Bloodlines 2: Clan Nosferatu

[dwsnee]

I made a video for the Nossies! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcBHhSRkoFk&t=6s

[Elysium]

Sorry but it's meh, what is Dementation doing with the Nossies, and where is Obfuscate or Animalism?

[dwsnee]

Ha! Yeah, caught a lot of flack. Obfuscate and Animalism are in there, just not on the thumbnail. Likely, they're the two they'll end up with, given the signature discipline mechanic.

I listed Dementation as a possibility as the powers have equivilents: Haunt to Nightmare's Monstrous Countenance (NWoD) and Berserk to Animalism's Drawing out the Beast. Just some fun speculation.

[LotR[Henchman]]

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Ha! Yeah, caught a lot of flack. Obfuscate and Animalism are in there, just not on the thumbnail. Likely, they're the two they'll end up with, given the signature discipline mechanic.

I listed Dementation as a possibility as the powers have equivilents: Haunt to Nightmare's Monstrous Countenance (NWoD) and Berserk to Animalism's Drawing out the Beast. Just some fun speculation.

Yeah but the game isn't based on the NWoD. The NWoD, as i'm sure you know, has been put aside for a revitilization of the OWoD. And V5 and the overall clans they've named are all OWoD.

I'd really like to see some Chronicles of Darkness RPG. As i found the concept of more basic/broader clan, which got more depth by the addition of Bloodlines a bit more appealing than the more detailed a (imo) bit less customizable clans of V5 and the old game.

[dwsnee]

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Yeah but the game isn't based on the NWoD. The NWoD, as i'm sure you know, has been put aside for a revitilization of the OWoD. And V5 and the overall clans they've named are all OWoD.

I'd really like to see some Chronicles of Darkness RPG. As i found the concept of more basic/broader clan, which got more depth by the addition of Bloodlines a bit more appealing than the more detailed a (imo) bit less customizable clans of V5 and the old game.

World of Darkness was driven by an overarching meta plot that attempted to give each game line a beginning, middle and end.

Chronicles of Darkness was a more open world sandbox type of game, where players and Story Tellers were free to make up whatever narrative they wanted to. Which to be honest, I kind of preferred, since it gave more creative freedom to the player to explore.

Don't get me wrong, I love the World of Darkness setting, but if you arrived 20 years late to the party like I did, finding out I needed just as many books in order to figure out what the heck was going on with the story, then it's easy to see why Chronicles of Darkness' "make up your own story" was a relief.

@LotR[Henchman] Yeah, I know it's not NWoD. If only. :) I'd like to see Chronicles too! Going to OWoD seems like a step back from what I thought their strategy was, but it seems to be going well for them w/LA by Night and V5 winning mega awards. I'm excited for the Werewolf game in dev too! So glad they're keeping WoD alive!

@GrandMajora Tell me about it with the books. I may have spent some money I was supposed to spend on college textbooks to fill out my lore . . . I wasn't going to get good grades anyway. At least w/V5 we're in early--only 3 books so far. Hopefully I can keep up. Or, maybe, hopefully I can't!

[EasyOut]

"That's enough panic AI to give godzilla a run for his money"
But that's what I LIKED about playing Nos- it was super hard mode. You had to slink around the sewers, be hidden all the time etc- it was fun!

[dwsnee]

Yeah! Stealth was funny. You could crawl through the middle of a road in Santa Monica w/o Obfuscate, but get a violation every time you step outside the Lucky Star in Hollywood. The rats not running paired with the Animal Sustenance Animalism skill almost makes it worth it. Plus, being one of the Coterie w/Mitnick, Imalia, and Gary.

I feel like there should have been stronger warning about choosing Nosferatu as a first playthrough. It can get tedious if you don't already kind of know the layout of the cities.

[PocketYoda]

Still no Gangrels so sad :(

[dwsnee]

They have to be coming! Seattle is the "Emerald City" because of the evergreen forests. And we know werewolves are coming. There have to be Gangrel lumberjacks out there earth meld daysleeping and ghouling otters!

[opqrrr3]

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They have to be coming! Seattle is the "Emerald City" because of the evergreen forests. And we know werewolves are coming. There have to be Gangrel lumberjacks out there earth meld daysleeping and ghouling otters!

Giant River Otters are known for attacking and eating Alligators. The implications of what this could mean for a war between the Gangrel and Nosferatu are nothing short of hilarious.

Mokolés would also have an opinion on this.

[dwsnee]

@opqrrr3 Mokoles for the laymen: https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Mokol%C3%A9

@GrandMajora Ha! Now I want to see a video of an otter eating an alligator but I'm afraid . . .

I wonder if anyone in any VtM/VtR game has ever ghouled one? Or an orca!

[marv]

They will probably forgo obfuscate and make it so the Nossie isn't freakishly deformed unless High level and at that point just give you a passive ability of Mask of 1000 faces. The easiest/Lazy option would be somewhere between just sticking with Animalism so you can talk to rats and use vermin as attack swarms ala Bat powers or just use a slightly less awful mist form invisibility. To make it slikely different and in a way beefier than batmaning would be to make your mosqito swarm literally feed you vitae as they drain the enemy, if your vampire bats at high level don't do that as well.

[marv]

There is unfortunately a world of difference between an NPC poofing in and out of a level and letting the player do that.

[marv]

The reality of programming being a chaotic and unpredictable thing that may take paths you won't like.

[Boneyard Bob]

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There's also a world of difference between enjoying the rich taste of butter on your dinner roll, and wearing the severed head of a goat on your crotch.

They both give me warm, fuzzy feelings, so you're wrong.
;P

[PocketYoda]

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Escrito originalmente por GrandMajora:

There's also a world of difference between enjoying the rich taste of butter on your dinner roll, and wearing the severed head of a goat on your crotch.

They both give me warm, fuzzy feelings, so you're wrong.
;P

I was thinking that myself..