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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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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Bloodbonding an Assamite?
Assamites of the order have a terrible curse: They take an automatic, unsoakable point of lethal or even aggravated damage if they so much as ingest any Vitae that is not their own.1
Now, blood ...
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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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Can vitae be synthesized into a pill?
For my Vampire: the Masquerade game, I was thinking of one of the recruitment methods for the encroaching vampires to have their ghouls sell vitae condensed in the form of a pill while pretending 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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What damage is done by Personal Armor (Fortitude 6)?
I have a rules question for Fortitude 6: Personal Armor from Vampire: the Masquerade, 20th Anniversary Edition.
A hand-to-hand attack causes the attacker equal damage to that suffered by the defender ...
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How does Status work for Caitiffs?
Caitiffs begin with the Status: Suspect flaw and their bane forbids them to buy Status during character creation, which seems to imply they can buy it later. Two questions:
The Status entry is ...
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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 is the general stance of the Camarilla on the existence of dhampirs?
Let's say that players are Camarilla agents, and I, as the storyteller, make them aware of the existence of a dhampir (humans born with one of their parents being a thin-blood, and — by V20 rules — ...
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Stuck by Combat?
Sometimes, luck is just not with one character or another. Other times, it gets worse... Well, let's see:
Our group of 4 was almost ambushed by 6 Fomori. Almost, because there was no surprise round. 3 ...
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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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Where do I find the rules concerning my Ghouls evolution?
I am a vampire player and currently own a ghoul.
I would like to evolve my ghoul but I can't find the rules concerning her evolution(XP).
I saw that she could have more discipline, and that we could ...
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All-Out-Attack and All-Out-Defence against a single opponent are confusing
When a PC is up against multiple foes in Vampire: the Masquerade 5e they have the option to switch between their attack dice pool and their defence dice pool, this allows them to attack and/or defend ...
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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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The costs of Obfuscation [duplicate]
Obfuscate is clearly a strong discipline. Like, at level 2 it allows a Nosferatu to at least get places, and a 3 totally negates their Appearance 0 trait by appearing as whoever they want - as long as ...
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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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What's needed for having a Gargoyle made?
Tremere are known to have, in the 1100s, developed the rite to create Gargoyles. Using a Vampire from the clans Nosferatu, Tzimisce, or Gangrel and infusing them with one of the other two's blood, the ...
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What font is used for the title on the cover of the revised "Clanbook: Nosferatu"?
In the old Clanbooks, each clan had pretty much its own Font for the title.
What was the font used in the (revised) Clanbook Nosferatu title?
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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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To hold a vampire's beating heart
Today, our Toreador Senechal had us deliver the beating heart of a Ravnos to the Nosferatu Duke and Sheriff of the town, well made up in a present basket while the body was kept by the Senechal.
I ...
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Vampires of the Levant
The Levant is the one region that is home to two of the Abrahamic religions: Judaism and Christianity. While most Vampires see themselves as cursed by the Abrahamic god (they carry Caine's curse after ...
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Vampire and Safety Tools
Vampire the Masquerade has a lot of abilities to abuse other players, especially via disciplines like Dominate and Presence. Obfuscate can be used to appear as literally anyone, which might be used to ...
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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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