Post by seize it all on Apr 6, 2009 15:31:20 GMT -5
CARPE OMNIS
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.
To hundreds of thousands of people, this city is a prime tourist spot -- the Entertainment Capital of the World -- a sparkling, shining distraction. To many, it is a home, a place to work and play, raise children and live out the rest of their lives. To others, it is a territory that must be worked, for Sin City is infamous for her shady underworld. For some, it is their cradle. For many, their grave.
But for the Mancini and D'Ambrosio families, it is a battleground for a war they are unwilling to lose.
To hundreds of thousands of people, this city is a prime tourist spot -- the Entertainment Capital of the World -- a sparkling, shining distraction. To many, it is a home, a place to work and play, raise children and live out the rest of their lives. To others, it is a territory that must be worked, for Sin City is infamous for her shady underworld. For some, it is their cradle. For many, their grave.
But for the Mancini and D'Ambrosio families, it is a battleground for a war they are unwilling to lose.
Both families settled here in the 50s, when the gambling trade was still young, using the typical mob methods of gaining leverage in a town like Vegas - extortion, illegal gambling, kidnapping, frauds, counterfeiting, infiltration of legitimate businesses, murders, and even tried their hands at political corruption.
Now, 50 years later, they are in the midst of their second generation.
Both families now do legitimate business in addition to their mafia endeavours. The Mancinis own the Tuscany Casino and Olympic Gardens Strip Club. They also have their hands in loansharking, as well as several restaurants and bars, pawn shops, liquor stores, and other legitimate businesses, using their soldiers to collect the "protection fee" from the owners they parasitize. They are also skilled in kidnapping, walking away with ransom money from desperate parents and loved ones.
The D'Ambrosios specialize more in fraud and counterfeiting, as well as strategic abduction and murder. They also own two Casinos, the pyramid-shaped Luxor and the Bellagio, which makes high-stakes illegal gambling an easy trade to slip into. The oldest D'Ambrosio son also has his hands in the drug trafficking trade, unbeknownst and unapproved by his father.
The turf wars that rise between these two powerful families are devastating. When one family makes a move into the other's territory, they are swiftly beaten back. Gunfire, bomb threats, and sabbotage rain down from both parties, and while territories may shift, while lives may be lost and broken, neither side gains any ground.
Everyone in the city is affected by these families and their wars, whether they know it or not.
Las Vegas is a battleground, Las Vegas is a stage.
Everyone is a soldier, everyone has a part to play.
Everything is on the line. Stand up and seize it all.
Las Vegas is a battleground, Las Vegas is a stage.
Everyone is a soldier, everyone has a part to play.
Everything is on the line. Stand up and seize it all.
CARPE OMNIS is a brand new, intermediate-to-advanced Las Vegas RPG that focuses around two warring mob families. We have a little something for everyone, with canon characters ranging from mob bosses and their families, drug-dealing criminals, to crooked Vegas cops and CSIs, to the doctors and nurses at the local hospital, to teachers and students at the local school, to the civilians who are caught up amongst it all, falling through the cracks. The admins highly encourage player involvement, are very plot-driven, and are always looking for shiny new schemes and conspiracies.
"Get dressed, you're goin' for a ride."
So come on over -- join us and our wiseguys.
So come on over -- join us and our wiseguys.
WELCOME TO VEGAS
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