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So, any tentative date upon which I should begin?

One feels it would be wise to have a character creation session/human into, just so that we can all sit around and discuss character ideas and set them down upon the sheets.

Maybe it'll be Andy's-joints-friendly to do it on Thurdays when Serenity isn't running?...Me like. Me in.

Sounds ok to me, but when is Simon's 4th ed thing going to be then? fridays? And how do I get to know when the next 4th ed Raven Queen thingie is then?

To be announced. Basically, I'll sort out a regular date (Probably various fridays) after this week. (Between being called in to work, and not wanting to destroy andy with dice, not to mention spirit being closed, I'm going to skip running it this week, but probably race on with it (should only be a relatively short thing, in theory) the week after.

Depending on how much we're taking phil for granted, it may be worth looking in to other possible venues, but for now, I'll just say - Talk to you all on wednesday.

aha, ok. speak more tomorrow then ^^

There is not going to be  Friday night Magic at spirit games on Friday 17th as far as I am aware owing to a potential race day that week end  so the following week would be a better bet as for venue I don't think Spirit will be viable if we regularly get 14+ Magic players so I would offer my place as it would encourage me to keep the debris level from getting out of hand and it will be relatively tidy after this Sunday.

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Hmm, since Dat originally said 'me like, me in' in this thread, then didnt show up...makes me a teeny bit confused.

Anyway, I just want to check if it's still going down like we planned this thursday. Job interviews allowing...

If I am good and have done my Recipts for Friday I may drop in for a bit as Vampire is always a draw with me.

And the warm up run was very very good


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Okay, just wanted to know some details about times and so on for my game. Should it become a fortnightly game? Is everyone going to make it for tomorrow's game? Just any input in general would be awesome :)

Any input?  ;D I'll not answer your questions because i like to let everyone else make the decisions. I am however coming to the game as of writing about 2 1/2hrs from now. - If you really want to know...'Cos it's really interesting. Fascinating. Yup.

Really? well, thats some nice imput from a man of few words :D

I'm not sure if anyone has put anything anywhere else but I thought I would ask here.

What do we want for our base of operations?

Do we use Johnny V's place as and convert it in to something we can use?
Or maybe we could find a small abandoned hotel and make it defendable and light proof.

I think we need to decide what we need the most?

Morgalahan, what were the three things we can spend dots in to build a haven?

Location, Size, and Security. We basically could do with no less than 3 dots of size, and location is hard to add to after the fact. :)

I do remember Morgalahan saying that, should you sell your place, the resources could be, possibly, cashed in for 2 or 3 dots towards this.

3 dots of size would get us a 5-8 room house, which is enough for a room each and amenities. A full on Angel sized hotel would probably be 4 or even 5? We could very easily stretch to a run-down manor or an old Motel/B&B kind of sized hotel, perhaps?

Obviously one with a basement, especially in the short-term, would be good.

Personally, I'd suggest we go for at least 3 or size, and maybe 1 of location (more if we are all buying a Dot AND selling your place), and worry about security in the mid to long term? Someplace with a Garden would be a good idea, if we're adopting a puppy... ;)

For reference, I think M' said that ranks in haven, as a merit, would merely cost 2x new rank, so if we each pitch in a dot, then we've plenty to work with, (though the actual finding, planning, and executing of all of this will need roleplaying, obviously.)

So if Johnny V sells his place then we can trade that in to cover the dots for size (ideally 3 dots worth)

Then we need to focus on how much we need for location then security (the most logical)

I can't contribute anything from this session (as I have no experience points - due to my diabilerising) - but I can contribute to security after next session.

My chatacter may need a safe house or bolt hole (as I maybe a security risk - curse my black veined aura)

So I'm guessing to start with in priority order (Size 3, Location 2/3, Secuirty 1/2)

I'll go along with anything - I am quite prepared to leave my rent arrears behind (in the game), no questions asked.

It would be best to be somewhere in the heart of the city I think, near to the centre - perhaps near the Louisiana Superdome, or further south in the Arts & Warehouse district. Loads of bars, sports and people milling around, which should make for good hunting.

Locationwise - I think an otherwise unattractive building will do. Warehouse, abandoned flophouse etc.. will do for now. Later on once we have perhaps built more resources together. Primarily it needs to be safe.

I am easy where you wish to go - I won't be able to get to the session for two weeks, so I will have to go along with what you want.

Ah, OK then. I can either postpone a bit and we play something like the pre-made Mage demo, or whatever else anyone feels like doing.

Vampire wise, so far what you've all said is pretty much correct, I have nothing to add or say otherwise. How you spend your experience points is up to you, and what you do with this Haven is completely up to you as well.

'It's worth noting' (to quote a Tiki phrase) that you Arnu have been taught how to hide your aura. Or at least Johnny V has. This makes you no more a security risk than anything else would be. I'd be more worried about your vinculum...

As far as the Vampire game goes, you now have a chance to live a bit as a vampire in the world. Your goals should change somewhat as you now have eternity (relatively speaking) to look forward to, and not a short human life. I'm not going to dictate what your characters do next, but my major goals as a vampire would include lifestyle upgrades, which means more money and/or influence. You can get more involved in vampire society, and maybe make some nice money doing jobs for vampire higher ups, or work towards gaining wealth by even more nefarious means. You need more money to justify some of the things you want to do for your Haven. Just as you can cash resources in for Haven dots, those self same dots are also limited to your resources in some ways. You may spend ALL you XP on Haven dots, but you then need to tell me how you came up with the money to afford buying a mansion or rundown hotel. Just as an example.

The down time may last 1-2 weeks, possibly even up to a month if you need the time. I'm willing to be flexible. I will also be presenting you opportunities in game to make money, learn more and involve yourselves in vampire society.

Your Requiem is truly begun, and how it plays out is now up to you, and the whims of fate...

I also won't be able to make any games for the next few weeks as I have been offered afternoon work until the middle of November (and I need the money)

Whether Johnny V just has to lay low for a while or has his own side "adventure" away from the other (that could be played retrospectivly) is up to you.

Sorry for the chaos caused.

I will also be putting the Forgotten Realms game on hold for a few weeks as well.

No problem :) As Jeff and Johnny V both won't be with us for a while, I'm officially postponing VtR for at least two weeks. I'm happy to run other random WoD demo's in the meantime. Or we could always do something entirely different (No Dat, not Tribbles ;)) involving the other people who seem to have dissapeard from the thursday night sessions since I started VtR.

Curses!