolutely unable to alter a Nosferatu's appearance (any attempt will simply fail. No Tzimisce is powerful enough to undo the curse Caine placed on Absimilliard and all his childer).
You'll need "graft life to life" (Vicissitude 6), otherwise you'd have to take the flesh and bones for his wings from his own actual flesh and bones, which are limited in supply. You could do it but at the cost of Heldric's physical attribute points.
Aside from maybe the Antediluvian!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 01:21:19 pm
You'll need "graft life to life" (Vicissitude 6), otherwise you'd have to take the flesh and bones for his wings from his own actual flesh and bones, which are limited in supply. You could do it but at the cost of Heldric's physical attribute points.
Nope, Caine cursed ALL the antediluvians before the flood, their combined strength was nothing to him. I think Absimillard when to the Eldest to try and have his curse removed but he failed.
It's worth noting that the Blood Gods are more powerful than your current characters in proportions around equal to how much more powerful Caine is than them. Caine is 302 000 years old, the Antediluvians are around 12 000 each.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 05, 2015, 01:23:04 pm
XD D:
How could he be that old? XD (and in the gehenna supplements he gets his ass handed to him by Lilith)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 05, 2015, 01:23:26 pm
Okay, my laptop doesn't want to paste links for some reason.
just google "Satan's Alley"
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 01:26:05 pm
Also, is Dracula going to make a cameo? Does he ever exist in the old WoD?
Dracula (Vlad the Impaler, Son of the Dragon) appears in the chronicle. One of the chronicle books is called "Son of the Dragon", I haven't read it yet but I assume that the entire thing is just a bunch of Dracula badassness with you guys involved somewhere.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 05, 2015, 06:13:35 pm
Woot
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 06:16:52 pm
Finished the Non-Tzimisce, Non-Tremere NPCS!
On to the Tzimisce.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 05, 2015, 06:19:09 pm
5 years later
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 05, 2015, 06:28:49 pm
you will know the exact point Drak gave up on re-wording and statting all of the Tzimisce and Tremere when they start appearing with names like 'Steve the german guy'
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 06:36:39 pm
Steve the german guy is a perfectly normal name for a Methuselah Tzimisce that dwells in the Cathedral of Flesh!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 06:37:54 pm
So, I hate to say this but i'm going to have to post more setting info since a lot of this stuff on the Tzimisce is too important to leave out. Keep in mind that your characters won't know much about this (except for D's char, who will know most of it), especially the stuff about Kupala.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 05, 2015, 06:38:58 pm
Noooooooo
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 06:56:00 pm
That's everything i'll put on the Tzimisce (for now, I haven't finished the chapter, too busy transcribing).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 07:34:25 pm
Hmm, changed my mind, you guys won't be serving Tzimisce. Patron will either be Radu (Tzimisce prince of Bistritz) or Vencel Trikard (Ventrue Prince of Budapest). Radu is part of the Transylvanian Prince faction, Vencel is independant (not part of Ventrue interests).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 08:05:56 pm
Done with the Tzimisce. On to the Tremere - once i'm done with them then I can post the NPCs. After that I just transcribe the possible sidequests (there are tons of really cool ones) and then I read the rest of the books, which should take me another couple days. By then we can start.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 05, 2015, 08:06:42 pm
Yay
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 08:43:42 pm
There will be another info dump (courtesy of the Tremere).
Your characters will know approximately none of the information present, except for the general knowledge (diablerie of Saulot, stolen vampirism). I hesitated to even put it up but it's important if you want to understand much of the fighting, the factions in Transylvania and even jut WoD lore in general.
Fortunately, it will be much shorter than the one with the Tzimisce since I will be keeping a lot of the information about Ceoris and its population secret.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 05, 2015, 09:18:23 pm
So how much will Lucien know of the Tzimisce stuff?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 09:20:48 pm
Oh, everyone! Due to the Dark Ages difference, a 5 in your generation background means you're a 7th generation vampire, not an 8th.
Kickass. So much kickass
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 09:30:51 pm
This also means you have access to 6th level disciplines, and you can raise your attributes and abilities to 6 - so if you want to change your stats, go ahead and do so now. I'll review your char sheets later.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 05, 2015, 09:31:40 pm
So much kickass. so so so so much.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 10:45:12 pm
Done with the characters.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 11:53:28 pm
I'll post the Tremere and Tzimisce characters tomorrow. Good night guys.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 05, 2015, 11:53:53 pm
I'll post the Tremere and Tzimisce characters tomorrow. Good night guys.
night motherFarka
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 05, 2015, 11:54:33 pm
Oh, and in case you're wondering, this isn't anywhere near all the characters or all the info on them - just what I think you might know, have heard of or have guesstimated.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 05, 2015, 11:56:53 pm
So, I hate to say this but i'm going to have to post more setting info since a lot of this stuff on the Tzimisce is too important to leave out. Keep in mind that your characters won't know much about this (except for D's char, who will know most of it), especially the stuff about Kupala.
So, it's important that we have to know it right now, but pretend our characters don't?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 06, 2015, 01:06:48 pm
Your character don't. Lucien totes knows it. ^^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 06, 2015, 02:06:21 pm
Steeple could just ask Maurice. Maurice knows all.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 06, 2015, 03:34:51 pm
So, it's important that we have to know it right now, but pretend our characters don't?
Yeah, pretty much. Your chats know nothing about Kupala and less about the Tzimisce rituals. - but they know the ranking system and the way territory is divided. This is crucial information that would have taken me forever to separate so in order for me to use proper terminology and write things you guys understand, you need to have read it all.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 06, 2015, 03:45:14 pm
Already done (and forgotten)! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 06, 2015, 04:53:18 pm
Okay, added in Darvag (Who i'd forgotten with the latest post).
That's everyone! Now damn you all, I have to get to everything else.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 06, 2015, 04:54:04 pm
Okay, added in Darvag (Who i'd forgotten with the latest post).
That's everyone! Now damn you all, I have to get to everything else.
fun times ahoy. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 07, 2015, 03:37:40 pm
why are the lasombra associated with the ocean, anyway? a bunch of the lasombra-specific merits/flaws from reference desk are about the sea.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 07, 2015, 04:01:56 pm
I was wondering about that too. I can send you a PDF of "Blood-Dimmed Tides" - it covers sea creatures in the story. Mariners (Gangrel specifically adapted and settled in the ocean) and Lasombra are featured heavily for the vampires. Apparently ALL lasombra (without exception) at one point feel the call of the sea. Elders are very lenient regarding this (they went through it themselves). It's speculated that it's because the Ocean reminds the Lasombra of the Abyss, or that the Ocean has a mystical connection to the Abyss - the deeper you go, the farther away from civilization, the closer you get. So the Ocean is a draw for the Lasombra because they commune with the place from where they draw their greatest powers.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 07, 2015, 04:06:06 pm
Ocean = Abyss. Got it. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 07, 2015, 04:07:55 pm
You should have had Adam take some of those. (since he lives so close to the ocean and all.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 07, 2015, 04:12:07 pm
I didn't know the reference desk existed when I was making Adam. I got all his merits/flaws from the Subnet (and not this subnet either, the subnet before it was updated).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 07, 2015, 04:12:23 pm
Psst- reply to my messages, I asked you some questions.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 07, 2015, 04:13:01 pm
I'm dealing with a lot of stuff now okay!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 07, 2015, 04:14:27 pm
That's why I mentioned it here, too. Since I figured you were busy, and might have missed it.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 08, 2015, 08:38:13 am
Could you clear this up for me? The setting info seems to suggest that it's 1198.
Is that actually what year it is?
(I get that the chronicle spans 800 years. And that most of the anachronisms I'm mentioning are picky picky. And not your fault because you're just copying what the book designer wrote.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 08, 2015, 08:52:40 am
How long did you say we'd been vampires? I know we're neonates, but does that mean like, just turned a week ago, or like, we've been vampires for more than 5 years?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 08, 2015, 09:14:23 am
He mentioned somewhere (i think it was on Bo's sheet) tjat we'd been vampire for abput 20 years max or something.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 08, 2015, 03:54:42 pm
Could you clear this up for me? The setting info seems to suggest that it's 1198.
Is that actually what year it is?
(I get that the chronicle spans 800 years. And that most of the anachronisms I'm mentioning are picky picky. And not your fault because you're just copying what the book designer wrote.)
How long did you say we'd been vampires? I know we're neonates, but does that mean like, just turned a week ago, or like, we've been vampires for more than 5 years?
He mentioned somewhere (i think it was on Bo's sheet) tjat we'd been vampire for abput 20 years max or something.
Yep. I mean, you have experience (because I don't want to teach you the basics of vampirism in-game) but you should also all be newborns by vampiric societal standards, so i'm ruling that no one has spent more than 20 years as a vampire.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 08, 2015, 05:08:47 pm
Yep. I mean, you have experience (because I don't want to teach you the basics of vampirism in-game) but you should also all be newborns by vampiric societal standards, so i'm ruling that no one has spent more than 20 years as a vampire.
We just all studied REALLY HARD over those 10-20 years, and there was a lot of farming slimes and boars for base xp before leeching xp on high level strike runs with our sires.
(Yes I am geeking it up FTW)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 09, 2015, 12:45:58 am
So, I know backstories take a while but damn guys! I'm ready to start.
Hmm... I should update Mage...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 09, 2015, 12:47:39 am
So, I know backstories take a while but damn guys! I'm ready to start.
Hmm... I should update Mage...
Yay! (to both)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 09, 2015, 12:49:34 am
I can't start until you guys finish all your stuff though XD (And so far only Berka's done this quickly - and he had a pre-made backstory and character all ready here).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 09, 2015, 12:52:01 am
I can't start until you guys finish all your stuff though XD (And so far only Berka's done this quickly - and he had a pre-made backstory and character all ready here).
Hey, I'm practically done. Just need to do some backstory stuff with Seth, and tada, finished character. :D XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 09, 2015, 12:54:16 am
Pfft, you're estranged brothers (which toats makes sense because unless Seth made a copy of your character his char would never keep in touch with you given everything).
Backstory is the longest part Aman, everyone knows that XD
It's why you left it dead last.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 09, 2015, 12:56:48 am
But I already sent you the full backstory, aside from the Seth bits. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 09, 2015, 01:00:45 am
Ohhhh yeah, that's totally true.
You just need to send me, like, the other half (where you describe your new life with Seth).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 09, 2015, 01:42:04 am
Boom. Halfway done with the biggest part of the c-sheet.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 09, 2015, 08:51:32 am
So, I know backstories take a while but damn guys! I'm ready to start.
Which is why my usual way is better.
Anyway, if it's a big deal, just forget me. If everyone else is ready to start, and the only part aman is missing is his stuff with my guy.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 09, 2015, 10:03:03 am
Nuhu! I want to play with you!
On the other habd, is it possibe to get writers block on your backstoey? I got no frekking clue what yo write.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 09, 2015, 10:28:23 am
My wife says I'm not allowed to quit. XD
My wife also says "an 11th century nobleman can kick your ass. Sophistication isn't associated with aristocracy at this point. Especially in Eastern Europe."
Anyway, For Lucien:
Why does he know so much about finance? How did he get into flesh crafting, was he always interested in medicine? Or is it more like sculpting? One the one hand you've got this "mad scientist/tortured artist" vibe, but on the other hand, his path is about survivalism, hunting In civilization. Kinda like a serial killer? XD did he always have those tendencies? You've also got a cool dichotomy between being skillwd in brawling and combat-like stuff, but also having crafty skills. And why did he want to be super sexy-looking? XD How do you reconcile common sense with having a short fuse?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 09, 2015, 12:48:05 pm
My wife also says "an 11th century nobleman can kick your ass. Sophistication isn't associated with aristocracy at this point. Especially in Eastern Europe."
Anyway, For Lucien:
Why does he know so much about finance? How did he get into flesh crafting, was he always interested in medicine? Or is it more like sculpting? One the one hand you've got this "mad scientist/tortured artist" vibe, but on the other hand, his path is about survivalism, hunting In civilization. Kinda like a serial killer? XD did he always have those tendencies? You've also got a cool dichotomy between being skillwd in brawling and combat-like stuff, but also having crafty skills. And why did he want to be super sexy-looking? XD How do you reconcile common sense with having a short fuse?
Crafty skills is for bodycrafting (Vicissitude rolls). Who doesn't want to be super-sexy looking?
Common sense is for me to save his ass if he does something incredibly stupid ("I have my character insult the antediluvian!"), short fuse means he gives in easily to the Beast.
Crafty skills is for bodycrafting (Vicissitude rolls). Who doesn't want to be super-sexy looking?
Common sense is for me to save his ass if he does something incredibly stupid ("I have my character insult the antediluvian!"), short fuse means he gives in easily to the Beast.
Path is, well, that's D's thing XD
Your wife is a beautiful and wise woman possessed of impeccable reasoning.
I wasn't being argumentative about his stuff, I was trying to help him be unwriter's blocked.
Like, thinking about what sort of person has a short fuse, but common sense.
storywise, you shouldn't think about your merits/flaws in their mechanical terms. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 09, 2015, 04:43:44 pm
Hey, is linguistics necessary? How "real world" are we being with the setting, as in are we assuming we can all speak each other's language?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 09, 2015, 04:48:50 pm
Thats a point, what is the most commonly used language in Transylvania?
The book explicitly states that there are, just, so many languages to be used.
Specifically: Romanian, Slavonic, Hungarian, Baltic, German, French, Italian, Latin, Kurdish, Armenian, Persion - among others - and even these are umbrella terms, where if you're speaking to someone from a different region or who's using a different dialect than you then you'll have to make a roll to properly understand/reply to them.
If we're trying to make it easier (which I am, because i don't like keeping track of languages), then Slavonic and Romanian default to each other (turning to a language variant popular among the Tzimisce known as "Vlach"), French, Italian and Spanish all default to each other (so if you know one, you can roll to reply with all the others), Kurdish, Armenian and Persion default to Arabic; Hungarian, Baltic and Slavonic remain as is.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 09, 2015, 04:59:20 pm
Oh, and Greek, Greek is in there somewhere.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 09, 2015, 05:11:23 pm
so... we really are going to need linguistics...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 09, 2015, 05:25:18 pm
If Bo's ghoul ever dies you're all screwed. (not just because of this, he's also the only thing in the entire group with auspex.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 09, 2015, 05:43:41 pm
you see, now I need to change my char to understand a second language...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 09, 2015, 05:51:58 pm
Should probably get Vlach and Hungarian, they're the most common ones here. Though if you come from Constantinople then Greek is also extremely important.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 09, 2015, 05:53:22 pm
Should probably get Vlach and Hungarian, they're the most common ones here. Though if you come from Constantinople then Greek is also extremely important.
Going to have to be Greek and Vlach. can't afford to move more points into linguistics without flipping out and messing my char up again :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 09, 2015, 05:55:02 pm
nevermind that was REALLY easy. I had randomly put points into politics so took that point and one from occult which I can't even remember why I wanted in the first place!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 09, 2015, 06:05:46 pm
So, Romanian and Slavonic do default to each other, but it isn't called Vlach. My bad.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 09, 2015, 06:33:32 pm
Picked three languages for now, but they might change as I have posted a sort of 'Is this correct' list in the languages thread as I am still trying to wrap my head around the dark ages geography of transylvania and then work out what languages will actually be useful.
Do certain clans have a language preference? Eg. The clan with the most power in the Holy empire would prob be snobish and speak mostly German etc.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 09, 2015, 07:43:26 pm
Not German, Transylvanian Saxon!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 09, 2015, 07:54:45 pm
I can't start until you guys finish all your stuff though XD (And so far only Berka's done this quickly - and he had a pre-made backstory and character all ready here).
Do I need any more backstory than I already have? We already have why I'm here but I'm honestly not sure why I'm joining the Coterie. I assumed my sire would suggest me to whoever's forming it since we're still in the same city but I forgot to suggest it to you.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 09, 2015, 10:11:10 pm
Oh no, I handle all of that, it's why you would want to join a cotterie besides your sire making the undeniable request of you.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 09, 2015, 10:27:46 pm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 10, 2015, 10:34:27 am
Also, picky picky I know, but apparently Kindred invented gender equality. Not to mention, at this time literacy shouldn't be a given.
The whole point of a chronicle spanning 800 years shouldn't be just "get more powerful." It's that the world changes. Not just enemy types, or new weaponry. Aesthetically, ethically, the world now isn't like it was 800 years ago. Being a vampire should be about things like whether you change when the world does, or hold on to your old self- and that should and would affect what happens to you.
It's one of my pet peeves, I know, when 11th century characters, or fantasy races, or whatever- have the mindset and worldviews of modern day people. It's just ingrained in most people, the assumption that our current sense of aesthetics has always been, that what we find ethical and moral is the way people have always thought-- or that that's the way they should have thought. (Like how the hero characters always embrace feminism instantly once it's pointed out to them that women are people.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 10, 2015, 11:08:16 am
Edit: It's been pointed out to me that "no one wants to play with the history police."
I know, it's just a game & the point is to have fun.
I'm interested in the ideas I've mentioned as an intellectual discussion. I don't get to talk to many halfway-intelligent people in daily life.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 10, 2015, 11:58:56 am
Also, picky picky I know, but apparently Kindred invented gender equality. Not to mention, at this time literacy shouldn't be a given.
It's one of my pet peeves, I know, when 11th century characters, or fantasy races, or whatever- have the mindset and worldviews of modern day people. It's just ingrained in most people, the assumption that our current sense of aesthetics has always been, that what we find ethical and moral is the way people have always thought-- or that that's the way they should have thought. (Like how the hero characters always embrace feminism instantly once it's pointed out to them that women are people.)
The whole point of a chronicle spanning 800 years shouldn't be just "get more powerful." It's that the world changes. Not just enemy types, or new weaponry. Aesthetically, ethically, the world now isn't like it was 800 years ago. Being a vampire should be about things like whether you change when the world does, or hold on to your old self- and that should and would affect what happens to you.
Well, yeah. I'm pretty sure the kindred don't consider themselves in terms of gender since they're no longer human, they've all been granted the abilities of these dark angels, they're all cursed and blessed with these powers. The elders especially don't care, since they usually just alter themselves over the centuries for some variety (see: every Tzimisce ever. Yorak was embraced as a woman, her preferred form is a feeble old man).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 10, 2015, 12:41:02 pm
To be honest I much prefere that things fit the time and setting as if they widely vary then it causes a disconnect for me and breaks Emerson of the game.
On the other hand there are games that it's fine in, like black suits as the entire premise is that the understood state of the world is really an incorrect facade.
WOD kind of feels in the middle as there are aspects that are very specifically the time setting while other aspects don't fit. In this my issue is more working out how the supernatural society fits and how to act in it. I ovbiously gave up on that with Charlie but plan to do it again with ?Gorn and Heldric.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Bo on January 10, 2015, 12:47:52 pm
Plus, when a female vampire can crush you just as easily as a male vampire, I would assume that the race eventually discarded any ideas of inequality. Not to mention the fact that female nobles were still treated pretty well and some were even trusted with ruling small pockets of land (I'm not sure if that specifically applies to the Hungarian region) so the richer female PCs should be treated fairly well by mortals anyway. Now, if you were a poor female the mortals would undoubtably treat you like shit.
Sylvian's just gonna treat every commoner like shit though, so no need to worry about that XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 10, 2015, 01:57:18 pm
Plus, when a female vampire can crush you just as easily as a male vampire, I would assume that the race eventually discarded any ideas of inequality. Not to mention the fact that female nobles were still treated pretty well and some were even trusted with ruling small pockets of land (I'm not sure if that specifically applies to the Hungarian region) so the richer female PCs should be treated fairly well by mortals anyway. Now, if you were a poor female the mortals would undoubtably treat you like shit.
Sylvian's just gonna treat every commoner like shit though, so no need to worry about that XD
Sylvain is a commoner. Unless Drak is saying we can just assume nobility for our mortal lives with no point cost?
I forget, I think Lucien might have something like that?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 10, 2015, 02:04:46 pm
Sylvain is a commoner. Unless Drak is saying we can just assume nobility for our mortal lives with no point cost?
I forget, I think Lucien might have something like that?
If kinda fits that despite being a commoner, he moves in noble circles and aspires to such. Therefore acts like one to those he sees as 'below his station' now that he is famous and moves in high society.
How the Nobles think of the way he acts would be interesting though.
There are many stories of the old English courts where members of 'The Court' including servants, entertainers and other commoners took on huge egos, airs and graces and treated other commoners like crap as they believed simply being part of that social situation made them better than others.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 10, 2015, 02:05:46 pm
Sylvain is a commoner. Unless Drak is saying we can just assume nobility for our mortal lives with no point cost?
I forget, I think Lucien might have something like that?
It's assumed that that's where his money comes from. Thing is, doesn't matter if you were nobility before the embrace, you can't rule over a mortal family as a vampire, it would be obvious you're not aging and then you'd be killed. You don't get to keep your old family here. So if he was a noble, he isn't anymore, simply enough. Just a travelling rich dude, living off whatever funds he took with him when he left.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 10, 2015, 04:13:16 pm
It's assumed that that's where his money comes from. Thing is, doesn't matter if you were nobility before the embrace, you can't rule over a mortal family as a vampire, it would be obvious you're not aging and then you'd be killed. You don't get to keep your old family here. So if he was a noble, he isn't anymore, simply enough. Just a travelling rich dude, living off whatever funds he took with him when he left.
Yeah, cause your mortal family also totally didn't notice you took all their money and anachronistic artwork. XD
Right, so I'm asking you, does that mean I can write having been a nobleman into my backstory without spending any points on it?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 10, 2015, 04:18:15 pm
Yep. Just understand that you get absolutely none of the benefits actually being a nobleman.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 10, 2015, 05:15:40 pm
What Background actually makes you a Nobel? Standing?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 10, 2015, 06:11:55 pm
Rank (Like the Status background, but for humans). I think.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 10, 2015, 06:18:08 pm
A commoner with resources of 5 though. Enough to inflate his ego a bit.
Just to be clear, I'm not actually wanting him to be a noble at all, I just want him to picture himself as one (all the extra moneys just help me out a little). I kind of want it to where He thinks he's hot shit but in reality he's just an ass with a talent for painting.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 10, 2015, 10:18:26 pm
Quote
Armor
Once your players know that brigands on the road might use firearms, their natural reaction might be to buy some armor. Roleplaying games tend to have extremely liberal attitudes regarding its use. In many fantasy roleplaying games, for instance, the thought of heroes stomping mail day and night is accepted as normal. To address the aspirations of players who prefer their characters to walk about like two-legged tanks, we should make two points regarding the use of plate mail. In answer to the first question players have: Yes, plate mail is period. In answer to the second question: No, most players really won’t want their characters to use it.
During this period, full plate is used as early as the beginning of the 15th century – it is typically employed by knights on horseback traveling to war. For a creature of the night, any pretense of subtlety is lost once he begins wandering the woods of Transylvania late at night girded to the teeth for an all-out assault on a neighboring domain.
For a Cainite in plate mail, Dexterity and Perception Dice Pools are reduced by 3. Movement is drastically hindered. Even Cainites using Celerity are slowed considerably. Stealth is impossible without the use of Disciplines; wearing plate mail increases the difficulty of Stealth rolls by 2. Chainmail offers three extra dice for soaking damage with considerably less encumbrance; plate mail provides five dice, but is not worth the trouble.
The sight of a warrior in full-plate riding into a domain can be taken as a hostile gesture, and may result in an immediate counterattack. If you’ve played Dark Ages, you’ve probably already conditioned your players to not bring polearms into taverns or draw ballistae through small towns. The same guideline applies here.
Note that my opinion on Plate mail is shared by this little excerpt from Son of the Dragon (and yes, by the second book firearms are accessible, but trust me when I say they all suck and are worse than bow and arrows).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Bo on January 10, 2015, 11:38:01 pm
Just to be clear, I'm not actually wanting him to be a noble at all, I just want him to picture himself as one (all the extra moneys just help me out a little). I kind of want it to where He thinks he's hot shit but in reality he's just an ass with a talent for painting.
Makes sense.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 10, 2015, 11:42:03 pm
I'll go ahead and be both. We'll call it an illiterate noble
Alfred Nobel. . . Nobel Prize. . . When it's spelled "Nobel," my phone autocorrects to add capitalization, so it's like the phone assumed we were talking about the guy/award.
To be a Nobel prize winner, you'd need to put points into academics (yeah ok, there were other knowledges that would work with.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 11, 2015, 10:04:33 am
But I'd be OK if I drew two ballista through town instead of just one, right? ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Bo on January 11, 2015, 01:20:28 pm
Alfred Nobel. . . Nobel Prize. . . When it's spelled "Nobel," my phone autocorrects to add capitalization, so it's like the phone assumed we were talking about the guy/award.
To be a Nobel prize winner, you'd need to put points into academics (yeah ok, there were other knowledges that would work with.)
I got the corny joke, and I topped it with another corny joke. illiterate Noble. Get it? To someone who can't spell they might think Noble was spelt Nobel.
I guess I could have said Dyslexic but it doesn't quite get the same amount of corniness.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 11, 2015, 01:59:37 pm
I got the corny joke, and I topped it with another corny joke. illiterate Noble. Get it? To someone who can't spell they might think Noble was spelt Nobel.
I guess I could have said Dyslexic but it doesn't quite get the same amount of corniness.
XD
It was early, I was tired.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 11, 2015, 11:48:16 pm
Cant frekking wait to get started.
And seth, sorry i neglected whitechapel while making Lucien.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 12, 2015, 04:25:32 pm
And apparently it's not really called the Byzantine Empire till the 19th century. The "Greek-speaking Roman Empire of the Middle Ages" at the time was still called "The Roman Empire" and its citizens thought of themselves as Romans.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 12, 2015, 04:29:18 pm
Unimportant stuff that Seth is reading about instead of finishing his character sheet.
Ftfy ;)
History doesn't really matter when you bring vampires into the mix and the only important historical events that don't involve fictional areas, locations and treaties. are a crusade that involves fictional characters, events and, yes, areas.
Also, dammit Seth, I don't care what the names for anything were back then, i'm still calling it whatever it's called.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 12, 2015, 04:46:37 pm
It's not unimportant! I need that information to know who my character is!
Or are you saying none of that background shit actually matters once the game starts, so just write down whatever? XD
I kind of need to know what relationship I have with my sire; If I've been working for him for seven years, I can't just start playing not knowing if we're friendly or hostile, or indifferent or what.
I'm calling it Byzantium in my backstory, don't worry. I just thought it was interesting that they didn't actually call themselves that.
I mean, think about like, if you found out that a thousand years from now, where you live is known as "North American," and they think of Canada and the Caribbean as all being part of the American Empire.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 12, 2015, 04:55:20 pm
It's not unimportant! I need that information to know who my character is!
Or are you saying none of that background shit actually matters once the game starts, so just write down whatever? XD
I kind of need to know what relationship I have with my sire; If I've been working for him for seven years, I can't just start playing not knowing if we're friendly or hostile, or indifferent or what.
I'm calling it Byzantium in my backstory, don't worry. I just thought it was interesting that they didn't actually call themselves that.
I mean, think about like, if you found out that a thousand years from now, where you live is known as "North American," and they think of Canada and the Caribbean as all being part of the American Empire.
Your relationship with your sire is entirely up to you. He'll be friendly (and strict) if you are, he'll be brutal (and strict) if you're disobedient/damage his reputation, he'd kill you if you directly went against him. So, like any vampire.
