I think when the cotterie ignored the guy in the "tanning salon" the campaign derrailed a bit. Jason didn't expect the players to go "Whatever, he probably had it coming probably" and not rescuing him at all. wich is honestly one point for the players, that is vampire society for you
Would love to get JC on this channel or another to go a bit deeper into his process on being a GM for VTM. We have so many great resources for D&D5E but not so much for VTM. The lore is expansive and game mechanics are complex enough that embarking on and creating a campaign can be daunting. Would love to see a session 0 and example play of combat. If JC does it, all the sweeter.
@@onemoregodrejected9369 True, but 5E has regular videos that answer questions and give a really deep insight into how to DM. Both on a casual home game level and for those DMs that want to get into game design. I would so love that level of resources for WoD.
@@qpid8110 yeah, I'm mulling over starting a campaign for VTM and am thinking getting the right players will be the key to success. Wish there were more resources on YT....
Finally, after all this time, all the storyteller secrets will be revealed to me! YES, THE POWER! WMHUAHAHAHA But seriously, I've been looking forward to this moment for a long time now. Not a lot of Jason Carl interviews out there.
The only things I would think, when players acted weird and story might have changed, are: - when Rey decided to attack in the club, and Fuego and Serif assisted him, both because of the aggression / pissing Consuela off, and with Fuego charming Richter for the time being; - when they so succesfully completed the first and only mission, including straight out cutting the hand, defeating the gang, and even gaining information; and I think that in general getting their own territory rather than having to do missions directly for Richter is what really changed all and those are the only wild things I can think of that caused that.
Trying to brainstorm what that decisive moment Jason mentioned was 😅 Maybe an unpopular opinion since it didn't seem like such a big moment but I think one of the points where Jason had something in mind for the story and then he had to take it in a different direction was when no one stopped to talk to the kindred locked in the tanning salon. Just seemed like a classic moment where you'd expect the players to save a seemingly unimportant character who then turns out to be actually important. Also, I just rewatched that scene and that person called out to Richter, Consuela and Mario to let them out, and we've only seen Mario briefly in episode 6, where Rey initially wanted to talk to him when the fights were happening in the pit but things went a different direction there too 😬 The fact that Richter gave them some land didn't seem like it had anything to do with player choices, so they were probably meant to have a turf even if they'd still be under Richter.. My other guess would be Jason didn't expect the coterie + Bree to be so immediately aggressive towards the security guards at the construction site, much less kill two of them so readily. But that happened halfway through the season, not in the beginning, so I'm not so sure. But I'd be really interested to read other people's opinions
It's been great to see Jason on here having his brain picked : D He is a brilliant Storyteller and I would love to see more interviews with him :) Can't wait for Season 2, fortunately we won't have to wait long :)
I want a full three-hour interview with Jason. Please. This isn't enough! :D My favorite Storyteller for sure, he is amazing. Thank you for getting him on, Ash!
I can be more grateful for Jason. He has made me a better storyteller which makes a better game for my players. I love the way he orchestrates the story. I steal from his genius constantly
God damn it. Now I'm going to have to buy Shadows of New York (I did enjoy Coteries of New York). Would love to see a Thin Blood-centric chronicle in post-fall London or maybe one with the new UK Camarilla capital Edinburgh (Josephine McAdam does a good Scottish accent hint-hint).
Neil I would so love this. Edinburgh is a lot smaller than New York or LA so some locations would need to be included. Edinburgh has a pop ~550k to NYC 2.7m or LAs 3.9m. So would we see less kindred or would it be more tightly packed?
@@MsTalia1Going further, since Edinburgh and Glasgow are actually pretty close to one another (1-1.5 hours by car), you could perhaps mix events and politics from both cities into a larger story.
I love the idea of the use of npcs from the games or the books it really is beautiful, I loving this season so much because of that really (and the darkness of this season too) I enjoy seeing other chars in a new story!, this season is absolutely fire! Thanks Jason we love you so much ♥
Love this. I would really love to see more storyteller advice and campaign preparation. I love this edition of the rules, but it feels so overwhelming to me to start, especially if you're like me and live near big canonical cities like Chicago
As predicted! The Camarilla story will start at the same time as our Anarchs, so this will be just another eye view. I'm really excited for our new crew and cannot wait already for our S3 reunion with the Anarch group and what we're in store for! Something tells me these 2 parallels will have us conflicted with love/hate if our story tellers weaves these stories of NY By Night!
