‘Feast of Flesh’. More than likely you have heard of it, but if you’re new to Requiem and haven’t had the pleasure yet, we are here to tell you a little about what you can expect from DR:NY’s time honored October tradition.
So What Is It?
A story as old as time. A creature, a monstrosity, hidden by the shadows of the night. It seeks to hunt, it seeks to kill, and people seek to control it by whatever means necessary. Residents of Requiem became weary of watching their friends and family get torn to shreds in the darkest hours of the night, and so, they come to a terrifying conclusion. If the creature will not rest until it consumes the flesh of the living, we will give it what it wants. A sacrifice. Zodiac was more than happy to assist the fine people of Requiem with the task. Every October, townsfolk keen on making sure their friends and family survive the night follow the overgrown trail to Zodiac’s makeshift shack where he assists them in harvesting the most precious resource of the season - a pound of flesh. When placed upon the door the night of the Feast of Flesh, the creature is appeased by the offering of freshly carved meat, and continues on its way rather than consuming the inhabitant of the building.
Zodiac’s ‘Torture Shack’
Players will have an opportunity to sign up for a roleplay experience in which our lovely story and experience designers Tony and Tom guide you through a series of environmental and physical stimuli simulating the ‘torture’ of having flesh removed so that the player has an offering to present. This is an entirely opt-in escape room style experience with horror elements and physical challenges such as mild electrocution. Prior to participation, you’ll have to go through a special safety briefing and sign an extra consent form. CW: body horror, blood/gore, torture
No More Room In Hell
What happens when there has been so much death, so much stress and trauma to the shallow and underdeveloped Gravemind of Requiem? No more room for bodies. During this event, our ‘No More Room In Hell’ mechanic returns. How does it work?
Whenever a lineage’s bleed out ends and results in a death (whether via the standard 5 minute period or cut short due to a killing blow or similar effect) that character lies on the ground dead for 30 seconds instead of the standard 10 minutes. At the end of the 30 second period that character is considered beyond saving for the purpose post death skills and effects (such as Master Faithful Will) and instead rises as an Undead. During check in you will receive a sealed paper with the stats and mechanics for your character’s zombie in the event that they die during the course of the weekend. This paper is to remain sealed until the character has died and the 30 seconds have passed. If you check in with multiple characters, each one will have their own undead mechanics. Once you zombie has been killed, you then sink and head to Ops where you will be given your gravemind scene as per usual.
Early Bird!
Want to have some extra fun? When you sign up for our Early Bird Special, in your envelope at check-in you will find a specialized custom zombie based off of which skill group your character has spent the most build in! Doesn’t that sound like fun?!