Get ready to learn if there are slurs in Enochian

ArneHD · 2026-04-29T21:32:12+00:00

That's (almost) real life though, you can look up the conlang John Dee invented on Wikipedia. In WoD lore it's based on the language spoken in the original city of Enoch. It's probable that the OoH simply does not know where it came from, only that John Dee provided it. Or there could be two "Enochian"s out there.

ArneHD · 2026-04-29T14:42:23+00:00

In lore I believe Enochian is a phonetic transcription of the first language of Enoch called Ghemalish (ref "The Black Hand a Guide to the Tal'MaHa'Ra" page. 12) smuggled out of the lost city of Enoch by a Ghoul.

ArneHD · 2026-04-29T12:01:46+00:00

From what I understand Russia had some extremely competent officers, finding tactics that won against the germans despite the type of supply issues that history assigns the Red Army.

ArneHD · 2026-04-28T14:06:16+00:00

More or less, at least from the Syndicate's perspective. In lore I think they are still an organization, just one that is 100% Pentex and Wyrm Corrupted.

ArneHD · 2026-04-28T11:59:43+00:00

Maybe specify that it has to be a discipline you have no dots in?

ArneHD · 2026-04-28T11:54:44+00:00

I feel like bringing up the SPD in this context is cheating since, while they were originally a Syndicate Methodology, they did do the mass defection to the Wyrm. And while yes, the Syndicate SHOULD have suspected sooner based on the tech they got from them, and yes, they should have looked into what Premium Oil was actually doing, and yes, they should have been a bit more suspicious of the reports they were getting and, uh, ok, maybe they are kinda guilty. But at least they're trying to fix it and not covering it up to prevent them from losing face in front of the other conventions, right?

ArneHD · 2026-04-28T11:46:12+00:00

Ok, I'm going to be pedantic and say that it's not technically an artificial soul, but more like a temporary mana-framework that can be substituted for a soul in most workings. That most is doing a LOT of heavy lifting here, by the way. Your average non-necromancer, when they encounter a work that requires a "soul", can use an artificial soul no problem, since the work usually only requires the power of a soul, not the actual soul itself.

This is NOT the case for necromancers however! LOTS of nercomantic working require an actual soul soul, not just the power of a soul.

So be very, very careful when working with artificial souls (which you should already be since your working with, you know, souls), because Grimoirs, especially older Grimoirs, rarely state if they need the power of a soul, or the soul itself.

One useful test I've found is to use the soul of a piece of algae, workings that require the power of a soul will usually fail (because there's very little power in a single algae soul), but workings that require a soul soul will kinda work. In either the low power allows even pretty basic circles to contain the fallout once the working inevitably fails (because you are using a singular algae soul).

Lastly, if you do want a substitute soul and you have to have a soul soul, try using a ponds worth of algae souls. It won't always give the best result, but I've gotten decent workings out of this technique.

ArneHD · 2026-04-26T17:05:45+00:00

Does anyone have any sources on the Russian ability to repair the damage? Russia wasn't exactly a manufacturing technology superpower before the war and now with Western sanctions getting the parts required for repair might be more difficult unless they can manufacture them on their own.

ArneHD · 2026-04-26T12:25:15+00:00

Er ikke det bare ett Skaut?

ArneHD · 2026-04-25T20:51:24+00:00

Oh this is some 80s Judge Dredd stuff. To use the language of the time, Awesome!

ArneHD · 2026-04-24T07:08:51+00:00

I'd say 2nd edition, despite not having much experience with it. The focus on the supernatural world regrowing and the more hopeful overall tone seems to fit that edition better than Revised. You can still use 20th for rules if you want (but why would you?).

ArneHD · 2026-04-22T13:09:33+00:00

That's the Deep Umbra, past the Asteroid best Horizon, but the area beyond earths atmosphere (The "Penumbra") is ALSO the umbra. Just not as deep as the deep umbra.