My theory is, that the "Monster" was originally designed to be a Nagaraja (Flesh eating Vampire) and then changed to a Wight, to give the campaign a bigger focus on humanity and the loss of it...
Fittingly enough, in V5 Nagaraja count as Hecata. So Cat Costello would have helped them hunt down her dangerous Cousin instead of hitting them with a car and allowing the Monster to flee. OMG, it makes all sense now!
I have to say that one of the things I like a lot about this chronicle is that they just decide what's the cannon choice, rather than faffing around with allowing all possible options available in the games.... Good work and thank you very much.
Yay I got my wish for the finale! Interesting that there was a moment he had to go full improv because the players didn't react in the way he expected. I see a lot of people speculating about the guy in the "tanning salon" but if that was it It was done so seamlessly I couldn't tell. So bravo to Jason Carl for his masterful story telling as always. 👏👏👏
I love it how much content Paradox is sponsoring. Like, yes if I've seen many 2 hour episodes of By Night, of course I want to watch 23 minute interviews with the storyteller and actors. Of course! Rejoice! Rejoiiiceeeee!!!
Great video and I'm really excited for the camarilla part of the story. Personally I'd like even if it's a small mention or cameo some information on Cristof Romauld. Redemption holds a special place in my heart and any callback would be amazing.
@@Murdoks_Mayhem not sure. I mean, Jason is, right? i velice the question was about Gentleman Gamer, who afaik is currently writing for Obsidian. But I might be wrong here.
@@MrShadowbite Nobody actually works for White Wolf, the company was dissolved and integrated into Paradox after causing an international incident. Matt Dawkins (the Gentleman Gamer), I believe, either works for Onyx Path Publishing, or does a lot of freelance work for them.
And here I was thinking “oh, so the coterie is infiltrating the Camarilla and they’re doing a fakeout” Two coteries! With Annabelle stirring a war! This’ll be friggin incredible
I am always fascinated to hear the creative process from the DM's, or Storyteller's in this case, side, but I can't exactly guess what was the turning point in the season, 'tho I am sure somebody else will get it ^_^ And I will repeat what I saw somebody else mention, it would be very fun to have Mister JC do more guide-stuff content for the WoD channel 👍
I would love Story from El Paso Texas. Because you can do the Sabbat as well as the Anarchs and Camirilla. Because it will combine two cities that have to coexist
Good idea. A San Antonio & Austin story would be cool too. The cities are about 30 min drive a part from each other, AND the book sets the lore up as one city as Anarch and the other as Camerilla. I think it would be interesting to have a faction conflict/war between the two cities of kindred.
@@derekberthold9712 yeah. The reason why I suggested El Paso Texas because of Ciudad Juarez. You can have two cities in two countries. I think it will be different type of story. In the World of Darkness this area has strong Sabbat presence. We had a sprinkling of the sect it was the reason I suggested it so it can shine. There's actually a store in my area that breeches the Masquerade called Tooth and Veil. When I was looking up something the Technocracy there's actually a club name that.
I just had an idea for an epiphany! Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan in his normal role as a Blood Splatter Expert and Human Serial Killer Duality gets intrigued by the concept hunting the Undead (Much like the FBI Agent in LA By Night). After doing some recon work leading up to his first encounter with a local Kindred armed to the teeth with the necessary tools he gets the unlikely impression that what this Coterie he is able to observe (Kindred: B. Dave Walters (Baron Victor Temple?), Alexander Ward (Jasper Heartwood?), Jason Carl (Baron Victor Temple's Security Chief Campbell? and Story Narrator) Josephine McAdam (Evangeline aka Eva?), Cynthia Marie (Nelli B.?), Mayanna Berrin (Serif like the Font?), Ghouls: Erika Ishii (Annabelle?), Noura Ibrahim (IB?)) is doing isn't a whole lot different than his MO. He soon comes to the inevitable conclusion that they've been doing the "Good Work" for centuries and this initially unexpected perception shines a particularly bright light on his meager mortality. He starts getting closer to the action he's been able to observe and winds up meeting some Kindred by tailing one of their Ghouls and nearly meeting his mortal death. After an intense scene rife with certain peril in this obviously near fatal encounter he makes a deal with them in order to save his life. Dexter has begrudgingly agreed to have this Coterie accompany him to a few of his own encounters under the cover of darkness as a favor in exchange for them teaching him about the various Bloodlines he has researched for his own reasons. The whole idea of this Coterie being present and able to sate their hunger on the blood of Dexter's fearful victims is an insanely intoxicating prospect. After establishing their trust and Dexter learns enough about the different Bloodlines he starts pondering the idea of seeking out a suitable Sire with their offered help. This is just a basic outline for the Pilot of a series named Dexter Immortal. My utmost thanks to Geek & Sundry, World of Darkness, the Cast of amazing Actors, and Jason Carl for sparking my inspiration. Sincerely an Angry Gamer. Thank you for reading this! #VampireTheMasquerade #LAByNight #NYByNight #DexterImmortal
Rule of Cool. JC is the GM but he is also the Director of a show. Its a hybrid of a RPG and improvisational theater. I'm sure that JC has his fingers on the scale of his dice rolls too. But, I do this as well in the game I GM. It's one way to give my players an experience that is the most rewarding, the Rule of Cool.
