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You all have received this letter in the mail. Hello, this is the other World of Darkness game for all the Auspollers. Unlike Xylo's anachronistic old world of darkness, we're playing NEW World of Darkness. Which, I dunno, I think it's just oWoD but with less baggage. Also less nineties. Yet for some reason the characters take far more work to put together.  What do you need to know? Nothing! Absolutely nothing. This first session will be chilled and collaborative so if you don't want to work out where to put pips you don't have to. If you do, you can. Also shout out to whomever joke-posted my form. Let's give a cheer for SATAN PRINCE OF DARKNESS  Like Xylo's Werewolf game you're going to start as regular johns. Also, that means that if you're not really happy with your character at the end of our first little adventure we can change it up into something more fun / practical. Thats assuming there are subsequent adventures because.   HOW TO PLAY. You don't need the rule book. If you do there are two books, World of Darkness Core Rulebook which is how you play the game. And then the Hunter book which has hunter specific stuff and lots and lots of flavor text. But considering I'm pretty much making up large parts of the setting you don't need either. And I do all the rolls. If you really want to spend money, there is a Vampire Bundle online that gets you the Current Vampire book, the Old Vampire Book (LOL NINTIES!) and the Core Book for the same price as the core book by itself. Unless you live in a city with a games store that stocks this poo poo.  Here's our roster. Michael Frost - Ex SAS Soldier played by Thatbastardkraken Jack Keaton - Ex Australian Army Officer played by Milky Moor Rabia Tirnova - Danish Architect played by Sir Rabia Tirnovia Jonathan Swan - Biology Academic played by Gough Suppressant Niles Paine - Psychiatrist played by Freudian Slip Father Galihad - Ex Priest played by Cartoon DOING THE DOTSAs in Xylo's game, register and create a HUNTER: THE VIGIL sheet. From top to bottom things you can ignore. Compact, Profession and Chronicle (well you could put AUSPOL HTV or something) You don't need CONCEPT, but if you do just put what you put in the sign up form "Drunk Firefighter" or "Gay Politician" or whatever. Next are attributes, you start with 1 in each column and you ADD 5 to one column, 4 to the other and 3 to the other. eg: code:Everything is important in this game one way or the other, so just go by feel. Next is SKILLS. Everything is pretty self explanatory. You start with none by default and are added 11/7/4. Next are your SPECIALTIES. Write THREE down in the space down the bottom. These are specific bonuses to your skills. Say you are an Ex-SAS soldier who trained in combat using knives, when you get in combat using a knife you get a bonus. Or maybe you're an architect who specializes in reading building plans, you'd get a bonus when you are planning an assault on a base that you have the plans for. Next put seven points into merits from this (reduced list) quote:Mental Merits: Some of these require certain stat requirements, but I'll let you work out what you want to do and we'll adjust your character accordingly and after the prelude we can look at some of the Hunter merits and or come up with a reason that you have acquired a merit. I was going to say "please keep in character" but gently caress it, if you wanna be a kung-fu fighting Biology Professor go nuts. Finally, do the math at the bottom of the sheet: quote:Health = Stamina + Size Initiative does matter because I'll be averaging the groups initiative against the opposition to see who goes first, ie: I ado all the NPC attacks or you attack first etc. Finally, chose a virtue and a vice. You can spend willpower to add to (almost) any roll in the game. If you do something according to your virtue in a session you get all your willpower spent back. If you do something according to your vice you get one willpower back. It also occurs with some other rolls that we will get to later on. Holy poo poo  . THE NITTY GRITTY quote:(This Is My Name) Finally, I will be keeping track, but not showing the rolls. Also like Xylo I haven't done this in a while so if I gently caress something up I apologize I will also be away for the long weekend next week so there will be a hiatus then for a few days while I get closer to nature and the grid etc etc. Also this thread might be more relaxed, if you need to go away or anything let me know. The only caveat is that combat turns won't last more than a day. If all but one person posts or something I'll just act for them so we don't get bottle-necked. Feedback is appreciated in this thread from the players of the following sort: MORE WORDS! LESS WORDS! MORE FIGHTING! LESS FIGHTING! etc. I don't know what you want out of this yet, so if you want it to be more like Cabin in the Woods than Lost Highway  just let me know.
