conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Children of darkness, children of night, children of silence and fear. This is your story.
  
  The world is as it always was, but for a select few it is a different and dangerous place.
  
  Myth and legend tells of a man with no name and no soul. A creature of chaos he wanders the earth, planting the seeds of humanity's downfall. No ocean stops him, no mountain or wall slows him. Neither living nor dead, he exists as a phantom god of discord.
  
  Those who claim to have seen him whisper of an endless stare, unseeing in hollow sockets atop hollow cheeks. As time moves so does he, his appearance ever-changing. 
  
  None speak of meeting his gaze - what few have exist as nothing but mindless, babbling shells.  
  
  It is from his seeds that blossomed the creatures of night, the ghosts and ghouls, the sandmen and shrieks, the banshees, witches, and skinwalkers. Or so the story goes. 
  
  Made in his image, they are a reflection of man and monster alike - stuck between worlds. With no name for their maker, the phantom man, they named him Shadow in homage to their place at the fringes of humanity. 
  
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  **Custom cards are encouraged!**
  
  *This is a 'serious' story, and while humor is appreciated, characters are expected to be realistic in their behavior. They should have fears, weaknesses, dreams, likes, dislikes, & etc. Actions, knowledge, and comments that would not make sense in the real world is not welcome here.*
  
  Characters below the age of 16 will not be accepted, and any character below 18 must include an explanation in the description or narrator notes as to how the teenager has gotten by on their own. Parent/caregiver NPCs are not allowed as a justification, and the character must not have adult oversight to influence their actions *unless* it is another PC. In short, the character needs to be able to travel at will without calling home or asking permission.
  
  **Note: This doesn't mean you have to kill off their parents. I just ask that characters have independence. **
  
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  As narrator I will work as a guiding hand as needed, but this is still a collaborative story. Input and decisions by users will have an impact on how events play out, and players are encouraged to use NPCs, share characters, add details, and help develop the world. 
  
  This story takes place on earth during the late 20th century. Basic computers and word processors exist but are only beginning to become commonplace. Cellphones are the size of a brick and are owned by the very wealthy, leaving pagers as the primary means of sending a quick message. Much of human history is the same, and should be assumed so unless otherwise stated. The starting location of the party in the opening scene will be determined based on character backgrounds - the most likely locations are within greater Europe and North America (which includes Canada and Mexico). 
  
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  **Please only apply if you are willing to read and write about *potential* dark and/or mature themes, which include but are not limited to: sex, murder, physical abuse, trauma, drug use, rape, torture, and death.**
  
  While there are no explicit plans or expectations of any of the events listed above, I believe in full creative freedom to write about and explore less comfortable topics to their fullest extent in the name of a story.
  
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  **This game is a *time commitment*.**
  
  All players are expected to reply within 72 hours of their last post UNLESS they let the group know ahead of time. A player's return date should ALWAYS be given when declaring absences. 
  
  - If you expect to be absent regularly, please do not apply. 
  
  - If you cannot set aside the 10 minutes to make a post on a regular basis, do not apply. 
  
  - Daily posting is encouraged and desired.
  
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  **Character sheet requirements:**
  
  >Name:
  
  >Age:
  
  >Gender:
  
  >Height:
  
  >Hair Color:
  
  >Eye Color:
  
  >Distinguishing Features: (if any)
  
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  **Only apply if you are prepared to participate in this gave for a *minimum* of 6 months.**
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: These are your early nights as a vampire. Eternity sprawls before you. Lust steams within.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Alluring
  
  Suggested Weakness: Naïve
conversations.prefix: Novice Vampire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Many lifetimes lay fading behind you in the dark. Every night’s another risk that it all ends... at last.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Wise
  
  Suggested Weakness: Heartbroken
conversations.prefix: Ancient Vampire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re just learning what it’s like to be a lycanthrope: terrible power and great torture.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Agile
  
  Suggested Weakness: Angry
conversations.prefix: Young Werewolf:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ve survived as a werewolf long enough to know the life’s mix of passion and guilt.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Tough
  
  Suggested Weakness: Guilty
conversations.prefix: Aged Werewolf:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Death, it turns out, offers no escape from this world when you don’t know how to let go.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Witty
  
  Suggested Weakness: Ephemeral
conversations.prefix: New Ghost:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ve now been dead longer than you were alive. You’re getting pretty good at it, sadly.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Perceptive
  
  Suggested Weakness: Stubborn
conversations.prefix: Old Ghost:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Meddling with magic felt rebellious at first but now you see it’s a lot like school, except deadly.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Educated
  
