Canon Q&A With Storytellers

[CharlotteC]

Well that answered the Bus question but not so much the route question.

[Azraeth]

There are multiple routes connecting all of the stations, so for example, there might be a north to south that goes from Cherrydale all of the way to Swansdale, hitting other stations in between, but there might also be a south to north, etc etc. Suffice it to say the subway is set up with set routes, but because there are numerous routes and the trains are scheduled close together, it should be pretty easy to get from point a to point b quickly, in character.

Later, when I'm working on more of the human side of Harper Rock, I might develop some sort of route system, such as a color coded thing like 'brown line' or 'orange line', like they do with the Metro. I'd be eternally grateful if someone were to make a route map, but that would be a lot of effort and I wouldn't expect someone to just do it.

[Trahir Trahison]

These new jobs... RPwise who are the parts being handed off to? Is it being simply delivered to a known venue such as a magic shop? Is it being parceled up and shipped off?

Asking because depending who the potential buyer is, certain characters would/would not do them. If they are going to say

Jorogumo Matriarch
c/o The Sirens Gang
101 Algonquin Caverns, Harper Rock, Canada
M4C 1B5

Then I can see some of mine not doing them.

[Doc]

Question: How is it that black feral blood and vials of feral blood do not ash or turn to smoke upon the feral's death?

Black blood is a trait of a Shadow...

Quote from wiki: When a Shadow vampire dies, he or she does not turn to ash like some of the other paths, but disperses into a dark substance which resembles smoke, but isn't actually physical at all.

Quote from wiki: A Shadow does not have red blood, but black. It does not glisten or shine in any light, it is an impenetrable blackness, as if it is able to swallow all light it comes into contact with. Stranger still are the properties of a Shadow's blood, which doesn't drip or ooze, it splashes on the fabric of reality and hangs in the air. It is as if the blood hits an invisible object and simply floats there, spattered on nothingness, until it disperses a few moments later in the same fashion a shadow will disperse when killed.

The Fangs could have been because the feral was on the killer path..

But the vials of blood.. they should all turn to ash or smoke. Why do they not?

[Ambrose Acheron]

Feral vampires are infected zombies that have drank from vampires. Likely has a lot to do with the purity of the source.

[Azraeth]

These new jobs... RPwise who are the parts being handed off to? Is it being simply delivered to a known venue such as a magic shop? Is it being parceled up and shipped off?

Asking because depending who the potential buyer is, certain characters would/would not do them. If they are going to say

Jorogumo Matriarch
c/o The Sirens Gang
101 Algonquin Caverns, Harper Rock, Canada
M4C 1B5

Then I can see some of mine not doing them.

I think it's safe to assume the ones getting the items will have random names (real or fake), with addresses that are largely nondescript, even residential (real or fake). Unless David decides the transactions are anonymous - go with what I said until he corrects me though.

[Azraeth]

Question: How is it that black feral blood and vials of feral blood do not ash or turn to smoke upon the feral's death?

Feral vampires are zombies which have ingested vampire blood. Think a blood thief mixed with a zombie, and you're about there. That's why you tend to find them in the Quarantine Zone, which is also where Zombies come from (above the Rift).

Vampire blood also doesn't turn instantly to ash or disappear, otherwise turning would be impossible and blood thieves wouldn't exist. Vampire blood itself is special and should not be classed the same as a severed limb or a 'dead' body. Think of it like this: You can't feed a human a vampire thumb and have them turn into a vampire - it's the blood that does it. Vampire blood has properties that don't quite fall in line with what should be logical.

[Velveteen]

For RP purposes with the territory battles - As it stands on grid at the moment you are ejected from the stronghold as soon as the battle ends. However if you won could you not revisit that stronghold during the term of your 'ownership' in roleplay?

[Trahir Trahison]

Clarify for me: When two vampires or a human and a vampire mate, half the time it results in a fadebeast per the wikie, the strength/size of the fadebeast being the only variable, based on human/vampire or vampire/vampire union. By the dice rolls available that would be a chance roll. 50/50. When does the "create fadebeast" roll which is 1:1000 chance come into play? Does it have to do with the eternal bond? It says on the wiki that no form of birth control affects the chances. Not including those with the "Fadebeast Progenitor Curse" which gives a solid 100% what are the chances of fadebeast conception in the following instances?

I'm curious especially after the topic of an adult board came up. Wouldn't a full half of sexual unions involving vampires create fadebeasts and "kill" the female half of the coupling? Since gird and RP have been tied in in many instanes... shouldn't the female partner be condemned to the Shadow for a week?

I like to play my characters by the standards set by canon and I like the dice rolls. So when one of my characters does engage in intercourse what are the rolls in the followong situations?

Unprotected:
Human male and vampire female no eternal bond
Vampire male and human female no eternal bond
vampire male and vampire female no eternal bond

With protection:
Human male and vampire female no eternal bond
Vampire male and human female no eternal bond
vampire male and vampire female no eternal bond

Without protection:
Human male and vampire female with eternal bond
Vampire male and human female with eternal bond
vampire male and vampire female with eternal bond

With protection:
Human male and vampire female with eternal bond
Vampire male and human female with eternal bond
vampire male and vampire female with eternal bond

Without protection:
Human male and vampire female with eternal bond but not to who they are screwing.
Vampire male and human female with eternal bond but not to who they are screwing.
vampire male and vampire female with eternal bond but not to who they are screwing.

With protection:
Human male and vampire female with eternal bond but not to who they are screwing.
Vampire male and human female with eternal bond but not to who they are screwing.
vampire male and vampire female with eternal bond but not to who they are screwing.

Feel free to simply quote the with and without section and add in appropriate dice rolls.

[Alexandrea]

Protection does NOT work at all, pretty dang sure that was said before.

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although it was like 3 years ago I did that rp and asked all those questions so... lol