Fangtasia

Location & Access

Where:

• Nosferatu Manor (vampire race city)
• Village navigation
• Link: "F?Enter Fangtasia"
• Tavern category (alongside regular inn)

Entry Requirements:

• Age > 1 OR Dragonkills > 0 (allowed)
• Age ≤ 1 AND DK = 0 (blocked with message):
• "`7You stare at the entrance to %s, but realize that your parents told you never to go into such places.`n`n"
• "Perhaps when you're a little older, you'll be able to enjoy such a place.`n`n"
• "For now, you'll just have to press on and find other places to visit.`n`n"
• Basically: brand new players blocked

Ginger the Waitress

Character Description:

• Human waitress at vampire bar
• Nervous energy (terrified or caffeinated)
• Red hair, tucked behind ear
• Neck covered in vampire bite marks (connect-the-dots Orion constellation)
• Smile: "one part friendly, two parts anxious"
• Eyes dart around expecting to be summoned or bitten

Initial Greeting:

• "Ginger, the human waitress of Fangtasia, scurries over to your table with a nervous energy."
• "`7Welcome to Fangtasia, where the undead come alive at night! Can I get you a drink? Information? A tourniquet?`0"
• "`7Just don't ask for anything with garlic. Last guy who did that. well, let's just say he's no longer with us. Or anywhere, really.`0"

Navigation Options (from the main room):

• Talk to Ginger the waitress - text colors + player lookup
• Approach Eric Northman - flavor dialogue only
• Speak with Pam - flavor dialogue only
• Chat with Tara - flavor dialogue only
• Eavesdrop on conversations - commentary/message board (hidden if the section is blocked)
• Exit Fangtasia

Service 1: Text Colors Tutorial

Introduction:

• Ginger leans in conspiratorially
• Treats formatting as nuclear launch codes (overly secretive)
• "It's actually super simple, which is good because I'm not great with complicated stuff."
• "That's why I work here instead of, you know, somewhere that requires a college degree or survival instincts."

Color Code System:

• Uses backtick (`) followed by character
• Available codes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, ~, !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, ), e, E, g, G, j, J, k, K, l, L, m, M, p, P, q, Q, R, T, t, V, v, x, X, y, Y
• Each creates different color
• Example swatches displayed (all colors shown)

Interactive Test Field:

• Form input: Type text with color codes
• Submit to see result
• Shows two versions:
  • Raw text (with codes visible)
  • Rendered text (with colors applied)
• Auto-focus on input field (JavaScript)
• Try button to test formatting

Ginger's Commentary:

• "Eric says the red ones are his favorite, but I think that's just because they remind him of blood. Vampires, am I right?"
• "These colors work in your name and conversations. Just don't use too much red around the vampires. Gets them all worked up, if you know what I mean."

Service 2: Player Lookup

Cost:

• 100 gold per vampire lookup
• "Information costs `^100`7 gold per vampire."

Search System:

• Form input: Enter player name (partial matches work)
• Wildcard search (adds % before/after each character)
• Query: locked=0 accounts matching search
• Results: Up to 100 matches (capped)
• If >100: "Oh my god, that's way too many names! Eric would literally drain me dry if I spent all night gossiping."
• Table display: Name (clickable), Level
• Click name to purchase info (100 gold deducted)

Information Revealed:

• Name: Full character name (colored)
• Race: Player race (translated)
• Level: Current level
• Hitpoints: Max HP
• Gold: Current gold
• Weapon: Equipped weapon
• Armor: Equipped armor
• Attack: Attack stat
• Defense: Defense stat
• Charm Comparison: Snarky analysis (see below)

Service 3: Eric Northman

Character Description:

• Thousand-year-old Viking vampire, owner of Fangtasia
• Sits on a throne at the far end of the bar
• Barely-perceptible Swedish accent after centuries in America
• Greets you as "marginally less tedious than most of the vermin" who frequent the place

What He Does:

• No service, no cost — approaching him just serves up one random boast/insult from a rotating pool of lines (mayflies, beheading enemies with a broadsword, meeting kings and popes unimpressed)
• Pure flavor text, returns you to the main room

Service 4: Pam

Character Description:

• Eric's progeny and second-in-command
• Tailored pink suit, Southern accent dripping with sarcasm
• Assumes you're either a thrill-seeking tourist or a "tedious groupie"

What She Does:

• Also no service, no cost — a random quote from her own pool (vampire tax paperwork, fashion trends repeating every few decades, killing people for lesser fashion crimes)
• Pure flavor text, returns you to the main room

Service 5: Tara

Character Description:

• Recently-turned vampire working the bar, tended bar in her human life too
• Hardened but still funny; done with everyone's "bloody Mary" jokes

What She Does:

• Also no service, no cost — random quote (explaining vampirism to her mama, still paying rent as an immortal, the "medieval nonsense" of vampire hierarchy)
• Pure flavor text, returns you to the main room

Eavesdrop on Conversations

What It Is:

• A shared commentary/message board scoped to Fangtasia (via the game's commentary library)
• You "settle into an empty booth" and read snippets other players have posted
• You can also post your own line to "join the conversation"
• Link is hidden entirely if the commentary section has been admin-blocked

Charm Comparison System

Ginger's Charm Analysis:

• Compares your charm to target's charm
• Whispers: "`7%s is also [comparison]"
• Five tiers based on difference:

Tier 1: Exact Match (your charm = their charm):

• "exactly as attractive as you are - which is to say, you'd both be about a 7 on the 'would a vampire bother to glamour you' scale."

