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 What Is Vampire: The Requiem?
Vampires: blood-drinking creatures of the night. Horrors born
of darkness, whose sole purpose in life - unlife, actually -
is to slake their unholy thirst on the blood of the living. Without doubt,
vampires are monsters.
Monsters, though, need not always be unthinking, unfeeling terrors empty of
remorse, or even compassion or other human traits. Indeed, vampires can exceed
their deathless curse, themselves becoming antiheroes or even heroes.
Then again, some vampires
truly remain monsters.
This is the purpose of Vampire: The Requiem. It is
a Modern Gothic Storytelling game, a roleplaying game that allows you to build
chronicles that explore morality through the metaphor of vampirism. In Vampire,
you “play the monster,” and
what you do as that monster both makes for an interesting story and might even
teach you a little about your own values and those of your fellows.
What is
a roleplaying game you may ask? A roleplaying game is a group oriented activity
(usually 4-6 people)
wherein players assume the roles of characters and act out those parts during
stories presented to them by a "Storyteller". The Storyteller will
make up fictional events and players react to those events while sitting around
a table.
In the case of Vampire: The Requiem you play supernatural
creatures of the night with dark powers, an elaborate hidden social/political
structure and as unquenchable
thirst for blood.
Online roleplaying takes this a step further. You, the player, creates a character in our fictionalized St. Louis and may then upon approval (if required, see Insta-Play Rules for more information) jump into this 24/7 game which is played in chat rooms (Signon) along with forums as back up your real time scenes.
Have you roleplayed before (or not) and are still scratching your head over this whole online thing? Please see below for the contact information of those who are here to help. Your best first bet is to contact Sally. As a site Ambassador, she's here to answer your questions.
Listed below is the contact information for the St Louis by Night Management Team
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Owner/Manager |
Diane
Email: stlouis [at] stlouisbynight [dot] com
Forum PM: Diane
Anything that requires approval must be emailed. No approvals will be done via Forum pm.
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Ambassador |
Sally
MSN Messenger: Sally_Steele6 [at] hotmail [dot] com
Aim: SallySteele6
Forum PM: Sally_Steele (preferred method of contact)
All first IMs sent to Ambassador Sally must include reference to St Louis or they will not be replied to.
Please note that Ambassadors do not do Approvals. They are available for New Player questions and assistance. They will also settle disputes and/or bring them to Diane's attention if need be.
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Part-time Storyteller |
thedamaged_one (aka TDO)
Email: thedamaged_one [at] yahoo [dot] com
Forum PM: thedamaged_one (preferred method of contact)
All emails sent to PT/ST TDO must include "St Louis" in the subject or they run the risk of being deleted as spam.
Please note that STs do not do Approvals. They are available for NPC'ing needed characters for one-off scenes, as well as for SL questions.
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Tech Guru |
Faded_Jeans
AIM: whippetOwner
Forum PM: Faded_Jeans (preferred method of contact)
Please note that our Tech Guru is available to answer any Writer's Resource questions and assist if/when bugs or other problems arise. New Players are required to Register for the Writer's Resource, located here: Writer's Resource. Here you will find a plethora of Writer/Player tools as well as access to the Status game and Who's Who.
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