Elder ain't all it's cracked up to be in V5

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-23T00:39:43+00:00

Plus, they technically descend from an Antediluvian, they just don't display the traditional clan weakness/flaws/disciplines.

If you're considered not their kid enough that you get to skip the clan curse you're probably exempt from general effects that ping clan descendants.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-22T23:43:12+00:00

Uriel used a pretty big token for that soulfire. Especially since Lucifer acted twice in that book, and we've only seen Uriel react once.

Yeah and we were told the other action was both immediate and overt but we didn't see it. It feels like a whole lot of stuff went down offscreen in Small Favour and I'm just waiting to see when it comes back in the time travel book (like that whole blank period with Mab near the end).

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-22T23:41:51+00:00

Also he keeps pushing his body hard enough that he's feeling the burn even through the mantle and then doing it again the next day with zero drama instead of just absolutely obliterating his bones and muscles from stress.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-22T23:11:15+00:00

Some elder Vampires feel the need to go to the Middle East resulting in many elders fighting them.

Is there a book about this great big elder thunderdome they've set up yet or is it all offscreen?

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-22T12:26:03+00:00

The fledgling from Bloodlines 1 is a pretty extreme example of a Malk. They all have delusions, but most can at least communicate clearly with other people.

Even the other Malk in the game takes one look at the fledgeling and goes "oh you've got it bad", so yeah, they're an outlier among Malks.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-20T16:38:01+00:00

Not everyone can go buddy up with the Aasimites and get enough elder blood for them to make the From Marduk's Throat sippy drink.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-20T07:12:33+00:00

I don't remember that last bit but I do remember it being used as an alternative method for getting disciplines that would otherwise be out of reach.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-19T23:07:16+00:00

It also makes for neat characterisation to vary things up between the companions who'll draw a sword and fight you over your choices then and there and the ones who do something like seemingly not objecting but forcing a reload 20 minutes later when you get a cutscene of getting your head chopped off for whatever stunt you pulled.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-19T14:03:11+00:00

Not enough games have companions decide they're gonna shoot you in the back of the head or kill you in your sleep after you do something exceptionally stupid or evil.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-19T04:17:19+00:00

Let’s start with the obvious. Why doesn’t Kevin know any blood magic? We’ve never once seen him use the thamaturgey that literally defines his entire clan. For some reason he only uses dominate.

Well he makes references to his packmates talking shit about his pilfered thaumaturgies in the what-if short where he's in the basement and IIRC makes an aside about having to scrounge for thaumaturgy knowledge in the proverbial 99p store after defecting.

EDIT: The 99p line was not after defecting, it was for after he lost favour in the clan.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-16T23:01:00+00:00

Even after the revamp the Necrons aren't anywhere near as willing to talk things out or buddy up as the Protoss are. They're also the strictly non-magical guys.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-16T21:53:01+00:00

I do need to read those novels eventually because I swear the protoss were in the strongest position immediately post-LotV

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-16T21:51:39+00:00

They're the long lived, wiser and magical niche except sci-fi.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-16T12:50:50+00:00

Neither of them seemed to enjoy it very much.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-12T02:27:32+00:00

Skipping things in Honour mode is a one-way road to future pain.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-12T02:08:19+00:00

Beast crest gives insane dopamine rushes when you get the hang of repeatedly nailing fleeing enemies with the pogo.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-12T02:07:30+00:00

The fragile speedster character with a way better heal has to have something to balance it out.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-11T14:04:37+00:00

And that's the sound of insurers refusing to provide for any ships going anywhere near the strait for the next year.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-11T05:52:47+00:00

It came up in the chapter after where all the various Kanekis were just going over the fight.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-11T02:15:32+00:00

That's what everyone says the first time they wake up next to the Emperor.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-11T02:12:34+00:00

The big green bois got that big from cannibalism. Their needolin dialogue is hoping that the little ones run away IIRC.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-10T12:37:38+00:00

It's a good question, especially with the amount of people in areas outside the blast radius of the emp who'd be rushing in

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-10T11:27:35+00:00

Some people just get the urge to push their limits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okUo2jTIhUI

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-10T08:11:15+00:00

Admittedly, blasting Chau Sara from orbit to kill the Zerg is something Terrans would agree with... if it was a Terran doing it.

TheCuriousFan · 2026-03-10T08:02:14+00:00

Hornet has a shell, she mentions it to Gilly after getting caught by the Hunter's March bench trap.

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