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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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?
I found in Hunter: First Contact ...
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What spheres would be needed in order to create a layer of reality in a specific location that exists simultaneously with regular reality?
I have been reading Demon: The Fallen, and one of the concepts there that really piqued my interest was reality being multilayered with the same thing reflecting differently on different layers. For ...
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Why don't non-Changelings die when killed in the Dreaming, but get kicked out into the Umbra instead?
Inspired by this post: What happens when a Changeling dies in the Dreaming?
So, yes, Changelings killed in the Dreaming (as opposed to just by chimerical damage in the mortal world) are killed for ...
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What combat implications has this proposed alternative initiative rundown?
Combat in the WoD is notoriously lengthy. The git rundown is about this:
Roll initiative
Sort high to low
Combat Round Start
Announce spending of rage for extra actions & handle "pre round&...
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Can people generate quintessence through prayer?
I have been thinking about various quintessence sources and I was thinking on how a mage could reliably generate quintessence on a weekly basis without a node. The idea I came up with was a pastorship....
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What happens to a spirit that crosses a portal from the umbra into the material world?
Say a mage with Spirit 4 creates a gateway between the Umbra and the Material World.
What happens when a spirit in the Umbra crosses that gateway into the Material World?
A relevant quote about ...
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Do 1s cancel successes on damage and soak rolls?
Mage - The Ascension - 20th Anniversary Edition, main book, page 393:
Game-wise, every 1 you roll takes away one success from your roll. Think of this as “the rule of one.” If your 1s cancel out your ...
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Where do the symbols for the Spheres in Mage: the Ascension come from?
The Mage: the Ascension line has adopted symbols that represent each Sphere. My question is where they are from? Not in-world - I am interested what is the real world source of these.
I would also ...
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How do you abort an action in M20 if there is no declaration phase?
In other editions of the old world of darkness games, there is a declaration phase during combat rounds, where every participant declares what he intends to do in the next turn, from lowest to highest ...
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The fate of "the Lord of the Ashtray"
Back in 2002, the Fans that made Orpheus held a contest to make a Samual Haight-themed campaign. The Lord of the Ashtray won.
Through sheer luck, the web archive crawled the fans' website starting in ...
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Are backgrounds important after character creation?
I'm currently running a W:TA game using the 1st edition rulebook. Several of my characters have backgrounds. As we play, do those backgrounds increase, or do they only determine what the character has ...
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Is there a cost to learning new rites?
My character currently has 5 dots in the Rites background. This gives them 5 levels of rites, which they have already selected. Now they want to learn a new rite. What does it cost?
Does it cost...
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How do I calculate damage?
In W:TA how do I calculate the damage from an attack?
As an example, consider Lina. Her stats in homid form are: Strength (1), Dexterity (2), Melee (3). She uses a pool cue (using the stats from a ...
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Where do I find charms for Wyrm elementals?
The wyrm elementals in Book of the Wyrm for Werewolf: The Apocalypse have charms that I can't find descriptions for.
For example, the Toxin elemental (pg. 100) has the charms Visceral Agony and Body ...
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How can we make a young lower generation vampire?
Is there anyway of making a young lower generation vampire?
What I understood from the rulebook is that the childe of a kindred would have one higher number generation. On the other hand, the ...
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What's the difficulty to detect Were-beings with Shintao/Kenning?
The Wording for Shentao and Kenning is a little ambiguous and I need a little help here:
Shentao
Much like Kenning, which it replaces, Shentao represents
the innate magical sense common to the Shinma....
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How can I read the Old World of Darkness metaplot?
World of Darkness has an extensive, long running over-arching narrative. This metaplot isn't encapsulated in chronicle books or easily digestible summaries. I imagine players would have been exposed ...
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Are there any spirits dealing with oaths in world of darkness
I want the spirit to function as a kolyarut to enforce a contract since I don't have entropy 5 there is always homebrew but I want to know if one already exists
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How does a Hold or Clinch maneuver interact with the blind fighting rules in Vampire: The Masquerade v20?
Say two kindred are clinching one another, or one performs a Hold maneuver on another, in blind fighting conditions (in pitch darkness for example).
Let's say one of them is Gangrel with Eyes of the ...
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Can World of Darkness vampires drink water?
Vampires in "Vampire: the Masquerade" can't eat normal food. Not only do they not get any nourishment out of it, it tastes foul to them and if they swallow it they'll immediately vomit (...
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How can a mage gain quintessence besides gathering at a node?
In M20 there doesn't appear to be many given methods for recharging quintessence beyond finding a wellspring or finding some tass. (Unless you are at prime 5 in which case you can just make nodes ...
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Detecting Magick use by using the Prime Sphere
I have a Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition game running and one of the players played a game of Mage the Ascension Second Edition before that with a different Storyteller.
In that ...
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In Werewolf W20, how does dice splitting work with no-roll Gift activation?
If I have a Gift that says, "spend a point of Gnosis: stuff happens", can I use this Gift while performing a normal action in the same turn ? If so, how would dice splitting work in this ...
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At which point does growing plants require quintessence?
In Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition, you need quintessence to create things from nothing.
With the life sphere 3 dots (+ prime 2 dots), you can create simple life (including plants) with a ...
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How do you pronounce "chasse"?
My group just started a new chronicle and we're trying to figure out how to say "chasse" out loud.
Chasse
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