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As of today, I've begun work on a multi-crossover fanfiction involving Vampire: The Requiem titled The New Jersey Project. It's only two chapters in and very much a work in progress (I haven't even got to introduce the vampires yet!), but I thought you guys would be interested.

Here's the fanfic so far. Keep in mind that this fic invokes an aesthetic that TV Tropes refers to as "Stylistic Suck". It's sort of a "just for fun" type of fanfiction. It even has a meta-narrative that explains said Stylistic Suck (the premise is that it's based off of unused fanfic ideas I had when I was a young adolescent back in 2005-2006 and is written in that sort of style, albeit with modernized dialogue and references)

Be forewarned that this fanfic contains really strong language and really crude humor.

The New Jersey Project - Chapter 1 - HenrySaturn - The Sopranos [Archive of Our Own]
 
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bigblack said:
Speaking of Mage, it's the only gameline in which you can have a 'template stacking' of antagonist.
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You could embrace a Sorcerer and you'll get a Sorcerer Vampire :p
Tremere will loath you going behind their back getting alternative vampiric Thaumaturgy . . .
. . . so that is why everyone should try doing it anyway!
 
bigblack said:
Speaking of Mage, it's the only gameline in which you can have a 'template stacking' of antagonist.

Mad Seer Banisher Reaper Lich Scelestus
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No. That's invalid - you can't flag "Banisher" and "Seer" at the same time. And honestly, "Banisher Scelestus" is super-dubious whether a Banisher is capable of doing that (and not then killing themselves if they're tricked into it).

Otherwise (crossing Banisher out), that's just a Seer with a secret Abyss-worshipping Legacy that lets him eat human souls to extend his life, and the practice of soul-eating has driven him to be one of the Mad.
 
Incidentally, that'd be another good chance/way to share. People who have ideas for Nameless Orders, whether in the past or present. I mean, despite being 'Nameless' they're not actually without names and identities and natures, necessarily. Obviously.
 
The Laurent said:
Incidentally, that'd be another good chance/way to share. People who have ideas for Nameless Orders, whether in the past or present. I mean, despite being 'Nameless' they're not actually without names and identities and natures, necessarily. Obviously.
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Ring of thieves, con men, and smugglers who use magic to make sure things go off without a hitch. Bit illusive due to use of magic to aid heavily in transportation and disguise. Beliefs are effectively that as Mages they're above the laws of the Sleepers so therefore it is their right to take as they will from the masses. So they don't really target other Mages (on a more practical note Mages hit back a lot harder). They also avoid physically harming their marks if possible because in their view killing someone is unacceptable because anyone might possibly Awaken. Finally they're fairly mercenary, happy to do work for whoever pays them (including Sleepers who have found them one way or another), with the internal justification being that better they do the job smoothly instead of letting it go into the hands of someone less competent than them.

Not confident in ability to assign a precise Mythos for them beyond those tenants. Maybe something about how by relieving sleepers of material possessions they help push the sleeper towards enlightenment.

Haughty dicks but useful if you can get into contact with one because they tend to be very good at transportation, and even if the one you find doesn't work in that field he has buddies that might. Attitudes towards them tend to be fairly negative, because while they try to present themselves as morally correct they're still going around ruining people's lives for profit and/or fun.
 
EarthScorpion said:
No. That's invalid - you can't flag "Banisher" and "Seer" at the same time. And honestly, "Banisher Scelestus" is super-dubious whether a Banisher is capable of doing that (and not then killing themselves if they're tricked into it).

