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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
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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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I like the fact that Dramatic Failures are now the players going 'Well, that roll failed. This looks like a nice dramatically appropriate time to turn it into a big moment' instead of just the Random More
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I think what we will see is that Requiem will be distilled down and have newer systems that make it more distinct. Rules wise this shifts NWoD, away from more classic old school rpgs into the realm of More
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I totally agree there is a happy middle ground to be found. To 'easy' or lack of conflict and it looses interest. Everyone killing everyone else with no rhyme or reason and the entire game is nothing More
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My reply to this is simply "about time". I never felt nwod was it's own entity but a spin off of owod for the fact it recycled far to many concepts and names for the original. Even Russel Baily More
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Yeah, that's not the kind of powergaming I worry about. It's the “Ha! SUK IT!! I hav 16 moar bl00dz thn U!” variety. And that goes double in tabletop games... More
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This is a link for photoalbum from fanfest. One or two of the pictures shows "combo moves" in the big screen. https://picasaweb.google.com/104768265135219212499/WorldOfDarkness More

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Can WoD Appeal to Casual Gamers?

One of the friends who I table-top with every week (that sounds kinda kinky now that I think about it...Hey babe...wanna table-top with me..? meh, oh well!) recently asked me how things were going with the MMO. He knows that I blog for this WoDNews and knows we usually have the most/best news for

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Character Design for the Inexperienced Roleplayer

This week, I’d like to step away from MMO theory and speculation, and get back into my primary love – women...no wait wrong blog - pen and paper RP! Something for the newbies and the computer gamers who came to White Wolf by way of VtM: Redemption and VtM: Bloodlines, or maybe through vampire

2 Comments HfxTenor submitted 237 days ago

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Which Comes First - the Kindred or the Prey?

One of the biggest unanswered questions we all have so far is how do we become vampires once in-game? We already know that everyone will begin the game as a mortal. This begs the question – if everyone’s mortal, how do we get Embraced (turned into a vampire)? The implication, therefore, is that

14 Comments HfxTenor submitted 244 days ago

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Can the Blood Bond work in an MMO?

As with most of my blogs, I’m concerned more about how the MMO will facilitate the RP experience than I am with end game raid bosses and PvP gankz0rz. To be honest, I take severe umbrage with the very notions of “end-game” content and “boss fights” in general. I mean, it’s an MMO...isn’t the idea

2 Comments HfxTenor submitted 252 days ago

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Hospitality – Shaking Your Hand While I Stab You with the Other

In a game that essentially boils down to your skill at one-upmanship, the ability to garner the most power/influence/wealth/status/etc., or as I like to call it - the art of social and political backstabbery, the Tradition of Hospitality has always struck me as incredibly shallow, hypocritical and

1 Comments HfxTenor submitted 315 days ago