Gargoyle Slave Magazine #1
- Being oppressed Rocks!


************A Gargoyle Newsletter************
By: A.Gyhlesten


1 - Editorial Information
2 - This issues hunk: Fidus
3 - This issues deck: Fidus - Mother & Friend
4 - Signing out


===== 1 - Editorial Information =====

Hello,

The writer of this issue of Gargoyle Slave Magazine (aka Gargoyle
Newsletter) is not Jesse the Cthulhukitty, but me Alex. I decided that
the clan needed a new newsletter since the last one came out in 2006
and I wanted to kickstart the newsletter part of the Vtes community.
It has run a bit thin and there was a recent discussion on the subject
of newsletters overall the last week, so I decided to pick it up and
toss around the idea.

I will not promise a steady source of these, I just picked the
Gargoyle clan because I had a deck idea and there was a gap between
today and last newsletter, making it ideal.

Enjoy!
/alex fnurp


===== 2 - This issues hunk: Fidus =====

There is one Gargoyle that will forever be my dearest and this lovable
little fellow is Fidus, the Shrunken Beast.

Fidus, The Shrunken Beast
Clan: Gargoyle (group 2)
Capacity: 4
Disciplines: for tha vis
Camarilla Tremere Slave: Fidus gets +1 stealth on undirected actions.
-1 strength. Flight

A mere 4 cap with +1 stealth on undirected actions is my cup of tea,
since I like a little tooling up and there's nothing as annoying as
being blocked while building up your table position via casual
intercept. Fidus helps a lot with this. The fact that he can magic of
the smith via his tiny pentagram powers is also nice and the "newly"
printed card mirror walk gives him some extra free stealthing.

The slave status and his weak hit back has been a torn in the side, he
cant do some impressive Raking Talons aggro pokes when aggressors try
to rush him, but overall i feel that his toolboxy potential more than
makes up for this in the long run given the proper deck.

There is also a lot of Anarch potential within the young rockman and
he can become quite an asset as a builder in a toolboxy anarch deck.
Potentially a great bloat to boot :)

===== 3 - This issues deck: Fidus - Mother & Friend =====

This deck was the sole reason I decided to create this newsletter in
the first place and it stars this issues hunk: Fidus.

The idea is to create a swarm that steadily bleeds into your prey with
some stealth to back it up and use the hatchlings + created gargoyles
as a buffer for blocked tremeres. Put the Humanitas on a dedicated
rescuer (Hello Fidus?) if your little guys start getting used to the
torpor region.

I put in a blood saving module consisting of Life in the city, a
hunting ground, the coven, coolers and a copy of aarons feeding razor
to juggle blood and bloat some pool back home. This decklist can
obviously be brushed up a bit, but it should prove to be a good
starting point for the deck idea.

Deck Name : Fidus - Mother & Friend
Author : A.Gyhlesten

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 5 average: 3.75
------------------------------------------------------------
4x Fidus, The Shrunken 4 for tha vis Gargoyle:2
2x Pieter van Dorn 4 dom pre tha Tremere:3
2x Ehrich Weiss 3 dom tha Tremere:3
1x Aisling Sturbridge 5 AUS THA dom Tremere:2
1x Cohn Rose 5 THA aus dom pre Tremere:3
1x Masika St. John 3 THA Tremere:3
1x Mustafa Rahman 2 dom Tremere:2

Library [90 cards]
------------------------------------------------------------
Action [24]
10x Computer Hacking
5x Create Gargoyle
2x Cryptic Mission
5x Hatchling
2x Magic of the Smith

Action Modifier [17]
3x Conditioning
9x Mirror Walk
5x Skin of the Chameleon

Combat [8]
5x Raking Talons
3x Stone Quills

Equipment [7]
1x .44 Magnum
1x Aaron's Feeding Razor
2x Cooler
1x Heart of Nizchetus
2x Camera Phone

Master [18]
1x Academic Hunting Ground
2x Anarch Troublemaker
5x Blood Doll
1x Coven, The
1x Humanitas
4x Life in the City
4x Thaumaturgy

Reaction [15]
7x Deflection
1x Delaying Tactics
4x On the Qui Vive
3x Wake with Evening's Freshness


===== 4 - Signing out =====

I hope that this newsletter wasn't totally awful and that anyone that
wishes to carry the Gargoyle torch got inspired enough to be ready to
pick it up from here.

Make sure to take a peak at my vtes-blog if you ever get enough time
on your hands: http://intelliganism.blogg.se

For more internet text by yours truly.

Keep it rocksteady!

/alex