House Rules
- Status will be visibly designated through a system of pin, colored beads
and tags. A player who wishes to act or speak out of character does so by
covering his or her Status pin by placing a hand over it.
- Characters may not be Blood Bound to a group of vampire by drinking their
combined blood. There are exceptions to this rule, such as Tremere and the
Sabbat Vauldrie.
Concerning Elder Vampires:
This isn't a house rule so much as it is a clarification. Simply because you
have the ability to play 8th Generation does not, I repeat DOES
NOT mean that you will be an elder if you do so.
Much more than
simply 8th Generation goes into being an elder vampire. Allow me to elaborate:
- While 8th Generation is certainly an aspect of being an elder, it is by
far not the only aspect. Elder Kindred of the 8th Generation are the
most youngest of the elders, and rarely taken seriously by older vampires.
Preferably, an elder should be 7th Generation or lower.
- In addition to low Generation, a vampire is eligible to be considered an
elder after a bare minimum 250 active years. Again, such
“young” vampires are rarely taken seriously by other elders. After about 350
active years, they may begin to treat the Kindred a little better and take
them a little more seriously. Five-hundred (500) active years is
considered the ideal age for an elder.
- Finally, and certainly the most importantly, a vampire character is not
considered an elder unless he or she was created using ELDER
STATS!!! (10/8/6-10-12-10-7). No less!
Now, I know that some of you might still not get it. It may be a little
confusing at first. Please allow me now to explain to you why your characters
are not elders:
While we are allowing 8th Generation characters, we are only allowing a few.
First come, first serve. We aren't going to tell you how many of you are allowed
to be 8th Generation, either.
As we said before, your character may have been a vampire for any length
of time, but has only been active for 50 years, plus 5 years per
Generation below 12th. If you can do any math at all, you'll come to an absolute
maximum of 75 active years. That's 75 active years
for 8th, 70 active years for 9th, 65 active years
for 10th, 60 active years for 11th, and 55 active
years for 12th and 50 active years for 13th. A far cry from the
bare minimum elder requirement of 250 active years. Please notice
the repetition of the word active.
Finally, and again, most importantly, YOUR CHARACTERS WERE NOT
CREATED UNDER ELDER STATS!!! Your characters were created under
NEONATE stats (7/5/3-5-5-3-7), and are therefore NEONATES!
I realize where most of this misunderstanding has come from. Please bear in
mind that the benefits of the 8th Generation have lost a lot of glamour since
the conversion from 2nd Edition to Revised.
One of the fringe benefits of being an ST is that you have the privelage
of shaping the World of Darkness to suit your style. Allow me to explain to you
what minor alterations I have made to the WoD. Most are simple.
The Tzimisce Discipline of Vicissitude is a disease, though no one, not even
Tzimisce, are likely to know this.
The Malkavian Antitribu
Discipline of Dementation is a mental disorder. It bestows Derangements on it's
practitioners as the knowledge of it literally shreds it's user's mind to
ribbons. Malkavians are likely to know this, but not care.
All
alterations to the larger metaplot (the story that White Wolf says is happening)
will be revealed through the rumor sheets.
Most other changes I and my
assistant Storytellers have made are just as minor, and may or may not come
into play during the course of this game. If they do, and it causes trouble, we
will try to rectify the situation as quickly as possible.
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