The setting is just a neighborhood in size, several blocks by several blocks. It doesn't matter who the Prince is, or even if there is one, or what the city is. This is so that whoever uses this can easily drop it into their home chronicle or start one with minimal adjustment. - ThreadSky

jachilli.bsky.social • 6 days ago

The setting is just a neighborhood in size, several blocks by several blocks. It doesn't matter who the Prince is, or even if there is one, or what the city is. This is so that whoever uses this can easily drop it into their home chronicle or start one with minimal adjustment.

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jachilli.bsky.social•6 days ago

Bossferatu is the Scourge. He's a stupid, cruel Nosferatu granted title by [offscreen Prince] and recognized as the claimant to the domain. He's there to bully young vampires and serve as an object lesson in acknowledging Kindred power. It's not even sectarian in that fledglings fear him by default.

jachilli.bsky.social•6 days ago

There's enough there to tease the greater sect hierarchy, which lets the players and Storyteller progressively agree on where the chronicle should head and what setting elements bear more spotlight. And it also gives a structure to oppose, justifying "going Anarch" or opting out of sect obligation.

jachilli.bsky.social•6 days ago

Gavran runs a neighborhood brewery that's popular with mortals and a place where young Kindred can learn to pull prey discreetly. She's predisposed to help new, young vampires partly as a way to sustain Humanity, but as the chronicle develops, you introduce prestation. (Favors are initially free...)

jachilli.bsky.social•6 days ago

The Saint is the X factor. Rumor has it the Saint is a Banu Haqim or Tremere. The Saint is only an animate head preserved by the Curse and Blood Sorcery. The Saint is there to ramp up themes of weird/ spooky shit and occult horror. Sometimes when I run chronicles, "the Saint" is actually...

jachilli.bsky.social•6 days ago

...the seeming ghoul or servant who attends the head, brings it in on a pillowed cart or tray, etc. When I use this version, it's to teach new players "don't always believe what vampires tell you" while keeping things grounded in the neighborhood, not a grand conspiracy in scope.

jachilli.bsky.social•6 days ago

The function of this triangle is that eventually, through making mistakes or by proactively seeking help in the vagaries of being a fledgling vampire, the players' coterie will bump into one of these neighborhood figures. Gavran might help, Bossferatu might demand obeisance then offer support...

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