Socionex

There were some issues with the new Beta version. I tested and fixed the problem, so everything should be good right now. I had to clear the current bids from the auction books.
Also because some asked for it, the delay added to the last bid is 12 hours instead of 24 hours.
If you sell inventory items, all processing (transmission of items and payment) is done automatically on the backend, and you don’t have to do it manually. If you sell another type of items, then you will have to contact the buyer .

Candidates as Chief Physician are:

• PasPareil Resident
• Amber Palowakski
• Seule Ember
• Andalinae Resident

Please vote for your favorite applicant. Scrolls are at the Guild Hall.
Candidates are:

• Kylie Lacombe
• Liang Scorpio
• Pushka Damour

Please vote for your favorite applicants at the voting scroll.

We have started the Inquisitori Group.
These fine figures of inhumanity will be on your case anytime now if you have committed crimes or been reported.
Please understand that committing crime is an invitation to interact with the law system. If you have no wish to be arrested then simply do not commit crimes.
All crimes will be prosecuted and result in court and fines etc.
the Inquisitors do not fight but have command of some lethal little friends who do their dirty work for them. If you are arrested please go quietly or you may find you get to know these little imps well.
We have been sorely lacking a fully functioning justice system for a long time now. We hope this will remedy that. Please understand that they are not a Sabat working for their own ends, they are public servants there to help you should you feel you have been wronged in any way. So keep using the crime report board as this is the best way to process crimes. And try to keep on the right side of our at New Inquisitors. We will presently be listing all know laws of the city so you all know what not to do, or do, depending on how much you like prison cells. Please note that the Prison will now be the home of the Inquisitori and the Norferati will return to the dock area.

Blood Gaunts

A blood Gaunt is a Vampire blood slave.
.They are kind of half Vampires. A human/ vampire Crossbreed.
Any coven that wishes to keep human slaves to serve them should turn them to Blood Gaunts.
You cannot become a casual vampire servant.
There can be no half measures. Vampires can tolerate humans only if they possess them totally
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 Vampires 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 is fed Fresh vampire blood.
Once vampire blood has entered the system the human can no longer stomach food without being violently sick,
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.
So the supplier of the drug become the total focus of attention and need, and also the one for which the Gaunt will do anything in order to receive the next “fix” of Blood.
If they do not receive blood within a day or so they get terrible stomach pains and the whole body contorts in agony, lots of scope for RP here.

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

Becoming a blood Gaunt is now a prerequisite for Enrapture, becoming a Vampire.
The time spent as a Blood Gaunt seems to prepare the human body for the great changes that occur during Enrapture.

Important!
Blood Gaunts are designated Prey in the meter!
Please do not except this role offer from a vampire unless you understand this servitude and dependency fully !
Baal and Kora do not wish to receive endless complaints from humans who were not aware of these rules.

Method.
All the following should be performed with elaborate RP that has already been built up to in the preceding Play.

A Vampire should take the Human they wish to transform into a Blood Gaunt to the Sanctum Sanctorum at the centre of the Isola dei Morti and have them Lay upon the Alter. (click to sit on the alter)
If the vampire wishes, after the Victim is laying, they may again click the alter and choose next seat .
This will put them into an animation kneeling above the victim and feeding them their, blood .

At any point in this RP the Vampire may click upon the Skull at the head of the alter.
This will chack that they are the correct age (21 days)
They will then receive a message with the name of the victim on it.
They should click this name.
This will check that the Victim is the correct age.
If the Victim is the correct age they will get a message asking them if they wish to be turned.
If they choose yes then their meter will change to Blood Gaunt.

Feeding Your Gaunt
Gaunts feed from Vampire blood that has been specially prepared for them.
A Vampire should understand that a Blood Gaunt is dependant upon them for food like any RL pet
There is a bottle of this 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 then be given to the Blood Gaunt to feed them.
This is the main way for a blood Gaunt to feed.
If you do not feed your gaunt they will eventually need to return to human, unless another Vampire feeds them.
As a last resort Blood Gaunts can feed upon rats which can be found in the prison cells.
But an uncared for Gaunt should try to return to human ASAP.

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 Gaunt, after a period of RP suffering, 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, can be found.
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.
Click upon this container and from the displayed menu choose human.
IC you are mixing a potion from the mandrake that will ease you back to humanity.
Your meter will then return to human.

