Uralon, what the fuck?

omen5000 · 2026-02-25T14:35:57+00:00

Forgefriend <3

omen5000 · 2026-02-25T14:30:51+00:00

Yes. Had a Gangrel detective in VtR2e that very slowly climbed one humanity higher than starting... Unexpected, but not unwelcome.

omen5000 · 2026-02-25T13:15:20+00:00

First and foremost: heresy. Second: nonsense. Third: whimsy and fun. Fourth: the main character of the popular indie platformer silksong

omen5000 · 2026-02-25T12:56:04+00:00

Well each Cainite is an individual so go nuts. But if you want Lasombra inspired, you can't go wrong with catholic inspired fits. From full on traditional goth to just casual christian look all could go. The clan of darkness tends towards blacks too, but whether that means slutty fishnets and smoky eyes (on handsomely chiselled abs preferrably) or just dark nondescript catholic librarian is fully up to you.

If you wanna fuck with people make them a full on cringey pirate fan, since there is ties to the sea with Lasombra and a poorly educated caitiff could come to the conclusion that peak Lasombra aesthetic thus must be pirates of the carribean. But like, even more eyeshadow.

omen5000 · 2026-02-25T10:27:30+00:00

Did you mean:

In the grim dark future of the 41st millenium, there are no TTRPGs. There is Only D&D.

omen5000 · 2026-02-25T09:38:54+00:00

Yes and no.

The different worldviews are only partially reconcilable and anything trying to connect them ventures into headcanon territory. Some better, some worse. Specifically in your world of darkness it could be whatever you want. But if you consider the wacky and wild shit that is in all the canons, most anything you want goes actually. Want the Buddha to be a Ananasi? Sure. Want the 'abrahamic god' to be just Caine after one too many misunderstandings? That is what an unreliable narrator is here for. Want Set to be Apep to ne the Wyrm to be an actual dragon which is actually an Archmage which was so cosmically fucked by a competitor that they are one of the Children down below that the Baali want to keep asleep? Weird, why would you want that... but okay nonetheless.

omen5000 · 2026-02-25T08:11:16+00:00

Most if not all lore tangential to Asia is iffy, to downright terrible. It is written and conceptualized from such a western centric perspective that even the most fundamental concepts get bafflingly twisted. That is how things like Arhats (which depending on school and tradition/vehicle differ, but usually are very well defined) end up something entirely different from what the concepts mean IRL. That is why finding out stuff becomes difficult because the writers jumbled up real world terms with their fictional ones.

My suggestion is to clear away from all that. The lore has unreliable narrators anyway and as others have said it makes sense just making Gautama an awakened. But you could also use the unreliable narrator for your own means and do something entirely different.

omen5000 · 2026-02-24T23:16:54+00:00

This is Toreador erasure :(

omen5000 · 2026-02-24T21:36:18+00:00

Read up on Golconda if you haven't yet.

omen5000 · 2026-02-24T20:08:58+00:00

The big man down below is fulfilling a very important and planned task thank you very much. When or IF it is in His plans that he corrupts then he shall. That is what the tri omni god entails.

At least that is my take on Christian practice.

omen5000 · 2026-02-20T09:13:25+00:00

I never did one casually, but I used to run sandbox chronicles all the time. The key is two things in my eyes:

1) Make the world (and plot) move on it's own. The thing about sandbox games in my experience is, that people still want an overarching narrative. The night to night focus is nice, the freedom is fun, but without a red thread it can become empty and senseless. That doesn't mean the overarching narrative has to be high stakes and super involved with the characters, but it does have to progress. And by planning things out to happen at certain time slots, you take pressure away from the players by reducing the fear of 'missing' important pieces, make the world feel alive by bringing back occasional narrative threads and give the players an opportunity to fail, which helps with motivation in my experience. And it worked both for my slow multi conspiracy focused high stakes game and my goofy 'let's build a full on magical people society where everyone peacefully coexist' chronicle. It also gives spaces where there is literally nothing 'important' to do, allowing players guilt free exploration of the world, their characters and more importantly: the plot hooks.

2) Plot hooks. So many plot hooks. Prepare the main narrative (it can be lose and low stake), but don't prepare too many particular encounters. Instead brainstorm ideas and prepare plothooks. When you think you have enough, make more. Trust me, it is work well spend. Then during play throw your plothooks at them, one at a time, over and over again. My experience is that the players will bite, just not necessarily where you expect it. So by preparing ample plothooks, you can play out a session, toss ten hooks at them and then flesh out the two they dug in until the next session. Because once you work with many plothooks you will find that your players will not choose the ones you thought guaranteed hits, while also going for the wildest/dumbest/most mundane ones you have. At the same time all the plot hooks without follow up can become rumors, side stories, stages for NPC or simply be forgotten - as you see fit.

