Dust to Dust - Beginner Friendly - Vampire: the Masquerade (v20)
Gary, Indiana is a dying city. After a massive fire devastated the area, the population has dwindled and many of its Kindred fled. But not you.
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$20.00
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Weekly / Saturday - 1:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
Campaign Length / 2+ Sessions
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Gary, Indiana is a dying city and you've been Embraced into its vampiric world. Navigate the dangers of being a freshly embraced vampire, with no sires to claim them. Prove your worth to Prince Modius, the scant few other Kindred left in the city, and earn your place in the night. With enough guile, strength, and blood, maybe you could even shape the future of this ravaged city. Or seek loftier goals in establishing yourself amongst the Chicago Kindred in the metropolis nearby.
Game style
Sandbox / Open World
Theater of the Mind
Roleplay Heavy
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(5)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
2 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Inclusive
About me
I have been playing tabletop games for 20 years now, starting with D&D 3.5. Since then, I've run multiple, multi-year campaigns in Pathfinder and World of Darkness. Notable campaigns include Way of the Wicked, with encounters inspired by the Bayonetta series. Reign of Winter ran as a mythic campaign, ending in a multi-part final encounter taking full advantage of Mythic power without it becoming rocket tag. Vampire: the Masquerade for nearly 7 years, tightly focused on a group of Caitiff and Anarchs attempting to overthrow the Camarilla from within. All of this is done with a massive emphasis on roleplay and a deep understanding of mechanics to make sure everyone gets their time to shine when the dice come down.
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Creating your character
Materials will be provided for character creation before and during Session Zero, as well as consideration for the type of game to play: more political leaning, more physically leaning or a mixture of both. If you have the V20 rulebook and want to get started on character creation straightaway, DM in discord or ping me in the chat channel for this game and we can disucss.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Players will need an active Discord account, and the game itself will be played on Foundry VTT.
What Daniel brings to the table
With voice in Discord and locations and audio provided by Foundry, players will be immersed in a rich world filled with intrigue, violence and far off rays of hope. Expect characters you interact with to have meaningful goals that align, or malign with your own. Create and refine your own goals, that could reach beyond the small city of Gary, to Chicago and beyond. By the end of the Dust to Dust chronicle you will have a Kindred who is ready to face vampiric society, live within it, and potentially shape its future.
Homebrew rules
* The first botch of each session, per character, suffers no extra consequences for failure. * Hunt rolls represent 2 hours or work, but on success the vampire gains 1d10 blood. For every success beyond the third, they gain an additional blood point. For example, Reginald uses Charisma + Subterfuge to charm and seduce kine for his feeding, and gets 4 successes. For that, he gains 1d10+1 blood points back into his pool. * Diablerie, if committed, will be handled by the rules from the Dirty Secrets of the Black Hand and explain if the time comes.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Daniel creates a safe table
During Session Zero, we will cover Lines and Veils, making sure anything anyone DOES NOT want to experience does not happen. In the case of surprise triggers, digital safety tools to allow anyone to stop, fade and skip through scenes when needed. Vampire explores themes of blood, violence, body horror, mental control, manipulation, and control. How the group chooses to interact with those things will be discussed at length.
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