The gangs are fascinating, I really hope they focus on the gangs.
So all this is literally canon? Slaughterhouse doesn't live in Night City anymore? Next to an NCPD precinct?
I'm gathering that they are now in control of most of the Combat Zone? The part about them being mostly African American needs to change into a more diverse set of races, hope we can change that up in the game because I like their style. I had no idea they were mostly pro-black. I pictured something else entirely in my head while reading the Night City Sourcebook, nowhere near what I had in mind.
The bottom says it was written by you however? If so, I do not agree that the Slaughterhouse should be mostly African Americans. What I had in mind about the Slaughterhouse was a futuristic version of Bill The Butcher from Gangs of New York with hardcore gang tactics built off of the prison culture. In my mind I pictured Slaughterhouse as a brand, Influenced heavily by the Serbian Black Hand, the Aryan Brotherhood, Mexican Drug Cartels, etc.
Nothing in my mind about Slaughterhouse said anything about them originating from the Bloods.
I'm going to spend all night reading about these gangs. I appreciate the creativity behind it.
None of it is canon.
Most of the gangs in the Combat Zone are divided along racial lines... just like a vast majority of the gangs in real life.
The Bloods are one of the oldest and most dangerous gangs in LA, the only real connection is that the leadership of Slaughterhouse used to be members.
The Bloods were pushed out of their original turd by the police working with organized crime groups, because they were getting too big and powerful. When they ended up in what would be the Combat Zone they immediately took over the most prized and contentious piece of real estate in the hood., their turd may be a bit smaller than Stomp Street, however teh Blood are the largest, and most powerful gang in the Combat Zone. Their turf is full of high rise tenements, which they have taken over completely.
If that doesn't say dangerous and powerful and menacing, then your priorities are whack.
The Slaughterhouse deserves a re-write Mr. Wisdom000, with all due respect of course.
I just feel it should be given more justice than having beginning origins as Bloods. <---Not really my cup of tea. =)
**Edit: Whew, saw that it wasn't canon. To which I am relieved. Great work, however, I believe Slaughterhouse is a lot more dangerous and deserves more respect.
Sorry you don't like it. Then again, it wasn't really written with anyone but my gaming group in mind. I wrote what made sense to me, and what I felt was awesome. It's not to everyone's taste. That can't be helped.
However if you think it needs to be re-written, then I guess you better start writing. But I am not going to change my writing to suit your desires.
Not meaning to sound rude, just saying. I have been doing this for free for over 15 years. At the core of anything I write, its to reflect what happens in my own games. And this is how it stays on my site. The gang is a pretty integral part of my game world as is.
I made them bigger and badder and far more dangerous than they were in the book. I n the book they controlled little more than a block, in my game they control a huge turf, and outside of Maelstrom are the most feared gang in the Zone. Maelstrom is only feared more because they are bloody crazy and live only to fight. Slaughterhouse is in it for power.
Edit: And these are just the gangs in the Combat Zone. Not every gang got pushed there, jsut the more out of control ones like the Blaood Razors, Maelstrom, and the Slaughterhouse.
The rest of the city is full of gangs, and they will be detailed as I write the guide for the rest of the 108 districts.
The Yellow Moon Society isn't the only asian gang, it's just the only dominant one in the Zone. It's made up mostly of outcasts from the other asian gangs in the rest of the city.
And there are plenty of gangs even in the zone, for whom race is not an issue.
Shrapnel, Hard 8, Walking Dead, Dead Zoners, Zone Rats, Digital Renegades, Bushido, Maelstrom...
In fact, really Slaughterhouse, Yellow Moon, The Orphans, The Saracens, and Stomp are the only major race based gangs in the Zone.
Edit 2: I placed the edit in the wrong place, made the read really confusing, sorry bout that. Fixed now.