Questions tagged [world-of-darkness]
For questions about games branded “World of Darkness”, including the original “old WoD” or “classic WoD” and the “WoD” reboot by WW/Paradox Interactive/Modiphius. Not for nWoD/CoD questions. See full description for details.
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What is the "whiskey flask" problem with Paradox?
So, I've just read @Jadasc's eye-opening (+1) answer to @Flamma's question Where does the Transform Vampires/Werewolves into lawn furniture rote come from? (+1). At the end of his answer, Jadasc ...
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Where does the Transform Vampires/Werewolves into lawn furniture rote come from?
I remember the 90s when Mage players would tell Vampire players that a Mage can very easily transform a Vampire or Werewolf into lawn chairs, and that they could get quite a good collection. I didn't ...
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Where do the Bête stand on LGBT issues?
In a recent Werewolf session, our GM had us meet an informant in a gay club, and it raised an issue we never really explored before in this game. Our group of players is composed of people close to ...
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What are the major changes made to Vampire: The Masquerade for its 20th Anniversary edition?
In October 2011, the 20th Anniversary edition of Vampire: The Masquerade was released to the general public. Although the majority of the work is derived from the game's second edition (1992) and its ...
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Is there any documented proof of Mage: The Ascension writer intoxication?
I have several times been told that Mage: The Ascension is a rulebook written in a state of perpetual intoxication. There has been numerous allusions to it for years, and it has been argued the ...
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Is there any canon lore reason why urban werewolves haven't destroyed vampires (or vice versa)?
Werewolf: The Apocalypse has a couple of tribes of urban werewolves: the Glass Walkers and the Bone Gnawers. Plus those members of the Black Spiral Dancers who hang about in Pentex boardrooms or areas ...
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How can I make an overbearing government's unwelcome attention convincing without it dominating screen time?
My players are newly awakened mages (Mage: the Ascension 2nd edition) living in a near future in a metropolis in the European Union which is developing into a surveillance and military state union—a ...
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Can a vampire survive sunlight exposure?
In Vampire: The Masquerade is there a reliable way for a vampire to avoid being damaged / killed by exposure to sunlight? Anything would go, be it a Discipline power, a technology device or anything ...
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How can I limit my players' options in character creation when the reason why is a spoiler?
I am currently preparing for a game of Vampire: The Masquerade. I've got a plot in the works that involves a Malkavian villain. Given the nature of the Malkavian Madness Network I want to exclude the ...
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What are the major differences between Vampire: the Requiem and Vampire: the Masquerade?
As the title states, I would like to know the biggest changes between the two systems, both mechanic-wise and story-wise. And please, don't use "Vampire: the Requiem is still supported by WW"...
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Where do the symbols for the Spheres in Mage: the Ascension come from?
The Mage: the Ascension line has adopted symbols that represent each Sphere. My question is where they are from? Not in-world - I am interested what is the real world source of these.
I would also ...
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How do I calculate my probability of success in Vampire the Masquerade?
How can I calculate my chance of success given my ability + skill vs a difficulty? How is this complicated when the difficulty is rolled as well?
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How to deal with a quiet player?
I have an ongoing game of Mage: the Ascension. While everything is going quite OK and I am pretty happy about what is going on around the table, I noticed that one of my players is a bit quiet and ...
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Are Strength and Dexterity balanced in Vampire the Masquerade? If not, how can I fix it?
Since Revised edition, I have found that Dexterity is a very powerful trait and that Strength is not so important.
Dexterity + Wits determine initiative, which is a big advantage in combat.
Dexterity ...
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Does the appearance of a vampire remain the same forever?
In Vampire the Masquerade, the book states that a vampire does not age and is clinically dead. The Child flaw also states the following:
You were a small child (between five and 10 years old) at ...
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Why is Magic so hard?
There is one aspect of Magick (yes, I'm using 2nd ed, but it applies equally to Revised and upcoming 20th Anniversary AFAIK) that I simply cannot grasp.
