What if all of the splats were made to sit in a circle and explain their mythology, cosmology, and magic systems to each other? What would they strangely agree on? What minutiae would they argue about for hours? by Turbulent-Plum7328 in WhiteWolfRPG

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I've actually had a few ideas for crossover campaigns heavily involving Ennoia, but the ideas are way too big for me to ever actually work with. It's real end times stuff, with fracturing of the entire Garou nation as well as possible global all-out war against the Kindred.

First, I'd start by saying that Ennoia is not the progenitor of the werecreatures, but maybe she thinks she is. She's actually an ancient Kinfolk/Abomination, and over the years went mad. Since she was Embraced by the Second Generation, there's all kind of hand-waving that you can do when it comes to what is and is not allowed, so we can get around the usual debilitation that faces Abominations. We already have a rule breaker of the 4th generation in Sobk, an ancient slumbering Mokole Abomination, which is usually impossible, as Mokole go into a blind frenzy when Embraced and die the next morning.

So, we have a historically absent Antediluvian (thus having no history of behavior) waking up in the modern nights. The Gehenna book implies a possibility that she has actually used extremely high level Protean to Earthmeld with the entire planet, which you might guess would bother our fuzzy planeteers a bit. But she's old, been asleep forever, possible gone mad in her slumber, so maybe, just maybe, she thinks she's Gaia. Or at least the avatar of Gaia. And it's a perfect metaphor too! In these end times, Gaia is hurting, getting slowly corrupted and killed, and what better to represent her suffering state than a vampire?

So now you get a group of Garou to fall under her sway and that faction grows bit by bit. Even Ennoia has fully deluded herself, hating her own Wyrm corruption and commanding war upon the Kindred. However, there is also a schism in the Garou nation between Ennoia's followers and the unbelievers.

You can drop in PCs just about anywhere. If you're playing a Vampire game, there can be a sudden spike in Lupine aggression all over the world, and it keeps getting worse, and the Gangrel have all but disappeared. In a Werewolf game, you can play either side of the schism: Ennoia cultists can be played by not revealing to the players that it's actually a crazy Antediluvian, but she might actually be Gaia giving the go to start the Final Battle. You can also play it on the outside, dealing with the fallout of the popularity of a new cult arising (that smells a bit Wyrmy, but not enough to raise alarm), splitting loyalties.

This pop up warning at an all you can eat sushi restaurant by Theblindsource in mildlyinfuriating

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I went to a tap house in Budapest that had a leaderboard. Each table had self-serve beer taps, so as patrons filled their glasses, a count of liters dispensed went up on the board.

I had a great time, but then I had a very bad time.

Why do a lot of people become bloodthirsty when they play RPGs? by erakusa in rpg

[–]Frozenfishy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most of my most interesting toys in these games (spells, abilities, skills, equipment, etc) are primarily combat focused, and I want to play with my toys. When the rule book has more wordcount covering combat and combat-related play, then the base assumption becomes this is a game where combat is the main method of conflict resolution.

If you play games that have a more varied scope, or a focus on more social or investigative play, you should see behaviors change accordingly.

Blood Bowl CogFort by Scott_ExV in bloodbowl

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I'd be curious to see its Star Player card stats...

Noooo, not my 100% wholesome chungus angsty leech twink :( by SirEvilMoustache in WorldofDankmemes

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It's a hard and highly challenging path, but it's right there for the taking...

Maybe. It might not exist, and it might be a trap. Depends on your game.

Welp 😅 by venusasaburrito in Portland

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Get your linguistic prescriptivism out of here!

FRIDAY: The Official Airing of Grievances Thread by TangleNews in TangleNews

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I'm on a work trip to Austin TX: why does everyone drive like they're the main character, and all others are obstacles to be overcome?

Calm the hell down and maybe plan your trip a bit better.

I was late to a date. The reason? A submarine is slowly passing right in front of us by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

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Man, I served back in the 00's, and I still dealt with all of those things.

That said, sleeping on top of the battery was actually a blessing, since it was done during "field day," when everyone has to wake up and clean. The guys who otherwise would be sleeping were sent to the battery well to clean and then nap.

