A New World of Darkness game

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RAYNE

 

This campaign was inspired by the TV show Supernatural. I really liked it and it was obvious to me this was a show about how mortals could be used in the WoD. So, with more enthusiasm than anything, I started this campaign.

 

As you can see from the dates, it didn't last very long. However, there were many reasons for this. First, I broke my heel and we lost a months worth of gaming. That really caused us to lose a lot of momentum. Two, I was hoping for colloboration with my PCs but it didn't work out. Three, the playing style of the players and what I saw as the campaign were not lining up. I was going in one direction and the players were thinking in another. It wasn't completely perpendicular but it did grate where we didn't match. And when we finally talked about a lot of things, they were correct. What I had done wasn't bad but it changed expectations. Fourth, Supernatural was over for its season and my source of inspiration was gone. I would like to think this wasn't a big part of it, because I have been reading the nWoD for a while and liked it, but I am sure it had some influence on my own enthusiasm.

 

 

The Players: Summary of the characters in the game. Click on their names for more information.

Character Name	Race/Gender	Type	PC or NPC	Player Name
Gordon Rayne	Human Male		PC	Greg
Robert "Doc" Rayne	Human Male		PC	Jock
Stephen Rayne	Male		PC	Brook
Benjamin Rayne	Human Male		PC	Kevin
Clancy Devearoux	Human Male		NPC	Hunter in New Orleans
Julie Reynolds	Human Female		NPC	Police detective in Chicago, also Stephan's SO
Nicole Winters			NPC
Shelly Drake			NPC
Lori Absalom			NPC
Daniel Chesterfield	Human Male		PC	Jim
Robert Bullock	Human Male		NPC
Jason Hendricks	Human Male		PC-lite	Jon
Michael Timmer	Male werewolf		PC	Tony
Capt. Andrew Carter	Human Male		PC	Bob

 

The NPCs: Summary of some of the NPCs the PCs met.

 

Alison Cragel: Witch (in custody)

Melissa Fredrick: Witch (in custody)

Laurie Tanager: Witch, (turned states evidence, witness protection)

Carol Davidson: Witch, KIA

Gina Mathews: Witch, KIA

Cthulhu: avitar KIA

 

Unknown Vampire: European accent

Maxwell Clarke: Prince of Vampires in Chicago

Persephone Moore: Vampire, sired by Maxwell, Vampire Liasion for the Raynes

Solomon Birch: evil Vampire, wants to be prince of Chicago

Witch Doctor: Necromantic VooDoo leader, calls us his enemy.

 

Corey : Hired the group after he thought he saw his brother

Randall : Brother not really dead but mixed up in some bad things

 

Valerie Young - Scion of Aphrodite

 

 

GM Notes - WoD: A few ideas that the GM has about the game.

 

 

 

 

 

Sessions: 6/6/2006 - 8/29/2006

 

06/06/2006 - Character creation

06/13/2006 - Pilot

06/20/2006 - The Witching Hour

06/27/2006 - Good Neighbors

07/11/2006 - Tests

08/15/2006 - Helping Hands (canceled, I think)

08/29/2006 - Helping Hands (redux) (played but talked about it and then this is when the campaign died, IIRC)

 

*********Intermission*************

 

10/21/2008 - Dinner in Chicago (The saga continues)

10/28/2008 - Witches Coven

11/06/2008 - Confronting the Demon

11/11/2008 - Assault on the Rayne Mansion

11/18/2008 - The Missing Girl

11/25/2008 - The Brother Spirit & Persephone

12/02/2008 - Dangers

Holiday Intermission

12/23/2008 - ST Notes 122008

12/26/2008 - The Discussion

 

Back to normal

01/13/2009 - Farm Battle

01/20/2009 - Nexus Farm

01/27/2009 - The Break In

02/03/2009 - BloodTies

02/10/2009 - The Cabin

02/17/2009 - Cabin Battle

02/24/2009 - Demon Booded Humans 

03/10/2009 - Demon Summoning

     Daniel Chesterfield Story Part 1

03/17/2009 - The Steam Tunnel

03/24/2009 - Battle at McCormick Place

04/08/2009 - Confrontation at the Bookstore

04/14/2009 - Paradox

04/21/2009- Chicago 1871

04/28/2009- Wolf & Mage Killings 

      Daniel Chesterfield Story Part 2

     The Mage's Prophecy

05/05/2009- Assassins

      Daniel Chesterfield Story Part 3

05/12/2009 - Safe House Battles

05/19/2009 -  Confrontation and the Big Finale

 

 

 

XP Chart

 

 

 

 

 

Some Motivational Posters

http://www.llbbl.com/data/RPG-motivational/target0.html