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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Acquiring recipes/thin-blood alchemy formulae: Favors or XP?
I am currently playing an on-and-off-again Vampire: the Masquerade campaign. I am playing a thin blood character. I have the thin blood alchemy merit. I was wondering: as the merit works differently ...
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What do the symbols in the header of Hunter-Net Mean?
Hunter-Net is the messageboard/list serv archive that the Imbued use in Hunter: The Reckoning. The header to the site looks like this:
What do the symbols (hunter code) in the header mean? The symbol ...
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What does Carpenter169's prophecy mean?
In The Walking Dead, a book for Hunter: The Reckoning, the character Carpenter169 delivers a prophecy on hunter-net:
The hour of flame comes and the Emperor of Hell manifests. The twin-souled ...
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How does thin-blood alchemy interact with passive powers?
As I run Vampire the Masquerade v5 with some thin-blood players, a lot of question goes on the thin blood alchemy, even if I haven't the situation at my table yet.
One of them is how does thin-blood ...
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What happens if a thin-blood diablerizes another vampire?
Let's say that a thin-blood has diablerized another vampire who isn't a thin-blood, so it is now a 13th generation vampire of the clan of their victim.
What happens to their learned disciplines (via ...
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Did I understand how thin-blood alchemy distilation methods work right?
Long ago, I prepared a Vampire the Masquerade 5E chronicle and asked a lot of questions about the thin-blooded. After a short time, my players decided to play non thin-blooded characters. Now, I want ...
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Werewolves in space?
We all know Werewolves are badass, that they can rip apart puny humans and mages and everything. They travel around the world on moon-bridges and through the Penumbra, ripping apart Pentax, Wyrm and ...
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Looking for a ritual I saw somewhere that can resurrect a kindred after final death
I am looking for a ritual I saw somewhere that can resurrect a kindred after final death. This is what I remember:
I am sure it was in one of the Dark Ages books.
It wasn't traditional blood magic.
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What's the publication history for the Kiasyd Bloodline?
The Kiasyd are a Lasombra Bloodline with Fae blood in them, which makes them a rather interesting take of vampire in general. However, trying to figure out the background for them is a little ...
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What factors led to the poor reception and early cancellation of Wraith: The Oblivion?
Wraith: The Oblivion was published by White Wolf Games in 1994, but cancelled in 1999. Many of the books during the run show signs of being compressed together. While White Wolf typically published ...
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I heard of a famous Lasombra build, and I wonder how does one make it work?
I'm a DM for D&D and Vampire the Masquerade. After I looked on some D&D multiclass builds that could break my games (and gave me ideas for bosses), I searched some builds for Vampire: the ...
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How can I handle a player who seems to utilize skills their characters don't have?
Well the tag is slightly misleading as these players do not cause problems. However I have encountered several players who exhibit skills their real life counterpart has without actually metagaming. ...
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What prevents a Fallen from getting an arbitrary number of thralls?
I have been reading the Demon The Fallen corebook and obtaining a thrall seems like a relatively easy thing and quite useful for the demon, allowing them to boost their followers and if they have ...
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Is Oblivion power Arms of Ahriman underwhelming or am I doing it wrong?
2-dot power Arms of Ahriman is the signature power of the Lasombra, allowing them to create shadow tentacles that attack their foes - except in V5 this power seems weaker than a punch.
The way I ...
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Does torpor heal a vampire without spending blood?
I was looking for confirmation in the 20th Anniversary Edition of Vampire the Masquerade about what health level a vampire would be at if it fell into torpor from damage and then rose from torpor. I ...
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How can I enforce a low-power level in Mage: The Ascension?
I'm preparing for a Mage:The Ascension game as a storyteller. While my players and I enjoy many aspects of Mage and World of Darkness in general, we would like a much lower power level than seems ...
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Do "editions" of White Wolf products across product lines correspond to one another?
White Wolf has published a variety of product lines. Each product line has multiple editions. Do the editions of various games line up intuitively?
For example, I have a smattering of books from both ...
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How can I tell which version a classic World of Darkness book is for? [duplicate]
I'm a novice in the World of Darkness games. Most of my books are purchased piece-meal through game stores. This answer has been incredibly helpful in laying out the various games and editions that ...
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How can I maximize the value of Appearance for a sidhe?
I am preparing a character for my first Changeling:The Dreaming second edition game. I've opted for a sidhe, which come with this ability:
Sidhe get two extra dots of Appearance during character ...
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What level of Prime is required to use Tass?
I'm confused about what level of Prime is required to use Tass in the Mage 20th Anniversary Edition rules.
In the main rulebook the following statements are made:
M20 Rulebook:
p 332: "To absorb ...
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Can fetishes or talens step sideways by themselves?
In my Werewolf game, the players have to assassinate someone. A rank 1 theurge wants to shoot the target with a sniper rifle.
But they want to make the bullet a talen that enters the Umbra when it’s ...
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Can the effects of the combo discipline Bliss stack?
The combination discipline Bliss (V20, Lore of the Clans, Dominate ••, Presence •••) is described as allowing any virtues for a willing target to be temporarily raised on a successful roll. It doesn't ...
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Merits of Dresden Files over World of Darkness [closed]
For someone who is already moderately familiar with the World of Darkness (not Chronicles of Darkness) setting and its lore, what are, if any, rationales for jumping ship to Dresden Files instead? Now,...
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How do I purchase edges?
I'm creating a new character for Hunter: The Reckoning. My virtues are Zeal (3 dots). How do I buy my edges?
The short guide on page 84 of the Reckoning book says "edges (according to your Virtue ...
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What happens on Embrace?
If I roll up a human or kinfolk in Old World of Darkness and I am embraced by a vampire, what happens? Where are the rules to convert a human to a vampire?
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Gift that adds Difficulty
I heard there is a reflexive gift that allows one to pay variable gnosis to add a +2 difficulty per gnosis spent to attacks aimed at the targets mind. Does anyone know of a gift that is like this?
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Adding to blacksmithing in VTM
In a VTM 20th campaign I'm playing a Ventrue vampire that is a modern age blacksmith, he have an architect nature and crafting is his life.
Now, he really likes to craft weapons, mainly swords, and ...
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Turning VTM battles more dynamic
I'm playing a VTM 20th edition campaign with my friends, and they are really liking it, the only thing that is not great is the combat.
Sometimes the group battle just one or two enemies, and it's ...
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Are there any supplements for chinese mages in dark ages?
I was thinking of trying running a one shot for Mage taking place in China during 13th century however I seem unable to find any supplement describing mages that were at China. I do not wish to use ...
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Which books contain information about Giovanni ghouls?
I will attend a LARP in about a month, and my role will be a Giovanni ghoul. But I know pretty much nothing about Giovanni besides the fact that they are an Italian criminal syndicate, and I ...
