Vampire the Masquerade Clan Choker is now available on my ko-fi!💙 That way I get almost 100% of your support, which would mean a world of difference (ko-fi does not take sale cuts or exorbant fees) because I could provide better items.
On this day 19 years ago, Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines was released!
(Also, a little game called Half-Life 2; a detail which is more than mere coincidence.)
I made a video last year about the death and rebirth of this unusual cult favourite; the studio that made it, the circumstances behind its initial commercial failure, and its remarkable comeback from buggy flop to genre classic.
So, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is going to have Banu Haqim, Brujah, Tremere, and Ventrue at release.
This means that all release clans will have 1 unique discipline, and two that are shared with two of the other clans.
It does make sense from a development perspective, since all 4 release clans get the same amount of work put into them, but it also means that Toreador and Malkavian will be DLC, and Lasombra and Tzimisce will probably not happen.
My (other) boyfriend wants to start up a game of #VampireTheMasquerade, and is recruiting 🐢 and I.
I've never played it before. #ttrpg folks, what should I know about this game? I'm kinda not crazy about the concept, and 🐢 has had kind of uneven experiences with playing it, but I'm all about trying any games I get the chance to.
So, if you've played it, what elements do y'all like about it? How should I approach it to have the most fun with it?
Vampire the Masquerade : Bloodlines I am sure I would enjoy it more if it wasn't so complicated. I think I did pretty good though considering I went into it blind check out my #Twitch stream and please boost this post as I'm a #SmallStreamer
Been a busy few days, finally managed to make the old clan symbols for my Vampire the Masquerade chokers, They will be available to be bought later this week, not sure when exactly as of yet. They turned out cute, full photo is on my ko-fi!
Will be going live on #Twitch at 2:30 AM CST Halloween may be over but spooky month continues until I reach the letter Z I will be checking out Vampire the Masquerade : Bloodlines I'm a #SmallStreamer so please boost this post and raids are greatly appreciated.
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Since my character Iris became the ghoul of her Malkavian lover, I'm looking for some minor derangement, but not realistic mental illness, more supernatural ^^
Two exemple I have done :
be able to listen the music of the souls
the Aura of the character change for another surpernatural creature when the character is in stress
I'm a making a little list and the storyteller will choose one, making me discover it in game
Hey fan de Vampires !
Vu que mon personnage Iris est devenue la goule de sa chérie Malkavian, je suis à la recherche de dérangements mineurs intéressants. Attention, je tente d'éviter les vrais maladies mentales, je cherche du surnaturel sympa
Exemple que j'ai déjà trouvé :
Entendre la musique des âmes
Aura qui change en période de stress pour apparaitre comme étant d'une autre créature surnaturelle ..
L'idée est de faire une liste dans laquelle le MJ fera un choix et me le fera découvrir en jeu
A bit late again, but at least we got this one out within the week... We're talking about Vampire: the Masquerade and its crossover potential with Changeling this time out. Special guest @Sandchigger joins us for a wide-ranging discussion on the Kindred and the Kithain, everybody's favorite pair of parasites! 🧛
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I'm not one for "New Year's resolutions", but I am one for overly ambitious projects.
For 2023, Project365 is "One New Game Per Day".
Given that I have 634 unplayed games in my Steam account and {mumble} unredeemed bundle Steam keys, there's a reason my unplayed collection is tagged "Pile of Shame".
I'll pin this to my profile, and give a brief summary here each day (or x, if I miss x days due to work or stuff).
I'll play 15-30 minutes of (at least) one new game I've never played before (or played less than 15 minutes of). I'll give every game at least 15 minutes, even if I hate every minute of it.
I'm also open to suggestions; if you reply to this thread with a game, I'll schedule it, or tell you what I thought of it.
One of the things that's come up is that I have a bunch of games that I've played once, and not touched again.
My sole exposure to Vampire: The Masquerade prior to playing Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York was playing Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt is a third-person battle-royale with vampires.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York is... not.
I thought all of the early reading was setting up for the gameplay, but it was taking quite a long time, and then I was faced with a decision, which was - apparently - the wrong decision, because immediately afterwards I was met with a Game Over.
So I started over, discovered that seemingly all of the narrative "choices" in the initial setup lead to exactly the same point of decision, made the opposite decision and... more story.
After a while, because I'd hit the wee hours of this morning, I decided to pull the pin, and looked up the game, and... oh. Right.
It's actually a visual novel, something of a "Choose Your Own Adventure" based on the Vampire: The Masquerade TTRPG, which I also learned of last night.
So, if you're a fan of visual novels, and Choose Your Own Adventure (TM), and the Vampire: The Masquerade TTRPG, this might be right up your alley.
Admittedly, the story did end up being kind of interesting, but this is actually a sequel to an earlier visual novel (Coteries of New York) for which I have an unused key, so might read that first.
I tried to suss out what the obvious villain was planning. I botched, so the Storyteller forced me to find her unshakekably trustworthy for the rest of the sessions.
It was hilarious to play, but it was an otherwise serious adventure...
You know how in the early 2000s, a lot of PC games got sequels on consoles, and players complained that they removed complexity from the game to make it work on consoles? This feels like that. I don't see anything here about quests, skills, character sheets, or different ways to solve problems depending on your character's...
Y'all. The most petty political move happened today at my #vampirethemasquerade#LARP, and I'm technically the reason why it happened.
Context first: I play an Anarch that works at a radio station in a Camarilla domain of the city controlled by an elder Toreador. Prior to the Toreador's acquisition of the domain, my character struck a deal with one of the local Cam Lasombra to ensure the station would be protected if things ever went to hell, and they could continue their work.
I have a very "shot in the dark" ask about my favorite Tarot card deck.
Have you heard of the Mage The Ascension Tarot?
I bought a deck in 1995 when it came out. I still have it and it is my favorite deck. It's been my deck of choice since I bought it. I even preferred it over my Rider-Waite-Smith deck and, when I went through my hyper-Christian blow-back phase, it's the one deck I couldn't bring myself to toss out.
Bad news: I damaged two of the cards while doing a reading. I dropped them and tried to catch them with my legs which creased them down the middle. They are now both unusable in readings because they stand out.
I am aware that you can order reprints from places like DriveThruRPG but those are slightly different cards on different cardstock. The original designs were lost in a fire, I think, so these are more like scanned reprints.
Does anyone, anywhere have the original deck or just the two cards I damaged and would be willing to sell them to me?
I only included a photo of the back of one of the cards since the crease is the same on both of them.
I know it's a bit silly to be so enamored of a novelty deck like this, but I played a lot of World of Darkness mostly Vampire and Mage with a bit of Werewolf. I had the book for Changeling and the supplement for Mummy, but we didn't play them much. A friend of mine had Wraith but we never got into that at all.
I still have all my books downstairs actually, mostly 1st editions save for Vampire which is 2nd edition now.
Can't play the really bad guys. Sabbat and True Black Hand are all but gone. The Setites and "Giovanni" are toned down. No Paths.
The "non-core" clans and disciplines have all been homogenized. Combining Obtenebration and Necromancy into Oblivion... not a fan. The unique flavors are missing.
Changing Blood Pool to Hunger seems over-complicated.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - Extended Gameplay Reveal (www.youtube.com)
You know how in the early 2000s, a lot of PC games got sequels on consoles, and players complained that they removed complexity from the game to make it work on consoles? This feels like that. I don't see anything here about quests, skills, character sheets, or different ways to solve problems depending on your character's...