Livejournal of Darkness

WOD Core Free PDF

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:47:10 GMT

If there's anyone out there who wants a free PDF of the World of Darkness Storytelling System Rulebook, I suggest heading over to DriveThruRPG now.

I believe this discount is only for today, the 4th, so grab it while you can.

Scion: Hero is also part of the deal, albeit somewhat off-topic to this community.

Hello

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:04:58 GMT

Hey, I'm a Storyteller from the Saint Cloud region in Minnesota. I'm a huge fan of White Wolf and all the game's they have released (at least the ones that I have played in or looked over, which is most of them). I started out my gaming experience playing VtM and have been in love with the games ever since then. I currently am running a Changeling game right now at my local game shop (paddysgameshoppe.com) and am always interested in doing something more. I'm also playing in a Mage game that a friend of mine is running, playing a Moros Sphinx named Anubis, its a lot of fun. If any of you are in the Saint Cloud or even Minnesota gaming area, please drop me a line sometime.

Anniversary

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:22:33 GMT

Today's the third anniversary of the World of Darkness.

Thoughts?

New Hunter community

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:15:54 GMT

Based on the searchword in the back of Changeling: The Lost, it's looking like the next World of Darkness game is going to be a remake of Hunter: The Reckoning.

So I've started up a new community for discussion of it, which can be found at wod_hunter.

Posted to wod_changeling, new_wod, and dangerousgame

Changeling community.

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:54:44 GMT

It occurs to me that I haven't made a Changeling community yet (at least, not for the new Changeling). So I did. wod_changeling.

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:42:22 GMT

With my Werewolf game being currently on ice, we've decided to give Mage a try for a while. We’ve already played through two sessions. As usual, I’m keeping a couple of files on the game, but they’re all in German. I'll try and translate everything to the best of my abilities and post the results to these threads, feel free to check them out.

Rpg.net

White Wolf message boards

Shadownessence message boards

It's still a work in progress, and I intend to update the threads as often as possible.

Fool's Journey 0: The Fool

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:26:02 GMT

Characters are called to a local cliff. Its height doesn't really matter, as long as it's a fairly vertical drop and almost certainly fatal.

A body lies at the base of the cliff, in a relatively inaccessible area.

At the top of the cliff, right on the ledge looking over the body, is a circle marked into the ground. Its purpose is uncertain, but footprints clearly show the corpse at the bottom was standing in it before he walked off the edge. In reality, the circle is the number 0. As the characters stand near the 0, either to investigate it or to observe the body, they are unknowingly photographed. This could be an automatic camera or the murderer, made invisible. The shot will bear a passing resemblance to the classic Rider-Waite image of "The Fool." This photo will be mailed to them sometime during the next week with the note "Fools." They'll probably be a little creeped out by being photographed without their knowledge, but will probably pass the "fool" comment off as an idle boast.

To the murderer, whom I will refer to as Trump, the characters identities aren't important: he will teach his "lesson" to those who show up to the crime scene, no matter who, and will continue until the Fool's Journey is complete roughly six months from now.

The best way to access the body, at least initially, is for someone to rappel down the cliff. Hopefully one of the characters will volunteer. As they proceed down, they will pass words which have been carved into the rock face:

Inexperience
Irresponsibility
Immaturity
Innocence

The body is nothing special, although the set-up works better if it's someone the characters are at least passably familiar with. It's mostly the red herring to draw the characters to the scene.

Fool's Journey: A WOD Chronicle

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:24:42 GMT

This is an ongoing experiment with an idea I've had for a while, with heavy inspiration taken from "Se7en." In this case, the Tarot's Major Arcana are used.

This chronicle is intended as a mortals chronicle, specifically for characters in law enforcement, within a government agency, private investigators, or similar positions. Adjust to taste.

Each attack happens once a week, on Thursday ("It must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays"). The second attack happens on a full moon, which is important for all sorts of astrological reasons. I say the second attack, because the first one is actually numbered 0, and is thus a sort of "prelude" to the rest.

The intent is for characters (representing the Fool) to gradually be made aware of the existence of the supernatural. They are taking the "Fool's Journey," the path to enlightenment (albeit the twisted enlightenment offered by the purveyor of this twisted passion play). This can serve many purposes, depending on where you want your chronicle to go. It can serve as a great way to segue the characters into become supernatural creatures themselves.

And so, we begin.

Original Sin

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:20:14 GMT

I just thought I would let everyone know where to find us and what we have once again.

We are a 24/7 private IRC server (chat based rp). We use bots that roll dice, track sheets, blood, wp, xp etc. ST's approve sheets before play, and you are allowed to rp anytime you wish.

We currently run Vampire: the Requiem and Werewolf: the Forsaken. They are set in Tokyo, Japan, and we host both Japanese and foreign characters. The brunt of the characters are still American, and we welcome either type, native or foreign.

The website has a complete list of creation rules, a forum for announcements and help, character creation help, rules, a wiki and a complete list of each channel with pictures and information. The website also includes some of the basics of Japanese culture, and city history.

The wiki includes lists of all of the different characters, information on the game systems, more channel information, and lots of extra information about our own little version of Tokyo.

Quick Links:
Website: http://www.original-sin.net
Forum: http://www.original-sin.net/forum
Wiki: http://www.original-sin.net/wiki
IRC Address: irc.original-sin.net
E-mail: Storytellers@Original-sin.net

Edited Last on: 11/03/07

In search of the ultimate vamp geek . . .

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:21:55 GMT

Okay, so I have been out of the gaming loop for about 13 years - when did Vampire the Masquerade get changed to World of Darkness: The Requiem. Nevermind - that's not the important question here. This IS the important question:

In the original gaming books for VtM (or at least circa 1993) Aleister Crowley and John Dee were listed in the history as vampires with all their stats and back story etc. - Which book was this and does anyone have a copy of it handy? Short of this - does anyone know if they (particularly AC) is listed in the same manner in the newer books and if so does anyone have THAT handy?