Right now, depending on how you two are, he could see you as either his favourite servants, useful tools, unpleasant necessities or (later on you'll get the opportunity to get in much better with him) his own two sons.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: cool74 on January 12, 2015, 06:09:16 pm
Nice another game I can watch being played.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 12, 2015, 07:13:50 pm
Its not. I enjoy watching RPGs being played almost as much as playing them. Sure I am disappointed I am not playing but I am fine with it. If done well an RPG almost reads like a novel that has author notes at the end. I enjoy it.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 14, 2015, 01:58:02 pm
So... this went dead?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 14, 2015, 03:51:53 pm
Must be really inside because the joke flew over my head.
But I been here all along. I am like Kellam in fire emblem.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Bo on January 15, 2015, 06:11:35 pm
Sorry for not being around as much, We've been having rush this week so I've been trying to recruit some guys
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 19, 2015, 11:21:23 pm
Okay, now all I have to do is transcribe the remaining character sheets and make Seth's ghoul/ally. Aman/Seth, I assume both of you know how to follow the format so if you'd like you could make the alterations yourselves, though i'll do them if you don't regardless.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 19, 2015, 11:22:59 pm
If I had my laptop Id do it. On phone it's horrible
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 20, 2015, 10:57:26 am
Sigh* i'll finnish my specialties then.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 20, 2015, 01:50:03 pm
Drak: which rulebook are you using? I just noticed the 20th century edition requires medicine rolls instead of a crafts roll.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 20, 2015, 01:55:32 pm
Just use the spinner Daedalus, it's much easier than rolling dice! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 20, 2015, 04:01:51 pm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 21, 2015, 07:26:13 pm
Sometime this weekend. I have exams tomorrow and after tomorrow, then next tuesday, wednesday and thursday I have MOAR EXAMS, and then I have friday where I will absolutely not work at all because I need to recover from the triple exam barrage.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 21, 2015, 09:39:40 pm
Okay guys, here's the OOC. Once I finish with the char sheets (Shouldn't take long, just have to post all the disciplines) then we'll pretty much be set. Can't do anything tomorrow (have to quickly reread and review a french book for an exam I have Friday) but we're more or less good after that. Updates will be sporadic until after exams are done.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 21, 2015, 10:41:57 pm
Yay
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 21, 2015, 11:22:22 pm
Sometime this weekend. I have exams tomorrow and after tomorrow, then next tuesday, wednesday and thursday I have MOAR EXAMS, and then I have friday where I will absolutely not work at all because I need to recover from the triple exam barrage.
May be a little slow in posting for a while. Taking the GF to meet the parents this weekend and next weekend I was voted to go to a 300 dollar leadership conference completely free for my fraternity so I'll be rubbing elbows there. I'll try to post during the week if you do manage to get anything out (and I totally don't blame you if you don't, holy shit that exam schedule <-<)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 23, 2015, 02:06:17 pm
Tell me all what you think of the intros? I tried to put them in line with what I thought your characters would be doing at any given time.
Absolutely love Luciens. I can't speak for the others, but i think they're awesome aswell.
But on a more serious note. They're awesome. Now, as i said i can't speak (or write in this case) about any of the others, but i think it fits them perfectly. totally how i imagined their characters. (And mine)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 23, 2015, 09:31:54 pm
Absolutely love Luciens. I can't speak for the others, but i think they're awesome aswell.
But on a more serious note. They're awesome. Now, as i said i can't speak (or write in this case) about any of the others, but i think it fits them perfectly. totally how i imagined their characters. (And mine)
<3
Nice to know that time wasn't wasted, haha.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 23, 2015, 09:35:13 pm
Seth: Your occult and linguistics are both 4 right? Just checked now and they were both set to 3.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 23, 2015, 09:36:16 pm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 24, 2015, 07:27:07 pm
Does Steeple know who the man delivering the summons is? Seems that he knows Steeple.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 24, 2015, 07:29:42 pm
He knows Steeple, Steeple doesn't know him. He knows Steeple through Steeple's sire (which is also why he's acting like such a cock. Thinks he's better than Steeple).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 24, 2015, 07:36:33 pm
He knows Steeple, Steeple doesn't know him. He knows Steeple through Steeple's sire (which is also why he's acting like such a cock. Thinks he's better than Steeple).
So, then if say, a certain one-armed Malkavian 'accidently' fell fang first on the guy and subsequently gasped in shock at said fang 'accident' - 'inadvertently' sucking him dry... Would anyone miss him?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 24, 2015, 07:39:20 pm
You know I didn't end up taking the vengeful flaw, right?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 24, 2015, 07:40:00 pm
So, then if say, a certain one-armed Malkavian 'accidently' fell fang first on the guy and subsequently gasped in shock at said fang 'accident' - 'inadvertently' sucking him dry... Would anyone miss him?
Most importantly would Maurice agree to said accident?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 24, 2015, 07:40:53 pm
Yeah, kinda crazy. But after you confess, you are sinless and go to heaven properly. But people still sin afterwards, so in order to go to heaven properly, they must die.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 24, 2015, 08:43:22 pm
Yeah, kinda crazy. But after you confess, you are sinless and go to heaven properly. But people still sin afterwards, so in order to go to heaven properly, they must die.
that is exactly how the Inquisition worked. They were going to be executed anyway. The torture was to convert them so that they could go to heaven when they died.
Did you ever see Hamlet? Hamlet sneaks up on Claudius at night, and could kill him right then & get away with it- but Claudius is praying. So Hamlet decides he can't kill him now, because Claudius will go to heaven. The whole crazy poison plot is because he wants to make sure Claudius dies with unconfessed sin.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 24, 2015, 08:46:01 pm
Yeah, I get that, it just isn't the vibe I got for Via Noctis. It gave the impression that they're trying to make sure that others can live as good people where they were never given the chance.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 24, 2015, 08:57:51 pm
Yeah, I get that, it just isn't the vibe I got for Via Noctis. It gave the impression that they're trying to make sure that others can live as good people where they were never given the chance.
There is no "living as a good person." That's where "too good for this sinful earth" comes from. In morality tales, the reward for a good child is to die young, so they can go to heaven and be with God.
Even bad people eventually go to God, once their sins are cleansed in purgatory. That's why you can't embrace anyone but the vilest of the vile/ must embrace the truly wicked-- now they are immortal, and will never know heaven.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 24, 2015, 09:13:40 pm
Once Anton learns dominate he'll probably let people live under a powerful mezmorize, but until then....
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 24, 2015, 10:36:42 pm
Just waiting Kiril and Sylvian. Probably going to have to GM NPC Sylvian since I want to get this part over with and start the actual Chronicle already.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 25, 2015, 12:40:36 am
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Wanna do something tonight?" "Sure, but what?" "Hmm, I don't know. How about we go munch a well-cooked face together?" "Sounds awesome, because we're friends, and that's what friendship is." "Woo! As long as they're not raw... because that's just gross. [/]
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 25, 2015, 12:43:01 am
During the trip to Buda-Pest:
Carinus: *Pulls out food from bag.
Fernando: What you eating there?
Carinus: Salted pork. Would you like some?
Fernando: Of course!
Kiril: D:
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 25, 2015, 12:46:24 am
Who's Fernando? Kiril doesnt care if other people accidentally become cannibals. Does Carina's eat anything that isn't people?
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soylent green 2: "soylent green is people, it's still people! They didn't change the recipe like they told us they we're going to!"
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 25, 2015, 12:49:19 am
Who's Fernando? Kiril doesnt care if other people accidentally become cannibals. Does Carina's eat anything that isn't people?
Your driver's name.
Oh yeah, he can eat other things, he just prefers people (and goes crazy after a week without it). He'll be forced to ration out what he has now over the next few weeks lest he go nuts and murder Fernando/ the next poor bastard to pass by you on the way to Buda-pest.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 25, 2015, 12:51:03 am
Oh yeah, he can eat other things, he just prefers people (and goes crazy after a week without it). He'll be forced to ration out what he has now over the next few weeks lest he go nuts and murder Fernando/ the next poor bastard to pass by you on the way to Buda-pest.
I thought he might be the driver.
I'm not certain that's,actually how cannibalsm works xd
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 25, 2015, 12:52:13 am
They're vinyl figurines of pop culture figures. My wife has a huge collection. I rescued a display from work out of the dumpster for her. They're all over our house, still.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 25, 2015, 01:35:21 am
Aman and Seth - if you two want to you can roleplay your travelling since you're the only two to do so together. I'll give Bo a certain amount of time to respond (since today was basically my only free day until exams suck away my life again) and then i'll resume updating as normal and start the next scene (which would be your arrival at Budapest).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 25, 2015, 07:08:10 pm
No one can currently see Heldric, Lucien sees the other people outside of the wagons (that is to say, no one save for Marla, Heldric's girl) except for Heldric, Andreas snores through Heldric's order to guard everyone. Not much more to add, honestly.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 25, 2015, 07:12:24 pm
He was actually telling the croc to guard Andreas lol, edited to make it clearer :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 25, 2015, 08:06:34 pm
Who the Fark is Lucien talking about? XD
Assume that you all understand each other just fine. Translators working away in the background if necessary.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 25, 2015, 08:08:40 pm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 25, 2015, 08:25:39 pm
Oh, by the way, note that I assume you all sleep without your armour, as sleeping with armour of any kind incurs severe dexterity penalty for a pretty long while after you wake up.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 25, 2015, 08:26:23 pm
Probably wise to assume that, ha ha.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 25, 2015, 08:26:49 pm
Oh, by the way, note that I assume you all sleep without your armour, as sleeping with armour of any kind incurs severe dexterity penalty for a pretty long while after you wake up.
What armor? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 25, 2015, 08:28:56 pm
So, guys, i'm not going to post what you see on stepping out. It's the other people who are already outside. mmkay?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 25, 2015, 08:29:36 pm
Yeah but I dunno who's putside XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 25, 2015, 08:30:24 pm
Well goddamit Aman, read the thread XD
Heldric is out but he's keeping himself invisible using Obfuscate, Kiril is talking to Lucien.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 25, 2015, 09:08:44 pm
You mean Anton's disgraceful sexiness right
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 25, 2015, 09:09:25 pm
#0 means they didnt even show up to the race, fool
Only because they felt it wouldn't be fair.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 25, 2015, 09:18:24 pm
Maaaaaaaaaybe
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 25, 2015, 09:18:34 pm
So anyway, you guys basically have the next 4 days (irl) to introduce yourselves to each other.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 25, 2015, 09:19:26 pm
Good luck on teh exams brah
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 25, 2015, 09:21:21 pm
Bruh, i've got this bruh.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 25, 2015, 09:21:57 pm
U better brah
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 26, 2015, 07:39:53 am
Just getting a chance to read the new thread now...
Steeple will definitely have Charisma bumped with his Ritual when meeting with the higher-ups :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 26, 2015, 08:08:22 am
OK, Steeple will use what ever he has to in order to feed off this fat driver.
When finished, he'll dump the man out of the carriage, get out (using the man as a step stool of course) and say - "You are the servant; I am the guest; Make sure you get that straight from now on..."
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 26, 2015, 08:11:06 am
^This is my intention anyway ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 26, 2015, 01:16:48 pm
*GLEE!!! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 26, 2015, 01:19:24 pm
Kickass. ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 26, 2015, 01:48:16 pm
It's OK, I sure some other Tmitzi will be more than happy to give me boobs! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Bo on January 26, 2015, 06:35:04 pm
Sooooooooo I noticed that we're about 139 posts in and I'm about to head to another rush meeting.... is it still ok for me to post my intro or am I out at this point? may or may not have time to read the whole post.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 26, 2015, 06:37:34 pm
Sooooooooo I noticed that we're about 139 posts in and I'm about to head to another rush meeting.... is it still ok for me to post my intro or am I out at this point? may or may not have time to read the whole post.
We are all standing right outside our carriages chatting so it's perfectly timed for you to step out and introduce yourself.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 26, 2015, 07:13:12 pm
Bo, I have no idea what you're doing XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 26, 2015, 07:36:51 pm
It's OK, I sure some other Tmitzi will be more than happy to give me boobs! ;D
you know he dont need anyone else's boobs for that. he can take fat from all around your body and do eet!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 27, 2015, 07:37:56 am
Nasty back fat? No way! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 27, 2015, 09:00:36 am
aw! :(
XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Bo on January 27, 2015, 11:02:39 am
My bad, I thought Odi said there was someone answering the door and he was heading to the door. You might have to keep GMing me for now, I'm gonna be packed tighter than a drug mule's anus until next week
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 11:57:20 am
Wonderful mental image.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Bo on January 27, 2015, 12:14:57 pm
Right? Came up with it on the spot, loved it immediately because it both describes how much time I have perfectly and I get to be vulgar. Only able to type now because I'm supposed to be paying attention in class.After that I'm worked straight until ten or eleven and THAT'S when I get to do homework and study for my exam tomorrow -_-
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 27, 2015, 12:50:14 pm
All I can see is drug pellets shooting out everywhere in rapid machinegun like fashion... :P
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 27, 2015, 12:53:20 pm
Nope. I need to know if you guys actually speed up or if you continue going at the current pace.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 27, 2015, 03:06:59 pm
I guess Steeple's guys sped up! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 27, 2015, 03:12:50 pm
I'd also like to point out that I was first to mention heading into the city. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 27, 2015, 03:15:19 pm
I'd like to point out that we were all standing around outside the carriages talking.
We seem to be simultaneously outside and inside the carriages- which are exactly as spacious as we feel like pretending they are.
(we went from 'you have the next four days irl to introduce yourselves' to 'tell me this exact second if you're hurrying up to get into the city or not.')
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 03:22:38 pm
I'd like to point out that we were all standing around outside the carriages talking.
We seem to be simultaneously outside and inside the carriages- which are exactly as spacious as we feel like pretending they are.
(we went from 'you have the next four days irl to introduce yourselves' to 'tell me this exact second if you're hurrying up to get into the city or not.')
Hey, I need to procrastinate studying on my math exam and I already finished watching Gotham yesterday while procrastinating for my English exam.
They're not carriages, they're enclosed wagons. Full-on wagons. Big enough to fit Heldric, Andreas and the unnamed crocodile without anyone having to sleep atop one another.
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We seem to be simultaneously outside and inside the carriages- which are exactly as spacious as we feel like pretending they are.
No, right now i'm assuming you're all riding a horse (if you have one) into the city or sitting next to your drivers outside. Stop complaining Seth.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 03:24:05 pm
Forge: Note that having your pet crocodile maul humans in another person's city is considered rude.
Also, remember that you can use Obfuscate 3 to look like someone else so that you don't get insta-attacked by everyone the second you're seen.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 27, 2015, 03:29:01 pm
Ennius? Enniel? Is riding Jospeh while Lucien is sitting next to the Schlatza .
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 03:30:51 pm
Ennius. It's not a hard name D XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 27, 2015, 03:33:48 pm
Hey, I need to procrastinate studying on my math exam and I already finished watching Gotham yesterday while procrastinating for my English exam.
is that show any good? one of my friends *loves* it, one *hates* it.
I'm waiting for my boss to come back so we can discuss why I'm not making my sales goals. (hint: it's because I suck at my job!)
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They're not carriages, they're enclosed wagons. Full-on wagons. Big enough to fit Heldric, Andreas and the unnamed crocodile without anyone having to sleep atop one another.
And we've been talking to each other all this time while sitting on these wagons?
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No, right now i'm assuming you're all riding a horse (if you have one) into the city or sitting next to your drivers outside. Stop complaining Seth.
So, you just assumed we were riding horses/sitting next to our drivers (in which case, how were we conversing with one another? While sitting on wagons?) but you won't just assume we didn't decide to be idiots and get trapped outside the city?
I'll stop. . .
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 03:36:47 pm
is that show any good? one of my friends *loves* it, one *hates* it.
I'm waiting for my boss to come back so we can discuss why I'm not making my sales goals. (hint: it's because I suck at my job!)And we've been talking to each other all this time while sitting on these wagons? So, you just assumed we were riding horses/sitting next to our drivers (in which case, how were we conversing with one another? While sitting on wagons?) but you won't just assume we didn't decide to be idiots and get trapped outside the city?
I'll stop. . .
The actual protagonist is boring, and his wife even moreso (though she's hot as hell), but the villains are awesome, especially Penguin's parts.
No, when you were conversing with each other you got out of the wagons. Your servants stopped the wagons and then woke you up, then you posted leaving the wagons. You didn't post getting onto your horses and sitting next to your drivers, but you had to if you wanted to enter the city. Stop complaining about this Seth, it's whiny and annoying.
I needed to know because there are events scripted if you don't do it.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 03:39:11 pm
Since the majority sentiment is to get inside the city quickly, i'll go with everyone doing that.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 27, 2015, 03:39:24 pm
Yikes! I smell werewolves!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 27, 2015, 03:56:07 pm
The actual protagonist is boring, and his wife even moreso (though she's hot as hell), but the villains are awesome, especially Penguin's parts.
but are they all just prequel versions of batman villains?
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No, when you were conversing with each other you got out of the wagons. Your servants stopped the wagons and then woke you up, then you posted leaving the wagons. You didn't post getting onto your horses and sitting next to your drivers, but you had to if you wanted to enter the city. Stop complaining about this Seth, it's whiny and annoying.
well, yeah, I would have assumed all that. It just felt like you all of a sudden stopped making common sense assumptions, and I didn't know why/what to do.
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I needed to know because there are events scripted if you don't do it.
okay.
really, I'm not trying to be complainy.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 27, 2015, 03:57:19 pm
but are they all just prequel versions of batman villains?
Yep. But, like awesome ones.
Well, okay, some are sketchy, but penguin rules.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 04:15:20 pm
I feel like Lucien is a wildly misguided, Zohan-style immigrant in Transylvania.
*Lucien gets off of horse and goes up to old servant taking care of cattle.
"You, yes, you, old man with the pigs, tell me, where are all the sexy womens at?"
*Said while playing around with a bunch of coins.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 27, 2015, 04:16:23 pm
XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 27, 2015, 04:17:15 pm
I assume my pet mauling humans would be rude but in the likely event that Heldric has to feed and doesn't want to cause a plague warning he is going to have to kill the human... And Mr. whitey is happy just playing with severed limbs anyway. Can always feed him the remains to hide any trace...
Erm I assume dHeldric was inside his wagon calling out, if he is rising up from can we say he used Obs 3 to look less scary (when just going for a not scary face he pictures a fairly forgettable and plain boy from his old village that he knew well as they grew up, he doesn't try for any voice or mannerisms but keeps the boys face (when he was 20) in mind when he tries for Obs 3
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 04:18:52 pm
I assume my pet mauling humans would be rude but in the likely event that Heldric has to feed and doesn't want to cause a plague warning he is going to have to kill the human... And Mr. whitey is happy just playing with severed limbs anyway. Can always feed him the remains to hide any trace...
Erm I assume dHeldric was inside his wagon calling out, if he is rising up from can we say he used Obs 3 to look less scary (when just going for a not scary face he pictures a fairly forgettable and plain boy from his old village that he knew well as they grew up, he doesn't try for any voice or mannerisms but keeps the boys face (when he was 20) in mind when he tries for Obs 3
What about Andreas? Heldric could actually get away with just wearing aheavy cloak if he wanted to, since he's fairly discreet, Andreas can't go around the city though (hence his request to be made "pretty").
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 27, 2015, 04:23:57 pm
Ok, edited in. I had totally missed that post.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 04:27:59 pm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 27, 2015, 06:52:00 pm
Well [redacted redacted redacted]
So we have about 2:30 hours to find food?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 06:52:30 pm
Anyway, giving you all until tomorrow before I move on to the next event. Anton is basically done, Steeple and Heldric also skipped right on through, Carinus will bring Kiril a cow, a boy and an old man later on, and that leaves Lucien and Sylvian for me to play through here with.
Is it rude to feed on humans in a vampire's domain without asking?
Yes. In general, it's rude to enter a prince's domain without announcing your presence - it's ruder still to enter their domain and feed from "their" humans without being welcomed into the city, and if you kill humans and generally behave like an asshole AND don't announce yourself, the Prince will be super pissed.
Think of it as someone coming to your home - if you invite them in, things are cool. If they come in without you knowing though, you'll be angry - if they start touching and rubbing your stuff (Feeding on your humans), you'll be angrier, and if they start breaking your shit (killing your humans) then you'd be furious.
Yes. In general, it's rude to enter a prince's domain without announcing your presence - it's ruder still to enter their domain and feed from "their" humans without being welcomed into the city, and if you kill humans and generally behave like an asshole AND don't announce yourself, the Prince will be super pissed.
Think of it as someone coming to your home - if you invite them in, things are cool. If they come in without you knowing though, you'll be angry - if they start touching and rubbing your stuff (Feeding on your humans), you'll be angrier, and if they start breaking your shit (killing your humans) then you'd be furious.
so, we should or should not assume our characters knew that?
Cause it's kinda unfair you're concealing info our characters logically ought to have been aware of unless it occurs to us to specifically ask about it.
that combined with how you were pushing insistent need to feed makes it feel like the designer of this adventure was trying to trick players into pissing off the prince.
not complaining! Just discussing!
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He tries to murder all of you XD
Aw. . . :'(
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 07:21:49 pm
so, we should or should not assume our characters knew that?
Cause it's kinda unfair you're concealing info our characters logically ought to have been aware of unless it occurs to us to specifically ask about it.
that combined with how you were pushing insistent need to feed makes it feel like the designer of this adventure was trying to trick players into pissing off the prince.
not complaining! Just discussing! Aw. . . :'(
No, i'm pushing the need to feed because you're hungry vampires and you have a need to feed XD.
Killing animals is fine.
Thought you guys already knew, honestly.
In case you're wondering, the whole host thing extends both ways. When you see a prince, it's rude of them not to offer you blood or lodging for at least one day. At least in current times.
You aren't supposed to waste time going to other parts of the city, honestlt, you're supposed to head straight to the prince and the meeting you have set up, haha.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 27, 2015, 07:26:53 pm
Heldric is just finding a quiet spot to await the appointed time so he can arrive at JUST before the appointed time. Turing up really early would be awfully presumptuous...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 27, 2015, 07:30:58 pm
Are the Prince and the meeting two separate things?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 27, 2015, 07:32:19 pm
You aren't supposed to waste time going to other parts of the city, honestlt, you're supposed to head straight to the prince and the meeting you have set up, haha.
We are! XD
You're the one who had us play it out, and referred to Steeple & Heldric as having "skipped right through."
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 07:34:39 pm
You're the one who had us play it out, and referred to Steeple & Heldric as having "skipped right through."
No, see, I said that they skipped through the cattle herd - not taking the time to feed off of any of the animals. There are more events to interrupt you on the way to the castle XD
You guys definitely aren't, Steeple is heading for a tavern and heldric is doing something similar (not that they'll find one before the event happens).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 27, 2015, 07:35:36 pm
No, i'm pushing the need to feed because you're hungry vampires and you have a need to feed XD.
Killing animals is fine.
Thought you guys already knew, honestly.
In case you're wondering, the whole host thing extends both ways. When you see a prince, it's rude of them not to offer you blood or lodging for at least one day. At least in current times.
Yep. Vencel Rikard isn't your Patron and isn't one of your sires, so he isn't a part of the meeting.
No, see, I said that they skipped through the cattle herd - not taking the time to feed off of any of the animals. There are more events to interrupt you on the way to the castle XD
You guys definitely aren't, Steeple is heading for a tavern and heldric is doing something similar (not that they'll find one before the event happens).
How do we meet the prince?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 07:36:30 pm
You go to the castle and he greets you once he's made aware of your presence.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 27, 2015, 07:37:03 pm
So, meeting first, then castle? I mean, we have 2 and a half hours to burn here. Can't be that hard to meet the prince, say, sup, and then head to the meeting.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 07:40:21 pm
Just shaddup and wait for it to actually get to that point Aman XD
The two places are literally right next to each other, it won't make a difference whether you intend to meet the prince or your sires/Patron first, you have to go to the same place before the decision is made.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 27, 2015, 07:41:16 pm
Oh, okay. XD Anton is heading to the marketplace/near the castle then. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 27, 2015, 08:02:36 pm
Did they have slaves here? xD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 08:07:50 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.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 09:58:26 pm
4 and up is reasonable slave-buying money.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 27, 2015, 10:20:41 pm
Steeple! Buddy! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 27, 2015, 10:29:01 pm
IM SADDENED YOU DIDNT THINK OF ME!
Lucien would only have wanted to play with your ghoul in return. QQ
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 27, 2015, 10:31:30 pm
Pretty sure he'd rather get a gift of a big, fatty, juicy, female pig
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 27, 2015, 10:34:11 pm
Carinus has always wanted to know what vampire tastes like.
Sylvian also has enough money.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 27, 2015, 10:34:45 pm
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).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 12:59:10 pm
Anton doesn't mind,
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 28, 2015, 01:06:36 pm
See, here's Steeple's dilemma - he'll only stop here if something happens - still intent on going to a nice inn.
But, I'm content to wait for others to post first. To see what happens.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 28, 2015, 01:08:32 pm
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).
Kiril just wants a slave. XD
whatever you want to do is fine.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 28, 2015, 01:33:42 pm
Lucien wants to continue here. (And i dont mind.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 28, 2015, 01:55:46 pm
D, are you telling your horse to sit? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 28, 2015, 01:56:58 pm
Yes. ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 28, 2015, 02:04:03 pm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 28, 2015, 02:19:54 pm
"Who's a good horse? You are! Yes you are!"
"Roll over boy! Sit, Fetch, Play Dead!"
XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 28, 2015, 02:27:20 pm
Lucien can treat his horse like a dog if he wants to!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 28, 2015, 02:39:43 pm
Heldric had spurred his driver on past the crowds to find a suitably quiet place to rest before the meeting. So he is no longer is the area right, or is he still around?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian 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.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian 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).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 03:26:09 pm
Wha is the church's thoughts on slavery whores?
Cuz in my mind, Anton would probably want to make sure she escapes and help her since she's a pure woman who shouldn't be tainted by tainted noblemen. But I dunno if that's a churchy outlook on things.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 28, 2015, 03:31:35 pm
Church is, I am fairly sure, against sex slaves.
(At least officially)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 03:32:10 pm
Judaism wasn't! XD But okay, guess Anton's giving chase.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 28, 2015, 03:34:18 pm
Concubines FTW! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 03:35:27 pm
How many did David have? ^_^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian 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."
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 03:36:55 pm
Fark yeah bitches
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 28, 2015, 03:37:38 pm
Aman: How many did David have? ^_^
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Not enough, apparently.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 28, 2015, 03:39:23 pm
Fantoma > Kiril ?
Does Kiril now have hoof marks up his back? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 03:40:01 pm
Ha ha, I dunno, he had enough that when he was 70, he said he had too much to the hot nursemaid he had and never porked Her. (Or at least claimed not to, lol.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 28, 2015, 03:42:09 pm
Anton, I wanna keep her!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 03:43:13 pm
Anton'll probably give her to you, lol. He just wants to make sure no one destroys her virtue.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 28, 2015, 03:44:09 pm
Romanian is diff 8 for Slavonic. Anton got mad dice for that. Wondering if he makes the roll.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian 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.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 04:15:50 pm
Done. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 28, 2015, 04:17:23 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.
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
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 28, 2015, 04:19:05 pm
aah okay. But unsure what to post now since your update didn't mention him at all.
