STORYTELLING
In a lot of ways, storytelling resembles games such as how to host a murder. Players take the roles of characters - in this case, a denizen of the night - and engage in a form of improvisational theatre, saying what the vampire would say and acting as the vampire would act. Most people play V:tM as players. They create vampire players. In each group, however, one person must take the role of storyteller. The storyteller acts as a combination director, moderator, narrator, and referee. The storyteller invents the various situations for the players to act out. The players decide how the vampires act, but it is the storyteller who decides if the character actually succeed in their endeavours and, if so, how well. Ultimately, the storyteller is the final authority on the events that take place in the game...
