Questions tagged [hunter-the-vigil]
Hunter: the Vigil is a modern horror RPG by White Wolf in the "World of Darkness" series of games, in which the PCs are the Light in the Darkness and one way or another they Hunt the inhuman elements of our society.
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How can I help my players get into a vengeful mindset?
I've often attempted to run Hunter: the Vigil (part of the New World of Darkness gameline) for my players. Unfortunately I frequently run into the same problem; namely, when I set up villains with the ...
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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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Differences between Hunter: the Reckoning and Hunter: the Vigil?
I don't understand the differences between the oWoD Hunter and nWoD Hunter. Most of the games I could see a fairly clear difference in mechanics and theme between them.
I have not been able to find ...
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How can I break world building down into something manageable? [closed]
I find building an "off the rails" world to be a daunting task. I'm trying to find a process to make it more manageable for my NWOD games, kind of like "Agile" process does for developing software. I ...
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Can a Hunter learn and use tactics by himself?
I'm about to play a game where there are several other players, but they play other creatures like Vampires and Demons making me the only Hunter. Is it possible for me to use tactics without the help ...
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How would a demonic pact for home, and deceased wife and child work?
I've just wrapped up-ish the back story of a character. The story is that his wife and child were killed by a Strix (he doesn't know the Strix part yet), on his Hunt a Demon is going to offer him a ...
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Are slasher merits a good investment for a combat focused nWoD Hunter?
I'm making a Cheiron Group Hunter for a Hunter the Vigil game.
I'm set on playing my character as similar to the Operative, from Serenity, but with a darker outlook. He will see him self as damned, ...
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How could I make Bruce Banner/Incredible Hulk as a valid character?
After watching the Avengers, and getting back into Marvel Comics, I've wanted to make a Hunter: the Vigil character that, as close as possible, resembles the duality of "Bruce Banner/The Incredible ...
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Revealing game world information
A player asked me the other night: "In the World of Darkness are Vampires able to enter without being invited in?". The answer to the question is, yes, and even if they weren't the area was a public ...
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What is this "black mist" in Demon?
On p120 of Mortal Remains, it mentions a black mist (which rather reminds me of the demons from Supernatural).
Unlike voyeurs, who tend to be invisible, devourers exist
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Is there an equivalent of Proton Packs for Hunter: The Vigil?
I'm trying to develop a character loosely based off of Egon Spengler for a new H:tV game I'm planning on taking part in an I was curious if I could stat up a proton pack from the movies?
The closest ...
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What Dread Powers do the Demons have?
Ch 5, p119 of Mortal Remains is about Demons, however there is no Dread Powers Section like there are in the the other chapters. I'm going to speculate that this might be because of there being ...
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How to get a Garou out of Death Rage?
From my Storyteller, it seems as though the Death Rage is a permanent state. My question is twofold:
1) Will a Garou ever leave Death Rage naturally? Is it only by healing a certain amount of damage?
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How to convert AD&D 2e (Planescape) PCs to nWoD Hunters (modern) mid-campaign
In my longest-running group, our old nWoD Storyteller (GM) is returning to town for a few days and we have decided to include him in our regular AD&D 2e game. I need to convert our 2e characters ...
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Do hunters have to know it's a supernatural to get practical experience?
Do hunters have to be sure that the thing they were dealing with wasn't human to get practical experience? Could they get experience if they only suspected the thing wasn't human? As a sort of aside, ...
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Converting Hunter: The Vigil to nWoD 2nd Edition
I would like to run Hunter: The Vigil with the God Machine Chronicle rules. Hunter has not yet been updated yet for the new rules, but how hard would it be to convert the rules a bit myself? The PCs ...
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How would a Hornet's Nest grenade work?
A hornet's nest grenade is ammunition for a (usually 40mm) grenade launcher that fires several smaller rounds instead of the grenade itself.
What stats would this kind of weapon have? It's not a ...
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What do asset skills actually do, in Hunter: the Vigil?
Professional Training (Hunter: The Vigil) gives you asset skills. At character creation you get some number additional specialities.
Do they have any other use? I've not combed every paragraph in the ...
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Can the Demon discern the Vampires influence on Hunter retroactively?
In my Hunter the Vigil chronicle, the players were doing a good job of not talking to people, and IMHO, abused one of my NPCs, Ariana, to "go do it for them". It refers to investigating a Demon, Sarah,...
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Where can I read more about the demonic tattoos from Mortal Remains?
In Mortal Remains, on p124 it discusses Fiendish Flaws.
A tattoo-like glyph on the demon’s forearm that’s visible
through clothing.
I presume this is a Demon the Descent thing, but ...
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Limits to Controlling Animals in nWoD
My hunter in the new World of Darkness is exploring training animals, especially attack dogs. I know the basic rules for training and controlling them, but I am curious as to the acceptable limits to ...
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Supernatural Territories
So it's pretty obvious to me, that two Werewolf Pack Territories wouldn't overlap, but what about a Vampire territory, and Werewolf territory? Is it possible that they don't actually know the other is ...
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How can I get my players to "go down the rabbit hole"?
So here's where we're at in the game. I've been running prelude to Hunter as if it is actual story. So the outcome is basically set. Two of the PC's are/were related, and the motivation is that the ...
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What do Professions do for a Hunter?
I've been reading about Professions in the Hunter book, and I don't get it? what do these really do for them? are they the fundamental equivalents of a "Clan" (in vampire)? does it give any convey ...
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How do free contacts from Professional Training work?
The wording of the merit in Hunter: the Vigil is ambiguous (along with the example.
In game terms, the character is considered to have the Contacts Merit (see p. 114 of the World of Darkness ...
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Can a grappled opponent still move?
Can a grappled opponent still move? What if multiple people are grappling it?
This situation came up today when our hunter cell managed to grapple a Garou with it only having two dice to try and ...
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Upgrading Null Mysteriis to be on par with third tier Hunter organizations
I'm stating up a character for a Third Tier campaign of Hunter: the Vigil, and my eyes have fallen on Null Mysteriis as the perfect group for my character to align with. The issue with this being that,...
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What specific threats could a haunted house contain? [closed]
I‘m currently working on an haunted house scenario and need some threats to the characters to heighten the tension.
The setting:
It is a Hunter the Vigil Game
Set in 2020 in Germany (no Corona)
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Can etheric rounds be made for any weapon?
Etheric rounds state they come specifically for set weapons (flamethrowers are weapons, so we're good so far).
But they also specifically state that they are bullets. Which is a shame as ...
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How do I choose a Mood for my game? [closed]
The books make lots of suggestions for moods the game can be played in, as in its feel and atmosphere, and it seems to be a fundamental and important choice when starting a chronicle. But how do I ...
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How is an entity's Rank determined when it's not listed?
Here's the description of the Esoteric Armory Merit:
Esoteric Armory (• to •••••)
Effect: Your character is the go-to guy when one
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How do I purchase the Gift merit for different tiers of mystery?
The rules state, from Hunter: the Vigil - Witch Finders on the Gifted merit
The character may select one spell with a dot rating equal to the Gifted Merit rating from the Mysteries section as a ...
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