  Suggested Weakness: Crass
conversations.prefix: Green Wizard:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ve been a practicing wizard for many years now and you still wonder if the money’s worth the trouble.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Wise
  
  Suggested Weakness: Doubting
conversations.prefix: Practicing Wizard:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Strange and dreadful things tread the world. You do business with the bad to hunt down the worst.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Strong
  
  Suggested Weakness: Naïve
conversations.prefix: Rookie Monster-Hunter:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: If there was any way to quit this job, you might take it, but the only way to avoid being hunted... is to hunt.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Stealthy
  
  Suggested Weakness: Obsessed
conversations.prefix: Veteran Monster-Hunter:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re physically strong and probably look it, whether you’re lean or built.
conversations.prefix: Strong:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’re quick and nimble, perhaps superhumanly so, whether you look it or not.
conversations.prefix: Agile:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re perceptive, perhaps from years of watching and observing. Nothing gets past you.
conversations.prefix: Perceptive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your hardy body has seen a lot of pain and you’re still here to suck up more.
conversations.prefix: Tough:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a brilliance that comes from experience and intuition more than study or memory.
conversations.prefix: Wise:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: With that smile, backed up by your silver tongue, it’s hard not to like you.
conversations.prefix: Charming:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your mouth is sometimes quicker than your mind but you’re a master of making that work for you.
conversations.prefix: Witty:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know things that ordinary folk don’t know, be it magic or science, and that gives you power.
conversations.prefix: Educated:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don’t have to say anything. It’s in that smile, in the way you move. It’s almost hypnotic.
conversations.prefix: Alluring:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Subtle and sneaky. People don’t often notice you until you want to be noticed.
conversations.prefix: Stealthy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re blunt, rude, or even gross sometimes. Maybe you don’t care what others think, maybe you don’t know better.
conversations.prefix: Crass:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your abilities are sometimes diminished and dampened by your greatest enemy: yourself.
conversations.prefix: Doubting:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your blood sears your veins and when you lose control, you lash out.
conversations.prefix: Angry:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can only act on the physical world when you concentrate; otherwise you’re just an image and a voice.
conversations.prefix: Ephemeral:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You think you know how things work. You think people are basically good. You’re wrong.
conversations.prefix: Naïve:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Something you did gnaws at your heart and screams nightmares at you when you sleep. It’s holding you back.
conversations.prefix: Guilty:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Are you sure you’re right or are you just unwilling to admit when you’re wrong? Either way: stubborn.
conversations.prefix: Stubborn:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ve come too far, done too much, worked too hard to put up with this shit from people like this.
conversations.prefix: Proud:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: When you get an idea, a mission, or a fear in your mind, you can’t just let it go.
conversations.prefix: Obsessed:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone broke your heart and you’re not willing to heal, not yet, because the pain’s what you have left.
conversations.prefix: Heartbroken:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Love leaves you open to pain. The only thing worse than keeping it inside is being rejected. Will you take that chance?
conversations.prefix: Reveal Your Love:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Living alone is hardly living. You need allies to watch your back. You need friends to fight for.
conversations.prefix: Something Worth Having:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Even if you think you don’t know anything good, act like you do. Secrets are why they keep you alive.
conversations.prefix: Air of Secrets:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It’s not love, it’s infatuation. It’ll go away. It’ll go away because it’s not love, it’s infatuation.
conversations.prefix: Deny Your Love:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Don’t let the worst of you take over. Don’t become a monster. Be better than those monsters.
conversations.prefix: Be Humane:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Don’t let your weakness hold you back. Don’t let humanity slow you down. The monster is powerful.
conversations.prefix: Be the Monster:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’ll never know safety until you know power, territory, control over others. It’s the way of the world.
conversations.prefix: Achieve Power:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Control is its own reward. You deserve it. They deny you out of fear, out of jealousy. Don’t stand for that.
conversations.prefix: Achieve Control:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your heart bears a wound that might heal if you could only stop meddling with the scars.
conversations.prefix: Heal the Hurt:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: They’ll keep hurting people until they know — really know — what it’s like to be hurt themselves.
conversations.prefix: Spread the Hurt:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What’s the secret behind the photo of Hank Farrow, ancestor of the Farrow hunter family?
conversations.prefix: The Secret of Hank Farrow:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Victor Castle’s keys aren’t where they belong. Get them for yourself or return them to him. They’re worth a favor.
conversations.prefix: Get Victor’s Keys:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The vampire enforcer, Brickhand, has a secret mission. What is it? Who is he out to hurt?
conversations.prefix: Brickhand’s Mission:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Damned Diary, in Alistair’s possession, seems to say you did something bad. Does the diary lie?
conversations.prefix: Does the Diary Lie?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The mortal, Brian Becker, is missing -- maybe dead -- and Delia Becker’s paying handsomely to know what happened.
conversations.prefix: Brian Becker Is Missing:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Just what spells has Brigid been casting for mortals around town? Is she someone’s scapegoat?
conversations.prefix: Investigating Brigid:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Syrupy, hot, metallic — drink it in.
conversations.prefix: Get Blood:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The P.I., Edgar Crease, knows things it would be good to know.
conversations.prefix: See Edgar’s Files:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bring down the rampaging werewolf in a way that doesn’t get you killed — by it or its old friends.
