Questions tagged [world-of-darkness]
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How do thin-bloods and thin-blood alchemy work?
I bought Vampire The Masquerade V5 book so I can play this new version with my players. However, even after a dozen reads, I still don't understand how thin-bloods, and their alchemy, work.
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Can a non-thin-blood vampire learn thin-blood alchemy?
I'm preparing a Vampire the Masquerade v5 campaign, and I'm trying to plan for some questions my players might ask me. One question I have is:
Can a non-thin-blood vampire learn thin-blood alchemy? (...
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Did I understand how thin-blood alchemy distilation methods work right?
Long ago, I prepared a Vampire the Masquerade 5E chronicle and asked a lot of questions about the thin-blooded. After a short time, my players decided to play non thin-blooded characters. Now, I want ...
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Acquiring recipes/thin-blood alchemy formulae: Favors or XP?
I am currently playing an on-and-off-again Vampire: the Masquerade campaign. I am playing a thin blood character. I have the thin blood alchemy merit. I was wondering: as the merit works differently ...
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How does thin-blood alchemy interact with passive powers?
As I run Vampire the Masquerade v5 with some thin-blood players, a lot of question goes on the thin blood alchemy, even if I haven't the situation at my table yet.
One of them is how does thin-blood ...
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How to calculate Vampire the Masquerade 5 odds on anydice?
VtM5 has many quirks that make their calculation of probabilities really hard. But ignoring hunger dice, how can I calculate the distribution of success of a given pool considering that each pair of ...
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Why do we need to halve superficial damage? [closed]
Why was this rule created with dividing superficial damage in half? I mean it's very confusing, why couldn't the number of hit points be multiplied by 2? Do I have to ask players to remember to divide ...
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How did the frequent blood hunts further Queen Anne's ambitions before the Fall of London?
I'm somewhat conflicted about the frequent blood hunts (WOD: A World of Darkness Second Edition, p. 57) because the stricter grip on the city signals weakness (WOD: A World of Darkness Second Edition, ...
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What does having a Humanity rating of 7 mean for a 150 Year old Vampire?
I have no idea about Vampire the Masquerade but I'm kind of curious to know about the humanity system and whether this is special or not. And like how does the humanity system work?
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Is my interpretation of Vampire The Masquerade 5th ed combat correct? [closed]
I’ve read the Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition rules, and even begun typing a cheat sheet, but I’m still confused about the combat system. Mainly because they have no examples of how a whole combat ...
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Bloodbonding an Assamite?
Assamites of the order have a terrible curse: They take an automatic, unsoakable point of lethal or even aggravated damage if they so much as ingest any Vitae that is not their own.1
Now, blood ...
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Can vitae be synthesized into a pill?
For my Vampire: the Masquerade game, I was thinking of one of the recruitment methods for the encroaching vampires to have their ghouls sell vitae condensed in the form of a pill while pretending to ...
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What damage is done by Personal Armor (Fortitude 6)?
I have a rules question for Fortitude 6: Personal Armor from Vampire: the Masquerade, 20th Anniversary Edition.
A hand-to-hand attack causes the attacker equal damage to that suffered by the defender ...
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The costs of Obfuscation
Obfuscate is clearly a strong discipline. Like, at level 2 it allows a Nosferatu to at least get places, and a 3 totally negates their Appearance 0 trait by appearing as whoever they want - as long as ...
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To hold a vampire's beating heart
Today, our Toreador Senechal had us deliver the beating heart of a Ravnos to the Nosferatu Duke and Sheriff of the town, well made up in a present basket while the body was kept by the Senechal.
I ...
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What if a mortal is embraced with heart's blood?
Are there any canonical examples of a mortal being embraced with a vampire's heart's blood, containing their sire's soul?
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What happens if a character's declared action becomes impossible?
What happens if a character’s declared action becomes impossible before they can attempt it in the attack phase? Do the core rules support the idea that they get to pick a different action, or perform ...
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Was the Tremere Curse not allowing the Banu Haqim to feed off each other deliberate or accidental?
The Clan weakness of the Assamites was, starting with the Convention of Thorns till the modern nights, the Tremere Curse:
Due to the Tremere blood-curse, should an Assamite consume the blood of ...
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All-Out-Attack and All-Out-Defence against a single opponent are confusing
When a PC is up against multiple foes in Vampire: the Masquerade 5e they have the option to switch between their attack dice pool and their defence dice pool, this allows them to attack and/or defend ...
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Is Superficial Willpower damage halved in V5?
It seems clear that Superficial Health Damage is halved before applying it, and that fact is referenced several times throughout the book. But by contrast, I don't see anyplace where it references ...
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How does Status work for Caitiffs?
Caitiffs begin with the Status: Suspect flaw and their bane forbids them to buy Status during character creation, which seems to imply they can buy it later. Two questions:
The Status entry is ...
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What is the general stance of the Camarilla on the existence of dhampirs?
Let's say that players are Camarilla agents, and I, as the storyteller, make them aware of the existence of a dhampir (humans born with one of their parents being a thin-blood, and — by V20 rules — ...
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I'm trying to turn Nezuko (from Demon Slayer) into a Vampire in a Dark Ages setting. What would be the best build for such an NPC?
So I'm trying to turn Nezuko, from Demon Slayer, into a Vampire in a setting in the Dark Ages. She's basically Nezuko but transplanted to another setting. I'm currently using "Vampire the ...
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What are the various clans of Vampire the Masquerade 20th edition - Dark Ages?
