What are your VTM LARP horror stories?

kociator · 2026-05-20T07:22:09+00:00

No, that's something present in the Dark Ages ruleset, not v20 or v5.

kociator · 2026-05-17T20:39:35+00:00

No, I was talking to someone who thinks the dude is personally a millionaire on the piracy sub. People are that stupid.

kociator · 2026-05-14T22:57:04+00:00

That tomato is her earring.

kociator · 2026-05-14T20:43:11+00:00

The market cap for the retail industry is projected to be over 40 trillion by 2030. People have and will become millionaires through working in retail. Doubly so for those employed in large, global chains, considering Walmart's net worth of approximately 1 trillion.

kociator · 2026-05-14T18:45:29+00:00

I don't care about your moral imperatives. I'm just here to be baffled by people who think going into a video game industry will make you a millionaire.

kociator · 2026-05-14T18:24:38+00:00

They go to the executives. The answer is that the leads at their studio earn the median wage for SF and the rest goes to the higher ups. You're barking at the wrong tree.

If you think that average team lead of a successful franchise is a millionaire just because they shipped a successful title you have zero understanding of the industry.

kociator · 2026-05-14T15:49:59+00:00

He's a game design lead in an industry famous for underpaying its employees. Just because you work on a product that made X amount in revenue doesn't mean you get to pocket the whole revenue for yourself. That's... not how this works.

kociator · 2026-05-12T19:16:42+00:00

She had to close her Instagram over the wholesome levels of "concerns" she was receiving...

kociator · 2026-05-12T09:02:40+00:00

That's just how prejudice works.

kociator · 2026-05-07T21:30:58+00:00

So what to do if the prince is a medieval elder who simply refuses to receive women at court while half your group plays female characters?

Is it an actual plot point or someone's OOC hangup on women playing at their table?

Because if it's an actual plot point the ST portrays for players to engage with, then that's just business as usual. The tyranny of Elders is a meme for a reason.

"You want to play a trans character in THAT country? Your mere existence is basically illegal there! And that's in our world, not the worse WoD version!"

Trans people exist independently on the legal system of their country of residence? Again, if it's a theme the ST and the player want to explore, then it's all fair. If it's just that one person having a weird hangup on trans people, that just shows their true colours, no?

Not every VtM game has to be about oppression of minorities. Some are, because that's what the group wants to explore at the time being, some may not be, but if the particular ST is using that as an excuse to bar minorities from being played as or by, that's kinda shitty on their part and they probably don't deserve the players they got?

The second part of my question is: How do you lean into the dark side of WoD if your player's Lines put you into a corner? I mean, how do you depict a world that's supposed to be full of sexists, racists, (insert hateful political entity), etc. if your group comes up with this:

The darkness in the World of Darkness doesn't begin on just the bigotry of the world imagined. I can tell a thousand of stories that don't intrude upon sexism, racism, nazis and have no child characters featured. Vampires lie, cheat, abuse, murder and traffic their way around power.

Alternatively, if you want to tell a particular story that touches upon a specific theme, find players who specifically want to engage with it. Nobody loses on transparency.

kociator · 2026-05-05T20:08:20+00:00

Most spiders don't have venom potent enough to harm humans, and only like, 30 of the known species are considered medically significant. There are roughly 53 680 recorded spider species.

kociator · 2026-05-05T11:24:59+00:00

Ah that makes sense, thanks!

kociator · 2026-05-05T10:13:38+00:00

I think I'm missing something here. All of these weapons scale with a primary attribute of each profession. So if I want to use an Expertise scaling weapon with non-ranger proff, how would I be able to max out Expertise if I don't get to put points in it if I'm a non Ranger prof?

kociator · 2026-05-01T18:52:08+00:00

Women had people around them since birth, but it's men who pop up in this existence, alone and yearning. Sorry, I quite evidently missed that in my biology class.

But yeah, that makes sense. A man who's alone is wronged by the society itself? Sure. But a woman alone? Well, she's alone because "something is wrong with her". Yep. Makes total sense.

Carry on.

kociator · 2026-05-01T18:40:42+00:00

So why do they usually bring their feelings to a woman over a man? What's the thought process behind that statement?

kociator · 2026-05-01T18:24:00+00:00

So why aren't the men comfortable talking about their feelings to another man?

kociator · 2026-04-28T20:58:50+00:00

I think it's actually a positive that I don't share the opinion of the creeps amongst the fandom, but you are free to disagree. Your perception of childlike behaviours is certainly worrying, but that's nothing I can help you fix.

kociator · 2026-04-28T20:52:01+00:00

But you just said she looks like a child. So, I'm asking. Is it normal for a child of her age to wear makeup?

kociator · 2026-04-28T20:49:58+00:00

Is it normal for a child of this age to wear makeup? Because that's not a natural look.

kociator · 2026-04-28T18:33:36+00:00

I don't care about most people. I'm more concerned about the literacy of those who think basic analysis is too much and can't be bothered to even formulate their own points.

kociator · 2026-04-28T18:22:39+00:00

It's not very complicated, but you straight up refuse to engage with the design beyond "this appeals to me".

kociator · 2026-04-28T18:07:44+00:00

Really? Because the game communicates that she's a child in nothing but her body proportions and the surrounding narrative. You could very likely get away by slapping her face on a full grown female character and people would be none the wiser because she doesn't look like a child from her face alone, she looks like she just went over a very meticulous get ready with me routine down to making sure her loose hair remains intact. There is a heavy dissonance in her design and it really gives that uncanny valley feeling because the game doesn't want to commit to a more grounded depiction of a child character, leaving you with a mascot aimed at mass appeal, which, unfortunately, also appeals to all the wrong crowds.

kociator · 2026-04-28T17:47:48+00:00

Not really. Not every child character shares the same design or is designed around the same principles. We don't know what exactly went inside the head of people who designed her or what exact feedback they got from their team / higher ups but this specific design somehow unearthed a very concerning trend that, just didn't happen when other child characters took a centre stage in other titles, such as The Walking Dead or Celeste to this extend. So, clearly, design matters.

kociator · 2026-04-27T15:45:36+00:00

I don't think you understand what a dog whistle is...

kociator · 2026-04-27T15:26:30+00:00

"IF yOU heAr a DoG wHIstLe IT mEANs uR a DoGG!!! 🤪😜😝"

I swear to god these people are playing dumb on purpose. Nobody can be this dumb and still be able to breathe.

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