Okay, I've been playing around with this idea for just a little while. Please be nice, I'm just trying to work it out, so I might not be able to explain it as well as I have it worked out. So tell me if you think this could work or if you think it's at least unique.

The game would be based on Vampire the Masquerade. It would have all the different clans and the main plot would be focused around Camarilla and the Sabbat.

Upon joining the game players will start off mortal. The admins and the mods would play the vampires. (ie the higher up vampires, the leaders of the Camarilla and the Sabbat and older more powerful independents). Players would play through their own journey of being Embraced, learning about the world of vampires, the making their own decisions and getting into the main plot.

Does this sound at all interesting? I'd like to hear some (friendly) inputs about this. If it sounds confusing at all I'm just starting to play around with the idea.

I've done some casual free-form RP with White Wolf's babies, but nothing organized. It's fun free-form, but you need to really trust your group.

With what you have in mind, you'll have to either induct the new folks into the ways of White Wolf -- seems to go hand-in-hand with what you're thinking of, but on the flip side it can be very overwhelming, so I'd suggest detail and gentle hand-holding at the beginning. Or on the flip side, you'll have the hardcore VtM gamers who are deeply thrown by the presumed lack of stats and Rock, Paper Scissors. In my experience it's rare to find someone who knows VtM, is a good text-based RPer and is casual enough to give up their numbers (not often appealing to inductees).

I think it's doable, but I also think it'd be a butt-load of work and you will need to be both patient and dedicated. A partner in this endeavour may not be a bad idea, once you get things running past a few players.

I think it would be a great idea. The Vampire rp is really popular right now. I believe because of the Twilight book series. It does seem more reasonable to have them start off as humans since well vampires start out that way.

I would probably think of having a good number of staff members and make sure everything is organized so that the members also understand it. But you should do fine with it. I mean I don't see why you wouldn't.

I've thought of this. I planned on having a forum explaining everything very easily and I plan on having it all very organized. I think most of the rpers I'll get if I decide to this, would be players who are unfamiliar to VtM. I agree, it will be a lot of hard work and I'm not going to do this until it's all very well planed out.

Also I have on having a really good staff on hand for this. I already have someone in mind for a Co-Admin who would probably love to a part of this. But the staff will probably have to be well informed and organized as well.

I think it's a very interesting idea. Maybe it's as indicative of the people I used to do tabletop with, but we never touched all the prelude stuff in the rulebook and it seems like there's a lot of fun to be had. The idea of playing someone who's being stalked by their sire-to-be, and generally having a bad time of it could be pretty different and interesting.

i love the idea. the only flaw i see is the idea of having the vampires as admins. you will need a large staff and people willing to keep up the threads with the new members and you will have to have a set of rules that will be followed to make sure that they're all on the same page.

organization and an interested staff will be the key, here. without that, i don't know if the board would actually last.

i loved the game, though, and i'd love to find a place that followed the game. the idea sounds awesome but everything works in theory

Having played in a few (okay, more than a few) WoD MU*s, you may find yourself encountering a large number of emo-goth wannabe two-century+ 7th Gen Torries. And, inevitably, someone will whine and beg and plead to play a Bastet instead.

That said, I think it's an interesting idea.

(You will have to have a rather large stable of NPCs around for Embracing purposes -- at least one of each Clan, possibly two of each depending on sexual-orientation issues).

*facepalm* I have thought of this. I have played with a number of... well let's say for lack of a better term... uninspired? characters. This is why I have decided that everyone (except for trusted Staff and proven members) will start off as mortal and after being embraced will be lower Gens from whatever time period the game takes place in (which will most likely be modern times).

Having a few NPC's for each different clan is also not a bad idea. I'm going to need a large staff :p

*ponder* just a side thought, might it not be easier to start with just Camarilla or just Sabbat? Might make the early days easier for folks to get interaction, rather than starting with say, just two people who pretty much want to rip each other's throats out on sight.

Also, would clan be entirely player chosen, like just an 'I want to be embraced into:...' category on the application, or maybe something with more admin input? Kinda looking at the character, seeing what clan s/he is likely to fit into so you don't end up with characters who've made weird choices making things well, weird? Although hrm- players who know their WoD should find it fairly easy to guide your hand. And those who don't might get kinda upset when they wake up an ugly disfigured Nos... or Tremere, just because no one likes them.

I was planning on making a spot in the application where you could choose which clan they would like to be embraced by, but keeping a close watch on how many members of each clan there are. Because I don't want to be over-run by toreadors or lame Malkavians. Also aren't Ravnos kind of rare? I don't want a rare clan over running the city. So that'll have to be closely watched.

Now I don't think I'm going to have a celebrity face clam thing, people can just choose images to put in their banners from where ever. I've considered the Nos thing, with the way people RP now I doubt anyone's going to want to be a Nos, which is a shame because I think they're really cool. I'll have to find some way to encourage people to use them.

As of right now, the application is kind of complex. I have a section about the character and then another section so the character can plan out a little bit about what they're going to be like as a vampire. Like which clan do you want to be Embraced by? And how do you think your character would react that becoming a vampire? That sort of things...

Any suggests for the application would be great if anyone has them.

I have to admit that I'm not the best at keeping up with events in WoD, but as I understand it, Ravnos himself woke up and then got nuked by The Technocracy, which annoyed the absolute heck out of the Nagah and most of the Ravnos went absolutely crazy, making them pretty rare. I guess it depends when you set it in terms of the big events of the WoD.

As for application format? My main suggestion is not forcing people to list a bunch of likes, dislikes, fears and weaknesses. Give folks a space to put them if they want, but not something necessary.

I don't keep up with the event of WoD really either. The boards just going to be based on it, so that's not really going to be a problem. As for the application, it's going to be repetitively small and unstressful. It's not going to acquire a lot of detail.

I have never seem a vampire the masquerade game work online. In theory it's possible, but it will take a lot of work and you'll have to keep a close eye on everyone. I'm not sure how to make it work without the dice or the rock paper thing.

Though it is a cool idea and good luck with it. I would suggest (like everyone has said) having a good staff. Especially if they're going to do the embracing. Also having forums to explain very simply and with detail what VtM is all about. The different clans, the powers... and speaking of the disciplines, you'll have to keep a close eye on how many times character's use them. Most people I think are going to want to be Malkavian's (come on, they're awesome) or Toreadors... and good luck with getting people to play a Nosferatu.

Good luck with it though. If you ever get it up and running, give me a shout!