Communication from the VST

[Chelle]

I did get back in town Monday and am still working with some players to resolve scenes that happened at last game and downtimes-specifically those involved in the date rape drug plot and the hunter plot because of the level of involvement. There were some questions regarding how things were run or the outcome of scenes that as a ST I was not communicated about during game that would be resolved at a later time in the near future. During game and immediately thereafter is not a good time to ask me how something that your character is doing now will later on turn out if its run by one of my assistants and we have not had an opportunity to communicate yet. Players need to allow the ST staff, that includes my assistants, a chance to get together and report to one another on what happened during game so we can move the game forward smoothly.

As ST I'm announcing that the date rape plot is coming to a close within the next game or two and that is largely due to the diverse avenues that some of the newer characters have taken. Yes it seemed drawn out and I'll admit it was, however, one thing to consider is that in the real-world drugs are a constant problem that doesn't easily go away but recent actions of some PC's have made the pushers rethink their motives. You'll see what I mean soon enough.

As far as Feeding pulls go, what has been decided is that you start out with your blood potency level as your base and draw a card. Each level of herd adds an additional point of vitae to your base and the number on the card adds to your base plus modifier if it applies and that determines your starting blood pull for the night.
If you feel that your character would not enter game with the end results you may take subsequent hunting draw (Attribute+Skill (+ or -) Feeding Modifer that requires a half hour out of game time per the original MET-Requiem book per draw. The only real difference compared to the system in the book is we add a starting base rather than a straight draw to help symbolize the more plentiful blood supply we have from the Omaha/Lincoln/Council Bluffs area of almost 800,000 people.

[jason]

Questions on the feeding pulls,

Coils of Blood 1, 2, and 3 - What affect do they posses for feeding tests

Haven Location - Same question

Territories - Some Covenants have fairly not so good Territories while the Invictus does that modify the hunting draw?

Jason

[Timothy]

For that last question, I suppose that entirely depends on if you stay in your feeding area or want to risk going across territories to get your food....

*grins evilly*

[Aaron]

For request.. so if I understand right..
The LS hunting ground is where?

and are we including area arond major things of the covenant.. like the LS cathedral?

[Luke]

;D Suggestions ;D


FEEDING BEFORE GAME
The proposed system is
[Blood Potency + Herd + a single card draw 1 through 10.
Aces count as a draw of 1 and not as failures.]

[Coil of Blood 1: Blood Sleeps Slowly specifically allows Kindred to go 1 extra night without spending a blood to wake for every dot of Resolve they have above the 1st. A reasonable fix for this would be to allow players to add their Resolve to the draw. Thus for these characters it would be Blood Potency + Herd + Resolve + a single card draw 1 through 10 - 1.]

[Coil of Blood 2: Blood of Beasts does not prevent the kindred from needing to feed as often. It merely allows them to hunt from animals or humans regardless of BP. This gives the kindred no advantage over those who ordinarily need to feed off of animals and humans.]

[Coil of Blood 3: Perspicacious Blood allows the character to gain more blood when they hunt. For every 2 they consume a 3rd is received from humans - twice the amount is gained off of kindred. A reasonable fix here would be to allow the kindred to receive the mathematical difference between what they would be getting. Add in another 1/2 of what the card pull is.]

FEEDING DURING GAME
Feeding modifiers as per the Requiem book...
+1 from every dot of Haven: Location
+1 from every dot of Herd
+2 hunting for animals or some other source of vitae that poses less risk than active human prey
+2 hunts in the Rack or some other place where vessels are both plentiful and comparatively willing
-2 takes efforts to hide his identity from other Kindred whether present or through secondhand accounts
-2 hunts in the Barrens or some other place where vessels are scare or particularly suspicious
-3 to -5 seeks a very specific vessel such as 'brunette women less than 40 years old' or 'children of Eastern European decent'

TERRITORIES
Obviously the ST should look into which territories Kindred are placing their havens and limit Haven: Location in the Barrens and max it out near the Racks. When hunting in these areas without the Haven: Location merit assume that unless you take the -2 to take effort to hide your presence there is a chance of getting caught by neighboring kindred and their allies.
The Rack and The Barrens modifiers then apply to those areas. Keep in mind that travel time will also be affected by where you decide to hunt while in-game.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
Paranoid Kindred who have not used all of their DT actions previous to game should be able to cannabilize one of their downtimes to have fed 'the night before' to get a free hunting draw before game starts with no time left out of game.

