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Contents 1 Overview 2 The top navigation bar 2.1 Starting & Creation 2.2 House Rules 2.3 Setting Information 2.4 Site Supplemental 2.5 Other & Miscellaneous 3 Sidebars 3.1 Right Sidebar 3.1.1 Current Character 3.1.2 Quick Stats 3.1.3 Extended Character Info 3.1.4 IC Messenger 3.1.5 OOC Mass Mail 3.2 Left Sidebar 3.2.1 IC Events 3.2.2 Retainers 3.2.3 Masquerade Heat 3.3 Center Information 3.3.1 Recent Forum Topics 3.3.2 Recent Wiki Changes 3.3.3 Recent Journal Changes 4 Extended Character Information Page 4.1 Experience Points Section 4.1.1 Personal History of XP Claims 4.1.2 Claim Weekly XP 4.1.3 Spend XP 4.2 Recent Allies Activity 4.2.1 Character Allies Uses 4.2.2 Last Ten Allies Actions 4.2.3 Current Extended Allies Actions 4.3 Recent Domain Activity 4.3.1 Character Domain Uses 4.3.2 Last Ten Domain Actions 4.3.3 Current Extended Domain Actions 4.4 Your Resource Activity 4.4.1 Base Expense Dots 4.4.2 Temporary Expense Dots 4.4.3 Extended Expense Dot Changes 4.5 Your Living and Hunting Details 4.5.1 Basic Information 4.5.2 Last Hunts in 7 Days 5 Sites Bonus & Activity 5.1 Selecting a Site 5.2 Rolling a Site 5.3 Winning!

Overview

This is a quick guide to some of the site features you'll find on Suspire.org. In recent months we've added a number of features, and this is an attempt to help all our players (new and old) figure out just what information has been changed and added. This guide deals primarily with the sidebar, sheet and other information about your CHARACTER that can be found, but will briefly explain other sections of the site as well.

The top navigation bar

I will be keeping this section brief and go over just a few of the highlighted points and general overview of each of these sections.

Starting & Creation

Very simply, this section includes most all of the information you need to get yourself registered, and a broad overview of the rules. It /does not/ go into the House rules a starting player will need to be aware of. All players should probably review this section before each new character they create, since any rule changes about creation will show up here. (Such as the new embrace rewards).

In addition to this, players will find the commands for the bots used in the game, a handy guide for new players, and a outline of how our experience system works - including an explanation of our house-ruled method of gaining virtual experience points.

House Rules

Pretty self explanatory really, this section includes or links all House ruled information on Suspire.org, including full write-ups for those merits which were revamped completely (such as Allies) or created by Suspire.org (such as Domain, we know, there is a Domain merit in the Damnation City book, but we had ours first >:( ) In addition this section covers all the approved equipment for our game as well as notations on setting specific things that influence equipment, such as black market values and gun registrations.

Setting Information

Again, self explanatory. It includes the domain map and the status listings, which are the 2 links you will use most often. People will also find the Sites section, which is very helpful as it explains the rules of the Sites that we've chosen to put in game. (it's similar but changed from the Damnation City rules on Sites, so read it through and check it out!) New players should not forget the "Kindred History" section listed here, as that can also be very helpful for creating a character rising from torpor (although there are a limited number of these, so be sure to check with an ST first). In addition to this, there is a link to the in depth description of our city Las Vegas and a lexicon specifically edited for our game.

Site Supplemental

This section includes links to the Forums, the Journals and the Wiki. It also has a /very/ useful page which lists each active character and their player's forum user name which is uber useful for sending forum PM's.

Other & Miscellaneous

This is where you download the toolkit if you want it (it's a bit out of date atm, I know), the wallpapers, or read site rules and such.

Sidebars

This is essentially the basics of your character at a glance. We'll walk through all the sections and the information you'll find in each and a few things to watch for. There is the Left Sidebar and the Right Sidebar, we'll look at each of these.

Right Sidebar

Current Character

• First line has your characters name as it appears in the system.
• The 2nd line has 3 links. The first provides a "pop-up" view of your characters sheet. The 2nd provides your characters sheet in the main site window and the 3rd allows for a .txt download of your sheet to store locally, backup, fiddle with for XP planning, etc.
• The 3rd line has 2 links, your description, and your quick notes, or personal notes. Both of these allow you to edit your characters description and keep track of information in your personal notes section. Things to keep track of here include: rolls you've made toward an extended roll (you do still need to do the roll for an ST, but keeping track of the rolls is very helpful), phone numbers or addresses you have gathered, channels you've found or people you've PTed on. Obviously you can store anything here.
• Next up is the Extended Quick Stats. The page that this links to will get it's own section.
• Last is old characters. Here you can view the sheets of old characters until they have been deleted from the database.

Quick Stats

Most of these are pretty self explanatory, but I'll go through them anyway.

• Current Vitae. The number on the left is how much you have, the number on the right is your maximum vitae pool. If the number on the left is yellow, you are nearing frenzy range. If the number on the left is red, you are in frenzy range, and are probably in trouble.
• Current WP. Same deal as above, only without color codes. Left is current, right is max. Simple.
• [Optional] That is your current Herd pool. If you have /any/ herd at all, it will show up, if you have 0 herd max, this section will not appear. Same deal as above, left number is current, right is max herd.
• [Optional] Vampires have this section, ghouls do not. It's your "minimum hunting success" section and also lists your current hunting domain. The number you see is how many successes your hunting roll has to get for you to get any blood. Obviously the higher the number, the worse off you are. If the number is red, it means you are above your normal "minimum success" number. If it's green, then it's below your normal number. The place listed here is the place you are hunting, period. If you want to hunt somewhere else, click on "Site" under your characters name to pull up your Site sheet, and change the feeding location that you are hunting in from there. The sidebar will reflect the change.
• [Optional] Health Chart. If you have damage, this spot will fill in with a small version of the Health Chart on your sheet. A constant reminder that your body isn't whole. Obviously to fix this, you use the !heal commands that you find on the commands page.
• [Optional] Ally uses. This is a link you can click to display the number of uses you have for each ally type for each of the 4 sections (Regular, NPC, Domain, Ascendancy). Again, left number is current uses, right is maximum. If a number is red, then you are out of uses of that type.
• [Optional] Domain uses. Same thing as allies, only for domains. Lists each of the domains you have the merit for, and how many uses for each one you have.

