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comment I'm sorry to hear that, Bloodartist. From the sounds of it, though, they're trying to put as much choice into the hands of the players as possible. In general, it's not fun or engaging to have control More
comment No. I don't like those ideas. Why? Because such buffs/debuffs have been used by MMO healers since the beginning of time. Those are some really, really boring same-old abilities. Only way I could be More
comment Well, the thaumaturgy stuff is pretty nasty, the lower your resistance to it, the more damage it does. So if they go that route having your will lowered during or before combat could be deadly. Also More
comment True. It looks like burning off or restoring Willpower would be a useful mechanic to reflect mind control. My main question, then, is what else will Willpower do? If it's *just* used to "resist" mind More
comment I expect willpower will help you resist direct commands and powers, as well as the indirect ones you describe above. Something like you attempt to make the other help you and he simply shrugs it off More
comment It seems pretty decent. I like those systems, it allows for a more sandboxy feel. I hope we can outrun the dark entity or have some way to stop it. I don't know, CCP and White Wolf will figure it out. More
comment Indeed. The problem with NPC generated conflict is its inherent predictability and the fact that NPCs don't log off, get tired, run out of resources or otherwise get discouraged. More
comment Well I can confirm in all my NWoD gaming I have only ever seen 1 dramatic failure. This way of doing things gives the player agency over their own mishaps and bad choices. More

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Conditions and Tilts: Beta-testing Mind-control for the MMO?

Is CCP Atlanta using the Condition mechanic in the God Machine rules update to test out how mind control and social maneuvering might function in the WoD MMO? In short, yeah, I think they are. Read more here. 

Comments 6 Comments jlcrowl submitted 4 days ago

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From Harpa, With Love: Quick thoughts on what's leaked from Fanfest

Another drop of sanguine knowledge falls upon our dry, torpid lips, sending us into fevered frenzy within our slumber... First-off, let me thank Veedash for the link, and to Harlequin for the news article, and to everyone who's still reading these blog articles, in spite of the drought of
Comments 6 Comments jlcrowl submitted 26 days ago

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What Social Disciplines might do in the Sandbox! (Part three)

Another article that ended up being longer than planned, let's talk this time about ways in which the Social Disciplines could be used in the Sandbox part of the game.
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Now you're playing the real game... (Sandboxing: Part two)

This week, we continue on our deeper look at what Sandbox Mechanics might look like, from the Kindred perspective.
Comments 2 Comments jlcrowl submitted 97 days ago

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Mechanical Challenges posed by The Embrace

Here're three things we've been told about becoming a vampire in World of Darkness MMO:All players begin as Mortals.To become a vampire, another player must Embrace you.*You cannot be forced to join a Clan you don't want to play.*: And yes, there's been some speculation as for who's going to be
Comments 20 Comments jlcrowl submitted 147 days ago

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Dear Chris McDonough, sorry I couldn't make your panel at AbN,

Some children write letters to Santa. This weeks, Crowl writes a letter to Chris McDonough about what he'd like to see in his stocking.
Comments 5 Comments jlcrowl submitted 155 days ago

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Drug meta-abuse: When it Just doesn't work

"So, great," you say, "Introducing drugs to my game/story/script brings with it all these benefits, then. It's as simple as that, then, right?"Ummm... No. If it was, more Oscars would go to movies about drug addiction than love stories. The sad truth is that stories about drug abuse and addiction
Comments 2 Comments jlcrowl submitted 207 days ago

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I wanna talk about Drugs

With a little less than a month before Atlanta by Night, at which CCP-White Wolf will make a much-antipated announcement about their much-anticipated MMO that will inevitably underwhelm us in terms of content, but will udoubtably send me and the other blog-o-nerds back to our laptops to completely
Comments 2 Comments jlcrowl submitted 264 days ago

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Ummm... Let's talk about the Sandbox again, I guess... (Part one)

::listens to crickets chirp in Stone Mountain:: Seems they're still pretty tight-lipped. So, then, let's talk about the Sandbox again. 
Comments 4 Comments jlcrowl submitted 295 days ago

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One way they're almost certainly not handling Generation

Not originally supposed to be a whole article in itself, this was Crowl's attempt at a short snippet about one way the Generation system might play out. It clearly didn't work out that way. Enjoy!
 
Inspired, at least in part, by a recent episode of True Blood.

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