Permadeath considered for World of Darkness MMO

I really recomend visiting Justin´s Site and read all the concepts they are working around. Really interesting.


This new comes from "massively.com":

CCP unveiled the World of Darkness MMO at The Grand Masquerade earlier this week where Justin Achilli hosted a well-attended panel for World of Darkness fans. The goal was to hear from those looking forward to the MMO and get a feel for what they want to see.

Attendees talked about some of the standard elements such as immersion and casual vs. hardcore, but there was a surprising suggestion thrown out as well: permadeath. Justin's notes from the panel read "Permadeath. Server type preference?"

Permadeath is an interesting concept -- even more so in a game centered around immortal beings -- and Ardwulf took a long look at it in his newest post on Ardwulf's Lair. Want to weigh in on permadeath in WoD or see the rest of what was discussed? Check out the full list of panel notes on Justin's site.

World of Darkness confirmed, based on Vampire: The Masquerade

That´s a awesome new! I will be watching for news every day.

From massively.com:


""Some secrets are best taken to the grave..." While it wasn't that closely guarded, we were waiting on the edge of our seats to hear the official word of CCP's World of Darkness this weekend. At The Grand Masquerade convention in New Orleans, the developers not only confirmed the project, but revealed that it is set in White Wolf's Vampire: The Masquerade setting. Vampire: The Masquerade was indeed the old World of Darkness RPG, so this MMO should send fans into paroxysms of joy.

Ardwulf's Lair reports that the MMO will come out in 2012 at the earliest, and that it "will have a focus on player politics and social interaction." The two-minute video reveal sets a gothic tone as a woman narrates the secret world of the vampires: "They're all around us, they control everything, they've always been here, waging their secret wars, devouring everything that gets in their way... It all begins after you die."

We'll bring you more details as they pour in, but in the meanwhile, check out the video reveal (NSFW, this is World of Darkness after all) after the break."

My Vampire: The Masquerade character

This is my character in Vampire: the Masquerade rol game. His name is Barry (one of the friends of the child of American Dad´s serial) and Punset (because he is really clever like a famous spanish host TV).
He is a 8º generation fat Tremere, that loves new technologies and steal blood as a ranged strike. He and the Ventrues of the city don´t have a good relationship, because of that he has that bad ability.

The Grand Masquerade Event: September 23-26

this week, CCP is going to show us some of the content of WoD:Online.
I read this new in http://www.massively.com.

"We've been biting our nails waiting for CCP to fully unwrap its promised World of Darkness MMO, but so far the company is playing its dark cards close to the chest. However, if you happen to be in New Orleans later this month, you may be among the first to pry substantial information from the slavering jaws of the developers.

Last month, CCP community developer Shane DeFreest strongly hinted that the upcoming White Wolf convention, The Grand Masquerade, would be the company's first big step to show the game to the anxious public. The convention website has since posted a list of event panels for the weekend, which includes a session entitled "Tell the World of Darkness Development team what you want to see in the MMO" as well as several other MMO-specific panels.

The Grand Masquerade will run from September 23-26, 2010, at the Roosevelt Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New Orleans. As the future of the World of Darkness is revealed, Massively will be sure to bring you the news. Just... not until we make our own dark pacts first."

WoD MMORPG

That´s all the info that I´ve founded right now:

This video shows the new clothing and animation technology they are going to use for both the avatar focused portion of EVE online and the World of Darkness game. It looks quite good.












Here a compiled list of what can be read on the stickies (2008)

Locations? (yellow)
secondhand bookstore
military surplus store
salvation army clothing store
illegal gun shop
penthouse clubs
pet store
American city: gated neighborhoods, helter skelter (unsure) in every school, if you're black (??)
European city: nude (??), pedophile clubs, soccer hooligans
airplanes and helicopters flying overhead
opera house
dirty 7-11
End of the world (??)
huge libraries
A guy/gay(?) club
Old playgrounds in disrepair
End of the world cults (???)
Trash on the streets, piling up, flies, rats, (???)
Lots of rats (???)
Subway stops out of service and (???) inhabited by riff raff
A large ferris wheel out of order
European city: nude beaches, pedophile clubs, soccer hooligans
American city: Gated Neighborhoods, Metal checker in every school, if you're black (??) double LOS
Sanctified altar
Hear arguments (?) when walking past a (???)