@@pesky19 heh, that made me laugh! Don't know about the flirting, more like barely containing his inner dominatrix mdoe. That sultry voice and look that says "statistically there's a one in one chance I'm gonna spank you... haaaard!".
I know it doesn't make a ton of sense, because Florida is the sunshine state lmao, but I'd die to see a Sarasota/Tampa/Orlando/Miami by night. Would also be a huge opportunity to tie in a lot of thinbloods and their politics/lives since why would most other kindred live in Florida? What a treat getting to pick Jason's brain. Thanks for sharing (: P.S. if you need notes, locales, events, or general area mapping, I'm a SWFL native. I'd be so damn honored to help 😂 but I guess for now, I'll enjoy NY by Night (:
"Florida man frenzies inside a Waffle House. No survivors, according to police. Despite the widespread online proliferation of security camera footage capturing the incident, Masquerade remains unaffected."
@@tearsong8744 I'm pretty new to Vamp but I love the idea of thinbloods having a huge hub there since they have quite a bit of extra sunlight to work with. Swamp coteries, vampire junkies, a mysterious "creature" that's probably kindred or something just absolutely mauling some animals in busch gardens overnight, exploring the lush nightlife of tampa, orlando, and miami and the power struggles that ensue, thinbloods getting into human politics (which really seems satirical with how desantis is destroying our wonderful state's agriculture, culture, economy, schools, etc., Some sort of maybe like a vampire internment camps with threats of the hotbox (I assume kindred hate heat, even if there's no sunlight, and they can't escape without dying immediately) and maybe the coterie we follow can bust the prisoners out or end the camp somehow, kindred that are displaced by hurricanes/weather and natural phenomena absolutely ruining kindred escape plans, idk. I'd love to sit and think of some stuff. Idw bring up D World lmao but there'd have to be something to do with that, maybe Universal 😂
@@tearsong8744 lakewood ranch in sarasota is stupidly wealthy, would be cool to make some of them kindred. Would also love to take my hometown of port charlotte and some of the surrounding area and have a bunch of vampires that fed on crackheads and pill heads and shit and they just became ravenous junkies 😂😂😂
@@pattmahiney There is somewhat of a mechanic for that. We see it in NY by Night when Rey wants to feed on a smoker and in LA by Night when Eva prefers to feed on those taking hallucinogens. Kindred can't take substances themselves but they can still enjoy them by feeding on those who can.
Jason, I know your bosses don't like it, but I would kill to have you run a Top-Layer cake story. For old time VTM metaplot's sake. Well I presume too much, perhaps you yourself would not be interested in such a story. So divorced from the modern v5 design ethos. But I'd say that if there ever comes a time that the good folks at Paradox decide that it is profitable to return to more lore-heavy products, you're the man I want telling that story or version of the story. Vampires are, after all, notoriously big liars and even what we consider "Canon" in some tables is mere hearsay in others.
Now that they've done both coasts next they could hit the heart land. I set my Vampire The Requiem game in Memphis. And also did some Old World of Darkness games there. Memphis by Night may not be a bad idea.
There are actually three games set in New York. Vtm redemption plays there too and coteries did some references to it in both games. Ceterum censeo redemption needs a remaster or sequel (at least in spirit).
The thing with this game and Shadows taking place at the same time is that Shadows takes place over the corse of a week while this is over several weeks. Only way it lines up is if this is right after Shadows.
Maybe they're gonna take some liberties to stretch out the timeframe of what happened during Shadows of NY, because from what I remember the in-game duration of the events isn't really that important. Either way, season 1 has got to take place basically when Shadows starts as well because Richter tells everyone during the first night that people are just finding out Callihan is dead, and that's basically what drives Julia's plot during the game (if you take out the first part where she gets embraced).
