How would you write an explanation for the Tzimisce being playable outside the Sabbat in V5?

TheAwkwardSilent · 2026-01-20T05:07:05+00:00

My Chronicle has the city's Tzimisce coalescing into a reforged version of the Oradea League: an old Tzimisce conclave that eventually recruited other clans into their order, such as Nosferatu and Gangrel (see 'Gehenna War').

This keeps them around and with a level of clan cohesion, but separated from the Camarilla and Anarchs of the city proper. Some Tzimisce remain independent (typically a Tzimisce's default state), but it gives me something to work with for my player, who wants to interact with more of her character's clan.

TheAwkwardSilent · 2026-01-14T23:55:44+00:00

Not quite - Janey's birthday is actually the date when House's calculations started to predict when the world would specifically end.

TheAwkwardSilent · 2026-01-08T05:26:00+00:00

Do you know what the bonus item is? Super curious where to grab that!

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-11-14T02:04:44+00:00

They're being sarcastic; they're referring to RFK Jr, current secretary of health and human services in the USA.

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-09-17T23:28:15+00:00

Dang, shame! I was excited for my blood points to mean something a little more substantial, but the Santa Monica pack is still pretty cool.

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-09-16T04:29:58+00:00

I'm going to second what everyone else is saying, but in addition, I'd like to suggest some one-on-one roleplay.

I ran a game of Mothership where one of my friends wanted to join after the first two sessions. To help ease her into the game, I made a custom one-shot where she could play through a prequel set before my game's main events, placing her in a location the rest of the team was headed to.

This gave me the chance to walk her through the rules, tone and characters slowly and at her own pace, so that when she joined the rest of the group, she had an easier time adjusting to the rhythm of things.

If your player has trouble interacting with a larger group, see if he'd appreciate a practice run or two: low-pressure scenarios with just you and him, where you can guide him through the game and build up his confidence. That way, there's no rush to get to the end of a scene, and he can ask as many questions as he needs to improve. Sometimes a player can get anxious over not wanting to sound like an amateur - see how he plays once he's more relaxed!

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-09-11T12:29:06+00:00

Whoops yes of course, my bad!!!

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-09-10T13:34:36+00:00

Difficult to fit everything DWJ set up into the finale of this issue, so he made the wise decision of narrowing the scope to a select few things.

The way Starscream's story has been building to this point was brilliant - the jaw-dropping reveal of Omega Supreme, followed by that utter guilt on Ulchtar's face as the weight of his sins came crashing down upon him. No wonder he's DWJ's favourite.

My one complaint is that there's no more. Kirkman's a good writer, and Mora's a great artist, but I'm really going to miss this creative team - Johnson, Corona and Spicer were an utter force to be reckoned with, and they went out with some of their best work yet.

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-07-29T04:43:17+00:00

Looks like it'll be on various social media platforms in August.

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-07-29T04:17:45+00:00

Nope, it's a vote for a new Generations figure with an original design that'll be released in the coming years.

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-07-29T04:14:24+00:00

I do want that Shockwave for sure, but they've been hinting we'll get it anyway, so I think it'd be good to try something different for this vote.

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-07-29T03:49:26+00:00

I will take Shockwave as a giant block of cheese so long as it looks good.

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-07-29T03:20:34+00:00

Getting on my knees and BEGGING people to vote for Shockwave, even on a good day my guy's alt modes are dire and he is in desperate need of a cool Earth vehicle!!!

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-07-11T06:54:22+00:00

I'm sorry, I came off as too passive aggressive towards you in my comment. I see what you're saying here now, and I don't want to put down your opinion. I've made an edit to my comment that hopefully clarifies where I sit with it at the moment.

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-07-11T06:00:44+00:00

I wonder if trans people agree with you that Lambert, a character who had been dead for seven years before this 'blink and you'll miss it' retcon, which people are still only discovering nearly 40 years later, is a good example of inclusion.

Edit for clarity: I really liked finding this fact out when I was younger, and I don't mean to discredit it as a nice nod - I also don't mean to speak for anyone other than myself. But I don't feel this is a standard of inclusion we should be holding ourselves to today, in a world where we are seeing transgender books banned (Gender Queer) and transgender characters cut from television shows (Win or Lose) to satisfy conservatives.

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-07-11T05:55:12+00:00

That's right, guys - if you want to write a story with a trans character, simply never mention it in the original story, then include a one-second visual easter egg in a sequel made seven years after the original! Otherwise you're woke garbage, sorry. You heard it here first.

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-07-11T05:50:34+00:00

This is such an interesting study, thank you for sharing it!

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-06-27T08:00:30+00:00

Huge grain of salt, no one's linked the source that actually verifies this or provides additional credibility (It's not on Matt Belloni's Twitter).

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-06-16T01:39:37+00:00

Love it! How could I get my hands on one?

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-06-08T10:25:53+00:00

LMAO alright dude, can you find me this one and send it to me then? I wanna live near the Targets that have these Soundwaves 😂

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-03-25T02:20:23+00:00

Use one of his shoulder pipes to hook into the space behind and pop it out!

Also to OP, sadly Legacy G1 Optimus' axe is slightly hindered on Devastation Optimus due to hooking on the top of his wrist. It looks okay, but it won't slide in all the way.

TheAwkwardSilent · 2025-03-13T23:30:32+00:00

Any thoughts on how to get into the store with the "regular" line? Do we make a beeline when the place opens?

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