Stuff that makes the world tick? (pink)
conversations overheard that lead to something
death sentences
"Times Square"
able to enter every generic building
half built houses, (??)
swimming pools by (??)
NPCs addicted to drugs while human
overgrown gothic (??)
atheists denying everything
home for the retards lonely people (unsure)
prisons
Amish families
Underground mazes!
Theater
Kittens =^.^=
Space dragons
Home for the retards (?) 2 crazy people (unsure too)
Overgrown gothic garden (?)
Swimming pools by mansions
Underground mazes! Water pump, abandoned (???)
Toxic waste (???)
Archeological museum (?)

More details? (orange)
Identification papers
"Venice" canals

Clearly due to the quality of the images the ? mean we are not 100% sure we read that correctly.


Interview:
"I am the senior producer for the World of Darkness MMO that we are working on. Thanks. Glad you guys are excited about it. But I'm not going to talk about that today, unfortunately. I know it's a horrible tease, right? But the fact is, before we talk about the World of Darkness MMO, we want it to be right, and we're spending millions of dollars getting it right and we want to make sure that when we are ready to show it, we are ready to show it. And the one thing I can tell you is that we absolutely will be taking the attitude of a company like Blizzard – without making World of Warcraft with fangs- but we won't do this until is right, we won't release it until it's right." (0:22)
"(...) that's Reynir Harðarson, he is our creative director on Vampire... and... sorry, excuse me, the World of Darkness MMO." (5:28)
"(...) and I still feel passionately about storytelling, I still feel passionately about the whole World of Darkness setting, and that is going to carry through to the community that we want to build, because people are building this relationships online and in real life like this, and we want to find a way to make sure that all those things coexist in a way that makes everybody feel comfortable and everybody feel a part of the process and focuses on storytelling and quality, and that's what we're going to do." (8:03)

Heirs to the Blood Knowledge

Here are some of the vampires that are going to release next February on Heirs of Blood. We have a 10 cap salubri with obfuscate and presence: Nahum ben Enosh.



Baali

Annazir, Elder of Damascus (Veil of Night, pg 205)
Sire: Moloch
Nature: Monster
Demeanor: Gallant
Generation: 5th
Embrace: 12th Century B.C.
Apparent Age: Late 20’s

Xeper, Sultan of Lepers (Veil of Night, pg 206)
Sire: Dirsach
Nature: Tyrant
Demeanor: Loner
Generation: 7th
Embrace: 790
Apparent Age: Early 40’s


Gargoyle

Chaundice (http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/AshFrolic/timeline.html)
The Tremere witch Virstania (the Mother of Gargoyles, as she likes to call herself) creates the first Gargoyle, named Chaundice. Like most Gargoyles, Chaundice was presumably made from leftover Garngrel, Nosferatu and Tzimisce parts. The Nosferatu and Gangrel join the Tzimisce in the war against the Usurpers.

Rusticus (Jerusalem by Night, pg 108)
Sire: None
Nature: Gallant
Demeanor: Defender
Generation: 10th
Apparent Age: Indeterminate
Physical: Strength (Rocklike Fists) 5, Dexterity (Agile Flyer) 4, Stamina (Battle Hardened) 5
Social: Charisma 3, Manipulation 2, Appearance 1
Mental: Perception 3, Intelligence 3, Wits (On Guard) 4
Talents: Alertness (Ambushes) 4, Brawl 3, Dodge 3, Empathy 1, Intimidation (Overt Violence) 4
Skills: Crafts 2, Etiquette 1, Herbalism 2, Melee (Swords) 4, Stealth 3, Survival 2
Knowledges: Academics 1, Hearth Wisdom 2, Investigation 2, Linguistics 1, Occult 1
Disciplines: Flight 4, Fortitude 2, Potence 3, Visceratika 4
Backgrounds: Allies 2
Virtues: Conviction 5, Instinct 4, Courage 4
Morality: Road of the Beast 6
Willpower: 8


