At the Darkness Remembered LARP for GenCon 50 we are doing a cross-genre game. We haven't adapted to the new By Night Studios versions because we are dedicated to games that include all the denizens of the World of Darkness. The rules haven't come out for the others. For some like Changeling, they may never come out. When that is announced or we make the decision to move forward we'll have to figure out how we are going to adapt. It has been a difficult decision to stay with the old classic rules, but we want to keep things balanced. Using the same rules set for each genre keeps it that way.
For us the rules are the easy part. The hard part in a pre-gen cross-genre game is creating the characters. Each storyteller is working to build a character that has a rich backstory with personal motivations that will create intersect points with the plots. Once that is done, each character has to be capable of standing alone or working together. They need to be have the ability to stand toe-to-toe with the other things that go bump in the Tellurian. This week, my Assistant Head Storyteller and I, have been reading the first batch of LARP characters. We are ensuring they have a backstory that correlates to the character sheet. We want the motivations to explain how to get involved and why this character is needed. That is one of the steps to better immersion that I want to be a part of this game. After we agree on the characters and stat them out, we return them to our genre storytelling staff for review. We take a lot of pride in our product. We really hope that we will get a chance to work with players who want to breathe life into these creations. For those who register in advance we will make sure that they get the chance to be part of the creative process with us. After all, we have planned some PvP and PvE plots. We want players who see us as allies in their gaming experience.
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