White Wolf's World of Darkness
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Guilty as charged.
This is because of the following things:
a): The primary thing mages do, is that they create their power.
b): They do this by using a unified system that is usually not contradicted by powers created with it.
c): Other splats do not possess such a system.
Since I am unaware of whether there are vampires that can do this, I would rather not.
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- Brittany, France
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The Willing Participant has shades of very early Orphan Black (or, haha, Nine Princes of Amber) that I really dig.
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Well, being fair. Changelings can literally Contract with any...anything. It's a long and complicated process to do so, and life-defining at that, but...
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Yeah I was aware of that, but there isn't any system for designing the Contracts themselves.
Hunters however can make new stuff by using the R&D system, though I'd rather not use that system ever.
The big problem with freeform is game balance. Especially when freeform magic interacts with the laws of physics. You can do stuff with Matter and a chemistry degree that the developers never dreamed possible.
With Freeform disciplines it would be even worse, because you've got a pretty much infinite idea space there, limited only by "shit that vampires do." And the White Wolf writers never were afraid of stretching that, so you can get precedent for some insane Diciplines.
With Freeform disciplines it would be even worse, because you've got a pretty much infinite idea space there, limited only by "shit that vampires do." And the White Wolf writers never were afraid of stretching that, so you can get precedent for some insane Diciplines.
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Unless you play Awakening where magic follows symbolism logic, and even though you can technically make nuclear explosions at Matter 3 by Fraying the atoms, then you aren't allowed to do that because a nuke is *significant* and therefore the domain of Making/Unmaking and Dynamics.
The slave and the flapper for me at least.
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Though, those aren't Hunters. The difficulty is that I'm not sure what system I'll use for Mage, and I think I wanna keep the 'normal' system for Vampire. Hrm. I'll probably get around to it, though.
Generalissimo
Generalissimo of SufficientVelocity
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- Tropico, Tropico
I would absolutely let Beasts join my lodge of Hunt Club.
(They've failed to give a lodge to Generalissimo
)Slashers and Beasts are natural allies.
So little a difference it's negligible.
One is an inhumane horrible irredeemable monster while other is a slasher.
Let your local Beast Nemesis choose targets and start helping
fix society with Boston Rules!
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daedalus725
Kell of Kells, godking of Planet X
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- Daedalus crater, The moon
I was thinking of some ideas for games using aliens the breeding
Would you guys like to hear them
Would you guys like to hear them
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Vindictus
XENO
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- Texas
Is this a hentai X-Com/WoD crossover setting or something?
daedalus725
Kell of Kells, godking of Planet X
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- Daedalus crater, The moon
Quantumboost
Now with 50% more dots in Dimensional Science
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- Ensemble Space
So, a hentai Aliens/WoD crossover setting then?
daedalus725
Kell of Kells, godking of Planet X
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- Daedalus crater, The moon
Depending on your definition of hentai
Maybe
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Yes, it is that time again:
ManusDomine looks at Fighting Styles and cries himself to sleep - Episode 5
In which we take a look at Spetsnaz Knife Fighting and Staff Fighting.
Spetsnaz Knife Fighting
Spetsnaz Knife Fighting is a typical 1-4 Fighting Style. It's prerequisites are Dexterity 3 and Weaponry 2.
It can only be performed with a knife, and it's also completely worthless in like every way.
Wheeee...
Don't you just feel the excitement.
This would be so sad if it wasn't so delicious to see a Fighting Style that's broken in the wrong way.
Staff Fighting
This, like the previous Fighting Style is pretty sad with the exception of level 3, which is kind of okay I guess. It requires Strength 3, Dexterity 2 and Weaponry 2 to pick up, and you really shouldn't take this why would you even.
This is hilariously good against opponents with low Defense, but hilariously meh against anything else.
I guess it's good if you have some lethal stabby thing hidden away somewhere?
So @Aleph's Keris would totally make use of it, if it wasn't such a sad Fighting Style or if Keris didn't have the problem of being in another setting. This does however have the advantage that Keris never has to fear that some shmuck Mage with Mind and a gun decides she is a problem and smites her by waving his gun in her general direction.
ManusDomine looks at Fighting Styles and cries himself to sleep - Episode 5
In which we take a look at Spetsnaz Knife Fighting and Staff Fighting.
Spetsnaz Knife Fighting
Spetsnaz Knife Fighting is a typical 1-4 Fighting Style. It's prerequisites are Dexterity 3 and Weaponry 2.
