Black Swamp Domain: Awakening VSS Page

VSS
A City Postmortem

Part 1: Basic Information
Domain Name	Black Swamp Domain
Domain Number	OH-016-D
Venue	Vampire the Requiem
Lead Venue Storyteller	John C. Higley
Storyteller Contact	higgy at toledolarp dot com
Games Hosted On	See Schedule Page

Part 2: Styles of Play (Rate each of these categories, using the scale below)

Style of Play	Description	Rating
Action	Combat and challenges	3
Character Development	Personal dilemmas and choices	4
Darkness	PC death or corruption	4
Drama	Ceremony and grand story	3
Intrigue	Politics and negotiation	3
Manners	Social etiquette and peer pressure	3
Mystery	Enigmas and investigation	4
Pace	How fast do stories emerge, develop, and resolve?	3

	Rating	Description
	1	Never present
	2	Sometimes present
	3	Often present
	4	Usually present
	5	Always present

Part 3: Description of Venue

The Black Swamp Mage venue is made from several differnt worlds. From the politics of the Consilium to the war with the Seers, the mages will be busy keeping the peace while keeping their heads.
The Seers have a foothold in the northern areas while the southern areas is a wild zone without mages in control, and Findlay just reawakening from the slumber brought on by the Scions of Arcturus and their battle with the Abyss back in 1902.
The Paths for the mages are not clear nor are they easy but their goal is certain, protect the sleepers from those hidden in the shadows.

Mood/Theme:

The world of darkness is a place where the light is waning and the balance is in the hands of those that see the world as it truely is. Can they turn the tide or keep the shadows at bay.
The mood of the game is the struggle of humanity against the unseen, and the struggle of the Awaken with the darkness that eminates from the Abyss, and the darkness that exists in their own hearts.

General History:

(a more detailed history can be found on our website at http://www.blackswampdomain.org/history.html)

Awakening History

Part 4: Storytelling Mechanics

Detail any of that apply to the venue:

Character Creation Guidlines

1. Min-maxers are frowned on.

2. Backgrounds are very helpful to develope personal plots for players.

3. Originally starting characters were required to start outside the region, but now a few years out, the awakening of mages is starting to happen locally.

Proxy rules

As per the East Coast’s standard proxy rules

Travel risks

Visiting characters guidelines

Please contact the VST at least 24 hours before arrival at the live game, and send an electronic copy of the character for review.
Visiting players must have a copy of their character sheet, xp sheet, and item cards with approval codes with them at all times.

Experience award guidelines

Since we play one live game and one IRC game a month the XP is as followed:
3xp - Roleplay and Attendance (up to 6xp / month)
1xp - Exceptional Roleplay (up to 2xp / month)
2xp - Monthly Write Up (2xp only)
10xp Monthly Cap (per Camarilla Addendum)

Other

Wisdom Test

The wisdom test will be enforced with some bonuses added due to possible situational conditions.that are at the discression of the VST.

The Black Swamp Domain OH-016-D

Black Swamp Domain: Awakening VSS

Update: 08/31/07