Samedi

Baroque, Keeper of the Dead (Midnight Circus, pg 58)
Sire: Morlock
Nature: Manipulator
Demeanor: Avant-Garde
Generation: 7th
Embrace: 1725
Apparent Age: 30
Physical: Strength 4, Dexterity 5, Stamina 4
Social: Charisma 4, Manipulation 6, Appearance 3
Mental: Perception 3, Intelligence 3, Wits 5
Talents: Alertness 3, Athletics 4, Brawl 2, Dodge 3, Intimidation 4, Subterfuge 5
Skills: Etiquette 2, Firearms 4, Melee 2, Performance (Acting, Music) 3, Stealth 4
Knowledges: Bureaucracy 2, Linguistics 3, Occult 4
Disciplines: Auspex 3, Celerity 1, Fortitude 1, Mortis 4, Necromancy 5, Obfuscate 3, Presence 1
Mortis Paths: Grave’s Decay 4
Necromantic Paths: Sepulchre Path 5
Backgrounds: Allies 3, Contacts 4, Herd 1, Resources 3, Retainers 2
Virtues: Conviction 2, Self-Control 2, Courage 3
Morality: Path of Death and the Soul 7
Willpower: 7


Salubri


Nahum ben Enosh (Jerusalem by Night, pg 99)
Sire: Saulot
Nature: Judge
Demeanor: Conformist
Generation: 4th
Embrace: 216
Apparent Age: Mid 60’s
Physical: Strength 1, Dexterity 2, Stamina 3
Social: Charisma 3, Manipulation 3, Appearance 2
Mental: Perception (Attentive) 4, Intelligence (Clear Thinker) 5, Wits (Clever) 4
Talents: Alertness 3, Empathy (Truths) 4, Leadership 3, Subterfuge 2
Skills: Crafts 3, Etiquette 3, Herbalism (Medicinal) 4, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Knowledges: Academics (Demonology) 4, Hearth Wisdom (Jewish) 4, Linguistics 3, Medicine (Diagnosis) 5, Occult (Demons) 5
Disciplines: Auspex 6, Fortitude 3, Obfuscate 6, Potence 2, Presence 4, Valeren (Both) 8
Backgrounds: Allies 2, Contacts 2, Status 3
Virtues: Conscience 4, Self-Control 5, Courage 5
Morality: Path of Chivalry 10
Willpower: 9

Qawiyya el-Ghaduba, the Lioness of Jerusalem (Road of Heaven, pg 92)
Sire: Samiel
Nature: Defender
Demeanor: Architect
Generation: 6th
Embrace: 636
Apparent Age: Mid 20’s
Morality: Road of Heaven


Harbingers of Skulls

La Viuda Blanca (The White Widow) (Mexico City by Night, pg 76)
Nature: Judge
Demeanor: Visionary
Generation: 8th
Apparent Age: Indeterminate
Physical: Strength 2, Dexterity 2, Stamina 2
Social: Charisma 3, Manipulation 4, Appearance 0
Mental: Perception 3, Intelligence 5, Wits 3
Talents: Alertness 3, Empathy 2, Intimidation 2, Leadership 1, Subterfuge 3
Skills: Animal Ken 1, Crafts 3, Etiquette 2, Melee 1, Performance 1, Stealth 4, Survival 2
Knowledges: Academics 4, Investigation 4, Law 2, Linguistics 4, Medicine 3, Occult 5, Science 2
Disciplines: Auspex 4, Fortitude 2, Necromancy 5, Obfuscate 2
Necromantic Paths: Mortuus Path 5, Ash Path 5, Bone Path 3
Backgrounds: Rituals 2, Sabbat Status 3
Virtues: Conviction 4, Self-Control 3, Courage 3
Morality: Path of Death and the Soul 7
Willpower: 6
Flaws: Prey Exclusion (feeds only from children & infants)

Vampire in "The Movies"

5 years ago, I did a film with "the movies" game. In 2007 I did the second part and I hosted in youtube. I lost the source, so it´s in spanish and I can´t change it.

The theme of the films is Vampire: the masquerade. It´s based in a story that my rol group played some time ago. My PJ is the tremere one, the asian guy.
If you understand a little spanish or if you want to see them, you can see them here:

Vampiro de biginin

Vampiro 2

Nergal, Stanislava or Maureen are some of the second characters of this films. Greetings.

1 million players at the same time

One of the CCP developers (they´re making World of Darkness Online) has sayed: "The goal for the new game is 1 million players".

This implies that CCP is planning on implementing a one-universe model for the WoD MMO instead of the more traditional multi-server world.

