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Foxwarrior wrote:Isn't figuring out Ars Magica by intense study of arcane, poorly organized writings like the best possible way to get into character?

It certainly is.

Since I got into the hobby back in my early 20s, I've seen some gatekeeping being done in gaming. I've seen it and heard of it being done by gamers to other gamers, but interpersonally. I didn't think I'd ever actually run into an RPG's core rulebook that did it – at least, not an RPG that wasn't so...

For example, if I wanted to cement the Ventrue as aristocratic leaders, I'd just give Ventrue an innate +2 on leadership tests You'd also be cementing a "Clan = Role/Class" mechanic, which is not what the Vampire Clans are supposed to be. In Vampire, you can make a Ventrue character as a ...

In the last 24 hours, I was thinking that if I wanted to reboot Vampire, I might opt to go with a Puck style fairy. ...Ahhhhhhhhhh, how is that a Vampire reboot and not just a completely new game, though? A "reboot" is still a thing that follows certain rules and focuses on certain things...

Discipline Chop Shop Another change I'm lukewarm about is the Disciplines. On the face of it, V5 has an interesting new change: instead of a linear incremental line from one set power at level 1 to another set power at level 5, which every vampire who develops the Discipline will gain exactly like ...

I also forgot the middle-aged housewives cybering with each other in chat-based website games...

PS I'd also like to mention that: Average WoD book: This is a game about MATURE storytelling! Dark drama! Intense, personal journey on paths of damnation and struggling with one's dwindling humanity in intense, personal ways! This could be a movie directed by Bergman! in Black and White! Average WoD...

While I disagree with some of what has been said (I, for one, think there's plenty of things to do in Vampire: the Masquerade, for example, and I think that the supposed lack of narrow direction is because the game actually does give more freedom and options for players to explore), I'd like to veer...

I don't have time to put up a proper reply here, but as a Vampire player/storyteller myself and a long-time fan of Vampire I definitely want to - mostly because I'm hurting over what's been happening with Vampire and what the franchise became (or, rather, failed to become). For now, there is just on...

Hi there, first post. Not sure if I committed a faux-pax. Hope you find this humorous. It's one of those "funny 'cause it's true" things - at least for me. Your experience may differ, in which case please feel free to tell me all about it. https://i.imgur.com/DVruMee.jpg What Is Exalted? E...