I only am using V20 Dark ages and I was just hoping that someone could give me a paragraph of information for each of the clans so that I can get a great idea of what each one is.
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What systems would need to be in place for a 610-year-old Toreador Vampire to maintain a humanity rating of 8 for so long? [closed]
I'm trying to make a female vampire who's, 610 years old and Toreador have such a high humanity rating. I'm kind of not sure what are some recommendations onto how she has been able to maintain such a ...
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Where do I find the rules concerning my Ghouls evolution?
I am a vampire player and currently own a ghoul.
I would like to evolve my ghoul but I can't find the rules concerning her evolution(XP).
I saw that she could have more discipline, and that we could ...
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How to interact with humans on a pre modern vampire setting? [closed]
I'm planning a campaign set during the French revolution and I expect the players to affect human society quite a lot.
I don't find it plausible for a vampire to be an overt important character, for ...
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How to add flashbacks to our game?
I'm interested in adding a system for flashbacks into an intrigue-heavy Dark Ages Vampire game. Gomad gave some fantastic albeit general ideas in:
How to make in-game planning more fruitful and fun? ...
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Does the level 4 Serpentis power include the level 2 and 3 powers?
In the context of Vampire: The Dark Ages 20th Anniversary edition.
The level 4 Serpentis power allows the vampire to transform into a hideous snake-creature. Does this also include the Typhonic Maw ...
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How to play Son of Ether without turning it into a comic relief?
According to the White Wolf Wiki:
Key to the Sons' paradigm is Science (the word is always capitalised to distinguish it from the science of sleepers). Exotic theories of orgone fields, ...
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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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Where I can see more examples of Effects in Mage: The Ascension? [closed]
I'm not very good creating my effects myself. Is there any place to discuss about effects in Mage 20 or a book I should read?
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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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Making dumb "smart" bullets
Welcome to the Sons of Ether JPL, the playgrounds for Matter mages. And there is a whole coven living in them, and when they work together, well, you know how that turns out: Flying cars, Autonomous ...
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How to integrate roleplay, foci, paradigm into casting magick
I was away from RPGs and story telling for some time. I used to run Mage: The Ascension scenarios before, but I had to take a break, and now I want to get back on my feet. I struggled with some ...
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Invisibility by Correspondence
How do you do that specifies (page 34) that a mage could become invisible by using a Forces 2 effect. I would like to know if it is possible (and better if referenced in any source) to use ...
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Do you have to finish a ritual in one sitting?
I encountered this issue while looking for ways to be able to cast spells requiring many successes in just one turn (in danger basically, not necessarily combat). While the most common ways are:
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Passing through solid objects
What Spheres are required to emulate Kitty Pride powers from X-Men (Marvel) or Flash ability to "vibrate through" from Justice League (DC)?
Context: my virtual adept is built to be a perfect ...
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What are prerequisites for casting a buff spell with on/off functionality?
As in title: I would like to cast a long duration spell (let's say a simple "luck" buff using Entropy Sphere or a simple illusion changing my appearance using Forces Sphere) with at-will on/...
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What happens when a Co-Location copy is harmed or dies?
I want to start using the Correspondence 4 effect to Co-Locate myself. As described in rulebook, it also requires Mind 1 for basic effect (each copy doing the same thing) or Mind 1 + Life 2 for ...
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How does Mage travel between different realms?
I'm interested in strictly mechanical procedure on how to "planar travel" pretty much everywhere across Tellurian.
What spheres and on what level are needed to travel? If those differ ...
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Required spheres for a Mages to survive a point blank nuclear blast
The story teller and I had a disagreement on how or if a mage could survive a nuclear explosion at ground zero. They can see a countdown and know when the detonation will occur. They have 10 minutes. ...
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What level of supplemental Sphere is required for the effect?
Mage the Ascension 20th Anniversary Rulebook has a lot of inconsistency when it comes to required Sphere Levels in Sphere effect descriptions. Sometimes it's:
add Mind X to that Effect
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Create custom totem
Is it possible to create a custom totem? Or should the pack just choose a existing totem from the books and then spend points in Totem Background to improve it?
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Without Avatar, can I spend Quintessence in any way to cast spells?
I'm reading Mage: The Ascension (I believe it's second edition). The description of the Avatar background says that "the rank of Avatar also represents the limit of Quintessence points that a ...
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Are there any mechanics for learning the true name of a fallen?
In World Of Darkness each Demon possesses a true name and knowing their true name allows you to exercise control over them. There is a mention of being able to study a fallens mannerism, actions and ...
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Werewolf: the Apocalypse auspice name etymologies
As part of his question about the etymologies of the auspice names in Werewolf: The Forsaken, @OpaCitiZen discusses the origins of "theurge":
What I'm looking for: I remember, for example, that the ...
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Non-Master Technocrat Minion Creation?
So, one of the main "aesthetic points" of the Technocratic Union is their wide use of minions that they create through superscience, ranging from the relatively expendable Men in Black clones to the ...
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How many gods are there in oWoD? [closed]
I'm looking for a comprehensive listL
I know there is THE God, who made Angels, kicked some of them out of heaven thus making Fallen and left, bored with the state of things.
There are Egyptian Gods, ...
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Does using magick to reversing aging accrue permanent paradox?
Reversing aging is a vulgar effect(Page 509 MtA 20th Anniversary Edition) and it has a permanent effect. Considering both of these is similar to using enhancement to get an attribute past five dots, ...
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