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Ok, post your characters in this thread. Main things needed: Name, Clan, Generation, "rebirth" year, Age (apparent and actual), description, and a little background. Also, if there's anything you find prevelant that others might know about you, post that.

Whats V:tM ?

Vampire: The Masqurade

Name: Anna Bruck
Clan: Ventrue
Generation: 5
Sire: Nicholas Tudor
Born: 1827, Vienna, Austria
Died: 1848, London, England
Age: apparent: 21 actual: 175

Attributes
Physical: Strength 3 Dexterity 3 Stamina 2
Social: Charisma (Eloquent Speaker) 4 Manipulation (Inspiring) 4 Appearance (Noble) 4
Mental: Perception 4 Intelligence (Cunning) 4 Wits (getting the jump on others) 4

Abilities:
Talents: Alertness 2, Athletics 2, Dodge 2, Empathy 2, Expression 2, Intimidation 3, Leadership 2, Streetwise 2, Subterfuge 3, Diplomacy 2, Style 2, Intuition 2
Skills: Drive 1, Etiquette 3, Melee 3, Performance 2, Stealth, 2, Slight of Hand 2
Knowledges: Academics 3, Computer 3, Finance 1, Investigation 2, Linguistics (written languages) 6, Occult 3, History 3, Cryptography 2, Enigmas 1, Haggling 2, Search 1, Research 3

Clan Knowledge: Ventrue 3
Camarilla Lore: 2
Area Knowledge: London 1
Area Knowledge: New Orleans 2

Backgrounds:
Generation 5
Resources 4
Herd 2
Retainers 2
Influences: Transportation 5
Influences: Business 2
Influences: University 3
Allies 1
Status 3
Mentor 3
Ventrue Prestige 2

Disciplines:
Dominate 4
Fortitude 4
Prescence 4
Obfuscate 3
Protean 1
Auspex 3
Memory Rift

Virtues:
Conscience 4, Self-Control 4, Courage 2

Humanity 7
Willpower 10
Blood Pool 30


Merits/Flaws
Impatient
Phobia: Snakes (and I work with Settites often!)
Friendly Face
Inoffensive to Animals
Early Riser



Anna was born in Vienna. Her father sold antiques. She went to school and studied archeology. In her late teens, the civil war began. She watched helplessly as her friends dragged her parents into the street and killed them. All because she wouldn't join their rebellion.

She grabbed some of her father's antiques and ran. She ended up in London, where she eventually met Nicholas Tudor. He taught her about the Vampires. Eventually, he asked her if she wished to be like him. She agreed and has become a well respected Ventrue.

In London, she became a leading linguist and archeologist. and was the Ventrue Whip for a while. Eventually, she moved to New Orleans with her coterie and has become just as well known there. She is searched out to go on archeological digs and decipher languages.

Name: Etienne duMonde
Clan: Ventrue
Generation: 10th
Date of Birth: April 30, 1836
Date of Rebirth: April 17, 1863
Place of Birth: Baton Rouge
Place of Rebirth: Vermillion Bayou
Apparent Age: 26
Actual Age: 166

Etienne duMonde was the son of a Cajun family, minor merchants who ran a general store. He was well educated for his social class and the time period, attending the Virgina Military Academy under General Lee. When the War Between the States broke out, he followed his idol and joined the Confederate Army.

Etienne died on the battlefield of Vermillion Bayou on April 17, 1863. A Tremere who had been watching the army had recognized Etienne as a highly intelligent person, and a good candidate for the Embrace. When brought back, Etienne was upset, since he knew the voudon stories and traditions, but he quickly learned to cope with it. With his Sire's permission, he became a fortune teller in the French Quarter of New Orleans, and roughly every ten years or so has vanished from the city for a half dozen years and returned looking slightly different, thanks to an independent Tzimisce who owes some favors. He still sits on the Rue St. Pierre to this day, telling fortunes when the right amount of silver crosses his palm. He recently returned to New Orleans, purchasing the house at 1020 St. Ann Street as his own residence.

+1 scholasticism
Wizard's Familiar (gargoyle-like creature)
Auspex (Advanced)
Thaumaturgy (Basic)
Must obey the Hierarchy

Physical 1
Mental 3
Social 2
Psychic 4

[edit] Had the levels on Auspex and Thaumaturgy reversed. Also added where Etienne lives. For those who know the French Quarter, the address should be familiar [/edit]

Jack Reece

Clan: Gangrel
Generation: 8th
Sire: Geoffrey D'Anjou
Nature: Rebel
Demeanor: Loner
Embraced: 1992
Apparent Age: late twenties, early thirties.

