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Yes, Void Engineers are the "um. gently caress this poo poo, we're outta here!" subfaction of the technology wizards, which is honestly one of the most rational choices having gone so hard down the Evil Route to unraveling the truest mysteries of the World of Darkness lore. I respect it.
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when I saw VE I was fully expecting much greater metanarrative WoD hijinks to ensue, alas tiger was enough
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wizard2 posted:Yes, Void Engineers are the "um. gently caress this poo poo, we're outta here!" subfaction of the technology wizards, which is honestly one of the most rational choices having gone so hard down the Evil Route to unraveling the truest mysteries of the World of Darkness lore. I respect it. Also depending on your edition the Void Engineers are dealing with one of the greatest threats to the setting, Threat Null, which is all the super powerful higherups in the Technocracy who were stranded in the Umbra when travel to and from it got super hard and are coming back capital-C changed. Thread Null is awesome.
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I’m genuinely crestfallen abt WoD bc it always has the most bugfuck lunatic concepts but no one is around to use them
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Dawgstar posted:Also depending on your edition the Void Engineers are dealing with one of the greatest threats to the setting, Threat Null, which is all the super powerful higherups in the Technocracy who were stranded in the Umbra when travel to and from it got super hard and are coming back capital-C changed. Thread Null is awesome. Where can I read more about this?
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TTBF posted:Where can I read more about this? someone did a huge effort post on in the tradgames thread a few years back, but doing a thread search for "threat null" only brought up six results, none of which were what I remembered
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TTBF posted:Where can I read more about this? https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Threat_Null
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Thank you, the wiki having sources helped me a lot in finding the right sourcebook to get my fill of this. (Convention Book: Void Engineers from 2013)
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TTBF posted:Thank you, the wiki having sources helped me a lot in finding the right sourcebook to get my fill of this. (Convention Book: Void Engineers from 2013) It's mentioned in the Mage 20th Anniversary edition, a little, but Satyros Phil Brucato went in a different direction for the Technocracy that was much less interesting. Edit: New favorite line: Book of Hungry Names posted:"I have heard the Litany," Nin says, rolling her eyes. Her understanding of irony has been improving lately. It's been difficult for everyone. Dawgstar fucked around with this message at 05:30 on May 11, 2024 |
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Finished my black fury gaillard social heavy run last night. Kept human casualties under 10, used Katherine to beat answering tiger despite not believing her the first time she said her plan. Stormcat saying she was close to right had me go that route when I was originally planning to focus on the caern. Did not kill Elton, Kept the whole pack alive and focused on rebuilding the human community while smooching melodie. I think a big reason this was more enjoyable than Night Roads, which again, is awesome, is that vampire existence is far more solitary. Having the pack and all their personalities to bounce off of just made things so fun. Someone posted that this writer has some fantasy themed games, are they this solid?
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Soonmot posted:Finished my black fury gaillard social heavy run last night. How do you keep the casualties under ten? Never managed it. Agreed on the pack's personalities (plus Nomi and supporting characters like your boss, the Three Families, etc.) making it feel much more alive than the Night Roads courier who is bouncing around from place to place.
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lmao I got to like, probably near the end and the update kicked me back to chapter 3
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Soonmot posted:Finished my black fury gaillard social heavy run last night. Pon Para is not quite as good as Book of Hungry names but it’s still an excellent series with a deeply weird fantasy setting that I heartily recommend. It’s world is a broken husk imperfectly held together by a god machine underpining reality and magic is basically reaching into that god machine to root access hack what you need.
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/\/\/\ty! Dawgstar posted:How do you keep the casualties under ten? Never managed it. I was very human focused and empowered the community to fight back instead of ignoring them or using them as cannon fodder
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Oh, I forgot to mention with The Book of Hungry names that I really appreciated the mention of Nin performing Nowhere Fast, from Streets of Fire (the 2nd call out of that movie.) The song really fits a lot of the mood and tone of how the game presents Werewolf: The Apocalypse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TVgTcotFZU Great movie all around btw. Nuns with Guns fucked around with this message at 19:54 on May 21, 2024 |
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Nuns with Guns posted:Oh, I forgot to mention with The Book of Hungry names that I really appreciated the mention of Nin performing Nowhere Fast, from Streets of Fire (the 2nd call out of that movie.) The song really fits a lot of the mood and tone of how the game presents Werewolf: The Apocalypse She also plays Konya wa Hurricane from Bubblegum Crisis if you get the super good ending with max renown, all packmates (which includes Daphne) and all human allies alive at the end. I actually watched Streets of Fire for the first time because I looked up who Ellen Aim and the Attackers were because Nin was wearing a shirt and it was like pop culture scales fell from my eyes. "Oh, THIS is where they got it from."
