Questions tagged [chronicles-of-darkness-2e]
Chronicles of Darkness (2e) is Onyx Path's 2nd Edition of what was previously called the New World of Darkness, itself formerly known as “God-Machine Chronicle Rules Update.”
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Can a Mage heal a vampire?
In a cross-genre game, is there a spell/power that a mage can use to heal a vampire?
I’ve looked through the mage spells in Death and Life but neither show how a vampire can be healed.
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How does Shapeshifting work for Uratha, and what's the impact of stress and Harmony?
I'm struggling to understand the rules for shapeshifting as presented in Werewolf: The Forsaken 2nd edition on page 96. One of the things that get me confused is the distinction between what rules ...
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Vancian style spellcasting in Mage the Awakening
The last time I was preparing to put together a Mage:tAw chronicle (well before 2e came out) I came across a series of forum posts talking about basically precasting set spells in a ritual and keeping ...
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Are Beasts immune to the "You Must Obey" Nightmare?
Situation: the You Must Obey Nightmare (Beast: the Primordial, p. 138) functions similarly to the Dominate Discipline of a Ventrue vampire, but instead of hypnotizing the target (inflicting the ...
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Do angels have fixed Incepts?
The Demon Storyteller Guide introduces the game-changing power of angelic Incepts. However, none of the sample angels written up in the guide have assigned Incepts, although they do have specific ...
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Where can I find simplified ghosts, witches, or werewolves for use as antagonists?
I understand that Chronicles of Darkness stuff is broadly cross-compatible, though not necessarily intended to be used that way by default. So, in theory, you can always just pull up the Werewolf book ...
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Does "Raise Dead" for Demon add a day as you make the rolls?
After reading the description and rolls, do you add a day (therefore another required success) as time passes?
So... if you have 3 days since the death of the target. You will need 13 successes. ...
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What's the cost of a Style merit?
I'm confused about the rules of Requiem 2e with respect to Style Merits.
As far as I can tell, Requiem 2e itself doesn't define the Style keyword, but there's this in the God-Machine Rules Update, pg. ...
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Is Demon: the Descent playable with 1e nWoD rules?
Can you play D:tD with the 1e nWoD rules? Can you simply remove the expanded GMC rules and just run it like, say, Hunter: the Vigil? What other modifications would be necessary, and what should I look ...
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Is the Chronicles of Darkness line suitable for play with a Story Teller and two players?
I have a group of three players, but more often than not real-life stuff means that only two are available to play at any particular time. I've recently had my curiosity piqued by the New World of ...
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Demonic Forms and Grappling - Do the different forms stack?
In DtD and FoH, there are various Demonic forms that add some type of modifier when grappling.
Slippery Body (Modification, DtD p.198) - +3 Def vs. establishing a Grapple. In a grapple, +3 to Escape.
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Angel forms - Should I use Demonic forms as a template?
After reading through all the books that I can find (CoD, DtD, DSG, Iface, etc.), I cannot find any rules for Angelic forms.
Black Nathaniel in CoD states that he flies around and he has black wings. ...
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Angels can't heal in CoD?
I've been looking over the books (DtD, DSG, etc.) and I can't find anything that lets them heal others. The only thing I can find is Resurrection.
Am I missing something? This seems pretty weird if ...
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What is "the threshold" when mitigating falling damage?
The 2nd dot of the Parkour Merit says
Cat Leap (••): Your character falls with outstanding grace.
When using a Dexterity + Athletics roll to mitigate damage
from falling, your character gains ...
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How long does Reality Enforcement last?
The Exploit "Reality Enforcement" describes its effects, and its range, but it never describes how long it lasts.
Success: Everyone in the immediately area (demon’s Primum x 4
in yards) that is ...
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What happens if a possessed body dies when possessed by a demon?
Does the demon die too?
Is she/he cast out? If so, does he go back to her/his cover or go straight to Demonic form?
I looked in the following books for a rule on the matter:
DtD, FoH, CoD
None of ...
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What/where are all of the minor templates in Chronicles of Darkness?
I'm working on a mid-powered Hunter: The Vigil game, and I want the characters to have a bit of an edge in combat. What are all of the published "minor templates" that could be applied to Mortals -- ...
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What effects can reveal demons?
(Ignoring the miscellaneous supernatural detection abilities that might be in non-Demon related books, like Mage.)
Whenever a demon is subjected to an effect that might reveal
her to be a ...
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Deep Cover and Show of Power - Can a demon spoof an angel?
I don't find anything that specifically forbids this. However, you would think the Angel would be able to detect the demon if he fails a compromise roll.
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Does the fifth dot in an attribute or a skill cost two dots to purchase?
In the older editions of World of Darkness, I remember a line during character creation stating that "The fifth dot in any Attribute costs two dots to purchase."
Is this the case in the Chronicles of ...
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Possession - Can a Demon use embeds and exploits while possessing a human?
Say Danny the Demon possesses a human. It states in the power that the demon’s cover(s) go away and his energy goes into the possessed individual.
What about demonic form abilities? I kind of use ...
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How to handle 16 players in a PVP focused campaign?
I have a group of people (16 in this case) who looks like love to debate a lot about wich can be the best supernatural creature of nWoD.
I asked as a joke if they want to test. One thing conected to ...
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Do "natural weapons" count as being unarmed?
One of the Uratha in our pack has the first dot of the Unarmed Defense merit:
From God Machine Chronicles, p65:
Like a Book (*): ... When facing an unarmed opponent and not Dodging, increase your ...
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Is there any penalty for failing to cross the Gauntlet?
