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Introduction

Chapter 1: The Camarilla Vision

1. The Role of the Camarilla Storyteller
2. An Overview of Our Sanctioned Chronicle
3. Storytelling in the Sanctioned Chronicle
4. The Storytelling Team

Chapter 2: The Framework

1. The Venue Style Sheet
2. Setting up the Local History
3. The City Book

Chapter 3: Your Players

1. Communicating with Your Players
2. Focusing and Motivating Players
3. Linking Characters with the Global Chronicle
4. Welcoming New Players

Chapter 4: The Toolbox

1. First Steps and Overview
2. Reports
3. Storyteller Records
4. Special Character Requests
5. Plotlines
6. NPCs
7. Awarding Experience

Chapter 5: Game Night

1. Checking-In Characters
2. Setting the Scene
3. Good Descriptions (Show Don’t Tell)
4. Selling the Call
5. Action/Consequence
6. Game Wrap-Up

Chapter 6: The Art of Balance

1. Story vs. Mechanics
2. Chronicle Balance
3. Saying “No”
4. Soft Roleplay
5. Proxies
6. Crossvenue Play
7. Repairing Continuity

Chapter 7: Things Your Mother Didn’t Teach You About Storytelling

1. A Storyteller’s Image
2. Conflicts of Interest
3. The Care and Feeding of Assistant Storytellers
4. How a Coordinator Can Help Keep a Storyteller Sane

Chapter 8: Hard Choices

1. Guidelines for Dealing with Unethical Players

Appendix A: Blank Forms

1. Venue Style Sheet
2. City Book: Stage Form
3. Monthly Report Format

Appendix B: Samples

1. Venue Style Sheet: Sample 1
2. City Book: Stage Sample 1
3. City Book: Stage Sample 2
4. Monthly Report Sample

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