Something occurred to me recently. Mirrors was a very interesting book for pre-Chronicles nWoD. I think some of the concepts there made it to Chronicles, but I'm not sure. I know that the concept of Conviction and "skill tricks" which I remember there didn't, though. Has anyone tried to use those rules with Chronicles-era books?

So the new White Wolf defines itself as a game of "personal and political Horror". Now, I must confess that I am a little confused what exactly should "political Horror" be. Is it mortal politics or supernatural politics, or the interwoveness of both? Can an approach like "shine spotlight on ripped-from-the-headlines realism or insidious parlor politics" work in a tasteful and respectful manner without resorting to caricatures and stereotypes? Have any of you done "political horror" before and what are your experiences?

So reading the Corerulebook the other day i found out that for some reason Totems can teach gift to their pack.

Does anyone know why? I mean it kinda says why in-setting but OOC? Seems like a weird new rule to me.

The closest i can think off is to avoid a pack constantly changing totems to get all sort of gift for very little but even then thats seems more of a issue of player trolling the DM....