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quote:Lou Carpenter - Ex Barkeep played by XyloJW 
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Apr 11, 2014 04:36
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Wait that wasn't you. Someone lied on the sign up! ( )
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Apr 11, 2014 04:43
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Hahaha. I thought you were trying to make me play!
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Apr 11, 2014 04:47
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Honestly I was like "That's a bit wierd but if the dude wants to play and DM at the same time who am I to challenge a The result of which means we actually have a free spot in the game.
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Apr 11, 2014 04:48
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I would have been down as gently caress to play as I've always wanted to play Hunter but my wife will break open my skull if I try to DM a game while playing one too. There's just not enough hours.
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Apr 11, 2014 04:52
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XyloJW posted:I would have been down as gently caress to play as I've always wanted to play Hunter but my wife will break open my skull if I try to DM a game while playing one too. There's just not enough hours.  She missed.I've done my sheet. http://sheetgen.dalines.net/sheet/33229 --------------//----------- You'd think that proselytising zeal would go away after a life in the service of the Catholic Church, but with Alice (his Sister) dead and the kids (Alice's) all grown up there seemed to be a need to 'make an impact'. Having tried it the church way Galihad decided that maybe the coal face was the way to go. Lead by example. Steer folk towards the Lord. In their own time and through the witness of holiness. What could go wrong with The Lord's plan?  --------------//----------- Edited in my sheet and back story. Cartoon fucked around with this message at 07:08 on Apr 11, 2014 |
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Apr 11, 2014 05:12
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My sheet is done. http://sheetgen.dalines.net/sheet/33230?message=true Micheal Frost posted:Mike joined the ADF as young as he possibly could, to get away from his abusive single father. He's done tours in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan both in the regular army and as a member of the Special Air Service. A soldier's soldier, he proved to be quick thinking and cool under fire but lacked the aptitude and ambition to move out of the non-commissioned ranks. His career came to an abrupt end after an incident in his final tour of Afghanistan, which ended with him being the only survivor of his platoon during a mission to escort a civilian specialist in and out of a village that turned out to have been overrun by insurgents. The civilian survived but disappeared before she could corroborate his story and he was quietly given a medical discharged on psychological grounds. He has drifted from job to job since then, unable to sustain employment due to anger issues and PTSD. 
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Apr 11, 2014 05:56
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Would an interest in debunking cryptozoology(including field trips in latin america) count as a point in occult?
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Apr 11, 2014 07:19
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Uh hey Cartoon you don't start with a point in all the skills.
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Apr 11, 2014 07:30
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thatbastardken posted:Uh hey Cartoon you don't start with a point in all the skills.
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http://sheetgen.dalines.net/sheet/33235?message=true Jonathan Swan is in his late 30s. After losing his job lecturing in ecology, environmental science and sustainability at RMIT due to mass casualisation and staffing cutbacks he is seeking a new challenge away from home. He has spent long periods in the bush doing field studies to survey species in various ecosystems, and has taken several sabbaticals to investigate(with the intent of disproving) purported cryptozoological phenomena both in Australia and latin america. He is at heart an idealist and has principles he clings to with every fibre and looks down on those without similar level of conviction. The only relatives he maintains contact with are a sister of similar age and her family, but he has extensive contacts in academia.
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Apr 11, 2014 08:08
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Gough Suppressant posted:Would an interest in debunking cryptozoology(including field trips in latin america) count as a point in occult? I think that's good, yeah.
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Apr 11, 2014 08:17
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I'll post later tonight with back story and junk.
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Apr 11, 2014 08:27
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Sheet coming tonight.
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Apr 11, 2014 09:26
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Heading out for dinner - I will post sheet and back story when I get back
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Apr 11, 2014 09:26
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Please outlaw fighting styles. They are bad.
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Apr 11, 2014 09:38
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Cartoon posted:I couldn't get the one entries to go away until I double clicked. I think I've fixed it. I'll be sure to go over your sheet with a fine toothed comb though. Please do my basic maths is shithouse.
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http://sheetgen.dalines.net/sheet/33238 [no picture, sorry] Rabia Tirnova is a 27 year old Danish Architect. Having grown up in a relatively stable home, he completed two years of compulsory military service and then went on to study architecture at university. He graduated and then worked as an apprentice in a large non descript firm for a few years before downsizing saw him laid off. After struggling to find work, or a romantic life, he agreed to a job with [redacted].