I m preping a campaign with my friends that happens in İstanbul. Its their first frp and my first storytelling experience. I was thinking about a story line but I know things never goes as u thought they will so I want to see what will they do. What will they be interested with. My biggest fear is not knowing what to do as a storyteller and make things doll. I'm thinking of few plottwists and stuff and Jason Carl's poxqint of view is very helpful for me. If there is anyone who can give me few tips I m more than glad to listen. I m a perfectionist and I want my group to love this game (specially Vampire The Masquerade)
@Paul Gauthier I appreciate these golden advices, thanks a lot. I have a question though. My players doesnt have many contacts or touchstones from kindered world. Should I create scenes that affect their human contacts? They are newly embraced and have no idea how the kindred world works. I m aiming to create some contacts through out of the story. So should I wait for it to build up or do you advice going for their human contacts.
I would absolutely love a Canadian story told, but I'm of course biased. Knowing about nothing lore-wise on VTM, I wonder if Canada would be more werewolf-infested or what
I have sooo many ideas for a Toronto by Night story, similar vibes to NY one where the Cam and the Anarchs are having a quiet war for the city after the power vacuum left by the Sabbat
I wonder, is Serif gonna experience the V5 Ravnos bane? Also the V5 compulsion do most of the time enforce their stereotype of charlatans and criminals.
Vaclav's accent was great, awesome job! Also, Vaclav sounds a lot like the Czech name Václav (which is pronounced with a soft "c" instead of a hard "k" sound)
I wonder if there are any World of Darkness ttrpgs where you play as eldritch monsters. Creatures of unspeakable beauty terror who hide in human skin, and eat the brains or memories of people.
can we please have more Jason telling us some useful advice? it sometimes feels almost unfair to GMs, especially those who are new to the game, how few and vague the tips for GMs are. his advice would be absolutely diamond.
They finally got Jason Carl a chair!
Honestly, I thought he was just an upper half floating there.
I think when the cotterie ignored the guy in the "tanning salon" the campaign derrailed a bit. Jason didn't expect the players to go "Whatever, he probably had it coming probably" and not rescuing him at all.
wich is honestly one point for the players, that is vampire society for you
When they said that the Kindred book club being a podcast
I thought and love the name of the podcast to be: Kindred's & Kindles
OMG that's a great name!
Would love to get JC on this channel or another to go a bit deeper into his process on being a GM for VTM. We have so many great resources for D&D5E but not so much for VTM. The lore is expansive and game mechanics are complex enough that embarking on and creating a campaign can be daunting. Would love to see a session 0 and example play of combat. If JC does it, all the sweeter.
Yes! We need more resources for STing VTM.
He has a video about "how to ST" around this channel
@@onemoregodrejected9369 True, but 5E has regular videos that answer questions and give a really deep insight into how to DM. Both on a casual home game level and for those DMs that want to get into game design. I would so love that level of resources for WoD.
@@qpid8110 yeah, I'm mulling over starting a campaign for VTM and am thinking getting the right players will be the key to success. Wish there were more resources on YT....
@Paul Gauthier Thanks!
Finally, after all this time, all the storyteller secrets will be revealed to me! YES, THE POWER! WMHUAHAHAHA
But seriously, I've been looking forward to this moment for a long time now. Not a lot of Jason Carl interviews out there.
I want to sit down with Jason and a glass of good wine and just listen to him talk for hours.
The only things I would think, when players acted weird and story might have changed, are:
- when Rey decided to attack in the club, and Fuego and Serif assisted him, both because of the aggression / pissing Consuela off, and with Fuego charming Richter for the time being;
- when they so succesfully completed the first and only mission, including straight out cutting the hand, defeating the gang, and even gaining information;
and I think that in general getting their own territory rather than having to do missions directly for Richter is what really changed all and those are the only wild things I can think of that caused that.
