OOC Note About Upcoming "Art Auction" Event

[Paraclete]

Hello all,

We're getting ready to announce a new event for May 8th (probably 9 or 9:30p to 10:30p or 11p), and we wanted to let people know some details OOC. The event is a charity silent art auction, giving a wider audience to some of the Toreador approved/criticized pieces that were on display at the clan-only salon.

The activity will be primarily bidding on the art (STs will help us with a mechanic so you know how much your characters can bid with your Resources), with some art criticism, possibly some art-themed games and some music.

The event will be billed as “exclusive” and tickets will be handed out, likely targeting those with Resources, who can then hand out the tickets to those they wish to include. (If your character is known to have high Resources, give a shout out now, we’ll be sure to include you!)

While it makes sense with the theme that the event be "exclusive", one of the OOC reasons for hosting the event this way is to ensure that there is no IC expectation that everyone will be at this event, and so that there are still plenty of people outside the event to RP with if it's just not your character's thing. But we definitely want it to be available to anyone who would like to attend. So if you do not receive a formal ticket by some other means, PM me for an excuse to be there or otherwise assume that you can get access.

Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!

[Ralph]

Bumping this, and also providing mechanics.

Mechanics for the Art Auction

Your current resources level will indicate how much money you have available to bid during the art auction. We are assuming that you may be willing to spend all or most of your disposable cash during the auction.

• Sufficient: You may spend up to $1,000
•• Moderate: You can spend up to $2,500.
••• Comfortable: You can spend up to $20,000.
•••• Wealthy: You can spend up to $100,000.
••••• Extremely Wealthy: You can spend up to $250,000.

(Paragon Ventrue, naturally the merit applies here.)

Of course, you can also Overtax your Resources and bid much higher. You can bid up to double your cash if you elect to Overtax - but you must let Staff know if you choose this option. You should also read how to recover from Overtaxing your resources here: http://masquerade.endogaming.net/rulesw ... _Resources

Lastly, you can do downtimes in advance to help generate a bit of extra money. (Such as using the built in Crafts skill power.)

We will be providing game cash for this event to help people keep track of their money. The props will be used for this event ONLY.