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Apr 11, 2014 10:54
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thatbastardken posted:Please do my basic maths is shithouse. Wonder why I'm keeping all the rolls secret?  Sir Rabia Tirnova posted:http://sheetgen.dalines.net/sheet/33238 Good I like what you've got, but we might hone your specialties down to be more specific. They can only interact with one skill in one way, so you have "My specialty is I get a bonus to stamina and guns" which would be fine if you wanted it to count for two. But even so, I'd like it a bit more specific like "I get a bonus to stamina when in the snow" or "I get a bonus when using hand to hand combat due to the ro-sham-bo training I received in Denmark" If that's like a total nerd out you can just go with "+1 stamina when in cold weather" or "+1 to hand to hand combat/knives/rifles" etc. edit: as anal as this stuff is now, once we get playing it is a total breeze and you can pretty much do whatever you want. For example see how the other thread thwarted Xylo's puzzle in like 5 minutes.
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Apr 11, 2014 11:10
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I've fixed up my specialties :-)
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Is there still room?
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Room for one, yep.
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http://sheetgen.dalines.net/sheet/33241?message=true Niles Paine was a successful psychiatrist in Seattle Washington. He enjoyed the finer things in life - high culture, good food and wine. This pleasant existence was shattered by the brutal murders of his father (a retired cop), his brother (another psychiatrist) and his lover. They had all been slashed to pieces. The police believed that the murders were drug related and may have been payback for old cases his father solved during his days on the force. However, no arrests were made so Niles took it upon himself to find the killers. Through dumb luck more than anything, Niles made connections with both his father's old cop buddies and members of the underworld for whom he cooked meth for. After years of searching with no real success, the only names that kept reappearing were shell companies that were under the umbrella of a larger multinational. To take his investigation further Niles has recently applied for a job as a janitor in one of these shell companies.
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Jack Keaton http://sheetgen.dalines.net/sheet/33242?message=true  Jack Keaton grew up in a fairly unremarkably family. He had a mother and a father and no siblings and he came out of childhood with a fine education, well-developed moral centre and an overall stable life. Tolerant and idealistic, Keaton is a generally good person but he's the kind of person who does the wrong thing for the right reasons, the kind of person who has trouble not getting hotheaded and doing something stupid. If it wasn't for the constant unrelenting nightmares depicting the end of the world, he might even be normal. Despite this, Keaton managed to hold down a position in the Australian army, rising to the rank of Lieutenant. It was said he would go even higher, at least until Keaton dropped his superior officer with a right hook. From there, Keaton was kicked out and left to amble through his life as a blue-collar worker, stuck in a comfortable rut. He has his friends, his drinking buddies, a pleasant enough girl he sees, but he could be so much more. It might be a comfortable rut, but it is still a rut. Taking this job with [redacted] seemed like a way to get everything back on track and make use of all the training that he threw away with a reckless punch. And the nightmares continue. TBK, if you want Frost and Keaton to maybe have known each other in some way before this little adventure, I'd be open to that!
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I have to do some proper work today, (instead of  work ) and then I'll run over everyone's stuff and we'll start sometime tonight. For people who are unfamiliar with the game we'll take it easy, I'll show you how I think things are going to work and at the end of our prelude we can fine tune our characters and their applications. Don't sweat you don't have to sit there  If you signed up and haven't rolled. Roll. If you haven't signed up and want to Roll Roll anyway and we'll see if we can't fit you in. (Roll being a euphemism for creating a character as in the old DnD days you used to have to roll dice to create a character.) And if I say anything that does not make sense ask me. You never know, I might be wrong. I think from memory some of you haven't played before so I'll keep that in mind. Role play your characters. Don't say "DM, did you add my +1 bonus for flower picking in that last roll?" say "Using my skill for flower picking, I pick those flowers." That way I'm not going to forget you are a flower picker or whatever. Oh and don't be like Mills and argue the toss. I'm not going to kill you kill you in the prelude so don't panic. But having said that if you run into a Werewolf den in your underwear holding only a butter knife things might not work out for you so don't abuse that privilege. Remember it's your game. If you want less and more  say so. Chandler's law exists for a reason.
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Milky Moor posted:TBK, if you want Frost and Keaton to maybe have known each other in some way before this little adventure, I'd be open to that! Yeah, that would be cool. There are a million ways they could have met, either at home or overseas depending on how you think Keaton's career went.
