Sydney Lost VSS
ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION 1: Venue Name, Number, Domain Name, Number
East of the Sun, West of the Moon (number to be supplied)
part of The Harbour of Darkness, (ins. Number here)
2: VST & VC Names and membership numbers (Can be altered at Mid approval)
VST: Michael McDonald, 2011100002 VC: To Be Elected
3: Game Location, Time and Fees (Can be altered at Mid approval) Old Children's Court, Albion St, Sydney 1900 hours, 4th Saturday of the month ($5 to be confirmed)
4: Mailing lists, websites and other online resources used (insert lists)
GAME INFORMATION 1: Genre Changeling: The Lost 2: Setting The game is set in the city of Sydney (locations to be determined through discussions on Domain level), following a freehold of Changelings as they attempt to rebuild lives for themselves post-escape. Until recently, the Seasonal courts were treated as second-class citizens by a powerful East-led directional court. With the death of the Eastern and Northern monarchs, the main two oppositions to the Seasons running the freehold are gone. The freehold has recently, at start of chronicle, been peacefully transferred to the Seasonal courts by the dwindling Directional courts. However, other motleys exist seperate from the players Freehold, each with their own agenda and outlook Players will thus have to deal, not only with the stabilisation of their own lives, but also dealing with the political fallout from this situation.
3: Mood and Theme(s) Uncertainty: Players will be presented with a world where the single changeling may not be able to survive, while simulataeneously presented with the simple fact that everyone has their own agenda. The directional courts have bled members leaving a few random motleys around – can the players ally with them or are they against them?
Trauma (and coping): Every changeling is fundamentally broken – as sharp as steel, as brittle as that sugar glass or balsa chair you use to bang someone's head with. Players will be challenged to confront their trauma, be presented with opportunities to heal, or be given more.
Identity: Is the person kidnapped the person who returned? Is the person who returned the person I am now? If I saw my wife in the street would she recognise me, would I recognise her? Would she recognise me?
Pomp and Circumstance: On top of the sheer uncertainty of traumatic existence, combined with the knowledge that every court, every motley, every changeling has their own particular demons, the courts will have a veneer of showmanship, liberated now from the governance of the Directional Courts.
5: Preferred character types, and restrictions (Examples of the exemplar)
The freehold protrayed by the chronicle is run by the seasonal courts, with some non-seasonal courtiers. Player characters not to have been present in Sydney since before 1980, with verbal knowledge from that period to be difficult to get. “We do not talk about that time” Due to the underlying tensions no-one will admit to, courtless are advised against, in order to involve players in courting.
6: Location of Venue history information (Histories should be in a separate document) 7: Transport In/Out Information (threats, methods etc)
EXTERNAL FACTORS INFORMATION 1: Experience Awards
Per month:
3XP – game attendance 2XP – prompt submission of downtime
As per the Addendum, the ST reserves the right to reward a further: 2XP for game related matters 3XP for matters not directly related to physical game attendance/participation;
2: Custom Rules Preferred resolution method is mediation Other resolution methods such as 8div3 utilising cards or dice roller apps and dice pools using dice or dice roller apps are sanctioned, but to be used with the agreement of the players at the ST's discretion. 3: Downtime Handling Procedure Downtime reports to be supplied by the first Saturday of the following month, in accordance with domain guidelines, to syd.reports@gmail.com. Downtime reports submitted after this date may be accepted and awarded XP at the STs discretion 4: Crossover limitations (Physical, merit-only, information, firewalled/none) and expectations. (NB: all crossover requires both Mid Approval and the approval of the appropriate VST) As per the corresponding Addenda.