conversations.prefix: Rampage:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Who left a vampire chained up beneath the city? Why? What are you going to do about it?
conversations.prefix: Dead In Chains:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Shiny and sharp.
conversations.prefix: Straight-razor:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The so-called Damned Diary captures thirteen confessions a year, out of the air, and records them in old script.
conversations.prefix: The Damned Diary:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: With these magic words you can name a target and conjure a spying eye in their presence. Hope they don’t notice.
conversations.prefix: Magic Words: Scrying:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: These magic words turn any circular portal (like a manhole) into a passage for a ghost or spirit you invoke.
conversations.prefix: Magic Words: Summoning:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A warm vial of wizard blood. A drink of it either gets a vampire high or gives her magic powers. Depends who you ask.
conversations.prefix: Wizard Blood:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Big, blunt bullets, wrought in silver. You know what they’re for.
conversations.prefix: Silver Bullets:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Angular, sharpened, and ready for work.
conversations.prefix: Wooden Stake:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone thinks this machete is magical -- that it stops bullets. Maybe they’re right.
conversations.prefix: Machete Etched with Alchemical Symbols:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Victor Castle’s favorite bike’s spare keys. Are these where they belong?
conversations.prefix: Keys to Victor’s Hog:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A photo of youngsters in love, circa 1940. Written on the back it says “Hank Farrow and Edith.”
conversations.prefix: A Photo of Young Lovers:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Blood Red is a cheap, moldy old club deep in a part of town rotten with vampires and ghosts.
conversations.prefix: The Blood Red Club:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This hot new club opened near Rathbone & Highland and caters to the living -- all the living. It won’t last long.
conversations.prefix: Petite Mort:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This dangerous intersection marks the point where werewolf and vampire turf touch -- and have for fifty years.
conversations.prefix: Rathbone and Highland:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Young werewolves grow up here and pretty much everyone knows it.
conversations.prefix: Highland Ave Trailer Park:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ghosts guard the graves of vampires, sleeping off the centuries, in this old Victorian cemetery. Dangerous place.
conversations.prefix: Edgebrook Garden Cemetery:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The New Sussex Tower is a gothic skyscraper capped with swooping buttresses where vampires dance.
conversations.prefix: Atop the New Sussex Tower:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dank and rotten, this scary stop is a favorite dead-drop and graffiti spot for modern monster hunters.
conversations.prefix: Crawford Street Subway Stop:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: In the old foundations of the city, deeper than parts of the subway, is an old private wizard’s club.
conversations.prefix: Deep Underneath Miller’s Pub:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Like a dead part of the city, haunted by ghosts straining to hold onto the world with both hands. Don’t go alone.
conversations.prefix: Grove Ave Rowhouses:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Victor Castle’s domain. Here he holds court for visiting werewolves and passes judgment on crimes in his turf.
conversations.prefix: The Junkyard:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re being followed by echoes of the dead. They’ll watch where you go and they’ll remember. Get rid of them.
conversations.prefix: Shed the Ghosts:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The crowd’s getting surly, angry. Show them their place or slip out before things get ugly.
conversations.prefix: Throng:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Highland Ave trailer park is trapped with tripwires and alarm bells. Get around them if you can.
conversations.prefix: Ramshackle Traps:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Poltergeists don’t just crack headstones and throw rocks. They bend flesh and break bones.
conversations.prefix: Angry Ghosts:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Do you dare take the escape route they don’t think you’re brave enough to try?
conversations.prefix: Rooftop Escape:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Try to breathe like a normal person, like the living, like you belong in this crowd.
conversations.prefix: Blend In:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Can you dodge the surveillance of a wizard’s ward? Is that even possible?
conversations.prefix: The Evil Eye:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This part of town’s a warren of rotten allies and broken blacktop. Watch your step.
conversations.prefix: A Chase Down Dead Streets:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The whole block’s on fire. The populace burns hot, flipping cars. They’d grab pitchforks if they could find them.
conversations.prefix: Fires:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: They say Castle’s hounds come from Hell itself. They see things. They’re smart. Don’t piss them off.
conversations.prefix: Junkyard Dogs:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Biker, heartbreaker, werewolf. Victor rules from the Junkyard he owns. He might be the oldest werewolf in the city.
conversations.prefix: Victor Castle:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: An unpopular but skilled wizard, Brigid is on the outs for selling spells to customers not vetted by the Conclave.
conversations.prefix: Brigid Douglas:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Alistair’s a new name, just a century or so old. This vampire’s old; they say he knew Emperor Nero, back when.
conversations.prefix: Alistair Wright-Smith:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This guy’s an enforcer for Alistair. Devoted, maybe in love with him. Huge dude, takes no shit.
conversations.prefix: Brickhand:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: 300 pounds of angry muscle in a speedy panic. No way it doesn’t kill someone.
conversations.prefix: One High Werewolf:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Supposedly Edgar washed out of wizard school and now works cases for monsters to pay the rent.
conversations.prefix: Edgar Crease, Private Detective:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This young mortal woman is looking to sic a monster or some magic on her problems. Who will help her?
conversations.prefix: Delia Becker:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bone-thin and starved nearly to dust. Crazed from years of isolation chained up in a basement. Who did this?
conversations.prefix: Starved Vampire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Farrows were a famous hunting family in town in the 1970s. Jean’s the toughest of a new generation.
conversations.prefix: Jean Farrow:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Officially he’s the wizard in charge of the county, feared by all. Secretly? They say he’s a dragon -- an actual dragon.
conversations.prefix: The Drake:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: *May Only be Played while Investigating the mist.
  
