House Rules  We try and stick by canon. Canon though, has been created for small personal table top games, not the massive epic settings online gaming creates. As a result, we have made a few adjustments to try and make the canon setting bled better into the online setting.  Additional noncanon implications players will have a chance to vote on. This page will be updated as new rulings are voted into place. The following house rules, we typed up on our own, please do not rip these off rules for application elsewhere without our express permission.

Animal Magnetism	The attractiveness of your character is something you RP out, not buy in merit format. (Banned)
Blood Flaw Immunity	Rare, and without much creative merit. (Restricted)
Charmed Existence	This has very little application in a horror setting. (Banned)
Child	Minor age PCs have no place on this site. Further more we refuse to be held legally responsible for when/if a player were to ever abuse this character type. (Banned)
Corporate CEO	We do not feeling this is constructive to our setting, and that it grants an unfair advantages. (Restricted)
Dark Fate	It's the WoD, we all are pretty much equally screwed. (Banned)
Dead Man Walking	Something that should be earned IC, with PCs. Not NPCs. (Banned)
Disease Carrier / Contagious	This can cause some serious IC problems, and requires very exact record keeping. (Banned)
Double Betrayer	This Tremere flaw has no practical uses in our game. (banned)
Eidetic Memory	This has a history of causing problems and ooc hassles. (Banned)
Embraced without the Cup	A Tremere merit that is exceptionally rare. (Banned)
Enchanting Voice	Worthless, unless your character is in the entertainment industry. Coupled with presence and dominate this merit gets out of hand. (Restricted)
Fountain of Life	Too unbalanced. (Banned)
Guardian Angel	If a character were to ever have something like this, it would have to be another PC, not an NPC. This is something that occurs in RP - not in spending a few points. (Banned)
Immortality	This is something useful for a long term Table Top game - not for an online setting. (Banned)
Jack of All Trades	This is an exceptionally unfair merit. (Banned)
Kinfolk	This is a reference to vampire ghouls who are also garou/shifter kinfolk. (BANNED)
Lucky	The ST should choose when you reroll, not a merit. (Banned)
No Internet Access	We thought this was a joke, no its a real flaw. Just go to the fucking library and get online there for free. (Banned)
Nine Lives	We feel that this creates a highly unfair advantage. (Banned)
Oracular Ability	This can cause many problems, and feelings of resentment from other players. It requires special ST attention as well. (Restricted)
Over Confident	This is a 2nd edition flaw, this doesn't provide any real draw backs. (Banned)
Sexy	This merit from the Demon book is outright ridiculous. (Banned)
Spirit Mentor	This is something that should be PC to PC interaction between a wraith PC and another systems character. Earn this IC thru RP. (Banned)
Super Natural Companion	This is something that should occur thru RP, not a sheet purchase on a starting PC. (Banned)
True Faith	True Faith is exceedingly rare. This is VERY abused, on almost any chat that has allowed it in the past. We are sorry to those who can handle this aspect of the game with a sense of fairness and responsibility. (Restricted)
Uncontrollable	For the sake of the players sanity, and the staffs this is banned. We do not see this flaw as working well in our setting in any form.
Unbondable	Players have a history of abusing this merit. We are sorry to those who would handle this in a mature fashion, but we do not want to deal with the abuse. (Restricted)
Virulen Strike	Outright banned, no questions. (Banned)

• Buying additional merits after character approval is at the cost of the merit times 3. RP is REQUIRED, with logs as proof. The ultimate choice to grant the request, is upon the ST.

• The cost of Buying off a flaw is the cost of the flaw times 3. RP is REQUIRED, with logs as proof. The ultimate choice to grant the request, is upon the ST.

Influence - 1	You control a small area of your influence. Example: You have control over an art gallery in town. Cost: 5exp
Influence - 2	Your influence covers the entire city / region.  Example: You have an influence in ALL the art galleries in town. Cost: 10 exp
Influence  - 3	Your influence covers the entire state. Example: You have have an influence in ALL the art galleries in the state. Cost: 15 exp
Influence  - 4	A national level of influence. You can affect the countries area of influence. Cost: Not allowed in Game
Influence  - 5	A global level of influence. You can affect the entire world thru the application of your influence. Cost: Not Allowed in Game

Lore - 1	What ever it is exists, or at least you think it/they do – you have no detailed information, or much knowledge. Example: You have heard of werewolves from creditable sources who speak of them as if they are real. You have no solid proof of their existence, any facts, any details, but have reason to believe in them. Cost: Free with RP
Lore - 2	You know whatever it is exists for certain, and maybe have had a fleeting encounter or two. You know highly generic information. Example: Your as an Anarch, have had a few encounters with Camarilla kindred, who toss around titles and official posts a few times that you have met them. You know the Camarilla exists, and some details about it. Cost: Free IF you provide a log of the RP involving your character learning the level 2. Otherwise, the cost is 3 exp.
Lore - 3	Not only do you know whatever it is exists for certain, but you have had a few encounters, and have some solid details. Perhaps, you have done in-depth studies. Example: You know that the Camarilla exists, the numerous official posts, titles for the officials, and SOME of its history. Cost: 2 exp
Lore - 4	You have a deep understanding of the topic. Knowing the power structure (it any) some historical/major figures, and an understanding of their ways. Example: An elder Camarilla kindred, who has in their time been thru several courts and even held an office or two in their time. Cost: 4 exp
Lore - 5	You are a scholar and foremost expert on the topic. If it has happened in relation to this topic, you know of it or have the means to research it. Example: Vampire Elder scholar who has spent several hundred years researching, and dealing with Clan Toreador. Cost: 6 exp

Player Recruitment Bonus

 Players will be awarded 10 exp, for recruiting a new player to the site who stays longer than a month. the 10 exp goes to any single character of the players choice, and maybe spent freely as the player chooses with respects to the venue rules. To report a recruitment, both parties must email wodchat @wodchat.com (remove the space) and be registered and have posted in the forums. 2 Players with the same ISP, will not receive this award as it can be abused.

 The max recruitment bonuses you may have on any single PC is 30exp (3 referrals).

Player Run SLs 

 Players are encouraged to run SLs on their own. These SLs, need to have no widespread affect, or involve major NPCs without venue specific ST permission. Example: A player can not run an SL involving the Sabbat Arch Bishop of the city, without ST permission. The player can run an SL involving another characters, or their own personal life. If logs of the SL are submitted - upon completion the Player who is STing, will receive a EXP bonus for their effort as well as players who are involved in the ST (exp awarded according to involvement).

Transfer Characters 

Transfers senses Feb 1st, 2006. Players voted for all transfers to end.

EXP Power Scale*
 

Neonate	Starting PC - 100 EXP
Ancilla	101 exp - 250 exp
Elder	251 exp - 400 exp
Ancient	401 exp - 700 exp
Antediluvian	701 exp +

*The in game TITLE of neonate/ancilla/elder, is based on your characters social standings, not exp.