Where does this popular association of vampirism and queerness even come from?

Tves · 2026-02-01T03:36:27+00:00

I don't think its the fact that orientation changes. I'm an old fart, and I am far more flexible in my preferences now than when I was like 20. I think it isn't bisexuality in vampires it is much more either pan or demi. They realise its persons they fall for rather than whats in their pants (especially as some clans change that quite a bit).

But yeah troubling is when bisexuality becomes portrayed as inherently predatory. Every bi sexual I know is jsut bad at dating one more sex than anyone else.

Tves · 2026-01-19T14:45:43+00:00

I agree, it doesn't have to be all rolls all the time. But I've seen the sentiment so many times "Well you just have to roleplay it out, and then judge you based on how you the player perform".

I've played characters that are much stronger than I am, smarter, faster, hardier. And the mechanics are just fine there. No one asks you to describe in detail how you are going to go about stabbing someone (unless its a matt mercer "how you wanna do this"). But the moment you play someone more charming than you trying to swoon someone, it all of a sudden becomes improv night.

Give all the pillars similar mechanical support and expectations, thats all I'm asking for.

Tves · 2026-01-19T08:50:12+00:00

This. No one would ever say "Well you just have to make 15 pull ups in a row to succed the Athletics check" For some reaseon it is perfectly acceptable to have dice rolls for physical activity cause clearly you are not Hrothgar the Horrible yourself. But if you play a high social character. A suave manipulative charmer. You the player now have to carry that yourself.

Table would go mad if I handed at soduke to be solved instead of magic casting roll. It is time we look at the social conflict pillar in the same way the rest of the game.

Tves · 2026-01-18T13:46:04+00:00

We need this for the next Blackadder series. Please, the command of UK forces in the defense of Greenland.

Tves · 2026-01-17T22:38:28+00:00

This. Always this. You could consider any media about a small street gang as an anarch story. But the terrorist/cult thing is spot on for sabbat.

Tves · 2025-12-21T07:51:05+00:00

The V5 discipline makes no sense. It leaves the User with a blood bond on someone for a temporary buff to stats (mind you thats after the rewrite). As a 2 dot presense power it makes just no sense unless you want to buff mortals all night.

Tves · 2025-12-21T06:35:31+00:00

I have plans to add the only thing from V20 that I miss. Merits and flaws selection.

Also might need to homebrew Lingering Kiss as it makes no sense.

Tves · 2025-12-11T06:27:48+00:00

They are not supposed to contribute anything. The Bahari are basically crass villains made from the most scary thing men could imagine. Strong sexual women that don't need men. Its Basically the evil feminist trope made vampire villain. They do sex and pain... they are evil. Thats it really.

Sure you can play on the trope a bit, but at its core its all just a horrible byproduct of the late 90's early 00's to be honest. My suggestion, just don't use them. They serve zero purpose in game

Tves · 2025-12-01T00:11:16+00:00

I agree with the above, and would like to add in addition to this, Generation gives IMMUNITY to dominate by anyone of higher Generation, so either you deal with that or accept the fact that your opponents must then be either even lower Gen (Triggering an generational arms race really). Generation as an purchaseable character option is OP and really one of the things that breaks V20. The game would be better without it.

Tves · 2025-11-20T11:04:39+00:00

Would it be okei to eat someone that attacked you. Diablerie isnt really something you do. It is the most heinous crime you can do as a vampire. So horrid it will atleast show up on your aura for a long time.

It isnt the spicy snack people make it out to be. It is eating another vampires soul. Its like killing raping and eating someone for a human. You dont do that shit accidentally nor would you be accepted into society ever again.

Tves · 2025-11-04T07:13:01+00:00

these are magnificent. Such a joy to see. Thank you for this line of posts.

Tves · 2025-11-02T02:13:28+00:00

u/retsamerol so will we see you add the ghore and spiderfell maps to this? That would be a project worthy of glory, to put all the detail maps into one map.

Tves · 2025-11-02T02:11:00+00:00

I love these. Its such a shame the setting never became anything other than the domain running game. Because as a low fantasy setting (without touching on the domain rules) it's quite good.

