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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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 ...
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Do other powers that mention "ground" have the same restrictions as Earth Meld (Protean)?
I see several powers in V20 Dark Ages that mention "ground" or "soil" in their description (though not always in the System portion of the description).
Protean 4 - Earth Meld (or Interred in the ...
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Pentex African Killer Bees!
Welcome to Pentex Labs! We have everything to destroy nature: Banes, Vampires, Reality Warpers!
Now, my boss wants to weaponize Bees. He wants them to be super deadly, he wants them to destroy cacao -...
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Is there an easy way to know what edition a World of Darkness sourcebook is?
I've recently started getting into World of Darkness and I'm realizing there are 5 different editions of sourcebooks:
First edition
Second edition
Revised (3rd) edition
V20 (4th) edition
Fifth ...
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How can I tell a player to stop something without seeming like I'm restricting them too much?
I have been running VtM in the form of the players playing as ghouls however one of my recent players has made a charmer character. I am okay with characters wanting to get laid however he considers ...
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Is there any difference between original prints and PoD (Print on Demand) source books?
Regarding source books by Onyx Path/White Wolf (for the World of Darkness), is there any difference between original prints and PoD (Print on Demand) source books?
Basically, is there a way to know ...
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How to create a Vampire Dark Ages 20th edition character? [closed]
I'm a novice of the World of Darkness, the lore lured me in. I've bought the Vampire Dark Ages 20th edition (last available afaik) and I'm ready to get into DM'ing !
At least that was the point.
I'm ...
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Are there any Christian counterparts to Ashirra?
I have been reading on the Ashirra in the Vampire the Masquerade. They seem to be vampires who believe that following Islam will grant them salvation(Or at least follow it for the sake of convenience.)...
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How many blood points can a ghoul use within a turn?
I have recently started running a ghoul campaign however no matter how hard I look I can't find how many blood points a ghoul can use a turn. I know that vampires are limited by their generation with ...
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How many loresheets can a character have?
As a super fan of Vampire: the Masquerade V5, I preordered the book Cults of the Blood Gods.
In the previews that I received, I read that vampires can only have 1 loresheet (or 2 if they have a ...
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What decides who awake?
I have had a discussion that Hikikomori (modern day hermits that have no psychological disorder and do not leave the house of there parents because they do not want to face society and there ...
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Do Avatars need to have the same personality as their Mage?
We have a new player which is very unsatisfied with the available avatar options because they absolutely do not fit his character concept. Because of this he want to put no background in Avatar so ...
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Description of attributes beyond 5
Is there a description of how attributes beyond 5 would be imaginable?
For example strength 5 let me lift 300 kg. Would be strength 6 400 kg strength 7 500 and so on? Or an Intelligence 6 person, ...
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Non-Master Technocrat Minion Creation?
So, one of the main "aesthetic points" of the Technocratic Union is their wide use of minions that they create through superscience, ranging from the relatively expendable Men in Black clones to the ...
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What spheres would a mage need to provide an endless supply of blood to a vampire?
What spheres would a mage need to be able to indefinitely provide an unlimited supply of blood to a vampire?
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What rules can I use to emulate a W20 Wendigo werewolf with V5 mechanics?
I’m making a scenario using Vampire: The Masquerade Fifth Edition (V5) rules, and I want my players to face a werewolf of the Wendigo tribe, as they're depicted in Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th ...
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Is there any canon lore reason why urban werewolves haven't destroyed vampires (or vice versa)?
Werewolf: The Apocalypse has a couple of tribes of urban werewolves: the Glass Walkers and the Bone Gnawers. Plus those members of the Black Spiral Dancers who hang about in Pentex boardrooms or areas ...
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Decapitation with movement of the mind
I recall there being a thaumaturgy ritual that made your movement of the mind so precise that you could cut heads off with it but I can't for the life of me remember where I read it
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Can we counter Vissicitude's effects by cutting off the affected limb then regenerating it?
A friend who knows I'm a big fan of the Tzimisce clan asked me how Vicissitude works. After I told her that it's permanent unless you are from a better generation (or you are a Nosferatu and used ...
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What could prevent a vampire from learning magic-related disciplines?
In my actual campaign of Vampire: the Masquerade, I actually made an SPC that knows all disciplines except all magic-related disciplines (blood magic, necromancy, etc.).
As I created it, this made me ...
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Is there an "Adventure Path" analog for White Wolf games?
I love the Pathfinder Adventure Path system. It offloads tons of game master work and provides a fully coherent campaign for months of play.
White Wolf's Storytelling Adventure System (SAS) is great, ...
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Does Thaumaturgy get a free discipline point?
My group and I have recently gotten into Vampire the Masquerade, 1st edition for you information, and I have been led to the Tremere clan thanks to my love affair with magic. I have been reading ...
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Can you play as an effective Human/Kine character in Vampire the Masquerade?
Is it possible to play a human in VtM (any edition)? Or would they be woefully under-powered and out of their depth? I was interested in playing as a mercenary vampire-hunter (who is hired by vampires ...
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Modern times Embrace with an unwilling sire
One of the characters I'm dealing with currently is a student of medicine who's come up with a rather elaborate scheme for his Embrace, gathered from high-generation vampires who couldn't care less ...
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Is there any mechanical reason a VtM vampire can't just eat animals?
In vampire the masquerade is there any inherent reason to eat humans that isn't taste?
I am aware that elders may need vampire blood, and that there may be a taste issue for blood, but players can't ...
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Would a nuclear weapon be morbidly efficient against an Antediluvian?
I am a warrior of God, fighting the menace that bloodsuckers present to humanity.
They're grave sinners against our Lord, nothing short of hellspawn, and for that, they deserve nothing, but total ...
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Converting Calming Animals from GURPS Magic to Dark Ages: Mage
As an exercise, I'm trying to adapt spells from GURPS Magic (I only have the Brazilian Portuguese version and I don't have any idea of which edition it is, but it seems to be an old one) to Dark Ages: ...
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Spending Quintessence per Turn
I got the Dark Ages: Mage rulebook and it seems to have a confusing rule regarding the spending of Quintessence. In page 99 it says:
Assuming a caster can spend up to three points of Quintessence ...
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Character creation for more experienced mages
What is the rule to create more experienced mages in Mage: The Ascension? How many points do you have to create an elder mage?
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Can a victim of diablerie's soul be retained within the diablerist?
My latest campaign has reached a rather tragic point, heaved on by diablerie happening more often than it should.
A character's blood bound wife, diablerising that character's childe, was lost to the ...
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