Season 1: Beneath the Surface
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:22 am
I would like to start by saying that the game last night was awesome. Thanks to everyone who showed up, and I hope the ones who couldn't make it show up next time. If you're new to game, this will hopefully give a basic idea of what this game is all about.
Last game marked the end-ish of the first season of the plot. We have 5 seasons planned total, and hopefully they will progress as interestingly as this one did. As the one who wrote most of the season 1 plot, some things worked out better then planned, some things not as good, but most were different. I hope I managed to adapt to the characters well.
I figured I would review a bit of what happened for those who missed it. The rumor mill in character would be going full steam at what occurred. Also, for those who were there, I'll be mentioning a bit of where the scenes came from. Sorry to be wordy, I just wanted people to see a little of that I do.
To start, the big scene last game was the prince pulling out a shotgun on Elysium and shooting an unarmed vampire named Ekkehard. (A new NPC who showed up last game.) For those of you aware of the issue, the prince isn't allowed to break Elysium. But the scene didn't start there. It started a few games ago, when the prince bloodhunted an out-of-town Invictus elder named Alexander. Since a number of PCs (and some NPCs) looked into why the prince would blood hunt Alexander, this elder became aware of what occurred. Alexander, being invictus immediately thought "An old associate/enemy has blood hunted me in a city I will never visit. This offends me." As such, he looked at his allies and thought, "Joseph hates Nazi's, and this scientist guy has been overstepping his bounds. That should do." So, Ekkehard was sent to court to make a nuisance, and die for Alexander's blood hunt.
Ekkehard was visiting to demand to learn blood alchemy from Martin, publicly threatening Martin with "Martin's real name". Then proceeding to make an ass of himself. Eventually, the prince found out that Ekkehard was a Nazi, and proceeded to violate Elysium, and demand court kill Ekkehard. He also demonstrated (blatantly) that both Joseph and Martin have power over the Elysium building itself, although Joseph's power is stronger. (There's a metaphor there.)
The aftermath was in a few parts. Martin and most of the prisci council asked Joseph to admit he was wrong, which he did.
Ekkehard was ashed in the back of a taxi while fleeing the city. (With the city itself trying to stop him from leaving.)
Some newcomers were given status, some others were chewed out by the prince. Political tensions are higher then they have been, and the prince was shown as both more powerful than the keeper, but weaker then the court.
Last, as every member of court will receive in a bight, laminated, note in big, bold lettering and fancy font, in a personally delivered envelope, "Devlin did not lose status for saying that Bishop Carl is a whipped dog."
There was more, and I might post some highlights.
Last game marked the end-ish of the first season of the plot. We have 5 seasons planned total, and hopefully they will progress as interestingly as this one did. As the one who wrote most of the season 1 plot, some things worked out better then planned, some things not as good, but most were different. I hope I managed to adapt to the characters well.
I figured I would review a bit of what happened for those who missed it. The rumor mill in character would be going full steam at what occurred. Also, for those who were there, I'll be mentioning a bit of where the scenes came from. Sorry to be wordy, I just wanted people to see a little of that I do.
To start, the big scene last game was the prince pulling out a shotgun on Elysium and shooting an unarmed vampire named Ekkehard. (A new NPC who showed up last game.) For those of you aware of the issue, the prince isn't allowed to break Elysium. But the scene didn't start there. It started a few games ago, when the prince bloodhunted an out-of-town Invictus elder named Alexander. Since a number of PCs (and some NPCs) looked into why the prince would blood hunt Alexander, this elder became aware of what occurred. Alexander, being invictus immediately thought "An old associate/enemy has blood hunted me in a city I will never visit. This offends me." As such, he looked at his allies and thought, "Joseph hates Nazi's, and this scientist guy has been overstepping his bounds. That should do." So, Ekkehard was sent to court to make a nuisance, and die for Alexander's blood hunt.
Ekkehard was visiting to demand to learn blood alchemy from Martin, publicly threatening Martin with "Martin's real name". Then proceeding to make an ass of himself. Eventually, the prince found out that Ekkehard was a Nazi, and proceeded to violate Elysium, and demand court kill Ekkehard. He also demonstrated (blatantly) that both Joseph and Martin have power over the Elysium building itself, although Joseph's power is stronger. (There's a metaphor there.)
The aftermath was in a few parts. Martin and most of the prisci council asked Joseph to admit he was wrong, which he did.
Ekkehard was ashed in the back of a taxi while fleeing the city. (With the city itself trying to stop him from leaving.)
Some newcomers were given status, some others were chewed out by the prince. Political tensions are higher then they have been, and the prince was shown as both more powerful than the keeper, but weaker then the court.
Last, as every member of court will receive in a bight, laminated, note in big, bold lettering and fancy font, in a personally delivered envelope, "Devlin did not lose status for saying that Bishop Carl is a whipped dog."
There was more, and I might post some highlights.