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I think I'm going to start using this journal to create characters in. Maybe I'll get a name change done on it to make it less specific. Who knows.

For now, I'll just link you to the memories of characters past, some of whom may undergo revisions and repostings in the very near future.

Well, it would seem that there is a reprieve in the air for this journal. templar_rose has indicated that game will be starting back up. It will be a smaller crowd, but it will be there. He's given me my invite and other invites will be going out. No more out-of-control games of doom.

So far, I'm bringing back Lisa Stall and Deirdra Smith/Morrighan. I will probably bring back Miranda, but I'm not sure. Bei-Ling and Arishayar are on hold for now.


White Wolf released Gehenna this week. I am going to The Underworld in Ann Arbor to see if they have it today. Thus begins the "End of the World" as we know it. We (satyr_mi and myself) will complete our World of Darkness collections and see where things go from there. I'm not sure I will care to continue purchasing WoD material with the revamp they are doing. Just from reading excerpts on White Wolf's official website I can see that they are continuing their trend of steamrolling a storyline over their customers. If this were graphic novels or plain old fiction I wouldn't care, but when you pull this shit in an RPG it pisses me off.

It's something that has been avoided, although not completely eliminated, in Dungeons & Dragons products. Then again, they have story changes when they change game editions. Seeing as how Advanced Dungeons & Dragons is just now on 3.5 (which did not contain major story changes in all reality) after how many years? White Wolf has a bad habit of making major game-world changes with every book, or at least every hard-cover, that comes out.

Now, you might (and I know some of you will) say, "Oh you don't have to use it if you don't like it" to which I respond "Bull-fucking-shit!" What, I'm allowed to ignore such ass-backwards things as the Avatar Storm, which while having a perfectly valid "story line" reason for existing was put in purely to break Mages in a way that they cannot recover from. You destroy the usefulness of the Spirit sphere (because any power which crosses the Gauntlet, even in a sensory fashion, subjects the Mage to damage from the storm) and thereby cripple 1/9th of theme and tone of the game-line. And how 'bout that Ravnos bit, which, by the way, I'm guessing is how ALL the Vampire Clans are going to get it shortly. Go read the previews on White Wolf's website if you don't believe me. It's spelled out in neat little black and white letters. Of course, this portion of my rant may be amended upon reading the book, but who knows.

The kicker is that the stuff in Gehenna happens regardless of the players actions. It even says in the book that the players cannot prevent it from occuring, so let them spend all the XP they have and, basically, "put their affairs in order". You lose the tone of a horror game when you tell the players "there is no way for you to survive or win or stop this". All good horror has a "ray of hope" regardless of the eventual outcome. Really good horror plays it to the fullest before destroying the characters.

So. Now we get to see how everything falls into place. Only time will tell if it was worth it.

Oh, look. A sappy splash page on White Wolf's website. Excuse me while I vomit.


Cross-Posted, with minor edits, to jdotmi

Due to circumstances beyond our control (read, franplosion 2003), game has been temporarily delayed. I missed a couple sessions, and now Fest is in effect and the ST actually works at Fest on Sundays, so game is on hiatus. Hopefully to return soon.

I'll try to be good about updating this more! ~_~

jdotmi

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I just realized I did not write a game update last week.

DOH!

Um. Ok. Two week summary it is. Not that any character could get an IC summary for this as it was far to schizoid.

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My flight into Detroit Metro was a bit behind schedule, so I didn't wind up landing until about 18:00 local time. Jet lag is a total bitch, let me tell you. Made it to the Hotel in Ann Arbor I'm staying at until my assignment package comes in and dropped off my luggage. Need to arrange a house or condo to store my less campus-friendly materials.

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Once again, it was a hodge-podge session with very little detail for any of my characters. This is ok. Other people got stuff done, and lots of cool stuff happened.

Lisa - Went around Helsing collecting blood. Gotta love Tremere rituals. Also spoke briefly with Margarette about trying to find her daughter. Told her that her source would begin looking within a couple days to see what she can find.

Lisa's blood collection method was via the Tremere ritual which enchants an object to exchange a quantity of blood.

She just ghouled the entire mortal (and slightly non-mortal) population of Helsing. :-p She also collected a lot of Kindred vitae in the process.

Another thing to note, which I must write up the how's and why's of it, is that Lisa has now gone down to 6th generation. A certain someone admitted they are never coming back, so Lisa ate him. Well, his character at least.

Miranda - Was all Matrixy and whimsical. Made a bitch-queen-dancer a total klutz for a day and saw Diana have weird code float around her while she danced.

Bei Ling - Passed out flyers for free Jello Shots at Club Helsing and was, in general, a highly amusing foxy lady.

Arishayar - Randomly walked around drinking coffee and reading newspapers.

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