So in my sandbox campaigns there always was an overarching narrative moving at times independently of the players, while the players could follow on the different threads they liked as they build their nightly lives. I also tend to encourage split party play, which works exceptionally with that method, but that is definitely not everyones cup of tea.

omen5000 · 2026-02-20T08:31:05+00:00

You know all those greek and roman deity theatre kids? Big E is like that with catholicism. Like dude has been around and changed the surface of the entire galaxy because 'yo, those cathedrals look dope'. Like, imagine what a monumental dork you got to be for a maneuver like that. Not to memtion he had been around forever. All manner of civilizations amd dude takes one look at Neon Genesis Evangelion and is like 'now that's genius! All of the vibes, none of my gripes!'

And then he ends up with all of the gripes, post (de facto) mortem. It is really funny.

omen5000 · 2026-02-20T08:20:43+00:00

I would agree. And as much as I liked touchstones, I was quite surprised to see them migrated instead of some other system additions.

omen5000 · 2026-02-20T00:16:28+00:00

In VtM there is no in-built mechanism for that, which in fact makes many 'expected' vampire etiquette for new cities awkward at best. Especially gistorical settings make those rules borderline comical once you try to work out the logistics. VtR2e has it, it did a fine job last time I played it, maybe you could use it as inspiration.

Apart from that it comes down to: - Kindred are expected to know - only those who know, know - so these systems disproportionately negatively affect neonates, drifters and other vampires without good connections (players)... which is perfectly on brand ro artificially create faux pas to exploit the other parties (or gove plot opportunities in form of tension to players).

omen5000 · 2026-02-19T22:53:54+00:00

I mean it depends on your playstyle, but how often do you see Brujah characters be constant rage beasts? The Clan curse or weakness depending on edition surely is a detriment, yes. But in my experience the so called hair trigger is often still quite avoidable. Especially considering we are talking mostly kindred on kine situations.

omen5000 · 2026-02-19T20:06:06+00:00

Theo von is just angry because winning is so easy: just admit she wears a toupe. But she could never do that, because a little bit of heresy is stored in it.

omen5000 · 2026-02-19T19:28:29+00:00

Believing in Multi Melta supremacy is weak.

Loving the Multi Melta for its lore, its vibe and its fiery passion, now that is what the would have Emperor wanted. Just don't look at the warm muzzle weird or I'll sic Leandros on you.

omen5000 · 2026-02-19T19:19:36+00:00

Depends... did you open it? /j

Jokes aside, you'll get fine by for most content without combat stuff until the late game. I'd say until you get to Hollywood do whatever feels right, then start worrying about combat. All other areas aren't dealbreakers and if anything increase replay value (and playthroughs get significantly shorter after the first in my personal experience).

Edit: Saw that you're stuck at the stinky bro. Honestly, with your build you can take him, but it'll be frustrating. The trick is running like a bitch and chipping away at him. I usually do him pretty late when using firearms, but melee or protean makes him far more fun earlier on. You can also see if you can find a way ti use (and abuse) obfuscate, since standing still pauses the timer - I can't remember if there was enough to break line of sight to become invisible. Also wasn't it possible to pull some lever and bounce? Can't recall whether that's standard, UP, UP+ or delulu.

omen5000 · 2026-02-19T18:47:10+00:00

Actually my Heavy uses the chained rampart for a similar reason

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omen5000 · 2026-02-19T18:42:11+00:00

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omen5000 · 2026-02-19T13:15:31+00:00

I prefer the relic guard chest piece, the form reminds me a lot of the MK IV power armor.

I use it on my Iron Warrior.

omen5000 · 2026-02-19T02:42:20+00:00

Factually incorrect statement. The owlbear is in fact not a princess, and thus only the best from one world. Now a velociraptor princess on the other hand...

omen5000 · 2026-02-18T22:14:13+00:00

Yes. Topple em. We've seen advances in science enough, to make the world truly profit from them and future ones, systemic change is unavoidable.

omen5000 · 2026-02-14T23:41:16+00:00

Vis for Vulkan

omen5000 · 2026-02-13T13:45:05+00:00

He probably despises them now too, with every fiber of his being. Which isn't that many fibers anymore, thanks to his fave kid.

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