Las Vegas Weekly RPG Group, this Friday

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:42:14 GMT

Las Vegas Weekly RPG Group, this Friday
Las Vegas Players!

Sorry to Inturupt, just one quick plug and I'm gone.

Looking for a good group to play in Las Vegas? We are looking to
organize a small group of Serious and Mature Role Players for a weekly game (either Fridays
or Saturdays, TBA).

Trial game (to see if everyone works well together) this Friday,
February 17th, from 4:00pm until ??, near the strip. Soda and munchies
will be present but feel free to add.

We are willing to run one of the following systems for this trial game:

Vampire the Masquerade

Vampire the Dark Ages

Mage the Ascension

Mage the Sorcerer's Crusade

or Demon the Fallen

(These are just for Friday’s game, this list can be added to for
continuing games, plans for Exalted and New World of Darkness are in the
making, plus other suggestions can be played)

Please contact us before 1:00pm, Friday, for directions. Be sure to
include contact information and if you have a preference or suggestion
for Friday's game. Please, only 17 years of age and over need apply.

dgcleveland@gmail.com

Florida's Secret City

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:18:12 GMT

Via fortean_news, a great source of inspiration:

Florida's Secret City

Best thing about it is that it's true.

Looking for players in Madison, WI

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 06:44:30 GMT

My World of Darkness* game lost a player this evening and there was talk of disbanding completely if we couldn't find another player within the next two weeks.

If you have monday nights from 6 to 10pm free and live in the Madison area, please contact me and let me know if you're interested in joining.

* - Mage rulebooks, medieval setting

Game confirmed

Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:11:05 GMT

The name of the fourth World of Darkness game has been confirmed: Promethean. There may be a title ("Promethean: The Imbued" has been suggested by one forumite). However, it appears that WW will treat this much like Orpheus: a limited-run series of five or six books. Each year or two there will be a new "fourth game." If this is the case, all the limited-run games will likely have a single name, to distinguish them from the persistent games such as Vampire: The Requiem or Mage: The Awakening.

I've set up a discussion community for them: wod_promethean.

Happy birthday

Sun, 21 Aug 2005 02:56:58 GMT

At 12:01am on Saturday, August 21, 2004, White Wolf released the core rules for the World of Darkness.

So, let's get some conversation here. Share something cool that you've done with the core World of Darkness stuff.

Plug

Thu, 19 May 2005 17:26:59 GMT

Forgive the plug, everyone.

I've got a White Wolf Wiki set up, and it needs your input. We really don't have any World of Darkness articles there right now. So if you're feeling up to it, go ahead and start adding.

There are some Age of Sorrows articles and a Trinity Universe timeline up, if you'd like to see the general format we're going for.

With your help, we can make this the most comprehensive White Wolf encyclopedia available!

Oregon Gaming Community

Sun, 01 May 2005 03:27:26 GMT

I am announcing the creation of a new community for Oregonians who roleplay: <lj user="wod_oregon". This is a community for people interested in roleplaying games especially White Wolf games to get together, discuss their favorite games, and to plan future adventures.

Adventure concept

Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:28:03 GMT

So I'm thinking of writing up an adventure, and I think I'd like some input on it.

It'd mostly be a mortals-specific thing. Core WOD book only.

It'd be a "Seven" type murder mystery for the WoD, except using the Major Arcana of the tarot. The further along investigators go, the more obvious it is that something otherworldly is afoot.

Details escape me right now, so any suggestions are welcome. I'd need an overall "goal" for the killings, an identity for the killer, and something for each of the killings. Seven did a good job of representing each of the seven sins. How should each murder be represented?

Thanks in advance. (:

New (old) Vampire LARP in Atlanta

Wed, 22 Dec 2004 03:43:36 GMT

I have taken over the Atlanta Vampire: The Masquerade Meetup Group and am trying to promote it so that as many LARPing people in the area can get together.

I used to run a LARP for Vampire under the last system for about 2 and a half years and am now looking to start another story. But I would like to have an informal time just for as many of us to get together as we can, meet each other, talk about the new system, share ideas, whatnot.

The meetings are the second Fridays of the month in Midtown Atlanta.

Hope to see all there

Memeage

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 05:33:40 GMT

Thought this may interest some of you. Behind a cut for those it doesn't interest.

Splat your friends by etherlad
Username
The vampire:	trekhead
The werewolf:	coyotzin
The mage:	shara
The wraith:	enfuego
The changeling:	eynowd
The hunter:	innocent_man
The demon:	philboulle
The exalted:	corleyj
The daredevil:	mchooge
The nova:	faerra
The psion:	sylvri2k

Quiz created with MemeGen!

Apologies for the crosspost.

New community

Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:37:18 GMT

Hey, everyone. Welcome to the new_wod community.

This isn't meant to take the place of wod_lj, but rather to supplement it. That community was designed for the previous World of Darkness (featuring games such as Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension and the like). That World has come to an end, at least as far as official support goes. Unofficial support is another thing entirely. There are many projects out there continuing those game lines, and the WW Goon Squad isn't going to stop anyone from playing their existing games.

This community, however, was designed to focus on the new World of Darkness which started in August of 2004, featuring games such as Vampire: The Requiem, Werewolf: The Forsaken and Mage: The Awakening. Additionally, because the new WoD has its own core rulebook, it's much more likely to be used on its own for a "mortals only" game. Games with the same sort of ideas and flavour as the X-Files, or Silent Hill.

So discuss away, whether you have a general question about the World of Darkness or want to discuss your own particular WoD-only game.