Vampire: The Masquerade rises from the grave...

Kaz · March 18, 2011, 09:00:39 PM

Put me in the camp that loved the rules, setting, feel, et al of Vampire and Werewolf but could do without the "how to play" advice. Sort of like how they wrote an introduction to the Aberrant Player's Guide that stated, "This is not Superfriends."

You're right. It's not. It's whatever the fuck I want it to be.

We didn't play Vampire like gothic superhero club-goers. We played it our way and liked. (We did play Werewolf like we were furry superheroes, cause fuck... werewolves can rip shit up.)

I still own a lot of Vampire stuff, so wouldn't need a compendium, but I still think it's a pretty cool idea. Especially if they were to use the nWoD rules in the process.

Kaz · March 18, 2011, 09:05:21 PM

Quote from: Benoist;447187It actually is at its best in 'by Night' sandbox play, where you set up a city of your choosing, populate it of various groups, factions, NPCs etc, and unleash the PCs in the environment with goals on their own choosing (i.e. discovering who's behind what, make it as a major force to reckon with in town, find out "the truth" about this or that mystery in town, fulfill some revenge, etc etc etc).

To me, this is the essence of Vampire and describes exactly what I picture when I think of a good Vampire chronicle/campaign. It's also the game I've always had the most fun prepping for when GMing. Even campaigns I started to work up and the game later fell through, I had a great time putting together elder vampires and neonate rivals, etc.

Imperator · March 18, 2011, 09:53:45 PM

Quote from: The Butcher;447175...for a 20th Anniversary Edition.

http://blog.vampirethemasquerade.com/

The book itself is looking really good, kind of a "Vampire: The Masquerade Rules Cyclopedia" compiling every clan, bloodline, discipline, faction etc. ever. Plus original Tim Bradstreet art, what's not to love?

Also check out the obligatory RPGnet thread for some epic WW oWoD vs. nWoD butthurt.

I will be checking this out, definitely.

Patrick Y. · March 18, 2011, 10:03:04 PM

Man, I am on this book like white on rice. The early Vampire years were great gaming times for me.

J Arcane · March 18, 2011, 10:10:05 PM

I want one for Werewolf: The Apocalypse.

Best WW game ever.

Patrick Y. · March 18, 2011, 10:16:59 PM

I want a 20th anniversary Mage that combines both Mage, and Mage Revised.

... because seeing a book spontaneously split itself in half and burst into flames would be fascinating.

Benoist · March 18, 2011, 10:26:41 PM

Quote from: Kaz;447203To me, this is the essence of Vampire and describes exactly what I picture when I think of a good Vampire chronicle/campaign. It's also the game I've always had the most fun prepping for when GMing. Even campaigns I started to work up and the game later fell through, I had a great time putting together elder vampires and neonate rivals, etc.

Dude, totally. And the charts with the feelings NPCs have towards one another, the relationships between the coteries, and all that stuff. And digging into the history of a city and picking up NPCs, wondering if they were just what history knows of them, or if they were something else, or manipulated by something else, and why. If they're still around, or have long been burried.

One of the most fun NPCs I had in Paris was Maximilien Robespierre. I mean, he was an arrogant, extremist douchebag, but he wasn't very high up in the food chain, so to speak. But MAN. The players LOOOVED to hate this guy, and I would give them all the reasons in the world to hate him. This was like a running gag after a while.

Justin Alexander · March 19, 2011, 12:22:46 AM

This will probably be the first money White Wolf has gotten out of me in close to a decade.

EDIT: Wow. RPGNet is stupider than I remember it being.

Tahmoh · March 19, 2011, 12:32:00 AM

As long as they dont use a version of the old rules i'll grab a copy...fuck it i'll more than likely get a copy anyway and port the nwod rules over instead, im pretty sure it wont be too hard to do with abit of a tweak and a few crowbars to nudge stuff into place

pspahn · March 19, 2011, 12:39:26 AM

Quote from: Patrick Y.;447211Man, I am on this book like white on rice. The early Vampire years were great gaming times for me.

Me too. Ditched my VtM stuff long ago during a move so an all in one would be most welcome. If I can persuade my wife. . .

Pete

Benoist · March 19, 2011, 02:08:05 AM

From the RPGnet thread:

"Comparing White Wolf to Palladium to me is like comparing, oh, Shakespeare to Stan Lee."

Dude. It's sig worthy, in an ironic "LULZ WTF" way, of course. /done

PS: Official site has gone live. http://vampirethemasquerade.com/

IceBlinkLuck · March 19, 2011, 03:26:31 AM

Quote from: Benoist;447229From the RPGnet thread:

"Comparing White Wolf to Palladium to me is like comparing, oh, Shakespeare to Stan Lee."

Dude. It's sig worthy, in an ironic "LULZ WTF" way, of course. /done

I wonder if anyone is going to point out to this guy that Shakespeare was a popular writer of his day....kind of like Stan Lee is.

IceBlinkLuck · March 19, 2011, 03:28:47 AM

Bah, forgot to post what I was going to in the first place. Yeah! Certainly going to pick up this book. Might even revive my old D. C. by night campaign.

Blackhand · March 19, 2011, 04:16:37 AM

I'll have to pick one of these up.

Might never run it, but I'll feel better about myself for having it. :idunno:

danbuter · March 19, 2011, 07:36:20 AM

Not even 3 posts into the RPGNet thread and someone said nWoD is just as popular as oWoD. Hahahahahaha!