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tragedyjones

Doublepost?

Before anyone asks, here is what I believe will make BITN different.

1 - larger geographical area. A multiple-county stretch of Maryland, not one single city.

2 - Limited PRP restrictions. Since we are not officially utilizing the other Chronicles of Darkness gamelines, we offer more freedom to our plot runners to come up with whatever is cool and creepy. Thematic to BITN is "scary unexplained shit" more so than "Nosferatu Acoltye" or "Autumn Court Ogre". So if you want, you can choose from one of our pre-generated Horror Stories, or even get assigned one at random (feature not confirmed).

3 - Attention to both Plot and Social RP. We aim to provide ample opportunity for plot-based RP, while also allowing players to create their own IC groups.

4 - We will fucking kill you. This is not our stated intent, but your character COULD die any time they confront the monsters.

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@Pyrephox said:

Sounds delightful! Any idea on a timeline for opening?

I honestly can't say with huge certainty, but I would HOPE within 90-120 days. Since we are nly using the core Chronicles of Darkness book (at present) we have the data entry and character creation mostly handled. We need to set up an actual game on a host, and solidify game policies and setting, stuff like that.

But unless @Cobaltasaurus wants to go crazy with it, I think the code should be relatively easy.

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Currently, our team consists of two Head Staffers. Myself, @tragedyjones and @Cobaltasaurus. We are currently looking for interested parties to act as staffers and as consultants. If interested, send me a line here in the thread or directly.

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Bump in the Night is a Chronicle of Darkness (formerly New World of Darkness 2nd Edition) game set in Southern Maryland in the modern day.

Player Characters on BITN are humans, mere mortals (or on occasion, psychics and the minorly gifted) who are aware of, and concerned with, The Supernatural. The protagonists of BITN are those who have been exposed to the horrors that lurk in the dark. Some are victims of the horrors out there, having survived and escaped the monsters and looking for justice, or revenge. Some are civil servants who have uncovered the truth. Others still are scholars or persons of faith who stumbled on the truth, and seek to study or destroy it.

The aim for Bump in the Night is to tell exciting, pulse pounding horror stories of taking the fight to (or sometimes simply escaping from) the monsters of the world. Staff and player-STs will provide both one off Monster of the Week plots and longer term arcs. During downtime, players will be free to socialize and RP across our grid.

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Heyyyyy @Alzie, how much is a hosting (game + media wiki) cost?

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While you are also under no obligation to make a game to my expectations, but I know I wouldn't ever go back to WoD or Chronicles 1.0

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Not to discourage you at all (more games is good) but there are projects in development. @Sunny is working on Dust. People have Echoes in the pipe. I have a new project on the burner. And this is just what I am personally aware of.

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@skew said:

@surreality My goal will be to get something going. Once I have a working thingy (technical term), I'll see about how it can be modified and integrated elsewhere. The idea would be to start with WoD, and one game loaded, but expand it out to multiple rule sets, and allow people to create their own custom games. Details on that to be determined!

Down with WoD, up with CofD

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I have been guilty of ANSI color when STing before. But I am well known as history's greatest monster.

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@Wizz said:

@Arkandel said:

You could run a game set in an outbreak of some sort, or following a world-changing event, or set in a different time period (or an alternate history with a steampunk theme), etc.

I'd kill for a Prohibition-era multisphere game. With Mummy, because FUCK IT IT'S COOL GODDAMNIT

Prohibition era games are so 2012.

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There are at least 2 multiple sphere games in Development already.

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At this point we are not ready to announce which direction we will be going. Because a decision is yet to be finalized. If anyone has a good argument to sway myself and my collaborators in a certain direction, hit us with it.