“Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.”

― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities

Introduction

The World of Darkness is much like our own, only it is seen through the eyes of a cynic. Dawns are never quite so bright, nights are darker and more dangerous, there are those who fight but they face an uphill battle that only gets steeper. Changelings seek the wonder in all things and promote creativity in the humans around them; the Changing Breeds fight for a world where humanity lives in harmony with nature rather than pillaging it for its riches; Mages bend reality to their will while ensuring nothing goes too far; predatory Vampires seek their own passions and pleasures as they manipulate society from the shadows.

Useful Links

The wiki is searchable and all sphere pages, accessible from the top navigation bar, have relational links. The General Guide is a useful link to be able to have quick access to the most commonly needed links for the system. The following clickable links are applicable to all spheres:

System

The system of the game is Old World of Darkness using 20th Anniversary with some adjustments through house rules. The game takes place in modern day San Diego on a 1:1 ratio (i.e., time progresses at the same rate and date as time in the real world).

This is not official World of Darkness material. Portions of this material are covered by the copyrights and trademarks of Paradox Interactive AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information, please visit www.worldofdarkness.com.

Core Concepts of the Game

Dies Irae is focused on collaborative storytelling rather than on adversarial engagement between player characters, which we refer to as 'PvEvP,' or 'Player vs. Environment vs. Player.' What this means is that players are going to be fighting against the city and world at large, and the world will do its best to push back. We have comprehensive NPC systems, influence system and a plots system that allows for quick dissemination of information between staff and player storytellers. Player storytellers will have access to run plots that may be reserved for staff scenes on other games.

This is a relatively low to medium power game - the more powerful magical abilities available in World of Darkness will be rarely, if ever seen. They should be considered aspirational for your characters; it's unlikely you'll become an Arete 5 Master of Forces, but it could be your character's driving goal.

Most formal, high-ranking leadership positions are filled by non-player characters. We want player characters to take the initiative and drive plots and will facilitate that wherever possible, but we believe this can be done without them occupying high ranks, which experience suggests leads to issues.

Special Thanks

This has been a community effort and without the support that we have received we could not be here today. Special Thanks to all the support!

Status: Beta - OPEN

For the initial part of Beta we are only allowing ONE PC per sphere. When this restriction is lifted, we will make an announcement. Please see our Policies page for the general alt restrictions per sphere when we lift this rule.

Please connect to the following url and port in your favorite MUSH client:
diesiraemu.com port 4201

For those of you who are not used to Evennia, you will initially do 'create ' like normal, and then it will say ' created!' After this type 'connect ' Please make sure that your account name is the same as your character name. For more information, please see the discord server announcements. You can also find this GUIDE for beta which is recommended for everyone to read.