Lack of dice during a throw. High success ...
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What are the main factors to consider when a PC gains a major airport in V:tM?
Depending on the type of Vampire: the Masquerade campaign, PC's may experience unusual growth in resources. This should generally come with a (potentially complicated) system of pros and cons as well ...
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How do all the World of Darkness and Chronicles of Darkness RPGs connect?
I just got my kick-starter copy of Changeling the Lost 2nd Ed and I am starting to dip my toe back into the World of Darkness after a long absent.
And I found out that it is confusing as hell trying ...
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Is there a vampire/population ratio stated in the books? [duplicate]
I have always assumed that for an urban region (including the suburbs) the ratio between vampire and human population was about 1:10k and 1:50k for the biggest, capital cities. The rural region would ...
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What would be the minimum human population to sustain a single vampire indefinitely?
As per question in the title.
I recognise that there are numerous criteria that would affect this, however, I am looking for a baseline estimate that could be modified as per specific vampire (his ...
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Was the Ravnos antediluvian a wight?
I am talking here about Zapathasura, the Ravnos antediluvian:
Yes, he is that black thing. Not really beautiful.
He woke up in 1999, and after a terrible rampage — during which he destroyed his own ...
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Is destroying another vampire worthy of a Humanity roll in Vampire: the Masquerade?
What I mean is, in the Hierarchy of Sins against Humanity there are entries for "manslaughter", for "murder". However, one might argue that the Kindred are already dead. So, would you argue that ...
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Running Mage the Ascension with new players who are intrested in the Entropy Sphere
I am running a Mage: the Ascension game with mostly new players. Some of them have taken Entropy as their sphere of choice.
I have always had trouble explaining how Entropy can be used with other ...
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Why do the antediluvians want to consume their spawn?
I'm currently involved in my first World of Darkness game. While reading the clanbook for my clan (Nosferatu) I understand that there is a pervasive fear of the clan's antediluvian founder arising and ...
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Do I have an intuitive knowledge of Auras?
In both OWoD and NWoD there are supernatural powers which allow you to see peoples' 'auras', represented as patterns of 'colour'. Is the knowledge of what each colour means innate, or is it something ...
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Vampire and Safety Tools
Vampire the Masquerade has a lot of abilities to abuse other players, especially via disciplines like Dominate and Presence. Obfuscate can be used to appear as literally anyone, which might be used to ...
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Difference in Core Mechanics between Revised Edition and W20?
I've joined a long running group playing Werewolf but whereas I've got the 20th Anniversary PDF rulebook they're playing from the Revised Edition rulebooks and supplements. I'd like to discuss the ...
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Repercussions of breaking a Tremere Blood Contract while being dominated or otherwise made to talk/act against the terms
One of the characters in a campaign of mine has a signed a Blood Contract keeping him from talking about where he got a magic item or about any of the details surrounding it.
The V20 Core book states ...
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What effects could combine the spheres of Mind and Forces?
So, I'm having difficulty with an Order of Hermes character that likes using Mind magick. My specialty sphere is Forces, and I'm having a tough time combining the two to create magical effects. (My ...
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Getting laid in the Dark Ages [closed]
In Dark Ages: Vampire only one method of hunting is provided: wander the streets, spot a villages, and attack him to steal his blood. There are no rules for seductive hunt. There may be two reasons ...
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How can I use AnyDice to check counting-success probabilities?
Sorry for asking a "do the work for me" type question, but I'm looking at the AnyDice documentation and appear to be missing something. I'm hoping to not just get the question answered, but learn how ...
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What is the minimum essential reading for a new Mage: The Ascension player?
Mage Ascension 20th Anniversary rulebook is a huge, 700 page doorstop and it's filled to the brim with rules, descriptions and more or less poetic game aids. It is my perception that even for GMing ...
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Do specters gain angst using arcanoi?
