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Dark Colony: Hartford
Tonight, you become one of the Kindred, the beautiful and the damned who hide behind our ordinary world. Driven by a hunger like fire, you will struggle to maintain your humanity while immersed in a vicious society of monsters.
The sharks you swim with deadly. The Kindred are the smart, sexy vampires of pop culture, but cruelty is in the nature of kindred and Hartford is one of the most dangerous cities they hold. Why come here if doing so can be a detriment to immortality?
It makes you feel alive.
Dark Colony: Hartford is an OWBN Camarilla Vampire Larp set in Hartford, CT. The longest running continous OWBN game in New England. DC:H is a continuation of the vampire chronicles Court of Storms and Hartford by Night (started in 1998). Set to the World of Darkness theme for Gothic Punk Personal Horror. We play every fourth Friday of the month, and aim to give you dark tales of horror, set to the back drop of a classic world of darkness.
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Dark Colony Vampire House Rules
Dark Colony Universal House Rules
Dark Colony Crafts & Demolitions House Rules
We play on the 1st Saturday of each month.
Site information: Avon Public Library - 281 Country Club Road Avon, CT 06001
Staff Contact: darkcolony@googlegroups.com
The visage of a monster
February 24th, 2012
It's been coming up a lot in conversation and I remembered that there was a source that I liked a ton on how vampires on paths (including humanity) interacted with mortals. The Book was Vampire the Masquerade Revised, and within it detailed physical changes that vampires experience at low levels of humanity.
To put it simply, the lower one's humanity was, the paler they were, the more sunken in their eyes were and the more their face might take on predatory expressions. (Like baring fangs and hissing). As of now this will begin applying to how things work in Hartford (Individuals may actually look more humane than others, noticable with Kindred Lore). Make up, acting etc can cover this but it certainly happens.
In a MET conversion the change starts at Humanity 3
Humanity 3: The character has a bit of a meaner look as eyes get slightly more sunken in and they may come across as a biut predatory.
Humanity 2: The individual is clearly a vampire to those who know what to look for. Their skin is pale, their eyes are dark and a bit sunken in. They blink only when they remember too and are still when not actively moving.
Humanity 1: It is difficult for anyone with a clear look at them to mistake this individual for human. They make people concerned with the way that they stare hungrily and tend to have an aggressive look about them.
For vampires on Paths it's rather simple. Your appearance is equal to your path rating or 2, whichever is higher.
ie, a Sabbat savage on path of Caine 1 looks like a Humanity 1 savage on the above scale. (It is also as likely to kill). A "heroic" Knight on path of Chivalry 5 will appear as a Humanity 2 character no matter how "heroic" they might be.
There is a number of common methods vampires use to cover these things up (make up, cigarette smoke in the winter, or even blood to blush the cheeks.) However, it shoud be noted that you are creatures of the night. You're cold to the touch. Someone laying in bed with yu may notice the lack of body heat coming from you etc and this should be an aspect of the way you play your characters. Enjoy it. Describe the way you look at someone hungrily when you mean to look longingly. Tell them they they notice sparkls when you are touched by sunlight. This is Cam vampire. love it.
Your HST
Lex
Dark Colony Friday
February 22nd, 2012
This Friday at the Southington Site, is our regularly scheduled Dark Colony. Please poke all influence expenditures so that actions may be compared. For those who don't know, influence is due by the night of Boston, which is the Friday before Hartford.
On another note I wanted to get opinions from players on influence. Do you feel Dark Colony works? Do you want to keep the Edge? Tell me what you think about influences and how they should be handled. Please be productive, I totally boot statements that I find inflamatory and will if I find anything to be detracting from the topic.
Lex
HST Dark Colony
From the Harpy of Westchester
February 22nd, 2012
February 21st, 2012
For the members of the domain of Westchester and residents of the Northeast:
Respect in our little society is a sisyphean project, where Kindred struggle to gain the standing that they feel they deserve, to allow them to act in a manner they feel is appropriate.
Sometimes, fortunately or not, that boulder thunders back down.
Matters have come to my attention that require some exposition.
An individual who has abandoned their position in the Camarilla and the duty that goes with it can not be a Forgiven individual, as that sort of action leads us all into danger from outsiders.
Someone who has insulted, and offended, those of higher station is unworthy of the Respect given to people who have struggled to attain their station.
Determination is a thing to be proud of indeed. A Determined person is a thing to be wary of, a force not too be stood in the way of. Someone who admits to being easily distracted and "pre-occupied" to the detriment of everything else is a tool of anarchy, not order.
Should Ms. Lundt wish to discuss the legitimacy and perhaps seek to redress these, I am available at the Westchester gatherings. Perhaps what determination is left to Ms. Lundt will see her through to the end of her current Sisyphean ordeal.
(OOC: Stripping Amy Lundt of the status traits of: Forgiven, Respected, and Determined for scanfal.)
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Dark Colony Emails
February 15th, 2012
Just FYI to all, any email address that consists of COS (ex: cossts) is not a viable email address and will not reach staff. Found out some of our peeps have been sending stuff to these addresses. Sorry to everyone :)
Scenes and Plot.
February 2nd, 2012
I'm aware that some scenes and tickets were not pulled last session. When things get busy, and scenes run long its an unfortunate reality. If you had stuff you wanted to run, feel free to pm myself, and adress ticket, if said scene can be adressed via email Ill do my best to run for you, or pass along to other staff if need be.
Peace and Love.
Keith.
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