Folks, on April 27 I am moving, I will likely not be back online until April 29 or 30. Just a heads up.
Is there anything Alessandro can do similar to an Escape Artist check in Pathfinder?
Athletics, Dex-based, lightning reflexes, catlike grace and celerity to escape the tendrils without brute force?
I assume they are Talisman's?
From the narrative, I am actually pretty certain they are Narses's.
Talisman was still stunned when they appeared, and Narses seemed unbothered by them, while they reinforced his demand to stop fighting with sudden pressure.
Just saying.
Also, the shadowy tentacles remind me of the Abyss Urutsukodoji known as Obtenebration 3 which is a Lasombra thing...
Oh, my bad... I thought they loosened when he ordered to stop the fight... reread.
Makes more sense now!
Is there anything Alessandro can do similar to an Escape Artist check in Pathfinder?
Athletics, Dex-based, lightning reflexes, catlike grace and celerity to escape the tendrils without brute force?
I assume they are Talisman's?
No but you can pump blood to increase your Strength which will match you Dexterity.
In a normal clinch, its is a Strength+Brawl roll. However, these Arms are designed to Clinch in a way that leaves little room to oppose a Clinch that would come from a Humanoid opponent. Note that spending blood on Potence gives 1 auto success to the check.
No, the Tendrils belong to Prince Narses. Talisman is still disabled from his Botched roll.
Also, the shadowy tentacles remind me of the Abyss Urutsukodoji known as Obtenebration 3 which is a Lasombra thing...
Bingo!
Talisman has enough nasty abilities without adding Obtenebration to the list.
I am giving Vitaliano and Onfroi until tomorrow to post in the Elysium scene, then I will move us along.
I believe the new Lasombra will be posting tonight.
Bernardo, I also have a post up for you!
Sorry. I'll try to catch up this weekend
Sorry. I'll try to catch up this weekend
OK!
An interesting twist in the Talisman saga. Originally, the plan of the Player who was playing Sergei and Katriana Volkov was to have Talisman Embrace them both forming the Blood Brothers Bloodline (though I did want to change that name). The intervention of the PCs changed all of that.
Geoffroi and Alessandro pressing their attacks forced Talisman to act and what should have been a swatting of flies turned into a tragedy for Talisman as he botched the use of the Level 8 Auspex power Psychic Assault. This stunned him and allowed the second most powerful soul inhabiting that body, the Tzimisce Elder Gesu to attain control.
Michele summoning Narses and him catching Talisman in the act of attempting to illegally Sire the Volkovs forced Talisman out of the city. That's a MAJOR NPC I was going to utilize moving forward here in Venice.
It just goes to show that no situation in an RPG (or real life) is hopeless. A Mortal and two Neonates thwarted the schemes of a 7,000 year old Vampire. Pretty great stuff!
Read the underlying statement here. Two neonates and a mortal gained a 7 pt 7000 year old reoccurring nightmare plot of an enemy...
Can't post officially yet, but Alessandro will follow Alyssa of course.
Narses will return soon to Elysium but I want to give the scene a bit more time to breathe before I move on. Continue to RP at Elysium folks!
He has been a nightmare of an enemy for years during tabletop. That botch made all the difference!
Narses will return soon to Elysium but I want to give the scene a bit more time to breathe before I move on. Continue to RP at Elysium folks!
It's Wednesday I will update Elysium tomorrow night with the return of the Prince. If you have something left to say before he returns, say it soon!
I will try and catch up tomorrow, but so far, this week was...straining.
Alessandro note that whatever you pumped your physical statistics to in the last fight, those stats are still increased as this is the continuation of the same scene for you.
Note that you are also probably running low on blood now! For sure less than 10 and maybe even less than 8 once you heal your wounds...
I Love running this game, I just sent Geoffroi to a post from May 29, 2012 :-)
Sorry folks, catching up later today.
I will update tonight now that I am finally settled in.
Francois counts as vitae or mortal blood, Ventrue have those pesky feeding habits. But, for continuity... If Alyssa is holding him... It's OK?
Francois counts as vitae or mortal blood, Ventrue have those pesky feeding habits. But, for continuity... If Alyssa is holding him... It's OK?
Damn, good point. The first 4 BP are Vitae, thereafter, feeding restrictions would kick in... but you can still drink him finished to kill him or just rip out his throat for a coup de grace once you have that 4 BP!