Yes it did, check again ;)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 28, 2015, 04:33:02 pm
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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.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 28, 2015, 04:34:37 pm
How far is he from Lucien? Did Joseph sit?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian 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.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 28, 2015, 04:38:22 pm
No it doesn't. it says the guards followed kiril & anton, but heldric couldn't see where they went.
then she turned, ready to face the guards, only to find Anton.
doesn't say where the guards are.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian 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).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 28, 2015, 04:44:34 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).
so now we're going with if you don't specifically mention something I should always assume it isn't there? XD
I knew they chased us. I thought it was only me and Anton and the girl in the scene right now, I'm just checking (since Anton mentioned distracting the guards.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 28, 2015, 04:45:55 pm
Aman- you want all three of us to ride the horse at once?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 04:47:13 pm
I think that's technically possible, right? If that makes no sense, I'll edit. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 28, 2015, 04:47:42 pm
I think that's technically possible, right? If that makes no sense, I'll edit. XD
Fantoma's pissed off. And much slower.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 04:48:16 pm
Editing. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian 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)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 28, 2015, 04:49:20 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)
Wow, I rolled nicely. What was the system? Wits+Ride?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 28, 2015, 04:57:19 pm
Dexterity ride. two 10s and one 9
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 04:59:41 pm
Woah. Nice. Only got like, 5 dice for that, ha ha.
Also Seth, don't forget to nightshade your movement so no one hears you. Hopefully we actually manage to rescue her, lol.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian 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
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 28, 2015, 05:02:55 pm
Your first ten re-rolled into another 10.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 05:04:16 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 ^_^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 28, 2015, 05:39:42 pm
yeh, seems that he is deliberately trying to head away from the guards while doing so in a way that lets them follow him away from the girl.
A botch taking him right into the guards makes sense.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 28, 2015, 05:43:36 pm
Seth, trade the girl for higher appearence rating? :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 28, 2015, 05:44:14 pm
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 ^_^
I thought Anton was waiting for the guards and then planning on running in the opposite way Kiril went though? To like, trick them into following him. Though this is fine, ha ha. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 28, 2015, 06:25:19 pm
Riiiiiiiight, because there are no ways to get the thugs to back off without killing them. Never mind that you're rich and can bribe them, or than Sylvian has some nice Presence powers, or that Anton has extreme intimidation or that you could just knock them all unconscious ;)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 09:29:31 pm
Whyyyyy would we kill them all.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 28, 2015, 09:30:09 pm
Anton needs the blood, Lucien needs blood, Ennius needs blood.
Even the got damn horse needs blood.
KILL THEM! >:D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 28, 2015, 09:31:57 pm
Oh, and because "The Sixth Tradition: The Silence of Blood"
No mortal could stop a horse like that. :P
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 28, 2015, 09:33:02 pm
Normal shitty guards rarely have more then 2 stammina, right?
Yep.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 09:40:41 pm
They won't die from the shroud, right? only go unconscious, right?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 28, 2015, 09:44:23 pm
Oh wait, I thought you said "Normally", not "rarely". No yeah, they usually have more than 2.
They literally suffocate. It takes them several minutes to do so though, and some of the ghouls here (Cough cough, Aldric, cough cough) will also suffocate if you envelop everyone.
They die if you keep them unconscious too long.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 09:46:21 pm
Awww... Oh well, I guess I'll just scare the shit out of them. Yay for super superstitious folks
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 28, 2015, 09:52:29 pm
True. Hmmm.... Can Sylvian just make them love him and not say anything? Life would be much much much easier. XD
You have two guys (Lucien and Sylvian) here who are rich enough to buy small villages, these guys are hired thugs for a slave auctioneer, bribing them is literally the easiest and safest option XD
Sylvian can also use Presence and Anton can intimidate them (Without the shadows)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 10:00:45 pm
Alright, probably best to do that. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 28, 2015, 10:03:30 pm
Sigh...
Aman, bribe or intimidate?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 28, 2015, 10:04:09 pm
Intimidate, preferably followed by a bribe.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 29, 2015, 08:55:15 am
Riiiiiiiight, because there are no ways to get the thugs to back off without killing them. Never mind that you're rich and can bribe them, or than Sylvian has some nice Presence powers, or that Anton has extreme intimidation or that you could just knock them all unconscious ;)
Oh, oh, is this one of those "Common Sense" moments?! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 29, 2015, 08:56:14 am
XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 29, 2015, 09:08:26 am
I'm assuming since you didn't mention it, that only the nobleman, the girl, and Kiril are here?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 10:28:01 am
I dunno, if you want to kill someone, certainly easier, especially since Kiril doesn't do massive damage with his sword
Don't forget that Kiril also has Potence three (dealing 3 automatic damage on every hit), he could one-shot an unarmed and unarmoured human with a lucky hit, or beat him unconscious in two or three. The tendrils are an unnecessary waste of blood when he's already low (and shouldn't be willing to kill the nobleman).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 29, 2015, 11:02:14 am
He was going to offer to buy her! For a lot of money! (As explained by the large pouch of money he was holding).
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Kiril's insulted/enraged by the attempt to buy/take his family.
Don't forget that Kiril also has Potence three (dealing 3 automatic damage on every hit), he could one-shot an unarmed and unarmoured human with a lucky hit, or beat him unconscious in two or three. The tendrils are an unnecessary waste of blood when he's already low (and shouldn't be willing to kill the nobleman).
Kiril is mad possessive. He's not thinking about what's the most efficient way to subdue the nobleman.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 29, 2015, 04:58:46 pm
Seriously? He seriously got initiative? Despite not knowing I was going to jump him?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 29, 2015, 04:59:38 pm
Okay, obviously the only rational thing to do here is kill the guy before he can report this to his sire. ^_^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 05:00:11 pm
He didn't get initiative, you got it, hence the shroud forming (and him rushing forward after it formed). His Dread Gaze interrupted your attempt to summon Arms of the Abyss - and while you could spend Willpower to resist the Presence, he started talking and I assumed you would listen to him. If you want to continue the fight, you can go right on ahead.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 05:00:54 pm
Yes, but no, i'm not going to let you ask her her name while talking to Roland right now XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 29, 2015, 05:23:57 pm
hearing it is! :D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 05:26:35 pm
Is Heldric using Obfuscate right now?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 29, 2015, 05:28:24 pm
Obviously ask how he "claimed her" when she escaped the slavers and is with you now, and who is she to warrent such interest from a vassal of the prince?" or something like that.
If you keep fighting Heldic will punch the crap outa that arrogant toff
Yeh Obs 3 still
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 05:29:09 pm
Obfuscate 3 hides your appearance, not your actual self - are you using anything else or...?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 29, 2015, 05:30:11 pm
Auspex (Heightened Senses). It's not unreasonable (though Hearing would be a notably better sense to use)
Yes, but no, i'm not going to let you ask her her name while talking to Roland right now XD
Psychic powers maybe. No way you could track by scent through a crowded city when you dont even have a reference for what kirils scent is.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 08:32:20 pm
Hmm, true, vampires don't have a scent (other than what they've been in contact recently).
But if you weren't a vampire you could easily be tracked through the (completely empty and not-crowded part of the city) alleys.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 08:33:10 pm
Do you press your attack this round or wait for the round to end? (if you press your attack you'll need to spend a willpower to resist the Presence).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 08:34:29 pm
Do I assume you automatically use Iron Will to resist Dominate?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 29, 2015, 08:41:45 pm
Yes to both.
And he'd have to sniff the ground like a dog to maybe have a chance of following the trail. You can't track something through scent on the air, it disperses. Could maybe tell general direction, but not with all the buildings inthe way.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 29, 2015, 08:49:12 pm
And he'd have to sniff the ground like a dog to maybe have a chance of following the trail. You can't track something through scent on the air, it disperses. Could maybe tell general direction, but not with all the buildings inthe way.
uuh, you obviously dont know much about dogs. Depending on how close the target is, wind direction etc. Etc.
If its a old scent, then yes. You cant. Though sniffing the ground should still be a option though only for a few hours. Maybe more, depending on the weather.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 08:50:46 pm
There goes Steeple, activating the next event ahead of everyone.
It's an event that everyone's supposed to be present for too!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 08:52:01 pm
Haha, two successes and two ones, Charmed Existence just saved Kiril's ass (for resisting the Presence).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 08:53:29 pm
See Seth? I told you not to waste your luck until an actual fight happened!
You got no successes on the first summoning attempt, you can try again though (Summoning Arms of the Abyss doesn't cost actions, just blood).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 29, 2015, 08:59:12 pm
Venture, looking at the neonate's disciplines. Probably not selling Seth out since A) supposed to be a team B) you know nothing about it, lol
Neonate?
Hahahahahaha
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 29, 2015, 09:16:15 pm
D:
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 29, 2015, 09:34:36 pm
Forge specifically said held ric was keeping himself out of the way of misguided attacks!
He specifically said so.
plot armor. Farking plot armor.
standing around waiting for you to transcribe the script out of the book. Since everything's already been decided.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 09:40:12 pm
Oh, this isn't Plot armor - I rolled for all of that.
Forge said he would keep himself out of the way of misguided attacks by standing several feet away from you guys. The shroud you created and summoned the tendrils from are several feet away from you guys (as Roland rushed forward after it was formed).
Heldric would have to move past the shroud (which would be blocking the entire alleyway) in order to see what was happening - so he moved past it, still staying several feet away from the fight, but close enough to intervene. You summoned tendrils from the shroud to attack Roland - and Heldric was directly between the two - how could Heldric know that the tendrils would come through the shroud? You could have summoned them from other places and he doesn't know your skill with Obtenebration.
He wanted to stay far enough away that wayward attacks (like sword blows or fists) wouldn't accidentally hit him, not far enough away to avoid sudden tendrils being summoned from out of nowhere, several feet away from the combatants and from behind him.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 09:41:01 pm
When a character has plot armor, i'll probably let you know (because it pisses me off as much as it pisses you off, and if I can i'll try and rewrite the story to get rid of it) - don't complain about it otherwise.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 09:43:35 pm
Oh, and the only thing actually scripted about that entire encounter was you guys meeting Roland, him trying to bribe you, and him running away if he got into a fight (which was initially supposed to be any fight, but which I changed since the entire group wasn't present). So calm the Fark down there Seth.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 29, 2015, 09:43:54 pm
But you're assuming heldric moved past the shroud, you never told him the shroud was blocking the alley.
Forge did not know his character was standing between the shroud and Roland.
And I never said I was summoning. From the shroud that time, that was the first time, when it was on his head. I could have summoned them from Other places.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 09:46:10 pm
But you're assuming heldric moved past the shroud, you never told him the shroud was blocking the alley.
Forge did not know his character was standing between the shroud and Roland.
And I never said I was summoning. From the shroud that time, that was the first time, when it was on his head. I could have summoned them from Other places.
The alleys are narrow, you guys were at a dead-end and Forge wanted to see the fight. Didn't matter if I said he had to go through or not, he would have gone through (though yeah, I should have described it).
You said it's where you wanted to summon the tendrils from the first time, I went with the assumption that you were going to do it again since you said nothing to the contrary. You're supposed to specify where you summon the tendrils from.
Yes, you could have summoned them from other places. You didn't.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 29, 2015, 09:46:42 pm
And he specifically said heldric was taking care to avoid shit like puddles. He should have been warned about a (you never said how big) cloud of supernatural darkness that he had to go around.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 09:47:14 pm
The clouds summoned are uniform sizes. He wouldn't be physically capable of going around it, it was go through or no dice.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 29, 2015, 09:47:56 pm
So you decided for him that he walked through a cloud of magic darkness, just because forge said he wanted to see the fight?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 29, 2015, 09:49:39 pm
At the moment, it doesn't seem like he would stand behind the guy... But I don't care, let's get the story moving.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 09:51:27 pm
So you decided for him that he walked through a cloud of magic darkness, just because forge said he wanted to see the fight?
The choice was be a part of the game that is happening at the moment or don't be a part of it, yeah, I thought he'd walk through the Farking cloud.
Look, Seth, if Forge has a problem with how I described the situation and if he thinks his character would have done differently, then i'll be happy to re-do that entire goddamn round.
At the moment, it doesn't seem like he would stand behind the guy... But I don't care, let's get the story moving.
Even if he'd stayed to the edge of the wall, some of the tendrils would have struck him and pushed him forward, breaking his obfuscate (it was a narrow alley).
If he'd gone through the shroud, it was inevitable.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 29, 2015, 09:52:52 pm
Let's assume he gets hit by some or all, while he is being commanded, wouldn't they then move against the guy anyway though?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 09:54:03 pm
Tendrils don't get more than one action per round.
Not an actual rule (there's no rule saying how many actions they get), but it's how Seth played it in Whitechapel and i'm inclined to agree (they're already quite strong enough).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 29, 2015, 09:56:25 pm
Well, if you (forge) don't care either, whatever.
It's just frustrating, feels like We lost a fight because We had incomplete/incorrect information about the scene.
I mean, am I going to have to ask you fifty questions before every action I take In order to get you to tell me pertinent information that would affect my decisions?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 29, 2015, 09:57:22 pm
Tendrils don't get more than one action per round.
Not an actual rule (there's no rule saying how many actions they get), but it's how Seth played it in Whitechapel and i'm inclined to agree (they're already quite strong enough).
Yeah, I believe we also ruled they act whenever the controllers intitiative is.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 10:09:50 pm
It's just frustrating, feels like We lost a fight because We had incomplete/incorrect information about the scene.
I mean, am I going to have to ask you fifty questions before every action I take In order to get you to tell me pertinent information that would affect my decisions?
I can describe how that fight would have gone to you if Heldric wasn't struck by the tendrils if you'd like me to :p
The tendrils rush forward - with his Auspex Roland will more than likely hear them whistling through the air and push further forward right up to the wall (while dragging Kiril with him), out of their range.
Heldric, having somehow avoided the tendrils, appears. He strikes Roland - and likely does no damage, as Roland's fortitude and Stamina is larger than Heldric's entire damage dice pool
He then mesmerizes Heldric, who will then attack Kiril as he did before, right as the group appears. Roland then vanishes, unwilling to take that fight.
The only difference in events would be that Roland wouldn't have the necessary time/actions punch you in the face before talking to you. Obviously a very unlucky roll on his part would mean that he wouldn't notice the tendrils coming at him, but if you count on unlucky rolls you'll always lose. Heldric ends up mesmerized in every case (even if he spends willpower), and then Roland ends up running away in every case. You didn't lose the fight (he left before it really happened).
By the way, Heldric recognizes that the man used Vanish from Mind's eye (Obfuscate 4) just now. He probably hasn't gotten too far, but no one has remarked on his appearance so far so they probably aren't able to see him.
It also means that he almost certainly heard Lucien's comment just now, as well as Anton's.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 29, 2015, 10:18:35 pm
Auspex lets you hear shadows now? Since when has darkness been audible? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 29, 2015, 10:19:37 pm
Ever since someone made them solid ;)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 29, 2015, 10:19:41 pm
isnt there An and En? Thats a difference if you ask me.
Nope, no pronunciation difference, haha.
I'd also like to use the Common sense trait to tell Lucien that he is being very rude right now - even if Kiril ignored him, the rudeness is contrary to a Tzimisce's normal behavior (as they are usually the pinnacle of courtesy). I'd also like to remind him that Anton and Kiril together are probably stronger than him, and Sylvian won't help you.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 29, 2015, 11:12:11 pm
Enniel. :D
Oh well, my bad then on the pronounciation? english isn't my first language. :P
Aye aye! He'll be more.. friendly.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 29, 2015, 11:12:21 pm
Sooo . . . how tall is she? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 29, 2015, 11:13:06 pm
An invitation accompanies the letter. It is a gilt-edged parchment rolled into scroll form and bound with red ribbons appended to the document with red sealing wax. The design of a partial crest is pressed into the wax - Lucien recongizes it as that of Radu Bistri, Prince of Bistritz.
Though I am unacquainted with you, I feel that we share a bond through your sire, who is my ally. As you are the dutiful childer of your sires, I request that you meet with me at the market square near the stocks in the Castle District of Buda-Pest on the fifteenth day of April of this year at the tenth hour of the night. I would like to put before you a proposition that may lead to great gains for each of you and closer alliances among us.If you wish to hear more, attend me on the date specified.
I Hope to Become,
Your Patron
Lucien notes the wording - "dutiful childer of your sires"? So he is not alone in this venture?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 30, 2015, 12:12:59 am
Ah, I thought you meant the central market. The one near the castle district is a different one.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 30, 2015, 12:15:47 am
Not really about how pretty it is, as much as whether or not it has all the elder disciplines, haha.
Lies, its ALL about how pretty it is
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 30, 2015, 02:18:48 pm
I had thought of that. But then I thought, well, we can't just wander aimlessly. and the rest of the party returned to the carriages/inn, didn't they?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 30, 2015, 02:23:43 pm
Lucien will pay someone to lead the way once getting his horse and give orders to his ghoul.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 30, 2015, 03:36:26 pm
He's like a medieval hip-hop artist. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 30, 2015, 03:37:22 pm
Daedalus, check your messages and get back to me, ok?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 30, 2015, 03:41:50 pm
Hey D, you know Forge's game started?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on January 30, 2015, 03:52:20 pm
Yeah, i totally posted in forge's game. And im working on it seth.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on January 30, 2015, 08:38:32 pm
Just edited my post with Master P to get more of a conversation going.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 30, 2015, 08:49:27 pm
So hey guys, i'm going to be including another player in the game soon - he'll show up during your meeting with your sires. I'll be posting his character sheet sometime in the next few days, maybe even tonight.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 30, 2015, 08:53:06 pm
Is it Steve?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 30, 2015, 08:55:14 pm
XD
Prince. Have any of you ever seen the movie Tusk? If you have, you're going to love his goals/destiny.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on January 30, 2015, 08:59:57 pm
Sadly no... But if this Prince guy joins can Steve join too?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 30, 2015, 09:15:31 pm
XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 30, 2015, 10:01:50 pm
Prince. Have any of you ever seen the movie Tusk? If you have, you're going to love his goals/destiny.
#walrusyes
Oh, him & Lucien are gonna be such good friends/mortal enemies.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 30, 2015, 10:14:51 pm
He took Additional Discipline: Koldunism specifically to fulfill that ultimate goal XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 30, 2015, 11:18:40 pm
At diff 8, Kiril only needed to spend one willpower. Nice.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 30, 2015, 11:41:17 pm
Yay!
Can I feed my ghouls now?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 30, 2015, 11:43:00 pm
I assume that you already keep Carinus and Fernando fully stocked on Vitae.
If you want Sherazhina to be your ghoul though, now's the time. Or later, when you visit the Prince.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 30, 2015, 11:46:41 pm
yeah, I said Kiril would offer blood to them once he was done feeding.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 30, 2015, 11:47:08 pm
Wait, Fernando is mine now? I thought he belonged to basilio.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 30, 2015, 11:49:06 pm
Ah, yep, my bad.
Completely missed that post.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 30, 2015, 11:54:55 pm
Edited in to show them drinking.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 31, 2015, 04:22:53 pm
Anton hasn't fed either.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 31, 2015, 05:51:00 pm
Actually, Kiril is literally right back to where he started XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on January 31, 2015, 06:52:48 pm
You seriously think Kiril would offer luc some of his? Go bother steeple or sylvan, they have thier own ducking herds!
Anyway, kiril's threesome with Carinus & Sherazhina will have to wait. Lets go meet the prince and/or our patron already.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 31, 2015, 07:56:21 pm
Okay, moving on to Vassily leading you all to the castle.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 31, 2015, 10:02:16 pm
Anton'll need to 'confess' everyone in that mob, huh.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 31, 2015, 10:16:38 pm
I'd give Heldric Will if he had any to gain XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on January 31, 2015, 11:42:20 pm
... Well, that was quite a story I had to read through. I'm looking forward to seeing where this game goes! :D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on January 31, 2015, 11:43:11 pm
Welcome to the game, Prince
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on January 31, 2015, 11:54:29 pm
I think it's safe to say you guys all flee the mob - i'll toss out another update tonight.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 01, 2015, 12:12:29 am
Nah, he would have introduced himself as he did to Steeple.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 01, 2015, 12:12:58 am
Ah cool. Was worried Anton didn't even know the guy's name; lol. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 01, 2015, 08:17:23 am
If only I had auspex, and could, y'know, search for invisible people's auras.
Kiril doesn't even know there's anyone around. Oh, I know, let's hope the invisible stalker accidentally/inexplicably walks right into us. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 01, 2015, 11:35:20 am
You guys should have a rat make a Vaulderie with Anton and Heldric so that you have a method of communicating with Heldric when he's obfuscated. If he's around, you can't go screaming around his name but a small animal can! Just have Anton keep the rat in his pocket and let him send it out whenever you need to contact your invisible friend.
Just have Heldric summon a rat next time you see him; then have it go through a Vaulderie.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 01, 2015, 12:07:07 pm
You guys should have a rat make a Vaulderie with Anton and Heldric so that you have a method of communicating with Heldric when he's obfuscated. If he's around, you can't go screaming around his name but a small animal can! Just have Anton keep the rat in his pocket and let him send it out whenever you need to contact your invisible friend.
Just have Heldric summon a rat next time you see him; then have it go through a Vaulderie.
Vaulderie is only for vampires - do you mean the blood bond?
Regardless, Heldric would still be hidden from the rat.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 01, 2015, 02:06:54 pm
How can Daniel have 5 disciplines? I see that he bought another one with a merit, but that should take him to 4, not 5.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 01, 2015, 02:08:38 pm
Just because they're listed there doesn't mean they're clan disciplines, haha. Gangrel have Fortitude, Animalism and Protean. He has Vicissitude as an out-of-clan discipline, and he bought Koldunic Sorcery.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 01, 2015, 02:22:36 pm
You can be a prodigy in a non-clan discipline? It just seems kinda silly, all his points/concept are in viss & koldunic, but he's a gangrel? Why be gangrel, then? He bought a level of zero in Koldunic? Can he use rituals?
Also, his brothers can't be that great- they're just retainers, not allies.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 01, 2015, 02:30:37 pm
Why couldn't you?
He has no points in Koldunic XD
No, of course he can't.
They follow the basic ghoul template, they can be as good as the basic template allows them to be, haha. Ally-retainers get bonus points based on how many Ally points they have.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 01, 2015, 03:21:23 pm
Because it specifically says "you are especially skilled in the use of one of your clan disciplines."
Also, why is "weak aura" a flaw? Dark ages says its a merit or flaw.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 01, 2015, 03:23:12 pm
His Road rating is high enough that he would normally get a bonus instead of a penalty, so it's a flaw.
Ah, true. He'll have to change it then.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 01, 2015, 03:25:43 pm
With obfuscate 1, what would happen if Anton is using dark sight? Like, would it mean that affect hiding in the shadows?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 01, 2015, 03:31:25 pm
Nope. Obfuscate is a mind affecting discipline (it convinces you there isn't anyone there), you don't actually need to hide particularly well for it to take effect. The first level says that you cloak yourself in shadows - in other people's minds, darkness shifts to hide you from view. In Anton's eyes, it would instead be light bending to hide the guy from you.
Or at least, that's what i'm going with.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 01, 2015, 03:33:11 pm
Aha. So it wouldn't really force them to hide in well lit areas for Anton to work.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 01, 2015, 03:33:47 pm
What about people who can see through darkness (like with Protean 1)
Same thing. Only way to see through Obfuscate is if the person using it Farks up, or if the person searching has an Auspex rating equal to or higher than their rating.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 01, 2015, 03:36:51 pm
What about people who can see through darkness (like with Protean 1)
Obfuscate doesn't make you hard to see- it makes people ignore your presence.
Like, their eyes see you but their brain doesn't register that you're there. (like Charles Bonnet Syndrome but in reverse!)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 01, 2015, 03:41:08 pm
It's there in the paths too, and is included in humanity. Basically, if you have a really high road/path/humanity rating, you get bonuses to certain rolls (for road of the beast it's intimidation, Road or Path of the night it's getting others to admit their dirty deeds, etc). If you have a low rating, you get a penalty 5 is the rating at which you have neither, above and below that you get bonuses or penalties ranging from -3 to +3.
They're all included on your sheets.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 01, 2015, 03:42:30 pm
"Andreas, avoid his eyes!"
Heldric said, while not making a move to avoid the man's eyes XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 01, 2015, 03:53:24 pm
Um, Anton, you saw this guy bitchslap your brother.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 01, 2015, 03:54:12 pm
Um, Anton, you saw this guy bitchslap your brother.
erm... Anton doesn't have a good memory... maybe? ???
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 01, 2015, 03:57:18 pm
To be clear - Kiril instantly recognized him, the rest of the party could also realize it afterwards. Steeple wouldn't know what happened unless you guys bothered to tell him about it.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 01, 2015, 04:18:46 pm
How can Daniel have 5 disciplines? I see that he bought another one with a merit, but that should take him to 4, not 5.
I thought that too, Daed. I was under the mistaken impression that you had to buy the merit to spend points on disciplines outside your clan. apparently, it just costs more. you can totally spend points on any discipline you want- it's just that your clan ones are cheaper.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 01, 2015, 04:24:51 pm
So.. bad idea to use Vicc 4 To change form?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 01, 2015, 04:27:54 pm
I thought that too, Daed. I was under the mistaken impression that you had to buy the merit to spend points on disciplines outside your clan. apparently, it just costs more. you can totally spend points on any discipline you want- it's just that your clan ones are cheaper.
Not on any discipline you want - common ones or others that would logically be available to you. I said as much in the character creation thread (saying that you need to have at least 3 of your discipline points in your clan disciplines, and that you could take others).
Later on, exp-wise they cost more (since they don't count as clan disciplines).
You are literally incapable of breaking the sixth tradition any better than that.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 01, 2015, 04:31:25 pm
Yeah i suspected as much
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 01, 2015, 09:47:52 pm
So, I know that you guys didn't technically write down "anti-social" as your character traits, but i'll be damned if Steeple and Heldric aren't the only ones who'll try to hold a conversation XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 01, 2015, 09:49:17 pm
Anton sometimes talks! XD Still need to get a hang of his damnable (lol pun unintended) personality. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 01, 2015, 10:00:51 pm
I'm busy! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 01, 2015, 10:34:48 pm
Soooo.... The Patriots beat the SeaHawks in the SuperBowl tonight. Did anyone else watch it?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 01, 2015, 10:36:32 pm
Huh. Canadians watch the super bowl?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 01, 2015, 10:37:26 pm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 01, 2015, 10:41:03 pm
Please, even i watch the superbowl. ;)
Mostly because NFL is awesome and soccer is lame. Except for the supporters. in that case soccer supporters are awesome and NFL supporters are lame. Weird.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 01, 2015, 11:20:21 pm
Soccer is awesome. >:(
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 01, 2015, 11:20:34 pm
Each goblet has 1 blood point's worth of blood.
Each pitcher has 3 blood points. There are three pitchers.
I'll keep track of how many times you say you drink.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 01, 2015, 11:28:26 pm
Where are you getting that info from? Can't we just make new limbs with the second and third levels?
From me of course. You can't actually make working limbs without the "Graft life to life" power. Otherwise you can attach the limb, yeah, but it will still just be worthless dead flesh.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 02, 2015, 12:07:11 pm
That is a good point there, BZ.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 02, 2015, 12:08:06 pm
Graft Life to Life? Send me a link to this. I have GOT to see it.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 02, 2015, 12:13:02 pm
Also if your arm gets chopped off via an aggravated weapon it might be harder... of is that why they need Vis 6?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 02, 2015, 12:17:31 pm
Prince: That is a good point there, BZ.
---
I know, Boobs, right? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 02, 2015, 12:19:36 pm
You can still replace a person's limbs mind you, but their physical attributes will be lowered as a result since they're losing flesh and bones in other areas for it.
