Character, Crew, and World Creation

Personally, I just think that Freck doesn't see it as a want anything to do with them ? He wont try to antagonize them, but he would prefer that to being friendly with them, so he would just try to keep low and stay in this sort of face-off status quo.

Are we not? I thought two of the members said they wanted to pay the Foundation and bring them to only -1.
It is up to the Crew.
Could be. If we decide this, it will impact how I put them together: maybe it makes them newer, maybe it makes them lower Tier, maybe it makes them more secretive.
You are in the information business, so not knowing about a group in the area you work means something. :)
That can work. If we like that then I will not bring them into play right at the start, they will start to have run-ins with the Crew as consequences for bad rolls.

Does the Crew have name yet? Do we know it?
It is fine if we --the players-- don't yet know what they are called and need to discover it from how they come across to others.
It is also fine if they --the characters-- don't even have a name for themselves yet and need to discover what people call them.

I'd just say something very formal, discreet and simple for now -something we can replace later-. "The club" or "the crew", for example. So banal it wont be of any help to identify us.

Well, I am not putting that in the game title. :)

Oh, but I think it's fine ? I didn't mean it as a critique, but in the context of the game itself. Sorry if I offended you ^^'.

I'm more inclined to mostly ignoring the cult until we have a run-in with them.

Naming stuff is pretty hard. Off the top of my head, I'm particular to the format of "The (insert impactful sounding name here) Club". I think it has that classy and discrete feel to it. Like, "The Rochester Club" or something like that.

Not at all. But thanks for checking.
Tone can be so hard to convey in writing. That smile at the end was not enough here.

Indeed.
We can leave the name for when one organically emerges.

I have started using 'Blades - Shadow Crew' in my notes for now (replacing '2021-07-11.GP.Blades_in_the_Dark'). The name only matters to me for the sake of distinguishing this game from others, and that only matters in my notes at this time since there are not other Blades games here on GP.

Although I had previously suggested "The Night Devils", this appears to be too pretentious now, when compared to the sleek alternatives of saevikas and Rattila. I agree that we can wait for a final decision until we see how something appropriate emerges during play.

Yeah, that's typical lol. I guess the fact that the classic smiley is often used in an ironic way in the circles I'm in doesn't help.

Urgh. Not much I can do about that. I have no irony, nor any sarcasm.
Assume I meant to say what I said and tried to say what I meant.

Seems like we ready to start the first Job? Are we still looking into the Assassin?

Confirm the Factions' Statuses:
+1 Ink Rakes (ref)
+1 Gondoliers (ref)
-1 Fog Hounds (ref)
-1 Foundation (If we are paying them off, else -2) (ref)
-1 Night Queen (ref)

We can define the borders of the Hunting Grounds as we do Jobs, you tell me where you start, and if it is in your Hunting Grounds. If it is, then you get the extra Gather Information Downtime Action and whatever other benefits attach.

I'm good with the Assassin's mission, and to start the game as well !

Same here. Let's get started!

OK. Launched in Assessing the Assassin.
Discuss and fill in Job specific details in Assessing the Assassin (OOC). General Crew and World discussions can still go here.

Anything discussed here or in an OOC should be considered 'planning'. Until we see it in an RP it is not official.

If you officially contradict something discussed here, try to let us know so there is no/less confusion.
Only you have a picture of your character. Assume the rest of us has forgotten most of the discussion about them that took place a month ago and introduce them from scratch in the RP, as it comes up.

Just wanna say I'm with my grandparents for two days, but I should be able to respond again the 31st.