Strength: 3 Charisma: 2 Perception: 3
Dexterity: 4 Manipulation: 2 Intelligence: 3
Stamina: 4 Appearance: 3 Wits:3


Alertness: 2 Drive: 2 Computer: 1
Athletics: 1 Firearms: 4 Medicine: 1
Brawl: 4 Melee: 2
Dodge: 3 Stealth: 2
Intimidation: 2

Background:

Status: 2 (Among Camarilla warriors for his prowess and his sire's)
Mentor: 4 (Geoffrey although Jack would never see it that way)

Consceince: 3
Self Control:3
Courage:4

Humanity: 7
Willpower: 9

Fortitude: 3
Protean: 3
Obfuscate: 1
Potence: 1
Celerity: 1

Merits/Flaws

Concentration
Iron Will
Prestigious Sire
Enemy(Assamites)


Background:
Jack Reece was a member of the US Special forces during the Gulf War. He was on a mission to kill an Iraqi official with extreme prejudice. What he did not realize was that he was being stalked in turn by Geoffrey D'Anjou, an infamous gangrel Assamite hunter who had been on a personal cruisade to destroy the clan since he strode into bloody Jerusalem in 1099.

Geoffery chooses his childer from among the greatest warriors of Christendom. (He has a deep prejudice gaainst non Christains including Jews.) In the hopes of turning them to help him in his cause. Those childer that reject him are labeled prodigals and abandoned to their fate. This usually leads to a violent final death as Clan Assamite will do anything to hurt Geoffrey, including slaying his childer.

Jack rejected his sire after realizing with horror what he had become and fled. Geoffrey would normally abandon such a failure to the Assamites but there are two factors that have prevented him from doing this. Geoffrey believes that Jack may be the finest Crisader he has turned in this century and wants him to join the cause and will use all his powers of persuasion to do so. Secondly, Jack is a dead ringer for Geoffrey's eldest natural born child that died of plague before Geoffrey went on Crusade. These two factors have made Jack more like a true prodigal son for Geoffrey who even now stalks him and tries to bend him to his will. He is currently toying with the idea of siccing the Assamites on Jack's wife and children in the hopes that their deaths would galvanize Jack into action agianst the clan.

Jack is currently living in New Orleans where his wife and two children live. He protects them from afar. (Geoffrey imparted at least the importance of the Masquerade before he fled.) Jack is a loner and his renown as a fighter preceeds him. Jack only fights when he has to and he is currently struggling with the beast and the change within him. He is still incredibly uncomfortable feeding and usually enters into fights TO feed.

Within the Camarilla Clan structure he would be regarded as a "neutral" that would best be left alone but if need be he could be pressed into service against Sabbat incursions as he has had many bad experiences with the Sabbat during his travels and has no love for them. Other Gangrel treat him with respect because of his lineage, a fact that irks him.

Any members of Clan Assamite would know precisiely who Geoffrey D'Anjou is and Jack is unaware that whenever he mentions his lineage it marks him for death if within the earshot of the clan. Other than a few fights that he chalked up to bad luck, he has no hatred for Clan Assamite. He does have a deep unabiding hatred for his sire, whom he views as a psycho, despot and wants nothing to do with him. Geoffrey acts like an exasperated father around Jack and always tries to impart some knowledge and "tough love" to his prodigal childe.

Due to an early frenzy, Jack's eyes glow a horrid crimson in low light and he usually wears dark sunglasses to hide this fact. Jack was also embraced with several days growth of beard so he looks a little scruffy.

