Questions tagged [vampire-the-dark-ages]
For questions about Vampire: The Dark Ages, a 1996 role-playing game published by White Wolf Game Studio, set in medieval times and derived from Vampire: The Masquerade.
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Splitting Dice Pool between actions with and without dice roll
In Vampire: Dark Ages 1st edition, I'm a little bit confused by the rules for splitting the dice pool in situations where you want to use multiple actions and one of the actions does not require ...
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What rules are there for resolving mass combat?
I have been running a game of Dark Ages: Mage. Due to certain events, there is going to be a battle between two armies. How is the result of such a fight decided, according to RAW?
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Can a vampire learn a (innate) discipline from a ghoul?
I'm playing a Vampire the Masquerade dark ages game. My character, a nosferatu, has (for character specific reasons) never learned the Animalism discipline. Her ghoul however did learn it from another ...
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Does the Aura of the Road of Blood affect blood magic rolls?
At the Dark Ages Vampire V20, the Assamite's Road of Blood have the following aura description:
Aura: Resolve. A follower of the Road of Blood takes his task seriously and is dedicated to following ...
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Temporis and Supernatural beings, what's the effect?
In Vampire Dark Ages 20th Aniversary Edition, Temporis does not specify what is the effect of the ability on supernatural beings (except for the Laquesis Kiss effect on vampires).
For example, would ...
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Can a gargoyle embrace animals?
One of my players is playing a gargoyle. He says that his character can embrace animals, but I can't confirm his claim. I've looked for these rules in Vampire: Dark Ages, 20th Aniversary Edition and ...
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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 ...
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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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What to do in case of unexpected torpor?
I have a player whose character had fall in torpor by damage, so i was wondering if there are some alternatives to wake up him.
We are using Vampire Dark Ages 20th Anniversary Edition.
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How Many of Which Supernaturals were/are Present During Different Eras? [duplicate]
I know (as per canon) there is 1 Vampire for every 100,000 humans in the Modern Nights, but canonical numbers for other supernatural races are not apparently listed. Also, I don't know what the ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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How do I avoid letting my players keep too many ghouls?
In my vampire campaign I want to limit the amount of ghouls my players keep, but without setting an arbitrary cap. Ideally I would like there to be some strategic trade-off in the question to ghoul or ...
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Can Orpheus be run in Dark Ages? [closed]
I've readed a little bit of Orpheus, and I'm running a Dark Ages Vampire chronicle, but I was wondering if it's possible that something like Orpheus could exist in Dark Ages (just for NPCs or ...
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