Vampire the Masquerade - Dry County
In 1920s Chicago, Prohibition is in full swing, violent crime is on the rise, gangsters headline the society pages, and behind it all, the Kindred.
$20.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Friday - 11:30 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours
Campaign Length / 15–20 Sessions
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Prohibition era Chicago is a wild time in a dangerous city. The roaring 20s and its decadence are giving rise to organized crime, driven by Camarilla interests, while Anarch gangs strive for their own piece of the action. Your coterie is in the latter category, running a speakeasy for both vampires and humans. The Camarilla wants a cut, the human authorities might be on to you, but you're Anarchs and nobody is going to push you around on your own turf. This is your time, your city, and your mark to make. As the proprietors of a speakeasy, you've got problems on top of being Kindred, from navigating the criminal underworld, to the Camarilla who would keep your ambition in check to neighboring competition looking for a bigger piece of the pie. At its heart, this is the story of you, and how you want to shape your coterie's future in the face of a chaotic present and uncertain tomorrow.
Game style
Combat Lite
Roleplay Heavy
Theater of the Mind
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(5)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
6 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Inclusive
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
My name is Chris and I've been running games consistently for the past ten years, with periodic games for the fifteen years prior. My preferred systems are World of Darkness and Call of Cthulhu, and I currently run games of both Vampire: The Masquerade and Call of Cthulhu for friends. I also have a few years experience with Mage: The Awakening, 2nd Edition. My games have run from one-shots to multi-year campaigns. While I have run modules, such as Masks of Nyarlathotep or Horror on the Orient Express, my games are primarily written by myself. I much prefer theater of the mind to miniatures and tactical games.
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Creating your character
Characters will be made in session 0, where we will establish roles, safety tools, and expectations. I restrict Malkavian PCs as a personal limit. It is too easy for them to become a caricature of mental health problems. Characters should be made per the core rulebook, player's handbook, and Chicago By Night. This is set in the 1920s, so any technological aspects of character should be time period appropriate. The coterie is of the Anarch faction and 13th Generation.
The coterie will be composed of Anarch vampires. I restrict players from Malkavians as a personal matter. If you're wanting to play a non-Anarch affiliated clan we simply need a reason for your character to be with this group. The players are 13th generation, meaning character creation will use the core book, player's handbook, and you will be allowed 15xp afterward to spend as you wish. A free Session 0 will be used for character creation and party development.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Discord and Forge VTT access are required. Here is the link to our Discord: https://discord.gg/zdJ9Tr7Tsq
What Chris brings to the table
I'm a theater of the mind Storyteller, but I like to use assets in Foundry for background flavor and dice. I enjoy providing a spread of npcs with a variety of personalities and further developing those with whom the group engages. I'm very much a player driven storyteller and enjoy exploring character. I play largely by the book, but if something is going to bog us down or get in the way of the story we're telling, we'll work around it. We're in this to have a great time.
Homebrew rules
Hunger dice aren't always included in our rolls. In non-stressful situations (i.e. rolling to determine how effective your research is) I don't feel that your inner beast should be at risk of destroying the room. I don't often slow down roleplay to roll dice if we're moving at a good pace. I will instead have npcs react to your character based on your skills. A good roleplay interrogation by a pc with poor relevant skills will be met with more resistance than a less assured roleplay with excellent skills.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Webcam
Platforms used
Safety
How Chris creates a safe table
On Discord we will keep a living document that can be updated with limits and areas of care for our game. Players need not justify why something is off-limits. We're here to have fun, not push buttons. Horror doesn't mean we have to cross boundaries. During play we use the X card mechanic for pausing or stopping play to address problems.
Content warnings
Safety tools used