Wednesday, July 3, 2013

A logo for Independent Vampires

So, the Independent Vampires are the only ones 'without a club' so to speak.  From a quick look over the Lore, they seem to be independent either:

  1. They didn't sign onto the Camarilla. (FoS, Assamites)
  2. They got a deal from the Camarilla. (Giovanni)
  3. The Camarilla had no idea what to do with them and kind of left them alone (i.e. Ravnos)
Since it all seemed to be about deals, or not making deals, then I thought the best symbol for the Independent Clans would be parchment, quill and ink.
And on a sample Giovanni (who I made up mostly because Ben Peal has told us all the next set will be Indies)... you can see it below under the name and next to the Clan logo.


Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Logos in VTES

I was thinking that maybe it would be worth removing some of the labels which tend to appear on VTES cards and turn them into Logos.  For instance:

Black Hand
Primogen
Prince
Justicar
Inner Circle
Bishop
Archbishop
Priscus
Cardinal
Regent
Anarch
Laibon

It seems easier to do for Black Hand, Anarch and maybe Laibon.  It would be more difficult for the titles, since the Prince and Archbishops need their Domains listed.

So here is a possible logo for Black Hand.

I've also added in a little Sabbat Icon.

On a Sample card they would look like this:

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Stealth of Will

Decided I should have a non-standard S&B deck... Rather than going for the PRO-FOR road, which I've seen used really well, I decided to see what I could do with the Nos/!Nos that I saw with for-obf... A little ARDB-fu later...

Deck Name : Stealth of Will
Author : Juggernaut1981
Description : Multi-acting S&B with Force of Will & Retainers.



Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 4 max: 6 average: 4.83333
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2x Louis de Maisonneu     5  FOR aus dom obf           !Ventrue:4
2x Skidmark               5  FOR OBF aus pot           !Nosferatu:4
1x Macoute                6  FOR NEC obf thn           Samedi:4
1x Janni                  5  cel for obf qui           Assamite:4
1x Maria Stone        Adv 5  FOR cel obf pre pro spi   Ahrimane:3
2x Maria Stone            5  FOR cel obf pro           !Gangrel:3
1x Aaron Bathurst         4  for obf pot               !Nosferatu:4
1x Little Willie          4  for obf pro               !Ventrue:4
1x Wolfgang               4  for obf pot               Nosferatu:3


Library [66 cards]
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Action [16]
  8x Force of Will
  8x Rapid Healing

Action Modifier [24]
  4x Cloak the Gathering
  4x Faceless Night
  12x Freak Drive
  4x Lost in Crowds

Action Modifier/Combat [4]
  4x Swallowed by the Night

Equipment [4]
  4x Laptop Computer

Master [16]
  4x Dreams of the Sphinx
  1x Giant's Blood
  2x Heidelberg Castle, Germany
  4x Life in the City
  1x Powerbase: Montreal
  4x Wash

Retainer [2]
  1x J. S. Simmons, Esq.
  1x Tasha Morgan