Also, vampires can just regrow their limbs regardless unless their limbs were removed with aggravated weapons.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 02, 2015, 12:23:14 pm
Well, that's gruesome. All part of the job description though.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 02, 2015, 12:31:48 pm
ok... so Drak keeps telling me no werewolves or life mages (Also no mummies!) but, hear me out... get Vis 6 then give Steeple and werewolf arm!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 02, 2015, 12:36:57 pm
Aw yeah!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 02, 2015, 12:39:08 pm
Drakilian: ... unless their limbs were removed with aggravated weapons.
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I knew those Nuns were EVIL!!! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 02, 2015, 12:41:22 pm
Damn werewolf nuns. >:(
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 02, 2015, 12:54:08 pm
What if we give him the arm of someone who had the "Mask of the Everyman" Flaw? One morning, his arm is normal... The next, it's asian! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 02, 2015, 12:58:43 pm
What if we give him the arm of someone who had the "Mask of the Everyman" Flaw? One morning, his arm is normal... The next, it's asian! XD
You see, this just gets better and better :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 02, 2015, 01:14:59 pm
Can we make it detachable so it can crawl around on its own? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 02, 2015, 01:34:36 pm
No more blood left at the table (there were four more left in the pitchers, Andreas and Ennius sneakily drunk them all)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 02, 2015, 01:45:24 pm
Heldric and Steeple are the only ones will full blood pools! Poor Lucien, Kiril and Anton!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 02, 2015, 01:46:29 pm
Daniel too (Benefits of being with the prince all this time)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 02, 2015, 01:47:30 pm
Mr. Whitey is also in good shape :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 02, 2015, 01:54:55 pm
There is bound to be at least one character in this group who just won't do anything with their powers and just watch as everyone gets their faces kicked in. To "Save Blood".
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 02, 2015, 01:55:50 pm
Drakilian: No more blood left at the table (there were four more left in the pitchers, Andreas and Ennius sneakily drunk them all)
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It's fine by me - Steeple only took 1 straw sip anyway, haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 02, 2015, 01:57:55 pm
Shouldn't I have 13 points?
I had 12 when the scene started, and I mention drinking at least once.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 02, 2015, 01:58:34 pm
No, you had 10 when the scene started. You mentionned drinking and refilling.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 02, 2015, 01:58:42 pm
Well, Lucien is allowed to drink Steeple's Blood as much as he wants (from a flask), hehehe ...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 02, 2015, 02:00:53 pm
Common Sense; Type: Mental; Cost: 1
...
Really D? Seriously? Now you're just making a mockery of this entire game. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 02, 2015, 02:09:35 pm
Nah, I think I'd rather have a 100% squirrel butler. A tiny army of them. XD
Squirrels: You have a dray of twelve normal squirrels that follow you around and act as if they are trained, even though they are not. The squirrels respond to simple commands (Follow, Hide, Fetch, Deliver, Wait, Guard, Pester, Find Nuts, Etc...) and take care of their own feeding.
Normally, they just hang around and chitter at stuff, following the simple commands given to them, but a Surge Point can also be spent to make them attack something as a Swarm.
Additionally, the squirrel dray automatically regenerates some of its numbers once per day.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 02, 2015, 04:56:19 pm
#bestpartofhavingBZgm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 02, 2015, 04:59:02 pm
Yay! Squirrels!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 02, 2015, 05:00:10 pm
Damn you Drak! I dont want to waste my resources on building a tower! XD
Did you read everything there? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 04, 2015, 10:06:18 pm
Basically, we are going to enslave a town or three
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 04, 2015, 10:11:13 pm
Aah it said resourcefullness and ot resouces. my bad. ^^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 04, 2015, 10:25:55 pm
I'm thinking of a division of labor. After all, there are several villages and we all have different personal goals in mind. Maybe the like-minded individuals can form teams and move in on their selected villages. Size and numbers depends on the characters.
After all, think of the servants that can be produced if an entire town becomes devoted to the service of two Vicissitude-wielding vampires... Blood Bonds included.
>:D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 04, 2015, 10:33:02 pm
Ahem - permission to tax a few villages and employ labor from them does not equal permission to enslave entire villages (besides, you guys would all get mobbed and killed for it, all of you, even as a group, are not powerful or influential enough (yet) to own even a few villages like that as openly as a vovoide like Sandor).
Also, personal goals or not, if you guys choose to not complete the tasks as described you suffer the wrath of your sires and the Count (and the chronicle finishes waaaaaaaaayyyy earlier than it should).
Or are you talking about the cities that you can become princes of? Because that's a completely different thing.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 04, 2015, 10:35:17 pm
Before we get our villages, we need to build a fort quick. So there's no real decision of labor, just a ton of enslaving peasants and making them work for us. (Or pay them but that's lame)
After that we can begin dealing with dividing towns.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 04, 2015, 10:40:11 pm
Dibs on the library. Or whatever paper/book/tablet etc knowledgeable things we find.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 04, 2015, 10:42:23 pm
XD
If we're lucky, Anton could maybe decipher the thing Radu wants, maybe. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 04, 2015, 10:44:35 pm
Btw Drak, what kind of books is in the library? I think Ennius would chop poor Carinus to pieces. oh well i have no interest in her.
You got a servant, Mage guy get library! Fair deal!
Um, I bet part if the plot is us finding out what the books are.
Carinus > Ennius
No way, you heard Drak. Literally the whole point if Sherazhina is to help me find the library. (Shh, baby, it's okay. You're so much more than a plot device, I know.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 04, 2015, 11:31:22 pm
Well, not "you" so much as "the entire cotterie".
You guys are squad-working this.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 04, 2015, 11:32:17 pm
Oh, can I recover will? I fulfilled my orders to travel here & meet the guy.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 04, 2015, 11:35:36 pm
I would give you will back for accepting so quickly, I guess - but there's no point. This is the last scene in this chapter, then there's a time skip, you guys start out again with max will haha.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 04, 2015, 11:36:21 pm
Coolio. ^_^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 04, 2015, 11:40:34 pm
yay!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 05, 2015, 08:33:27 am
XP?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 05, 2015, 09:03:26 am
Sethaniel: Dibs on the library. Or whatever paper/book/tablet etc knowledgeable things we find.
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Steeple might share it with the team after he gleans all he can from them ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 05, 2015, 09:38:12 am
At this point, it's probably just going to be a race of initiative to see who gets to loot the library first. :P
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 05, 2015, 11:35:14 am
While Heldric steals it all while invisible... Then decides he actually doesn't care all that much about ancient writings and gives it back
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 05, 2015, 12:38:49 pm
I totally want to build Castle Ravenloft haha!
"Heldric old buddy old pal, you're good at building things, right?" ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 05, 2015, 03:51:38 pm
OK, first question - how do I override the blood bond of my ghoul (to my sire) with a blood bond of my own?
You don't. Impossible to remove a blood bond currently (the vaulderie hasn't been invented yet, it's how vamps remove a blood bond) - though I think there's a level 5 Tremere ritual that I'm vetoing from player use that lets you do it.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 06, 2015, 03:59:00 pm
You don't. Impossible to remove a blood bond currently (the vaulderie hasn't been invented yet, it's how vamps remove a blood bond) - though I think there's a level 5 Tremere ritual that I'm vetoing from player use that lets you do it.
Or... kill your sire, take his generation?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 06, 2015, 04:07:02 pm
You're welcome to try and kill all of your epically powerful sires XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 06, 2015, 04:32:40 pm
I won't be describing the house - just assume a generic house, you can get right to talking with each other about it, assume a fancy place if you'd like. When you've decided you're done i'll end the chapter and we'll start the trip.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 06, 2015, 06:14:31 pm
Gotta get my brothers first! Don't want to leave 'em here! :P
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 06, 2015, 07:10:20 pm
Guys, you were told literally every important detail already, there's nothing more to tell XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 06, 2015, 08:14:10 pm
You must be stalling for a reason, though. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 06, 2015, 08:24:48 pm
Stalling = Drama.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 06, 2015, 10:30:36 pm
Heldric will be busy being all invisible and stuffs
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 07, 2015, 12:49:49 am
Nah, Andreas just gets stuck with all the slave work.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 07, 2015, 10:23:52 am
I mean, unless you want to become a szhlacta; I`m not much help with physical labor.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 07, 2015, 04:32:59 pm
I'll assume you guys are done planning then? We start the story in adventure in earnest?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 07, 2015, 04:34:04 pm
No, D and I are about to fight and have the first PvP death Scene. :P
(Or someone could interpose diplomatically I suppose...) ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 07, 2015, 04:39:38 pm
Nooo! Not already!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 07, 2015, 04:43:14 pm
^ Diplomatic Option notes above ;)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 07, 2015, 06:36:28 pm
May be safe to throw the next Act out now, haha! ;)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 07, 2015, 06:43:05 pm
Nah, i want to see Steeple sire kill him. :D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 07, 2015, 06:45:13 pm
Yeah, Aman, just tell me what you intend to do with random slaver guy and i'll summarize it before starting the next scene.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 07, 2015, 06:46:33 pm
Assume Lucien finds the best architeckt in budapest. (After obtaining permission from the prince.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 07, 2015, 06:46:49 pm
Need to grab two random slaver guys, obviously confess them, etc etc, but then Anton'll bring them for the road, one for him, one for kiril. Slavers deserve no mercy, and this way, he can make the path foward at least slightly bearable.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 07, 2015, 06:47:43 pm
Need to grab two random slaver guys, obviously confess them, etc etc, but then Anton'll bring them for the road, one for him, one for kiril. Slavers deserve no mercy, and this way, he can make the path foward at least slightly bearable.
Only one slavemaster, unless you'll settle for one of his thugs.
You'll have to do so secretly and without permission from the Prince since he won't take kindly to the abduction of his humans (just as bad as killing them, since either way you're depriving him of humans - ergo, sources of blood - in his domain).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 07, 2015, 06:54:05 pm
Only one slavemaster, unless you'll settle for one of his thugs.
You'll have to do so secretly and without permission from the Prince since he won't take kindly to the abduction of his humans (just as bad as killing them, since either way you're depriving him of humans - ergo, sources of blood - in his domain).
Aren't slavers not actually part of the domain, since they are travelers?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 07, 2015, 06:58:10 pm
Steeple will send word to Prague to mobilize resources to the pass. Skilled craftsmen, stonemasons, etc.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 07, 2015, 07:24:10 pm
prague? Isnt that far away? :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 07, 2015, 07:27:42 pm
Since we already have the architect and steeples resources can have workers sent to the pass in advance He.dric is heading out. Moving at a slower pace will leave more time too feed and arrive right as the snows let him through with the first workers.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 07, 2015, 07:30:44 pm
We need heldric since he's the only one who can get us blood without using Anton's new found blood bag.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 07, 2015, 07:32:23 pm
Then move as a group or ask him to wait and go when you guys do lol
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 07, 2015, 07:34:18 pm
Anton's not there, ha ha,
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 07, 2015, 07:51:27 pm
Steeple will send word to Prague to mobilize resources to the pass. Skilled craftsmen, stonemasons, etc.
Prague is father away from the pass than you are XD.
They'll be waaaaaaay behind you, and you won't get anything you wouldn't get at the village. You guys are strapped for time here (7 months is actually not that much time to travel to the pass and build the first floor - remember, you guys are running on dark ages technology here.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 07, 2015, 07:53:15 pm
(Also, if Heldric goes alone he'll be destroyed, so I would just, you know, very-much so not suggest that).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 07, 2015, 07:54:24 pm
Aren't slavers not actually part of the domain, since they are travelers?
He provides the city with business (trade is good for a domain) and he provides it with blood while he is in there. Anything in a vampire's domain (even a traveler) is his to claim, to take from that domain is to steal from that vampire.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 07, 2015, 07:55:23 pm
He provides the city with business (trade is good for a domain) and he provides it with blood while he is in there. Anything in a vampire's domain (even a traveler) is his to claim, to take from that domain is to steal from that vampire.
Hmm... Decisions. Would he notice that a drunkard is lost? Like, slave trader is noticeable, but would a tavern junky be noticed?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 07, 2015, 07:59:48 pm
How far is Klausenburg from the pass? Is this where we are supposed to recruit from?
Also, yes, Prague is far, but the first floor is due - not the entire castle.
Steeple is locking forward to establishing a rock quarry for stone, setting up a mill for lumber, building a defensible village, etc...
You guys are about halfway there, not the place you're supposed to get workers from.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 08, 2015, 12:34:04 pm
OK, good to know. ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 08, 2015, 12:34:31 pm
This is obviously some kind of trap. too bad my sire didn't warn me or anything. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 08, 2015, 12:55:27 pm
Oh, guys? You will never heal wounds unless you tell me you spend blood for it. I'll erase the wounds this time (Anton and Kiril) but please remember, or you'll keep all your wounds through the entire chronicle until you try to fight a ghouled rat and are one-shotted because you have no more health ^_^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 08, 2015, 12:56:44 pm
XD
Thankies.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 08, 2015, 01:05:05 pm
Oh, guys? You will never heal wounds unless you tell me you spend blood for it. I'll erase the wounds this time (Anton and Kiril) but please remember, or you'll keep all your wounds through the entire chronicle until you try to fight a ghouled rat and are one-shotted because you have no more health ^_^
And in that moment, the fortitude wielding tank is befeld by a rodent!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 08, 2015, 01:22:22 pm
^insert obligatory bitching about how math/remembering are my Least favorite part of rping, along with pointless diatribe against having to specifically point out that I'm doing maintenance activities. ie; in real life, I notice if I haven't eaten anything, irl, I notice if I'm injured without having to look it up on a completely separate forum thread.
I would at least argue that if we're having a chapter break/timeskip, you'd think it would occur to us at some point that we should do that stuff.
Are we also playing that we only ever recover will if we specifically point out to you that we did a thing in line with our nature?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 08, 2015, 01:24:58 pm
Nope
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 08, 2015, 01:33:37 pm
Updating you guys arriving at Klausenburg.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 08, 2015, 01:43:34 pm
Go sylvian go! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 08, 2015, 01:45:26 pm
XD
I wonder what you'll all do when Sylvian gets GM PCed out of existence? (Don't think Bo will be joining the game - even if he comes back online).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 08, 2015, 01:45:55 pm
I'm pretty sure it just means that the inn caters to travelers.
unlike every other inn, that's only for people who already live there. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 08, 2015, 03:03:47 pm
So. . . how meta are we allowed to be in ooc?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 08, 2015, 03:12:08 pm
In the OOC? As meta as you want to be.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 08, 2015, 03:15:42 pm
Okay. Then. . .
I think there almost certainly is a Cainite presence in the area. The flavor text (which we can most likely assume Drak is taking from the pregen, not inventing himself) goes out of its way to stress the idea that there is no Prince here. Just because there's no Prince, doesn't mean there's no Kindred.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 08, 2015, 03:45:48 pm
I'm thinking underground or rebellious demon serving movement that we get embroiled with. Linked to stupid faced noble who tried to get the girl really wish I could have put his eyes out...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 08, 2015, 04:45:48 pm
So Heldric is going back to where he entered from? (Gate area?)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 08, 2015, 05:31:02 pm
Typo, tavern area
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 08, 2015, 11:35:21 pm
Did Heldric see anyone suspicious around the tavern r watching from the Church?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 08, 2015, 11:36:35 pm
Did Heldric see anyone suspicious around the tavern r watching from the Church?
Absolutely no one around the church, no one suspicious around the tavern other than a bunch of locals (big burly farmers and such, a few men have bows - probably hunters).
I could always earth meld everyone neck deep into the ground and cover their heads with a blanket until the next day. :P
Can't you only earthmeld yourself?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 09, 2015, 12:00:10 am
It depends where you get your information from. Some texts describe gangrel who can drag others into the earth with them and drag them about but it's probably really limited and potentially lethal to people who need to... like... Breathe.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 09, 2015, 12:08:59 am
Yeh I've seen conflicting versions
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 09, 2015, 01:46:54 am
Oh shit, did you guys know werewolves soak aggravated damage with their stamina? I had no idea.
Now I know why they're considered indestructible...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 09, 2015, 02:11:33 am
Hey, how likely do you guys think someone is to run into crosses inside a church? XD
Seeing them, yeah. Running into them, naw! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 10, 2015, 07:54:26 pm
Is what's happening right now the mob of people getting pissy?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 10, 2015, 07:55:52 pm
It's basically the whole situation that's happened up until now .
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 10, 2015, 07:57:45 pm
Aha. Hmm....
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 10, 2015, 08:32:19 pm
What is Anton suggesting?
Also, if they knew Daniel wasn't a townie in the first place, it doesn't matter what random disguise he adopts, they'll still know he's not one of them.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 10, 2015, 08:32:45 pm
Hmm, I'll edit to clarify.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 10, 2015, 08:34:46 pm
Alrighty. ^_^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 10, 2015, 08:37:48 pm
Also, if they knew Daniel wasn't a townie in the first place, it doesn't matter what random disguise he adopts, they'll still know he's not one of them.
Nah, everyone looks like Aragorn here in Klausenburg!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 10, 2015, 08:53:09 pm
They are clearly werewolfs.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 10, 2015, 09:08:28 pm
No way. They're a trap. Either to trick us into attacking them or to trick us into "running away" so we can get ambushed by whatever's waiting between here and Tihuta Pass.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 10, 2015, 09:19:32 pm
Why nooot... Kill everyone?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 10, 2015, 09:20:49 pm
Because you have to sleep, and when you sleep you die.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 10, 2015, 09:21:16 pm
Well, like... Earth Meld.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 10, 2015, 09:22:52 pm
Go ahead and try that plan Prince :p
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 10, 2015, 09:30:51 pm
So much stuff can go wrong, I swear it. Thank god, Florenzo isn't around.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 11, 2015, 07:09:51 am
Ol' Steeple is hitting the road - with or with out y'all! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 11, 2015, 07:12:59 am
I'm gambling on everyone coming with - and us all being ambushed together (maybe we survive) - or everyone staying in town and making a way juicier target for 'arrow god dude', than a skinny one-armed vamp skittering away into the night haha! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 11, 2015, 08:30:53 am
I am not taking chances with arrows... With Drak around, they're probably incendiary.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 11, 2015, 08:54:28 am
Incendiary and exploding. Probarly.
You can always trust in that you cant trust Drak. >:D
-
Oh, and Drak. Did lucien hear anything special with Auspex?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 11, 2015, 09:22:35 am
Auspex... I've got to learn Auspex...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 11, 2015, 10:06:15 am
I hate being 1st Level! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 11, 2015, 12:22:15 pm
Best one though!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 11, 2015, 03:35:48 pm
Nothing special was being discussed in the tavern, haha.
"Hey fellow Aragorn lookalike! Isn't being a werewolf great?!"
"Yeah, Aragorn. You know, sometimes I forget what our secret plan to kill the outsiders is. Could you remind me?"
"Right after we finish explaining to each other where all the secret passages in town are!"
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 11, 2015, 04:35:02 pm
XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 11, 2015, 04:37:15 pm
So what are all of you guys doing? Does anyone want to stay behind alone, in the hostile village? Or will you be joining your companions?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 11, 2015, 04:54:54 pm
I think we'll all go. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 11, 2015, 05:35:05 pm
Heldric will leave, survival instincts do not suggest staying here long...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 11, 2015, 05:39:46 pm
Yeah Lucien will depart aswell.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 11, 2015, 08:32:08 pm
So then, tell me, how would you describe your state of mind as you leave the city?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 11, 2015, 09:10:24 pm
On edge and guarded. Considering how readily these people dismissed us, something is out there to look out for. Daniel will be on the look out for anything to make sure the more fragile cargo isn't destroyed.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 11, 2015, 09:51:31 pm
Cautious? Need to watch for the crazy arrow douchbag
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 11, 2015, 09:56:07 pm
Clearly Anton's truly epic perception+alertness will save the day for you all! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 11, 2015, 09:58:13 pm
Well that and his sexiness
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 11, 2015, 10:32:20 pm
Initiatives are up. Yes, the drivers are missing - that's because they won't be participating in the combat. The mercenaries are also missing. You'll, uh, you'll see why pretty soon.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 11, 2015, 10:39:19 pm
How much blood you spending on wounds Aman? Remember you have a limit per turn to spend, this is important information to me XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 11, 2015, 10:41:07 pm
If I shroud entrything, they'll just shoot into it.
and hopefully miss. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 11, 2015, 11:42:54 pm
She's not a combat ghoul, you don't want her getting into the combat and neither does she, haha. Consider her (along with all of your drivers - except for Barrabus and the schlatza) as having taken refuge in the wagons.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 12, 2015, 09:57:33 am
She's not a combat ghoul, you don't want her getting into the combat and neither does she, haha. Consider her (along with all of your drivers - except for Barrabus and the schlatza) as having taken refuge in the wagons.
I just didn't know which group of missing people she belonged to.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 12, 2015, 10:31:59 am
that's a good thing. If these bastards had aggravated damage arrows, we'd be Farked. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 12, 2015, 10:53:17 am
Lets not forget he cant even hit a horse point blank. ;)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 12, 2015, 11:08:32 am
Or... We could have Steeple light the forest on fire. Then blame it on fire arrows that they never used. >:D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 12, 2015, 12:13:05 pm
Speaking of Drivers, old Barabus can do what he wants this round ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 12, 2015, 03:52:07 pm
Berka? Thaumaturgical rituals need five minutes (unless mentioned otherwise in the ritual's system) to be cast.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 12, 2015, 05:39:25 pm
:P
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 12, 2015, 05:42:23 pm
The vampire must recite the magical incantations and throw the stick into the air, whereupon it bursts into the ball of light. The light lasts as long as the vampire concentrates upon it.
^No way this takes five minutes.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 12, 2015, 05:46:43 pm
Definitely does.
I'm fine with saying you made the willow wisps beforehand (you were being cautious after all, and I didn't really give you time to state you were taking any particular precautions).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 12, 2015, 05:48:17 pm
I'm fine with saying you made the willow wisps beforehand (you were being cautious after all, and I didn't really give you time to state you were taking any particular precautions).
You have to throw the stick really REALLY slowly
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 12, 2015, 05:49:47 pm
Yeah yeah, heard it all before... ::)
OK, So, being that we're traveling at night, I'll agree with your agreeableness - and say that the Will O Wisp is currently in one of the wagon lanterns.
I'll edit my IC Post with another Option, rather than the other Ritual.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 12, 2015, 05:50:39 pm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 12, 2015, 05:59:15 pm
Being that we already set precedent with Barabus, I just want to clear it with you that I can activate Elemental Strength in one round. As it only lasts Turns, it seems really awkward if it requires five minutes prep time to activate. Let me know.
Post edit pending...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 12, 2015, 06:00:56 pm
Rituals don't equal paths - path powers, unless otherwise stated, only take one action to cast.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 12, 2015, 06:01:34 pm
Ah, thanks for the clarification. :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 12, 2015, 06:02:22 pm
Also, you guys really don't have to worry about being hit at this point. D is drawing all the aggro with that little display of his XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 12, 2015, 06:02:59 pm
Or at least, what aggro will be left (he's fairly far behind in the initiative ladder)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 12, 2015, 06:11:05 pm
"On three we all charge behind them to get a Flanking Bonus!"
"1, 2, 3, CHARGE!"
*Enemies simply turn around.
"Wait a minute..."
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 12, 2015, 06:16:45 pm
What say I pull the "Falling Vampire Bear" trick on one of the attackers while Andreas wails on them from behind?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 12, 2015, 07:19:53 pm
Can I summon dark steel and wait to tell you what I'm doing until I know how many of them I got?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 12, 2015, 07:26:54 pm
Can I summon dark steel and wait to tell you what I'm doing until I know how many of them I got?
You get five.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 12, 2015, 07:50:28 pm
You can raise a physical attribute up to 1 point beyond your generational maximum for one scene, and you can raise it above that up to a maximum of 10 for three rounds - you can raise your dexterity to 10, but just know that three of those dots will only last three rounds.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 13, 2015, 07:24:03 am
DO EEET! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 13, 2015, 07:46:06 am
Imagine... A bear with a buffed strength falling on you.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 13, 2015, 03:32:57 pm
Seth? Waiting on you before starting the update.
Also, Aman, is that all you're going to do?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 13, 2015, 03:33:29 pm
Isn't that all he can do? Shifting eyes takes a turn, no?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 13, 2015, 03:34:59 pm
Yay! Reference Desk is back online!
Huh, it does. I totally thought it was a free action.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 13, 2015, 03:37:43 pm
I though Sethaniel said he was going to have his guy boldly stride up to the two bastards and give them a good thumping with his bare hands. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 13, 2015, 03:39:07 pm
Huh, it does. I totally thought it was a free action.
I wish. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 13, 2015, 03:45:13 pm
They're won't be able to catch arrows out of midair - unless you're saying you're just wrapping them around your body protectively? Which I would accept (i'd assign two random number values and roll a ten sided die, if it was one of those then the tendril would take the arrow instead of you, or you could specifically protect your heart or your head).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 13, 2015, 03:49:16 pm
They're won't be able to catch arrows out of midair - unless you're saying you're just wrapping them around your body protectively? Which I would accept (i'd assign two random number values and roll a ten sided die, if it was one of those then the tendril would take the arrow instead of you, or you could specifically protect your heart or your head).
First of all, I think they could knock an arrow out of the air. Maybe not catch it, but deflect it for sure.
Second, yeah, I meant wearing them as armor. (Is it like my shroud, could I see through my tentacle if I used it as head armor?)
(The M in initiative stands for MC Arrowdouche, right? XD I say we have Daniel challenge him to a rap battle.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 13, 2015, 03:52:12 pm
Nope. Specifically being able to block, catch or stop projectiles (of any kind) like that is an elder celerity discipline. Tendrils do not have elder celerity.
Okay, posting the update soon.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 13, 2015, 03:52:59 pm
Nope. Specifically being able to block, catch or stop projectiles (of any kind) like that is an elder celerity discipline. Tendrils do not have elder celerity.
Okay, posting the update soon.
wait, so Adam could not have deflected the molotovs? >:(
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 13, 2015, 05:35:39 pm
You can't deflect/stop projectiles - however you can dodge them ;)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 13, 2015, 05:37:55 pm
But he deflected them. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 13, 2015, 05:41:22 pm
*Shrug.
Then when they served as armor the molotovs hit them instead of Adam.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 13, 2015, 05:50:55 pm
Yeah, lets call it that. ;)
Anyway, is Ennius still on fire?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 13, 2015, 06:04:28 pm
So Kiril spends more blood summoning tendrils and has them all attack the archers?
Yes.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 15, 2015, 01:34:25 pm
Aman? They are not close to each other, you can only surround one of the vampires if you only summon one shroud right now.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 15, 2015, 01:35:42 pm
Oh, erm, use it on one if them, then?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 15, 2015, 01:38:11 pm
Yeah, but which one? XD
Help out Lucien against the wolf-hunter, or help out Steeple, Daniel and Heldric against the other one?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 15, 2015, 01:39:06 pm
W! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 15, 2015, 01:41:05 pm
That would be Wolf-hunter then!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 15, 2015, 02:02:17 pm
Okay, so Anton's wagon was set on fire - he had to use up one action jumping off of it before he got hit by the flames, so you can either raise a shroud or try to dodge things.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 15, 2015, 02:07:59 pm
Raise shroud. I guess Anton'll also boost his Stammina by 4?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 15, 2015, 02:08:48 pm
Can't, you're already spending two blood points on the tendrils.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 15, 2015, 02:09:31 pm
Two points then? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 15, 2015, 03:07:12 pm
Wow, that bowman had really good rolls.