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Dawgstar posted:She also plays Konya wa Hurricane from Bubblegum Crisis if you get the super good ending with max renown, all packmates (which includes Daphne) and all human allies alive at the end. Yeah, the opening to Bubblegum Crisis is an homage to Streets of Fire. It was a big cult hit in Japan in the 80s, and it's not even the only OVA to reference it. Red Photon Zillion: Burning Night's opening and a lot of the overall plot is copying it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIg_c_LcwVA Megazone 23 just has it as a movie the characters go and watch:  It was also influential on stuff like the Cyberpunk ttrpg, and video games like Streets of Rage and Final Fight.
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New Werewolf game along the lines of that really neat Heart of the Forest to be wishlisted or not as the spirit moves you: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2463980/Werewolf_The_Apocalypse__Purgatory/
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I liked the last one. Hope this one’s a bit longer though.
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Heart of the forest felt like a demo. Im pretty sure I cleared my first run in like 30-40 min The foundation is good but it introduces all these mechanics and then just … ends
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In a bit of synchronicity, excellent youtuber Patrick H Williams just dropped a video on Streets of Fire a couple days back!
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ahem. Patrick H. "Willems". Shame I admit i don't know the history behind it but my personal guess is it's an obvious play off Willem (William James) Dafoe
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fucken auto correct. I learned that Tom Cruise was going to be the lead for the movie, but he did Legend instead.
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Soonmot posted:fucken auto correct. The darkest timeline. Like Patrick said I don't wanna dump on Pare because he doesn't seem like a bad guy but imagining young Tom Cruise in the role? Then the entire movie is the best movie ever and not just twenty minutes.
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for folks who've played through multiple times, do you make anything of your last name changing? I've been October, December, and January.
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Soonmot posted:for folks who've played through multiple times, do you make anything of your last name changing? I've been October, December, and January. No idea. It changes when you select your auspice and goes from September to January. But I don't really see how the names of months directly following each other would relate to moon phases?
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BL2 Ventrue abilities announced, still feels like the least amount of  https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2/news/clan-highlight-ventrue " Flesh of Marble Clan Passive: Feeding hardens your skin, making you highly resistant to damage. Cloud Memory Cause a target to forget you were there, putting them into a relaxed state. Possession Possess an opponent, allowing you to see through their eyes for a period. While possessed, the target can be commanded to attack another person. Terminal Decree Use your powers of Dominate to command someone to kill themselves. Mass Manipulation Subdues enemies within your gaze, preventing them from attacking. Dominate abilities will affect all subdued opponents while Mass Manipulation is active. Thirst Clan Perk: Increases the amount of health restored by feeding. "
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Good god this game is going to crater so hard people will think it dropped from orbit
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wiegieman posted:Good god this game is going to crater so hard people will think it dropped from orbit I legitimately keep forgetting its coming out. Sad really. I'm sure I'm not the only one that was excited when it was announced.
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wiegieman posted:Good god this game is going to crater so hard people will think it dropped from orbit I'm quietly hopeful 
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I think it'll be fine, but forgettable. The best moment will be when you finish it and decide to replay the first game
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Trenchdeep posted:I think it'll be fine, but forgettable. The best moment will be when you finish it and decide to replay the first game I've been pondering a new playthrough. I wonder what Wesp's latest patch is like.
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Dawgstar posted:I've been pondering a new playthrough. I wonder what Wesp's latest patch is like. Wait he's still going?!
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Dawgstar posted:I've been pondering a new playthrough. I wonder what Wesp's latest patch is like. It's always exciting to find where the sword has been moved to this time.
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Trenchdeep posted:Wait he's still going?! he's working with others on expanding the hunter prologue mod people put together last I heard edit:updated 8 days ago pnutz fucked around with this message at 08:53 on May 30, 2024 |
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sebmojo posted:I'm quietly hopeful I need to know what the start menu music is like before I feel any hope.
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my dead brother pre ordered this game for me 5 years ago so i am morally obligated to finish it regardless of its goodness/badness.
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Roobanguy posted:my dead brother pre ordered this game for me 5 years ago so i am morally obligated to finish it regardless of its goodness/badness.  godspeed! if you post a public review, I would be interested in reading it (sympathetic, non-ghoulish)
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wiegieman posted:Good god this game is going to crater so hard people will think it dropped from orbit This legit breaks my heart because it means nobody is gonna touch this stupid cursed franchise again, despite the fact that cringey goth childhood me will always treasure my gay vampire roleplaying experiences with it
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