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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Is there a drawback to using Heart's blood rote repeatedly?
In the Mage Revised edition there is a rote called Heart's blood a mage can use with Prime 1 sphere. It reads as such.
The Mage can sacrifice their health for Quintessence,
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How does one pay off flaws?
The description of the Sterile merit in M20 Book Of Secrets reads as such:
For some physical reason, you’re unable to sire or conceive
children. Whether this is a Merit or a Flaw depends
upon whether ...
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Is there a way to restore the soul points of someone who made a soul pact?
In The Book Of Madness(Revised) the game offers mechanics for selling one's soul piecemeal at a time. Each mage has a (Willpower+Arete)*10 soul points which is the amount of their soul they can trade ...
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How can I publish my alternate sphere rules for Mage?
I have been designing alternative rules for Mage: The Ascension. (My alternate magic rules are published on the V5 Homebrew Wiki.) I want to find a way of publishing them, without infringing on the ...
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How does a low-accuracy, high-damage action work in World of Darkness's dice system?
I used to play D20 and D100-based games a lot. Recently I'm designing a game for modern audiences who were not familiar with the D20 dice stuff at all and was thinking of a modified version of World ...
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Does magic that quickens healing help with damage dealt by Heart's Blood?
Heart's Blood rote reads as such.
An initiate of Prime can easily sense
the flow of Quintessence through his own body — his life energy.
This energy flows from the Tellurian, through the Life Pattern
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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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Where are the W20 rules for creating, etc. Den-Realms?
I have searched these books in PDF form:
Werewolf - The Apocalypse (zero hits for "den-realm")
Changing Breeds (25 hits for "den-realm", none dealing with this topic;
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How to pitch Wraith in a responsible fashion without risking traumatizing people?
Sometime around 2000, I was introduced to Wraith in the worst fashion ever, and it destroyed any interest in me ever reading the rule portions but I learned to love the worldbuilding of it.
In essence,...
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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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Searching for an Obfuscated vampire that just disappeared would break the obfuscation?
Unseen Presence, the level 2 power for Obfuscate states (emphasis mine):
The vampire remains ignored indefinitely unless someone deliberately seeks him out or he inadvertently reveals himself.
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How strong are elite mortal troops in Vampire: the Masquerade?
In Vampire: the Masquerade (5e), how strong would be a mortal NPC who specializes in combat? Think "spec ops" who are ready to fight vampires but without true faith or other mystical ...
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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?
If the players can create a custom ...
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