Loresheet: The Redwork Exchange
You are a player in the blackmarket that fuels the blood craft scene, known as a redworker. Whether a blood sorcerer scrounging up ritual fragments, a thin-blood selling their newest bru, or a poser trying to get a lick of magical power; everyone must makes deals in places and with people they rather wouldn’t. You are one of those people.
● The Scavenger knows
You have a nose for the genuine and know how to get it. Pick one method of scavenging (diplomacy, gleaning, or robbery) You gain a bonus die any time you make a scavenging test using that method. Additionally, you can immediately identify the potency and authenticity of occult materials, alchemical ingredients, or blood-based products.
Note: This does not work in retail environments where sellers use charms or mundane obfuscation to hide their wares' true nature.
●● Sole Supplier
You are sole producer of a red working product in your city. Once per story, you can create a batch of redwork product. The value/amount of this batch is equal to your dots in (Blood Sorcery or Thin-Blood Alchemy) + your dots in this Lore Sheet. Creating each batch requires a relevant test determined by the storyteller (Difficulty 3)
●●● Connected to the Vein
Your face is a staple in the local scene, for better or worse. You gain 5 dots to distribute among Contacts, Allies, or Retainers, representing the couriers, fences, and junkies you employ.
- Know Commodity: People know you’re the person to see for Redwork. Because of your high profile, you gain Enemy ●●, representing a scene breaker who is actively trying to shut down your operation.
●●●● The Red Ledger
You’ve acquired a ledger, map, journal, or digital archive containing the locations of four high-value Redworking caches. The exact contents of each cache is up to the storyteller but may include rare red working materials like red mercury, Grimoires, occult artifacts, or even a kindred staked or torpid just waiting to be tapped for vitae. Recovering the goods is a scene-length challenge, spent avoiding the wards, traps, or whatever guards the loot. The items you get from these caches may be more trouble than they’re worth, as the original owners will eventually come looking for their property.
●●●●● The Market Maker
You are one of the movers and shakers of the Redworking world. You don't just follow the market; you are the market. You gain Influence (Redworking Scene) ●●●●● in your home city and Influence ●● in any one other city's Redworking scene. Once per story you have the ability to create, heat up, or deal aggravated damage to a trend by using blood sorcery or blood alchemy+occult or streetwise. You have stepped on too many toes reaching the top. Take Adversary ●●●● representing a powerful rival who wants you out of the scene by any means necessary.