Putting things together for a game after reading through all of VTR2.0 and butting my head against some conflicting guidelines (past and present).
IN VTR2.0
1. pg. 91; Predatory aura no longer seems to require a frenzy check, ignoring the act of lashing out. Is that the case?
Related and not... :
2a. pg. 72; Predatory note addresses the "measure and flavor of one's damnation", talks as if you could identify specific clans at a glance. It doesn't allude to a required frenzy check or other hostilities. Instead it's asking "how will you respond." Is that reinforcing question 1?
2b. Same material above; reading elsewhere (i cannot cite) i'm left with the impression, and especially if you refer back to older source material, that you can't identify a clan (except maybe nosferatu) that easily. Or can you? If i went back to 1.0, the Malkovian bloodlines talk about hiding as other clans.
3. pg 73; Cannibalistic note alludes you can tell if someone is an elder or not, hinting at discomfort over their need for kindred blood. Is this tied to the VTR1.0 concept of reactions based on perceived blood potency? I know a lot of this can be discerned by taste.
4a. pg 91; The cleansing discusses two different forms of use. One to retain wounds, one to make alterations to your form (bit of a parallel, eh?). For the first, to make a wound permanent, costs a willpower. Is that a point or a dot (are we not spending dots anymore?). Are we talking just to stave off torpor or is this something more severe? What if they decide they want to undo this affect, can they?
4b. The second, more obvious one describes spending willpower to retain more cosmetic alterations. Again, is this a point or a dot? because with 4a, i'm having a hard time grasping the difference.
5. ghouls; it used to be they cost a dot of willpower, is it now just a point?
I'm bound to find other things confusing as i make sure i have non-contradictory understandings of their power, but this seems to be a solid start.
IN VTR2.0
1. pg. 91; Predatory aura no longer seems to require a frenzy check, ignoring the act of lashing out. Is that the case?
Related and not... :
2a. pg. 72; Predatory note addresses the "measure and flavor of one's damnation", talks as if you could identify specific clans at a glance. It doesn't allude to a required frenzy check or other hostilities. Instead it's asking "how will you respond." Is that reinforcing question 1?
2b. Same material above; reading elsewhere (i cannot cite) i'm left with the impression, and especially if you refer back to older source material, that you can't identify a clan (except maybe nosferatu) that easily. Or can you? If i went back to 1.0, the Malkovian bloodlines talk about hiding as other clans.
3. pg 73; Cannibalistic note alludes you can tell if someone is an elder or not, hinting at discomfort over their need for kindred blood. Is this tied to the VTR1.0 concept of reactions based on perceived blood potency? I know a lot of this can be discerned by taste.
4a. pg 91; The cleansing discusses two different forms of use. One to retain wounds, one to make alterations to your form (bit of a parallel, eh?). For the first, to make a wound permanent, costs a willpower. Is that a point or a dot (are we not spending dots anymore?). Are we talking just to stave off torpor or is this something more severe? What if they decide they want to undo this affect, can they?
4b. The second, more obvious one describes spending willpower to retain more cosmetic alterations. Again, is this a point or a dot? because with 4a, i'm having a hard time grasping the difference.
5. ghouls; it used to be they cost a dot of willpower, is it now just a point?
I'm bound to find other things confusing as i make sure i have non-contradictory understandings of their power, but this seems to be a solid start.
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