Boston will be hosting the Create-A-Clan tournament - where you get to design your own vampires! Create-A-Clan Your Move Games in Somerville www.yourmovegames.com Free! The rules are quite restrictive (and a bit lengthy), but they have to be. :) It's recommended that for your crypt, you put cards in sleeves and put print outs of your vamps in front of the cards. For tools and help for creating your vampire cards, check out Damnan's site at: http://www.almadrava.net/damnans/ Tools found here: http://www.almadrava.net/damnans/downloads.htm We'll have the following prize categories: - Winning Player - Best Artwork - Best Clan That Didn't Use Dominate - Most Creative/People's Choice If you have any other recommendations for prize categories, email me! THE RULES * Clan must have a name and sect (can't choose Anarch) * You may have a unique Hunting Ground for your clan, which must also have a name. (Hunting Grounds with the same name will contest!) * All vamps in clan must be of that sect * All vamps must have a unique name (Vamps with the same name will contest!) * Keep the names clean, kids! * Clan must have three "in-clan" disciplines, and the set of three must not be the same as that of an official clan * Vampires may not have Bloodlines disciplines, though Bloodlines discipline library cards may be used (in the outferior, or perhaps via Vial of Elder Vitae or the like) * Multi-discipline cards may not be used * No more than two vampires of the same capacity * No two vampires may share the exact same discipline spread (For example, AUS POT QUI and AUS POT qui are ok, but not two vamps with AUS POT QUI) * No two vampires of 5-cap or less may share the same superior discipline * "Out-of-clan" disciplines may not be shared by more than two vampires * No two vampires of the same capacity may share the same "out-of-clan" discipline * A vampire may only have an "out-of-clan" discipline if it has all three "in-clan" disciplines * A vampire must spend more points on "in-clan" disciplines than on "out-of-clan" disciplines * Vampires get points for disciplines, titles, and specials as follows, where X is the capacity of the vampire: - 2-4 cap = X-1 - 5-8 cap = X - 9-10 cap = X+1 * Disciplines as follows: - Basic discipline: 1 point - Superior discipline: 2 points * Titles as follows: - Primogen/Bishop min 6-cap, 0.5 points - Prince/Archbishop min 8-cap, 1 point - Justicar/Cardinal min 10-cap, 1.5 points - Priscus min 8-cap, 1 point - "This vampire has 2 votes" min 8-cap, Independent only, 1 point * A clan may have only one Justicar or Cardinal * A Prince or Archbishop must be of a specific domain. Allowable domains are those of V:EKN Princes, except those of "official" vampires (i.e. no Prince of Boston). The list of domains can be found here: www.white-wolf.com/vtes/veknPrinces.html * Special abilities as follows: - +1 bleed: min 6-cap, 1.5 points (max +1 bleed) - +1 strength: min 6-cap, 1.5 points (max +1 strength) - +1 intercept: min 9-cap, 1 point (max +1 intercept) - +1 stealth: min 9-cap, 2 points (max +1 stealth) - +1 strength when in combat with a specific sect: no min, 1 point (may be chosen in addition to +1 strength, above) - + 1 bleed when bleeding a specific sect: no min, 1 point (may be chosen in addition to +1 bleed, above) * A vampire may have only one special ability (in addition to a title and disciplines), and only one vampire per clan may have each special ability * If you have 0.5 points left over, too bad * Your crypt must contain only vampires from your clan * You may have no more than 2 copies of each vampire in your crypt It's recommended that you email your crypt to me ahead of time so I can make sure it's legal. My email address is fudjo@mindstorm.com. Feel free to email me with other questions you may have about the tournament, as well. (Note: I'll be in Barcelona for the EC until Wednesday, October 22, so I may be slow in responding) See you there! - Ben Peal, Prince of Boston fudjo@mindstorm.com