Posts made by tragedyjones

Everyone should have to sit through this before they want to make a tweet or a post on facebook.

Old School AOL Dial-up

@Miss-Demeanor - We aren't that far ahead of schedule yet, there would be nothing there to see but some skeletal wiki stuff.

However, here is a nice juicy preview for everyone.

Factions on BITN: Cooperatives and Posses.

BITN has two levels of factions a player character can belong too: The Cooperative (Co-op) and the Posse.

A Cooperative is a larger group, which is often made of various Possees and free members. They are the BITN equivalent to the "choice" splat in various CofD games (Tribe, Covenant, etc). All Cooperatives on BITN are represented by the Cooperative merit, which is rated 1-5 dots. At game launch we will have 4-6 pre-made cooperatives, as well as guides to create your own.

There are three general classes of Cooperatives, based on how they hunt, called a Cause. Territorial cooperatives, philosophical cooperatives, and prey cooperatives. Territorial cooperatives specialize in defending a particular geographic area, such as a town or a university or mall. Philosophical cooperatives protect a type of person, such as women, children, or wealthy white men. Finally, prey cooperatives focus on a particular monsters, such as ghosts, vampires, or aliens.

A Posse, on the other hand, is the individual group of hunters who take the fight to the supernatural. A Posse is a group of 3-8 PCs that can share certain merits (Safe Place primarily) and work as a unit. Most members of a Posse belong to the same Co-op but this is not mandatory.

And for a bonus, a preview Co-Op:

Barrack Y
Overview: A group of Maryland State Police Troopers and retirees who have come together to protect the people from threats outside the law.

Class: Philosophical
Cause: Supernatural crimes that have come to the attention of law enforcement but have been deemed “unsolvable”. Barracks Y doesn’t officially exist, obviously, but many cops, prosecutors and other Criminal Justice professionals will bring a case to their attention, and their cause will be to solve that case, off the books.
Prerequisite: 2 or more dots of Social Merits related to Maryland State Police

Benefits:
1 - Investigation (Supernatural Crime Scene)
2 - 9 Again for rolls related to the Cause.
3 - Merit: Eye for the Strange.
4 - Trained Observer 3
5 - Characters with this much clout either have access to staggering amounts of information they can access (Library 3: Occult); or a large, communal stash of materials and weapons specially designed to combat the supernatural (Esoteric Armory 3).

So development is humming along quickly. We have the basics of the setting hammered out, a few house rules and overall guidelines up and running. Hosting is managed, wiki is under construction.

I believe fallout shelter won't let you imbreed for 3 generations.

I, too have a FitBit now. Add me and we can be friends until you make me feel bad about myself!

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Psh Namor predates Aquaman by 2 and a half years. And he is a baller.

Tomorrow is my 1 year Sadiversary of my breakup. But I got a fitbit yesterday so I got that going for mex which is nice.

Every time I see this thread crop up, my heart soars, before crashing and burning into a sad, sad wreck.

@Lithium said:

@tragedyjones

Not sure if I like the direct movie connection or not, but whoever this mortal is, he's a bad ass to take on 5 vamps, kill 3, and kidnap one

The cheesily named D.B. Hellsing is going to be a folkloric figure who probably embellished a lot of things. His notes will be a thing people can find and interact with.

So, I am working on an IC document which will be a large part of the history of the setting, from a semi-legendary hunter which will serve as a source of IC and OOC terminology. Here comes a small preview:

So, what sort of things has D.B. found?

Namor is the fucking best and anyone who disagrees is probably from Wakanda.

I had a guy in my office and hour ago and it still stinks of his cologne.

@Coin Well played, sir.

@Coin said:

@tragedyjones, do it.

That settles it: the idea was shit.

Hmm since I just started paying for a server should I host a superhero game too?

@Thenomain said:

I don't know when they updated this, but Dogmeat in my newest game is simply called "Dog".

His name is Dog until you talk to mama Murphy about him and she tells you his name.

Oooh what is everyone else's favorite sidequest? I am a big fan of the Cabbot House chain.

Request of the community: Ask some questions in this thread. Things you would want to know logging on to a new game.

I may not have answers for them yet, but I want to make sure we don't overlook anything. So if there is something you would like to know as a player, ask it here.

Ignore my lack of math. Yes a Beat/day would be 28-31 beats a month, or 5-6 experiences per month.

@Coin said:

I just discovered Kirby Krackle and it's awesome.

I love Kirby Krackle. I am their target demographic.