  After a hot cuppa and the chance to warm up, everyone can agree that something strange is going on. Stranger than the usual strange, too.
conversations.prefix: Meaning of the Mist (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Like it or not, the pack has taken you in - at least the ones with power have. The decision wasn't a popular one, especially after you defended Kaiden at Ginny's. 
  
  Will Ellie be able to mix well with her new found family, or at least keep the peace?
  
  Social pressures are difficult enough without it involving werewolves. And there's a lot of pressure to fit in and sever ties with Kaiden.
conversations.prefix: One of Us:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It looks like the pack at the bar isn't the only group unnerved by the new magical presence.
  
  Something has Kaiden's employer, Jacky Cheng, spooked. 
  
  So much for having the night off. 
  
  Head of security, the vampire Svetlana, knows more than she's telling, and you need to find out what. It's hard to defend against an unknown foe.
conversations.prefix: Occupational Hazards:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The ache in Martin's bum knee means trouble, and the sudden fog has magic written all over it. Powerful magic. 
  
  The what and why of the mist are questions that need answers.
  
  
conversations.prefix: Meaning of the Mist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A violent and tragic end near a body of water turned you into someone - something else. It was a long time before you could work past the flashbacks and memories that still haunt you. Behind your beauty and smile is a dangerous hatred for those that remind you of your killer.
  
  With a wail and cry that can shatter glass and crystals, tear eardrums, and even kill, you are a valuable asset to any local lord. 
  
  The beauty only lasts as long as your temper, and should you lose it you shift into a hideous creature with razor sharp teeth and claws. 
conversations.prefix: Banshee:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Strange dreams have begun to plague you, and sometimes when you hear a question you find yourself knowing the answer. At first they were dismissed as dreams and chance, but dreams aren't supposed to come true...
conversations.prefix: Developing Seer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: For some it's a gift, for others a curse - either way you were born with it.
  
   Most commonly sorcerer's are born of parents with the same gift. There are those who intentionally try to create spontaneous sorcerers - which occur naturally from an unusual, and often traumatic, event during birth or pregnancy.
  
  The powers develop enough to effect external objects between the ages 2-5 in most cases. If not used the ability may lie dormant.
  