If you attempt to cross the Gauntlet (in either direction) and fail the die roll, do you suffer any penalties (beyond staying on your current side of the Gauntlet, obviously). Our Storyteller recalls ...
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Is there a prescribed way to address a vampire Prince?
In our Chronicles of Darkness game, my (mortal human) character has reason to send correspondence to the local vampire prince. Is there a specific form of address to use towards them?
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Show of Power used to emulate a merit such as Armor of Scars
Say a demon meets a vampire that uses Armor of Scars (Night Horrors: Immortal Sinners p.101) at merit level 4 (4 dots in the merit).
If the demon uses Armor of Scars through Show of Power, would that ...
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What is the Destiny Merit?
It was alluded to in The God-Machine Chronicle rules update:
INFRASTRUCTURE
Description: The subject of this Condition is within the
sphere of influence of an angel.
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Can a Demon be possessed by Spirits?
I assume a demon cannot be possessed by a spirit. Is this correct?
I'm not finding it in any of the rule books.
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Mortal terror has no blood potency resistance?
Mortal Terror is the only power I've read from the Nightmare discipline that does not have Blood Potency added for the victim. Is that an oversight or true?
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Are other supernaturals resistant to reality changes brought by demons and angels?
As we know The god machine can create new covers for its angels (like a brother appearing out of thin air, ...). Demons on the other hand can become someones spouse, brother, .... .
Now I'm wondering ...
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Stabilizing someone who's bleeding out
Under Injury and Healing in nWoD 2e (Chronicles of Darkness):
if a character has all her Health
boxes full of lethal damage — she’s bleeding out. She can’t
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Can you use Partitioned Memory from DSG then use The Look and Walls of Jericho
Could a demon use "Partitioned Memory" in turn 1. -from DSG
--Partitioned Memory allows the demon to perform two mental actions.
Then use "The Look" on the same turn as using "Walls of Jericho"? -...
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Does the New World of Darkness have a Dark Ages book?
Other than the Dark Era books, is there a source book for Chronicles of Darkness for running games set in the Dark Ages? The Dark Era books have good thematic information but are a bit light on ...
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List of all published books for Chronicles of Darkness Second Edition
Is there a comprehensive list somewhere of all published works for Chronicles of Darkness, 2nd Edition?
I've tried Onyx Publishing but I am having trouble finding a complete listing of only second ...
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Do vampires get tired?
Do vampires in Requiem 2nd edition get physically tired or exhausted from physical activities such as running, exercise or lifting weights? I can't seem to find any reference to that in any of the ...
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Can a Demon manifest 2 embeds while using the Partitioned Memory Embed?
In CofD, in the "Demon Storyteller's Guide", there is a new embed called "Partioned Memory". It allows the ability to support 2 cognitive functions simultaneously. Does that mean a demon can manifest ...
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How can I represent a large body of NPCs in a vote?
I run a large (20+) person Chronicles of Darkness larp. Our story centers primarily on rebuilding the Night Congress, a supernatural organization that keeps the peace between the large population of ...
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Where are the rules for drowning or suffocation?
How does drowning/suffocation work in Chronicles of Darkness? I don't see rules for it in the core book.
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Seeing in the Dark: Penalties?
In the Chronicle of Darkness book, there's a Tilt and Condition for being blind. What about for varying levels of darkness - is there a way to gradient the penalty that anyone knows of, or would you ...
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Is there a way to completely conceal a spell from a Mage?
I'm trying to come up with a plot where my character is possessed by a supernatural being via magic. The problem is, our cabal covers all of the ten Arcana, which means that, no matter what I chose, ...
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Do Demons in Demonform need to Eat/Drink/Sleep? [duplicate]
Demonform is quite inhuman.
Fluff-wise, it would not be unreasonable to be, for example, a collection of gleaming steel limbs orbiting a dazzling diamond core, with a glowing, radar-encrusted spun-...
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Which cover takes a cover-loss incurred while in Demon form?
It is possible to roll compromise and lose cover while in Demon form.
In fact, just being in Demon form requires a cover roll every scene (at increasing penalties), and that is before exploits and ...
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What is a Derangement?
The Chronicles of Darkness core rulebok mentions the following under the Rapture Numina (p.138):
If the victim fails a Resolve + Supernatural Tolerance roll, she gains a temporary derangement for ...
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Should I let the player change her mind after telling her the modifiers?
This is a basic question, but I never remember the correct way. In World of Darkness (both 1e and 2e), you can alter the pool dice with modifiers, from -5 to +5, which are applied after the pool dice ...
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How to cast Crippling Depression with Mind 4?
I have Mind 4 and want to incapacitate a target in a nonlethal way (e.g., capturing enemy spies alive). I think Befuddle can do something like what I want, but it is touch only and I need range but ...
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How well do Mage: The Awakening 1e supplements work with the second edition?
As the title says, my fundamental question is: How well do the older books for Mage the Awakening 1e work with 2e?
This question: Which Mage: The Awakening sourcebooks are essential? is obviously ...
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Who controls a PC's companions?
During the first session, one player created a PC that has 2 companions. Do the rules say whether the GM or the player controls these companions?
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Should breaking points repeat?
Since "the character is the victim of a supernatural attack" constitutes a breaking point, if the PC is attacked again by the same "supernatural force", should he get another breaking point as well?
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Changing Spell Factors
To change a spell factor within a block of factors (ie - Standard or Advanced) is there reach involved or just the dice penalty?
On a related note, under common Reach effects it mentions changing the ...
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Can people be Linchpins?
I'm writing up setting details for a Demon the Descent game, and I have a couple pieces of Infrastructure that, currently, have people as their Linchpins. Cultists embedded in the mortal functions to ...