Trying to brainstorm what that decisive moment Jason mentioned was 😅 Maybe an unpopular opinion since it didn't seem like such a big moment but I think one of the points where Jason had something in mind for the story and then he had to take it in a different direction was when no one stopped to talk to the kindred locked in the tanning salon. Just seemed like a classic moment where you'd expect the players to save a seemingly unimportant character who then turns out to be actually important. Also, I just rewatched that scene and that person called out to Richter, Consuela and Mario to let them out, and we've only seen Mario briefly in episode 6, where Rey initially wanted to talk to him when the fights were happening in the pit but things went a different direction there too 😬
The fact that Richter gave them some land didn't seem like it had anything to do with player choices, so they were probably meant to have a turf even if they'd still be under Richter.. My other guess would be Jason didn't expect the coterie + Bree to be so immediately aggressive towards the security guards at the construction site, much less kill two of them so readily. But that happened halfway through the season, not in the beginning, so I'm not so sure. But I'd be really interested to read other people's opinions
he seemed to be speaking about something that happened during their first mission for Richter, tbh
It's been great to see Jason on here having his brain picked : D
He is a brilliant Storyteller and I would love to see more interviews with him :)
Can't wait for Season 2, fortunately we won't have to wait long :)
I want a full three-hour interview with Jason. Please. This isn't enough! :D
My favorite Storyteller for sure, he is amazing. Thank you for getting him on, Ash!
I can be more grateful for Jason. He has made me a better storyteller which makes a better game for my players. I love the way he orchestrates the story. I steal from his genius constantly
God damn it. Now I'm going to have to buy Shadows of New York (I did enjoy Coteries of New York). Would love to see a Thin Blood-centric chronicle in post-fall London or maybe one with the new UK Camarilla capital Edinburgh (Josephine McAdam does a good Scottish accent hint-hint).
Neil I would so love this. Edinburgh is a lot smaller than New York or LA so some locations would need to be included.
Edinburgh has a pop ~550k to NYC 2.7m or LAs 3.9m. So would we see less kindred or would it be more tightly packed?
@@MsTalia1Going further, since Edinburgh and Glasgow are actually pretty close to one another (1-1.5 hours by car), you could perhaps mix events and politics from both cities into a larger story.
My main problem with Cluib Auspex is 30 mins is no where near long enough
Jason Carl. I loved your interpretation of Vaclav. The whole Bram Stoker quote? Marvellous.
I love Jason Carls story telling, he has inspired me to pick up a copy of V5 and Story Tell myself. Keep up the amazing work Mr. Carl!
I love the idea of the use of npcs from the games or the books it really is beautiful, I loving this season so much because of that really (and the darkness of this season too) I enjoy seeing other chars in a new story!, this season is absolutely fire! Thanks Jason we love you so much ♥
I would love the book club podcast! Also, Jason Carl, you can always tell a vampire story in a Brazilian city !
Love this. I would really love to see more storyteller advice and campaign preparation. I love this edition of the rules, but it feels so overwhelming to me to start, especially if you're like me and live near big canonical cities like Chicago
Easily the greatest storyteller of all time.
I consider him and Matt Mercer at the top of the Pantheon of DMs in our era so far.
As predicted! The Camarilla story will start at the same time as our Anarchs, so this will be just another eye view. I'm really excited for our new crew and cannot wait already for our S3 reunion with the Anarch group and what we're in store for! Something tells me these 2 parallels will have us conflicted with love/hate if our story tellers weaves these stories of NY By Night!
14:09 I think it was at the moment when Fuego told Ray to kill that Yuppie breaking the law and building the tower, and he did that
Thats what I was thinking!
My theory is, that the "Monster" was originally designed to be a Nagaraja (Flesh eating Vampire) and then changed to a Wight, to give the campaign a bigger focus on humanity and the loss of it...
Fittingly enough, in V5 Nagaraja count as Hecata. So Cat Costello would have helped them hunt down her dangerous Cousin instead of hitting them with a car and allowing the Monster to flee. OMG, it makes all sense now!
For me Jason Carl is the star of the show. A story teller you can learn immensely from.
I have to say that one of the things I like a lot about this chronicle is that they just decide what's the cannon choice, rather than faffing around with allowing all possible options available in the games....
Good work and thank you very much.
Yay I got my wish for the finale! Interesting that there was a moment he had to go full improv because the players didn't react in the way he expected. I see a lot of people speculating about the guy in the "tanning salon" but if that was it It was done so seamlessly I couldn't tell. So bravo to Jason Carl for his masterful story telling as always. 👏👏👏
I love it how much content Paradox is sponsoring. Like, yes if I've seen many 2 hour episodes of By Night, of course I want to watch 23 minute interviews with the storyteller and actors. Of course! Rejoice! Rejoiiiceeeee!!!
He is so brilliant!!!
Amazing 🤘🏻
Mmm, Jason's voice is smoother than sweet, sweet vitae! 😉
I wonder if we’ll see Mark Meer again as a guest. Mark’s performances are always so great.