It can only be performed with a knife, and it's also completely worthless in like every way.
This lets you substitute your Weaponry for your Composure, for determining Initiative, when you are in combat and has a weapon of Size 2 or under drawn. This is supposed to compare to Combat Marksmanship that lets you add your Firearms to your Initiative as long as you have a Firearm drawn.
Wheeee...
This allows you to make an attack every other turn that penalizes the opponent's Defense by -1.
Don't you just feel the excitement.
This gives you Armor Piercing 1. Like, Kung Fu in the core lets you do this at level 1, and adds another thing onto it.
Feel the power. For the cost of 20xp I get to apply the effects of the Gunslinger Merit to my melee attacks, but only if I reduce my Defensy by 1 for the remainder of the round.
This would be so sad if it wasn't so delicious to see a Fighting Style that's broken in the wrong way.
Staff Fighting
This, like the previous Fighting Style is pretty sad with the exception of level 3, which is kind of okay I guess. It requires Strength 3, Dexterity 2 and Weaponry 2 to pick up, and you really shouldn't take this why would you even.
Make a contested attack against the opponent's Dexterity + Athletics, a success causes the target to take a point of bashing damage and be Knocked Down.
This is hilariously good against opponents with low Defense, but hilariously meh against anything else.
This is like Haymaker in Boxing, but worse. Take an additional -3 penalty to hit someone in the head, and if the damage meets or exceeds the target's Size they are knocked unconscious for (damage done) turns.
Make a Strength + Weaponry roll, to make an attack against several opponents, this takes a penalty of (number of targets), and on a success it applies damage to all those targets.
I guess it's good if you have some lethal stabby thing hidden away somewhere?
So @Aleph's Keris would totally make use of it, if it wasn't such a sad Fighting Style or if Keris didn't have the problem of being in another setting. This does however have the advantage that Keris never has to fear that some shmuck Mage with Mind and a gun decides she is a problem and smites her by waving his gun in her general direction.
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On another note I hope that there are any Fighting Styles in Dudes of Legend simply so I get an excuse to read that glorious trainwreck again.
No unfortunately.
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There's something to be said about M20's fite skills, where there is Brawl (sucks except for a single move in conjunction with Mjolnir, King of All Handguns), Melee (sucks), Firearms (good), Martial Arts (TAKE THIS THIS IS VERY GOOD), and Do (like Martial Arts but Better).
Someone with a giant fuckoff two-handed battleaxe has an overall inferior weapon to a martial artist using the DEATH STRIKE.
It actually gets worse as you boost your strength and dexterity, even. My character in @Quantumboost's oMage game would probably lose average damage if he picked up an axe. And somehow got Melee 5.
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Yeah I think M20 is hilarious in this regard. I love how Do allows you to perform all it's ridiculous feats of Maximum Kung Fu Hustle without any Paradox, and how it manages to be even more broken than earlier examples of Do, which is no mean feat for an Ability that is best described as "like the other fite abilities, but better."
My all-time favorite description is probably the one in Sorcerer's Crusade where Do is an alien and strange fighting style that takes a human that learns it and puts him throught the crucible of MAXIMUM DO.
Also: It allows you to add automatic successes to damage rolls, so it's objectively worth it.
Also, you have an oMage game and I don't. This is objectively unfair to me and you are opressing my paradigm, to make up for this, you should either let me join or tell me about it. Preferably both.
vicky_molokh
Posthuman spidery thingy.
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- Kyïv, Ukraine
So wait, you have a paradigm in which you lack an oMage game? That's totally your fault. You should reprogram yourself to get a paradigm in which you get to play in such a game.Also, you have an oMage game and I don't. This is objectively unfair to me and you are opressing my paradigm, to make up for this, you should either let me join or tell me about it. Preferably both.
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The fuck's a paradigm? I'm like, Enlightenment 3 here.
If you mean paradigm as in a cognitive framework, I do indeed possess a paradigm.
As a loyal Iterator, my paradigm is asking
The fuck's a paradigm? I'm like, Enlightenment 3 here.
If you mean paradigm as in a cognitive framework, I do indeed possess a paradigm.
As a loyal Iterator, my paradigm is askingInner Circle-chan@MJ12 Commando to get me a Mage game.
No. You should be a Maurauder who believes that everything is an oMage game, and then everything will be an oMage game while in your presence.
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No, I'm trying hard enough to get away from oMage when I play other games.