How to prepare

The Jester’s Toybox games offer the theatre of the mind, for the most part, so no need for minis or use of online maps such as Roll20. What players will need is a Discord account, working webcam and mic, and an understanding of Vampire the Masquerade v5 to start. You will need your own dice, whether they are vampire dice or d10s. Character sheet and stats will be tracked within your fillabel character sheet and saved to a share drive as time progresses. Custom content is provided for by the Storyteller within the Google Share drive as well. Older Vampire the Masquerade game content prior to v5 may be considered for use at the Storyteller’s discretion. Please discuss with your Storyteller prior to gameplay for anything else you’d like to add custom to the game for your character.

What I provide

As your Storyteller is also an artist, you will likely have illustrations of your character(s), poignant scenes from the chronicle as time goes on, and full party illustrations appear. Additionally, maps will eventually be revealed for key areas as well as London and England over all, for players to enjoy and reference!

Gameplay details

At all times will the players feel safe and respected within gameplay. Prior consent forms will be sent to players to complete and return to the Storyteller in order to ensure no boundaries are breached. Additionally, if there is something that comes up as the campaign unfolds that has potential as a trigger, it will be discussed out of game with players in order to additionally ensure gameplay comfort. This is a long-play campaign with the intent to run a long while before the core goal is accomplished as it is a world-ending, impending thing that is happening around the characters. Expectations for gameplay will include deeply immersive storytelling set within a gothic, noir, modern day, and scenes from time long past within the setting, multiple NPCs that you may rely on as long-term party members, voice acting, cosplay, and a nice healthy mix of combat. This game is a custom creation of the Storyteller set within modern day and past London, England, and the surrounding areas that they created and is a game that was pre-existing to its doors being opened up within this space. As with all games run by The Jester’s Toybox, a session survey will accompany each game session to highlight what the players liked, disliked, and would love to see in games to come in order to ensure on-going satisfaction and all around fun!

Content warnings

(none)

Safety tools used

• Breaks

• Debriefing

• Lines and Veils

• Open Door

• Stars and Wishes

How will character creation work

Character creation will be within an fillable PDF provided and the Storyteller will send a link to the game materials in order to create your character(s). Characters will be created pre-game and have a written background also required before the game session to be provided to the Storyteller. This way your character and their backstory is folded into the overall larger arc of the campaign.