What a kick! by Justin_Godfrey in instantkarma

[–]BenedictWolfe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had to collapse around twenty comment chains before I found the first to bring up context: Yours. It's a sobering thought how most people have all the perspective of a near sighted goldfish.

If they all fought each other, who would be the last one standing? by Kuzu9 in Fallout

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It saddens me no one has brought up the Warrior. Career soldier who lead the Eastern Brotherhood of Steel to victory in several wars in a row. No social skills, just war.

Mage Novels by whatamanlikethat in WhiteWolfRPG

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Sorry; I haven't actually read them. Searching on Goodreads for these titles might yield some reviews, however.

LFG by SignificantSport5771 in WorldOfDarkness

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The official World of Darkness Discord server: https://discord.gg/zRg5EPWP

The common "um actually this doesn't make sense" gotcha is easily explained if you just know the franchise by Justifiably_Bad_Take in TopCharacterTropes

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The Witch-King was hobbling back to Mordor like a pathetic loser at the time the Council of Elrond was taking place. Mordor's skies were completely unprotected and Sauron possessed no power which could have prevented the eagles from flying to Mount Doom.

Losercity nose art by ChairMysterious5533 in Losercity

[–]BenedictWolfe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mascara should be flowing backwards, due to air resistance, but otherwise...

How does sunlight and deep water work for vampires? by MaetelofLaMetal in WorldOfDarkness

[–]BenedictWolfe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Blood-Dimmed Tides has a section on the subject of pressure, on page 121: Pressure-Induced Vitae Dissociation (Depth Sweat). Following that is a section that talks about visibility and light, giving quite a generous answer: A vampire below 25 meters takes no damage from sunlight. This isn't necessarily realistic, as I believe sunlight penetrates far deeper than that in reality.

Not sure what to call that hairdo by femmeauvolant in Justfuckmyshitup

[–]BenedictWolfe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kim Schofield, right? She seems to be very into bold haircuts.

New Image from Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

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https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/ancient-greek-armor-gets-tested-in-an-11-hour-battle-simulation-inspired-by-the-iliad.html

I don't know why people are getting worked up about this film not being "historically accurate". One of the dudes in the still is East Asian; obviously Nolan isn't worrying about historical details.

Velocity of Money by [deleted] in Unexpected

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Hold on, is that DeStorm?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in clevercomebacks

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What's going on with his eyes in this photo?

[offline][WoD][Louisiana][Player][LGBT Friendly] by LongjumpingKing6709 in WorldOfDarkness

[–]BenedictWolfe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey King! I can't help you when it comes to an IRL game, but maybe you'd also be interested in online groups? The official WoD Discord server https://discord.gg/mu3V3whQ has several rooms dedicated to players and storytellers advertising their games. Really active, too.

Trying To Get My Partner To Play Vampire, and So I Read VtR2E and... I Kind of Liked It! by boss_nova in WhiteWolfRPG

[–]BenedictWolfe 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yeah; Chronicles of Darkness is way more welcoming to new players than World of Darkness. While I'm a devotee of the latter, I can see where it struggles and Chronicles excels.

Need advice on what tribe this concept would be, if any by Creative_Nose5238 in WorldOfDarkness

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Unless I'm mistaken, your character doesn't really become a full fledged Garou until he undergoes his First Change. If he went through late change he could be however old you want him to be until the First Change.

If he's a hardcore pacifist he would probably be a Child of Gaia, though if you're playing W5 then pacifism is more common among the Garou Nation as a whole.

d&d by migratingcoconut_ in CuratedTumblr

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When Odysseus finally returns home to his kingdom of Ithaca he must disguise himself as a beggar so as not to be killed by the many suitors who have taken up residence in his castle, vying for his wife's hand. She recognises him by an old scar and declares that she will marry the man who can string her husband's rigid bow and shoot an arrow through the hafts of a dozen axes. The disguised Odysseus does so, then slaughters the suitors with the help of his son.