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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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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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 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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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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Are merits unique to the splat they are provided in?
I am aware that some merits are by their nature tied to their splats, examples of this would be merits such as 'Prestigious Sire' and 'Avatar companion' but merits such as 'Concentration' that reads ...
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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 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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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 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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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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Are there any known methods for a Mage to strengthen their avatar?
I remember the person who introduced me to Mage The Ascension mentioning "It is a symbiotic relationship between the mage and the avatar. As the mage grows in strength, so does the avatar." ...
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How do you LARP highly observant characters?
I'm designing a character for a World of Darkness parlour LARP who's supposed to be highly perceptive and observant. (A tad beyond human capability, at character creation.)
What are your strategies ...
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Status equivalent for mortals?
I know some book had an equivalent for mortals, but I honestly don't remember which one. Thus what rank one could be with 5 being a king or so (didn't find it when skimming through my books nor the ...
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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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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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What is the vampires' take on demons?
In medieval times as far as I remember demons were seen as enemies (earthbound mostly). In modern nights does that still hold true? Are they seen as enemies to be hunted on sight still or not?
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Do demons show up in auspex and how?
If a vampire uses auspex on a demon (within a human host), does it show up on auspex?
And if so, beginning with which level of auspex and what are the indicators?
(I was sure there was a color ...
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Need some help with spell and ritual rules (taking time to cast, cast retry...)
I'm using the M20 version of Mage, but I find that it sometimes lacks some examples. And I have a doubt about my understanding of two rule points in particular: taking several rounds to cast a spell, ...
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When turning Alucard, from Hellsing Ultimate, into a Vampire what is the best build?
In this case I'm wanting to turn Alucard, from Hellsing Ultimate, into a Vampire in Vampire the Masquerade and/or Vampire: The Dark Ages using the V20 rules. Or 20th Annivesary rules. No fifth edition ...
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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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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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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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Specialized explosives stats in WoD games
Like the title, I'm looking for stats of specialized explosives weaponry in oWoD games (any splat, since weapon stats are consistent across splats, and if there are no sources for that in oWoD sources,...
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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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Are there any records of a child born from Mages possessing strange quirks or mystical powers?
To clarify. I am aware that being a Mage is not genetic and biologically speaking Mages are no different from humans(At least they aren't unless they modified their bodies. ) but Mages inflict their ...
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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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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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Does Instruction ability give characters a chance to improve their abilities without spending experience?
I recently found out about the Instruction Ability that reads as:
This talent represents a character’s knack for
imparting information. Possessed by teachers, sect
leaders or others in educative ...
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Fighting off the Nightmare
It happened. In our latest venture, we were in the Deep Dreaming and had to Unleash our Arts.1 Obviously, this incurred a few points of Nightmare.2
Now, those points are burning like evil eyes in the ...
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What does it mean to not have points in avatar?
I'm preparing my first Mage 20th anniversary campaign, and from what I understand, not putting any point in the Avatar background sucks. But I can't figure out how to explain it to my players if one ...
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Into the Deep Dreaming!
The Deep Dreaming 1 is a place that amps up a Kithain's birthright to 11. They become the most powerful and dreaming version of themselves.
For example, even the ugliest Sidhe is actually quite ...
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How to award Kitsune Renown?
Let me preface my rant by saying this: Our current game is so alternate history and lore that it might as well be considered full homebrew. That said we are using Dark Ages 20th core books where ...
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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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What possibilities are there to find out which clan a vampire belongs to?
In the old vampire (up to V20), the abiltiies of Auspex,... are a bit limited. I've got a few players that try to hide their clan. What options are there for others to find out what clan they truly ...
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How do I get access to the Space Mirrors?
It's well established in World of Darkness, that the technocracy has an array of space mirrors, not too dissimilar from Icarus from James Bond: Die Another Day. There is one very prominent use of this ...
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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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What power can hide a wraith from barghests' senses?
The introductory story to "Sea of Shadows" has this little tidbit:
The Legionnaires were moving through the area, meticulously searching both sides of the street. A few of them had ...
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Two contradictory mechanics for XP discount for Guild instruction in Arcanoi
The 20th Anniversary edition of Wraith: the Oblivion has two different ways that the XP cost for learning arcanoi might be reduced, and these seem to conflict when it comes to their mechanics.
The ...
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When it comes to rotes, are we limited in how many?
I'm new to Mage and we're doing a Mage 20th game. I'm wondering if we're limited in how many rotes we have in any way or any how, just to make sure I'm doing stuff right.
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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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Are there any mechanical differences between how tradition mages and technocratic mages use magick?
I haven't been able to find anything to indicate mechanical differences between the two(Though Technocrats seem to lean more heavily on gadget usage rather than spontaneous magic.) but I seem to ...
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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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Is it possible for animals to become revenants?
As far as I know, there are some cases where animals are ghouled for generations(Such as Nosferatu breeding pits) and I wanted to ask if it is possible for animals that have been ghouled for ...
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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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What's the XP cost to learn an unknown 1-dot art in a known arcanoi?
The 20th Anniversary edition of Wraith: the Oblivion describes the mechanic for learning unknown arts at the same rating as a known art (e.g. learning an initiate art, when the common art is known) ...
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Can created creatures awaken?
In Mage The Ascension it is possible for technocrats to create androids via a mix of life and mind as per the rote
AI (Artificial Intelligence):
With this rote, a Technomage can create a full
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What is the Arcanum's official level of knowledge about Vampires?
In a pre-v5 settings, what is the official "level" of knowledge of Arcanum members about Vampires?
Do they know about clans? About sects? About traditions?
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