![]() While full of potentially-interesting ideas and reimaginings of older concepts, as well as several new takes on the vampire genre, they chose to strip away much of the mythology which had made the original "Vampire" line so fantastically popular. White Wolf's attempt to reboot their popular "Vampire" line of roleplaying games proved something of a blunder. Whenever they see you coming they throw nuts at you.Īnd there you have it. Your name is black-listed among the Oxfordshire squirrel population. Me: You mean, it has to be worse than that? Look, I honestly have no idea what a spectacular failure to talk to squirrels would look like. Me: Right, so the squirrels won't talk to you. I'll try to talk to the squirrels about the murder. Me: Um, in Oxford at night? I guess there's pigeons maybe? Why the fuck would I take manipulation? I'm supposed to be this bestial monster savager guy. W: Manipulation? I don't have any manipulation. Me: *thumbing frantically through rule book* Manipulation plus animal ken plus animalism. We can ask if they know anything about this murder. W: Great, so there's bound to be animals around. Feral Whispers: You can communicate with and control animals, individually or in groups. Me: *thumbing frantically through rule book* Uh, yes. I have this power that lets me talk to animals, I think? I think? Ten minutes of fun crammed into four hours of play.Īlso it has the on-going Vampire problem of critical failures being hilariously difficult to articulate. horse riding."īut, hey, that's tabletop gaming for you. It's also still got that thing where your vampire powers are dependent on semi-arbitrary stats and skills so in order to be even semi-competent at anything you basically have to choose your skills to fit your disciplines rather than, say, your character.Īnd most sessions are spent going "sorry, what's my second obfuscate power again, and what do I roll?" and then flicking frantically going the the book "I think it allows you conceal small objects about your person, oh no, wait, that's the one that lets you be invisible and you need to roll dexterity plus. ![]() Because this is a STORYTELLING game, not a game for, y'know, enjoying. As such, when it's fun, it's fun in spite of itself.Ĭombat is slightly more streamlined than Masquerade but you still get the feeling you are somehow Letting the Side Down by engaging in it. What can I say about this? It's a White Wolf game so its systems are built around the assumption that your players are dickheads who want to derail, interfere with and generally disrespect your storytelling genioos. It was a present from H who is entertained by my adolescent fondness for Vampire: The Masquerade. It really emphasizes what a supernatural cesspool Chicago is with vampires running the show and characters are almost certain to be victimized time and again if they hope to thrive - or just survive. It's basically like White Wolf kept everything that worked wonders for VtM, streamlined it, and brought in some vicious, bitter stuff to make sure players can't help but get a little messed up. I personally love all the tweaks and twists added to this incarnation of vampire - it sounds like a bitch to get by as a vampire with facets of the existence invoking a true feel of unease imagining how you would function if you became one. As before, these vampires have characteristics, powers and weakness that fuel all the familiar myths but - true to White Wolf - that's never the full story. Serve my words up and I'll eat them with or without a fork.īasically, Vampire: the Requiem nailed personal horror while making these vampires stunning predators who are caught between mourning their humanity and reveling in damnation. As an avid, rabid fan of Vampire: the Masquerade when I was in high school, I had more than a few misgivings about the "New" World of Darkness and how much of a money-grubbing gimmick re-releasing tweaked version of everything was going to turn out to be. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |