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Reminder to self - finish quick guide/reference sheet for vtm Predators types before next zero session.

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Art meme for my Nos oc before and after

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been playing to much VTM Night Roads again

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you know I really wish I could be a jauntily-dressed little nonbinary fag wearing dark academia vamp-core outfits but the truth is ...I'm way too lazy. I'm pajama nonbinary. I wanna sleep instead

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Hello Hello! Ok I really need to stop posting about VTM on this account. But for anyone that didn't watch the new World of Darkness news on Youtube:

There is now an Offical ink-friendly version of the basic mechanics pdf on the World of Darkness website! Just as an fyi since my version has needed so many alterations.

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Hello Hello! Ok I really need to stop posting about VTM on this account. But for anyone that didn't watch the new World of Darkness news on Youtube:

There is now an Offical ink-friendly version of the basic mechanics pdf on the World of Darkness website! Just as an fyi since my version has needed so many alterations.

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I'm sorry but something about this headline just saying "Brujah" is so funny to me. Especially because if you don't know anything about VTM there isn't like any context to help you at all.

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Spoilers for my VTM Portland Chronicle

Hello. If you're reading this please be advised that this is a draft of the answers for the overarching mysteries of this hypothetical chronicle... and still very much a work in progress. I'm just going over the rough ideas behind them in case I need to refer to this ever.

[You can see the full synopsis on my About Page.]

But the two major mysteries are:

1 - Who is to blame for the death of an elder Ventrue. He was in Portland for only a short time. The threat, concern and utter sin of Diablerie hangs in the air and gossip within the city.

Answer: the killer was a fellow Ventrue named Arlo. A ex-ghoul turned Kindred, Arlo was blood bound to the elder Ventrue and only recently escaped his influence. In retaliation Arlo slayed their progenitor once freed. They are now hiding within the Anarchs of Bangor (A city north of Portland). If found Arlo will insist that they did not diablorize the elder, despite what others have said. It's up to the Storyteller if this is true or not, but in my mind they did not. The coterie will need to play as judge, jury and potential executioners (depending on if a blood hunt was issued). Although the job is simple - to find the killer and hunt them down - there is always room to play the game, and the best result may not be to turn Arlo in to the Camarilla. Arlo may have friends in high places, information on the 2nd Inquisition's moves around the state, or a network of humans/ghouls that could help the coterie reach it's goals. Or maybe Arlo just says they do.

2 - Dolly (the coterie's Mawla-type character) is sympathetic to and occasionally works with the Thin-Blood community of Portland. Recently there has been a spike in the creation, destruction and disappearance of Thin-Bloods in the area. She wants to know why and what it means.

Answer: The Thin-Blood epidemic is being both caused and culled by Vivienne Duval (see: Camarilla of Portland). Vivienne is old enough to have began hearing The Beckoning. Because of this she has become obsessed with finding a way to subdue this ancient call. One option she is convinced works is by consuming Thin-Bloods. Because of this she has turned a blind eye or even encouraged the embrace of young Kindred. In exchange those created who are Thin-Blood are hunted down and brought to her for slaughter. She views this as the purpose of the Thin-Bloods and although it's taboo, will not shy away from this purpose if/when confronted by the coterie. Vivienne may or may not also have ties within the Thin-Blood community - those willing to sell out their kind in exchange for shelter, blood, or supplies for their Thin-Blood Alchemy. The coterie will of course have the option to shut her down, try to bring her before higher ups in the Camarilla, or initiate a deal at the possible blight/lost respect of their ally/allies.

Please keep in mind that these are both very rough ideas, and that I may never further develop them. The broad concept of Vivienne is based on Elizabeth Bathory.

If you've read this whole thing, thanks! : )

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Hello, I love the basic mechanics infographic the World of Darkness Twitter posted the other day. But wanted a less ink-intensive page to print out. Spent way to long doing this so figured I'd post it. Should fit a normal US Letter Size (8.5x11) piece of paper 🦇

UPDATE(s):

audsoll-blog pointed out that the Sneaking test was originally listed as Dex + Strength. I've corrected it to list Dex + Stealth. Thank you!

misterbatguano pointed out a typo with 1 on Hunger d10 being labeled as a success, this has been corrected to 10. Glad you noticed it, thank you!

Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of Paradox Interactive AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit worldofdarkness.com

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Similarly to the Basic Mechanics Infographic, here is my version of a printer-friendly Make-A-Vampire page. Entirely based on the one provided by World of Darkness on their website. This one is admittedly less visually interesting than before, and I'm not really sure I like how it came out.

It's also worth noting that the Demiplane VTM Nexus has a character creator now! So that's another asset worth using. I'm not sure how dependent it is that you own digital copies of the books on their though, since I've already own the VTM Corebook and Players Guide on there.

Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of Paradox Interactive AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit worldofdarkness.com

As before if you see any errors, or problems that need correcting please let me know. . Also if you print it please let me know if the text is legible and looks ok. I'm afraid that the fonts I've used are to hard to read at this size.

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Lukas Grayson:

Any overview of Lukas Grayson's biography, ideals, and goals at current. Subject to change.

Aliases: Luke, Gray Domain: N/A - forever on the move. Resides in abandon structures, warehouses, or underground during daylight. The Gangrel clan of Portland considers it's forests and green areas their Domain. Clan: Gangrel

Loose Origin: Born in Germany in the 1400s Lukas spent most of his life in Germany until the German Peasants' War. Badly injured, tortured, and left for dead Lukas was embraced by a Gangrel of the local area. Given un-life, Lukas stepped away from the living world, retreating to a mobile lifestyle of cities and wilderness for a number of years alongside a handful of his clan.

He arrived in America in the 1650s, venturing into the Northeast of Canada and Maine. During this time the City of Portland was formed, abandoned due to the French and Indian war, burned down during 1775 and rebuilt.

The only other local Kindred old enough to directly remember these events is Vivienne Duval - the Primogen of the city's Toreador. Lukas has embraced a few of his own childe over the years, and has taken in rogue Gangrel or the occasional Ravnos as they've made their way through the state.

As the years have gone on though, The Beckoning has begun to wave through Lukas's mind, calling him towards the Gehenna wars. He will have to leave soon - far away from this small pocket of the world.

Additional Info: Lukas is on-occasion called to represent the Gangrel of the city before the Primogen Council (see politics) but neither group pretends gratitude’s or expects loyalties with one-another.

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Why are the Gangrel gathering in Baxter Park?

This post goes more in-depth-idea-direction for the question I posted on the One-Shot Question page. -------------------------------------------------

"The Gangrel are usually pretty spread out throughout the city - Now they're suddenly gathering together. The higher-ups want to know why."

Gangrels gather sometimes, everyone knows that, but this is more than a few strays coming together around the campfire.

The most prominent reason for this that I can think of is a changing of power. Lukas Grayson is the de-facto leader of this clan that I've made up (but feel free to make up your own) and is now beginning to hear the call of The Beckoning. With this change of hands he's called for an Allthing (A Great Gathering of all Gangrel in the area) in order to re-distribute the pecking order and let his crew know that he's on the way out.

This can also be fun for any players that are Gangrel and want to scrape up some power in the community, or indulge a bit in Gangrel culture.

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Account Masterlist

If you're looking for a specific page this is going to be the Masterlist for links to various avenues of this account. (Some things listed may not yet have links)

+ Kindred of Portland +

- Camarilla

- Anarchs

- Autarkis

- Thin-Bloods

+ Hierarchy/Politics +

- Political Overview

- Opposing Factions

+ Locations +

- Ideas for Elysium Locatison(s)

- District/Area Overviews

- Larger Areas of Note

+ General Story Overviews/Ideas +

- One Sentence One-Shot Ideas

+ Resources+

- Resource Page on my Tumblr - Digital Character Sheets (outgoing link) - World of Darkness (Paradox Interactive)official site

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Again, i'd just like to highlight that this is a work-in-progress project and will be slow to update. If you're a player/fan of VTM, local to Maine or just interested in the city and want bounce off ideas i'd love to hear them. I'm doing this project sort of backwards and sideways as a self-exposer to the WOD and VTM as a whole. Anyways... until next time. :-)

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Wanted to go ahead and try making a character, just to break into the game. This is Angelina Roche - aka Dalhia.

She's the work-in-progress idea for a Mawla type role/character. I think a good jumping off one-shot to get my friends invested is to give them a favor to complete for her in order to have access to a haven.

Never one to get her hands dirty, they'll need to pull a few strings both physically and socially to help her out. Dahlia owns warehouses and a small bar in the Old Port area, and lately shady characters have been scaring away business. She needs Kindred with a bit more grit to get rid of the trouble-makers (whether kindred or kine) in order to alleviate some of the stress and suspicion facing the docks.

Helping her out will give these new Kindred more info on what exactly happened to them, knowledge on the area, as well as a haven they can rest at during the day. She may even be able to get them an official invite to an upcoming Camarilla event held at Elysuim, if they can be deserving of a second call from the Nosferatu. She also has a soft spot for the outcasts of Kindred society - perhaps even sympathetic to kindred that her fellow Camarilla may scoff at (Caitiffs and Thin-Bloods).

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First Post

Hello, this is very much a work-in-progress but I'm slowly going to work my way into understand the WOD lore and how to run it as a game. I'm open to advice and ideas, but this will be a spot for me to post world-building stuff, visuals (if i make any) and document potential npcs, plans, locations, ect.

Again any help is great on how to get into this game