Questions tagged [werewolf-the-apocalypse]
Werewolf the Apocalypse is the original World of Darkness game in which players play Garou, lineages of humans who have been tasked by Gaea, the Spirit of the Earth, to serve her as warriors, and granted the ability to shape change to accomplish this, in the face of her imminent death.
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Does the lore say whether Glass Walkers and drones ever collaborate?
As the question sounds, of the tribes the Glass Walkers have an unconventional relationship with the Weaver - so I wondered if it is mentioned in the lore if they have the usual default attitude to ...
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How would a Garou missing an arm affect its stats?
This question is about 20th Anniversary edition if it helps.
Whether from losing it in battle, or a metis born with one arm - I was hoping to ask if there’s anything explicit anywhere on how this ...
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On the Nature of the Barrier between Russia and China
Hengeyokai, Shapeshifters of the East, page 43 contains this paragraph, right before the Tapestry:
A list of all the physical locations of interest in the Mirror
Lands would take several exhaustive ...
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How are Ajaba Metis being "hermaphrodites"?
I have not played W:TA before (but have been playing other systems since ~2009, mostly DnD variants and DSA 5). I will not have access to source books before session 1, where the group will create ...
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Can players create custom totems?
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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Where do I learn more about Jonas Albrecht?
W20 starts with a glorious little comic, in which a white-haired guy called Albrecht with a huge Klaive rescues a cub. Then in the Character Generation example, we learn Jonas Albrecht's setup 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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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?
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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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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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Can a hybrid Metis be born of parents of different Changing Breeds? If so, what happens?
I'm the secondary storyteller for a Werewolf: The Apocalypse game.
Our group is made out of mostly urban figures – specially Glass Walkers and Bone Gnawers – playing out a very finance-oriented pack ...
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On Werewolves and Plastic Surgery
A peculiar situation arose on a Werewolf: The Apocalypse game I'm taking part as secondary storyteller.
During a session conducted by our main storyteller, one of our players brought up the idea of ...
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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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