Finally, my favorite out of the 5 main! :D
I think Jason got derailed right in the beginning when Rey got his ass kicked in the club 😂
yeah thats the scene I thoguht about as well
Great video and I'm really excited for the camarilla part of the story. Personally I'd like even if it's a small mention or cameo some information on Cristof Romauld. Redemption holds a special place in my heart and any callback would be amazing.
Oh please! Let the Bookclub happen! And convince Gentleman Gamer to play the Tzimicse.
That would be absolute awesomeness!
yes omg omg please that would be glorious
Does he work for white wolf?
@@MrShadowbite He is currently the Brand Marketing Manager of Paradox Interactive's World of Darkness property.
@@Murdoks_Mayhem not sure. I mean, Jason is, right? i velice the question was about Gentleman Gamer, who afaik is currently writing for Obsidian. But I might be wrong here.
@@MrShadowbite Nobody actually works for White Wolf, the company was dissolved and integrated into Paradox after causing an international incident. Matt Dawkins (the Gentleman Gamer), I believe, either works for Onyx Path Publishing, or does a lot of freelance work for them.
Jeez, even when clubbing, Jason makes a note! Always in character, that one!
Surprised Jason didn't say "oh, so that's your decision? Well let me just make a note!" 😉
And here I was thinking “oh, so the coterie is infiltrating the Camarilla and they’re doing a fakeout” Two coteries! With Annabelle stirring a war! This’ll be friggin incredible
Being up in WI, I'd love to see a future story set in Milwaukee, or maybe the Fox Valley.
I'd also love to see something set in more rural areas of WI.
@@waterviolite That would be good for a Gangel/Lupine conflict!
I was really hoping we'd get to see Jason on Club Auspex!
I am always fascinated to hear the creative process from the DM's, or Storyteller's in this case, side, but I can't exactly guess what was the turning point in the season, 'tho I am sure somebody else will get it ^_^ And I will repeat what I saw somebody else mention, it would be very fun to have Mister JC do more guide-stuff content for the WoD channel 👍
This was so good, thank you vamily!!!
I would love Story from El Paso Texas. Because you can do the Sabbat as well as the Anarchs and Camirilla. Because it will combine two cities that have to coexist
Good idea. A San Antonio & Austin story would be cool too. The cities are about 30 min drive a part from each other, AND the book sets the lore up as one city as Anarch and the other as Camerilla. I think it would be interesting to have a faction conflict/war between the two cities of kindred.
@@derekberthold9712 yeah. The reason why I suggested El Paso Texas because of Ciudad Juarez. You can have two cities in two countries. I think it will be different type of story. In the World of Darkness this area has strong Sabbat presence. We had a sprinkling of the sect it was the reason I suggested it so it can shine. There's actually a store in my area that breeches the Masquerade called Tooth and Veil. When I was looking up something the Technocracy there's actually a club name that.
I just had an idea for an epiphany! Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan in his normal role as a Blood Splatter Expert and Human Serial Killer Duality gets intrigued by the concept hunting the Undead (Much like the FBI Agent in LA By Night). After doing some recon work leading up to his first encounter with a local Kindred armed to the teeth with the necessary tools he gets the unlikely impression that what this Coterie he is able to observe (Kindred: B. Dave Walters (Baron Victor Temple?), Alexander Ward (Jasper Heartwood?), Jason Carl (Baron Victor Temple's Security Chief Campbell? and Story Narrator) Josephine McAdam (Evangeline aka Eva?), Cynthia Marie (Nelli B.?), Mayanna Berrin (Serif like the Font?), Ghouls: Erika Ishii (Annabelle?), Noura Ibrahim (IB?)) is doing isn't a whole lot different than his MO. He soon comes to the inevitable conclusion that they've been doing the "Good Work" for centuries and this initially unexpected perception shines a particularly bright light on his meager mortality. He starts getting closer to the action he's been able to observe and winds up meeting some Kindred by tailing one of their Ghouls and nearly meeting his mortal death. After an intense scene rife with certain peril in this obviously near fatal encounter he makes a deal with them in order to save his life. Dexter has begrudgingly agreed to have this Coterie accompany him to a few of his own encounters under the cover of darkness as a favor in exchange for them teaching him about the various Bloodlines he has researched for his own reasons. The whole idea of this Coterie being present and able to sate their hunger on the blood of Dexter's fearful victims is an insanely intoxicating prospect. After establishing their trust and Dexter learns enough about the different Bloodlines he starts pondering the idea of seeking out a suitable Sire with their offered help. This is just a basic outline for the Pilot of a series named Dexter Immortal. My utmost thanks to Geek & Sundry, World of Darkness, the Cast of amazing Actors, and Jason Carl for sparking my inspiration. Sincerely an Angry Gamer. Thank you for reading this! #VampireTheMasquerade #LAByNight #NYByNight #DexterImmortal
Would be interested to know the VtM mechanics that he's most consistently handwaving for the sake of flow and why
The rule that Dominate can't draw forth true information seems to have gone by the wayside.
