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Cutscene: Children of the Wolf
Jason has reached an interesting conundrum. Normally in our games, NPC characters do not interact directly (or at least, not more than a line of conversation or two) since it makes for slightly-awkward gameplay as Jason sits and basically has … Continue reading
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Combo Discipline: Cthonic Barding
Continuing our series of Custom Mechanics, we now present what is probably likely to be the first of many custom combo disciplines. Cthonic Barding A modification of the Armory of the Abyss, Cthonic Barding allows the vampire to extend the … Continue reading
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10/23/2014
Kara: “Oh, can I phone a friend?” Jason: “Who?” Kara: “My ranger from my other campaign.” Jason: “…No.” Kara: “But she can track!” Me: “If you’re calling Lanara, I’m calling Scarlet and asking if I can borrow her sword.”
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10/16/2014
Kara: “Yaaaaay, you got rescued by your proper NPC romance-match!” Chris: “What?” Me: “What?” Jason: “What?” Kara: “Yeah. What?” Jason: “I think Sophia already addressed that, which was, ‘He wishes.’” Me: “No, that was Stormwalker.” Chris: “Well, I’m sure there … Continue reading
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10/9/2014
Jim: “Is this in the top 3 worst things that Paul’s summoned?” Jason: “No…wait…yes. Probably yes.” Me: “Well he summoned Perpenna…and Heinrich Himmler….” Chris: “Would you believe I really enjoy off-label uses of Presence?” Jason: “I’ve noticed.” Jim: “Did he … Continue reading
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Chris’s List of Character Concepts
So Chris has a habit of brainstorming what I like to call “novelty vampires,” basically ideas for characters that work well as a joke and work really well for pissing Jason off. He drops these ideas on us periodically, perhaps as … Continue reading
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9/23/2014
“This is becoming the quintessential vampire game, in that the Toreador is asking what other people think of him and the Brujah is trying to remember where she left all her guns.” —Jason
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I’m Kinda A Big Deal on Twitter
I seem to have fallen into the world of tabletop gaming at an opportune time in its existence. Not only is there a staggering variety of games out there–more than I ever thought existed–but RPGs seem to have reached an … Continue reading
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AVAST!
Aye, it be Talk Like A Pirate Day Night! A fine haul of wishes to you on this swashbuckling holiday, from Captain Anstis, and the rest of his scurvy crew!
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9/18/2014
Me: “Yeah, am I Sabbat now?” Chris: “No, you’re kinda on the Path of Michael Bay.” Jason: “Ha! The Path of Bay! Sin #1: Failing to explode things. Sin #2: Good writing.” Me: “Sin #3: Looking at the explosions as … Continue reading
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