Kindred Discussions

This is a place to talk about coteries and individual kindred concepts.

Some things we need to decide are listed below:

1. Age and generation--let's keep the same generation.
2. Sect--roughly, this can evolve during play.
3. Type of Coterie
4. Chronicle Tenents

Here is a handy guide for Character creation v5--there are so many on YouTube: Character Creation Vid

I'm thinking of going with Gangrel.

Squad, at this point do you have any preference or thoughts on the other questions? They are taken directly from the Core Book (if anyone is unsure).

I'm open to any type of coterie play.

Initial thoughts I was going to lean in to for world building is that the Prince of San Fran has recently left via the Beckoning leaving the city in some turmoil. If the troupe is directly involved in all that or just sees it from the sidelines is up to you all though!

As far as age and generation go...I'd say let's have a little age on our characters. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for playing a fledgling vampire, but depending on what type of coterie we create, a bit of age would work best.

As foe Sects...I'm open to any of them. Each will work equally well.

As for the coterie itself...I'd say stay away from the ones that would have us traveling a lot. I'd honestly wait until we get a general idea of the characters first. Yet if the elders left then perhaps they tossed us the proverbial keys to the city and said keep an eye on things.

Now as for the Tenents, that one I'll have to read up on before I'll decide.

ooOOoo, could be Regency type...

As for age, I'm down for whatever you all think, and yeah maybe character concepts will point in that direction. Just remember Ancillae are as old as we can go in v5.

I'm also 100% in mixed generation and age coterie, especially considering the aim of a more narrative approach. That's up to you all!

I am thinking of Toreador who is obsessed with her physical appearance and hunts out weaker prey at gyms and sports clubs.

I have read some about the coterie and generation things but I don’t feel comfortable enough with the rules to say. I only got the rule book today. Very excited though. My first vampire game!

I strongly recommend taking a look at the video I posted and rolling a character with her. She's super thorough and cuts out a lot of the filler.

For generation all you really need to know is if you think it'd be cool to interact with. Check out page 140. As others have said, thinking of your mortal life and embrace can really answer the question for you!

Here is a good rules video.

I definitely don't see my character as a Childer or Fledgling. So he'll definitely have a bit of age on hum. Yet, he won't be the oldest category either. After all with great power, comes great responsibility...besides who would leave a Gangrel in charge. ;)

I'm thinking of possibly a Neonate.

Nice! Any thoughts on who they were in humanity?

I'm leaning towards an American soldier from WW2. It's a toss up of if he was bit overseas and made his way home or if he was bit here stateside.

Do you picture them stuck in the style of that time? Or are they a purely modern vampire?!

He would have kept up with the changing times, so he's current.

Dunko if we use the character sheet from the video, is that ok?

I think those sheets are great! I encourage folks to use the sheets that work best for them. If using pdf I'm sure we could post them in the Gamers Planes | Wold of Darkness discord channel.

As far as points go...how many should we put aside for when we build the Coterie?

Per page 151
"Build your coterie Every player now gets one Coterie dots... Working together, the players spend these dots and any leftover Advantage dots from previous stages building their coterie." My emphasis.

Your Coterie points are coming for free, but if you wanted to set aside some of your 7 Advantage dots, you could. But of course you don't have to!

I think I have my character mostly finished

Giulia Deluca

I have tried to make it according to the rules but if I am wrong I will fix it!

Mechanically it looks good to me, though my eye is not terribly experienced here :D

Narratively I love it!

Do David and Alexa understand what is going on; being that she still appears 22 and I'd assume they are all in their late fifties?

Is the beauty she surrounds herself with the skilled and athletic gymnasts?

Are you O.K. conflict that could arise from other Kindred fearing her public desire to perform could put the Masquerade at risk?

Very nice stuff here.