Early Access
Price per player-session. You will be charged 48h before the game starts
$10 USD
Hamilton, Ontario - the former steel capital of Canada, now a run-down industrial city where the shadows lengthen each night in the World of Darkness. Welcome to Hamilton by Night, a Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition play-by-post game! The game is set during modern days in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Face a city divided between the Anarchs and the Camarilla, with both sides seeking to keep a crumbling city together in the face of a brutal and bloody winter that threatens to destroy the tentative peace between the two sects. What side will you be on, if any? Where do your loyalties truly lie? Setting Info: "The Hammer" - Hamilton, Ontario. One of the larger municipal areas in Canada, Hamilton has stood tall for two centuries. The War of 1812 displaced a prominent bloodline of Brujah and an opposing house of Toreador. The two clans took possession of the city and split it equally: the northern industrial center belonged to the Brujah while the downtown core and Mountain were invested in by the Toreador. The peace was tense but never broke since both clans belonged to the Camarilla. But the recent departure of Clan Brujah from the sect has left the blue-collared city in turmoil as open hostiles and ancient grudges arise and blood begins to drown out the streets. Who do you serve? Will you make alliances or carve out your own domain in the chaos? Only blood and time will tell. The game will take over Discord and will use the Inconnu bot or Demiplane for dice rolls. This is a play by post game, meaning it is an asynchronous text based game. This game will be a small cooperative group game (2-3 Kindred) with at least one post by the ST every day, if not more. I also offer solo or duet games (one or two players). The setting is enriched by a cast of various NPCs, each with their own art and information, a settings and history section and everything else you will need to dive into what I hope is a rich storytelling experience!
Character Creation Rules: Books Used: All characters are created using the base book character creation rules in the VtM 5th edition Corebook and the Player's Guide. All other official sources will be discussed on a case-by-case basis. Sea of Time and Additional Creation Points: We will be using the neonate rules from the Sea of Time part of the game. Basically that means you start with 15 experience points to round out your character. Thin blooded characters and fledglings will ALSO have the 15 experience points gifted on character creation. We will only be using Lore Sheets on a case by case basis and there will be no non-standard specialized skills. Please use only the base sheet ones. All characters start with an additional point in a clan Discipline (or one of the chosen three for Caitiffs etc), to a maximum of three points during character creation. All characters received an additional three points of Advantages such as backgrounds, merits, etc. Standard rules apply otherwise. Clans: All clans in the two rulebooks used are allowed. The common clans in Hamilton are: Brujah, Hecata, Toreador, Tremere, Malkavian, Nosferatu, Ventrue, Caitiff. All others exist but are few in number. These clans are still available to play, they just don't have as powerful or established a position in the city. Sects: We will be playing as Camarilla or Anarch sect aligned characters. No Sabbat allowed. Independent characters are allowed but will be at a disadvantage since Sects play heavily into the game setting. We will be using the standard Merits and Flaws rules presented in the Corebook. Please work in a reason why your character has these traits in their backstory. There is a list of some that are banned or restricted: Banned merits: Uncle Fangs Restricted Merits: (Please contact the ST to discuss): Loresheets (must have ST approval before selecting) Unbondable Object of Power Untouchable Banned Flaws: Methuselah's Thirst Ingrained Discipline Flaws (we will not be using these) Befouling Vitae Restricted Flaws: (Please contact the ST to discuss): Bondslave Organovore Blatant Diablierist Walking Omen Word-Scarred Faith Proof Character History/Backstories: Backstories should be a couple paragraphs at least but beyond that, I'm open to length. Just, please no more than one page of backstory. Artwork: Please find some visual art or reference for your character. I will provide the same with locations, npcs and other setting elements. This game will take place on Discord and use the Inconnu dice bot in server or Demiplane for the rolls. Please have a Discord account for joining this game. Character sheets will be done using a fillable character sheet or any other sort of character generator such as Demiplane (see below) you'd prefer, just as long as I can have a copy of the sheet as a pdf. We do have a Demiplane group set up for character generation as well and I have shared my content for ease of creation. The link for the group will be provided once you join the game.