Vampire the Masquerade 5e Intro

Vampire the Masquerade 5e Intro

TYPE

One-Shot

EXPERIENCE

Beginner

AGE

18+
2 NEEDED TO START
$5.00

/ Session

Details

Once / Tuesday – 1:00 AM UTC

Oct 29

2–2.5 Hour Duration

1 / 4 Seats Filled

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About the adventure

The world as you know it is a facade, a thin veneer, an illusion of order and safety. There are ancient powers pulling the strings. Primordial beings that have hid among mortals for millennia, living on the vital blood of humanity. Masters of puppets, and everyone's on a string one way or another. You will not be prepared as you step through the veil, into a new world... a World of Darkness. A beginner-friendly introduction to Vampire: The Masquerade (5th edition) one-shot for 2 hours (up to 2.5h). As a GM who has run a multi-year chronicle of Vampire, let me guide you into this supernatural, dangerous, political world run by vampires. You will be fledgling vampires, newly created, and like the players, unfamiliar with the rules of the vampiric society or their own powers and weaknesses. You will also be introduced to the Storyteller game system, which is a fairly easy to learn ten-sided dice pool system. We will focus on the lore of the setting and role-play over the game mechanics, but you should get a small taste of them. If you are more experienced, look for one of my Vampire campaigns instead of this one-shot for a deeper dive into the world of Kindred.

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Character creation

Creating your character

Premade characters will be available if you do not wish to go through the character creation process. But if you do, I've got a few very useful free PDFs and links for character creation that will be extremely useful for you to peruse prior to the session starting. Anyone that hasn't had a character approved by me at least 15 minutes prior to the session start will be able to pick from one of the Premade characters so we do not slow down the session for character creation. I am @virtuadept on Discord, so feel free to send me a request on there to discuss character building before the game starts. Discord is not required for this game and will not be used during the session.

The current party

Learn to play Vampire the Masquerade 5e on Alchemy RPG virtual table top! Modern Horror role-playing where you brave the political landmines of the never-dying in a World of Darkness that mortals barely comprehend. This event is sponsored by Alchemy RPG, a powerful virtual tabletop and all-in-one role-playing app.

What to expect

Preparing for the session

Players MUST create an account on Alchemy VTT to use during this session. Players MUST have a headset and mic! A gaming-quality headset+mic is highly recommended! You will get a link for this when you sign up for this game which is also an invite to the game's Alchemy table, but you can also just go here to create it in advance. https://app.alchemyrpg.com/ There is a Windows native client available, but it works for me in Chrome and in Firefox (maybe not all features). I do not know how well it is supported in Safari, iOS, or Mac, or Linux, etc. Please test if you are unsure. If you do not plan to use a Premade character then I would suggest giving yourself at least 2 to 3 hours prior to the start of the session to work on your character ahead of time, especially if you're new to Storyteller games. If you're fine with a Premade character, then you don't have a lot of homework to do prior to the session. Please look over the links I will send you after you sign up for the session. That will have a link to a very handy character builder so you can play with it and get a feel for the system, a quick start guide, some information about the setting, and more. None of this will technically be required reading but it won't hurt to read ahead of the class! Please take heed of the CONTENT WARNING for this game, it is not a kid-friendly or PG game, it's Adult Only, and adult content will be prevalent.

What virtuadept brings to the table

Players will all need to have an Alchemy VTT account and be able to use Alchemy for voice and optionally for video. For voice to work, players MUST own a headset or microphone on the device you're going to use for the session and you should test it on Alchemy prior to the session starting. If you do wish to use video, which is optional, please test your hardware works with Alchemy before the session. The GM will be using voice and video through Alchemy for the session, so you must be able to hear me at least. English will be the official language of this session (and the only one the GM knows well enough to run a game for ;P).

Safety

How virtuadept creates a safe table

We will use any digital safety tools available in Alchemy VTT, plus of course vocalizing or on-screen motions. If you are concerned about specific Adult Only content please make sure to talk to me about your Lines and Veils prior to the start of the session so we're on the same page and I can set expectations for the other players without revealing who or why we may have atypical lines or veils in this Vampire session.

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