  Stressful situations make it difficult for you to to control your natural abilities. Losing control is a risk and issue for many.
conversations.prefix: Elemental Sorcerer :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: No longer stumbling through the world of immortality, you’ve lived long enough to know how much the world has to offer you.    
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Perceptive/Agile
  
  Suggested Weakness:
conversations.prefix: Emerging Vampire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Through your struggles you have learned to calm the beast within - or at least to walk along side it. It's hard to tell where the person begins and the animal ends.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Strong
  
  Suggested Weakness: Rash
conversations.prefix: Emerging Werewolf:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sex sells, and honey you got plenty of that. Once you have your unwitting prey in your clutches - and your bed - their soul is yours. Some humans even seek you out, longing to be put under your spell and serve you.
conversations.prefix: Incubus/Succubus :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You weren't born with the blood and weren't raised with the gift, but magic called to you. 
  
  Similar to science, working spells and making potions isn't easy - different ingredients have powers and inclinations, but now you can wield magic.
  
  You have an Animal familiar. 
conversations.prefix: Initiated Witch:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The bane of male desires, you feed off those foolish enough to fall for your charm - using their bodies to keep the gardens green, and their energy to keep you young. 
conversations.prefix: Nymph:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Blessed with great wisdom, you are a valued sage to leaders and commoners alike willing to heed your words. 
conversations.prefix: Shaman:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've taken down your fair share of beasts, and learned the price of hunting those that hunt back. Be it that one person you couldn't save, or someone close you lost, it's too late to go back now. 
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: 
  
  Suggested Weakness: Guilty
conversations.prefix: Tested Monster-Hunter:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Latin for turn skin.
  A werewolf is the most common type of Versipellis. 
  
  Naturally born Versipelles are sane in their beastial form. Those infected are not. 
  
  Experienced Versipelles are able to stop the transformation process partway and achieve a hybrid form. This is extremely difficult to do. 
  
  Versipelles are not restricted to mammals, and may include insects and fish. 
conversations.prefix: Versipellis :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You were born with the blood and were raised with the gift. S
  
  imilar to science, working spells and making potions isn't easy - different ingredients have powers and inclinations, but after so many years it comes as second nature.
  
  You have an animal familiar. 
conversations.prefix: Witch:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's better than the other strengths because you made it yourself!
conversations.prefix: Custom Strength:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's one thing to know, but it's another to have lived it.
conversations.prefix: Experienced:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Luck is on your side, be it by fate or chance. The cards and stars speak of it, and even the worst of situations have a silver lining. Don't abuse it, or the fates may revoke their blessing.
conversations.prefix: Fortune:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have friends in all the right places, or at least enough places that it matters. 
conversations.prefix: Friendship:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Maybe it's your gut, maybe it's magic, but before something bad happens you know before everyone else does. The hair stands up on your neck and your stomach gets butterflies. It brings new meaning to "trusting your gut".
conversations.prefix: Instinct:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: People know you, at least by name, and identifying yourself opens doors and gets you audiences others can't.
  
  (What are you known for? Are you respected, feared, both, or something else entirely?)
conversations.prefix: Reputation:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Everyone *thinks* you did that one thing, and multiple eye witnesses say it was you. Attempts to deny it, if you've tried, have failed. 
  
  At least you're living a lie that works in your favor.
conversations.prefix: Unearned Reputation:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's good to be rich, and you can afford everything. Maybe you were born into it, maybe you invested wisely, but means is never an issue.
conversations.prefix: Wealth:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Everyone has their poison, and you have yours. Maybe you realize its a problem, or you're still in denial. Either way, without a fix things get messy. Fast. Nobody likes withdrawal, but they don't like someone high as a kite either. 
  
  (To use this card you must specify the nature of the addiction on your character sheet.)
conversations.prefix: Addict:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: For whatever reason, the telling the truth is difficult for you. Even over trivial matters you answer with falsehoods. It's only a matter of time before people catch on - with all the lies it's hard to keep the stories straight.
conversations.prefix: Compulsive Liar:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: In the face of your fears, you run and hide. Bravery is for other people, but not you. When danger threatens you, it's hard not to run and hide. When faced with a deadly encounter it's quite possible that you wet yourself.
conversations.prefix: Craven:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's better than the other weaknesses because you made it yourself!
conversations.prefix: Custom Weakness:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It isn't that you don't notice - it's that you don't remember. You'll remember eventually, usually, but not when it's convenient.
conversations.prefix: Forgetful:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You act without thinking and sometimes it gets you into trouble.
conversations.prefix: Impulsive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Readers pity you when you seek their council. Perhaps you were cursed, or born on an unlucky day - for whatever reason, things have a way of going wrong. 
conversations.prefix: Misfortune:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It has nothing to do with bravery - you can be plenty brave. You just can't speak up in groups, or find yourself staring at the floor during parties. 
conversations.prefix: Shy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The devil is in the details, and you miss most of them. Be it someone's new haircut, a murder weapon, or the fact that your coworker has lost 50lbs, some pretty important things get past you. And they get past you a lot.
conversations.prefix: Unobservant :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're wary of other creatures and beings that are different from you. It makes working with other creatures difficult, and trust even harder. 
conversations.prefix: Xenophobic :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What motivates your character to keep going?
  
