Changes.
Below are listed some changes we will make to the game in Venexia over the next few days
We know that they will most likely not be to everyones liking and that they may have flaws.
However, we are going to give them all a try as we have had positive feed back on most of them, and feel they will enhance play in the sim.
This is a very long note but it seemed better to send it all as one rather than send out many notes that may get lost.
Please circulate this note to any player who has not seen it.
Blood Bottles
Blood bottles will be removed from the sim.
Including those in the Pharmacy.
To give people a chance to adjust to the new system this will take place slowly over the next week or so.
We realize this is a rather radical move and no doubt many will disagree with it.
But we feel that a Vampire sim that does not promote the core functions of the Vampire, hunting and preying on Humans, is not functioning correctly.
Of course there will still need to be a source of blood available to Vampires beyond that taken directly from Humans by biting (Remember that’s what Vampires do!) just in case all the humans up and leave us.
So, from now on the main source of none fresh blood for a Sabat will be its Blood Vat.
Read the next section for further details.
There will also be the possibility of discovering blood in various boxes found around the Sim, see the Treasure hunt section.
The Blood Vat
Each Sabat base has a blood supply held in a container.
The Blood Vat.
The blood in the Vat can be purchased only by Members of the Sabat that owns it.
The Vat is filled with blood from human captives, or Blood Gaunt slaves.
Vampires will be paid For each 15 points of health/blood that is provided by the Human they bring to the Vat for draining..
Humans will receive a token amount For each 15 they provide.
Please note that this is not a donation of kindness by the human, it is a forced extraction.
If as a human you do not agree with this then please consider that the vampire could just as easily bite you and take the blood anyway.
There will be no blood in the vat unless it is filled by Vampires by hunting or providing the blood of their slave.
It is possible that Sabats should consider appointing certain members to fulfil this hunting function to keep their vat full. Depending on the attitude of the leader to none fresh blood.
All interaction around the filling of the Vat must be Rped out.
NO mechanical filling of the Vat please.
Please note that all values will most likely need adjusting as the game progresses.
Automatic leadership application.
It has been suggested that many people do not apply for leadership because it seems rather more difficult than it should. Especially having to contact that scary guy Baal.
So we will now make all applications automatic, as long as you can fulfil the following criteria
Two weeks of age
Have 4 other people prepared to join your Coven ( no alts please!)
Have a good coven profile ready to display on your Coven page on the web site.
Have at least 1 other active Leader to back your application.
Please note:
We still ask that you get the support of at least one other existing leader.
We hope people understand that if you cannot get at least one other leader to support your leadership application then you are most likely not in a great position to make any constructive contribution to RP in the sim.
This automatic process will still not apply to Vordensian and the new Inquisitora groups.
Opium
The drug will enter the sim in a small way to begin with as a collectable and saleable item that enhances Physical health for humans and vampires.
It will be one of the Items that can be randomly found in the destructible crates (see bellow) which have been IC imported into Venexia.
Borghesia
Borghesia will no longer be automatically protected by Venexia Court.
They will now sign up for work each day as Court Blood.
Once they sign up for this job they will appear on the rental board which will be moved to the Green Dragon Inn.
When a Borghesia enters the sim they will not have the protection of the Court until they sign up for work.
A Vampire should always have checked the board before approaching a Borghesia to ascertain their rental status. In Fact the probability is that they will be rentable so the Vampires should always consider this.
If a Borghesia is not on the board then they fall under the same game rules as Paesani
Please note:
There is no OOC protection for Borghesia.
If there was it would give them an OOC advantage over the Vampires, and would be wholly unrealistic in RP.
What they do have however is the right to report the offending vampire to the new Inquisitora group who are bound by law to prosecute the offending Vampire.
The Vampire will then receive a heavy fine and possibly further punishment if they re offend.
So to re state the new rules:
Borghesia are Rped as upper class humans who have the same rights as the Paesani until such time as they place themselves upon the rental board by signing up for work as Court Blood
After this they have the Protection of the Court.
But the laws that protect them are like all RL laws, and do not protect against those who break the law.
But those who do break the law should now find punishment swift and painful.
Vordensian
The Vordensian group will now feed of vampire blood and will have a Blood Vat same as the other Covens.
The difference is that their Vat will be filled with vampire Blood.
This should provide a vampire predator in the sim, as opposed to just an adversary.
Of course this could become controversial if it gets out of hand, which is why this group will remain difficult to get into.
Blood Gaunts
A blood Gaunt is a Vampire blood slave.
Any coven that wishes to keep human slaves to serve them should turn them to Blood Gaunts.
