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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Can you do blood-bond related activites without incurring blood-binding penalties with Tzimisce tricks?
There is a certain Tzimisce power that allows you to take in foreign blood without incurring Blood Bond penalites - a combination discipline of Vicissitude and Auspex called "The False Drink".
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Would Vicissitude alone be enough to produce flying animal ghouls?
I'm running a Dark Ages campaign and one of the players is a young Tzimisce vampire, left in service of Gutka in Poland. While there, he decided to invent winged hussars several hundred years early, ...
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Are Way of Fire Kolduns more resistant to Rotschreck?
Mastering the Koldunic sorcery school of the Way of Fire seems to come with an obvious drawback - seeing fire so often would probably do a lot of unpleasantness to the Cainite performing it. Is there ...
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Official source material for Judas Iscariot background
Is there official content regarding the story of Judas Iscariot and what has happened to him in Vampire lore?
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Can a vampire use Bloodheal to cure a human disease?
Not too long ago I pondered whether a vampire would suffer being a carrier of a disease that is spread via blood, for example, HIV, upon feeding on an ill kine.
Now, he seems a bit remorseful that he'...
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What geographical area would be the easiest start for players in a Vampire : The Masquerade today? [closed]
After discussing to some friends that visits some country all over the world, I find myself thinking about "Where it will be easy to be a vampire?" (Yes I know, I ask myself weirds questions), that I ...
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If two vampires attempt an Embrace of the same human, who is considered the actual sire?
Assuming two vampires were interested in Embracing a particular someone and were simultaneously going on with the procedure instead of having a fight to display dominance one over another, which ...
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Capturing a sneaky Bane
Our Kaganmadi just encountered a Bane last round, that is sneaky and tries to influence a Bête by whispering to them sneakily. Now we had stopped at a cliffhanger, having found out the following:
A ...
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Invisibility by Correspondence
How do you do that specifies (page 34) that a mage could become invisible by using a Forces 2 effect. I would like to know if it is possible (and better if referenced in any source) to use ...
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If a vampire drinks blood of a sick human, does the vampire get infected?
I'm a vampire, and I'm stupidly hungry, not to mention stupidly stupid. I feed on a random stranger, and, who would've thought - that stranger is HIV positive.
Am I all set for a healthy dose of ...
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What flaws go with the Sandman predator type?
In Vampire: the Masquerade Fifth Edition, vampires take Predator Types to show the ways they are accustomed to feeding. These packages come with a discipline dot, a skill specialization, some Merits ...
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Which skill can be used to represent gambling games?
I know there is a similar question, but that one is related to D&D.
I'm planning a scene for a Vampire: The Dark Ages campaign where the players will need to participate in a gambling game - ...
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How does the "Day Drinker" thin-blood merit work?
Day Drinker is an interesting thin-blood merit; it reads:
Sunlight halves your Health tracker (rounded up), but otherwise simply removes your vampiric abilities, including all Disciplines and ...
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How to roleplay vampires that are really representative of their clan?
As a storyteller I want to play my NPCs (or SPCs, in the language of V5) in a way that help my players to know which clan they are. To make that, I use clichés and Compulsion of the clans, but that ...
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Splitting Dice Pool between actions with and without dice roll
In Vampire: Dark Ages 1st edition, I'm a little bit confused by the rules for splitting the dice pool in situations where you want to use multiple actions and one of the actions does not require ...
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How can a vampire kill a ghost or something connected to the Umbral world?
I am playing with my friends a combined version of Vampire. In that world there are some werewolves, ghosts, and other creatures. I have a mission to make some people stop believing in ghosts and make ...
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Do you always have to spend XP to gain Merits and Backgrounds (during play)?
Context: This question refers to gaining Merits and Backgrounds (Advantages) after the campaign has started, long after character generation has been done.
In older versions of Vampire the Masquerade,...
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Does an official V5 version of the Tzimisce and Vicissitude exist?
As a fan of Vampire the Masquerade, my favorite clan is the Tzimisce clan, mostly because I love the Vicissitude Discipline.
I want to put some Tzimisce in my campaign, but I couldn't find anything ...
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Is possible to farm blood without killing the human, and store it for later use?
Is possible to farm blood without killing the human?
Is it possible to store this blood for future drinking, and how long?
Is there any rules or lore book talking about it?
I'm new to WoD, so if you ...
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Can an ability be raised above 5?
I started a Roll20 campaign for Vampire: The Masquerade (20th Anniversary Edition) and I noticed that in the ability block, abilities can be raised above 5 (6-10). Is it actually possible to do so ...
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How many gifts can a Werewolf have active at once?
Most gifts have a duration and last until it expires (generally a scene). So, could a werewolf stack gifts like Razor Claws and Luna's Armor?
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Can a vampire purchase multiple powers at the same level of a discipline?
One of my player is interested in two powers that are on the same level of a discipline, and I couldn't tell him if he can take both one way or another. So here is my question: Can a vampire purchase ...
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What happens to a ghoul's learned discipline if embraced as a thin-blood?
Let's suppose that a 13th generation vampire has embraced a ghoul who has learned the first point of her master's primary discipline. This would make her a thin-blood. In this particular situation, ...
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Would garou tribes be alright with a kinsfolk joining the Second Inquisition?
Is there anything within specifically 5e lore, that might suggest as to whether different Garou groups who have them, would be alright with homid kinsfolk leaving them to try join the Second ...
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Why did the Camarilla accept the Banu Haqim (Assamites) but refuse the Ministry (Followers of Set)?
I have read from the web and the Camarilla book that Banu Haqim are part of the sect. I also read that they refuse the Ministry (and betray them).
But I don't understand why. Banu Haqim are known ...
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How does slaking hunger work?
I was reading about slaking hunger and the table on page 212, and there are several things which confuse me.
First, it says that you can slake 1-2 hunger without risk of harming the human. Staking 1 ...
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Can you spend willpower on hunger dice?
Can you spend willpower on hunger dice?
I am extremely confused. Because on page 122, under Willpower, it says:
Characters may not spend willpower to re-roll Hunger dice
But on page 205, it says:
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Can a thin-blood learn a discipline with the help of a non-thin-blood vampire?
I'm preparing a Vampire the Masquerade v5 campaign, and I'm trying to plan for some questions my players might ask me. Can a thin-blood learn a discipline with the help of a non-thin-blood vampire?
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Can a non-thin-blood vampire learn thin-blood alchemy?
I'm preparing a Vampire the Masquerade v5 campaign, and I'm trying to plan for some questions my players might ask me. One question I have is:
Can a non-thin-blood vampire learn thin-blood alchemy? (...
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What's the difficulty to hit when the target is not defending (not surprise round)?
Building on this question about attack/defence:
My players have decided that dog-piling one opponent at a time is the way to go in hand to hand combat. So using the example of Katarina and her 3 ...
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