Enrapture
The turning of Blood Gaunts into Vampires

Note:
This process will now supersede the previous human to vampire Process of Enrapture.

All Vampires Can now turn Humans to Vampires.
But the Process is not as simple as human to Vampire
As Mentioned in the Blood Gaunt section, a human must have been a Blood Gaunt who has been nurtured by their vampire owner for at least 14 days before Enrapture can take place.
The process is a follows
A Vampire must be at least 21 days old plus the 14 days of the Blood Gaunts incubation period, a total 35 days old in order for the enrapture process to work.
If you have fulfilled the above criteria then you will again go to the alter in the Sanctum Sanctorum at the centre of the Isola dei Morti.
This should again be done with the greatest of ceremony either personal or Public.
The Blood Gaunt should lay upon the alter etc, same as the process for Blood Gaunts.
At any point in this RP the Vampire may click upon the Skull at the head of the alter.
This will check that they are the correct age
They will then receive a message with the name of the victim on it.
They should click this name.
This will check that the Victim is the correct age.
If the Victim is the correct age they will get a message asking them if they wish to be turned.
If they choose yes then their meter will change to Vampire.
Congratulations! You have created your very own Vampire.

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.

We have had word that a consignment of imported goods was lost overboard on a ship bound for Venexia. We have no idea if any of these crates made it ashore. But they could be anywhere in the city.
If you find them there are many exotic and worthwhile goods inside.
You will of course need a good Hammer to break open any crates you may find. If you do not already have one then there is one available in the sim, somewhere 🙂
good Luck

We will leave one source of bottled blood to buy outside the Cafe permanently. As much as we would like to remove them all this is just not possible without a permanent human presence in the sim. We have also lowered the Blood Vat maximum amount to 1000. We could make it even smaller, but as people will inevitably cheat this does not matter a whole lot.

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

The new owner of the Roman Baths is Brittainy Collins.

Venetians has voted Roscoe Viper to become the new owner of the Bakery. Congratulations!

The top 2 candidates in round 2 are:
“Roscoe Viper”, and “Pushka Damour”

Please vote for Bakery Owner and Roman Bath Owner.

If you are interested in signing up for a RP Business in Venexia, the Doctor Office, the Pharmacy and the Docks Tavern are open for rental.

KOS Is now an Adult SIM. Therefore we assume that everybody is 18+ years old. Please DO NOT believe in rumors about people being underage. If you have proof of that, submit an Abuse Report to Linden Lad. If you don’t have proof, please do not spread rumors, if you cannot prove it. That will ruin that person roleplay.
Much appreciated.

So far, we have been asking people to detach their speed and jump enhancers kindly. However, we still see people using them. By now you all know if you have enhancers or not. I will make sure that you have a further disincentive, like dropping more health if you are in the middle of a fight.
I am just giving you an heads up to give you time to correct this issue.

If your character is interested in running either the Doctor’s Office or the Tavern at the Docks, please sign up as applicant at the Voting Board (at the Guild Hall).
Serious Interest in RP. No Alts.

5 applicants for the position:
Oneida Oompa
Roscoe Viper
Anpao Resident
Aurora1 Starfall
Pushka Damour
Please vote for the player who you wish to take that RP role.
Voting scrolls are at the Guild Hall. The voting will be run in 2 rounds.

If you are a Venexian please vote for the player who you wish to become the owner of the Roman Bath. There are 2 candidates:
– Brittainy Collins
– Pushka Damour
Voting scroll is in the Guild Hall, in front of the Rental Board for Blood Court.

The duel board is upgraded. Now it keeps track of the duel in the database, and monitor if both fighters are in the sim at the same time and schedule the duel for them.
Once the duel was completed, the player who requested the duel should go back to the board and close the challenge.

Doctor’s Office & Docks are now for rent. So if you are interested in running them, please signup at the scroll in the Guild Hall.
This is the last call to signup for Roman Bath and Bakery as well.
All scrolls can be found in front of the Rental Board for Borghesia.
No ALTs. Serious interested in RP these roles.

If you are interested in running the Bakery or the Roman Baths, please signup as applicant at the scroll located in the Court Hall, in front of the Rental Board (Court Blood).
The rental are in G$. Serious interest in RP. No Alts.

If you are interested in running the Bakery in Venexia, please signup at the scroll at the bakery stall. Please no ALTs. Human only.

The Urban Animals may eat fish heads for free, available at the docks in Venexia (next to the FIsh stall).
🙂