This will prevent all the bother we have had of humans remaining human but using the Coven name to which they are attached as a form of hierarchical one-upmanship over other humans.
So if you want to hang out with the vampires but remain human then get them to mark you as their blood slave, or if you have a favourite human pet, then Blood Gaunt them.
Please Note: being a Blood Gaunt does not automatically protect you from attack by other vampires, you are still only a slave. But if you are owned by a coven then attacks by other covens will lead to Prosecutions, retaliations and conflicts.
In character information.
Important note:
I have received some IMs about this group along the lines of “I am not playing a dirty drug addict etc”
Please note that the addiction aspect is only emphasised to illustrate why the gaunt does not just run away and why the vampire gains control and would prefer doing this to a slave.
It does not imply that the Gaunt runs around in rags and looks like a heroin addict. You can still wear a pretty frock and be genteel as you like, but you will just be fed blood by your owner. If you do not like dealing with blood then don‘t hang with Vampires)
A blood Gaunt is created when a human drinks Fresh vampire blood.
Blood Gaunts IC are addicted to the Blood they are fed.
So the supplier of the drug become the total focus of attention and need, and also the one for which you will do anything in order to receive the next fix.
Important! Please do not except this role offer from a vampire unless you understand this servitude and dependency fully !
But also understand that you cannot become a casual vampire servant. There can be no half measures. Vampires can tolerate humans only if they possess them totally.
Method
In Venexia to become a full Vampire a human must die and be reborn, they must be drained of blood and then revived, Enraptured, with the Powerful blood of a coven Leader.
However any vampire may create a blood gaunt from a human player.
The difference is that Blood Gaunts are not drained of blood.
They are fed vampire blood while still human by a vampire.
This vampire blood mixes with the human blood in the body and acts like an addictive drug, forcing the gaunt to crave more, and thus they become reliant upon their creator to provide this blood.
If they do not receive more blood within a day or so they get terrible stomach pains and the whole body contorts in agony, lots of scope for RP here.
Once vampire blood has entered the system the human can no longer stomach food without being violently sick,
Why don’t Blood Gaunts just hunt vampires for themselves ?
Because the Process weakens them. The average Human finds it hard to overcome a vampire, but for a Blood Gaunt it is almost impossible I.e. OOC, their stamina has a limiter on it.
Becoming a blood Gaunt is a prerequisite for Enrapture.
The time spent as a Blood Gaunt seems to prepare the human body for the great changes that occur during Enrapture.
OOC Method.
There is a skull goblet on the alter in the Sanctum Sanctorum at the centre of the Isola dei Morti
A Vampire should take their prospective Blood Gaunt there and RP filling this Goblet with their own blood. OOC the vampire will click upon the goblet and be given a menu from which they can choose who within range they wish to Change from human to Gaunt.
The Gaunt will now need to be fed by the Vampire who turned them.
There is a bottle of special blood reserved for Blood Gaunts in each Sabat base.
The Vampire owner can click upon this and buy Blood which will enter their Inventory and can be given to the Blood Gaunt to feed them.
There is one other way for a blood Gaunt to feed. This special blood is one of the items that might possibly be found in import Crates scattered around the sim.
If you do not feed your gaunt they will eventually return to human, unless another Vampire feeds them.
Becoming human again.
IC
It is possible for a Gaunt to return to being human. To do this they must stop taking vampire blood and retire to a sick bed for a long period of time until they are over the stomach pains and the muscle contortions. Think drug addict, cold turkey.
Your vampire master or mistress may in fact impose this state upon you by no longer providing blood to you.
You can quicken this process or reversion by the use of an imported root.
It is said that the plant Mandrake can relieve some of the pains by becoming a mild substitute for the Vampire blood and bringing the body back to normal more gently.
OOC Method
The human will need to search the crates of imports around the Docks in the chance that Mandrake which is imported by the court for its supposed aphrodisiac properties, has been imported. Or if another player has found some and wishes to sell it they may buy it from them
Once this drug is found it should be taken to the small Chapel on the Docks where you will find a container on the Alter which you may click upon and from the displayed menu choose human.
Venexia Treasure hunt.
We will place around the sim crates that represent imported substances.
Food
Opium
Blood
Mandrake
Gaunt Food.
These will require the Hammer item as used in other sims to acquire.
The items will enter your Inventory if you find them and may be sold or given to other players
Auction
We will set up an auction for the selling of found items near the Docks.
The Inquisitori
The Inquisitori are a kind of Vampire inquisition that work for the Court of Venexia
This is a 100% role play role! If the lengthy process of investigation and the verbose process of Prosecution in Court do not attract you then this is not for you.
After a period of lawlessness in the city the Court have decided to form a select group of Inquisitors who would handle all matters of law.