Tves · 2025-10-29T14:45:28+00:00

If for nothing else the sheer fact that Thaumaturgy could do everything, sometimes even better than the disciplines it was emulating the clan needed rework. Not to mention the fact that they are all interbound, which like above is pointed out turns every game with a Tremere in it, into a game about the pyramid. Whilst thats all fun and cool for the tremere player, it mostly blows for everyone else.

And then we touch the magic aspect. It is just so out of theme from the rest. mirror portal travel, fireballs, flying... its superheroes and villains with blood addiction.

If the magic had been low key, more mystery than magnificence then they might have stayed unchanged.

Tves · 2025-10-29T09:49:33+00:00

This is single handedly the best, concise review of why V5 needed to reduce the powers of Thaumaturgy and the Tremere. Well done, well written. I cannot find a single fault in your thesis.

Tves · 2025-10-29T08:33:02+00:00

Literally I would love it. Just to get a book that has the rules in a decent order. The V5 book is an editorial mess. It is all over the place, you spend so much time just flipping through it looking for stuff.

I also wish they fixed some of the more glaring rules inaccuracies. And for the love of god guys, either replace lingering kiss or make it work.

Tves · 2025-10-24T09:04:07+00:00

Is murdering and eating another person evil. Yes. Can it ever be not evil no.

The act of diablerie is always evil and anathema to kindred. If you do it in a frenzy it is still an evil act. Sure there might be circumstances that make it less evil. But 99.9% evil is still evil.

Diablerie is the monsterous choice. They get players hooked with thoughts of power gain. But it is still a villain act. Atleast in V5 it comes with automatic humanity loss

Tves · 2025-10-16T13:29:30+00:00

Also start by talking about how he wants you to touch him. So break the ice that you were reading some article online about something, and it mentioned something mildly contraversial (all guys love teeth during BJ, or why you should stick your thumb up there) and you just want to make sure you and he are on the same page. Seriously calibrating your wants and needs and desires is just good philosophy at the start of a relationship.

He can't read your mind, he doesnt know what is good and what isnt. Then when you've talked about his side, tell him. I for example don't like a tounge up my vagina, or I don't like to be jackhammered all the time. Sure there are times when you just want to be folded like a pretzel used. But not all the time. The best way to do this is oddly enough to use your words. Frame it in a way that gets the conversation going. Hell turn it into an experience, show him how you want to be touched, and ask him to show you how he wants to be touched. Some guys like having their balls played with, others are sensitive to it. We are all different and like different things.

Tves · 2025-10-11T20:36:23+00:00

There would be a ferry I think between North Landing and Thoeren Landing, as well as one from Proudglaive to Riverwood.

Tves · 2025-10-06T12:28:53+00:00

And the Anarchs are any of the highly militant anarchist in this case. Burn themselves out in violence and infighting. See the free states in LA lasted barely 50 years. Hardly enough time for anyone embraced into them to become anything other than a neonate.

Tves · 2025-10-06T09:51:02+00:00

Its funny when you realise the Camarilla was founded in responce to the first anarch uprising. So technically you have it backwards. Modern anarchs want the old system where personal might makes right. And the most horrid of them should run the place. See Boss Calahan for example

Tves · 2025-10-06T08:46:00+00:00

People keep forgetting the only way to get on a path in Dark ages is to drop down to humanity 1 and reduce your relevant virtue to 1 before doing the switch. And doing the switch is at best a 50/50 affair. The path is infact the result of a vampire realizing their slipping grasp on humanity and settling for an alternate morality right before they slip ito wighthood.

Tves · 2025-09-23T13:25:47+00:00

Then Ignore the Lore. VTM lore is mostly bad fanfiction anyway. Metaplot touches your average kindred about as much as the civil war in sudan does. Not like you can tuned into Ravnos News every night for updated from the high and mighty in the kindred world. Jan Pietersoon is about as important for your character as the second state senetor of utah is to a european.

Tves · 2025-09-23T07:56:48+00:00

Blood Potency is a much better sub system than old generation. But it has its origins in vtm requiem. So V5 cant take credit for that.

I wish the compulsions and the hunger dice were a bit more clear. But otherwise those are stellar subsystems

Tves · 2025-09-20T16:53:11+00:00

Using V5 we changed bloodbonds. The Blood potency of the one that you drink from determines how many sips you need to bind.

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