Kindred at BP 7 ordinarily have to keep an account of their per-night blood expenditures. They must feed from other PCs. At this point no draw system is appropriate. The disadvantage at this point is simply keeping track of how much blood you spend and feeding that takes place.

Arrangements will need to be made with other Player Characters to determine how they will be fed during non-game dates. Appropriate negative modifiers or subtraction from beginning Vitae will be reflected from those they feed off.

If through a coil, theban, cruac, or any other supernatural means they are able to shake the limitation of feeding from kindred they have the option of keeping track of their blood supply from night to night or else making a single card pull 1 = 10%, 2 = 20%.... 10 = 100% for sake of simplicity.

BP 7 = card draw * 2
BP 8 = card draw * 3
BP 9 = card draw * 5
BP 10 = card draw * 10
...as extrapolated below...

Card	BP 7	BP 8	BP 9	BP 10
1	2	3	5	10
2	4	6	10	20
3	6	9	15	30
4	8	12	20	40
5	10	15	25	50
6	12	18	30	60
7	14	21	35	70
8	16	24	40	80
9	18	27	45	90
10	20	30	50	100

[jason]

I Agree with all that but I would add Haven Location also to the prefood before game equation

[Blood Potency + Herd + Haven (Location) a single card draw 1 through 10 (not to exceed your maximum Blood).
Aces count as a draw of 1 and not as failures.]

As the pull represents how your hunting went through the week I really think Haven (Location) should be represented by that.

On everything else I think the system is well thought out and works well

Jason

[don]

I like alot of what we are discussing here. It gives the PC's a bit more depth (an insight into how they survive on a night to night basis, making there predatory nature much more of a focus) and adds a potential element of conflict. (Whats that Carthian doing feeding in Invictus territory? Why is that new arrival in the city feeding so close to your personal domain? etc) It also gives the territory allocated by the prince a deeper significance mechanically which results in a deeper significance ICly...

I guess what I am saying is I like the basics that Chelle listed...I like the list of modifiers and such luke threw in there as well...and It would be cool if we could expand on this a bit as well (Other bonuses can include a mechanic involving your PC willingness to kill/harm and we can then play up morality a bit on this) I am definately interested in the impact of territories and potential of using feeding as a plot hook ('If a PC draws a multiple of 3 this evening they run into one of the ongoing plots' as an example or even expanding on how one goes about getting caught by another PC or even a mortal).

All in all I think we are heading in the right direction here.

[jessica]

survive night to night is hard, and it gives us more depth. It also makes the coils I buy for my ordo more useful because there is actully a curse. With more kindred in town it would make sense for feeding to be more difficult, and the ordo watch and study how you all try to get your blood and start going against morality a bit to survive because accidents do happen. I also track my blood on my sheet when the st and I do my feeding scenes because my blood pool is way diffrent then everyone else sense I only need to feed once a month, I dont spend a blood to wake up every night to arise, I still spend blood but im not going to say how many days I have until I do. *smiles* I also get more blood when I feed so I dont have to kill my prey *wiggles her eyebrows*

I think we should state where feeding grounds are ICLY if your not sure ask IC, because I know alot of areas are not set up yet, and are you wlling to sneak into someone elses feeding grounds to get good prey depending on the situlation. There is always risk within the game that is the fun of it. Remember always... Story is everything, draws come second. Peace and love, im going to work now.