(larp) Idea for Blood Hunts (influenced by NorCal)

[keyboardninja]

I think that it should cost the Prince a status trait to call a Blood Hunt. The need to go to such an extreme only indicates his/her lack of power/authority to bring the individual to justice. If we made it cost a status trait up front, I think there'd be fewer bullshit blood hunts

Comments

[magnus50000]

Prop this.

Srsly.

[keyboardninja]

This would be a Cam Coord genre prop, not a Brujah Coord genre prop. If I'm still Coord after elections (Vote Dale!), I'll talk to the Coord team about it.

[ummacnai]

ehhh... I think that's not necessary. If the Prince doesn't have the standing to call off his own bloodhunts, that speaks a LOT about the Prince's standing and the choices s/he's making. Forcing them to expose that in front of the Justicariate is GOOOD politics.

[keyboardninja]

My goal is to keep more good politics local/regional, so the Justicariate doesn't have to get so involved in otherwise mundane stuff. I don't know about the others, but I really don't enjoy getting involved in local level stuff.

[ummacnai]

Additionally; I don't think OWbN genre has deviated from WW *that* much, that *calling* bloodhunts should automatically be a failure. It's their ultimate power and has always been characterized as such; it's not the chicken way out.

[keyboardninja]

How about they have to invest a status trait when they call a Blood Hunt, and they don't get it back until the Blood Hunt is fulfilled. If they want to cancel the Hunt, they forfeit the invested status trait, and sacrifice one additional status trait?

That way it's not seen as a failure, but it's definitely putting their reputation on the line.

I'm of the opinion that Hospitality, Destruction, and a good Scourge and Sheriff, should be enough to deal with 95% of the problems, and that a Blood Hunt should be the last possible recourse, and want to find a way, systematically, to encourage this mentality.

Also, I'm tired of "we don't respect the blood hunt, so we're not fulfilling it." The nature of the blood hunt is that none may offer succor, and all are expected to make efforts to see it fulfilled. I can't think of a way to encourage this mindset, though.

[noplate]

Too bad the NorCal inspiration of such...isn't 100% valid. The Primogen council did not want to overturn the hunts.

And if it did cost a perm status up front, all three of those PCs would still be blood hunted.

God that whole situation was all kinds of messed up IC, and still is :)

[keyboardninja]

Well, the inspiration is 100% valid, even if the situation is not 100% applicable :p

That said, I agree. Sacrificing your own standing for someone else is unlikely to happen, but that doesn't mean the recourse shouldn't be available.

[noplate]

I personally can't believe this is still going on. I expected the bloodhunts to be overturned, regardless of any validity, a week after the prince turnover.

Good 'ol Sebastian Crowe. Nothin like a shit gen no obten no vis no thaum no sauce like that PC Gangrel pwning bitches. Every now and then the West Coast does something really cool/intriguey/fuck aroundy IC.

[keyboardninja]

You don't need wooj to make someone else's life a pain in the ass.

[fallenalbatross]

My problem with Blood Hunts is that people seem to forget about the trophy part of it. I think part of that is the "Amaranth is the same as Diablerie and it's never OK" mindset of the Org. Still, there's supposed to be a prize to the person who fulfills the Hunt and it's supposed to be a big one.

[placesoulhere]

Yes, it is called a bloodhunt for a reason after all.

[mr_mxyzptlk13]

Everyone needs to crack out their Cam Guides and read up on Bloodhunts...

While Princes often turn a blind eye if someone eats a blood-hunted individual, there is NO SUCH THING AS RIGHT OF AMARANTH.

[keyboardninja]

The only mention I've ever seen of sanctioned diablerie is the prize for taking down a red lister.

[placesoulhere]

Unnecessary in my opinion.

Also, using one of the most powerful tools you have as Prince should not be considered a failure. Stupid and arbitrary use of that tool is, and thats when the Justicariate gets involved. I think you're trying to put a mechanic in place to fix situations that should never happen. In doing so, it would hamper the legitimate uses.

Furthermore, the four personal status between the Primogen is a bad idea as worded. One Primogen can burn for personal and then its called off. It should be a unanimous vote of the Primogen and a sacrifice from all of them to show just how much they want to over rule the Prince. This is not a Republic and the Prince should not rule at the behest of a couple of Primogen.