I mean, he isn't even special or anything - just a standard ghoul bowman. (Check Anton's char sheet to see what i'm talking about).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 15, 2015, 03:29:16 pm
Holy Fark
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 15, 2015, 03:58:18 pm
Round's done!
So, on the bright side, there are only three ghouls and two vampires left!
On the not bright side... well, everything else.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 15, 2015, 04:03:28 pm
#tpk XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 15, 2015, 04:06:41 pm
What I love the most here is that Heldric and Steeple (both of whom attacked the most powerful thing in this entire ambush) are actually currently in the best condition.
Of course, Mitru was busy setting all your wagons on fire first, so now that he'll be turning his attention onto them that might change.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 15, 2015, 04:07:50 pm
Aman - like, maybe pull the arrows out? You know, just for fun? XD (Won't cost you an action, but you won't heal yourself of your blindness if you don't - which means you won't be able to target anyone).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 15, 2015, 04:13:27 pm
Believe it or not, this was the best-case scenario.
Keep that in mind when you remember that you wanted to sleep in the village and travel by day through the forest XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 15, 2015, 04:46:54 pm
SOOOOOO DOOOOOOMED ! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 15, 2015, 04:52:09 pm
OK, so question:
This? Steeple then brushes out the arrow and uses another four blood to keep Dex at 10 (using any left to heal something and/or bump Stamina more) and then focuses on full defense, not leaving, but trying to Dodge everything that comes his way.
(OR)
This Steeple then brushes out the arrow and uses another four blood to keep Dex at 10 (using any left to heal something and/or bump Stamina more) and then focuses everything on a called shot to slice his cane sword through his opponent's bowstring.
---
EDIT: Well, might as well try to irritate the guy as much as possible before he keels me, so going with Option 2 and editing my post to reflect. ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 15, 2015, 04:53:51 pm
How many dark steel tentacles are there, at this point?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 15, 2015, 05:18:50 pm
Berka - You only need 3 blood to keep Dex at 10. You can also only spend 4 blood points per turn.
Also, berka, you know you have thaumaturgy right? You can just make his bow come to like and stab him or something XD
Aman - Tons, but each of the bowmen will have moved out of their range when they dodged.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 15, 2015, 05:48:29 pm
You can assume that Mr Whitey injured his teeth on the guy you eye-punched.
Kinda hoping for more with the 7 die, 6 str and 2 potence... I frikking hate marble skin...
So Andres/Daniel might be the only ones able to actually harm this guy
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 16, 2015, 04:22:20 pm
Hey, Steeple managed to deal one point of damage!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 16, 2015, 04:55:16 pm
Which he is about to heal. We'll have to rely on Daniel's Protean, Andreas' Brute Strength and Lucien's Vicissitude to get this guy down.
It shouldn't be too hard. If we all gang up on him, how much harm can he do with a bow? He'll need at least a turn before he can get his claws out too! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 16, 2015, 05:07:03 pm
Which he is about to heal. We'll have to rely on Daniel's Protean, Andreas' Brute Strength and Lucien's Vicissitude to get this guy down.
It shouldn't be too hard. If we all gang up on him, how much harm can he do with a bow? He'll need at least a turn before he can get his claws out too! ;D
*Already healed.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 16, 2015, 05:17:47 pm
Yeh he is a celerity user, let me just guess at the next turn:
Claws come out and Steeple and Heldric each take one hit, they can't dodge cos... yeh he is just going to hit.
Steeple and Heldric land 30 ft away in torpor, Mr. Whitey joins them a few seconds later dead or near death.
He then picks up the nearest tree, puts it on fire and beats Daniel with it.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 16, 2015, 05:22:36 pm
Steeple has a pretty good chance of dodging.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 16, 2015, 05:25:11 pm
Taking out the bow was the best move so far, he's actually less dangerous with the aggravated damage dealing claws since he has a far lesser reach and fewer hit dice. Would have been better to get rid of it before he set everything on fire, but it's still a good move.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 17, 2015, 07:44:02 am
Better than nothing.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 17, 2015, 08:10:33 am
So, not for this round, but the next...
Do vampire bites do aggravated damage? Any point in trying to bite the guy?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 17, 2015, 08:12:38 am
That could work. I think it does +2 aggravated damage.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 17, 2015, 08:34:27 am
I believe that the natural teeth of any creature can deal aggravated damage.
What if everyone gangbangs this bum and bites him everywhere while Lucien and Daniel claw the living hell out of him?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 17, 2015, 08:52:37 am
So D? I have no idea what the Fark you're doing XD
Is this you trying to bone-craft the guy so that his ribs pierce his heart?
yes.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 18, 2015, 07:09:05 am
Always spend Willpower to succeed casting! (So yes!) XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 19, 2015, 03:35:29 pm
We're not in combat rounds anymore, you can just tell me how much blood you spend and on what
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 19, 2015, 03:49:09 pm
Keep like 4 points in reserve, spend the rest on healing.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 19, 2015, 10:40:32 pm
Note that * means aggravated damage, which cannot be healed at all without at least a day's rest, a point of willpower and 5 blood points. Lethal and Bashing (X and /) can be healed with a single blood point each.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 20, 2015, 07:39:36 am
Waiting to see reply from the Soldiers and their wagon, before having Steeple do much else.
I take it the wagons are Deus Ex Machina? Nothing to save/salvage? Note that I had a wagon and a carriage and you did not say the carriage was hit ;) Also, there should still be horses...
Also, how far to the next town? Before Sunrise right? If not, then it's time to find a cave or dig a hole in the ground haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 20, 2015, 08:11:08 am
Waiting to see reply from the Soldiers and their wagon, before having Steeple do much else.
I take it the wagons are Deus Ex Machina? Nothing to save/salvage? Note that I had a wagon and a carriage and you did not say the carriage was hit ;) Also, there should still be horses...
Also, how far to the next town? Before Sunrise right? If not, then it's time to find a cave or dig a hole in the ground haha!
Earthhmeld FTW!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 20, 2015, 09:26:03 am
*Steeple places a sign and shovel over Prince - 'Dig Here'. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 20, 2015, 12:31:23 pm
I'll bet that the digger will be in for a big surprise...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 20, 2015, 12:39:12 pm
"Hey guys I found this wierd treasure map and sign! come look, I found a strange hard stone, it must be the cask!"
pickaxe pickaxe pickaxe
Daniel pops out and frenzies cos its daytime but really weakly cos its daytime so he just looks like a hairy angry drunk
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 20, 2015, 12:42:37 pm
No, you guys can salvage a wagon or maybe even two if you work at it, but most of the stuff you have has been ruined.
*This is assuming you get help. As vampires, you guys won't be able to stay near the wagons for long due to the constant rotshreck rolls i'll be making.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 20, 2015, 02:37:44 pm
Waiting to see reply from the Soldiers and their wagon, before having Steeple do much else.
I take it the wagons are Deus Ex Machina? Nothing to save/salvage? Note that I had a wagon and a carriage and you did not say the carriage was hit ;) Also, there should still be horses...
Also, how far to the next town? Before Sunrise right? If not, then it's time to find a cave or dig a hole in the ground haha!
Haha, I completely forgot about your carriage. Time to see how Mitruu's extra-extra long range shooting skills are... ;)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 20, 2015, 02:52:44 pm
Hurray - my carriage is saved!
*THWAK! *FWOOSH!
Damn...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 20, 2015, 02:54:11 pm
So... Steeple preps Extinguish every night... Can I use it here? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 20, 2015, 02:59:36 pm
I thought that Steeple just had a bunch of candles in his house in case he wanted to use the ritual - not that he intended to use it every single night (or that he would do the same on the road). He could still use it, I suppose. He has three successes, so three wagons can be put out.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 20, 2015, 03:14:43 pm
Of course Steeple would be paranoid enough during a wilderness trek through Daylight to prep it every night haha!
Anyway, I'll have him extinguish the fires on his wagon and the wagon carrying the papers? There are papers right? I forget...
And any seals of the Prince etc...
Editing my post to Aman's guy to reflect this. 8)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 20, 2015, 03:29:46 pm
There's one wagon that isn't devoted to you guys - and it's the one that carries all the $$$ you were supposed to use on the castle.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 20, 2015, 03:47:56 pm
Definitely that one, my own, and whatever third seems most worth saving.
Steeple is also willing to accept suggestions from Prince Maurice on the matter! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 20, 2015, 03:53:02 pm
Should totally pick Anton. Cuz, you know, everyone loves crazy catholic horseman man
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 20, 2015, 03:54:03 pm
Sylvains! He had a herd we can feed on!
Not Kiril, he didn't have anything useful.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 20, 2015, 03:54:43 pm
Seth, I know that Kiril exists but I won't be able to tell at this rate XD
I don't want to GMPC two of you guys now, and I won't just skip over him, post already.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 20, 2015, 03:57:37 pm
Who clearly isn't attacking you, haha. Is that it you're just doing nothing for the rest of the scene?
I'm rping my flaws, okay? XD
I didn't think that we'd be fast-forwarding to the end of the scene. I assumed the nobleman would reveal himself with a monologue, and then we'd have another chance for input.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 20, 2015, 04:14:58 pm
We're not fastforwarding, but if you don't do anything then i'm going to be ignoring your character.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 20, 2015, 04:43:50 pm
how is steeple simultaneously casting a thaumaturgical ritual and climbing the hill to see the nobleman? ;p
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 20, 2015, 04:49:23 pm
The effect is instant, since he already casted the ritual and is just now activating the power.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 21, 2015, 06:28:40 am
If I might play Sethaniel's Advocate a moment ... ;)
So the $$$ Libram that roasted, was it paper money?
Because, I'm pretty sure paper money hasn't been invented yet (just saying haha!) ...
If it's a plot device to lose all the monies, then I'm fine with it (I can roll) - but if it was just bad luck on our part, then I'd like to request that the Libram be coin form and melted - meaning we'd still have at least half it's value in the metal.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 21, 2015, 09:39:57 am
If I might play Sethaniel's Advocate a moment ... ;)
;D
The first paper money in Europe was 1666, Stockholm.
The Chinese had paper money in 900, but by 1400, they'd abandoned paper currency due to inflation.
During our time period, I couldn't immediately find info on Transylvania, but England's money was mostly silver, with a few gold coins.
Forge is right- it wouldn't even melt.
Average house fire temperature is 1100 F, while the melting point of silver is 1700 F, and gold is 1900 F- therefore the coins would be fine.
(I would argue that "librum" is intended to be paper money, though, since it means "book" in latin. And also that it's almost certainly a plot-mandated destruction.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 21, 2015, 10:39:10 am
So, you guys know that the coins wouldn't be affected at all by the fire and I know that the coins wouldn't be affected by the fire, but the plot doesn't know about it. If you guys continue with the money i'm just going to have to have it destroyed another way.
So, your options are "stolen away by magic gremlins/any vampire with obfuscate when you guys aren't looking" or "ruined in the fire now".
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 21, 2015, 10:42:05 am
Arrow Dude must have been shooting 'Willy P' and Thermite haha! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 21, 2015, 10:44:12 am
Hey, I can't dis the old plot device angle! I NEED ITin my games! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 21, 2015, 10:47:02 am
So, you guys know that the coins wouldn't be affected at all by the fire and I know that the coins wouldn't be affected by the fire, but the plot doesn't know about it. If you guys continue with the money i'm just going to have to have it destroyed another way.
So, your options are "stolen away by magic gremlins/any vampire with obfuscate when you guys aren't looking" or "ruined in the fire now".
I vote for stolen with obfuscate, cause then we can complain about the lack of auspex, and how you plotkilled all our auspex ghouls, too. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 21, 2015, 12:23:44 pm
Good thing Lucien did not bring any of his own money. Except for pocketchange.
Stolen with obfuscate.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 21, 2015, 12:24:26 pm
Dam your plot device, it's destroyed Heldrics diverse fiscal holdings!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 21, 2015, 01:13:30 pm
Gangrel are hobos. ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 21, 2015, 02:05:56 pm
Steeple still has his 'traveling funds' haha! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 21, 2015, 02:10:06 pm
Good thing Lucien doesn't recognize him as one of Dracon's line.
Why is this a good thing? I read up about Dracon and appearently he went Bananas.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 22, 2015, 11:33:47 am
He got pissed off at the carpathian Tzimisce who plotted against him and went on a rampage, slaughtering all those foos and destroying a Tzimisce methuselah that was basically his brother (Triglav the three headed). He was eventually convinced to stop himself from rendering all of Transylvania into a barren, post apocalyptic wasteland by one of his students.
Lucien just so happens to be part of the carpathian Tzimisce, who, in case you haven't guessed it, kind of harbor a grudge against the Dracon for destroying one of their methuselahs and trying to slaughter all of them.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 22, 2015, 11:35:29 am
No worries, Vykos isn't done with potential dialogue yet.
It's why maurice suggested you extinguish Heldric's wagon - no way you're bunking with that dirty leper ;)
Awesome haha!
Hope Steeple put it politely enough! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 22, 2015, 12:27:44 pm
Ooh! So... Naia Ghoul... How's that work? ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 22, 2015, 12:53:43 pm
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Steeple Ghouls Nadia, then gives her a hug.
"Welcome to the grand adventure!" she says, leading her to the lord's wagon.
I knew it! Steeple is a transvestite!
Ghouling - just give them one point of your blood. Feed them any amount (just has to be a few drops really) to form the blood bond. So you can bond someone to you without ghouling them. They need to be fed blood once per month or they are no longer ghouls. As long as they have at least one point of vampire blood in their system, they will live forever and be able to use disciplines. If they spend their last point of vitae for any reason, they lose their ghoul powers.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 22, 2015, 01:35:23 pm
Ghouling - just give them one point of your blood. Feed them any amount (just has to be a few drops really) to form the blood bond. So you can bond someone to you without ghouling them. They need to be fed blood once per month or they are no longer ghouls. As long as they have at least one point of vampire blood in their system, they will live forever and be able to use disciplines. If they spend their last point of vitae for any reason, they lose their ghoul powers.
Also Sweet! What's her powers? Fortitude? Celerity? Potance? Stenography?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 22, 2015, 01:41:32 pm
She gets.... One dot of potence and a derangement!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 22, 2015, 01:47:15 pm
Upon creation, each ghoul automatically gains a single point of Potence, and a dot in another discipline. They have to earn the rest (Like the ancient secret discipline of Stenography) through experience, which is insanely expensive (or they can just spent their experience on abilities and attributes).
Giving her the first level of Dementation along with Potence. She also gets derangement and an actual character sheet, drastically increasing her survivability through the power of being an actual character.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 22, 2015, 02:51:35 pm
Sherazhina's a real character, right?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 22, 2015, 03:01:08 pm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 22, 2015, 03:05:27 pm
Plot devices are invincible forces of nature, as we all know.
Until their plot is over, at which point they become weak, normal characters, usually quickly killed off unless they've been made into something special.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 22, 2015, 03:08:47 pm
I'm hoping Nadia lasts long enough to become full vamp! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 22, 2015, 03:28:04 pm
Plot devices are invincible forces of nature, as we all know.
Until their plot is over, at which point they become weak, normal characters, usually quickly killed off unless they've been made into something special.
I gave her my vitae, that has to count for something?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 22, 2015, 09:49:52 pm
Intro post to the City of Bistritz coming up next.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 22, 2015, 09:51:10 pm
I consider this a solid win scenario. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 22, 2015, 09:53:45 pm
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It took more than an hour for them to salvage three wagons. Though they’d lost all of their money, half their party and a great deal of their own possessions, they made their way east in the company of the fiend…
Solid. Win.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 22, 2015, 10:12:58 pm
Heh Heldric lost basically nothing!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 22, 2015, 10:17:45 pm
Maria's ghost will haunt you forever.
It will do this by constantly making your wagon smell like her burnt corpse.
Which would matter, I guess, if you had a sense of smell...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 22, 2015, 11:43:37 pm
You... did you forget who the patron who's going to make you all princes is named?
Or is it just Lucien? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 23, 2015, 12:05:30 am
You... did you forget who the patron who's going to make you all princes is named?
Or is it just Lucien? XD
that would be me. ^^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 23, 2015, 10:49:11 am
Prince: Upon hearing Steeple say this, Daniel immediately walks to the other side of the group away from Steeple.
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What's the matter Colonel Sanders? Chicken? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 23, 2015, 05:52:38 pm
I am not turning into a puppy!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 24, 2015, 05:04:12 pm
We didn't "lose" the librum, it was taken from us by the plot gods. Or by Radu himself. . ?
It's an improbable coincidence that Myca just happened to be coming along right after Mitru's attack-- an attack during which it was essential to the plot that our possessions be destroyed (even though that made no sense.)
So, what are the odds that Radu set the whole thing up- mitru's attack and myca's "rescue." In order to have us in his debt? Or for some more nefarious purpose?
Edit: Hmm, looking at his comments about how "it's good you'll find the rest of the funds yourself," my new hypothesis is that he's holding out the promise of our own territories to get us to build him this fortress, but since we "lost" most of the money, we'll fall just short of his required goal- and he'll take the fortress without giving us any reward.
Alternate theory: Myca's the mastermind- He plans to take our reward for himself, as repayment for his "kindness" in rescuing us.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 24, 2015, 05:14:24 pm
Radu didn't do anything, Myca coming along was coincidental, and Mitru's attack would have happened no matter who passed by his territory :p
I'm reading through the books and damn, Myca is Farking everywhere. I think he's like, the go-to NPC for the writers. You guys go to a Ventrue lord's coronation? Myca is there. You guys go to Constantinople? Myca is there. You guys get ambushed by vampire-blood worshipping monks? Myca gets caught with you. The village you're in gets burned down? He shows up a day later. You guys look inside your pantry? Myca's been crashing there for a while. You feel an itch on the back of your neck and go to scratch it? Myca has fleshcrafted himself into one of those brain-sucker things and physically attached himself to the back of your head.
Your possessions didn't have to be destroyed then specifically, they just had to be destroyed before you reached the pass (because if you don't have difficulties building the fortress then plot-things can't happen.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 24, 2015, 05:17:47 pm
Soooo, Myca is the ultimate villain of the story? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 24, 2015, 05:18:12 pm
ANd he steals from our pantry!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 24, 2015, 05:26:16 pm
Radu didn't do anything, Myca coming along was coincidental, and Mitru's attack would have happened no matter who passed by his territory :p
My story is better. ;p
My conspiracy theory at least provides interior consistency as to why it seems like we're being railroaded.
I mean, that's just sloppy writing then, forcing Myca down our throats.
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I'm reading through the books and damn, Myca is Farking everywhere. I think he's like, the go-to NPC for the writers. You guys go to a Ventrue lord's coronation? Myca is there. You guys go to Constantinople? Myca is there. You guys get ambushed by vampire-blood worshipping monks? Myca gets caught with you. The village you're in gets burned down? He shows up a day later. You guys look inside your pantry? Myca's been crashing there for a while. You feel an itch on the back of your neck and go to scratch it? Myca has fleshcrafted himself into one of those brain-sucker things and physically attached himself to the back of your head.
qed
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Your possessions didn't have to be destroyed then specifically, they just had to be destroyed before you reached the pass (because if you don't have difficulties building the fortress then plot-things can't happen.)
Seriously- these writers are shit. There's zero meaningful participation from the players. Our only choices are "go along with what the writers decided should happen next exactly the way it's been written" or "die." The only freedom we have is describing how our character reacts to the play that's being performed.
If you're telling the truth about it not being a conspiracy, and not gaming me, then here's my revised hypothesis. We "coincidentally" can't manage to find enough money to construct the fortress on time, no matter what ideas we come up with, after which Myca "coincidentally" shows up to help us again.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 24, 2015, 05:36:55 pm
Oh, i'm sorry Seth, please, tell me how this could all be improved. Tell me how you have been deprived of all your freedom up until now :p
In case you haven't realized, this is what a game and a story is. You're being given plenty of freedom to influence events and handle situations, but yeah, there's an overarching plotline because you're players in a game, you aren't the ones making the game itself. The world, and everything inside of it has its own motivations.
You can definitely play anything you want any way you'd like. You could have gone by day through Mitru's ambush and you would have been asleep when his ghouls attacked and set your caravan on fire. All your servants would have been killed. That's the logical conclusion to events, it's not you being railroaded. You could have stayed asleep in the obviously hostile town that didn't want you there, and you would have all been destroyed and the game would have ended. That's the logical goddamn conclusion.
You could have refused Myca's help and gone on yourselves, stuffing each other into your wagons. You didn't, not because you had no other options, but because why the hell should you choose them? You would have gained nothing from it.
You're doing what makes sense here, Seth. If you want to stop doing what you're doing and just go along pulling nonsensical bullshit then go ahead, the world won't stop making sense along with you though.
Please, keep this in mind: You aren't being railroaded here. You haven't been for an instant yet. The story doesn't get rail-roady until the later books, and i'm re-writing it so that you guys don't have to deal with it. You can stop whining about the books and how much you hate the crappy story because the story is Farking great, I read it all and decided I wanted to run this game because of how great it was, and how much i'd love to play it myself.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 24, 2015, 05:57:31 pm
I can see it now...
Castle in Tihuta pass burns down
"Sconces everywhere" A builder says, gasping for breath and rocking back and forth slightly. "So many candles..."
"I don't know what they were thinking" Architect Zelios says.
"I told them, "102 sconces per corridor is too many. You're vampires, you all hate fire anyway, why would you put in so many of the goddamn things?" "
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 24, 2015, 05:59:36 pm
I don't mind having Vykos for a pal. He can sleep in my pantry anytime! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 24, 2015, 06:00:42 pm
At this point in the game, we're only neonates. xD
Prince Maurice is a 4th generation Methuselah and takes exception o your comment
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 25, 2015, 09:40:13 pm
Nah, Prince Maurice is really Malkav, the Malkavian antediluvian. He implanted his consciousness into a rock, it's like his eighteenth backup of his soul after the malkavian madness network.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 25, 2015, 11:03:45 pm
When did Daniel become a mindreader? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 26, 2015, 05:25:49 am
Yeah i dont know how much i'll be able to post.
Just found out my little brother who is 13 years old has a brain tumour, and it's not operable. So now we're stuck here waiting for either him to improve so they can start with some radiaton to fry that Farker or pull the plug on his respirator. So yeah, life kind of sucks right now.
But yeah. I'll try to post as much as i can. Should the worst happen... I dont know what i will do then. But i'll guess we'll notice.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 26, 2015, 07:43:02 am
:( sorry to hear that, d.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 26, 2015, 07:47:17 am
Drakilian: Nah, Prince Maurice is really Malkav, the Malkavian antediluvian. He implanted his consciousness into a rock, it's like his eighteenth backup of his soul after the malkavian madness network.
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Steeple has always suspected as much! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 26, 2015, 07:49:47 am
Daedalus: Yeah i dont know how much i'll be able to post.
Just found out my little brother who is 13 years old has a brain tumour, and it's not operable. So now we're stuck here waiting for either him to improve so they can start with some radiaton to fry that Farker or pull the plug on his respirator. So yeah, life kind of sucks right now.
But yeah. I'll try to post as much as i can. Should the worst happen... I dont know what i will do then. But i'll guess we'll notice.
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Wow, man - what a heavy thing to have to deal with. It's hard to tell from you post, but has he already been in the hospital in bad condition for a while, or is this a sudden new development?
Either way, I wish you and your family the best dealing with whatever comes.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on February 26, 2015, 09:30:35 am
I know that I'm new here but, Daedalus, we all have our spirits out for you.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on February 26, 2015, 10:47:32 am
Daed, really sorry to hear man I truly hope things improve for you and the family
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 26, 2015, 10:51:34 am
Sorry to hear that, Daed. It really sucks.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on February 26, 2015, 01:22:04 pm
Thanks guys.
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And BZ: He's been hospitalized since september last year. And he has gone trough many brainsurgerys. He was talking untill the last surgery though. After that he's been unconcious.
They only found the tumour yesterday and if they had noticed it earlier he would have had a chanse, but as it is now they have decided to turn off the respirator sometime tomorrow. So unless he make's a miracously recovery over the night which is highly unlikely... He'll die.
Oh well, i just wanted to tell hoy guys i may or may not disappear for a while.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 26, 2015, 02:01:07 pm
Cut to send over PM...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 26, 2015, 03:37:58 pm
Holy shit D, that's terrible. Take all the time you need.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 27, 2015, 03:47:37 pm
Drak you asshat haha! Steeple would have kicked barabas out beforehand!
Alas! Poor Steeple has been 'bum-looked' ... :P
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on February 27, 2015, 03:49:30 pm
XD
I honestly could see Steeple making Barabas stay just to Fark with him, so I went with that. I can edit it out if you'd like.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 27, 2015, 03:54:12 pm
XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on February 27, 2015, 04:32:05 pm
Leave my kids alone, Anton >:(
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on February 27, 2015, 04:45:37 pm
XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on February 27, 2015, 05:23:55 pm
Seriously, go with the broken Obs and Steeple still acting as if he was.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 04, 2015, 06:41:15 pm
Quick - while Prince is in Mexico - let's all Diablerize his Character for fun and then replace the soul with that of an iguana! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 04, 2015, 07:20:12 pm
Yay!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 04, 2015, 10:11:25 pm
I'll be going to Punta Canna for the next week. I'll still be able to update, probably maybe even once a day, but if I don't then you'll all know why.
Also, probably no update tomorrow, because jetlag.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 04, 2015, 10:13:46 pm
Is this canadia vacation week?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 04, 2015, 10:25:31 pm
Spring break XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 05, 2015, 07:28:01 am
Spring? I wish haha! Still freezing here!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 06, 2015, 08:47:37 pm
Goddamn, I was Farking wrong.
No updates, at all until I get back. The internet here is Farking shit. I've been in the lobby, the only place with internet for the past hour (not exaggerating), waiting for the pages to load so I could post.
Berka, to your question on the admin board:
The answer is no.
Also, someone tell C-Drive that yeah, we're full, but i'd be happy to have him if someone decided to leave the game.
I haven't been able to read the game thread. So far i've looked at the Admin Board, my PMs and this thread.
Also, Seth, i'm sorry you decided to cancel the mystery murder game.
See you all later guys.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 07, 2015, 06:30:08 am
Boo for crappy internet! Boo! :P
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 08, 2015, 02:47:14 pm
Mexico is waaaaaaarm. >:D It's as hot as the devil!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 08, 2015, 06:10:50 pm
Be sure to drink the water! I hear it's a fiesta in every bottle! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 10, 2015, 06:50:47 pm
The regular water there is rather dirty. Bottled water is good though!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 10, 2015, 06:57:26 pm
Bottled water is always good. Aside from in Israel. Then it's nasty shit
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on March 10, 2015, 08:23:50 pm
Just fill a bottle from the nearby river, then it's bottled water and fun too!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 10, 2015, 11:06:56 pm
My lady-friend puked because she likes to drink the water while she showers. :o
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 11, 2015, 05:25:37 am
Eew.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 11, 2015, 06:10:51 am
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 12, 2015, 09:15:21 pm
I am back! You may all rejoice in my second coming!
