Daughters of Cacophony Newsletter Issue 5 Siren's Call November 2003 Contents Verse (Fiction) Chorus (Card of the Month) Bridge (Vampire of the Month) Mandatory Drum Solo (Deck Clinic) Outro Verse Delilah in Concert (part 2) After a few minutes a dark man walked over to his table and sat down. 'Jonathan, Delilah's manager.' 'Leopold.' 'I arranged a private meeting for you after the show.' 'Great, I'm looking forward to it.' 'The show will start any minute now.' The lights went out and the spots were lit. Delilah walked in and took her place on stage. She began to sing and her voice was soon joined by a drum, electric guitar and bass. The audience got wild and everyone started head banging. Everyone, except Leopold. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. It was horrible. He started to get a headache. On stage Delilah was giving the best of herself, when she saw Leopold in complete disgust. Leopold wanted to get up, but he was held down by the manager. 'Sit down!' a feminine voice said through the manager's mouth. 'I'm not impressed by your ventriloquism tricks, Miss Monroe. Your voice is horrifying. It sounds like the noise of a cat with a sore throat that is about to be snuffed out of its existence. I will report to my sire that one would rather die than to listen to this thing you call music.' Angry, Leopold stood up and made his way out. Suddenly Delilah stopped singing, everyone was holding his breath. 'I'm not through with you, Leopold,' she screamed, 'If you would rather die, so be it.' She got off the stage and walked over to him, singing the most beautiful song ever with a honey sweet voice. Leopold was pined to the ground. His head was spinning. Delilah put her head on his shoulder. He wanted to object, but instead of the insults he was about to say, Delilah's voice could be heard: 'Glad you took over, Leo. I can call you Leo, right?' Leopold could only stare in void. He was entranced by the song Delilah was producing through him. 'Ventriloquism tricks, huh?', she whispered, 'You're a fool, Leo, and my boys and I, we don't like fools.' The punks who had been silent for the entire time, got up, readying their brass knuckles. Delilah walked back to the stage. While Leopold was beaten up, Delilah continued the concert, after all, the show must go on. Chorus Madrigal VS Bewitching Oration ---------------------------------------- In my opinion BO is better than M: - You don't have to play it before votes are cast. - At superior, you get 4 votes which is very important for a clan that has no vampires with titles. - People tend to benefit too much from a superior Madrigal The reaction thing is nice and all but you really need the 4 votes and you need to be able to play your vote push when you need it and that is not before votes are cast. I tried a mix of BO and M, but the thing is that M is just plain bad. Bridge Gaël Pilet 6 cap, MEL FOR chi pre Daughters of Cacophony Independent: Gael can never have more than 1 intercept. Any additional intercept she gains is lost. I have mixed feelings about her. Her drawback is not as bad as the others, but 6 pool for MEL FOR chi pre isn't that good. Sure she can play Kiss of Ra and Freak Drive at superior, but you'll probably won't play a lot with either and you just can't afford to put Fortitude skill cards in your deck as you need your Master phases for better things. On the other side she doesn't have to burn blood to attempt to block and she can block whoever she wants. Give her a Presence skill card and she's great. The inferior Chimerstry is nice, but I haven't figured out what it's good for. She might be the star vamp in a DoC-combat deck, but that's something I still have to test. I wouldn't play more than one copy in any deck, 'cause you only need the MEL and Delilah and Angela are cheaper. Mandatory Drum Solo Deck Name: Beauty and the Beast Created By: Den Alex Description: A normal Ahrimane politics deck with the DoC to make sure your key actions ( Cardinal Benediction, Crusade, KRC,...) don't get blocked with Siren's Lure. You should definetly try this deck out even it was just to see the look on your opponent's face when Muse plays Carrion Crows. Don't forget Nettie has inferior Celerity in case you need that extra stealth with Siren's Lure. Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 15, Max: 31, Avg: 5,75) ---------------------------------------------- 3 Howler ANI obf PRE SPI 8, Ahrimanes 2 The Siamese ani PRE pro SPI 7, Ahrimanes 1 Cynthia Ingold ani for pre SPI 6, Ahrimanes 1 Nettie Hale ani cel pro pre spi 5, Ahrimanes 2 Angela Preston for MEL PRE 5, Daughters of Cacophony 2 Delilah Monroe for MEL pre 4, Daughters of Cacophony 1 Muse ani for mel 3, Daughters of Cacophony Library: (90 cards) ------------------- Master (17 cards) 1 Animalism 4 Blood Doll 2 Dreams of the Sphinx 1 Giant's Blood 4 Minion Tap 2 Paris Opera House 1 Powerbase: Madrid 2 Presence Action (4 cards) 2 Entrancement 2 Sanguine Instruction Action Modifier (18 cards) 2 Awe 4 Bewitching Oration 4 Echo of Harmonies 4 Siren's Lure 4 Voter Captivation Political Action (22 cards) 2 Anarchist Uprising 1 Ancient Influence 1 Banishment 4 Cardinal Benediction 1 Crusade: Mexico City 1 Crusade: Pittsburgh 2 Disputed Territory 1 Dramatic Upheaval 8 Kine Resources Contested 1 Rumors of Gehenna Reaction (7 cards) 7 Speak with Spirits Combat (14 cards) 4 Carrion Crows 3 Chameleon's Colors 6 Majesty 1 Song in the Dark Combo (8 cards) 8 Swiftness of the Stag Outro Feedback and comments are appreciated. Next month's issue will be dedicated to the new Black Hand expansion. Den Alex aka Alexander Schrijvers eenvraag@hotmail.com