Character Creation and Game Rules
On Roleplaying:
The world of Darkness is an adult game that may at times exhibit violence, cruelty, and dark themes. That being said, no sexual scenes will be ran by any storyteller on staff. These are scenes that are best ran in private, between players, if they must be ran.
Birmingham By Night has standing rules that all players in our games must be 18 years of age or older. If you are under the age of 18 and wish to participate in the game, you must have a parent meet with a storyteller before you may participate so that they can sign a consent form allowing you to play unless the parent is also a participant of the Venue in which you play. No one under 13 is allowed. No exceptions.
Also, it goes without saying that it is important for all players to separate their characters from themselves. Things that happen in game are not personal and events that happen out of game should not be brought into the game. We are all adults. Please act like it.
Birmingham By Night has standing rules that all players in our games must be 18 years of age or older. If you are under the age of 18 and wish to participate in the game, you must have a parent meet with a storyteller before you may participate so that they can sign a consent form allowing you to play unless the parent is also a participant of the Venue in which you play. No one under 13 is allowed. No exceptions.
Also, it goes without saying that it is important for all players to separate their characters from themselves. Things that happen in game are not personal and events that happen out of game should not be brought into the game. We are all adults. Please act like it.
Harassment and Theft Policies Some times, in role-playing, characters may say things that may very well insult you or offend you in some way, but this language is not targeted at you, the player, but your character. Out-of-Character Harassment, which is insults and ill will directed at the player, will not be tolerated by the BBN staff. We will investigate any report of it, remove from the property any player or persons we find guilty of it and, if necessary, involve the police in the matter if an assault has occurred.
Theft of property will also not be tolerated by the BBN staff or Legion employees. We encourage players to put their names on their property. Any one that is caught shoplifting will be prosecuted. BBN staff will ban from the game anyone caught stealing. If it is proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that someone is stealing they will not be invited back to participate in the game. |
On Cheating Don't do it!!! We will catch you, ask you why you did it, ask you why you thought you would get away with it, de-sanction your character, and then suspend you from Birmingham by Night games for 3 months and this will include ALL Birmingham by Night games.
On the second offence you will be banned from our events. Cheating is not tolerated in any form. This means meta-gaming, undocumented XP expenditures, and claiming XP that was not actually earned. Please don't make us enforce this. |
Character Creation All characters will be a base character from the Laws of the Wild book collection, plus an additional 15 experience.
For the purposes of this game, all starting characters should make a Rank 0 or a Rank 1 Character, unless someting else allows you to Rank up. You must log your base creation expenditures and how you spent your experience. If your character dies during game play you will receive a minimum of 50% of your earned experience or 30 experience, whichever is higher, with few exceptions. Also, a system of Loyalty Rewards will be instituted for players that continue to play with BBN from season to season. |
No Weapons No matter how careful you are accidents WILL happen and in the heat of the moment it is way to easy for things to get out of hand. Our location is also directly across from a police station. To that end, absolutely no weapons either real or pretend are allowed at game. Leave them at home please. We will provide you with item cards to represent any items your character would have on their person.
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No Drugs or Alcohol Allowed Drugs and alcohol do not add to the experience or encourage good performance from players. Also, players who are impaired may become dangerous to other players or pedestrians. It is acceptable to portray a character who is under the influence but something else to come to game intoxicated or become intoxicated at the site.
Our game space also frequently has children on site and is a public space. Intoxication will not be tolerated. If you appear to be intoxicated you will be asked to leave and may come back at the next game session. |
Loyalty Rewards
The loyalty reward level that you are eligible for is correspondent to the number of seasons that you have played with BBN. If you are unsure as to which level you are eligible for please contact the ST staff to find out. Also, Loyalty Rewards are applied to the character before XP is applied.
Level 1: 5 Free Points to be spent in Abilities
Level 2: 5 Free Points to be spent in Backgrounds
Level 3: Have the Ability to make a rank 2( will have renown as Min for rank) or 5 Free Points
Level 4: Two Basic Gifts or One Intermediate Gift for free (ignore Tribe, Breed, Or Auspice Restriction only)
Level 5: Have the ability to make a rank 3( will have renown as Min for rank) or 10 Free Points
Level 6: Choose two intermediate or one advanced Gift (ignoring Rank Restriction only)
Level 1: 5 Free Points to be spent in Abilities
Level 2: 5 Free Points to be spent in Backgrounds
Level 3: Have the Ability to make a rank 2( will have renown as Min for rank) or 5 Free Points
Level 4: Two Basic Gifts or One Intermediate Gift for free (ignore Tribe, Breed, Or Auspice Restriction only)
Level 5: Have the ability to make a rank 3( will have renown as Min for rank) or 10 Free Points
Level 6: Choose two intermediate or one advanced Gift (ignoring Rank Restriction only)
Character Creation Seminar and Winter Break
Additional awards may be given during Character Creation Seminars. If they are given, they will be discussed during those events.
Character Creation Seminar's are only for new players to this troupe game. This does not mean that if you have participated in Vampire the Masquerade that you cannot participate in Werewolf the Apocalypse Character Creation Seminar's.
Role-play enrichment seminars are open to all players new and old.
During winter break, The Head Storyteller will still be available for any information you may need about your character and to run small sessions, at request, during which the maximum experience awarded will be 2. You may only affect NPCs and player characters which you invited to the Event. After winter break is over, all players who attend the first game will receive a loyalty award based on their time playing in Birmingham by Night games.
Personal Quests may be made available by request. If there is something that you would like for your character to do, that you don't feel can be accomplished through Downtime Emails, arrangements can be made to meet with a Storyteller and run a personal quest. This will not grant Extra Experience, with few exceptions.
Character Creation Seminar's are only for new players to this troupe game. This does not mean that if you have participated in Vampire the Masquerade that you cannot participate in Werewolf the Apocalypse Character Creation Seminar's.
Role-play enrichment seminars are open to all players new and old.
During winter break, The Head Storyteller will still be available for any information you may need about your character and to run small sessions, at request, during which the maximum experience awarded will be 2. You may only affect NPCs and player characters which you invited to the Event. After winter break is over, all players who attend the first game will receive a loyalty award based on their time playing in Birmingham by Night games.
Personal Quests may be made available by request. If there is something that you would like for your character to do, that you don't feel can be accomplished through Downtime Emails, arrangements can be made to meet with a Storyteller and run a personal quest. This will not grant Extra Experience, with few exceptions.
"Birmingham by Night, Legion and all its associated activities are not part of “The Camarilla Fan Club/ MES” or CCP North America.
There is no cost to the player in participating in Birmingham by Nights games."
There is no cost to the player in participating in Birmingham by Nights games."