Updates tomorrow, also while reading on the plane I discovered that Librum is an early form of bank note denoting 240 pennies, roughly 1680 $$$ and very, very flammable, so that scene totally made sense.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 12, 2015, 09:17:41 pm
Yay!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 13, 2015, 09:21:50 am
Logic will always make it's comeback.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 13, 2015, 12:14:43 pm
Logic cannot exist without truth (or some other post bumping altruism). ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on March 14, 2015, 04:31:43 pm
I am going to have the best story about my brothers wedding tomorrow.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 14, 2015, 05:18:16 pm
That certainly sounds ominous.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 14, 2015, 05:53:36 pm
Toats doesn't sound like murder.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 14, 2015, 06:26:20 pm
Seth, the wedding crasher. Now included with murder.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 14, 2015, 06:34:53 pm
So, no one at all reacts to the surprise-lasombra with the crazy guy digging holes in your castle-foundation and asking questions about why you're here? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on March 14, 2015, 08:16:23 pm
Heldric responded as he should. He remains invisible and ready to abandon all the others if needed cos he is the survivor :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 15, 2015, 10:29:19 am
Can we eat him? If he's not supposed to be there, would Anatole be opposed to it?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 15, 2015, 11:36:27 am
Would Anatole be opposed to you diablerizing him? Yeah, you know, just a little bit.
Sylvian is already translating everything for you guys.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 15, 2015, 03:27:01 pm
Sylvain doesnt speak spanish though.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 15, 2015, 04:25:12 pm
All western languages are considered to be the same in this game. That's why Anton can talk in German to the spaniards
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 15, 2015, 04:57:55 pm
Err, actually:
Quote
French, Italian and Spanish all default to each other at a difficulty of 7.
German isn't one of them.
She knows german, so you're still good, but if she didn't you'd be speaking gibberish XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 15, 2015, 04:59:06 pm
Goddammit. :(
Yay!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 15, 2015, 05:57:57 pm
Where was lord Jurgen mentioned? Silly Aman.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 15, 2015, 06:03:47 pm
Yeah, that was our own NPC that said that, right? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 15, 2015, 06:05:03 pm
Shhhh
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 15, 2015, 06:05:29 pm
Sylvian is absolutely, totally not a ventrue spy or anything.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 15, 2015, 06:34:40 pm
They were obviously sent here to retrieve the horn of Jurgen windcaller. The crazy one mujst be the dragonborn. >.>
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 15, 2015, 06:55:41 pm
So Aman, you realize Sylvian is in your group right?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 15, 2015, 07:00:02 pm
I'm tired. We were 4th place In a big debate. :(
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 15, 2015, 07:03:54 pm
:(
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 16, 2015, 12:02:49 am
Making some edits to the physical disciplines:
Potence: Adds extra strength die, spending a single blood point turns them into automatic successes for a turn (as per revised rules).
Celerity: Adds Dexterity dice, one blood point per extra action at the cost of the extra dexterity dice and all celerity actions happen at the end of the round (as per revised rules)
Fortitude: Adds extra soak dice, spending a single blood point turns all your Fortitude into automatic successes for a turn.
Potence and Celerity really were too powerful, haha, and the boost to Fortitude to make it as useful as the other physical disciplines should help survivability in the game just a tiny bit.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 16, 2015, 12:04:22 am
:'(
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 16, 2015, 12:11:27 am
Hey, just think of the future, where you'll make Anton with a 6 in Fortitude and have him running around laughing off canon-balls and lightning bolts.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 16, 2015, 10:13:18 am
Meanwhile... Daniel has no physical disciplines whatsoever. Protean/Vicissitude is fun though!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 16, 2015, 10:13:40 am
Seth, the wedding crasher. Now included with murder.
Hey, I was invited! And we weren't technically kicked out of the jazz club, we were asked to leave.
So, after eight years of living in their jointly-owned house, my brother & his girlfriend abruptly decided to go to the jp one day after work and get legally married.
And they were having a party this weekend, and for some of it, we had a party bus.
The party bus had complementary wine. It tasted like gummy bears, and had a picture of the bus on it.
The driver, (who had an Australian accent, btw) was like "I have karaoke. You wanna do karaoke?" And my brother said "Um, not right now." And the driver says "Okay, I'll do some." and while driving, takes one hand off the wheel, picks up a mic, and begins to sing "What a wonderful world," while the TV screens in the bus show a music video of Japanese people walking in a park. Then, he overheard that my other brother is a musician, and he was like "Oh, my son is a musician too, look at this, I've got some video-" and he reaches back so we can see the screen of his phone, where his son is playing the saxophone while riding a unicycle.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 16, 2015, 12:50:05 pm
XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 16, 2015, 01:46:25 pm
That's pretty bonkers haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 16, 2015, 02:46:08 pm
Oh and automatic successes for what Lethal? Or even aggravated?
Aggravated.
May seem like a bit much but it really just makes it a direct counter to Potence.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 16, 2015, 02:46:38 pm
XD (to seth's story)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 16, 2015, 03:41:20 pm
You know, they actually totally answered you D XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 16, 2015, 05:10:00 pm
Oh yeah, they totally did.
>.>
<.<
I just didnt react to it since you did not mention Luciens name :p
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 16, 2015, 05:41:28 pm
If it makes you feel any better, Steeple is happy to ignore you enough for everyone. ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 16, 2015, 07:48:53 pm
Lucien will happily remake you to a pile of goo. >:D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 16, 2015, 11:32:51 pm
Oh god. You know you're tired when you say "He holds domain over the city of Spain".
XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 16, 2015, 11:33:53 pm
I was a bit confused on that one. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 16, 2015, 11:39:58 pm
You guys toats have to search for the library anyway.
Lucien can be forgiven (it was a side-request over a month ago by the messenger and was overshadowed by everything else), but Kiril at least should remember Tiberiu's side-request.
Side-requests in vampire-speak, by the way, mean "It isn't really your goal to do this but if you don't I still consider you a failure". It's a polite way of shackling on additional goals that you should do to earn full approval. You guys will probably be using it a lot with your childer in the future, haha.
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“There is one other small favor you can do for the Count, a matter of little import to anyone but Radu. It has been rumoured that among the ruins of the tower, there might be some old writings – documents or tablets in forgotten languages. Should you locate them, Radu desires them for his collection.
Frivolous, he knows, but such pastimes often alleviate the occasional tedium of our existence. Please advise him if you find these writings and he shall send me to collect them from you. Should you hear of other such writings and learn who has them, the Count would also offer his gratitude for that information as well."
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 16, 2015, 11:48:36 pm
*sigh
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 16, 2015, 11:49:18 pm
If you want, I can remove my post and you could edit. ^_^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 16, 2015, 11:52:49 pm
Common sense would tell Lucien that they have time (tonight at least), aren't doing anything more to advance construction of the tower and having both kindred in their debt would be awesome anyway, so i'd allow it.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 19, 2015, 03:06:02 pm
Err, Berka? There's a big, gaping hole in the wall from where you pulled out the tablets, it's not exactly secret anymore unless you put the tablets back in.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 19, 2015, 06:05:03 pm
Err, Berka? There's a big, gaping hole in the wall from where you pulled out the tablets, it's not exactly secret anymore unless you put the tablets back in.
OH, you're saying that the tablets were the bricks themselves?
Yeah, that might be obvious haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 19, 2015, 07:28:07 pm
Yeah, the tablets where part of the wall.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 20, 2015, 05:20:36 pm
I want updates on the fleshcrafting! >:D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 20, 2015, 05:31:04 pm
It's only been five minutes IC haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 20, 2015, 09:13:09 pm
Is Ennius there with him?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 20, 2015, 09:15:08 pm
Yep
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 21, 2015, 03:13:55 pm
That was Farking hilarious! :D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on March 21, 2015, 05:39:10 pm
See if I tell you my ulterior motives again.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on March 21, 2015, 08:33:41 pm
Luckily the translation should be very easy to memorize
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 25, 2015, 06:35:38 pm
Drak, i uh.. think you posted in the wrong thread.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 25, 2015, 06:47:06 pm
So how are things going to work here?
I know Sylvian is in charge of the architet stuff - but who's going to coordinate villager efforts, who's going to buy slaves, who's going to deal with collecting taxes and deal with the humans if they get rowdy? Who deals with the cotterie's finances? Who handles protection?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 25, 2015, 06:47:13 pm
I know Sylvian is in charge of the architet stuff - but who's going to coordinate villager efforts, who's going to buy slaves, who's going to deal with collecting taxes and deal with the humans if they get rowdy? Who deals with the cotterie's finances? Who handles protection?
I think Anton'll take care of the rowdy slaves, ha ha.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 25, 2015, 07:25:22 pm
Lucien will handle the groups economy aswell as collecting taxes.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 25, 2015, 07:33:30 pm
Maybe send someone a little less "Serial killing inhuman vampire torturer" to collect taxes from the superstitious villagers?
(If you thought their hatred of vampires was big, wait till you see what they do to the vampire taxman)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 25, 2015, 08:39:39 pm
I think I'll handle rowdy villagers. >:D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 25, 2015, 08:46:12 pm
Note: Murdering the workforce means you don't have a workforce.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 25, 2015, 08:47:41 pm
Maybe send someone a little less "Serial killing inhuman vampire torturer" to collect taxes from the superstitious villagers?
(If you thought their hatred of vampires was big, wait till you see what they do to the vampire taxman)
Thats precisely why Lucien is perfect for the job! Rowdy villagers? Pfft, i prefer to call them test subjects to never to be heard or seen again.
Oh, and you have any pricerange for mercaneries? Lucien wants more playthings and Barabus will go mad after a while.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 25, 2015, 08:51:28 pm
Hey, Barabus is still Steeple's by rights. You're just playing with him until you get him into general dog-shape.
We can discuss mercenaries when they become relevant, works a bit differently here. They become more prevalent in the future (renaissance time-period, to be precise - they're actually not that common right now.)
Besides, if you become a prince you'll have your own police force and trained agents (or at least, you should if you know what you're doing).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 25, 2015, 08:52:06 pm
I think I found one of Lucien's test subjects. Daniel's lack of intelligence isn't helping him figure out where it came from at all. He just safely assumed that it was one of Carl the Llama's creations and followed the phrase, "When in Rome."
Here's where you can find out who Carl the Llama is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXX0U5DXZeU
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 25, 2015, 08:53:45 pm
Eh, i think that might be Barabus.
Should have mentioned taking him with Lucien.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 25, 2015, 08:54:04 pm
Ah, Prince, in case it wasn't clear, the sun rose and the scene's over (also, can't drag someone into the earth with you for earthmeld, ever, at all, in any way whatsoever).
You could try to brave the sun for a turn or two or you could begin doing this the next day (though the others would be awake and would likely notice something like this, since this is Barrabus and I expect Lucien would keep tabs on the guy).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 25, 2015, 09:44:39 pm
Ooooo. And there isn't any shade around me at all?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 25, 2015, 09:45:25 pm
There is, sure, but the sun hits you regardless of whether or not you're in the shade (indirect sunlight burns, just for less damage).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 25, 2015, 09:57:39 pm
In that case, that little bastard can continue to live in agony.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 26, 2015, 05:42:43 am
Steeple will help oversee setting up the worker village and transportation logistics - creating a lumber milling area, a stone quarry, roads between them, and food stores for the living.
Nadia can be in the intermediary between the Vampire Masters and the humans.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on March 26, 2015, 09:35:52 am
Kiril will do whatever's left over after everyone else decides.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 26, 2015, 02:08:46 pm
Sry BZ, we cant control our subordinates :/
Steeple can however order Nadia to do it.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 26, 2015, 02:23:17 pm
What do you mean? Can't control our subs?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 26, 2015, 02:27:39 pm
I mean you as a player cant control Nadia, but Steeple can. ^^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 26, 2015, 02:35:04 pm
Oh, that's what you meant. I thought you were talking about the hirelings that were going to build the city.
As for that, I'm willing to help our poor overtaxed ST here and there with a helpful Nadia post (seeing as he has five thousand and six NPS to steer every waking moment).
Besides - who's to say that the voices in Nadia's head really aren't Steeple? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 26, 2015, 02:52:11 pm
Oh, Nadia doesn't hear voices, she's obsessive about keeping things clean (Hence the comment about her being pre-occupied with the dusty coffin while banging Steeple).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 26, 2015, 02:54:52 pm
Oh, Berka, scene's over - I just need you all to tell me what you're in charge of (so I can make all the appropriate rolls and such to gage your progress) before moving on to the next thing. If you guys want to play out what to do with Barabus then I could make a little side thread for Berka, Lucien and Prince.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 26, 2015, 03:03:03 pm
I know Sylvian is in charge of the architet stuff - but who's going to coordinate villager efforts, who's going to buy slaves, who's going to deal with collecting taxes and deal with the humans if they get rowdy? Who deals with the cotterie's finances? Who handles protection?
So, I guess Anton'll handle rowdy bastards. Lucien should do finance , Forge's c should probably deal with protection (Andreas specifically, lol) Taxes and slaves should be someone who's friendly (maybe Steeple and Kiril?)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 26, 2015, 03:06:43 pm
Don't think Steeple really has the authority (just in his presence) to convince villagers to collect taxes.
He does seem like he'd be a good slavemaster though.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 26, 2015, 05:23:10 pm
Firm yet fair.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 26, 2015, 05:23:52 pm
Oh, Nadia doesn't hear voices, she's obsessive about keeping things clean (Hence the comment about her being pre-occupied with the dusty coffin while banging Steeple).
Steeple is not convinced. ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 26, 2015, 05:24:56 pm
Oh, Berka, scene's over - I just need you all to tell me what you're in charge of (so I can make all the appropriate rolls and such to gage your progress) before moving on to the next thing. If you guys want to play out what to do with Barabus then I could make a little side thread for Berka, Lucien and Prince.
Hmm... I'm good with the barabus thing happening off-screen. Up to D though ...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 26, 2015, 05:39:56 pm
I dont mind.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 26, 2015, 05:47:16 pm
Ok, roles in the group then:
Steeple: Handles slaves, likely using his resources to buy them for labor on the castle.
Lucien: Handles the cotterie's finances when he's not playing with Barabus.
Anton: Handles protection, possibly with Andreas' help.
Heldric: I'm going to assume due to Forge's specializations that Heldric will be monitoring the surrounding area.
Daniel: I assume he'll be helping Anton with protection if it comes to that.
Kiril: The peasants must pay their lords taxes.
I'll write up the next post with this in mind. I'll also summarize Barabus' transformation.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 26, 2015, 06:08:22 pm
Yay. :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 26, 2015, 06:12:14 pm
We still need a modified Mastif Hound from Prince to compete with the B-Dog haha! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 26, 2015, 06:43:58 pm
I might just put my name or Barabus! ;D ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 26, 2015, 07:19:09 pm
Sorry for the long cutscene between the two NPCs, but Zelios would only introduce himself to the architect (and maybe Heldric) and he's an important enough character that I didn't want to skip over his part in the chapter.
Really wish Bo hadn't ditched, this was meant to be a defining moment for his character.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 26, 2015, 09:02:38 pm
Am I the only one who thought, "Weeping Angel!" When I read about how a statue snuck up on Sylvain?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 27, 2015, 04:11:43 pm
D - A fair price would be much, much more than what he's offering to let you pay him. You might suggest some alternative payments - such as servants or boons, to cover some amount of the cost before you dip into your funds.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 27, 2015, 04:14:54 pm
Ah, well that makes it a little bit easier^^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 27, 2015, 04:24:42 pm
Edited :)
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Oh and Prince, when do you want the battle between the creations to begin? Lucien is waiting anxiously for it. :D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 27, 2015, 05:19:25 pm
Should have poored the freebies into persuasion. *grumble grumble
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Now he wants the money AND the boons. Shit. >.> I'm going to go ahead and accept here. I'm not willing to insult the man building our benefactors cash tower. It seems it's going to suck for poor Kiril who collects taxes as thats the only way i see us getting trough this.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 27, 2015, 05:23:35 pm
Try asking for an extension on the pay. Or like, paying in installments of X per month so we could scavenge the money and/or steal it all from steeple's army of stuff coming from Prague.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 27, 2015, 05:26:15 pm
And, since he's an artist at heart, maybe agree to teach him Vissectitude in exchange for the above agreement
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 27, 2015, 05:33:33 pm
Thats a pretty good idea actually!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 27, 2015, 05:37:21 pm
Try asking for an extension on the pay. Or like, paying in installments of X per month so we could scavenge the money and/or steal it all from steeple's army of stuff coming from Prague.
Steeple's stuff already arrived actually.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 27, 2015, 05:38:17 pm
:'(
So no stealing from steeple, I guess. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 27, 2015, 05:39:48 pm
Ofc we can steal from steeple! I mean, he did refer to himself as a cashcow in his background did he not? :D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 27, 2015, 05:46:18 pm
D, don't forget the sucking up part. ^_^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 27, 2015, 06:06:43 pm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 27, 2015, 06:08:33 pm
(What was left of it after Mitruu ambushed the caravan anyway)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 27, 2015, 06:10:25 pm
We're talking about the message sent to Prague to mobilize some resources to the pass ...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 27, 2015, 06:17:58 pm
What path do you think the resources took to get to you?
I mean, you're still getting resources, but your men report robberies, bandits prowling the highways, there have been a few ambushes. Probably Mitruu. Possibly someone else.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 27, 2015, 06:33:10 pm
Im guessing Lucien we're informed about the events that took place the first night in the gravechamber?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on March 27, 2015, 07:42:10 pm
Kiril, being totally ignored by the narrator, leaves the scene.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 27, 2015, 07:47:49 pm
I said I was observing him to try to figure out what would be a good payment for him.
But it's all good, steeple saves the day again.
Hey, Berka's good at problem solving ^_^
I mean, you guys could have totally afforded to just pay him on the spot, but he's more than happy to accept the translation key instead.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 28, 2015, 07:41:18 pm
Well, as the key was described as a big hunk of gold, I figured it was worth throwing out there as an offer - though I'm surprised (beside the fact that we are still waiting for some players to be on) that no one suggests that we shouldn't give it to him.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 28, 2015, 07:49:52 pm
Lucien doesnt really care, unless the gold turns out to be more worth more. ^v^
Well, he doesnt want the thing to be recognized for what it is though.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on March 28, 2015, 08:44:31 pm
Even if it was worth more, who could we sell it to? (To whom could we sell it.)
Who, other than Radu, do we know that both has enough $ to buy it, and would want it? Plus if we shopped it around, radu might find out & be pissed.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 29, 2015, 12:40:23 am
Well, as the key was described as a big hunk of gold, I figured it was worth throwing out there as an offer - though I'm surprised (beside the fact that we are still waiting for some players to be on) that no one suggests that we shouldn't give it to him.
The translation key is worth more than the castle you guys are building XD
And not because it's made of gold, the translation key and the info in the tablets is extremely valuable to the right people.
I wouldn't suggesting selling it off just yet.
Though if you're giving it to anyone, Zelios is at least the right choice.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 29, 2015, 09:37:31 am
Obviously, Steeple is for giving it to Zelios - but it's because he's a nut case, not because it's the right or wrong thing to do! ^v^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 29, 2015, 01:21:17 pm
You guys realize Zelios is right there right? Offering the payment, then having this conversation in plain view of him like this is insanely rude.
He won't do anything (he's a nice guy), but if you do something like this with a meaner vampire it most certainly wouldn't end well.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 29, 2015, 01:28:56 pm
Yay for friendship with Zelios! ^_^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 29, 2015, 02:01:23 pm
You guys realize Zelios is right there right? Offering the payment, then having this conversation in plain view of him like this is insanely rude.
He won't do anything (he's a nice guy), but if you do something like this with a meaner vampire it most certainly wouldn't end well.
Key word here ^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 29, 2015, 02:02:53 pm
Learning that the key is an old language of Caine, Steeple will take the time to learn it. Also going to see if there is any Blood Apocrypha on the key and tablets.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on March 29, 2015, 02:13:33 pm
Every time we try to play the game, you condescendingly tell us how stupid we are. Why didn't you just have Sylvain pay zelios, if it was so obvious what we were meant to do? I mean, you didn't let us decide whether to give radu the tablet- you had the npcs tell us we weren't doing that.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 29, 2015, 02:17:30 pm
The NPCs told you you shouldn't give him the translation key, because that was their opinion. You could have done it anyway :p
You guys could have had this conversation, but having ANY conversation like this in front of the person you just offered the payment to is insanely rude, regardless of whether or not they're a vampire. I'm pointing it out because you seem to have forgotten this fact because it's play-by post.
The money is everyone's. Sylvian can't pay it himself, because he doesn't have enough. Lucien isn't "footing the bill", he's making the decision of whether or not to use your collective funds to pay Zelios.
Yeah, the NPCs have an opinion on events, they'll voice them, it's up to you whether or not you listen.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 29, 2015, 02:21:17 pm
Every time we try to play the game, you condescendingly tell us how stupid we are. Why didn't you just have Sylvain pay zelios, if it was so obvious what we were meant to do? I mean, you didn't let us decide whether to give radu the tablet- you had the npcs tell us we weren't doing that.
Eh, the NPCs were giving us the ability make an informed decision. Still dunno if they were right (don't think Radu is in league with whatever this elder evil is, and I don't think itd hurt to have him in the know), but they basically said that its a dangerous text, and not something that should be spread lightly. Not really forcing us to do anything, though the game does make it a point to lead us in the only intelligent decision possicle.
Probably become more grey and greyer choices once we become princes. ^^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 30, 2015, 12:14:57 pm
Btw Prince, the longer we wait for the creations competition the longer Barabus will have to get used to his new form! :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 30, 2015, 12:22:56 pm
Don't forget to factor in his mental condition. These creatures can become suicidal if you don't mentally condition them with Dominate/Animalism.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 30, 2015, 12:37:17 pm
Le Gaspeth!
You two are such diabolical fiends! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on March 30, 2015, 01:04:20 pm
Prince, the Fark does that have to do with anything?
Don't attack the rich? XD
Well, hell! What if our sires sent this bozo for a quick boost in funds? If the universe is fair, we're about to get repaid for dealing with Zelios! :o
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 30, 2015, 06:38:30 pm
Well, hell! What if our sires sent this bozo for a quick boost in funds? If the universe is fair, we're about to get repaid for dealing with Zelios! :o
So, you realize that you're a good 59 zillion miles away from the area where Kiril, Steeple and Lucien are, right?
I mean, I thought it was clear in the description - you're with Heldric and Anton, hunting down a bunch of fleshcrafted wolves.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 30, 2015, 06:40:51 pm
For reference, when you see:
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It means i'm switching scenes, or in this case, areas.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 30, 2015, 08:54:46 pm
Aww, you skipped all the small talk (it was basically just hints at future events but still).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 31, 2015, 09:13:43 am
Whoops. Gosh, I feel dumb now. Can we just pretend I was there in spirit? ;)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 31, 2015, 10:22:51 am
Steeple will anyway haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on March 31, 2015, 10:24:42 am
I want to hear Steeple shout, "Great screaming meemies!" In public, just one more time; then, I can die in peace.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 31, 2015, 05:23:22 pm
I'm dying right now, that was beautiful.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on March 31, 2015, 06:18:15 pm
Sanchez?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 31, 2015, 06:22:31 pm
Shhh.
Sanchez is Sylvian's middle name, clearly XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on March 31, 2015, 06:37:21 pm
Does Kiril have any idea what's wrong with Sanchez?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 31, 2015, 06:47:28 pm
Sylvian is super pissed, frustrated and tired because the project that will make him a prince and which he's become personally attached to has been Farked to all hell.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on March 31, 2015, 06:48:52 pm
Oh thank goodness. I was worried he'd been poisoned.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 31, 2015, 06:51:20 pm
Nah, poison that affects vampires is insanely rare and pretty innefective.
Besides, Carinus gave it to you guys. Don't you trust Carinus? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 31, 2015, 08:08:54 pm
I'll assume that, Heldric being a survivor and Forge being super-busy, that he decides to stay back while Anton and Andreas handle the big guys.
Unless Daniel does anything else i'll assume he does much the same.
Does Anton intend for Brother Joseph to join the fight?
Do you have any blood boosts to announce before you begin the fight?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 31, 2015, 08:54:20 pm
Brother Joseph isn't a combat guy, right? :P
Erm, yeah, let's boost Anton's dexterity by 4 if possible.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 31, 2015, 08:58:49 pm
Brother Joseph followed you, has procured a weapon (a longsword, you don't know from where) and is ready to go into battle with you unless you say otherwise.
Also, your stamina is 1. Your damage soaking capabilities lie somewhere between "absolute ass" and "Sylvian's high pealing laughter interrupting your next statement"
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on March 31, 2015, 10:14:13 pm
Brother Joseph followed you, has procured a weapon (a longsword, you don't want to know from where) and is ready to go into battle with you unless you say otherwise.
Also, your stamina is 1. Your damage soaking capabilities lie somewhere between "absolute ass" and "Sylvian's high pealing laughter interrupting your next statement"
XD Erm, I guess add 4 blood for stammina, and 3 for dexterity instead, ha ha.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on March 31, 2015, 10:27:44 pm
Heldric will indeed stay true to form:
Others engadge first while he stays hidden then he will strike an enemy at what he deems the opportune time to either finish a weakened strong opponent or to face-punch and blind a normal opponent.
Of course if things go badly then Vanish from the minds eye is a very useful ability especially with its chance of causing confusion.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 01, 2015, 03:23:43 pm
Brother Joseph followed you, has procured a weapon (a longsword, you don't know from where) and is ready to go into battle with you unless you say otherwise.
Wait. monks can't use Longswords, they only use their fists! >:(
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 01, 2015, 04:16:36 pm
He's not a Monk, he's an Abbot. ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 01, 2015, 04:23:47 pm
Ugh, that's what I get for trying to remember the huge cast list by memory.
Marelle, not Marusca, my bad. Editing it in.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 01, 2015, 04:24:52 pm
FOOL!!!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 01, 2015, 04:26:36 pm
You're drowning in red-shirts haha! ;)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 01, 2015, 04:27:04 pm
I don't even remember who Mycos and Vycos ??? are ...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 01, 2015, 04:43:55 pm
Oh god XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 01, 2015, 05:52:21 pm
Goddammit Drak, is this Joseph a spy?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 01, 2015, 05:52:49 pm
What? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 01, 2015, 05:56:21 pm
Noone said that part. That was Drak explaining what the Cathedral was for us players. ^^
No, you guys all know about it, that's why I brought it up.
No, Lucien doesn't know about the Dracon.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 02, 2015, 04:43:06 pm
Looking up NPCs are bad?
Sorry then, wont happen again. : /
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 02, 2015, 04:46:38 pm
I've said it each time so far.
Also, forge, after reviewing Contagious, i've decided the following:
You can absolutely still make ghouls, but they will all become carriers of your disease, and if they ever run out of vitae they will be immediately struck by the sickness. So you can still have some personal guard (most notably for when you sleep), but an extended ghoul network would be difficult to manage.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 02, 2015, 04:49:08 pm
Besides, i thought it didnt matter since she we're dead.
I'm almost certain a few other people looked up characters, or that you looked up a past one.
She's not dead. Nothing that is sacrificed to the cathedral is ever killed.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 03, 2015, 12:00:51 am
And here I was thinking maybe she was a girl possessed by evil twisted spirits of a werewolf shaman and murdered wolves or somthing....
Also I might have looked stuff up but I had neither the time or inclination soooo for now going with my "what on earth is she" plans
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 03, 2015, 07:05:29 am
I'm spending time and XP for a spell to infect the Cathedral of Flesh with a virus that makes every square inch of it grow hair that smells like dog poo and licorice haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 03, 2015, 07:07:16 am
I'm spending time and XP for a spell to infect the Cathedral of Flesh with a virus that makes every square inch of it grow hair that smells like dog poo and licorice haha!
Just have heldric bite them.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 03, 2015, 10:19:42 am
That's no fun for the ultimate Malkie Prank haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 03, 2015, 11:16:04 am
So how far away are the others and approximately when will they return? (If all goes well)
Oh and Seth, when the heck did we discuss grave robbIng? xD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 03, 2015, 11:20:52 am
Steeple just brought it up.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 03, 2015, 12:30:20 pm
ah makes sense. And i did look up a NPC, the Dracon. that was when the PC's first met Myca and i wanted to know why Lucien would dislike him.