Otherwise (crossing Banisher out), that's just a Seer with a secret Abyss-worshipping Legacy that lets him eat human souls to extend his life, and the practice of soul-eating has driven him to be one of the Mad.
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I just remembered that Banisher in 2e can means 'Mages who destroy magic(such as Logophages) for whatever reason, including 1e's "born" Banisher' so... yeah I can have a Mad Seer Banisher Reaper Lich Scelestus
 
Joebobjoe said:
Ring of thieves, con men, and smugglers who use magic to make sure things go off without a hitch. Bit illusive due to use of magic to aid heavily in transportation and disguise. Beliefs are effectively that as Mages they're above the laws of the Sleepers so therefore it is their right to take as they will from the masses. So they don't really target other Mages (on a more practical note Mages hit back a lot harder). They also avoid physically harming their marks if possible because in their view killing someone is unacceptable because anyone might possibly Awaken. Finally they're fairly mercenary, happy to do work for whoever pays them (including Sleepers who have found them one way or another), with the internal justification being that better they do the job smoothly instead of letting it go into the hands of someone less competent than them.

Not confident in ability to assign a precise Mythos for them beyond those tenants. Maybe something about how by relieving sleepers of material possessions they help push the sleeper towards enlightenment.

Haughty dicks but useful if you can get into contact with one because they tend to be very good at transportation, and even if the one you find doesn't work in that field he has buddies that might. Attitudes towards them tend to be fairly negative, because while they try to present themselves as morally correct they're still going around ruining people's lives for profit and/or fun.
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Cat's eye or Lupin as mages does sound like fun. Does that mean super sleuths are actually evil abyss thingies\spirits of law or truth\other mages or are they just competent Sleepers?
 
bigblack said:
I just remembered that Banisher in 2e can means 'Mages who destroy magic(such as Logophages) for whatever reason, including 1e's "born" Banisher' so... yeah I can have a Mad Seer Banisher Reaper Lich Scelestus
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Yes, but that's reducing "Banisher" to something hopelessly vague - and more critically, non-mechanical - so you can't treat it as a stacked "template".

I mean, that means any mage who destroys Abyssal knowledge is a Banisher, so that's not a helpful definition.
 
I posted the third and fourth chapters of The New Jersey Project on AO3, we still haven't got to the WoD parts yet, but that will happen in the fifth chapter (it's projected to have fifty chapters, so don't worry!)

Be forewarned, I give Chris Christie and Joss Whedon a good verbal thrashing in those chapters, as I do not like Chris Christie's ties to Donald Trump nor do I like the Firefly series (I feel it's overrated, one of my many unpopular opinions that earn me hate but I stand by my views on Joss Whedon's works), plus The New Jersey Project is a Crack Fic so it's supposed to be silly and stupid.

On a more related note, anybody ever consider converting any of the WoD games, Old or New, to the Big Eyes Small Mouth system?
 
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Paulie Romanov said:
I posted the third and fourth chapters of The New Jersey Project on AO3, we still haven't got to the WoD parts yet, but that will happen in the fifth chapter (it's projected to have fifty chapters, so don't worry!)

Be forewarned, I give Chris Christie and Joss Whedon a good verbal thrashing in those chapters, as I do not like Chris Christie's ties to Donald Trump nor do I like the Firefly series (I feel it's overrated, one of my many unpopular opinions that earn me hate but I stand by my views on Joss Whedon's works), plus The New Jersey Project is a Crack Fic so it's supposed to be silly and stupid.

On a more related note, anybody ever consider converting any of the WoD games, Old or New, to the Big Eyes Small Mouth system?
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Eh. Whedon lets his politics take over his art too much IMO. Especially his movies.

And no, never even played BESM
 
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Brother Mouse said:
Eh. Whedon lets his politics take over his art too much IMO. Especially his movies
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Agreed. Mainly I think Firefly and Angel were boring. I liked Buffy though.

Though the idea of portraying Joss Whedon as an easily trolled Seymour Skinner-esque alt-righter who lives with his mom is funny when you consider his real life political stances (he's a staunch liberal, I am liberal myself though.)

I like BESM myself, personally.

Oh, and here's some new sneak peeks at the upcoming chapters of The New Jersey Project.

The fanfic's overall Arc Words are this simple mantra...

Creedence Clearwater Revival Kick Ass!
 
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