Hello dot of Ally Moses though Lorenzo;-)
Trading a fop of a brother for an experienced ghoul - more than a fair trade.
O.o Just saw my post number. Thats....ominous.
Apologies on my slow responses. The weather has been miserable over here for me. So it's been difficult to pull together the steam to think straight most days and I'm still chasing a rugrat around as best I can.
I'm hoping I can manage something tonight.
Apologies on my slow responses. The weather has been miserable over here for me. So it's been difficult to pull together the steam to think straight most days and I'm still chasing a rugrat around as best I can.
I'm hoping I can manage something tonight.
Understood:-)
Franz.
Geoffroi.
Onfroi.
Lorenzo.
Ranerius.
You are all done for the evening and receive 2 XP.
Tassilo I need one more post from you and you are done.
Vitaliano.
Michele.
Bernardo.
We are winding down. I am hoping to have this night done for all of you relatively soon so I can move to the next series of events.
Alessandro, let's take your night to the old thread as it is combat and may take a bit of time.
There is still a moratorium on spending XP.
OK, Vitaliano and Michele, you two are the final act of the night. After this, we will proceed to the next scenes.
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The night is now over for everyone but Alessandro who will likely be done soon as well.
Vitaliano, Michele, and Bernardo - you all also gain 2 XP for the end of the night.
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I will start the next series of events on Friday (tomorrow night). The format will be slightly different for the next few weeks as a significant event is about to happen. Once that event is done I/C it signals the end of the first Chronicle! Uh just a bit later (3 or 4 years) than I intended to do so...
At the end of the first chronicle, is that when we are expected to switch characters, or is that at the end of the next chronicle?
*Likes playing Lorenzo, but needs to give thought to the next character...*
At the end of the first chronicle, is that when we are expected to switch characters, or is that at the end of the next chronicle?
*Likes playing Lorenzo, but needs to give thought to the next character...*
That is at the end of the next Chronicle. I like to do at least two Chronicles with a character. I would have considered three here but I want to get to the modern day before we are all a 100!
We will do a time jump as well, into the 1400's.
That is when you will have the choice to either run the Childe of your current character, [assuming they live! :-)] or run a new character I would assume from a new Clan. You will begin again as Mortals in the 1400s but the Prologue will be MUCH shorter this time around.
I will assume creative control over the current PCs, similar to what you experienced with Sadir, Fahdi, Radek, and Talisman who were all former PCs.
Well I think I will move to a new clan if any of you want to try being Onfroi's childer
I fear even with the loss of humanity, my poor Toreador is too good to survive :)
Next post will be tomorrow not tonight.
...And we begin.
Each PC will play out the scene without other posting going on so we can move through these scenarios quickly.
Out of curiosity, how do XP and the chronicle hop interact?
As currently there is the moratorium on spending them - are they lost if we don't spend them swiftly in the brief period between end of the lock and start of new chronicle?
Also, if we do a time hop, can there have been some blood hunt/sanctioned amaranth in the mean time? My childe would be generation 9 - so again below the power curve and lacking behind, heavily impairing certain disciplines.
Out of curiosity, how do XP and the chronicle hop interact?
As currently there is the moratorium on spending them - are they lost if we don't spend them swiftly in the brief period between end of the lock and start of new chronicle?
Also, if we do a time hop, can there have been some blood hunt/sanctioned amaranth in the mean time? My childe would be generation 9 - so again below the power curve and lacking behind, heavily impairing certain disciplines.
No XP are lost, the group will have a chance to spend them after this Event, which will effect some of you VERY differently.
The next Chronicle will start without a time hop and you will all be playing the same characters. During this Chronicle there is a possibility of Amaranth if you dare. Once that Chronicle ends, we will time hop.
I will then take stock of the goals of the current PCs and from there we can construct a narrative as to what the PC plans to do as they transition into the next century. That could include planned or unplanned Amaranth. It will also heavily depend on whether you want to have your next character be the Childe of the current character as the next generation of PCs will begin as Mortal.
Well I think I will move to a new clan if any of you want to try being Onfroi's childer
That's an interesting idea.
Note that the time hop is a chance to play a new Clan if you wish, this is the 3rd time in a row Michele has played a Setite but I get the sense he will NOT be changing this time around either.
Playing for the long run, here - Ventrue need to get to top dog position by the time we reach modern.
So no swapping. Franz's lineage will continue.
So yes, childer - beginning as mortal; so it would be prudent to up his generation before the embrace.