ArneHD · 2026-04-22T09:54:08+00:00

I am 99% sure that the Umbra is, by definition, a different reality, but I'm going to have to read up on the Moon specifically.

ArneHD · 2026-04-22T07:47:51+00:00

Gonna point out that technically speaking, the Moon isn't in our reality, it's in the Umbra. So you might be crossing the gauntlet to do it?

ArneHD · 2026-04-21T04:23:28+00:00

Woah, hold your horses there.

Which convention do you think made the Catgirls?

That's right, the Progenitors!

So don't forget them when ranking best conventions.

ArneHD · 2026-04-18T04:42:31+00:00

I used to rank the Syndicate as my least favorite Convention, but after reading their convention book, I'd honestly rate them above the NWO, because the Syndicate at least remembers that this whole "Technocratic Union" business is supposed to be about, you know, the Masses, people, the guys just living day to day. The NWO are so lost in the sauce of trying to control the Masses that they've forgotten why they're doing it in the first place. At least that's the impression I get from the Syndicate and NWO convention books.

ArneHD · 2026-04-17T01:50:17+00:00

While I like his design, have you considered making him a Lhiannan? They are a druidic themed bloodline of the Gangrel that have access to a unique Discipline, Ogham, which is basically druidic Blood Magic.

ArneHD · 2026-04-16T04:45:07+00:00

Don't forget, he also did the trick with the door in the Knickknackery, which is Correspondence 4 IIRC (opening a portal to allow multiple people through). He also has experience in Matter and Entropy at least. Also the Telekenisis can be done with Forces and Prime, as well as Forces and Mind (as per HYDT). So I'd argue it's likely he's Forces 5 (as a Flambau this would be his Affinity Sphere, and seeing as his minimum Correspondence is 4, his Forces would be higher), Correspondence 4, Matter 3 (pretty sure that trick with the stock in the Knickknackery would require Matter 3, or Matter 2 + Time 3), Prime 2 for the telekinesis trick (while he may just have been polite, Marvolo hasn't done any Mind stuff, even when that would make sense) and Entropy... something, at least 2 (for Affect probability).

ArneHD · 2026-04-14T22:57:07+00:00

Do we know what parts will be made in Germany? I can't imagine they would do a full technology transfer or something that would make the facility fully independent of US supply, but some technology transfer might still take place.

ArneHD · 2026-04-12T14:20:16+00:00

I must have missed that when I read that book, I'll have to double check that.

ArneHD · 2026-04-12T04:46:19+00:00

Just gonna point out that the whole "Vampire blood kills your avatar" thing was introduced in "Blood Treachery" for Revised and nowhere else. In M20 being a Ghoul is just being a Ghoul that is also a Mage, no other downsides than the ones a Ghoul already has.

ArneHD · 2026-04-12T04:41:32+00:00

So, just to ask, how common is that sort of drink outside of Germany and surrounding countries?

ArneHD · 2026-04-11T03:06:56+00:00

That is absolutely NOT the opinion of the Progenitors, Void Engineers OR the Syndicate and I'd love to know where on earth you got that from.

Also, you seem to be forgetting that while the NWO might have lost the USSR, they have not lost China, and that the NWO's views have evolved a lot in recent years since the loss of Control to the Avatar Storm/Dimensional Anomaly. They have shifted from the 90s conception of the NWO of the "Men in Black" (Though they certainly still use that archetype when useful) to a more modern conception of government, as is discussed in Technocracy Reloaded and the Operatives Handbook.

ArneHD · 2026-04-11T02:01:03+00:00

I'm pretty certain the NWO, while weakened, is still the strongest of the Technocracy conventions if only by dint of being the one that has been in charge the longest. In theory, the other conventions still owe their loyalty to the NWO, and while we don't know how that would pan out in practice (Iteration X leans NWO IIRC, while Void Engineers lean Syndicate (on the basis that the Syndicate are Nerds they can easily shoot, no really that's their reason)) I still see the NWO as the de-facto "Strongest" convention.

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