rules

"Bargain not with the Darkness: in time it will take us all."
-Proverbs, The Chronicle of Shadows, The Book of Nod

    The following are the house rules for Niagara by Twilight. I have reasons for making each of the rules, and I will go into as much detail as I can without giving away plot points. So here are the house rules, in no particular order. Enjoy.....

1) NBT will use the default morality of HUMANITY. As "interesting" as some of the other morality paths are, I am not prepared at this time to deal with the widesweeping consequences of paths that affirm "evil" or otherwise "criminal" acts.

2) NBT will be a Camarilla city.

3) NBT will accept character concepts that are based on Laws of the Night Revised Edition Clans only! (ex: Brujah, Malkavian, Nosferatu, Toreador, Tremere, Ventrue, Lasombra, Tzimisce, Assamite, Followers of Set, Gangrel, Giovanni, Ravnos, Daughters of Cacophony, Salubri, and Samedi) I don't care how cool your Lupine - Hedgemage - Cappadocian is, I won't approve it - so don't ask. This also includes merits, flaws, backgrounds, etc, etc, etc. Concepts should be no longer than five pages not including character sheet.

4) Maximum bonus traits from Flaws, Derangements, et cetera is three (3). Too often do characters have negatives that are not roleplayed, various disadvantages merely taken for the purposes of boosting character power. Therefore, you may take flaws and so forth that total a value of more than three, but you may only use three bonus traits. So if you take negatives you are taking them for the challenge of roleplaying.

5) Generation starts at 13th and is capped at 10th.

6) Instead of getting five freebie traits at character creation you may use 7 (in concert with bonus traits this will give you maximum ten (10) traits to use).

7) For reasons I cannot entirely disclose here, NBT will be using compressed blood and willpower pools. Often combats ensue that last for many minutes, leaving uninterested players will little to do. This is to cut down on such events. This information can be found on page 95 of the Laws of the Night on the "Genereation" table.

8) I reserve the right to approve or reject characters for any reason. Players may submit multiple character concepts to increase chances of approval. It is highly likely that your character WILL be approved (provided they are within the previous guidel lines), I am merely leaving my self an out if some characters get to "extreme".

9) All standard influences apply including two new ones High Tech Industry (think industry for computers) and Military.

10) Experience will be awarded as follows:
     1     Showing up to an event
     1     For Good costume/ roleplaying
     1 - 2     For a monthly write up
     1     For showing up in the NBT Chat room

11) Players and staff alike (including myself) will be charged $3 as dues per month. These dues are solely for supplying NBT with game space and refreshments. As much as I would like to be able to I can't afford to pay for it all out of my own pocket and I don't want us to be playing at so-and-so's house every month. Any excess monthly funds will be either be saved for future events or donated to the Canadian Red Cross.

12) All downtime reports are to be handed in two (2) weeks after the event.
If they are not other players actions will take come first, the yours if I have time.

     If you have any questions that are not covered here, feel free to contact me.