ALec Dumont

Sire: Anna Bruck
Clan: Ventrue
Generation: 7th
Born: 1898, New Orleans
Embrace: 1925, New Orleans
Apparent Age: Early Twenties
Feeding Prefrences: Spoiled Young Women (Debutants)


Physical
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Strength - 2
Dexterity - 2
Stamina- 2


Social
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Charisma - 4 (Smooth talker)
Manipulation - 4 (Persuasive)
Appearance - 3


Mental
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Perception - 4 (Attentive)
Intelligence - 3
Wits - 3


Talents
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Alertness - 2
Brawl - 1
Empathy - 2
Expression - 1
Streetwise - 3
Subterfuge - 3


Skills
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Drive - 1
Etiquette - 2
Firearms - 2
Melee - 2
Security - 1
Stealth - 3
Survival - 1


Knowledges
============
Finance - 2
Investigation - 1
Linguistics - 2
Occult - 2


Backgrounds
============
Allies - 2
Resources - 2
Contacts - 3
Influence - 1
Retainers - 1


Disciplines
============
Dominate - 3
Presence - 1
Auspex - 2
Obfuscate - 3
Protean - 3
Celerity - 2


Virtues
============
Conscience/Conviction - 3
Self Control/Instinct - 4
Courage - 3



Merits
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Blush of Health
Eats Food



Flaws
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Short Fuse
Deep Sleeper


Humanity - 7

Willpower - 10

Blood Pool - 20



Alec has never been well to do. His dad (a semi-wealthy french-descended businessman) left his mother (a small time voodoo women) and she worked herself to death more or less by the time he was in his early teens. He's gotten by, just barely. He's a con man who likes ripping off his fellow petty criminals; he's been roughed up a few times but so far stayed ahead of the truly vindictive ones. He's was 27 in 1925.

His love life has been one disaster after another. He tends to go for classy women, usually spoiled and monied. It inevitably ends badly. Usually with daddy trying have his legs broken.

He picked up a bit of the occult from his mother and hung around the voodoo crowd. Basically that's where he learned about vampires and hatched his plan. He decided to get himself sired. He eventually met Anna Bruck in a bar. They fell for each other and the next night he was a newborn Vampire.



(A quick Photoshopped Pic)

Dachlan DeVries
Sire: Lord Arthur Keita
Clan: Tremere
Generation: 10th
Age: 205
Apparent Age: 22
Date of Birth: 10.4.1796 London
RIP: 6.9.1818, London
(My avatar *is* how my character looks, had it drawn for him)
Physical
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Strength - 2
Dexterity - 3
Stamina- 2
Social
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Charisma - 2
Manipulation - 5 (Persuasive)
Appearance - 3
Mental
============
Perception - 5 (Attentive)
Intelligence - 3
Wits - 3
Talents
============
Alertness - 4 (Eavesdropper)
Athletics - 1
Dodge - 1
Intimidation - 4
Leadership - 2
Subterfuge - 4
Skills
============
Drive - 1
Etiquette - 4
Melee - 1
Security - 4
Stealth - 5 (Silent Moving)
Knowledges
============
Investigation - 3
Linguisics - 1
Occult - 3
Finance - 1
Politics - 2
Backgrounds
============
Generation - 3
Resources - 4
Status - 3
Influence - 2
Retainer - 1
Disciplines
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Dominate - 3
Auspex - 1
Thaumaturgy - 4
(Lure of Flames - 4)
(Movement of the Mind - 3)
Obfuscate - 1
Obtenebration - 5
Virtues
============
Conscience/Conviction - 3
Self Control/Instinct - 4
Courage - 3
Humanity - 7
Willpower - 8
Blood Pool - 13
Merits/Flaws
Eidetic Memory
Eerie Presence
Vengeful

Member of old English nobility.
Since marrying a new woman, he became neglected by his father, and the son of his new wife became the family's favourite.
He tried to get his fathers attention by pursuing "unfashionable" things. He pretended to have interest in occult things and thus ventured into old libraries, and dark places.
Yet he didn't get his father's attention, he was fully ignored, even more so now than before. But not by his sire, an old Tremere, considered unorthodox by his fellow Tremere, and proved it since he didn't kill Dachlan, when he slowly became aware of the vampiric world around him.
He put Dachlan to the test. If he would find him, he would sire him instead of killing him, since he didn't want to waste such a mind. And so he became a vampire.
He went with his sire to learn what it meant to be a vampire and traveled with him abroad. Some 50 years later he went back to London and plotted to gain the extensive family's fortune, imposing as his own relative. He lived in London for some time, until his sire was slain in an attack on the Tremere chantry by an unknown force.
Ever since he is out to hunt the one's responsible.

So when do we start the game?