Which im sure i said and you didnt say anything about looking up NPCs. I think.
Hmm, that's true, didn't say anything then. I was thinking of Prince (he also looked up a character or two and I gave him shit about it).
Looking up characters gives you access to info you should never, ever have in the game. So yeah, I don't want you doing it.
The Dracon is such a public and powerful character that I didn't really mind all that much, and he has no stat sheet either.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 03, 2015, 02:18:32 pm
Must have missed that. Oh well i wont look up any more nps like i said earlier. ^^
Anyways, when are we expecting Anton and Co. Back?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 03, 2015, 03:04:11 pm
They left a day or two ago, you don't know when they'll be back.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 03, 2015, 04:23:49 pm
*Remaining 2. Andreas butchered the one mauling him, Daniel destroyed the one you hindered, Joseph is grappling one. Two are busy attacking Daniel, who is almost dead from his serious aggravated wounds.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 03, 2015, 04:25:33 pm
Oh. That's better then nothing! ^_^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 03, 2015, 10:34:13 pm
Holy shit forge, four 10s XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 04, 2015, 08:30:53 am
Fark off, Lucien (& Steeple.) Myca is my bff. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 04, 2015, 08:47:15 am
Pfft, you got the revenant :D
+ He's a Tzimisce like Lucien. :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 04, 2015, 12:00:52 pm
Four 10s on vanish... Gotta love it :) especially since I just wasted it...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 04, 2015, 12:07:46 pm
Four 10s on vanish... Gotta love it :) especially since I just wasted it...
Oh, if you hadn't "wasted" it you would have been mauled by mr. Whitey. The girl was possessing his body, she made mr.whitey trap himself under the log so she could take back her own body.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 04, 2015, 12:55:25 pm
That's like asking why wouldn't Fenris be happy to share his opinions with Bastien.
You're not enemies, you're much closer-knit (or at least, you're supposed to be) than Adam and Bastian ever were (noted by Adam eventually having Renzo kill Bastian after Bastian tried to kill Adam).
Honestly, that comparison doesn't work at all - Sherazhina is nowhere near as fanatical as Fenris was (being a relatively new ghoul, with a more dominant personality) and your relationship with Steeple is nowhere near as hostile.
You guys have been travelling together for months, working together for months and struggling towards a common goal together for months, Steeple is a (seemingly) harmless, likeable kook (seemingly) and while Sherazhina isn't entirely fooled, she also knows that Steeple harbors no ill intentions towards the others, including you. This is her warning Steeple, she would do the same to you and the same to everyone else in the group (except Lucien, because, you know).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 06, 2015, 12:26:07 pm
If Lucien was ugly she'd like him :'(
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 06, 2015, 12:27:17 pm
So now you're going to tell me how my character feels about the other characters. I don't even get that much free will.
I'm telling you the situation. Are you telling me Kiril would kill Steeple? That Steeple has wronged Kiril? That you have literally any reason whatsoever to feel towards him the way Adam felt towards Bastian or Bastian felt towards Adam?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 06, 2015, 12:59:31 pm
Apparently Kiril considers steeple "harmless" and "likable"
And here I thought he mistrusted the clearly insane malkavian, and deeply disapproved of his casual approval of the tzimisce's petty cruelty.
Oh, or does Kiril like Lucien, too?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 06, 2015, 01:01:40 pm
Apparently Kiril considers steeple "harmless" and "likable"
And here I thought he mistrusted the clearly insane malkavian, and deeply disapproved of his casual approval of the tzimisce's petty cruelty.
Oh, or does Kiril like Lucien, too?
I didn't say Kiril thought that. I said:
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Steeple is a (seemingly) harmless, likeable kook (seemingly) and while Sherazhina isn't entirely fooled, she also knows that Steeple harbors no ill intentions towards the others, including you. This is her warning Steeple, she would do the same to you and the same to everyone else in the group (except Lucien, because, you know).
As in, "This is what Steeple looks like to the average person, and what Sherazhina would think of him if she didn't know what he did to Barabus"
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 06, 2015, 01:12:41 pm
You said "you're not enemies, you're much closer-knit."
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 06, 2015, 01:18:27 pm
you can dress up your argument however you like. I'm sure you're capable of twisting everything to make it seem you're unequivocally in the right.
1. OOC, "my" revenant seems far more Interested in talking to steeple than she ever was in interacting with me.
2. iC, I think Kiril wouldn't like shera talking to steeple. You seem to be telling me I can't play him like that.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 06, 2015, 01:24:05 pm
Sethaniel, has this even impacted your ability to play Kiril IC the way you want?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 06, 2015, 01:28:18 pm
^ I mean, it's not like Kiril knows yet that Sherizhina talked to Steeple. It seems that a more limiting factor in your game play would be the posting rate vs. what you can manage against what everyone else is doing, and how fast the ST is pushing the story along - where you might here and there miss an opportunity to establish your character the way you want.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 06, 2015, 01:38:42 pm
So, it's my fault for not posting more often?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 06, 2015, 02:06:42 pm
Define 'fault' ...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 06, 2015, 02:09:09 pm
You ignore the few opportunities that I am able to grant you to speak with your servants or really just interact with the story in general
What are you talking about? You ignore me when I try to talk.
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(I don't know why, you were doing wonderfully at the beginning, you haven't tried to make any sort of mark since - just look at Vykos and Lucien, you didn't say a word other than to think to yourself "yes, I will talk to Sherazhina later",
I should interrupt Lucien when he's talking? I said something when they were done.
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and when you complain in the OOC that you want to talk to Vykos
That was just commentary- I didn't mean for it to come off as complaining. I really didn't care if he talked to Lucien. Kiril would be slightly disappointed.
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and I let you, you complain that you're not with Sherazhina). Yes, few, because the story is slowly paced due to it being online so I have to push things when people are unresponsive. The reason you ignore them is greatly due to the below fact:
You consistently stop posting every single time you feel there is any sort of disagreement whatsoever between us.
I consistently stop posting when I feel like it doesn't matter what I do.
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This has lead to massive gaps of time in which you have outright refused to contribute in any single fashion and have halted/deliberately slowed down the already insanely slowly-paced story.
I'm not deliberately slowing down the story.
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For example: Right Farking now. Instead of posting and moving forward, you're pausing your conversation with Vykos and arguing here.
It's not halting anything. Anytime you want, you can have Vykos say "okay, enough of that."
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I want you to realize this: if you maybe hadn't meticulously ensured that each of your replies to Vykos are spaced 19 hours apart,
Meticulously? You sound like you think I'm deliberately to trying to Fark up your game.
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you would have more than likely spoken to Sherazhina long before Steeple did. Hell, you could have asked to speak quickly with her before going off with Vykos.
Your revenant is speaking to Steeple because Steeple is trying to speak to her. She's not speaking to you because you're not speaking to her. Try to interact with the characters, and they will interact.
not in my experience. Every time I talked to shera, she ignored me or gave me a curt reply that sounded like she was uninterested in talking to me/ you were annoyed that I was deviating from the plot.
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There are so many NPCs, I can only plan out events like the one Anton is having with brother Joseph, or the meeting with Carinus at the beginning or hell, Sherazhina's reaction to Vykos here, on relatively rare occasions. Every other time I absolutely will have them remain quietly in the background until you choose to actually include them in something.
I wouldn't want to inconvenience you by making you have to play something you didn't plan for. Or further bog down the already "insanely slow-paced story" with useless asides.
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Now, a question I have for you is this:
Why the Fark don't you just take Sherazhina's talking to Steeple as an opportunity to talk to her later and warn her from Steeple in-game
Because Kiril doesn't know about it.
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instead of complaining to me in the OOC about how she shouldn't have done it because Kiril apparently (without any past indication) hates Steeple?
I wasn't telling you she shouldn't have done it! All I said was that Kiril wouldn't like it! Every time I make any sort of comment, you react as though I'm bitching at you. You've made it abundantly clear you think all I do is complain.
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Then fine. Kiril wouldn't like it. Have him tell her. It's a good conversation to have. Hell, i'm thinking of the reactions and thoughts she would have right now.
But I haven't told you you can't play like that. I said that you're not enemies, because I didn't think you were enemies. Why the hell would you be? (Something you still haven't answered, by the way. Yeah, I understand why you wouldn't love Steeple, not why you'd feel any animosity towards him).
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tl;dr
Play the game and you won't have to complain about how little of the game you get to play.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 06, 2015, 02:11:58 pm
Killjoy moment: There aren't any porcupines in Transylvania. (Although, if steeple's italian, he might have seen them in sicily.)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 06, 2015, 02:26:33 pm
Well, at least they got hedgehogs then.
'They' being Europe (don't know about Transylvania though) .
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 06, 2015, 02:33:13 pm
Hedgehogs are everywhere in europe. ^^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 06, 2015, 02:34:49 pm
I consistently stop posting when I feel like it doesn't matter what I do.
Everything you do matters, the only time your actions won't matter is when you don't do anything.
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Every time I talked to shera, she ignored me or gave me a curt reply that sounded like she was uninterested in talking to me/ you were annoyed that I was deviating from the plot.
She "ignores" you when you give commentary (i.e: When you were at the tower and said "One who knows the earth - or a random malkavian, apparently"), otherwise she responds.
Now, for her curt replies:
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"Are you all right with this?" Kiril quietly asks Sherazhina. "After all, these are your family treasures.
By the way, do you have any idea what they say?"
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"It is of no matter to me, this land stopped being my family's decades ago."
I intended for this to be a conversational event, you didn't follow through.
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Kiril spends blood to heal, and heads towards Sherazhina, to protect her from whatever this new threat might be.
Well, she was safe.
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Kiril stays protectively near Sherazhina. "What about you?" he asks her. "Are you feeling all right?"
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"I'm fine Kiril, just tired. We've been traveling non-stop" says the revenant.
She answered your question, didn't she?
I keep on going back and she answers your questions as you ask them, in some cases she elaborates to help establish her character, I don't know what you mean Seth. Maybe it's because the game is so slowly paced that the individual scenes feel farther apart than they really are but you've spoken to Sherazhina and she's answered you in what I thought was a perfectly good manner each time.
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Because Kiril doesn't know about it.
You can easily ask her what she did after you left with Vykos, she'll tell you, bam, Kiril knows about it. You're going over to talk to her anyway because you need to ask her what she wanted to tell you.
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I wasn't telling you she shouldn't have done it! All I said was that Kiril wouldn't like it!
By telling me how Kiril would have never allowed this to happen? It sure as hell seemed like you were telling me "I don't like how this is going."
Won't really reply to the rest, it won't go anywhere. I'd also rather we stop the arguing, so can you get back to the game? That was the message I was trying to send with that post (though I'd deleted it because I thought you would take offense).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 06, 2015, 02:47:21 pm
Aye, i intended for that to end Luciens part in the scene.
Ennius is quite more than i gave him credit for. Yay! :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 06, 2015, 02:48:03 pm
"He betrayed his servant's trust. Even if the man disrespected him-- you do not abandon your own."
Not that it isn't worse, but Steeple didn't betray his servant's trust. Barabus is not Steeple's servant. Barabus is the servant of Steeple's Master. Important distinction there.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 06, 2015, 06:47:58 pm
He was given to Steeple though. ^^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 06, 2015, 06:51:45 pm
That means nothing to Steeple, due to the blood bond (or lack thereof to be more specific).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 06, 2015, 06:53:23 pm
Speaking of which, is Ennius bonded to Lucien or Sandor?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 06, 2015, 06:55:38 pm
Speaking of which, is Ennius bonded to Lucien or Sandor?
Full bond to Lucien, 2 parts bonded to Sandor.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 06, 2015, 09:52:50 pm
Ok, i'll give forge a chance to post before moving onto the next scene.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on April 06, 2015, 11:39:46 pm
I have literally no concept of what's going on. :'(
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 06, 2015, 11:47:14 pm
Lucien had a bro-talk with Ennius.
Anton convinced Brother Joseph to kill the wolf he saved.
Kiril was talking with Vykos then he went to talk to Sherazhina, she was feeling scared and so they got into a huge argument, she stormed off and Carinus offered to fix things when he saw how sad Kiril was.
Steeple is going batshit-crazy in the tent.
Heldric entered the cave where Anton just finished his thing with Joseph, Andreas is waving him over.
You're outside of the cave.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 07, 2015, 07:01:55 am
That's your all-purpose closing statement, isn't it? You almost always start the fight, you get the other person to respond to you, then you "win" the argument by claiming that you're not going to reply, because nothing they said was worth responding to.
You never actually resolve anything.
Anyway, I'm not trying to restart an argument, I already know how it will end.
I get it, nothing I say is worth listening to. From now on, I'll refrain from ooc comments.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 07, 2015, 08:16:28 am
Don't abandon the OOC - it's one of the most important tools in keeping any PbP game going (unless this is you giving up on the game).
PbP games (in general) are very challenging to keep running from start to finish, primarily due to what I pointed out before - Pacing vs. Posting vs. Stalling, etc.
The most challenging thing is probably the GM's job of Pacing things so all players get to act in the story. This requires patience on the part of all involved, because sometimes you'll have to wait for another player to post.
Some players also over-post, leaving other players in the dust. This can kill a game as easily as under-posting, because the 'left behind' player will get lost or feel like his character doesn't matter.
It is addressed by a Posting Rate, which should be adhered to (the standard is one to two posts per day by players, with the GM posting as much as possible).
Sometimes over-posting doesn't matter, like when two players are having a private conversation or segment.
Under-posting is always bad, because it causes a Stall. The GM should avoid (like the plague) pinning the continuance of the story on any one player (ever), because the rest of the players will lose interest waiting for that player, if they don't post right away.
The GM should always NPC Player Characters that cause a Stall greater then 24 hours.
This isn't anyone's fault, this is the nature of PbP gaming.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 07, 2015, 02:54:45 pm
You almost always start the fight, you get the other person to respond to you, then you "win" the argument by claiming that you're not going to reply, because nothing they said was worth responding to.
You never actually resolve anything.
No argument ever actually convinces the other person of anything (or, at least, get another person to admit they're wrong).
What they do do is convince other people listening to the arguments. Arguments are about convincing listeners, humiliating your opponents, proving yourself right. I don't want to do that with you, Seth. There's no point, it doesn't actually solve the problem and it makes you even more sad/angry.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 07, 2015, 04:01:04 pm
Okay, i'm still dealing with some other stuff so you guys can assume that you all return to the camp right away and talk to each other if you want to, i'll move on again when I get the chance.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 07, 2015, 04:23:07 pm
I only realised just know the knight the gangrel? We're talking about is Ennius. Aaw, i thought we had more time before this "insanely powerful enemy lucien have no clue about' came into play. >.>
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 07, 2015, 04:28:40 pm
Wait, that means its Luciens fault the bitch been attacking us?
>.>
<.<
Haters gonna hate! >:D (oh and can we assume the dog Lucien got is Blood bound and ghouled by now?)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 07, 2015, 04:52:45 pm
Did Prince ever make his war dog?
We gots to have a throw down - Winner Take All!!! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 07, 2015, 05:14:35 pm
He made something... ^^
We're both ready, just been busy IC ^^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 07, 2015, 05:25:48 pm
Let's add a beat down to the next update!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 07, 2015, 05:35:46 pm
Lets! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 07, 2015, 05:40:29 pm
*Prince throws our a war squirrel with a switch-blade spring loaded in its back.
The blade pops out.
The Squirrel, unbalanced by the force of the blade popping out, goes flying out of the scene.
Crickets ...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 07, 2015, 06:54:56 pm
Okay, i'm still dealing with some other stuff so you guys can assume that you all return to the camp right away and talk to each other if you want to, i'll move on again when I get the chance.
what happened with sherejajqjwialwnsoql?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 07, 2015, 07:29:38 pm
Anton convinced Brother Joseph to kill the wolf he saved.
Kiril was talking with Vykos then he went to talk to Sherazhina, she was feeling scared and so they got into a huge argument, she stormed off and Carinus offered to fix things when he saw how sad Kiril was.
Steeple is going batshit-crazy in the tent.
Heldric entered the cave where Anton just finished his thing with Joseph, Andreas is waving him over.
You're outside of the cave.
Thank you!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 07, 2015, 08:44:08 pm
Just read the thread, and the OOC, haha. You guys are now back at the castle build-site.
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"That's Lucian's problem," Kiril shrugs. "He's the one with the ring."
Nope, the debt applies to ALL of you. Including the ones who weren't there. It's why he suggested you guys wait for the attack group, but, well, you accepted for them.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 08, 2015, 05:47:52 am
^meaningless to the Steep-Miester! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 08, 2015, 10:20:47 am
Next time you copy/paste Bz, might want to remove the part that mentions 'my clan' ^^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 08, 2015, 10:23:08 am
Hmmm, didn't notice that, I suppose now I'll actually have to read it to edit whatever out huh? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 08, 2015, 10:26:47 am
There. 'Some' courteous clan.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 08, 2015, 01:13:16 pm
^^ -
I wish Prince could log on so i can do something.. im bored doing nothing.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 08, 2015, 01:16:44 pm
Lucien could randomly pop up too. Didnt realize prince would be off. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 08, 2015, 01:24:20 pm
I thought he posted about still being in the cave. Must be lonely out there haha! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 08, 2015, 01:32:19 pm
Quote Steeple: "You should ask Lucian," Steeple concludes mater-of-factly, "He knows all about it."
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Of course Steeple is just spouting bullshit. He knows nothing of Lucien's background haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 08, 2015, 01:39:30 pm
It's a nice cave :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 08, 2015, 01:41:39 pm
Probably could use a woman's touch though ... XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 08, 2015, 03:31:16 pm
I just realized this. Stealth is generally based off dex+stealth, right?
So a tzimisce horrid form is better at stealth then the original tzimisce. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 08, 2015, 05:05:13 pm
So, i'd much rather hurry things along (finished the stuff I had to do) - if you guys give me your stances on the subject of Ennius i'll just summarize it (though i'm pretty sure we already know what'll happen: Lucien reveals that Ennius' memory is gone after this information is revealed, some people suggest Ennius be given up, Lucien tells them to go Fark themselves, game continues).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 08, 2015, 05:14:23 pm
Yeah pretty much. ^^
I'd also like if you incorperated Barabus vs beast fight. :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 08, 2015, 05:17:46 pm
I'd also like if you incorperated Barabus vs beast fight. :)
Nah, I already planned when that happens, it'll be part of the intro to the last scene of this chapter.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 08, 2015, 05:19:17 pm
Yay!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 08, 2015, 06:55:06 pm
Anton not down to give up ennius, since he thinks that giving something over just because people are pressuring you will just cause them to pressure you more.
Also, he'll make sure lucien isnt hiding anything about his backstory. (#confession time)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 08, 2015, 07:00:02 pm
Confession time for Anton is torture time. Don't think Lucien is up for letting you torture him.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 08, 2015, 07:03:53 pm
The apprentice mason was found to be horribly, viciously mauled (perhaps the final victim of the ghoul wolves?) by the edge of the town, with him was one of the slave girls. Both had clearly been partially eaten and many vital organs were missing, most likely the fault of scavengers.
Can we assume Steeple got a chance to use his Speak with Dead ritual to find out how they died?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on April 09, 2015, 05:20:26 pm
I'm going to be on a road trip for the next two days, guys. I'm probably going to be a bit unresponsive for a while. Sorry! Be sure to kick but in my absence!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 09, 2015, 05:26:38 pm
its pretty obvious who killed the apprentice though... :P
Maybe, but I'm not sure if it would be In Character for Steeple to just know that. He would however be interested to get leads on the wolf girl / grave robbers, so it seems like something Steeple would do (if for nothing more than to try out his cool powers haha) ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 09, 2015, 05:29:51 pm
Can we assume Steeple got a chance to use his Speak with Dead ritual to find out how they died?
Pretty sure Kiril would have told you guys Carinus killed him (and the slave girl, to get you all blood for the meeting).
But sure then, yeah. Carinus killed the slave girl to get blood when he saw Vykos coming, she had just finished doing some laundry when he found her and jammed his elbow into her throat. She fell down choking and he cut her throat.
The apprentice mason went to take a piss when he felt a sharp blow to the back of the head knock him out, he woke up while Carinus was mutilating his body and died shortly after Carinus was done. The cannibal took choicy parts from both of them and left them to the forest.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 09, 2015, 07:56:25 pm
Guys, Carinus didn't steal the translation key XD
Forge: You might know or not (depending on whether or not Sethaniel or Berka decides as to whether or not they told you) but either way, those bodies were found a while ago. If you tried to track who did it a while ago, you'd eventually arrive at Carinus, who made no great effort to hide who did because, well, he was doing Kiril a favor.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 09, 2015, 08:04:35 pm
Yeah, Steeple would keep it to himself, but also keep a wary distance from Carinus and make sure Nadia knew to do that too.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 11, 2015, 02:17:40 pm
Heldric trust no-one.... Hence the searching everywhere
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 11, 2015, 03:48:12 pm
Heh, just imagined this turning into a mafia game.
"Lynch Anton, he's too ugly handsome, he obviously did it!"
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 11, 2015, 04:38:17 pm
Heldric says... Lynch everyone, he can stay awake during the day afterall
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 11, 2015, 08:43:24 pm
Everyone knows you Lynch the non-poster first haha! Get Bo's Character!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 12, 2015, 08:04:39 am
We could do all that lynching, or we can just skip all of this and just make Carinus dominate everyone and ask them if they did it.
If steeple or Kiril did it, we'll just order Bo's character to presence it out of them.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 12, 2015, 12:00:12 pm
Dang I hate the slow weekends haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 12, 2015, 12:28:20 pm
Ghouls can't dominate vamps.
Carinus would be happy to subject you to a different type of confession, though.
Or Ennius could do it.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 12, 2015, 12:35:37 pm
Yeah, let's do ennius. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 12, 2015, 12:50:01 pm
Damn it! Too may NPCs! Which one is Ennius again? ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 12, 2015, 12:50:19 pm
The knight
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 12, 2015, 12:54:00 pm
Damn it! Too may NPCs! Which one is Ennius again? ;D
Luciens servant/knight ^^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 12, 2015, 12:55:42 pm
Oh yeah. The one in league with Lucian haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 12, 2015, 12:59:54 pm
It's worth noting that letting any vampire ever dominate you is a terrible idea. Also, if Lucien stole it then Ennius could easily dominate low-willpower Sylvian and have you all at his mercy. Or he could do it anyway. You would all serve Ennius the mighty, lord of Tihuta pass.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 12, 2015, 01:02:46 pm
^Dang modify vs. reply button!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 12, 2015, 01:04:40 pm
Ninja Edits R us!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 12, 2015, 01:12:14 pm
It's worth noting that letting any vampire ever dominate you is a terrible idea. Also, if Lucien stole it then Ennius could easily dominate low-willpower Sylvian and have you all at his mercy. Or he could do it anyway. You would all serve Ennius the mighty, lord of Tihuta pass.
So yeah, still a good idea. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 12, 2015, 01:12:54 pm
But assumingly, our culprit will decide to hand it over without being caught to avoid being outed.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 12, 2015, 01:27:19 pm
So you're telling me that Anton, the proud, Iron-willed ashen knight, would easily let another vampire's servant debase him by bending him to their will like putty and forcing him to do whatever they asked?
Out of principle, being dominated is horribly invasive and offensive, it certainly isn't something the good deal of you should be accepting so easily. Presence is another thing - though comparatively easily resisted.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 12, 2015, 01:27:37 pm
But assumingly, our culprit will decide to hand it over without being caught to avoid being outed.
That only works if the Key is still in the Haven though. Maybe we should start with the Ghouls - as it would be those able to walk out with the Key in the daylight that could have taken it out while we slept. See if One of them knows or saw anything or was ordered to take it.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 12, 2015, 01:31:49 pm
Out of principle, being dominated is horribly invasive and offensive, it certainly isn't something the good deal of you should be accepting so easily. Presence is another thing - though comparatively easily resisted.
Yep - rapey.
Anton can go first and Steeple will watch haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 12, 2015, 01:34:17 pm
So you're telling me that Anton, the proud, Judge's Wisdom ashen knight, would easily let another vampire's servant debase him by bending him to their will like putty and forcing him to do whatever they asked?
Out of principle, being dominated is horribly invasive and offensive, it certainly isn't something the good deal of you should be accepting so easily. Presence is another thing - though comparatively easily resisted.
Kiril's the guy with iron will.
If presence is less intrusive, I guess we could use that.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 12, 2015, 01:34:50 pm
That only works if the Key is still in the Haven though. Maybe we should start with the Ghouls - as it would be those able to walk out with the Key in the daylight that could have taken it out while we slept. See if One of them knows or saw anything or was ordered to take it.
That would work. Less intrusive, and almost everyone has a ghoul servant.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 12, 2015, 01:35:25 pm
Anton's the one who resists presence.
Should we be discussion this IC?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 12, 2015, 01:37:59 pm
Yeah, probably.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 12, 2015, 01:38:08 pm
Have to go back to work--
If you need it for rp:
Kiril doesn't want to let anyone else mess with his ghouls.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 12, 2015, 01:38:49 pm
Alright. So, making sure. Presence is more acceptable then dominate, right?
No, it's still using your powers on another without their permission. It's like asking me to trust you not to abuse a blood bond and then asking me to drink your blood 3 times, haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 12, 2015, 07:14:47 pm
So you're telling me that Anton, the proud, Iron-willed ashen knight, would easily let another vampire's servant debase him by bending him to their will like putty and forcing him to do whatever they asked?
Out of principle, being dominated is horribly invasive and offensive, it certainly isn't something the good deal of you should be accepting so easily. Presence is another thing - though comparatively easily resisted.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 12, 2015, 08:23:49 pm
Presence is widely used in conversations between kindred. It's insulting, yes, and certainly not something casually done, but it cannot actually control you the way Dominate can so it's more acceptable.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 13, 2015, 06:14:32 am
Good point. It's the old Bela Lugosi stare-down haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 13, 2015, 06:17:00 am
The Love Thrall part of Presence does seem a bit controlling though.
(I hope Sylvan is OK with Steeple dry-humping his leg when he uses it on him ...) XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 13, 2015, 07:59:49 am
So, unless I am mistaken, we are at a standstill and all have spoken on the matter.
Let's get the Retainers out of the way - and if they offer no resolution, then we can all gloom and doom on Kiril - wondering if his Retainers know anything.
Personally, even if it comes to that, Steeple is on Kiril's side with not using Disciplines against each other. It's too Meta-Gamey IMO - being that as Players, we are all 'this will work so let's do it', while to the Characters, there are Vampire Social Mores in play that they would know better than we as Players would.
Not saying you can't play your characters anyway you want, but if you choose to be a forceful brute with no regard for proper protocal, then you will be treated and trusted as such. Which in this case is not good for the Coterie or the logic behind it staying/working together.
Yes, there might be a traitor in the midst, but so what. If I might meta-game myself here a bit, I am already 100% certain that we are being screwed over by duplicitous design on at least 3 sides by those who are supposed to be our mentors.
If our characters press Kiril (or any other character) to the point of them having to fight us, then the enemies of the Coterie win.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 13, 2015, 09:06:18 am
Agreed. (But seriously, fark you guy who stole from us :P)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 13, 2015, 09:11:31 am
Yeah i agree.
