1- This is a role play based out of the city of RavenBlack which exists in the game Vampires! The Dark Alleyway. You do not have to have a character in the game to join in, but a lot of the powers and references in many of the RPs will be referring to the game.

2) Refrain from God-Mode. If you'd like to do something TO another character either leave room for their character to say that it doesn't happen that way or message them to make sure they're okay with you manipulating their character. This is true whether you want to chop off another character's arm or even if you just want to RP that they look at you with surprise...you cannot control another character without their permission.

A good way around this is to say something like, "Gemma slashes with their knife against Herbert's arm with the intent of slicing it off, but blind with rage doesn't stop to confirm their success before going after their other arm in a similar way." That allows Gemma to act how she wishes, but also leaves room for Herbert to either confirm that an arm was sliced or say that Gemma missed. An example concerning emotion or facial expressions would be something like, "Gemma looked Herbert straight in the eyes as she drank the small gerbil's blood and, though she couldn't be sure, seeing as to how it was his beloved pet she was certain she had gotten a rise out of him." Again, this supposes and states how Gemma THINKS he feels, but acknowledges that this is not certain and leaves room for Herbert to say otherwise in his reply.

3- There are a lot of storieslines that will happen in this thread. Each different story line will have it's own title at the top of the post. If you want to reply to a specific storyline make sure your reply has the title clearly placed at the top so others will know where it belongs

4- Be aware and respectful of ((closed)) posts. All Role Plays in this universe are open unless stated to be ((closed)). When an RP is ((closed)) that means the writer doesn't want anyone to reply to them or that they believe their character to be in a place where no one else should be able to get to. If you'd like to reply to a ((closed)) post please message the person who posted it and ask.

Very interesting concept. I came from the World of Darkness tabletop RPs so the rules and mechanics (to an extent) are quite familiar, and I assume that the "Vampires!" game pull much of their inspiration from WoD.

That being said, are vampires the only playable class, considering in IC seemed to allude to "more than humans and vampires" populating the city.

Yees, you can play any class or race you want, but since it's based on the game 'Vampires!' that tends to be the predominate race for characters in the city. We have a lot of folks who RP wolves or vampires that morph into bears when they're mad, we have witches and we used to have a troll! You do you. ;)

The game is actually just a grid based browser game. It's a really simple click around some squares thing, but the players built an entirely RPed universe around it. We all play D&D, Hack Master, and other such RPing games so I think we pulled our favorite things from all of that. The game owner does not oversee anything except in-game cheating, the RP universe is player made and player run.

...or vampires that morph into bears when they're mad...

Idk why this made me lol, but I know "werebears" do exist in the fantasy realm. Still, just pure comedy :D

Anyway, I may check out the "Vampires!" site just to familiarize myself with the lore as I do have a vamp and/or wolf available for parties & bar mitzvahs :D