Questions tagged [vampire-the-requiem-2e]
Vampire: The Requiem 2nd Edition is a modern horror RPG by The Onyx Path in the "new World of Darkness" series of games, in which the PCs are members of a hidden society of vampires.
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What comes close to 9-again in V5?
We want to port our old Vampire the Requiem game into V5.
What would be a good analogue for the 9-again mechanic? Would it be more dice, would around 2 suffice, or is that already too much?
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Why brass knuckles do 0 additional damage in Vampire: The Requiem 2nd Edition?
I've been creating a character and thought that it was cool for her to have brass knuckles to fight, but then I've seen that in the Core book (pg. 180) says that brass knuckles deal 0 damage (appart ...
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I'm trying to use disciplines to manipulate someone, why should I use majesty and not dominate?
I'm designing a Daeva character, who I want to be physically powerful but still able to handle themselves socially. The two social disciplines, Majesty and Dominate, seem to have a power mismatch.
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What are the main differences between Vampire: The Requiem, Vampire 20th Anniversary, and Vampire 5th Edition?
What are the major differences between Vampire: The Requiem (Second Edition), Vampire 20th Anniversary, and Vampire 5th Edition?
My experience with the vampire saga is limited to only two sessions as ...
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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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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 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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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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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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How many dots can be purchased at a time during advancement?
Is there any limitation on how many dots can be purchased at a time? e.g. one attribute dot per advancement, perhaps? I saw this somewhere on the inter-webs, but cannot find the post again, so I don'...
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When do characters advance?
Do the rules have suggested guidelines for when to advance? Is it assumed that it's as soon as the characters have enough Experiences saved up? Or do PCs have to wait to advance until there is a break ...
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Can Obfuscate be targeted?
Can a vampire decide whether Obfuscate does or does not affect everyone in the room? For example, perhaps the party knows that their mekhet is hiding in the corner and they can see him but the enemy ...
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What are the specific conditions that require a frenzy roll?
So, I think, any exposure to a Bane can cause frenzy roll (unless otherwise stated?), but it talks about starving, social and injury, where can I find rules for what exactly constitutes these things? ...
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How does Oubliette work if you're outside of the marked region?
Oubliette the 5th dot of Obfuscate allows a vampire to make people, affected, believe whatever is within the region is real. For example a dilapidated house is a mansion. If you are not within the ...
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Could Vampires use touchscreen devices (iPhone, etc)?
Could vampires use a touchscreen device, or would they have to spend a blood point to generate the electricity required to operate a conductive touchscreen?
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Do Vampires need Auspex to see in the dark?
Can vampires now see in complete darkness, or only with Auspex added to them?
The fluff text for them never suffering the full penalties for being in complete darkness (vampiric senses) is:
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Does killing humans impact Humanity if it's in pre-emptive self-defense?
We were being hunted by (what we suspect is) an angel. We entered a room with no way back and there were two figures in front of us, shoveling dead bodies into a machine. My character couldn't know ...
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How is immobilized resolved in the context of Screech?
Screech
The Strix emits an ear-splitting screech, rendering victims
unable to think or move and greatly assisting in a subsequent
feeding attempt.
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Does decapitation for sure kill a vampire?
This seems almost a ridiculous question, but since I can't find any rules regarding it...
Does cutting the head off a vampire for sure kill it? or if they had enough vitae could they regrow the head? ...
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Does contact with red-hot metal cause frenzy, as being near open flame does?
My PCs decided to torture a vampire with a red-hot knife — would that have caused frenzy? I decided for the session that it was not a flame, and so did not, but I'm not sure that was the right call.
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Do Domination powers make memory permanently irrecoverable?
If a Vampire dominates a person into forgetting something is the memory lost permanently? or are they just unable to access it normally? could hypnosis, a spell, or other memory reading power recover ...
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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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How to avoid having Dominate or Devil's Advocate dominate play
We're playing nWoD 2e and I've got a mixed group with a demon and a vampire in it. They are using the vampire power Dominate and the demon power Devil's Advocate quite extensively, and have even ...
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Is Carthian rule more like democracy or anarchy?
I've been reading through Vampire: the Requiem 2nd edition, and I'm a bit perplexed about the Carthians. It makes the Carthians sound like freedom fighters who've little idea of how to rule once in ...
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Does "the Beast" have a mind of its own?
In the Strix Anthology short "There Are No Owls in Seattle", there's the following passage:
There’s Mackayla and her remarkable affinity for bolt cutters, of course, but there’s
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What do the Strix look like when they are "flying"?
For descriptive purposes, when a Strix is sitting it looks like a shadow owl, when it's attacking like a cloud of mist shadow, and smoke. What's it look like when it flys? does it retain an owl form (...
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Does a Strix drinking the breath of a victim exsanguinate the victim?
The Strix can gain "Vitae" by stealing breath. This reminds me a bit of the Succubi Chi stealing in "Lost Girl", at least in its general description. I'm left wondering though, when a Strix isn't ...
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Does Blood and Smoke invalidate previous Vampire books?
After reading the God Machine Update I realized that it invalidated a large portion of the core book and Armory and Armory Reloaded. I am about to start a new chronicle and am considering getting ...
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