Extended Character Info

We go into detail about what's here a little further down in this guide. Keep reading. :)

IC Messenger

This button will take you to a page where you can select individual characters and send voicemails/text messages/letters and notes to. It's for in character things. These are logged.

OOC Mass Mail

This is for out of character notes. These are logged.

Left Sidebar

IC Events

A simple section, this will show you IC events that pertain to your character. Events can be based on a persons Clan, Covenant, All Kindred, or All Kindred and Ghouls. The timer is basically telling you how long until the event starts. All times are in server time. If you want to have an event added to the list, come into #gamehelp and let us know and we can add it.

Retainers

This area lists each of your retainers whether animal or human and their ID number. You can hover your mouse over each one to see their quick stats. It'll tell you their number of vitae, willpower, and when you need to provide their monthly maintenance.

Masquerade Heat

This is a gauge to help players understand the current Masquerade status in the city. If it's low, life is good, suspicion is down, humans aren't watching the shadows quite so hard for monsters lurking in the dark. If it's high, the masquerade is straining itself and if it turns red, bad things start to occur, such as Hunters, feeding penalties, ect.

Center Information

Recent Forum Topics

Again, pretty self explanatory, just the last 3 forum topics that were posted on. Nice for keeping up with the Joneses yo.

Recent Wiki Changes

See above, only with wiki stuff instead of forum stuff.

Recent Journal Changes

See above, only with Journals instead of forum stuff.

Extended Character Information Page

This is a page that has like, oodles of info about your character. Seriously, all kinds of crap. The more you do, the more it fills up! Below is a list of all the things you'll see on your ECI page.

Experience Points Section

Personal History of XP Claims

This section shows you how much XP you have received for the last like, 10 weeks or something. Also shows total and spent.

Claim Weekly XP

This section allows you to claim experience points for the previous week. It contains check boxes that will assist the Storytellers in judging your amount and quality of play as well as a note box for any comments you have that aren't covered in the check boxes.

Spend XP

This section allows you to spend your XP that you've collected by noting the total amount you're spending then by breaking it down into specifics in the box.

Recent Allies Activity

Character Allies Uses

This section lists your Allies uses, both the available and the total, and when they refresh.

Last Ten Allies Actions

This section lists the last ten allies uses you've made with either your character or your retainers.

Current Extended Allies Actions

This section lists your allies actions that are on-going; that is allies uses that last over a period of time such as defends or watch actions.

For more information on the details and specifics of how to use Suspire's Allies system, I recommend visiting TBNGE: Special Systems

Recent Domain Activity

This section lists any activities you've done relating to a domain.

Character Domain Uses

This section lists your Domain uses, both the available and the total.

Last Ten Domain Actions

This section lists the last ten domain uses you've made as well as other domain activities, such as attempts to gain domain.

Current Extended Domain Actions

This section lists your domain actions that are on-going; that is domain uses that last over a period of time such as defend actions.

For more information on the details and specifics of how to use Suspire's Domain system, I recommend visiting TBNGE: Special Systems

Your Resource Activity

Base Expense Dots

This section shows your current expense dots, as well as the amount of expense dots you'll gain monthly. In addition to that it shows any special expense dots you get from things such as being an Eminent Ventrue or being Invictus.

Temporary Expense Dots

This section shows any expense dots you have in a temporary pool, that is any you've given or received from other characters.

Extended Expense Dot Changes

This section shows reoccurring payments either to or from your character that you've set up to happen on an automatic basis. This is handy for things such as Rent or Business Profits.

Your Living and Hunting Details

In this section you are able to choose where you would like to hunt, how you would like to hunt and on what you would like to hunt.

Basic Information

This section shows where your current haven is, as well as any specific details about your haven such as security, paper trails, or if it's a group haven. If you do have a group haven, it has a pop up for details about that as well. This section should contain every thing you could ever want to know about your haven. It also has a section for hunting which allows you to select a hunting area, method, prey and if you play to hunt secretly or not. You can change this at any time.

Last Hunts in 7 Days

This allows you to review your last seven hunts, where you hunted, if it was secret or not and how much blood you gained.

Sites Bonus & Activity

Selecting a Site

From the drop down menu you'll select a site. It'll open a stats box where you can see the details of the site, including a link to the Suspire Wiki page that explains the bonus of having influence at that location. You'll select the site you want by clicking "Add to Quick Sites Roll List" and then you'll have a box appear to the right that lists your downtime and any other sites you may want to add to this list.

Rolling a Site

The button that says "Roll" will obviously roll your dice for this. Oh, you may be wondering what dice pool you're using for a particular site! You can find this information by clicking the name of the site that appears beside the X and Roll!

Once you have clicked roll you will be able to see who else is influencing this site, and in case it isn't perfectly clear, "Other individuals at this site" is IC knowledge.

Winning!

Last but certainly not least, "winning" for the week. You'll know if you won by Sunday at 5am server time. You'll see green text appear at the bottom of your sites box that says "Congratulations, you have the benefit for this Site available to you!" Sites roll over on Sunday, so you'll need to re-roll your sites every week to receive those benefits.

For further information on how to use Sites, visit TBNGE: Special Systems