Rule of Cool. JC is the GM but he is also the Director of a show. Its a hybrid of a RPG and improvisational theater. I'm sure that JC has his fingers on the scale of his dice rolls too. But, I do this as well in the game I GM. It's one way to give my players an experience that is the most rewarding, the Rule of Cool.
Jason is so freaking weird! i love it
He's especially weird here. I've seen him in interviews and such acting like something resembling an everyday person. But oh boy, not here.
@@teoconserv9954 yeah he was like in storyteller mode while trying to flirt bro
@@pesky19 heh, that made me laugh! Don't know about the flirting, more like barely containing his inner dominatrix mdoe. That sultry voice and look that says "statistically there's a one in one chance I'm gonna spank you... haaaard!".
@Jason Carl is there a possibly we will see all both groups at the table at one at some point perhaps at 3rd season?
You bet your butt! I say with absolutely no authority whatsoever.
I know it doesn't make a ton of sense, because Florida is the sunshine state lmao, but I'd die to see a Sarasota/Tampa/Orlando/Miami by night. Would also be a huge opportunity to tie in a lot of thinbloods and their politics/lives since why would most other kindred live in Florida?
What a treat getting to pick Jason's brain. Thanks for sharing (:
P.S. if you need notes, locales, events, or general area mapping, I'm a SWFL native. I'd be so damn honored to help 😂 but I guess for now, I'll enjoy NY by Night (:
If you were story telling for a Florida campaign any thoughts on what you'd do?
"Florida man frenzies inside a Waffle House. No survivors, according to police. Despite the widespread online proliferation of security camera footage capturing the incident, Masquerade remains unaffected."
@@tearsong8744 I'm pretty new to Vamp but I love the idea of thinbloods having a huge hub there since they have quite a bit of extra sunlight to work with. Swamp coteries, vampire junkies, a mysterious "creature" that's probably kindred or something just absolutely mauling some animals in busch gardens overnight, exploring the lush nightlife of tampa, orlando, and miami and the power struggles that ensue, thinbloods getting into human politics (which really seems satirical with how desantis is destroying our wonderful state's agriculture, culture, economy, schools, etc., Some sort of maybe like a vampire internment camps with threats of the hotbox (I assume kindred hate heat, even if there's no sunlight, and they can't escape without dying immediately) and maybe the coterie we follow can bust the prisoners out or end the camp somehow, kindred that are displaced by hurricanes/weather and natural phenomena absolutely ruining kindred escape plans, idk. I'd love to sit and think of some stuff. Idw bring up D World lmao but there'd have to be something to do with that, maybe Universal 😂
@@tearsong8744 lakewood ranch in sarasota is stupidly wealthy, would be cool to make some of them kindred. Would also love to take my hometown of port charlotte and some of the surrounding area and have a bunch of vampires that fed on crackheads and pill heads and shit and they just became ravenous junkies 😂😂😂
@@pattmahiney There is somewhat of a mechanic for that. We see it in NY by Night when Rey wants to feed on a smoker and in LA by Night when Eva prefers to feed on those taking hallucinogens. Kindred can't take substances themselves but they can still enjoy them by feeding on those who can.
Jason, I know your bosses don't like it, but I would kill to have you run a Top-Layer cake story. For old time VTM metaplot's sake.
Well I presume too much, perhaps you yourself would not be interested in such a story. So divorced from the modern v5 design ethos. But I'd say that if there ever comes a time that the good folks at Paradox decide that it is profitable to return to more lore-heavy products, you're the man I want telling that story or version of the story.
Vampires are, after all, notoriously big liars and even what we consider "Canon" in some tables is mere hearsay in others.
Do Chicago after this
I wish they could've asked Mr. Carl more about Storytelling :D These are too brief!