And Fark you! (guy who stole from us)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 13, 2015, 09:16:54 am
It's obviously all part of the Master Plan! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 13, 2015, 09:18:22 am
Ooh, wait - I forgot to jump on the bandwagon.
*ahem ...
Fark that guy haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 13, 2015, 09:19:23 am
D's reply sounds like he's telling Aman "I agree, so fark you!" LOL! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 13, 2015, 09:38:14 am
Fark you, guy who stole from us.
From a really meta standpoint, Kiril is obvi innocent; the guilty one would never set himself up against the rest of the coterie.
IC, Kiril is established as hella possessive of his servants- he almost fought steeple just for talking to Sherazhina- and I will fight any of you that try to dominate her.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 13, 2015, 09:50:00 am
Aye, i agree. But from an IC pov you're painting a target on yourself.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 13, 2015, 10:18:21 am
It's called roleplaying D. ;)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 13, 2015, 10:22:12 am
Wha?!?! ;)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 13, 2015, 02:57:20 pm
What is this wierd role playing thing of which you speak?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 13, 2015, 03:00:53 pm
So I can write the update now?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 13, 2015, 03:32:58 pm
Yah
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 13, 2015, 03:49:06 pm
Each of the servants so brought forward is innocent of any wrongdoing.
The only ones who have not been examined are Kiril's, and Kiril himself.
Wait, who exactly has been examined? And by whom?
At first you said "each of the servants," but then you say "the only ones who haven't been examined are Kiril's servants and Kiril himself." (Which implies the other kindred had been examined)
Also, by necessity, it must not include the examiner.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 13, 2015, 03:50:36 pm
"Each of the servants so brought forward is innocent"
Is an excellent example of the kind of vague description mystery authors use to conceal information.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 13, 2015, 04:03:32 pm
At first you said "each of the servants," but then you say "the only ones who haven't been examined are Kiril's servants and Kiril himself." (Which implies the other kindred had been examined)
Also, by necessity, it must not include the examiner.
None of the vamps have been examined, as per your agreements. Sylvian has no servants, Sylvian would have examined Ennius.
"Each of the servants so brought forward is innocent"
Is an excellent example of the kind of vague description mystery authors use to conceal information.
What, you think i'm going to write out something in big capital letters saying "JOSEPH TOATS DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG, BUT ANTON TOTALLY SHADOWPORTED THAT SHIT RIGHT THERE!"?
You ran your examinations, your examinations found that absolutely not a single one of the servants had anything to do with any of this (to your knowledge). If you want to re-examine them, you'll get the same results. You want to re-examine them a hundred thousand times in a row, your sires will arrive wondering what the hell you're doing and you'll still get the same results. What, exactly, are you expecting here? I'm answering your goddamn question. All the servants brought forward, based on the methods you've chosen to interrogate them with, are innocent.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 13, 2015, 04:05:53 pm
None of the vamps have been examined, as per your agreements. Sylvian has no servants, Sylvian would have examined Ennius.
What, you think i'm going to write out something in big capital letters saying "JOSEPH TOATS DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG, BUT ANTON TOTALLY SHADOWPORTED THAT SHIT RIGHT THERE!"?
You ran your examinations, your examinations found that absolutely not a single one of the servants had anything to do with any of this (to your knowledge). If you want to re-examine them, you'll get the same results. You want to re-examine them a hundred thousand times in a row, your sires will arrive wondering what the hell you're doing and you'll still get the same results. What, exactly, are you expecting here? I'm answering your goddamn question. All the servants brought forward, based on the methods you've chosen to interrogate them with, are innocent.
I'm just asking you to be clear in your description. :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 13, 2015, 04:06:51 pm
Aww, i hoped the plan would work.
Seriously tho, fark you thief guy. :P
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 13, 2015, 04:12:14 pm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 13, 2015, 04:14:03 pm
Seth, you need to be clear in your description if you're whispering back! One could just assume you're shouting replies back! :D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 13, 2015, 04:21:35 pm
Farking autocorrect carinusCarinus see what it does! Every time! >:( :P
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 13, 2015, 04:31:27 pm
XD
Sethseth, itsIts okayOkay
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 13, 2015, 05:19:20 pm
I tried autocorrect once. I didn't like it.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 13, 2015, 05:20:50 pm
So, how mad will Steeple's Sire be when he sees what Steeple has allowed Lucien to do to his servant? ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 13, 2015, 07:12:13 pm
Does Steeple want Lucien to coke alobg? XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 13, 2015, 07:27:36 pm
Yes? I don't even know what that means! ??? ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 13, 2015, 08:07:23 pm
Does steeple want Lucien to coke a lob g?
I feel like this involves a ton of cocaine, a log, a and possibly throwing something said coke-log at another living being.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 13, 2015, 08:07:40 pm
That or he meant "come along"
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 14, 2015, 05:38:49 am
Coke Snorting Lobsters is what Steeple heard. And yes. The answer to that question is always yes. ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 14, 2015, 07:47:03 am
Wait! Steeple you bastard! YOU are the Farker that stoole it?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 14, 2015, 07:49:37 am
It was the Coke Snorting Lobsters - I Swear!!! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 14, 2015, 08:10:31 am
Quote
Re: (No subject) « Sent to: Drakilian on: April 10, 2015, 05:12:02 pm » ReplyQuoteRemove Hmm, if I have to guess, it's Berka.
I was right, i was right!!! Who's the 2000 iq killjoy detective?! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 14, 2015, 09:21:52 am
XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 14, 2015, 10:44:40 am
I assumed we all thought it was the mentally unsound guy but had to RP without all going "Search the weirdo!" Lol
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 14, 2015, 12:07:11 pm
Curse 'Roleplaying' and not using OOC knowledge to further advance our characters! XD
But yeah, Steeple doesn't actually have the key on him, hehe ...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 14, 2015, 01:33:39 pm
But why'd he do it?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 14, 2015, 02:37:36 pm
Steeple knows that "they" are going to come after the Key, so he hid it from "them" to protect not only the Key, but the Coterie.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 14, 2015, 02:42:36 pm
how anti hero of him.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 14, 2015, 04:09:14 pm
Anyways, I'll finish the rest of the write up for the scene later, then we finish this and move on to Act two.
Which is sick, because Act two is the First act of the Bitter Crusade, which is by far the best chronicle out of the lot.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 14, 2015, 04:13:05 pm
Booyah. Here we come to princedom! ^_^/
Hey, bz, if steeple was so focused on keeping the tablets, why'd he suggest giving it to Zelios? Didnt realize they were enochian text?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 14, 2015, 04:36:49 pm
That was Steeple trying to fosh the responsibility of the Key off on someone else that he figured could handle it. When Zelios declined, and basically mentioned "You are all DOOMED if you keep these," Steeple knew that he had to act.
Yeah, that's it... yeah. ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 14, 2015, 04:38:46 pm
Also, Zelios was the one who told you guys it was from the time of Caine, so there's that to consider.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 14, 2015, 04:39:54 pm
Also, it's worth considering that if Radu asked about a translation key and you guys lost it before he got there (or failed to send it to him in the first place) it would be considered a failure on your parts (and as we've discussed, failure = very very bad things happening to you at this juncture. Lucky for you, Radu gives 0 shits about the translation key...)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on April 14, 2015, 04:53:55 pm
I take it that a forgery wouldn't have cut it?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 15, 2015, 06:55:08 am
So, just to clarify, Steeple's Sire is not there?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 15, 2015, 02:50:40 pm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 15, 2015, 04:27:10 pm
D? It's not Kupala's night, the chalice is being used because of it's massive symbolic inportance to the Tzimisce, he's declaring you defenders and princes of the land. Also, you don't put your blood in the cup, you drink his, haha.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 15, 2015, 04:34:35 pm
Ah - that makes sense. ^^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on April 16, 2015, 08:07:02 am
Heldric just drank, is it even safe to drink anymore?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 16, 2015, 08:10:45 am
I thought you meant that all of the coterie put their blood in because Radu said "with our blood."
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 16, 2015, 09:02:57 am
Heldric didn't touch the cup (pouring it in) so yeah, should be safe.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 16, 2015, 02:56:41 pm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 17, 2015, 08:19:15 pm
Fark you guys. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 18, 2015, 01:12:34 pm
How come Kiril wasnt given a city of his own?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 18, 2015, 02:52:21 pm
He will basically be controlling his sires city then taking it over meaning eventually he will get a much bigger an better city than us
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 18, 2015, 03:42:34 pm
What do you mean, taking it over? Nothing is going to happen to my sire. . .
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 18, 2015, 11:39:28 pm
"I've raised a snake"
Now now, don't get too excited Lucien...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 19, 2015, 08:11:02 am
Damn! Vladivostok's a better judge of character than I thought haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 19, 2015, 02:59:43 pm
Not sure if I should post again or not ... The V-man is mad, but Steeple hasn't really said anything insulting. No sense digging the grave deeper! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 19, 2015, 03:01:48 pm
Vladivostok's got lots of Auspex, the paranoia derangement, and too many ranks in Dementation to be a stable individual. This is ending harshly no matter what happens now XD
Besides, need a post to continue for you, even if the post is "Steeple says nothing".
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 19, 2015, 03:20:56 pm
You evil evil bastard. ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 19, 2015, 10:37:32 pm
Huh. Aren't Seth and I gonna boost our blood bond?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 19, 2015, 10:56:38 pm
Thought I already ran that, whoops.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 20, 2015, 07:15:13 am
Now we know who's behind the Salt Mine infestation haha!
So - I DEMAND - a side quest to diablerize my sire at some point in the Chronicle - DAMNIT!!! (when I actually stand a chance of success that is) ^v^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 20, 2015, 07:16:14 am
Yep.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 20, 2015, 08:06:17 am
Diablerize your sire? Thats harsch. >:(
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 20, 2015, 08:45:31 am
It's all part of the Master Plan Queen D! ;) XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 20, 2015, 08:46:40 am
Hey Drak, also note that Steeple will borrow Nadia's Fortitude if needed, to heal any Aggravated Damage (if it works that way).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on April 20, 2015, 01:36:29 pm
Diablerize our sires? The opportunities are endless!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 20, 2015, 01:48:59 pm
Alas, I am now a Ronin Vampire - thirsting more for Vengance than Blood!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 20, 2015, 02:19:13 pm
I thought maybe we were just obviously already fully bonded. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 20, 2015, 02:27:24 pm
Nah, you guys all started one step bound towards your sires.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 20, 2015, 03:19:46 pm
Before the big fight, Steeple will approach Daniel, and in an uncharacteristically angry way, tell him to ensure that his war-Beast completely annihilates Barabus.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 20, 2015, 03:29:52 pm
Kiril: Dat eidetic memory though XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 20, 2015, 03:36:50 pm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 20, 2015, 05:14:51 pm
He just got slow edeictic memory is all... Give him a minute, it will come to him ... ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 20, 2015, 09:18:35 pm
Yup, you only remember what you actually think about trying to remember. Or what you try really hard not to think about like William schatner in a man thong.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 21, 2015, 05:19:53 am
^Good thing I don't have eidetic memory then haha! :D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 21, 2015, 05:28:46 am
Before the big fight, Steeple will approach Daniel, and in an uncharacteristically angry way, tell him to ensure that his war-Beast completely annihilates Barabus.
Luciens manmade dog will win!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 21, 2015, 05:35:08 am
He's just pissed at his sire, so killing Barabus would make him feel better. Even if Barabus wins though, Steeple still wins, because then Lucien wins Barabus for his own (according to the bet) - thus taking Barabus off Steeple's hands anyway.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 21, 2015, 03:31:33 pm
He just got slow edeictic memory is all... Give him a minute, it will come to him ... ;D
Seriously, I don't understand what you're talking about. Am I forgetting something? Half the point of that merit is so the ST can remind your character of things they know even though the player forgot.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 21, 2015, 03:36:22 pm
Nah, kiril thouhht "what was the festicities? Oh shit" so draks laughing since kiril shoild be 'forgetting' something. ;)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 21, 2015, 04:12:43 pm
Oh. Kiril didn't forget about Barabus. He didn't realize at first that "festivities" was referring to the fight. It wouldn't have occurred to him to consider that "festive."
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 21, 2015, 04:13:22 pm
By the way, for reference, that was "Total Insanity". Vladivostok hit Steeple with Amnesia, Self-cannibalism, Rage (in this case a Frenzy), Naturalism and Unreasoning Hatred of Structures.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 21, 2015, 04:30:35 pm
By the way, for reference, that was "Total Insanity". Vladivostok hit Steeple with Amnesia, Self-cannibalism, Rage (in this case a Frenzy), Naturalism and Unreasoning Hatred of Structures.
Who would do such a thing?!? That vile cretin!!!
Though I must admit the color of that tent was a bit off-putting. ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 21, 2015, 04:32:25 pm
What did the Naturalism do?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 21, 2015, 04:46:01 pm
Perhaps I didnmt make clear just how torn up Steeple's clothes are XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 21, 2015, 04:58:40 pm
Sorry that my last few updates have been rather lackluster - tired, school, you guys know what i'm talking about.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 21, 2015, 05:21:46 pm
I do indeed. ;)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 21, 2015, 08:45:40 pm
Yup, either Heldric just got his scene fade out and I don't have to post for a while or the two Nosferatu cast vanish from the minds eye and literally faded out and I need to post about what shinanigans happen while invisible.
Most likely the first one.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 22, 2015, 04:20:49 pm
can't kiril get a fade out. . . :-[
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 22, 2015, 05:05:53 pm
He's close...
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 23, 2015, 03:24:07 pm
Might post an update later tonight, no promises though, I'm exhausted. We've got Steeple left, while he talks with Raduci'll describe the arena fight.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on April 24, 2015, 07:08:16 am
End Term Tensions... Know the feel, Drak.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 24, 2015, 11:08:05 am
Damn Drak - making Steeple stand around naked this whole time haha!
Seriously though, no hurries. :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on April 24, 2015, 11:33:51 am
Talk able the great screaming meemies!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 24, 2015, 12:37:13 pm
Yeah, but it's everyone else that's got to look at him haha!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 24, 2015, 12:39:03 pm
No rush drak. ^_^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 24, 2015, 12:57:30 pm
Rush Drak! BHB is more I portant than real life, your exams and your future prospects. How can you expect to succeed in life if you can't ignore education in favour of games!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 25, 2015, 09:23:23 am
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 27, 2015, 10:05:10 pm
Aaaaaand that's the end of Dark Tides Rising folks. Your char sheets will all be updated with your EXP soon.
EDIT: Done.
Just wanted to check - how was that ending? thought it would be a bit boring if I just wrote the arena fight from an outside perspective, and Barabus could use a tiny bit of character development.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 28, 2015, 05:04:39 am
Huh, that was awesome. And man does he hate Luciens arse! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 28, 2015, 06:10:51 am
Awesome ending drak. ^_^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 28, 2015, 07:16:38 am
Nice! Nothing like personally crafting your very own monstrous fiend that wants nothing more than to utterly destroy you haha!
Poor Barabus. Poor Lucean.
BTW - Congrats Lucean on your stunning win! The Prize is all yours! Mwuhahahahaha! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 28, 2015, 08:43:42 am
What is it with you and never getting the names of my character straight? XD
And in Luciens defense, he wants to kill Steeple aswell! ^^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 28, 2015, 08:55:37 am
Hey, that still doesn't mean you can't come visit in Steepleton anytime you want haha! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 28, 2015, 10:25:13 am
Aaaaaand that's the end of Dark Tides Rising folks. Your char sheets will all be updated with your EXP soon.
EDIT: Done.
Did you make a post where you explain the EXP totals? Doesn't matter if not, just wondering if I missed it.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 28, 2015, 11:44:41 am
Wondering about buying a new discipline.
Basically to buy a new one costs 10 (plus valid in game reason and opportunity)
Do you pay the ten, then have to pay the 7 for level 1 or does paying the ten give you level 1?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 28, 2015, 11:45:05 am
There's a Thread called Experience on the main floor ... :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 28, 2015, 11:46:56 am
It doesn't explain my Q though
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 28, 2015, 11:49:10 am
Which question was that?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 28, 2015, 11:52:15 am
See the post above yours lol
Basically if you buy a new discipline does that get you level one in it automatically?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 28, 2015, 12:10:11 pm
Yeah
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 28, 2015, 12:12:18 pm
^Yes, as the Current Level of Zero Times the XP Cost = Zero.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 28, 2015, 02:29:12 pm
Woot ty Ty
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 28, 2015, 02:53:36 pm
yep, Aman and Berka are right.
Seth: didn't make a post, it was three chapters, max of 42 exp and minimum of 12, was pretty lenient with giving exp out here, admittedly, since I didn't want to go through a week or so of you all giving me specific examples of everything. Rated you all mostly o performance/impact to story. Would have given Steeple a 42 but I remembered that he worked against the party, so I detracted an exp point - though I am considering giving him an extra path point.
By the way, bonus to you all - you all get 5 background points to spend, along with a bump of three to your statuses, as Count Radu instated you all as princes of your separate domains. How you spend those points detail the results of your reign.
Steeple and Kiril get three background points and two points of Status, both being seneschals. Kiril earned his city, I just haven't given it yet because there's a much better story opportunity coming up for it.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 28, 2015, 02:56:24 pm
<3 u drak
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 28, 2015, 02:59:51 pm
I second that. <3.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 28, 2015, 03:03:21 pm
Oh, and Steeple takes a temporary (~ century long) 1-dot hit to resources as Vladivostok targets his business. Steeple cannot raise it above 4 without a very specific side quest that would help him ail his misfortunes, if he can survive long enough that is.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 28, 2015, 03:22:42 pm
Hmmm so we spend 5 points in backgrounds and those directly affect our cities outcome?
So if we went all resources it would be like a merchant town, allies would be a ruling group got formed, that sort of thing?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 28, 2015, 03:25:06 pm
Yeah, basically. Contacts would mean you settled your roots into the city and planted spies everywhere, rule from the shadows type thing. Allies means you have firm control over your city because you have friends in the inhabitants, resources means you use your city to make lots of $$$, influence means an overbearing presence of whatever category of influence you've chosen appearing to enforce your decisions, retainers means a council of servants that you have rule for you, etc.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 28, 2015, 03:27:11 pm
And can we put 1 into generation?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 28, 2015, 03:27:37 pm
Not a single one.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on April 28, 2015, 03:29:36 pm
Lame sauce... Ok have a plan
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 28, 2015, 04:04:34 pm
I assume we'll be able to sidequest up some of these backgrounds soon, right?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Prince on April 28, 2015, 04:22:29 pm
What can we say happened to Sylvain?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 28, 2015, 04:29:59 pm
Sylvian rules the city Steeple rejected - Temechburg.
If Steeple hadn't rebelled against his sire then Sylvian would have been made Seneschal of Tihuta Pass.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on April 28, 2015, 04:48:18 pm
Any idea for a sidequest? >.>
I dont know what to do. maybe track down werewplfs and get awesome guard dogs?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 28, 2015, 04:55:05 pm
I have tons of premade sidequests. I even have one that i'm partial towards with Lucien - a special celebration of Kupala's night.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 28, 2015, 05:37:36 pm
Oh, and Steeple takes a temporary (~ century long) 1-dot hit to resources as Vladivostok targets his business. Steeple cannot raise it above 4 without a very specific side quest that would help him ail his misfortunes, if he can survive long enough that is.
Then I definitely deserve the +1 XP haha! For taking a hit in the name of Roleplaying vs. Roll Playing.
Also - can Kiril and I have 4 background points if we only spend 3 on city stuff?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 28, 2015, 07:34:26 pm
Then I definitely deserve the +1 XP haha! For taking a hit in the name of Roleplaying vs. Roll Playing.
Also - can Kiril and I have 4 background points if we only spend 3 on city stuff?
Be content with me considering giving you a path point! I'll probably award it if Steeple continues with his devotion to the Path of Caine throughout his sidequests. Specifically, the one I have planned out with the Tremere, as there's plenty of opportunity for him there.
You guys only get 3 background points - which is more than you really should get ;)
The others get better opportunities since they got on their knees and sucked their sire's, ahem, blood. Such is the way of life. Your bonus is that you're not one step further bound to an insane, paranoid demigod who treats you like undead trash.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 28, 2015, 08:42:16 pm
Shit, I have to update the Calendar. Sooooo far behind.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 28, 2015, 08:42:27 pm
Ehh, it can wait.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 28, 2015, 09:51:14 pm
Tsk, it'll take me a while to come up with all the new retainers/allies/evil gods disguised as torch sconces, i'll probably get it done this weekend. Same with the Calendar update. You guys all get a breather (Because I totally had all of you running before XD) for the next four or six days before we start the sidequests.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on April 28, 2015, 09:52:00 pm
XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on April 30, 2015, 07:17:00 pm
To make my life a little easier, can you guys all edit in the powers/rituals/paths/disciplines you've added to your powers list? Or if you don't really care if it's in there or not you can just leave it out.
(Combo Disciplines DO need to be posted though).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on April 30, 2015, 07:33:14 pm
Will do at some point over the next few days~
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on April 30, 2015, 08:57:47 pm
Planning to- haven't had anything but phone lately.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on May 01, 2015, 06:37:32 am
You know about WAP2, right? Link on the bottom of the page. Very phone friendly.
Does it let you edit? I have to click Moderate to edit posts, so I'm not sure if regular users have that option.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on May 01, 2015, 07:05:29 am
Test - i can edit in phone mode.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on May 01, 2015, 08:24:08 am
Ah, no, I can edit posts from my phone. It's just tough to copy and paste.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on May 01, 2015, 10:29:58 am
^ Oh yeah, that sounds like it would be a bear!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on May 01, 2015, 10:30:44 am
This OOC is so lonely haha! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on May 01, 2015, 10:47:58 am
Aye. XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on May 01, 2015, 11:48:37 am
You shameless post-bumping bastard! XD
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on May 01, 2015, 11:49:50 am
It's true, he is
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on May 01, 2015, 12:03:47 pm
I know, right! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Not Aman on May 01, 2015, 12:22:23 pm
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on May 02, 2015, 01:13:31 pm
yaay!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on May 02, 2015, 01:31:21 pm
Got all the Combo Disciplines down - big thanks to Seth and D for doing all of them beforehand; big thanks to everyone for filling in the regular disciplines.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on May 02, 2015, 01:40:27 pm
I'll write up small fluff descriptions of the progress within your cities and the Cainites that have been forced to pay you tribute in your new domain, once those are done i'll post the intro for all of your sidequests.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on May 02, 2015, 04:59:20 pm
How're the write-ups? This was the impression I got from the backgrounds you guys chose.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on May 02, 2015, 05:05:57 pm
^_^
Nice as always.
(Although, it's "irks." And I didn't actually take that flaw XD.)
Is that Arianne the same as sylvains sire?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on May 02, 2015, 05:21:59 pm
Yeah, I know that - i'm just wondering if others can see my GM board... D:
Yep, double-checked everything. Only you can see your GM Boards. Also, now only you and the specific player can see Private Boards. Aman can no longer peek at them (as a Global Mod) haha! :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on August 19, 2015, 07:23:06 am
Next time you go to log on, check your boards as a guest first to see.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on August 19, 2015, 07:59:35 am
Ooh, nice
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on October 31, 2015, 06:04:04 am
Hey Drak, you mind if I re-organize your Boards a tad?
I was thinking of bringing Gameplay out here to the front, while sending these threads back one. This will allow the 'last post date' you see in the main screen to accurately reflect (where now, it doesn't show child board activity).
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on October 31, 2015, 09:21:57 am
Like you did with tales? Yeah, sure :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on October 31, 2015, 10:14:51 am
OK, I'll get this later this afternoon. :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on October 31, 2015, 12:30:52 pm
Done! 8)
What do you think?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on October 31, 2015, 12:40:25 pm
Looks great :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on October 31, 2015, 12:42:00 pm
Glad to help :)
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on October 31, 2015, 01:21:03 pm
Thou art rewarded with not one, not two , but three updates in a row good sir!
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on October 31, 2015, 01:36:27 pm
Cha-CHING!!! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on November 04, 2015, 10:43:45 pm
Gather round children, as I announce another rule change!
I'm making a rather large change to daytime penalties since I really don't like how limiting they are - normally, during the day, a vampire has to struggle to stay awake for any period of time, and can only have access to a dice pool the size of their path or humanity rating with which to make rolls.
I'm changing this to the following - you can stay awake a total amount of time in hours during the day equal to your path/humanity rating. You also have access to your full dice pool at all times - except when you're actually IN sunlight, in which case you will suffer max daytime penalties.
As a result of these changes, i'm also giving Forge the option to turn in his light sleeper merit for three freebie points to spend on other merits, if he so wishes to do so.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on November 05, 2015, 07:06:24 am
Hmm, I think this will benefit us all, but on the other hand, how does this effect the Weight of The Sun Spell?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on November 05, 2015, 10:08:08 am
The effects of that spell won't change, it'll be as if the vampire was in broad daylight.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on November 05, 2015, 11:12:09 am
Heavy! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on November 05, 2015, 11:39:06 pm
I'll think about the merit then as it is less than half of its original intended use now. Just need to see what I might use the freebies on.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on November 22, 2015, 02:02:32 pm
Does Lucien own anything from his sire? I'd like to think that he does.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on November 23, 2015, 03:12:56 pm
I'll assume that he does indeed own something from his sire then.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on November 23, 2015, 04:09:39 pm
What do you mean by that question?
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on November 23, 2015, 04:11:25 pm
He prob wants to use a item of his site for a ritual.
Completely forgot to look up other merits to swap light sleeper for, I will get on that.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Sethaniel on November 23, 2015, 04:19:07 pm
Like Communicate with Kindred Sire or something.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on November 23, 2015, 04:37:22 pm
Oh, yeah, sure. He'd have even given Lucien an item for this specific purpose.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Daedalus on November 23, 2015, 05:53:56 pm
Oh i posted in the wrong OOC thread. >.>
But yeah, Forge wins the cake ^v^
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on November 30, 2015, 09:01:38 pm
By the way, Berka - A note on the Path of Blood 5 power for Thaumaturgy, I have ruled (since it states some ghouls can survive it) that if a ghoul is hit with the power, if the number of successes matches or exceeds the ghoul's fortitude, the ghoul dies instantly. So a ghoul with 2 in fortitude will take a 1 success hit normally (just rolling to resist), a ghoul with 3 in fortitude can take a 2 success hit normally, etc.
Note that ghouls cannot exceed 5 in any discipline, no matter the circumstances - save perhaps the ghouls of Antediluvians and Caine himself.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on December 01, 2015, 12:02:21 am
By the way, Berka - A note on the Path of Blood 5 power for Thaumaturgy, I have ruled (since it states some ghouls can survive it) that if a ghoul is hit with the power, if the number of successes matches or exceeds the ghoul's fortitude, the ghoul dies instantly. So a ghoul with 2 in fortitude will take a 1 success hit normally (just rolling to resist), a ghoul with 3 in fortitude can take a 2 success hit normally, etc.
Note that ghouls cannot exceed 5 in any discipline, no matter the circumstances - save perhaps the ghouls of Antediluvians and Caine himself.
And 'Steve'
Steve's he's a cool guy Eh kills hunters and doesn't afraid of anything.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on December 01, 2015, 07:23:08 am
OK, then! ;D
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Drakilian on March 11, 2016, 11:36:34 am
We now have two 6th gen vampires in the team!
I can feel Steeple's indignation.
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: Forge on March 11, 2016, 12:48:34 pm
Wooo :)
Some nasty flaws to go with it but fun things I now need to research lol
Title: Re: Transylvanian Chronicles OOC 1
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 11, 2016, 05:31:54 pm