They deal with the law, the whole law, and Nothing but the law.
Structure
There are two levels in the Inquisitori
Investigator
Judge.
Investigators, as the name suggests, are those who investigate crimes. They are subordinate the Judges, and will take their orders from them.
Judges are like Coven Leaders but will not act separately from other Judges
They will deal with the organisation of the Court cases and can also investigate and Prosecute.
They will be able to except or reject crimes from the crime board.
Rules
All Inquisitori Will sign up as Prosecuters, which is their job.
OOC: Inquisitori cannot have alts in other Covens.
Only Vampires of good breeding who have lived as Chosen within the city may become Inquisitori
The Inquisitori will be placed under extremely strict codes of practice.
They are first and foremost servants of the Chosen of Venexia, and they will always act accordingly.
In all their investigations they will remain calm and calculating in their manner.
Any signs of arrogance or displays of superiority towards Coven leaders or their members will not be tolerated.
Woe betide them should they break their code, but woe betide those who treat them with disrespect and those who would think to hinder them in their duty.
Inquisitori are not police.
They do not hang around in the city looking for crime, they act upon Crime reported.
Procedures.
In all cases of Vampire investigations very strong evidence must be gathered before arrest and prosecution takes place.
All vampires may elect a Lawyer to defend their case.
Coven Leaders
If Coven leaders are accused of crimes then the Inquisitor must be extremely careful in the way in which they proceed, should they get it wrong, they will themselves come under suspicion.
Cases Involving Coven leaders should be investigated with extreme caution. No tirture may be used upon coven leaders until they are found guilty of their crimes.
Coven Members
When Prosecuting a Coven member the Inquisitor must first contact the Coven leader and inform them that they are about to investigate or prosecute a member of their Coven. If the coven leader avoids this contact in any way then the Inquisitor may proceed without this contact.
Blood Gunts
Gaunts may be arrested but not mishandled in any way until owners, should they be owned, have been contacted and informed of the details of the arrest.
Humans
Humans may be arrested first and investigations may take place after.
A human may ask for another human to speak for them in court.
Inquisitori May Gaunt any human they find guilty of their crimes.
Jury
Inquisitora may question those selected for jury service if they suspect that they will bias the case in any way, either for or against the defendant.
In this they must be aware of the protestations of other jury members. And the Lawyer of the defendant should they have one.
If after questioning of the Jury member partiality can be shown to exist, then that Jury member can be asked to leave. Should they refuse to do so they will themselves be prosecuted.
Combat.
Inquisitors do not enter into ANY form of combat.
Neither shall they cause by word or deed beyond the letter of the law aggression towards themselves or another.
If they are attacked, the attacker will be instantly captured and taken for torture and trial.
To attack them is to break the law and therefore to come under their control.
They deal exclusively with the process of law and the extraction of confessions for crimes committed.
OOC NOTE: Inquisitori do not enter into RP that involves bribery and favouritism of any kind.
Any signs of this will result in the removal of the Inquisitor involved.
In Fact they do not enter into any RP that does not involve the law.
Their RP exists in the Prison which they run, where they live as kind of Monks and Nuns dedicated to the execution of the law and the arts of Torture and punishment of convicted criminals
Servitors
Although Inquisitori do not fight they can control of demon servitors, which they use to hunt down CONFIRMED criminals.
Notice the emphasis on CONFIRMED!
Servitors will never be used against suspects, unless after strong evidence has been collected and presented to the suspect they attempt to avoid arrest.
Any misuse of this ability in any way will result in the removal of the Inquisitori involved.
All Investigators will need a warrant from a Judge before using a servitor.
If they proceed without this warrant, and their suspect complains, then the arrest may become void.
Inquisitori will investigate ALL reported crimes.
All Chosen of venexia have a right to complain if the Inquisitori fail to investigate any reported crime.
Should a crime be reported and found to be lacking in evidence for prosecution then the accuser must be informed as to the reasons.
In the court room they are the prosecutors on behalf of the Court
Appearance
The Inquisitora usualy dress in none descript black, usually cloaks with Masks that cover the face in some way. They do not wear fancy outfits.
They are not intensely active, but quietly confident watchers of the City.
They have the full support of the court in all matters of law and the breaking thereof .
They have no power or superiority at all over coven leaders or their members until they break the laws of the City. At which point they become the focus of attention for these almost alien seeming beings. They are renowned for their skill in the extraction of confessions, and the use of torture both mental and physical to achieve their goals.
If you wish to avoid them then do not break the laws.
Simple.
IMPORTANT NOTE!
Please remember that the idea is not to eradicate crime, or you will no longer have a job J