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[Stupid Loserman]

You might have the pre-errata version of the book; mine says "Determine free Resistance Attribute Dot: Composure, Resolve, or Stamina" on the quick reference. It's not tied to Path in 2e, you just pick one.

[Stupid Loserman]

A battle of liars with cosmic power on offer, both looking to exploit the other and deny them the spirit of their deal together.

Rather a familiar experience for both parties once you get past the skin and down into the guts of it.

[Stupid Loserman]

The Chronicles of Darkness rebranding isn't meant to be associated with the second edition rules; those were out for a good enough while before the name rebranding. It was a licensing thing.

In other words, the Chronicles of Darkness forums here are for both first and second edition nWoD, and you're welcome to post here. If you want to start a thread that specifically sticks to 1e content, just mention it in your first post. If you're not sure whether somebody is talking about first or second edition content, post and ask them. It's just folks talking, so sometimes a discussion will...

[Stupid Loserman]

Yes, it's because they were too unbalanced. Especially in first edition, let's say you have an 8-dice pool, and you can spend Willpower for an extra attack. That's almost mechanically identical to a +8 dice bonus on the one attack, which is over twice as much as a normal Willpower-costed bonus would give you, and runs over the normal +5 maximum for a single die bonus.

There are a few effects in 2e that do similar things. Some give you an extra attack with a steeper cost and with more limits on how you can use it, like the Relentless Assault maneuver Effive and Malus mention. Some...

[Stupid Loserman]

Incepts are the result of angels tapping into fuller access to the God-Machine's infrastructural reality lattice. So, uh... go build your own God-Machine and hook your spirits up to that. Not technically impossible, but beyond the scope of casting a single spell, and probably much less efficient than improvising some Perfecting or Patterning Spirit buffs....

[Stupid Loserman]

I mean, I don't honestly think Requiem is mutually incompatible with vampire badassery that doesn't necessarily find much when it delves deep beneath the surface of a character, either. I enjoy it when personal drama and art emerge from the interactions within the game, and I've rolled self-loathing, alienated educated Catholics doomed to a theologically untenable damnation, but I've also rolled opportunistic lunatics hiding behind a thin visage of human sentiment, with "do a fun homicide" on their list of aspirations. The best games meet somewhere in the middle.

I'll second...

[Stupid Loserman]

Note the quote at the beginning of the Tales of the God-Machine chapter of the God-Machine Chronicle.