Well I think I will move to a new clan if any of you want to try being Onfroi's childerThat's an interesting idea.
Note that the time hop is a chance to play a new Clan if you wish, this is the 3rd time in a row Michele has played a Setite but I get the sense he will NOT be changing this time around either.
It's very tempting to stick with the Cappadocians and see ST Shadow's take on Lorenzo, but at the same time there are just so many fun clans to play in V:tM so a change is appealing too. Since I've become such a blood magic junkie the last decade or so, if I do switch it will likely be to Tremere - although an Assamite Sorcerer could be interesting too...
Side notes: One thing from V5 I like is the change of name from Assamite to Banu Haquim. Not so much on the Setites/Followers of Set becoming the Ministry. Kinda ambivalent on the new name for the combined Clan of Death being Hecata .
The next Chronicle will start without a time hop and you will all be playing the same characters. During this Chronicle there is a possibility of Amaranth if you dare. Once that Chronicle ends, we will time hop.
Had "daydreams" of consuming Ambrogino for a while - but no real intention of carrying through.
Right now Lorenzo is pretty f!+&ing angry, given his current situation. It will be interesting to see what his relationship with his Sire is like going forward (should Lorenzo survive the current mess he's in).
The next Chronicle will start without a time hop and you will all be playing the same characters. During this Chronicle there is a possibility of Amaranth if you dare. Once that Chronicle ends, we will time hop.
Had "daydreams" of consuming Ambrogino for a while - but no real intention of carrying through.
Right now Lorenzo is pretty f#!#ing angry, given his current situation. It will be interesting to see what his relationship with his Sire is like going forward (should Lorenzo survive the current mess he's in).
Indeed!
From the birth of the Camarilla was sown the Sabbat... ;-)
Well I think I will move to a new clan if any of you want to try being Onfroi's childerThat's an interesting idea.
Note that the time hop is a chance to play a new Clan if you wish, this is the 3rd time in a row Michele has played a Setite but I get the sense he will NOT be changing this time around either.
It's very tempting to stick with the Cappadocians and see ST Shadow's take on Lorenzo, but at the same time there are just so many fun clans to play in V:tM so a change is appealing too. Since I've become such a blood magic junkie the last decade or so, if I do switch it will likely be to Tremere - although an Assamite Sorcerer could be interesting too...
Side notes: One thing from V5 I like is the change of name from Assamite to Banu Haquim. Not so much on the Setites/Followers of Set becoming the Ministry. Kinda ambivalent on the new name for the combined Clan of Death being Hecata .
I got the V5 main book and liked some of the ideas they had on Blood Pools and considered incorporating them into this game. But mostly I'm just not that interested in that system probably due to a lack of time.
Playing for the long run, here - Ventrue need to get to top dog position by the time we reach modern.
So no swapping. Franz's lineage will continue.
So yes, childer - beginning as mortal; so it would be prudent to up his generation before the embrace.
You should likely get that chance! :-)
I got the V5 main book and liked some of the ideas they had on Blood Pools and considered incorporating them into this game. But mostly I'm just not that interested in that system probably due to a lack of time.
The V5 stuff is very hit and miss (in my opinion). The Onyx Path created content so far has been better than the Mophidius created content, again in my opinion.
Not really a fan of the baseline mechanics:
- Blood Potency - If wanted to deal with that, I'd play Requiem.
- Everything capped at 5 - pretty hard to make a convincing elder with that (Mithras's/Criatas's V5 stats are just shameful).
- Blood pool idea is interesting, and certainly more story/action driven than the traditional blood point system, but some old dog can't learn new tricks and I've been using the blood point system since V:tM 1st edition.
- Touchstones could be interesting I suppose, but I've found a lot of players build those things into their character without requiring mechanics around it.
- Predator type is alright I guess.
- I do kind of like the character generation system.
Fun as Ranerius has been, if anyone wants to play a Toreador next chronicle group, let me know.. I am on the cusp about it.
Ranerius hopes to have his wife embraced, but THAT could go any number of directions even if it ever happens.
If I can stick with Onfroi I will do so as long as possible but when I must change it will most likely not be as Onfroi's child
Of course as we discuss next characters and such, I suppose we should keep in mind that (if the first chronicle is any indication) we won't have to finalize those decisions until roughly 2028. ;)
Then again I might be needing a new character as soon as ST Shadow's next post that involves Lorenzo.