Author Archives: Corvidae

State of the Game, 2015

Mid-December here officially marks the two-year anniversary of this blog, and roughly the two-and-a-half year anniversary of this game. Our characters and the plot have certainly come a long way (remember Elysium? Yeah, that was a thing that used to … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

9/17/15

Jason: “When we last left off, these three had just joined a cult up in Humboldt, so I think we’ll start with Kara back at the Chantry.” Kara: “So Anstis went up there too?” Jason: “Yes. Anstis was remanded to … Continue reading

Posted in Story | 4 Comments

8/25/15

Jason: “You feel…enraptured. You feel…the love of God.” Me: “Oh god. Ew.” Jason: “I love your propensity to botch the really big rolls.” Jim: “I have rolled more 1’s tonight than any other night, I swear–” Chris: “I’m gonna be … Continue reading

Posted in Story | 5 Comments

Cutscene: Through the Looking Glass

The following is a brief scene role-played out by Chris and myself on our own initiative, which we recorded, shared with Jason, and had retconned into the overall timeline. Because apparently this is something we are doing now.  *** Preparations … Continue reading

Posted in Story | 7 Comments

8/20/15

Jason: “Kara, let me see your sheet….” Jim: “…Are you giving her a free dot of Investigation!?” Jason: “Yuuup.” Jim: “How!?” Kara: “Because Georgia extracted Science from Malkavian-ness!”

Posted in Story | Leave a comment

8/13/15 Addendum

So I just began working on the 8/20 episode and realized the beginning of that episode is really the end of the previous one, since we did a short scene with Anstis and then had a time-jump of three days. … Continue reading

Posted in Story | Leave a comment

The Vampires of ISIS: Archer Characters as V:tM Clans

Some months ago, friend-of-the-game Seth made an offhand comment here on the blog identifying the main characters of Archer as various Vampire clans. You know, as one does. Many of his points were so spot-on that over time they have … Continue reading

Posted in Errata | 8 Comments

8/13/2015

Jason: *coming back from a secret scene with me* “Alright, so, Jim dies spontaneously, for no reason he can ever discern.” Jim: “Son of a bitch. Fine, rolling a new character.” Jason: “You are now Slayer! Oh, wait….” Everyone: “Awwww….” … Continue reading

Posted in Story | 3 Comments

2015 DragonCon Report

As you’ve probably seen, this year has been filled with a lot of off-weeks as each of our schedules mis-align for different events. In early September, though, we missed a week because we were all aligned for something else entirely. … Continue reading

Posted in #MIRL | 2 Comments

8/06/2015

Jason: “Dr. von Natsi is stringing all manner of hellacious-looking equipment all over your Chantry and setting it up to infuse the wards with additional power. Wouldn’t it be such a terrible pity if something were to go wrong with … Continue reading

Posted in Story | 5 Comments