Join Eviliv3 Play in this first act of our @Renegade Studios’ Vampire: The Masquerade Actual Play in the vein of What We Do in the Shadows. Originally created by Mark Rein-Hagen and released in 1991 by White Wolf Publishing as the first of several Storyteller System games for its World of Darkness setting line. In 2015, Paradox Interactive purchased White Wolf. Vampire: The Masquerade (also known as V5) was then released in early 2018. You can buy Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/256795/vampire-the-masquerade-5th-edition?affiliate_id=50797 and you can learn more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire:_The_Masquerade.
Cast of Characters:
- Edgar (Edogridgian) | Malkavian | Colin @TheHorrorificPodcast
- Heronimo | Tremere | Kyle
- Morty Longtooth | Nosferatu | Chris @BoomAnakin21
- Edmund Rochester | Toreador | Robert
- Sierra Monroy | Brujah | Dayna
- Silas Colter | Gangrel | Lauren
- Todd the Vampire | Toreador | Cameron @TheinfernalBrotherhood
Game Setup
Intro: The Ozarks are wild. The locals prefer it that way. And though the vacation season brings in all sorts of shit-asses tearing up the trails, terrorizing the population, and trashing the lakes, rivers and byways, the locals would have it no other way. Drug and gun smuggling, prostitution and petty theft seem to be the highlight of the local youth’s pastime, but there’s more to the Ozarks than meets the eye. A Camarilla Prince named Gustav Durchdenwald commands this region with an iron fist. And a new group of creatures of the night have moved in to aid his reign in the tamping down of Anarchs, maintaining the masquerade and filming a new documentary that is set to air on A&E midnight, a new streaming channel available on Google Play and the App Store. Let’s check in on some of these monsters who dwell in the darkness now…
Act 1 – A Beast Among Us
There are people dying in the quiet town of Cedarcreek Missouri. This happens to be the domain of our coterie’s prince Gustav Durchdenwald. The coterie is tasked with discovering the culprit and stopping them. If it’s a vampire it’s a threat to the masquerade.
Act 1
The PCs are engaged by the regulars of the community who are also Nighthawks. Fishermen, poachers and drug dealers. There is a missing persons case that has just occurred with Celeste Harmony going missing. The PCs are eventually approached by Piet Sieve, the Prince of the region’s familiar, about looking for this murderer, making sure it’s not an Anarch cunt and that the Masquerade isn’t going to be affected.
- Sarah Castag & Ulgar Uhfolo = Nighthawks
- Hannah grey = hannas handmade handbills
Act 2
Local news reporter, Stacey Gray, starts saying that vampire cults as the cause due to bite marks on the corpse and a note that states Celeste has been with beasts from the darkness who have caused her death. The note is written on paper which is a specific craft paper the locals know from Pennington Press. They sold three packages of it. One to the Gorschnips (Gheldharth & Horyon), one to Heinuus Forth and one to Gosepherus Pain, the local DJ of H3rt 105T, classic rock–if it’s got heart it’s got rock.
Act 3
They learn of a cryptic fanatic by the name of Kes Res, an indigenous elder of the Osage, who knows for a fact it was the swamp man of Rigurton way, or bigfoot. But one of them for sure!
About What We Do in the Shadows
Comedy horror mockumentary originally created by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. The film was released on 13 February 2015 in the US. It was expanded into a streaming series by Jemaine Clement which ran for 6 seasons from March 27, 2019 – December 16, 2024 on FX. There is an upcoming series called We’re Wolves being developed as a sequel to the streaming series.
About Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition
Vampire: The Masquerade is the original and ultimate roleplaying game of personal and political horror. You are a vampire, struggling for survival, supremacy, and your own fading humanity — afraid of what you are capable of, and fearful of the inhuman conspiracies that surround you.
The classic that changed roleplaying games forever returns! This fifth edition features a streamlined and modern rules design, beautiful new full-color art, and a rich story experience for players. Powered by the innovative Hunger cycle, the game also includes rules for creating system supported character coteries, Loresheets to directly involve players with their favorite parts of the setting and The Memoriam, a new way to bring the character’s detailed backgrounds and expand on them in-session.
V5 is a return to Vampire’s original vision, moving boldly into the 21st century. While the rules have been redesigned, this new edition honors the deep story of the original, advancing the metaplot from where it left off and detailing exactly what has happened in the world of the Kindred up until tonight. The terror of the Second Inquisition, the conspiracies behind the Gehenna War, and the rekindling of the War of Ages: these are the building blocks of the modern V5 chronicle.
Mature Warning: Contains graphic and written content of a mature nature, including violence, sexual themes, and strong language. Reader discretion is advised.
This PDF version of the V5 core book contains everything the physical book does, plus the implemented errata and a few bonus sections. These sections comprise 26 pages of added bonus material, and they include the following:
- More Loresheets: Descendant of Tyler, Descendant of Zelios, Descendant of Vasantasena, High Clan, Low Clan, Ambrus Maropis, Carmelita Neillson, Fiorenza Savona, Descendant of Karl Schrekt, Descendant of Xaviar.
- An Appendix on Standard Feats: A list of examples for various typical feats your character may do over their unlife, divided among Mental, Physical, and Social.
- An Appendix on Projects: Advanced rules with which your character can attempt long-term projects in order to accomplish goals that go beyond their night-to-night unlife.
- An Appendix on Considerate Play: Excellent advice on how to present complex topics in your game and to ensure everyone at the gaming table is having a good time.