  Is it the thirst for power? Revenge? Love? Friendship? Hate? Pleasure? Bitterness? Fear? Something else?
conversations.prefix: Character Purpose:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Or just make your own. I always look to add more cards.
conversations.prefix: More Subplot Cards Coming:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: During your birth the stars and cards read strange things, and many expect you to do something great in your time. If only you knew what it was you were supposed to be doing. 
conversations.prefix: Prophecy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lover, sibling, friend, or parent. Someone very important went missing and the mystery has burned itself into your mind. They're probably dead, you know that, but until you know for sure..
conversations.prefix: That which was lost:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Known by the regulars for a cheap pint and good pies, the hole in the wall establishment is missed by most outsiders. 
  
  It's dark inside, even for a bar, but that helps keep the 'raff out.
conversations.prefix: Ginger's  Irish Pub:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A bartender at Ginger's in his early 30s, he's well liked and easy to talk to. Mostly he keeps to himself, and few know he's cousins with the owner.
conversations.prefix: Sean Donnelly:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dark, thick, and foamy - a drink would hit the spot. Unfortunately for Kaidan he just walked into the only Irish pub in Bristol owned by werewolves. 
conversations.prefix: Having a Pint:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Not the flashiest place, it sits atop Dreadnought Books on St. George's St. The stairs up creak, and the place lacks a woman's touch. 
  
  Books and research are easily visible, along with stranger things... is that a heart in a jar? Why are there all these bones?
conversations.prefix: Martin's Flat:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Head of security and personal assistant of Jacky Cheng, Svetlana is as dangerous as it gets.  
  
  She is strict, serious, and quick to anger if her expectations aren't met. Some of the other bodyguards have whispered that she used to work as an assassin, but there isn't any proof.
conversations.prefix: Svetlana Tesarik:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One of the older members of Cheng's security detail. A man of few words who keeps to himself. He's a vampire, but Kaiden has never seen him seek out blood. 
conversations.prefix: Derick Ericson :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There's something really strong and spooky outside, and none of you know what it is. 
  
  Being out of the know can get you killed, and with the fog everywhere you aren't even sure if it's safe to be walking around outside. 
conversations.prefix: What's going on?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Maybe you've always been fascinated by death.  Maybe you think that by understanding death you can improve life.  Or maybe you just like the idea of having an army of skeletal minions.  Whatever the reason, you have the ability to speak with and, with magical training, command the dead.
conversations.prefix: Necromancer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Martin has seen power change a lot of people for the worse. He's determined to keep the same from happening to him.
conversations.prefix: Resist the Monster:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Latin for turn skin.
  A werewolf is the most common type of Versipellis. 
  
  Naturally born Versipelles are sane in their beastial form. Those infected are not. 
  
  Experienced Versipelles are able to stop the transformation process partway and achieve a hybrid form. This is extremely difficult to do. 
  
  Versipelles are not restricted to mammals, and may include insects and fish. 
conversations.prefix: Versipellis :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There's something just likeable about Ellie. Something that draws you in.
  
  This has been both boon and bane throughout Ellie's life - allowing her to talk her way out of trouble but also dragging her into more.
conversations.prefix: Animal Magentism:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Curiosity killed the cat... or likely will. Ellie just can't let a mystery lie and poking her nose into everything is likely to continue to get her into a lot of trouble.
  
  Especially when she has so much trouble not being noticed.
conversations.prefix: Curious:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ellie is well aware that she's never going to fit into normal society and she feels a burning need to find some place to be herself.    
conversations.prefix: Find My Place:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ve just learned enough what it’s like to be a lycanthrope: terrible power and great torture. 
conversations.prefix: Young Adult Werewolf:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re perceptive, perhaps from years of watching and observing. Nothing gets past you.
conversations.prefix: Perceptive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re blunt, rude, or even gross sometimes. Maybe you don’t care what others think, maybe you don’t know better.
conversations.prefix: Crass:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: As a werewolf that came from a powerful family, in your blood harbors the power of that of a true and natural born alpha. Because of this, you naturally strive for a pack and want a "family" of your own, regardless race or species.
conversations.prefix: True Alpha: