Brisbane Requiem CofD VSS

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1. ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION

1.1. Venue Details

Venue Name: Sounds Heard in Restless Twilight
Domain Name: Brisbane
Approval Number: AUCFDR170303

1.2. Venue Personnel

VST: Cameron Stewart - 2014070013
VC: Brad Jackson - 2015010009
DST: Brad Jackson - 2015010009
DC: Daniel Jag - 2011100009

1.3. Game Location, Time and Fees:

Game Location: Junction at Annerley, 60 Junction Terrace Annerley QLD 4103
Game Time: 1st Saturday of every month
Game Fees: N/A

1.4. Mailing lists, websites and other online resources used:

Information about our games can also be found on our facebook group page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/968740429888553/

For out of character mailing lists, please go to [1]

The official addenda should be referred to for in-game content at http://wiki.shadowplayinternational.org/index.php/Global_Addenda_and_Settings_Documents, please refer to Chronicles of Darkness (NWoD 2nd Edition), Vampire: the Requiem 2e for the appropriate content and their approval levels.

2. GAME INFORMATION

2.1. Genre

Chronicles of Darkness: Vampire: the Requiem 2nd Edition

2.2. Setting

Brisbane, Queensland

3. EXTERNAL FACTORS INFORMATION

3.1. Experience Awards

3.1.1. Creation

All primary characters receive their MC x 1 + 30 in experience points as per the universal addenda.

In addition, characters may also receive experience points at creation for the following, at the discretion of the VST:

• 4XP (20 beats) for completion and submission of the relevant Character Development Document
  
• Variable beats/XP for assisting the VST in world building
  
• Other tasks for the VST as approved and only with final say by the VST
  

These XP bonuses are considered Creation XP, and are not subject to the Incremental Maximum.

3.1.2. Monthly Experience

• 3 beats - Downtime Submissions (every fortnight) - See CofD Downtime Template OR
  
• 6 beats - Downtime Submissions (once per month) - double all actions in Template
  
• 1 beat – Participating in meaningful RTRs/ Forum interactions. (Up to 3 per month at STs discretion). For this ‘meaningful’ means developing the story, plots or characters. ST must receive a key points summary of the RTR, transcript, or be included.
  
• 3 beats - Game participation awarded at the conclusion of play.
  
• 1 beat - Game materials created to help the story (not just the player them self) and the majority of characters (creating maps, NPCs, plots, places of interest, world building items, etc.) at discretion of VST
  
• variable beats - ST Discretion (Exceptional roleplay, improving the Domain OOC, Wiki updates)
  
• 1 beat - Downtime actions that are dedicated to resolving Obsessions, at ST discretion
  
• 1 beat - Online activity such as maintenance of online resources (wiki, forums, etc) of character that are not inclusive of the game server, at ST discretion
  
• 1 arcane beat - Resolving Aspirations while achieving Obsessions
  
• 1 beat - Resolving Conditions, at ST discretion
  
• 1 beat - Making major strides towards fulfilling long term aspirations, at ST discretion
  
• 1 beat - When electing to take Dramatic Failure on a dice roll to further narrative, at ST discretion
  
• 1 arcane beat - When performing an act of Hubris in a narrative way, at ST discretion
  
• 1 arcane beat - When tutoring or being tutored by someone in a legacy
  
• 1 arcane beat - When encountering new supernatural creatures or events, at ST discretion
  

Beats will be easier to earn in groups as the game has a focus on team work and cabals. Players who tackle Obsessions and Mysteries together will progress further and gain beats more rapidly than those who work alone. Similarly, working in groups gives more opportunities for dramatic events or revelations to occur.

Chronicle Cap is increased by 4xp per month until the Chronicle's end in 2022. The current beat rewards listed above are in place to average approximately 2xp-3xp per month.

3.1.3 Circle of Love

At the conclusion of every game, members enter the Circle of Love Nominations channel on the Discord server and tag their favourite player to nominate them for Circle of Love. After a period of 48 hours (2 days from the conclusion of game) the votes are tallied and a winner is announced to venue. The winner must speak to the VST in order to receive their prize. The prizes are defined as the following:

• Clue Card - this item allows the player to solve one plot in the venue by finding the right method at the right time, this is a guaranteed Deus Ex Machina if a plot cannot be resolved amongst the PCs. A player may only hold one of these at any time.
  
• Exceptional Moment - this item allows a player to perfect any single dice roll (positively or negatively), on them self or any other character (PC or NPC). This reward can only be claimed once and must be declared before the roll is made. A player may only hold one of these at any time.
  
• Choose Your Own Adventure - this item allows a player to nominate a game ahead of time where a scene or event will play out. This can allow the resolution of Obsession or Aspirations, an exciting thing you have wanted to explore, or just to have a game centred on what you want to play. This will affect the entire venue but will predominantly effect the player that uses this item. A player may only hold one of these at any time.
  

Circle of Love prizes are monitored as a custom merit of 5 dots on the character sheet of that player (that costs no XP) and is removed once the item is spent. This is to allow the player to know if they have their item and to know what they hold. A player may hold all 3 types of reward at the same time, they may not hold more than one of the same type.

3.2. Custom Rules

Below are the following custom or altered rules for this VSS.

3.4. Downtime Handling Procedure

• 0.   THE GOLDEN RULES
  
  • A.    LARP is not a “shoot-em-up”. You don't get notches in your belt for killing other PCs. You don't win by making the game miserable for everyone else. This is a storytelling game, and you win by telling a good story with others.  If you do insist on making the game miserable for everyone else, the presiding storyteller has every right to tell you, in plain and simple terms, “No. Not here, not today.”
    

3.4. Crossover limitations

Crossover between genres is considered the same as listed in the Cross Genre Appendix for Chronicles of Darkness (NWoD 2nd Edition) as found at http://wiki.shadowplayinternational.org/index.php/Global_Addenda_and_Settings_Documents Where there is no prelisted crossover limitation by the Appendix, crossover is considered to be Mid Approval.

4. NEW/INTERSTATE PLAYERS

4.1. Information for New Players

New characters should use the standard rules for character creation, extra notes from this VSS, and refer to the Global and Australian Addendas where appropriate. New players are encouraged to email the VST at VST Awakening while considering their concept for assistance in developing their idea.
For the new member guide, please follow this link http://wiki.beyondthesunset.org.au/index.php?title=New_Member_Guide

4.2. Information for Transferring Players

For characters transferring VSS, please forward character sheets, CDD, and any Approvals to the DST and VST for clarification and integration into the local domain and venue. Please also submit the last three months of downtimes and responses from your previous domain where possible to understand more about the character and how they act in their between periods. Also, note that transferring characters may be subject to some alterations to their sheets to account for the change in VSS or to make them more consistent with the new VSS, all alterations will be done after consultations with the player.

4.3. Information for External Players

Proxies are recommended to be sent two weeks prior to the arrival of the character to give the supervising VST an opportunity to discuss with the visiting player anything they need to know. Visiting characters may be subjected to temporary alterations to their sheets (with consultation) if their sheet is deemed inappropriate to the tone of the local game. Character sheets for a character outside Australia should be sent through the relevant story teller channels at least two weeks before the proxy commences in case any conversion need to be made.