Character and World Creation

Is that:
"• You are helping someone keep a dangerous secret from powerful members of their Circle. They owe you a Debt."

I believe Jacob was interested in that one? [ref]

I just read that. I think it would be nice, but what exactly is the Raven then?

See Jacob's intro post and reason be being allowed to stay on earth.

That's right, thanks, vagueGM!
Agreed then. :)

@Stalker 05 I'll add it to her debts!

Ok, so according to the handbook, I need to choose:

When you generate a scheme, choose a primary Circle, one of your services, and two complications—the MC will tell you what opportunity you’ve seized upon.

I'll choose Wild, and selling magical stuff as the service. For the complications, let's go with:

- you promised someone involved something you don’t yet have
- you must fool or deceive a powerful and dangerous NPC

All yours to come up with an interesting seed to get us started, boss!

I’m imagining Rhiannon asking just how he got her involved with this…again…

Okay, great!

Maybe Cecil Court, a Dickensian alley just off Charing Cross Road. Near Picadilly Circus where Benji lives? An unvisited bookshop does not seem out of place there. :)


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@Stalker05, do you have any idea where-abouts your home and Sanctum are located? I am just assuming your Sanctum is in your home, if not, where is it? Being near the others can explain why we often work together.

Do you live somewhere trendy and vibrant like SOHO? Or somewhere quiet like the hidden alley of Goodwin's Court.

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@Ysolde, you mention that Rhiannon works as (or masquerades as?) a teacher's aide [ref]. Is this at one college/university in particular or are you peripatetic? What subject do you usually focus on?

There are quite a few universities in the area where we start.

https://www.google.com/maps/search/universities+in+london/@51.5210764,-0.1430398,13z?entry=ttu

This is simply perfect! Exactly what I had in mind!

Finally got the answers to the Intro Questions done! :)

When did you become a vampire? How long have you been in the city?
Benji was turned in 1843 and has lived in London since he was born in 1818.

How do you keep your cravings in check?
Increasingly poorly. Benji genuinely doesn’t like to hurt people but he’s been a vampire so long now that he can barely remember his human life and as he gets more and more disconnected from humanity, it has become harder to control his cravings. He keeps the hunger at bay between feedings by throwing himself into his hobbies—music and books, mostly.

How did you acquire your haven?
Benji has made a secret refuge for himself in the old, abandoned stationmaster’s office hidden amid the disused tunnels at Piccadilly Circus. The stationmaster’s office has been left to deteriorate since the old station shut down nearly 100 years ago so Benji’s haven is a bit dusty and dilapidated and overrun with vermin, but Benji quite likes rats and doesn’t mind the spiders either. Benji stole the key to the office fifty years ago and no one has ever noticed.

What deal are you invested in right now?
Benji is currently most invested in the deal he has made with Jacob — a regular, reliable supply of blood in exchange for a cut of the money Benji makes busking.

Really? Does Jacob need 'busking money'? I thought it was the other way around, that Benji relies on Jacob for money/jobs?

You could always make the 'exchange' be blood for the work [ref] of being his 'person on the ground' [ref].

But if Jacob is struggling for money, that could add a new wrinkle.

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Outside of lockdown, is Benji a successful busker? Good musos can make a fair bit, and he has had time to practice and get good.

Sorry, that was me making assumptions. I assumed Jacob would want something out of the arrangement and figured money made the most sense? But it’s up to gnomius mostly.

I think Benji was only working for Jacob during the pandemic.
I think he is! He’s been practicing for 200 years so one would hope he’d be pretty good at it hahaha :)

I like the hidden alley location. So, Goodwin's Court will be the place for me.

Cool.

Does Mark know that his place is Cursed? Or is that one of the Secrets he does not know yet? Is that the whole house or just the Sanctum?

Mark knows that the place is cursed and he is trying to fix it as a long term goal. I think the sanctum is a different building. It's like he rented a place close to the Sanctum and is staying there and only visiting the Sanctum when he has learned something new about the curse.

Cool.

Are they both in the same hidden alley? Or not that close?