Ok, so saturday was my 1st session in Rotterdam by Night. The vampire chronicle in Rotterdam. I knew nobody and was very curious 'how' this group role played.
It was a brilliant succes, I saw no tests, I saw nobody go outgame for 1 second and personally went outgame for 10 seconds to ask what a certain ingame dutch term ment in official terms. They use a lot of dutch terms for the 'normal' english terms so that needs some hammering in my brain, but it improves atmosphere I must say.
The characters in the domain was a nice balance to see as well...
2 gangrel (ancillae, neonate), 3 brujah (elder, ancillae, neo), 2 malkavs(me as ancillae and a neonate), 2 torreador (2 neonates), 3 ventrue (2 neonates, 1 ancillae), 2 nosferatu (2 neonates) and 1 tremere (ancillae).
Normally the Brujah and mostly gangrel dominate because of their uber combat potential, but here the Brujah were not dressed in leather jackets and breaking tables all the time and the gangrel were informative, inquisitive and philosophic instead of sharpening their claws, which was very nice to see.
People dressed nice, the location was more then ok and the ST did not even have to narrate everything and just played his character the whole time.
All in all I ask myself... why did Antwerp not be more like this.
However in comparison to Antwerp Rotterdam is more riggid (not that that is necesseraly a bad thing) and status, influence and backgrounds are not really put down as stats and therfor I wonder if that is good. However the ST has been very in control and seems to know exactly who does what and why... which is perfect.
Short overview of the session:
My character was introduced to the court by a Ventrue Neonate and he was looked at with great interest. Not many kindred of the court had met Malkavians that 'communicated' normally, which of course surprised my character. I talked to many people of the court and was informed with the case of Scarlet a Malkavian that apparently has been tampered with, by her sire, an elder Malkavian Antitribu. The prince himself ordered that the woman would be investigated and if possible restored to 'normal' status. I offered my help and by hearing what they tried to do... need it. Also had a very nice talk with the Gangrel which has gained the interest of my character... can't wait for next session.
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
more vampire
So I found out that they have a Vampire chronicle going on in Rotterdam.
Decided to dive right in and mail with the ST.
He was a pretty enthousiastic and would become one of his more experienced players as they had only a few sessions and most players are totally new to the game.
I asked him what he would like me to play... and to my surprise it was't the Ventrue or Toreador who most needed a bit support but the Tremere and especially the Malkavians.
Malkavians the least supported clan in a playerbase, that was new... so I told him I did not really had a problem with playing a malkavian.
This Thursday he will be passing by and we will discuss my character more indepthly.
Not going to spoil any more here... the clan itself is more then enough.
Decided to dive right in and mail with the ST.
He was a pretty enthousiastic and would become one of his more experienced players as they had only a few sessions and most players are totally new to the game.
I asked him what he would like me to play... and to my surprise it was't the Ventrue or Toreador who most needed a bit support but the Tremere and especially the Malkavians.
Malkavians the least supported clan in a playerbase, that was new... so I told him I did not really had a problem with playing a malkavian.
This Thursday he will be passing by and we will discuss my character more indepthly.
Not going to spoil any more here... the clan itself is more then enough.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Ode to Danny the Dreamer
"Ooh Father where are you ?
I have longed so much for you and I waited all the time for you to come pick me up. Greetje is a nice person and so are the others, but they are not You. Father you promised to stay near me"
The view zooms out, showing a single man standing alone on the Groenplaats in Antwerp. The city is empty but him... he is alone... so very alone.
"FATHER FIND ME PLEASE"
his voice booms over the globe... but still he is alone, so very alone.
"I waited like I promised, why did you put wood through my heart?
When will you come back father, I miss our performances, I miss your tricks and I miss your voice."
A little lady with bright red hair and all dressed in pink pops up from under the stones
"Danny wake up... the prince is about to place judgement on Van Rijswijck, you will like to hear the answer."
A man in the real world shakes his head and focusses on this reality, the one he is not master of. The one he does not feel connected to. He is surrounded by vicious predators, ready to fuck him over whenever they get the oppertunity. He smiles at Greetje who smiles back. He mouths a 'thank you' to her and she winks back.
*She is so nice to him. But she just is not like father... when will he be back, let's try again*
While a large vampire rises from his throne the eyes of Danny go blank and he clearly is no longer 'here'.
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How I long back for the days of the Old World of Darkness, I had so much fun playing my character there. I really hope someone will soon decide to pick it up again and I'll be the first to be there.
I have longed so much for you and I waited all the time for you to come pick me up. Greetje is a nice person and so are the others, but they are not You. Father you promised to stay near me"
The view zooms out, showing a single man standing alone on the Groenplaats in Antwerp. The city is empty but him... he is alone... so very alone.
"FATHER FIND ME PLEASE"
his voice booms over the globe... but still he is alone, so very alone.
"I waited like I promised, why did you put wood through my heart?
When will you come back father, I miss our performances, I miss your tricks and I miss your voice."
A little lady with bright red hair and all dressed in pink pops up from under the stones
"Danny wake up... the prince is about to place judgement on Van Rijswijck, you will like to hear the answer."
A man in the real world shakes his head and focusses on this reality, the one he is not master of. The one he does not feel connected to. He is surrounded by vicious predators, ready to fuck him over whenever they get the oppertunity. He smiles at Greetje who smiles back. He mouths a 'thank you' to her and she winks back.
*She is so nice to him. But she just is not like father... when will he be back, let's try again*
While a large vampire rises from his throne the eyes of Danny go blank and he clearly is no longer 'here'.
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How I long back for the days of the Old World of Darkness, I had so much fun playing my character there. I really hope someone will soon decide to pick it up again and I'll be the first to be there.
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