Tier 2: Way Less (your charm - 10 > their charm):

• "`bway`b less attractive than you are. Like, if you're filet mignon, they're gas station beef jerky."

Tier 3: Less (your charm > their charm, but <10 difference):

• "less attractive than you are. Not that I've been comparing or anything. That would be weird, right?"

Tier 4: More (your charm < their charm, but <10 difference):

• "more attractive than you are. But don't feel bad - most vampires have had centuries to perfect their skincare routines."

Tier 5: Incredibly More (your charm + 10 < their charm):

• "`bincredibly`b more attractive than you are. Like, supernatural levels of hotness. Probably glamours their dentist for free cleanings."

Broke Player Mockery

If Gold < 100:

• "`7Oh honey,`0\" Ginger says, eyeing your empty pockets."
• "`7let me tell you what I know about broke customers.`0"
• Fake stat display:

Poverty Stats:

• Name: "Too Poor To Remember"
• Level: "Probably can't even afford synthetic blood"
• Hitpoints: "Fewer than my remaining brain cells"
• Gold: "Clearly less than 100"
• (More snarky fake stats continue.)
• No actual lookup performed (no DB query)
• Pure mockery for insufficient funds

True Blood References

TV Show Parallels:

• Fangtasia: Eric Northman's vampire bar (canon name)
• Ginger: Human fangbanger waitress (canon character)
• Eric: Playable NPC — thousand-year-old owner, on his throne
• Pam: Playable NPC — Eric's progeny and second-in-command
• Tara: Playable NPC — recently-turned vampire behind the bar
• Glamouring: Vampire mind control (referenced in charm comparison)
• Synthetic blood: Mentioned in poverty stats
• Bite marks: Ginger's neck (fangbanger trope)

Fangtasia in True Blood:

• Vampire bar in Shreveport, Louisiana
• Owned by Eric Northman (vampire sheriff)
• Ginger is the human staffer; Pam and Tara are vampire staff/associates in the module
• Mix of vampire and human clientele
• Ginger is timid, nervous, easily frightened
• Gets bitten/glamoured regularly
• Perfect character for tutorial NPC

Admin Configuration

Settings:

• tavernname: Name of the vampire bar (text, default "Fangtasia")
• Appears in navigation links
• Appears in age restriction message
• Can rename to custom vampire bar name

Use Cases

Learn Text Colors:

• New players learning formatting
• Interactive tutorial (better than static docs)
• Test field lets you experiment
• Ginger's humor makes it entertaining

Player Lookup:

• Spy on other players (100 gold/lookup)
• Check equipment before PvP
• See if target has gold worth stealing
• Charm comparison for ego purposes
• Costs gold (prevents spam lookups)

Vampire City Flavor:

• Adds character to Nosferatu Manor
• True Blood fanservice
• Ginger, Eric, Pam, and Tara each have distinct, memorable personalities
• Differentiate from regular inn

Talking to Eric, Pam, or Tara:

• No mechanical benefit — free, no cost, no reward
• Purely for the writing; revisit for a different random quote each time

Eavesdropping:

• Free; read and post to the shared Fangtasia commentary board
• Community flavor text, not a mechanic

Strategy

Color Tutorial:

• Visit once early game to learn codes
• Test formatting in input field
• Bookmark color chart for reference
• Free service (no cost)

Player Lookup:

• Use sparingly (100 gold each)
• Only lookup PvP targets worth the cost
• Charm comparison purely for fun/ego
• Can lookup same player multiple times (updates stats)
• Avoid if broke (Ginger will mock you)

The Other Three:

• Eric, Pam, and Tara are worth a click for the writing, not the wallet
• No cost, no risk, no benefit — click through when you're curious, skip when you're not

Limitations

• Location Locked: Only in vampire city (Nosferatu Manor)
• Age Gate: New players (age≤1, DK=0) can't enter
• Lookup Cost: 100 gold per player (expensive for spying)
• No Drinks: Unlike regular inn, no actual tavern services
• Color Tutorial: Could be documented elsewhere (uses tavern NPC as teacher)
• Eric/Pam/Tara Are Decorative: Randomized flavor quotes only, no mechanics attached