Vampire/Joining

We try to make life easy. Here are some basic guidelines. You can find the full Approval Guidelines here.

Formatting Your Approval Ticket

Submit it with the Vampire topic and use the formatting here -- it is required and we will return your ticket to you if you don't use it. This makes sure we don't forget anything.

Google Sheet for Vampire characters
Vampire: the Requiem 2.0 / Blood & Smoke core rules + 275 XP
Status in Clan and Covenant are limited to 3 for vampires.
Status in Covenant (Carthian Movement) is limited to 1 for ghouls with a Carthian regnant.
Status (City) is limited to 1 for ghouls or for new vampire characters not starting as part of an established Family.
Status (City) is limited to 3 for vampire characters from established Families in Philly.
The first dot of Status for both City and Covenant are free for vampires, except in the case of City status if someone is intentionally in the city illegally. The first dot of City status is free for ghouls.

Forbidden Concepts: VII, Belial's Brood, or other antagonist factions, either current or former. Known diablerists. Characters who aren't at least aware of what modern technology is, even if they dislike it. Characters with more than ~200 years of time spent active as kindred outside of torpor.
Choose from the setting Families, or create your own new one.
Please provide at least name, covenant, clan, and age for your Sire, and if you were Embraced in Philly, whether it was done with permission. Be aware that if it was done without permission, then your Sire is probably dead. Anyone whose Sire was executed for breaking the Second Tradition probably belongs to either Sakima's family or to the family of their Sire, and they are allowed to choose, though they may have been adopted by another family as well.
What do you do for your Clan and Covenant, or if you're unaligned why don't you currently belong to a Covenant?
Want ties to NPCs? Talk to staff! This is encouraged. You may not purchase True Friend for Setting NPCs. You may purchase Mentor for Setting NPCs with staff approval. The Sakima may not be purchased as a Mentor at character creation and must be earned in-character.
You may be a newcomer or a longtime resident, but be aware of the significance of Family among the local Kindred.

Please make one, they are mandatory for final approval!
Give us either a description of your character or images of a played-by.
If you need help, please ask on Discord! We can set up a very basic wiki for you to fill out if you need help.