Shallow Grave Serenade: Beginner VtM Chronicle
This chronicle that starts with your characters death & rebirth as a kindred through a mysterious ritual. Afterwards you must face the consequences!
$25.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Wednesday - 12:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
0 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Welcome, mortals, I am sorry to tell you this but tonight is the night you die. You had a life here in the tragically beautiful city of Detroit; but it was stolen from you by masked monsters. How will you cope with the sudden loss of humanity? Will you try to cling to the shreds of your morality in your own wake or will you embrace the beast and become the monster that was always inside of you? This is a chronicle in which the coterie is forced together in a tragic mass turning event and rise as Childer with little to no knowledge of vampire politics and have to find a way to ingratiate themselves to the Camarilla or Anarchs of Detroit to survive. It’s going to be fairly sandbox and roleplay heavy that will suit new players to the system well since even their characters won’t know much of anything about kindred! The politics in Detroit are heated between many factions and I’m excited for you to explore and learn their intricacies. Extra’s on Pricing and pacing of sessions: Session 0 is $5 and the first actual session with me is $10 so I give people two chances for a discounted price to make sure they’ll enjoy my game. If after you’ve played a session with me you leave me a positive review your next full price session will be $10! I intend to run as close to the 4 hour mark as possible(if the group can go to the end we will!)with maybe a small break in the middle to touch base and use the bathroom.
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Theater of the Mind
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(5)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
1 game hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Knows the Rules, Storytelling
About me
Howdy ya’ll! I’m Peter and I got my start playing tabletops with DnD 3.5e at a friends birthday party when I was 13 and I’ve been hooked ever since. From there I started playing years of pathfinder 1e with my online gaming friends and transitioned into dming because I loved the storytelling opportunities. Tabletop roleplaying games have always been about community, fun, and expression for me so I do my best to cultivate it in any play space. I believe the most important and fun aspects of tabletop roleplaying come out in the collaboration of everyone involved to advance the story; and this can only happen when everyone feels safe, respected, and like they are an equal part of the story. My whole philosophy as a GM is centered around keeping the story collaborative and fun for everyone involved. Creating investment with my players is key: This always starts with a session 0 where we get everyone on the same page for expectations. Players who join campaigns later will at the least get a quick one on one session 0 to prep. As for details about myself I am a non-straight neurodivergent man doing my best to turn my biggest hobby and passion into a job so I can share the things I love about it with others. When I’m not furthering that goal I am devouring my favorite media which includes everything horror and fantasy on my couch with a lap full of my elderly kitties and my partner by my side.
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Creating your character
We will do character creation together but we’re basically creating beginner childer.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Have a discord account and think about your character more as a person than a vampire and what becoming a vampire will turn them into. Where will their character direction go?
What Pert brings to the table
Vampire is a great game where I can ramp up my skills of storytelling and setting themes. Horror is my passion and it shows in how I run world of darkness games. I am going to play up the psychology of becoming a monster and my descriptions of the terrifying things in the world that inhabit it alongside you. I am going to provide voices, descriptions, and moral dilemmas that will help you explore your characters unlife to the max!
Homebrew rules
I don’t use any homebrew rules in VtM. If you have some homebrew content you like or want to run by me feel free to ask though!
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Pert creates a safe table
With how heavy vampire can be on psychological and physical horror aspects I am always checking in with people to make sure they’re good. I have an open door policy where if things get heavy and you need to leave I understand, but I try to avoid that with lines and veils, a good strong rule zero conversation so I know everyone’s triggers and lines and don’t cross them, and everyone always has an X card to stop the game immediately.
Content warnings
Safety tools used