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Vampire Boston by Night V5
Boston enters a new night as tensions between kindred factions are met with new sects, unfamiliar entities and dangers from the past.
$25.00
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Bi-weekly / Sunday - 1:30 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours
Campaign Length / 1–60 Sessions
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
sandbox style in choice, with existing stories to uncover and personal plots that matter. We play using discord voice, and camera is welcome but not mandatory. There is also an optional Play by Post server for additional scenes with npc's or your fellow players. This is a very Pro-LGBTQIA game run by a member of that community. The Game In this setting you will roam the twisted streets below towers of steel, where the past and present walk hand in hand like the many specters who naturally linger from wars and those summoned and kept by the Giovanni who held this domain for so long. These nights the Camarilla now holds the domain, however a secret cabal of clans within the Tower seek to undermine the Prince and establish a high clan grip on the city. The spirit of the revolution invigorates the younger kindred in the Anarch movement to rise up and seek to overcome and drive out their oppressors. With the many colleges, sports and music venues drawing the passion of youth, the Anarch movement is swimming with opportunity, if it can keep itself under control... In recent times a number of Anarchs have allowed the Sabbat to pass through their borders, so long as they remained untargeted. An act that has come back to haunt them. The Hecata once holding this domain have been pushed out, now taking up residence in the southern half of the city, using the Italian mob and its powerful influence by day to press further into the underworld resources the other sects rely on. They have since created the Independent Alliance with the Followers of Set/Ministry. A drug made of kindred vitae has hit the streets. It's creation and distribution has been stopped by the player coteries, however the dealers and those who benefitted plot revenge, just in time for a new mysterious substance that may alter the players chances for better or worse. Chinatown, once the domain of the Nosferatu is now under the control of an unknown supernatural being who helms the Chinese Mafia. After some death and tension there is now a cold war between the Tower and this unfamiliar Sect, for now. In this game of personal and political horror we will explore the more interconnected world of Vampire the Masquerade. This game has been going on for almost three years, with two seasons and a time skip. There are plenty of storylines left to explore both those in the narrative and the personal ones that you as a player will experience. This is a fully developed setting, with stories, locations and a large number of NPC's living in this setting created by the storyteller with enough content to warrant several sourcebook publications. I originally ran this as a sandbox style campaign over the course of the last four years. First with two coteries, then a time skip with those character narratives ending, and new player characters in the continued world. I am starting over from the beginning and bringing these stories refined further as well as new stories for your entertainment.
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Sandbox / Open World
Theater of the Mind
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
About me
I am a published TTRPG author, and have been a pro game master/storyteller for Eight years. I've run Vampire the Masquerade for over 275 players in person and online during convention like PAX Unplugged, East, SAFecon, Onyx Path Virtual Gaming con, and a Virtual Horror Con myself and my business started. I mostly love TTRPG's and have run many different systems and game lines. Regardless of the genre I strive to include brevity fun and excitement in everything I do. Every campaign I run has an incredible amount of work and detail put into it for those that enjoy and open world experience. I drop story seeds everywhere and provide several directions for players to go in should they choose. Every player is the star and I try to make their characters feel that way with unique and enriching experiences. I am a member of the LGBTQIA+ community and run a respectful and inclusive table.
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Creating your character
Players will create neonate characters (solo or with my help) with 15 experience points and an additional 10 experience points to spend on backgrounds, merits, and advantages that are separate from disciplines, skills and attributes. Per V5 core book character creation on pg 137 for xp costs. I can assist with any or all of that as needed. Players will need a defined ambition (long term goal, desire (short term goal) as well as convictions (your personal code of do's and dont's) and touchstones which are the important people in your characters life/unlife. Each touchstone provided will have what I call satellite characters who they have in their own orbit as no one person is an island. The more backstory you provide the better I can make your personal world and stories feel center stage each time you play. Each character will be reviewed for approval to make sure everything point wise checks out.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Operational Webcam and Mic. Dice or a dice app can be used which I can provide for the crew on discord. We will discuss what stream plat form works best for the players. Knowing the rules helps but is not required, I can teach as we go and have done so many times by weaving it into the narrative. I have a number of resources to help you learn and quickly access information specific to your characters abilities and vampiric identity.
What Rio brings to the table
Maps, NPC artwork, detailed domain boundaries, music as soundtrack to the narrative, a vibrant and living setting with a wide cast of NPC's with their own directives. Maps with many locations for each player to explore which will have NPC's, music and interior and exterior art assets to make you feel you are there in immersion based on real pictures of places that exist in the setting. Most importantly stories.
Homebrew rules
I have adapted content from previous editions of Vampire into this and am open to discussions about what you would like to experience or have in the game.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Internet
Microphone
Pen & Paper
Platforms used
Safety
How Rio creates a safe table
Consent forms are used as well as a storyteller contract that goes over exactly what you can expect from me. Everything is consent based and I will often check in with players if they want to proceed and urge caution in more dangerous circumstances. Aftercare is important as well as respecting player agency. We are here to experience fictional personal horror, not have a horrific experience.
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