The Wraith: the Oblivion supplement Dark Reflection: Spectres tells you how to play with spectres (evil wraiths). Spectres can use dark arcanoi and regular arcanoi. I understand that they fuel their ...
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How can I deal with a "goof-ball" player in my WoD group?
I am a storyteller in a World of Darkness group, and I'm about to start designing a new scenario. However one of my players (let's call him Eric) is worrying me. Eric usually goes the goofball route ...
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Where can I find this Discipline that allows a Vampire to disbelieve in sunlight, stakes, etc. so strongly that it can ignore them?
I had a character around 2001 that I was working on for a game that fell apart, and while reading through some book I came upon a very high-power ability that allowed a Vampire to disbelieve in ...
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What is the benefit Kitsune have over other Fera when learning Gifts not on their lists?
There's a rules change from the Werewolf: The Apocalypse sourcebook Hengeyokai to the 20th anniversary edition of Werewolf (reference d as W20) that was presented in the supplement Changing Breeds (...
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What does a red left eye mean?
In the "When Will You Rage?" anthology (classic WoD fiction), background characters are referred to as having a red left eye. I also seem to remember this particular bit being brought up in other ...
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Why keep your own Paradigm as a Mage?
Let me prefix my question by saying that I absolutely adore M:TA. I love the idea to death, and the philosophical implications are wild and good for a lot of discussions.
However, I see problems with ...
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How can you convey that the majority of the world isn't supernatural?
In games that exist within a supernatural/urban fantasy/modern horror setting, usually only a very small percentage of the population is actually supernatural.
Using World of Darkness as an example, ...
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What point value would "Cannot enter a dwelling uninvited" have as a Flaw?
The "Cursed" flaw allows for a wide variety of traditional weaknesses to be simulated in Vampire. Under the guidelines for this flaw (VRev, 301), how many points would you give for the inability to ...
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What are the differences between Vampire: The Masquerade first and second edition?
What are the differences between Vampire: The Masquerade first and second edition?
I have both the second and the third edition, but have never played/read the first one.
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Cainites seeing, fire and Rötschreck
First of all, I don't have the book(s) on me atm, so my question may prove imprecise. Should it be so, I'll try and fix it asap.
As far as I can remember, not all Cainites (vampires) have some kind ...
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Of Lancing with a Motorcycle
Vampires can get scary old. In fact, in the society of the Camarilla, it is seen as somewhat noble to have been born before the age of industrialisation, and some of its leading cadre literally had ...
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How to pitch Wraith in a responsible fashion without risking traumatizing people?
Sometime around 2000, I was introduced to Wraith in the worst fashion ever, and it destroyed any interest in me ever reading the rule portions but I learned to love the worldbuilding of it.
In essence,...
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How Do I Assassinate a Vampire or Garou?
I'm playing a character in a Werewolf game and I'd like to play a sniper or soldier who specialises in Firearms.
It seems from my limited understanding of the rules that it's quite hard to kill a ...
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How to protect my human from vampires
I am a vampire in a slightly customised oWod and due to my still-strong ties to the mortal world I'm facing a slightly awkward problem. There's this human I like who recently caught the interest of ...
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How to tackle heavy sphere redundancy?
Spheres in Mage: Ascension overlap each other and even the core rulebook mentions that sufficiently creative player can solve every problem using nearly any sphere (except some specific situation, ...
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Where do you go when you die?
Following in the line of this question, I know quite a bit about V:TM, W:TA, M:TA, and Mummy, but sadly I have almost no knowledge of the rest.
What happens to the spirit/soul of oWOD creatures (...
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Restoring a Vampire to mortal life
I'm running a campaign in Dark Ages 2nd edition and I would like to know if there is any vampiric or mage power that can restore a vampire to mortal life.
My chronicle is set in Transylvania in the ...
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Can a vampire use mental disciplines while staked?
If my info is correct, impaling a vampire's heart in oWoD paralyzes it until the stake (or whatever) is removed. Could he still use mental disciplines such as Auspex or Dominate?
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