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[Michael]

Assuming we're talking wooden arrows without any metal head, your ST could give combatants armour. Like, personally I'd say that staking just doesn't work if the target has a certain level of armour. Unless you're using Vigor, I don't think it's plausible to put a wooden stake through a steel plate.



Don't use melee mooks? Give enemies firearms.

Hell, if archery is this effective, why don't other vampires use it?...

[Michael]

To be honest, saying that Wolf-blooded can Awaken at all seems to be the real mistake. I think the rules set out in SoS would pretty clearly disqualify wolf-blooded if not for the side-bar.

[Michael]

I think they just flatly contradict each other.

Personally, seeing as mages generally have pretty easy access to non-armour Mage Armour, I'd probably let CotU work. Maybe have it work in a more obviously unnatural manner....

[Michael]

Mammon gets a fair amount of space in Reign of the Exarchs. That's the closest thing I can think of....

[Michael]

I'm not sure how it would be arbitrary, but it seems fine....

[Michael]

If you're going to criticise something, you could at least state your problem plainly rather than being vague. Also it can't be factual incorrect, the section is almost entirely dedicated to mages and how magic works....

[Michael]

The Storytelling Vows section suggests regularly challenging the player, so it might be interesting to tie the amount of mana gained at the end of the week to the number of challenges.

[Michael]

I wonder about that. I think you made an interesting distinction by saying "true" manipulators, because I could see Elysium having lots and lots of petty manipulation, basically in service of interpersonal drama rather than actual power.

Hell, if you're the Prince, you want to encourage that. Subjects fighting each other over petty drama which you're above is preferable to them all coldly calculating how they can take your seat....

[Michael]

It'd be interesting to see some examples. Like, to see how blatant it is.

The thing I keep in mind is that lying is generally bad manipulation. It means people trust you less in future, and it's easy to offend people unnecessarily. If PCs are being taken advantage of, it's not unreasonable for another NPC to step in and tell them that. (That doesn't have to be altruistic either, giving the PCs the lowdown on Kindred politics, can itself be a pretty effective way of building trust and bringing the PCs into their orbit).

[Michael]

Presumably if you put too much in, the rock awakens and ascends to the Supernal along with all your mana....

[Michael]

Ah, I was reading the other section, I didn't see the sidebar....

[Michael]

I get why you'd think that, but I don't think it does. SoS specifies that you loose templates, supernatural merits and conditions/tilts. Tells aren't any of those, they're their own weird thing that specifically crosses templates....

[Michael]

The King Who Is a Throne is cuter than I imagined. It's all looking good, lots of examples of stuff which is nice.

[Michael]

That's both clever and creepy....

[Michael]

Not just chess. The board is actually set up in a non-standard way.

(Or more likely the image was flipped for editing.)...

[Michael]

It's a bit confusing. A lot of people use it to mean something like remote-viewing or out-of-body experiences, your soul or astral form floats around the world whilst your physical body stays where it is. I gather it's a meaning that comes from Theosophy as opposed to older ideas that involved the soul flying off into mystical realms.

That said, it seems more recent magician types tend to blend the two ideas together....

[Michael]

DrivethruRPG has them all. Even if you're not buying PDFs, it at least gives you a complete list....

[Michael]

Also depending on what you actually want from astral projection, you just can use Spirit/Death magic to make yourself intangible, no need to leave a body lying around.

[Michael]

Depends a lot on the game you want to run. Like, I'm playing with the Boston Unveiled setting at the moment which is quite a closed political setting. There are a huge number of characters, but I can be pretty sure that the players are going to be interacting with them regularly in the future so it's generally worth the effort.

That being said, I play using Roll20, so stating a full sheet is comparatively quick....

[Michael]

Yggdrasil’s Keepers?...