This could mean that many of the core principles of EVE will carry over into WoD, specifically:

1. Player-driven market
2. Rich player politics
3. Territorial entities

Nice...

Vampire´s Stats (Lucita)

Clan: Lasombra
Sire: Ambrosio Luis Monçada
Nature: Rebel
Demeanor: Defender
Generation: 7th
Embrace: 1190
Apparent Age: late teens/early 20s

Physical: Strength 5, Dexterity 4, Stamina 5

Social: Charisma 4, Manipulation 3, Appearance 4

Mental: Perception 4, Intelligence 3, Wits 5

Talents: Alertness 2, Brawl 5, Dodge 4, Empathy 2, Expression 2, Grace 3, Intimidation 1, Leadership 4, Streetwise 1, Style 4, Subterfuge 4

Skills: Archery 2, Drive 2, Etiquette 4, Melee 4, Performance 3, Ride 2, Security 1, Stealth 4

Knowledges: Academics 3, Camarilla Lore 3, Investigation 3, Linguistics (you name it, she probably speaks it) 5, Occult 4, Politics 3, Sabbat Lore 3

Disciplines: Animalism 2, Celerity 3, Dominate 5, Fortitude 4, Obfuscate 3, Obtenebration 6, Potence 3, Protean 2, Serpentis 1

Backgrounds: Allies 2, Contacts 5, Herd 2, Influence 2, Resources 5, Sabbat Status 1, Status 1 Virtues: Conscience 3, Self-Control 3, Courage 4

Morality: Humanity 4

Willpower: 7

WoD MMORPG (2010)

I read this in a world of Darkness forum:
"After the release of Eve Online’s expansion in March, the company (CCP and White Wolf) will focus on creating another multi-player game based on the popular World of Darkness fictional universes created by White Wolf."

And we should expect the WOD MMO in 2010. It's a nice find indeed.


EDIT: Here you can read the main article, from CCP.

Vampire´s Stats (Huitzilopochtli)

At Wikipedia you may see the mythology character.

Translated with Google.

Name: Shaitan (Huitzilopochtli)

Clan: Baali

Sire: Saulot

Generation: 4th

Embraced: 4500 B.C.

Age: 20

Physical Force 7 (9), Skill 6 (8), Resistance 7 (9) (the lower attributes he has are after he left torpor).

Social: Charisma 8 Handling 9 Appearance 0

Mental: Perception 6, Intelligence 6, Astucia 7

Talent: Alert 4 Search 5 Lie Detecting 9 Diplomacia 6 Empathy 6 dodge 5 Imitation 6 intrigue 9 Launch 2 Liderazgo 8 Oratoria 3 Pelea 5 Charm 4 Soñar 7 Subterfuge 9

Techniques: Body Alteración 6 Arms 5 melee, Tag 1, Metal 2, Blind Fight to 3, Track 6, bribery 9 Survival 9 Traps 3, Torture 9.

Knowledge: Alchemy 3 Anthropology 7 Arqueology 9 Astrology 3 Local Culture (Mexico, Mesopotamia) 9 Astronomy 1 Culture about the Camarilla 3 , Culture about the Black Hand 5 Culture of Sewage 3, Culture of Spirits 9 , lupins 5, Culture of the Magi 4, Culture of kingdom 9, Culture Sabbat 9, Culture Wyrm 9 Medicine 5 Secrets of the City 9, Theology 9 (Know your enemy), Toxicology 6.

Disciplines: Animalism 6 Auspex 9, Celerity 6, Daimonion 9 Dementation 8 Domination 9 Fortitude 7 Mortis 9 Obtenebration 4 Potence 9 Presence 9 Protean 7 chimestry 6 Thaumaturgy 4 Dark Thaumaturgy 7 Visceratica 3.

Investitures: 9 (Infernal Rank)

Background: Identity Alternative 9 Allies 9 Contacts 9 Influence 9, Position 9, Flock 9 Resources 4, servants 9.

Virtues: Betrayal 5 Cruelty 5 Courage 5

Path: Path of Evil Revelations 10

Humanity: 0

Force of Will: 10

Disorders: Obsession; Shaitan believed to be corrupting the whole of humanity to please Ba'al. Naturally, he´s right.

Blood capacity: 50/10