Daughters of Cacophony Newsletter Issue 2 Siren's Call August 2003 Contents Intro Verse (Fiction) Chorus (Card of the Month) Bridge (Vampire of the Month) Mandatory Drum Solo (Deck Clinic) Outro Intro Siren's Call is back, with a new editor. The last issue dates from December 2001 and I thought it would be a shame to leave all those numerous DoC fans without a shepherd. A lot of people underestimate the Daughters and I will proof them wrong. Verse Biography of Evelyne Duloise I've always dreamed of becoming a singer... I was born on a cold October night 1858 in London as Evelyn Withinger. My parents were aristocrats and thus I had to behave like one and wasn't allowed to deal with people under our social class except for our servants. When I was 8 years old my parents took me to an Opera. When we came back I knew that someday I'd be there on stage performing for a big audience so I told my parents I wanted to be a famous Opera singer. My parents were very excited about it and the next morning they arranged a private singing teacher for me. I practised a lot, most of the day actually. It was during those days that prince Albert had died. There were rumors about an Opera House being built in his honor and if they were true, I was destined to be the star of it. Queen Victoria was indeed planning on building an Opera House, the Royal Albert Hall. In 1874 I joined the Royal Choral Society. It was very obvious I had talent, so I became the leading singer. My parents were very proud of me. In 1876 we had the honor to perform in the Royal Albert Hall for Queen Victoria herself and I wanted to impress her. We rehearsed alot, but because I felt I sang a lot better than the rest, I wanted to have a solo part to impress the audience. I asked the dirigent, who was a friend of my parents, and he agreed. The rest of the choir wasn't too happy, but the dirigent paid no attention to them and thus I could have my big solo. I became vain and started treating the others as a stuck up bitch. There was one girl however, who completely agreed with me on everything. Gaël was her name. She told me she was French and she had immigrated to England with her parents. Gaël sang very nice, but not nearly as good as me. To be continued… Chorus Echo of Harmonies Action Modifier Presence/Melpominee 1 Blood Only usable during a referendum pre: If you burn the Edge for a vote, this vampire gains two additional votes. mel: Usable by a ready vampire other than the acting minion. This vampire gains two votes. MEL: Usable by a ready vampire other than the acting minion. Move the political action card used to call the referendum from your ash heap to this vampire at the end of the action. This vampire may burn that card to call the referendum as a +1 stealth political action. The potential of this card is huge! If you mix the Daughters with Toreador or Ventrue you can even use it at basic presence as a sucky Bewitching Oration if needed, but to get the most out of this card you need Melpominee. At basic Melpominee you can use it for vote pushing and note that every Daughter you control, tapped or untapped, can play one during the same political action. All this is nice but things get real ugly with superior Melpominee. In order to call the referendum again your vampire must still meet the requirements. (Camarilla, Prince, …) Let me see, I'll play a KRC and another one and another one … Play them to keep the Consanguineous Boons flowing, to bloat or to steal all locations with Disputed Territory. There are numerous options you'll enjoy. This card is a must in a political Daughter deck. I usually play 4 or 5, but more will certainly not hurt you. Bridge Angela Preston 5 cap, MEL PRE for Daughters of Cacophony Camarilla: Angela must burn 1 blood to attempt to block an older vampire. You may tap Angela during your influence phase to untap any other vampire. She is without doubt the best of them all with superior Presence and Melpominee and you'll probably put multiple copies in your crypt. Eventhough her drawback is kind of annoying and you will not use her special ability a lot, it's the superior presence that puts her over the top. Her vote pushing is a lot better (Bewitching Oration and Voter Captivation that is) and let's not forget she's Camarilla so she can become Prince for some permanent voting power. So what if she only has inferior Fortitude, it's good enough to play Freak Drive or if really necessary Daring the Dawn, which are the 2 most common Fortitude cards in a DoC deck. Also quite noticeable is the art done by Christopher Shy. I must admit I am not a big fan of him, but Angela isn't like all the others, in fact all the Daughters don't have a I've-seen-this-art-before-look except for Gael Pilet who has the face of Maris Streck. Mandatory Drum Solo Deck Name: Daughters and Daddy's Created By: Den Alex Description: These Daughters know who their Daddy is. Nasty bleeds and political actions. Paris Opera House is a must in this deck. Silly but fun: if you are being bled attempt to block, then give the acting minion stealth by tapping a Daughter and the Paris Opera House, then deflect. Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 16, Max: 30, Avg: 5,92) ---------------------------------------------- 2 Angela Preston for MEL PRE 5, Daughters of Cacophony 1 Celeste mel pre 3, Daughters of Cacophony 2 Delilah Monroe for MEL pre 4, Daughters of Cacophony 1 Gael Pilet chi FOR MEL pre 6, Daughters of Cacophony 2 Emerson Bridges DOM FOR pot PRE 8, Ventrue, Prince 2 Sir Walter Nash DOM FOR PRE 7, Ventrue, Prince 2 Timothy Crowley ani dom FOR PRE 7, Ventrue, Prince Library: (90 cards) ------------------- Master (18 cards) 1 Bastille Opera House 4 Blood Doll 1 Direct Intervention 2 Dominate 2 Dreams of the Sphinx 2 Information Highway 2 Paris Opera House 2 Presence 1 Uptown Hunting Ground 1 Ventrue Headquarters Action (12 cards) 1 Entrancement 4 Govern the Unaligned 6 Legal Manipulations Action Modifier (26 cards) 4 Bewitching Oration 4 Bonding 2 Conditioning 2 Daring the Dawn 3 Echo of Harmonies 4 Freak Drive 2 Kiss of Ra, The 4 Missing Voice, The 2 Siren's Lure Political Action (10 cards) 1 Disputed Territory 1 Kindred Restructure 6 Kine Resources Contested 2 Parity Shift Reaction (16 cards) 6 Deflection 4 Second Tradition: Domain, The 6 Wake with Evening's Freshness Combat (8 cards) 8 Majesty If you like more politics, take out some of the Bondings, Legal Manipulations for more KRC. Outro That's it for this month's issue. I hope you enjoyed it, any comments, deck suggestions , ideas, … are welcome. Den Alex aka Alexander Schrijvers eenvraag@hotmail.com