Venue Information
* VST changling - Paul Taylor
* VC changling - Mary Pope
VSS: PERTH
This game is set to be less of a PvP and more a PvE with inter-player politics. Firearms require a low application, some are unobtainable (such as military grade weapons), explosives also require an application due to their destructive power. Damage is capped at five per attack as per domain norms. Poisons will be capped in potency within reason and interstate play will require a proxy app and a weeks notice before the game sent to the VST mail account.
- Addenda information is kept up to date here.
- Up to date token creation guide is here.
- General addenda and form information is found here.
Downtime, XP
To get to the maximum amount of XP available a month, these are things you may do:
- Game Attendance: 4xp
- Costume: 1xp
- Roleplay: 2xp
- Downtime: 3xp
- Game Report: 2xp
- Feedback Question: 2xp
- ST Discretion: 1 to 6xp
For out of state (proxying) players on the VSS, these are things you may do:
Perth Downtime Sheets
Scheduled Games
Sign in is available from 7pm and game start is 7.30pm. Games are held every four weeks unless notification via the Lists and Facebook indicate a change of timing. New and old players are always welcome.
- Next Scheduled Game - June 3rd 2016
- Next Scheduled Game - July 1st 2016
- Next Scheduled Game - July 29th 2016
Monthly downtimes are due a week before the scheduled game dates above. Players receive one action per dot of Resolve and one for each different retainer, contact or Hedgebeast. Allies can do possibly multiple tasks a month but the more you stretch them, the less they can put into individual tasks.
A Quick History Lesson
Freehold History of Perth
The Lost of Perth have toiled to keep their secrets well hidden for decades and done so with relative ease. The state of WA is abundant with space and far enough away from the rest of Australia to easily create a new life in the ever raising heat of Western Australia.
Recent History
The members of the current Freehold escaped Arcadia en masse in 2015. Moving in to the Four Seasons Hotel and commencing to restore it to a fully functioning hotel well known for producing excellent food and wonderful service, they are gradually beginning to pick up the pieces of their fractured lives.
May 2016 - The Freehold members panic as they find out Seraphina has been captured by Privateers and sold at a Market! After busting the Market and taking her back, where will they go from here?
June 2016 - Jonas the Privateer has been captured! What will the snakey bastard do when he awakes from his broken-boned sleep? The Freehold has also decided to not pledge to Grimm but make their own choices.
The Path of the Freehold
The Courts
Summer
- Helen
- Amp
- Apocalypse Wellard (Summer Sovereign)
- Doomsday Wellard
Winter
Spring
- Seraphina (Verdant Commander)
- Misty
- Hephaestus
- The Dagda
- James
Autumn
Courtless
Notable NPCs
- Master of Castle Grimm, Felix Grimm. Is the owner of the Freehold building that the changelings lodge in and seems to have status within the Hob community.
- Midget the Gargantuan Ogre. Courtless and operates as the local Changeling law enforcer. Known to travel with ensorcelled mortals. Reasonably large Wyrd (4), is noticeable.
- "Pumpkinhead", not much known apart from a monstrous Wyrd rating (6ish). Often with Tinker.
- Jonas, a snake-like Beast. Worked with a shadowy Darkling and a metallic Elemental to capture Seraphina. Known Privateers.
- Leah the metalskin elemental. Dangerous for more than one reason. Seems to have dropped the privateer lifestyle.
- Connor, led the three privateers. Shadowy darkling that no one knows anything about.
The Freehold
The Four Seasons is an up and coming five-star and seven storey hotel situated in East Perth with only the finest in wares and quality, reminiscent of European castle designs. Boasting expansive views of the river and surrounding parklands, the reviews from the papers and online forums all agree on one thing: this place it where you want to go and where you want to be.
The lower basement is used for storage, guest parking and utility areas such as maintenance and security. The ground floor contains the award winning restaurant known for fine, intimate dining, two well appointed conference and function rooms, indoor pool, gym and sauna. A small ballroom plays host to weddings, fashion parades and other events. The staff room and offices are situated behind the restaurant and accessed via an unobtrusive hallway leading from the lobby.
The first floor is reserved for the future casino lounge, currently being renovated. Second and third floors are standard double rooms, fourth and fifth are superior apartment style accommodation. The sixth floor are premium apartments and the seventh houses the four exclusive premier suites plus a small concierge desk.
The body of the Freehold within the Hedge links to the Grimm Castle, an ancient and magically powerful three storey castle where Master Felix Grimm allows the Changelings to operate as long as they meet requirements and pull their weight. Workshops are available for craftsmen of the Freehold with simple non-magical materials upon request and basic equipment is freely available.
Sworn members of the Freehold receive a benefit to their ability to survive in the wilderness (a +3 to all Survival rolls) and can attain positions and status in the Hotel and Freehold which provides access to merits and extra resources. The Freehold Pledge within the Four Seasons lasts a year and a day.
Within travelling distance of the Freehold are multiple landmarks, such as:
- The Leatherhand's Orchards where fruits and produce are grown,
- A hand infested swamp with a strange hand infestation,
- The hub ran by the hedge-traversing Pathfinder hobgoblin family.
Rumours and Whispers
- The Court was chasing this "Pumpkinhead" for quite some time, where did he go and why did we stop?!?
- How did Grimm ever get the Pathfinders to agree to help the Freehold and why did he pay the price for service instead of the Changelings when they last met?
- Who is Grimm and what was his family to own the Grimm Castle?
- Seraphina was caught by Privateers? Where are they? Who are they? Are we safe?
- There was a market of slavers? How did we not know that?
Other Venues in Perth 