History Roleplay / AWorldInDarkness

** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in a meta-sense with the Camarilla game, with both Lasombra and Tzimisce antitribu being restricted due to their rarity in the setting. Note that this doesn't apply to ''bloodlines'' associated with the Sabbat, like Kiasyds.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Given that ''Franchise/TheWorldOfDarkness'' is a dark reflection of our world and that the storytellers can't reasonably be expected to know every nook and cranny of the RealLife equivalents of the various settings, the storytellers are upfront about this trope coming into play. Players generally think [[TropesAreNotBad that this makes things more interesting]]. That said, the [=STs=] encourage players to feel free to do their own research, or if they happen to live in those places in RealLife, to make as many references to RealLife local history or locations as they desire.

-->"''You'll tell me when they're ready to be used, won't you, little bird?''"

'''''A World in Darkness''''' is a play-by-post [[ForumRolePlays Forum Role Play]] set in ''Franchise/TheWorldOfDarkness''. Making use of [=JCInk=] formatting, the game itself is split into four different settings: Two for ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' (one for the Camarilla and the other for the Sabbat), one for ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', and one for ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheDreaming''.

!!This game features examples of:

* AscendedMeme: In their very first interaction, Morgan [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments asked]] Penny [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall what the point of visiting London was if you can't have scones]].[[labelnote: explanation]]Penny's player is very, very fond of scones, and is quite generous in 'handing them out' on Discord.[[/labelnote]]

* CrapsackWorld: It's ''Franchise/TheWorldOfDarkness''. Really, what were you expecting?
* CrossOver: Generally averted, but starting in May 2018, the first true crossover plot began, involving characters from both ''Duchy of the Lost Coast'' and ''Corruption City''.
* DramatisPersonae: In lieu of having the (often-spoilerific) Character Sheets in plain view of other players, players are encouraged to write one of these up for their characters, with only information that you wouldn't mind being public written on them. Meaning, almost none of them [[ParanoiaFuel tell the full story]].

* LaResistance: How the Anarchs of Philadelphia see themselves.

** Well, I didn't ''just'' go to check that. It's still my favorite bar. ;-)

* StuffedInTheFridge: The fate of one Eric Conner, an Average Joe whose body was found stripped naked with his throat slit and [[NightmareFuel made to look like a grin]], posed in the middle of a park to greet people on a walk. The killer is still at large, with the Philadelphia public rallying around him with a candlelight vigil. Only Harold Dunsirn, a Giovanni, seems to care enough to investigate, but even this his motivations for doing so are ambiguous at best.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The Philadelphia Eagles' upset win at Super Bowl LII simply couldn't go unmentioned in ''Corruption City''. Oh yes, there were parties.

* WretchedHive: Really, all of the major locales in the game qualify. Philadelphia, the primary setting for the Camarilla storyline, is referred to as "''Corruption City''" [[LampshadeHanging right there in the title]].

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Aside from a few player characters who qualify, Declan Jones, one of the NPCs from ''Corruption City'', is one of the few elders who doesn't mind palling around with neonates in Elysium. Doesn't stop the Anarchs from screaming about him being a murderer, of course.

* TheBigRottenApple: The working title for the ''Tabletop/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' section is "Rage Across New York."

* ShoutOut: Two characters in ''Corruption City'' sat around and [[VideoGame/PokemonGo battled at a gym]] while waiting for another character to arrive at his bar, the Bike Stop, a bar that does indeed exist in RealLife. Hilariously, the player of the latter character, who actually ''does'' live in Philadelphia, then went to the Bike Stop in real life just to see if it was indeed a gym (it's not).