Lu Tzu
02-20-2004, 03:11 PM
So it is upon us all my vampiric friends. The end of it all! Whoot! I, for one could not be more excited. The storytelling in my small group has been top notch, but I won't bore you with it.
What I want to know it which of the 4 end time stories did you go with? I'd love to hear your niffty stoies and how you went about this grand event.
The story "Wormwood" presents the ending of the vampiric world by God's fiat, a "second flood" that wipes away the vampiric strain without taking away from his covenant with Noah. The story hinges on the chronicle's coterie to survive a trial of humanity under God's watchful eye while away from the harshness of the Withering (mostly). Strong on the personal side of the Vampire equation, light on fisticuffs or the firefights some coteries would have been involved with.
"Fair is Foul" showcases the struggles of Lilith against Caine in a match for supremacy of the supernatural world, ending with an odd feeling of abandonment (of the world of creation as coteries stay within the second garden with the Mother of Monsters, lapsing away from the real world). Not a bad story, but it feels choppy, as it's broken down into little vignettes, which the characters participate in.
"Nightshade" is another tale broken down into playable scenarios, with world redemption placed in the hands of a soulless human clone that hosts the soul of Saulot--in most scenarios, the one "saving" grace of the vampire world. The tale is about witnessing the world of the Masquerade unravels itself, thanks to 24-hour cable news. The chronicle's coterie ends up playing escort to most major narrator characters, but ends up with either helping the world end or helping with its salvation.
"The Crucible of God" scenario plays out like a lengthy B-quality horror film, with every major player in the Jyhad coming out to hang out or just hang the chronicle's coterie, the surviving Antediluvians wreck the world, ending up with the Tzimisce network--that is, all-Tzimisce, all the time. The characters can pray to make the world a better place, but the odds are definitely against them.
What I want to know it which of the 4 end time stories did you go with? I'd love to hear your niffty stoies and how you went about this grand event.
The story "Wormwood" presents the ending of the vampiric world by God's fiat, a "second flood" that wipes away the vampiric strain without taking away from his covenant with Noah. The story hinges on the chronicle's coterie to survive a trial of humanity under God's watchful eye while away from the harshness of the Withering (mostly). Strong on the personal side of the Vampire equation, light on fisticuffs or the firefights some coteries would have been involved with.
"Fair is Foul" showcases the struggles of Lilith against Caine in a match for supremacy of the supernatural world, ending with an odd feeling of abandonment (of the world of creation as coteries stay within the second garden with the Mother of Monsters, lapsing away from the real world). Not a bad story, but it feels choppy, as it's broken down into little vignettes, which the characters participate in.
"Nightshade" is another tale broken down into playable scenarios, with world redemption placed in the hands of a soulless human clone that hosts the soul of Saulot--in most scenarios, the one "saving" grace of the vampire world. The tale is about witnessing the world of the Masquerade unravels itself, thanks to 24-hour cable news. The chronicle's coterie ends up playing escort to most major narrator characters, but ends up with either helping the world end or helping with its salvation.
"The Crucible of God" scenario plays out like a lengthy B-quality horror film, with every major player in the Jyhad coming out to hang out or just hang the chronicle's coterie, the surviving Antediluvians wreck the world, ending up with the Tzimisce network--that is, all-Tzimisce, all the time. The characters can pray to make the world a better place, but the odds are definitely against them.