Name: Malcom Briggs
Common Name: Mal
Generation: 7
Original Birth: 698 AD, Rome
Embraced: 732 AD, Constantinople
Apparent Age: Mid 30's
Clan: Malkavian (thought of as an Iconnu or a Caitif)
Rank: Elder

Attributes:
Physical: Strength 2, Dexterity 2, Stamina 2
Sociel: Charisma 1, Manipulation 5, Appearance 2
Mental: Preception 4, Intelligence 5, Wit 4

Abilities:
Talents: Alertness 4, Athletics 1, Dodge 4, Empathy 1, Expression 2, Intimidation 2, Leadership 1, Streetwise 4, Subterfuge 2, Diplomacy 1, Style 1, Intuition 3

Skills: Drive 4, Etiquette 1, Melee 2, Performance 2, Stealth 2, Slight of Hand 4

Knowledges: Academics 6, Computer 4, Finance 3, Investigation 3, Linguistics (written languages) 6, Occult 6, History 4, Cryptography 3, Enigmas 4, Haggling 2, Search 2, Research 4

Clan Knowledge: All 2
Camarilla Lore: 1
Sabot Lore: 1
Area Knowledge: Rome 1
Area Knowledge: New Orleans 1

Backgrounds:
Academia 8
Status 5

Disciplines:
Hieghtened Senses 2
Telepathy 3
Aura Preception 4
Command 1
Celerity 3
Cloak of Shadows 2
Majesty 2

Conscience 4, Instinct 2, Courage 1

Humanity 4
Willpower 8
Blood Pool 50

Merits/Flaws:
Mad Rambling
Fits of Insanity
Pacifist
Antagonistic
Anti-Social
Early to Rise
Resistance to Aggrivated Pain (Sunlight, Holy Objects)

History:
In his mortal life he was a scholar and a man of God, a scripture monk in Constantinople. His rebirth is shrouded in mystery as is much of his life for the first 500 years. From then he became a whispered idiot sevant, his studies not ending but only increasing in his unlife. He is known for his insight and vast knowledge, and would be a vampire of incredible power if not for the madness which links him to his original clan. He dwells in old, unsanctified churchs and surrounds himself with vast numbers of books and holy relics which are his fancy. His body is mortally weak and his social abilities leaves much to be desired. An enigma, he is feared and admired throughout the vampire community.

Name Alfred Ellis (can be shortened to just Fred)
Born:1978 Belleville, Illinois
Reborn:1997 New Orleans, Louisiana
Generation:11
Clan:Nosferatu
Apparent age:20
Actual Age:24 (in case you haven't noticed yet, this guy is pretty young)
Occupation:Gopher

I've already posted a much more detailed biography elsewhere. This one's shorter.

Alfred was born to a middle class family in the American midwest. He found most of the local society dull, so he spent much of his young life avoiding it. By his early teens he felt perfectly at home in the town's abandoned foundries and breweries in which he whiled away his hours in careless study. In his studies he paid little heed to practcal subjects or vital details. The result is that he knows quite a bit about nothing in particular. In keeping with tradition Alfred left home at 18, heading in a southerly direction.

After joining Alfred slowly came to realize how low his status was. He is currently working on gaining the respect of his elders. He looks forward to the added autonomy that that would bring, which would help him along his task of accumulating useless knowledge for eternity.

Description:Like all Nosferatu, Alfred is hideously disfigured. His nose lacks a nosebone and the flesh that would normally attach to it. The whites of his eyes are yellow and he has no eyebrows. His head is shaped similarly to a fat icecream cone held on its side with the tip cut off. His face slants downwards while his jaw protrudes forward, terminating in a prominent chin. His skin is mottled and rough like aged burlap.
Alfred typically wears a navy blue hooded sweatshirt and dark pants.


Now for the super fun happy stats. These are the latest revision and final unless there's an undetected error.


Name:Alfred Ellis (Fred for short)
Generation:11
Clan:Nosferatu
Nature:Critic
Demeanor:Perfectionist
Embraced:1997
Apparent age:Low 20's


Mental-Perception(4) Intelligence(4) Wit(2)
Physical-Strength(2) Dexterity(3) Stamina(3)
Social-Charisma(3) Manipulation(2) Appearance(1)

Talents-Alertness(2) Athletics(1) Dodge(1) Subterfuge(1)
Skills-Crafts(3) Firearms(1) Melee(1) Performance(1) Security(2) Stealth(3) Survival(2)
Knowledge-Academics(1) Computers(1) Investigation(2) Linguistics[French](3) Science(2)

Disciplines
Animalism(1) Potence(1) Obfuscate(1)

Virtues
Conscience(3) SelfControl(3) Courage(4)

Humanity-6 Willpower-4

Stormbringer wrote:So when do we start the game?

good question
I'm eager to start...*g*

Give Kelly a chance to write up the backgrounds, its not easy starting a chronicle from scratch so give her time so its all good.

