Fear not. Everything should be clarified when the sign-up thread goes active. Though, by the way Zero has been talking, it'll be a while yet.

All right, time for things to change around here...
 

All right, the weekend went pretty well, and I had a good time, and got plenty of time to rest and reflect, two things I haven’t done in far too long it seems some days. And while I was resting, I pondered about the RP. And as I did, a critical question that was asked came to me and I thought: Am I having fun doing this?

No.

All the background is killing me one day at a time, play testing and balancing will be, and is from my starting attempts, a bitch, and the RP has turned into one more source of stress that I just don’t need. The problem is, a lot of time and work has been devoted to this, and I didn’t want to just toss it all out the window, and I liked and still wanted to do the idea. So, I have come to a conclusion. WoD is a huge damn pain in the ass, with more background then any RPG needs, ever. Conclusion? Fuck WoD Classic, we’re breakin’ this down FZ style now.

I’m going to re-work the RP from the ground up. Good news is, I’m still going to use the WoD Sign-Up, the Basic WoD universe, and I’m going to rip a lot from WoD, but all you WoD junkies that know the books back to front can just throw out your knowledge right now, cause it is now irrelevant, and I am the source of background now. The classic WoD universe is constricting, dull, and overloaded with more background then any logical RP should need. In fact, with the new direction this is taking, I might mix in some Cthulhu just to give us more enemies and magic to deal with, and because it seems like it would fit this dark universe. I will work on this new RP on my own so that I will set my own pace, and I will keep it under the radar this time, with a sign-up being the first you know of the whole thing. There will still be the same 4 sides, so you need to hold onto your sign-up info, but it will have a new purpose so you may need to rework your character some when I release it.

This is a huge change, and I know some of you may drop out at the news since this isn’t what you signed up for, or you'll say screw this after all the work that's been done and now I'm randomly changing it, but I’m the GM, and this is the change that needs to be made if this is going to survive in any form, unless anyone else feels like taking over this endeavor in it’s original form. Any future questions you may have can be directed to me here, and I’ll answer them to the best of my knowledge. I will answer some questions based about the new RP, but I will keep it mostly under wraps, and will not have multiple Pre-RP Discussions about it. Anything else RP related, including my mental state, are up for questioning.

FZ is back, and he has spoken.


(Here’s the new background story for the RP, just so you don’t think I have nothing to show for my decision. It’s an altered version of the original, but there will be a big change in how the RP will play out. The focus is no longer on PvP or pure combat, but a mixture of investigation of cults, infiltration of bases, and combat with the cultists and their leaders.)

Welcome to Terminus. City of Dreams, of Hope, and of… Chaos.

The city as the normal people know it is actually in the grip of an elite group of Vampires, Demons, and Mages, who toy with the lives of the populace like playthings. Werewolves prowl the streets, seeking to kill all supernaturals that aren’t part of Gaia. The Demons are always in power plays with the Vampires, neither knowing the true nature of the other, for control of the city. The Mages just want to be left alone, but are frequently dragged in to the fighting by one of the other three factions for their powerful Magics and advanced technology. Death is on the rise, citywide apathy is the norm, Faith is gone, taking Hope with it, and most Dreams are crushed on the rocky crags of reality…

But something is rising, an ancient evil that has been locked away for generations. A cult, experimenting in forces beyond their control and they were never meant to be tampered with, unleashed something that should have remained locked away. It is free, and has been building up it’s power for years in solitude, becoming stronger then ever before in secret and without the knowledge of those that could oppose it. Now, it needs new resources and more power and feels the time is right to expose itself. It is expanding into a city to set up it’s seat of power, from which it will achieve it’s dark goal to rival the powers of God on Earth. The Destroyer walks the Earth once more…

Well, there goes my guys usefulness...

Will I have to change anything about my character at all, or can I just keep it the same?

You can keep him the same. We will now all be one big team by the end of the first or second chapter, so as long as others can fill the investigation type roles, it will be fine.

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True, but you also get Occult, Charisma, Manipulation, Intimidation, Research, Academics, and others for a reason. My last one was going to be an action fest where everyone kills everything in their way till the end. This one you might need to think. You might investigate where to find one specific person, but then you need to battle his thugs, capture him alive, and get the info you need out of him. Or you will need to bust into a stronghold, steal an important book or something, then get back out, while disabling security or hacking computers. There will be more happening then just a linear kill-fest with little plot other then, "Kill the Grand Foozle at the end of the RP."

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So do we have a estimated time for beginning on this yet?

Perhaps in about two weeks still. Next week is Finals in my Senior Year, and that would basically bring the RP to a crashing halt for a week, and I don't want a big interruption right in the middle like that, so in two weeks the RP will begin.

Sounds like a plan. I'll be finishing up college for the term at that time and getting ready to work on a campaign for state rep up here. It's a go-go, baby.