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How does a young Garou choose a tribe?

What you wrote seems to have the spirit of the rules as they are written. A PC from a past oWoD game of mine was an orphan and later became a member of a Fianna camp (despite being courted by other t …
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Does a ghouled creature's natural attack cause aggravated damage?

A pack of newly-ghouled wolves (ghouled by a Gangrel NPC) may enter combat in our next game session and I am trying to figure out whether their bite attack will cause the same type of damage as they w …
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How is Composure defined?

In the V5 Playtest rules (pg 22, 24, and 38) a Composure stat is mentioned several times, but I can't find a description of the stat or its levels. The character sheet provided at the end of the docu …
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How many new powers do you unlock when you get 6 dots in a Discipline?

I finally have a character in a Vampire the Dark Ages game who got to 7th Generation via Diablerie and saw that his new Trait Max is 6. As far as I am aware that means that in addition to his Attribut …
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Can a character detect when Presence is used on them?

I'm about to begin an V20 Dark Ages crossover game and I'm anticipating a PC using the Vampiric Discipline Presence while performing for a crowd (which will include several other PCs) in the upcoming …
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How can I entice my tactical players to embrace cinematic combat?

I have a group of players that come from a hack and slash background playing a Dark Ages Vampire game for the first time. They've come quite a way over the last several sessions, but I still get a de …
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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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What is a typical Renown reward per game?

My group tracked our renown in two of our longer running Werewolf games (1.5 years and 3.5 years). It was more difficult for us the second time because we were playing a massive crossover WoD game. W …
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How to make in-game planning more fruitful and fun?

Consider changing your game prep to include scenes that might play out when indecision or lack of consensus becomes an issue. Allow for a certain reasonable amount of time for the players to come to a …
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Do other powers that mention "ground" have the same restrictions as Earth Meld (Protean)?

I see several powers in V20 Dark Ages that mention "ground" or "soil" in their description (though not always in the System portion of the description). Protean 4 - Earth Meld (or Interred in the Ear …
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How to make in-game planning more fruitful and fun? [duplicate]

My gaming group is very mature, empathetic and thoughtful; in character and out. They are pretty much the perfect gaming group, but one of the players whose opinion I trust to be honest has come to me …
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