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LordPants posted:Oh and don't be like Mills and argue the toss. I'm not going to kill you kill you in the prelude so don't panic. But having said that if you run into a Werewolf den in your underwear holding only a butter knife things might not work out for you so don't abuse that privilege.
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Apr 12, 2014 08:40
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Cartoon posted:Really? What if my name's Chris Kenny?
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Apr 12, 2014 10:12
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Cartoon posted:Really? What if my name's Chris Kenny?
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Hopefully this is ok: Link /--------------------\  As a child Mick had always been overwhelmed by the world, too much colour, too many things happening, doctors argued over synaesthesia or autism as the root but his education and social skills suffered until he was finally handed a camera. A square through which to limit the world, a lens to focus, a slice of reality he could handle. Photojournalism was a natural fit, speaking with pictures rather than words, finding perfection in slices of reality. He jumped at an opportunity to embed in a unit during the Gulf War and became a war photographer, at the front, spotting, sending back slices of reality to be published, to show the dark and light of everyone, he'd never shy from photographing any injustice on one side or the other. Some saw him as cold, being able to profit from the suffering of others without ever stepping in to help, to photograph a dieing child rather than assist in saving them, but he knew that getting too involved would colour his work, undermine what he was doing, of course he cared, his photos told the story. Blending in was easy in the military, the militias, the rebels and his photos were his life. That ended when an RPG destroyed the truck he was riding in Somalia. Years of rehabilitative therapy later, he's regained a little of his agility but struggles to carry any weight beyond his own (and his camera) and winds himself on a single flight of stairs. His days photographing wars are over, so he's searching for a new justice to deliver through an 8x10 rectangle. As an aside, he's bringing a camera, and gently caress anyone who tries to take it off him. hooman fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Apr 12, 2014 |
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I'm down for AusPol gaming if there's space. I haven't played a pen-and-paper RPG since D&D when I was eleven, I have no idea what I'm doing and will likely get us all killed. Edit: dang, next time then. Edit Edit: I'll roll up anyway, maybe you'll find something to do with my guy. Tirade fucked around with this message at 15:41 on Apr 13, 2014 |
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Apr 13, 2014 14:53
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And we're off I spent too much time  and not actually doing practical things like triple checking character sheets or putting together my cheat sheet for your common rolls and such but it's taken too long anyway and I apologize.
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Edward "Eddie" Vogel http://sheetgen.dalines.net/sheet/33293  Eddie Vogel has worked in bars for most of his adult life in Toowoomba, Brisbane, and most recently Sydney. Although starting out in nightclubs and pubs, his fondness for the bottle and resulting lapses of judgment led to him working in increasingly lovely dive bars. The owner of the current shithole has Eddie working off the books, and has been more and more late in the paycheck. Eddie's currently owed about a month and a half's wages and it's pretty clear he's not onto a winner, career-wise. Despite his run of crap jobs Eddie's almost always optimistic about life in general, and is well liked for it. Eddie has no formal combat training, but can throw a punch. Years of working with angry drunks have given him a good sense of when things are about to go pear-shaped. He has a thick Queensland accent and swears incessently. Eddie doesn't remember applying for the job. He's none too pleased to read the "no alcohol" stipulation in the letter, but going dry for a few weeks might not be such a bad idea. Tirade fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Apr 13, 2014 |
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Apr 13, 2014 16:24
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I got you on the shortlist Tirade, we started just before you posted I'm afraid.  Can't say anything yet obviously but we've had some funny rolls
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LordPants posted:I got you on the shortlist Tirade, we started just before you posted I'm afraid. Yeah no wukkas man, I figure more than eight would be problematic anyhow. I'll keep an eye on the threads from the sidelines, both this and xylo's game look fun as hell.
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Apr 14, 2014 03:29
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thatbastardken posted:Michael
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Apr 14, 2014 05:24
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Join, sorry. Phone posting from the gym
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quote:Sexual Deviancies: In the human body, sex and violence  edit: I'm not going to lie, I find some of these things so dumb that I'm coming up with my own ideas that don't involve needing to wank after killing a demon. 
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Yeah, if you play a World of Darkness game, be prepared to homerule out soooo much stupid poo poo.
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