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From what I think I can gather, Rey will definitely overlap in the next season
Watching back he’s the only one who has interacted with the camarilla
Well Isaac fought a Camarilla vampire and their ghouls in his solo episode too, and Fuego got her gun from her Camarilla sire
@@randomim42 oh that’s true, though given the setting and time I doubt Isaac & Fuego would overlap with the camarilla coterie next season
I guarantee Joey climbing into the ring to fight the Nosferatu was a complete derailment. Everyone was just 👀
Now that they've done both coasts next they could hit the heart land. I set my Vampire The Requiem game in Memphis. And also did some Old World of Darkness games there. Memphis by Night may not be a bad idea.
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There are actually three games set in New York. Vtm redemption plays there too and coteries did some references to it in both games.
Ceterum censeo redemption needs a remaster or sequel (at least in spirit).
The thing with this game and Shadows taking place at the same time is that Shadows takes place over the corse of a week while this is over several weeks. Only way it lines up is if this is right after Shadows.
Maybe they're gonna take some liberties to stretch out the timeframe of what happened during Shadows of NY, because from what I remember the in-game duration of the events isn't really that important. Either way, season 1 has got to take place basically when Shadows starts as well because Richter tells everyone during the first night that people are just finding out Callihan is dead, and that's basically what drives Julia's plot during the game (if you take out the first part where she gets embraced).
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I m preping a campaign with my friends that happens in İstanbul. Its their first frp and my first storytelling experience. I was thinking about a story line but I know things never goes as u thought they will so I want to see what will they do. What will they be interested with. My biggest fear is not knowing what to do as a storyteller and make things doll. I'm thinking of few plottwists and stuff and Jason Carl's poxqint of view is very helpful for me. If there is anyone who can give me few tips I m more than glad to listen. I m a perfectionist and I want my group to love this game (specially Vampire The Masquerade)
@Paul Gauthier I appreciate these golden advices, thanks a lot. I have a question though. My players doesnt have many contacts or touchstones from kindered world. Should I create scenes that affect their human contacts? They are newly embraced and have no idea how the kindred world works. I m aiming to create some contacts through out of the story. So should I wait for it to build up or do you advice going for their human contacts.
Argh. Audio is so silent :(
But Jason Carl is such an awesome GM as well as a great inspiration
Voklov is my favorite!!!
When does Season 2 start!!?
September 30th, so in a month :)
Sept 30th I believe
Yay!
Statistically there is a 1 in 1 chance that will not happen :joy:
actually... I'm here for Kindred Bookclub
when will season 3 come out?❤
oh please pleaaaassss dont tease me so ❤
Charismatic guy
Just want a werewolf mage kindred battle in Central park.
I would absolutely love a Canadian story told, but I'm of course biased. Knowing about nothing lore-wise on VTM, I wonder if Canada would be more werewolf-infested or what
Canada has some strong Sabbat issues.
@@athannyx6815 Interesting. I need to do a deep dive on this lore
There is a streamed Chronicle called Vancouver by Night, though I don't remember if it has some VtM people as players or the Storyteller. :)
VTM: Parliament of Knives takes place in Ottawa and follows the local Camarilla
I have sooo many ideas for a Toronto by Night story, similar vibes to NY one where the Cam and the Anarchs are having a quiet war for the city after the power vacuum left by the Sabbat
I wonder, is Serif gonna experience the V5 Ravnos bane? Also the V5 compulsion do most of the time enforce their stereotype of charlatans and criminals.
The risks of encountering unreliable narrators, in the forms of authoritative NPCs, amongst these games are delicious. Yay.
jason, umm, people using a social media profile don't actually write literary narratives :) lol
I don't think I understand?
@@JasonCarl i truly truly *truly* was talking to one of the viewers of this video and not you :o)
Kindred layer cake. 🥮
Vaclav's accent was great, awesome job! Also, Vaclav sounds a lot like the Czech name Václav (which is pronounced with a soft "c" instead of a hard "k" sound)
it would be interesting to see a depraved pack of sabbat cainites
A chronicle I would love to see is one set in Tucson either during, or in the immediate aftermath of, the events of Night Roads.
love this so much! thank you!
Low-key my favorite npc so far is Drexler
I wonder if there are any World of Darkness ttrpgs where you play as eldritch monsters. Creatures of unspeakable beauty terror who hide in human skin, and eat the brains or memories of people.
So prince epiode in LA was what?
I wonder if we will ever see a Sabbat Pack? *sigh*
can we please have more Jason telling us some useful advice? it sometimes feels almost unfair to GMs, especially those who are new to the game, how few and vague the tips for GMs are. his advice would be absolutely diamond.
That's very kind, thank you. I have more thoughts on Vampire Storytelling over here: th-cam.com/video/WPKbdE9VYeM/w-d-xo.html