Steve, If you wouldn't mind playing an Asian family character moved to the US, I've got slots open that would probably fit rather well with your concept.
Email me privately if you're interested. Regards, Jamie Wilkinson Walden ID: A00144784 Cam #: US2002021329 "Grant me the serenity of mind to accept that which cannot be changed; the courage to change that which can be changed, and the wisdom to know the one from the other." ~ Serenity Prayer (Modified) On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Steve Cothard <[email protected]>wrote: > Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening, > > My name is Steve Cothard, and I'm very interested in playing a Sangiovanni > character. Liz was kind enough to put me on this list, so thank you for > that, and here's my pitch for a PC as I search for an IC sire. > > Come the reset, I'm abandoning my current Acolyte character (Terry > Bartlett) in favor of something different. Terry was a Daeva, and a lot of > fun to play, but I'm looking to play a character that takes the actual > religion of the Crone a little more seriously than my partyboy Daeva did. > He was an Asnam, which is cool and fun, but lends itself to a very insular > faith as I just sit around and get worshipped by NPCs. Not fun enough by > far because it kind of discourages me hanging out with other PCs. A serious > Crone looked like tons more fun. > > Why Sangiovanni, then, who are primarly LS by canon? To be perfectly > frank, they were not the first option I considered. I'm making this > character as part of a coterie of Acolytes, led by a PC cult leader, who > worship the Crone-as-destroyer. A group of nihilists, where the cult > leader's character concept is "the Dark Bhudda" ("Let go of the temporal, do > not fear your destruction, nothing really matters.") My character doesn't > exactly "get it" when it comes to the existential nihilism, but he believes > what the cult leader preaches in a sort of abstract way and so he acts as > support staff for the cult. Allies: Trash Collectors, that kind of thing. > I've had contact from Karans and Egregoroi about potential sires, but the > former are a little too suicidally crazy for me, the latter are tied too > closely to another PC I play, and neither of them would let me play a > Sangiovanni :) My original plan had been to play a Norvegi, which fits with > that down-trodden, dirty jobs concept, but then someone pointed the > Sangiovanni out to me. Surely a neonate-borderline-ancilla who does dirty > jobs both for money and for his religious beliefs is a character concept > that could fit in with the family and the bloodline. Besides, as part of > not caring for possessions, the cult leader kills a lot of ghouls. Ghouls > that someone could be putting to better use after their demise... Hanging > out with a nihilist coterie seemed like a great way to explore death in all > its permutations. > > Pertinent facts: > > > - PC will be comparitively young (born no more than 80 years ago, > Embraced no more than 50) and a member of the Circle of the Crone. > - The plan is for the character not to be public about his family and > bloodline; not ashamed of them, just kind of quiet and keeping personal > things personal. > - Per the age, the goal is to be kind of low on the totem pole. > - Ideally, I would prefer that he be part of the family and part of the > line; Avusing is for the non-hardcore. :) (no offense to the avused). > - This character will be primarily based in Chicago, IL (my home domain > is DeKalb, IL, but Chicago is only an hour away and it's common here for > Chicago/DeKalb players to have characters in each other's domains). > - I also play a Status 5 Dragon, so I wind up playing him most often > when I travel, but I'm not averse to playing this character at Cons or over > the internet for cool family stuff. > > > Above all else, what I'm really looking for that people tell me I can find > with the Sangiovanni is family-based roleplay. My primary Requiem > character, the one I've had from the start, is a Ventrue Ordo Dracul who > hates his family and avoids them. While that's fun and all, I keep feeling > like I'm missing out on having an IC family. A family that exists both as > mortal and kindred is a dream come true for me. > > Anyone see anything they might like in a kid? Mortal or Embrace? I've > been playing my other character for so long that I'm honestly not sure how > this works; are there any other questions I can answer? > > Thanks for your kind attention, > > -- > Steve Cothard > US2005106753 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Sangiovanni Wiki can be found at www.san-giovanni.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ooc-sangiovanni" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ooc-sangiovanni?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
