BY NIGHT new cards ideas

It's been a while since the By Night theme was mentionned. I think it would
be a nice way to introduce new mechanisms in the game, and a mood to boot !

New vampires could be made with the titles of new cities (maybe from several
groups, including Adv vampires ?) ; new Fee Stakes would be made, maybe just
a few new Praxis + Crusades with interesting bonuses (like Berlin), just not
taking (too many ? any ?) Rare slots...

Here are 3 ways I think this could be handled :

1) The By Night "regular" cards

They are usual card types with the By Night mention.

Examples (not necessarily balanced, just to give the general idea) :

Chicago Blues
Master
Chicago By Night
1 pool.
Put on the uncontested Prince, Archbishop or Baron of Chicago.
This vampire makes +1 damage when striking with guns.

The City That Never Sleeps
Reaction
New York By Night
The uncontested Prince, Archbishop or Baron of New York can [insert text of
Second Tradition]

Drinking the Lifeblood
Political Action
Los Angeles By Night
Requires the uncontested Prince, Archbishop or Baron of Los Angeles.
Choose a methuselah. If this referendum is succesful, that methuselah looses
3 pool and you gain 3 pool.

Giving the Blood
+1 stealth Action
Montreal By Night
Requires the uncontested Prince, Archbishop or Baron of Montreal
Put this card into play and untap the acting vampire ; this vampire can make
a +1 stealth action to put 2 blood from the blood bank on a vampire of the
same sect in your uncontrolled region.

not all the cards need to name a city :

Absolute Ruler
Master Card
By Night
1 pool
Choose the uncontested Prince, Archbishop or Baron of any city among the
ready vampires you control.
This vampire has +1 vote and +1 bleed.
All your other Princes, Archbishop or Barons have -1 vote.
A methuselah can only have 1 Absolute Ruler.

2) The By Night "Campaign" card

Before the game, either the players agree on a city to conquer or each
brings a special BY NIGHT CAMPAIGN card and one is chosen randomly (put one
card per player, unprotected and back up, on the table, mix them, pick one
at random) ; in (unnoficial) tournament, the organizer can put them randomly
on each table, in a way similar to the Gehenna league (or the Malkavian
Wheel we play in Paris).

BY NIGHT CAMPAIGN rules :

The BNC card is put, uncontrolled, on the center of the table. As long as it
is uncontrolled, it affects the whole table. If it is controlled, it will
affect only the controller.

Normal Play Mode :

to gain control of an uncontrolled BNC card, a methuselah must succeed in
one of the following :

- take a D action to control the card ; every methuselah may try to block
that action
- pass a referendum to control this card ; every methuselah may try to block
that action

to gain control of an controlled BNC card, you must succeed in a D action
against the card, where the card controller's minions gain +2 intercept
against that action, or succeed in a referendum where the card controller
gains 4 votes in that referendum.

Examples of By Night Campaign card :

Marseille By Night
Campaign Card
All affected methuselahs gain +1 stealth when equipping with weapons.
If this card is controlled, the controller's minions gain 1 maneuver when
using a weapon in combat.

Venezia By Night
Campaign Card
All affected methuselahs gain + 1 stealth when recruiting Zombies.
If this card is controlled, all the controller's wraith allies gain +1
bleed.

These are just examples, so you get the routine...

We tried such "table effects" in our league in Marseille and it was pretty
fun.

League Mode : if and when a Game Win is made on a table, the winner gains
control of the card for the rest of the league ; it cannot be stolen from
him anymore, whether he wants it or not ; the owner will have to choose
another BNC card on his next table ; if the owner wins a new Campaign card,
he will be considered to control both towns, and will be aither a) have both
effects or b) choose one of them on each of his tables at the beginning of
the game.

The league organizer will have to keep track of the controlled cities, which
won't be proposed on other tables. The winner of the league will be the
first to control X cities.

Tournament Mode : same as league mode, but over the preliminary rounds of
the tournament ; in the finals, only the already controlled cities will have
an effect on their controllers.

..........................

Let it be noted that both card types can be used in the same games, only the
second type must be optionnal and played only if all players agree on it,
while the first doesn't need it.

What do you guys think ?

--
Orpheus

Nearly made it to LSJ's Killfile !!


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