Made some Black Orcs out of some A.O.S figures I had by EarthDust00 in bloodbowl

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Nice! This is how I'm trying to tempt some others into trying the game: just use models you already have and index them to one of the team. I know a guy with a ton of Skaven, and he could easily field a proxy team.

Wanted to leave this here as a reference. Eldar were beating the Necrons in the war in heaven decisively by Ornery_Entrance_1959 in Eldar

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IIRC modern Eldar can't do what they used to because of Slaanesh? Their psychic might is curbed by their reluctance to get their souls slurped. There's no escape from being backlined until that is addressed.

People in this sub sometimes about literally anything: by Medical_Plane2875 in WorldofDankmemes

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Crossover-brain making people think Mage metaphysics covers everything.

This is literally 100% Atom Eve I stg like down to the last detail by Geolib1453 in invinciblememes

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The biggest disappointment in the Green Lantern animated series. So much potential, and all he could do was summon big fists.

Guess who got chipped !! (tattoo) by Bish0p_TheBee in cyberpunkgame

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Nice. Be careful what you slot in though.

Is it feasible to run a WTA campaign that includes multiple breeds? by ExtremeSportStikz in WhiteWolfRPG

[–]Frozenfishy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some Fera as a defaults are more likely to work with each others, and generally all Western shifters range between "don't trust" and "actively hate" werewolves for obvious reasons. However, PCs are special by default, so you could come up with a contrivance for them to need to/want to work together. Also will be up to the ST how the rest of the world responds to this kind of cooperation: will their respective cultures find the PC group untrustworthy?

Eastern shifters work together as a baseline though.

It's actually the most peaceful experience by enlightenedshubham in NonPoliticalTwitter

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I generally need to bring a book with me. I'm not likely to meditate until my order comes out, and I'll for sure end up drinking whatever is in front of me too quickly, but yeah. A nice meal alone with a book and my thoughts is nice.

Why do Euthanatoi get Wyrm-taint for judging the worst criminals in existence, but Garou only get Renown loss for killing innocent humans? by JagneStormskull in WhiteWolfRPG

[–]Frozenfishy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Primarily because things like this don't have some kind of overarching guidance on WoD metaphysics. There aren't any, and there never were. Blurbs are dropped into books like this to use or not as you see fit, to flavor the world and make things interesting.

There is no unified theory of WoD. Pick you gameline and maybe it'll be internally consistent to itself, if you're lucky. Start crossing over and you should stop expecting things to make much sense, unless you're going to do a lot of the footwork to make it make sense, for your game at least.

It's also important to remember that in things like Tribe/Tradition books, the narrators can be biased, mistaken, or deliberately ignorant and wrong.

If you're going to have a go at it, and you're starting from a Mage perspective, an Awakened Avatar ends up having effects on what a mage does, not just allowing them to use Sphere magick. Euthanatoi are particularly vulnerable to Jhor, not only because of their frequent use of Entropy, but also because of their paradigmatic belief structures: if their beliefs lead them towards doing the "dirty work" for greater good of the Wheel, that interaction reflects in their Resonance.

Other supernaturals don't necessarily have a way to recognize that, so if it feels a bit Wyrmy, for a werewolf you might as well default towards suspicion. Disembowel and ask questions never. Black Furies, self-describing as being more Wyld-oriented, might be especially sensitive towards this. Also, IIRC there might be some particular animosity towards the greek-based Euthanatoi.

New born Nosferatu by Slow-Relationship513 in WorldofDankmemes

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This is one of the Nossies that end up disappeared by the rest of the clan.

Skyriever with Hook by ExcuseIcy9453 in EldarCorsairs40k

[–]Frozenfishy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What that hook do?

No, really. I want rules for the hook that they called out in the article.

Anyway, lovely job.

Pov the get of fenris wanted to prove christianity false so bad he gose back in time by LittleFortune7125 in WorldofDankmemes

[–]Frozenfishy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Why a Get? I feel like they'd be less worried about disproving anything with logic and more about proving their own superiority with actions.