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Post by Kenigma23 on Mar 28, 2016 19:45:45 GMT -8
That just gave me an awesome idea. Albert teaches Skully Fortitude. Skully teaches Albert Potence in return. Then, uber-pumped-and-Potence'd Albert could THROW uber-pumped-and-Fortitude'd Skully at their foes! Vampire Fast-Ball Special? Me likey SO this, but with fangs!
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Post by shadrack on Mar 29, 2016 10:09:55 GMT -8
Fang super heroes.
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Post by OFTHEHILLPEOPLE on Mar 29, 2016 10:16:58 GMT -8
So question. I was under the impression that anything jabbed into the heart of a vampire would cause them to go into Torpor, not just wood. Is that not the case?
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Post by Probie Tim on Mar 29, 2016 10:42:59 GMT -8
I copy/pasted this from a website that copy/pasted it from the myths/facts section of the V20 book. I'll verify it once I have access to my book, but in my memory this is a correct copy/paste:
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Post by Kenigma23 on Mar 29, 2016 12:52:10 GMT -8
According to my research there are only two ways to kill a vampire....
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Post by uncommonman on Mar 31, 2016 1:27:26 GMT -8
Skully fucked up killing his bride, have he forgotten that some vamps can see how corpses died...
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Post by Probie Tim on Mar 31, 2016 5:21:31 GMT -8
have he forgotten that some vamps can see how corpses died... Calculated risk. He knows Sam's character can, which means that Sam's sire probably can... but she's no longer an issue. With the steps he's taken in a later episode, he hopes he's stacked the cards well enough that the focus will be elsewhere and there will be enough plausible reasoning that no one will want, or need, to check.
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Post by OFTHEHILLPEOPLE on Mar 31, 2016 5:31:58 GMT -8
I was thinking about this last night and it was a good move by Stu to have Kimi be the head of the island. Can't break the old "Thou shalt not kill thine own kind without permission" rule when the permission is less than five feet away at all times.
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Post by uncommonman on Mar 31, 2016 5:42:44 GMT -8
have he forgotten that some vamps can see how corpses died... Calculated risk. He knows Sam's character can, which means that Sam's sire probably can... but she's no longer an issue. With the steps he's taken in a later episode, he hopes he's stacked the cards well enough that the focus will be elsewhere and there will be enough plausible reasoning that no one will want, or need, to check. I am rooting for you, but a Question: What generation are you now (after your wife and the assamite) and how do you compare the the other cast? I have never understood the importance/power level of generations.
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Post by Kenigma23 on Mar 31, 2016 7:45:58 GMT -8
My limited research says that lower generation=larger blood pool and the ability to spend more blood points when "vamping out" At REALLY high levels that I don't think will apply to the players they can go above 5 in their stats (higher than what is "normal" in the game).
I'm sure this is a dramatic oversimplification on my part...
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Post by OFTHEHILLPEOPLE on Mar 31, 2016 8:30:50 GMT -8
Nah, that's about right. Your increased blood pool also makes you slightly more likely to succumb to the Beast, but you have little to no problem getting getting blood when you need it, presumably.
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Post by Probie Tim on Mar 31, 2016 8:40:21 GMT -8
What generation are you now (after your wife and the assamite) and how do you compare the the other cast? I have never understood the importance/power level of generations. Ok, so, generation refers to how many steps away you are - lineage wise - from Caine, the first vampire. The closer you are, the stronger your blood. The further away you are, the weaker your blood. Most vampires created in the modern nights are 13th generation, which is pretty much the last generation before the blood thins to the point of amazingly decreased efficiency (14th and 15th generation vampires do exist; they're called thin-bloods and are generally thought to be the harbingers of Gehenna, the vampiric end of the world). When you diablerize another vampire, you absorb their very essence, the supernatural mojo which makes their blood vitae instead of just blood. When that happens, if the vampire you diablerized was of a lower generation, their mojo boosts yours, effectively lowering your generation and making you closer to Caine, power-wise. If your victim was of the same or a higher generation than you, then nothing happens generationally speaking; their supernatural mojo didn't have enough oomph to give your supernatural mojo a boost. Game mechanically speaking, your generation defines your maximum trait level (the total amount dots you can have in a single trait), how much vitae you have, and how much you can spend in a given turn. For instance, a 13th generation vampire has a maximum trait level of •••••, a maximum blood pool of 10 points, and can spend 1 blood point per turn to pump physical stats, heal, fuel disciplines, or whatever. By contrast, a 6th generation vampire has a trait level maximum of ••••• ••, a maximum blood pool of 30 points, and can spend 6 blood points per turn. That allows them to do a bunch more shit each turn with the capacity to do a bunch more shit each turn for more turns. Whew. So, Skully started out at 10th generation; his sire was a 9th generation vampire. He didn't start at 13th generation because during character creation I sunk points into the Generation background. At 10th generation, he had a trait max of •••••, a blood pool max of 13, and could spend 1 BP per turn. Diablerizing his wife made him 9th generation; his trait max is now still •••••, but he has a blood pool max of 14 and can spend 2 BP per turn. So he definitely got a bump there: he can store a bit more blood, and can spend more per turn to do awesome vampire shit. Unfortunately, the assamite was 9th generation or higher. So Skully got screwed there... another case of all the pretty people keeping him down, I suppose. LOL!
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Post by Kenigma23 on Mar 31, 2016 9:20:01 GMT -8
I just can't wait for the next episode.... I need it....NEED! oh and... Hate those pretty people!
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Post by OFTHEHILLPEOPLE on Mar 31, 2016 11:51:06 GMT -8
Hey Tim, was the Eye of the Wyrm, the big red star in the sky, ever mentioned in the VtM books? Was that another sign of Gehenna?
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Post by Probie Tim on Mar 31, 2016 13:06:33 GMT -8
The red star was mentioned significantly in Gehenna, and I think it was mentioned in the Week of Nightmares books. I don't remember if it was called the Eye of the Wyrm though, I didn't pay too much attention to either Gehenna or the Week of Nightmares.
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