Kelly if you need any help brainstorming I can pass on some stuff I did for my chronicle in NY. Let me know.

I just need time is all. I have limited access from work now, so no more posting like gangbusters. I've got ideas, just need to write down descriptions.

Kelly Antilles wrote:I just need time is all. I have limited access from work now, so no more posting like gangbusters. I've got ideas, just need to write down descriptions.

Ah, work, the nemesis of modern days...

Kelly and I have created an informal (IOW, not required) sig line for all the players.


Name: clan:generation: quick little description

Okay....my entire sig is gonna be a picture. Because the text will be too long. But I'll get it in there nonetheless.

Verilon, just make it simple.
Name: Duh
Clan: Choose one - Malkavian
Ravenos
Ventrue
Gangrel
Giovanni
Tzimitse
Nosfuratu
Assamite
Brujah
Followers of Set
Capadocian*
Caitif
*Capadocians have been wiped out though by the time setting of the story Capadocians = Giovanni
Generation: 4-n>4 were n repressents any interger greater than 4
Brief Discription: Two words, Nice Spice or something of the sort, no need for picture, anyway, doesn't say squat

*ahem* I have everything chosen, but I can't fit anything else into my sig. The ENTIRE sig being the picture, so I could fit one or two more things in there.

Hmm, you could remove the colors and the:

"...Urge for villainy rising... post count +1, evil count +2 Stupid Fundie. Logic's for Kids! ... All bow down to my powers of Sleep Deprivation! (TM) Post 666: Tue Oct 08, 2002 10:46 am, 1000: Tue Oct 22, 2002 9:07 am GLBT stuff"

There is much to be said about simplicity.

Larz wrote:Hmm, you could remove the colors and the:

"...Urge for villainy rising... post count +1, evil count +2 Stupid Fundie. Logic's for Kids! ... All bow down to my powers of Sleep Deprivation! (TM) Post 666: Tue Oct 08, 2002 10:46 am, 1000: Tue Oct 22, 2002 9:07 am GLBT stuff"

There is much to be said about simplicity.

It's just not fun like that. Besides, you see me wear all black, and then want me to take away the colors that I do actually use!?

verilon wrote:

Larz wrote:Hmm, you could remove the colors and the:

"...Urge for villainy rising... post count +1, evil count +2 Stupid Fundie. Logic's for Kids! ... All bow down to my powers of Sleep Deprivation! (TM) Post 666: Tue Oct 08, 2002 10:46 am, 1000: Tue Oct 22, 2002 9:07 am GLBT stuff"

There is much to be said about simplicity.

It's just not fun like that. Besides, you see me wear all black, and then want me to take away the colors that I do actually use!?

Truly evil individuals don't need color... but don't make your sig some big, obtrusive thing.

Larz wrote:

verilon wrote:

Larz wrote:Hmm, you could remove the colors and the:

"...Urge for villainy rising... post count +1, evil count +2 Stupid Fundie. Logic's for Kids! ... All bow down to my powers of Sleep Deprivation! (TM) Post 666: Tue Oct 08, 2002 10:46 am, 1000: Tue Oct 22, 2002 9:07 am GLBT stuff"

There is much to be said about simplicity.

It's just not fun like that. Besides, you see me wear all black, and then want me to take away the colors that I do actually use!?

Truly evil individuals don't need color... but don't make your sig some big, obtrusive thing.

Of course not. Just text, plain and simple. Same way as thism all on a couple of lines.

Verilon, your sigs your own. Do what you want with it.

Larz wrote:Verilon, just make it simple.
Name: Duh
Clan: Choose one - Malkavian
Ravenos
Ventrue
Gangrel
Giovanni
Tzimitse
Nosfuratu
Assamite
Brujah
Followers of Set
Capadocian*
Caitif
*Capadocians have been wiped out though by the time setting of the story Capadocians = Giovanni
Generation: 4-n>4 were n repressents any interger greater than 4
Brief Discription: Two words, Nice Spice or something of the sort, no need for picture, anyway, doesn't say squat

You forgot Daughter of Cacophony. I'll allow them as well.

Oh, no Ravnos, unless you have a GOOD reason you're not dead.