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What was playing Vampire: TM like in the earliest days of the game?

Started by Shipyard Locked, August 30, 2016, 01:36:46 PM

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tenbones

#540
December 01, 2016, 11:17:00 AM
Quote from: Doc Sammy;933270And I've dealt with some of the so-called "Guidos" in Jersey, they're nowhere near as bad as the rednecks, gangbangers, and Goths in Roanoke, Virginia.

Sweet Jesus, these guys must be tainted by Chaos. We need pics, stat!

Opaopajr

#541
December 01, 2016, 11:30:30 AM
I can't believe this thread is still grinding on. The axe is sharp enough, Sammy-kun, it'll do... it'll do. ;)
Just make your fuckin\' guy and roll the dice, you pricks. Focus on what\'s interesting, not what gives you the biggest randomly generated virtual penis.  -- J Arcane
 
You know, people keep comparing non-TSR D&D to deck-building in Magic: the Gathering. But maybe it\'s more like Katamari Damacy. You keep sticking shit on your characters until they are big enough to be a star.
-- talysman

tenbones

#542
December 01, 2016, 11:46:50 AM
I dunno if it was this thread, the fact that I spent the last three-weeks recuperating from my intestines exploding out of my stomach, the alignment of the stars, but I downloaded Vampire Bloodlines. I'll be damned if that game, as primitive as it is graphically, didn't make me feel like "yep - this is pretty good old-school Vampire."

Opaopajr

#543
December 01, 2016, 12:03:27 PM
Disembowelment sucks... Get better! :D
Just make your fuckin\' guy and roll the dice, you pricks. Focus on what\'s interesting, not what gives you the biggest randomly generated virtual penis.  -- J Arcane
 
You know, people keep comparing non-TSR D&D to deck-building in Magic: the Gathering. But maybe it\'s more like Katamari Damacy. You keep sticking shit on your characters until they are big enough to be a star.
-- talysman

BoxCrayonTales

#544
December 01, 2016, 01:46:35 PM
And Doc Sammy is ranting again. Brings back memories. Does anything I post sound ranty to anyone?

I'm not in the loop much but I just read that the V20DA laibon were introduced to make the Caine myth ambiguous. I see a few problems with this: the mechanics of vampirism itself make it unlikely for vampires not to be derived from the same source, because aside from clan curses and discounted disciplines all vampires follow the same rules for vampirism. This issue cropped up in VTR, where the excuse was that their human heritage somehow gave the five or seven or whatever clans compatible rules, even though this doesn't apply to most of the freaks in Wicked Dead.

Mordred Pendragon

#545
December 01, 2016, 02:27:39 PM
I love New Jersey. But that aside, I like Masquerade, but I think Requiem is better.

There, I said it.
Sic Semper Tyrannis

BoxCrayonTales

#546
December 01, 2016, 03:03:57 PM
Quote from: Doc Sammy;933373I love New Jersey. But that aside, I like Masquerade, but I think Requiem is better.

There, I said it.

I find them equally borked. Not necessarily the metaplot or background or whatever, but the rules. 25 years later the rules are still as clunky and bloated as ever. ST system and derivatives still can't decide whether they want to be narrativist, simulationist, or whatever. (I dislike dissociative mechanics so that will color my view.)

The Butcher

#547
December 01, 2016, 03:05:22 PM
Quote from: tenbones;933349I dunno if it was this thread, the fact that I spent the last three-weeks recuperating from my intestines exploding out of my stomach, the alignment of the stars, but I downloaded Vampire Bloodlines. I'll be damned if that game, as primitive as it is graphically, didn't make me feel like "yep - this is pretty good old-school Vampire."

Somehow I never played this game. I should really look into it.

Quote from: Doc Sammy;933373I love New Jersey. But that aside, I like Masquerade, but I think Requiem is better.

There, I said it.

I had a great time with the (o)WoD but I prefer Requiem to Masquerade, Forsaken to Apocalypse, Vigil to Reckoning and (horror of horrors!) Awakening to Ascension. (I also prefer Lost to Dreaming, but doesn't everyone?)

tenbones

#548
December 01, 2016, 03:13:34 PM
Quote from: Opaopajr;933352Disembowelment sucks... Get better! :D

Thanks! Working on it. In keeping with WoD - I have a sweeeeeet Werewolf battlescar now. It looks like a Pentex footsoldier shoved a chainsaw in my guts. I've asked my surgeon if we can just leave all the staples in...


He said no. It'll still look cool (I think).

Mordred Pendragon

#549
December 01, 2016, 03:47:04 PM
Quote from: tenbones;933376Thanks! Working on it. In keeping with WoD - I have a sweeeeeet Werewolf battlescar now. It looks like a Pentex footsoldier shoved a chainsaw in my guts. I've asked my surgeon if we can just leave all the staples in...


He said no. It'll still look cool (I think).

Well, I hope your recovery goes well.
Sic Semper Tyrannis

crkrueger

#550
December 01, 2016, 08:22:53 PM
Quote from: tenbones;933376Thanks! Working on it. In keeping with WoD - I have a sweeeeeet Werewolf battlescar now. It looks like a Pentex footsoldier shoved a chainsaw in my guts. I've asked my surgeon if we can just leave all the staples in...


He said no. It'll still look cool (I think).

What the fuck happened?
Even the the "cutting edge" storygamers for all their talk of narrative, plot, and drama are fucking obsessed with the god damned rules they use. - Estar

Yes, Sean Connery\'s thumb does indeed do megadamage. - Spinachcat

Isuldur is a badass because he stopped Sauron with a broken sword, but Iluvatar is the badass because he stopped Sauron with a hobbit. -Malleus Arianorum

"Tangency Edition" D&D would have no classes or races, but 17 genders to choose from. -TristramEvans

Spinachcat

#551
December 01, 2016, 08:32:31 PM
Quote from: Doc Sammy;933237I hate living in Southwest Virginia.

Then you should move next year. It's allowed.


Quote from: Doc Sammy;933237I want to move to New Jersey.

Bwah???


Quote from: Doc Sammy;933373I love New Jersey.

Said no one in New Jersey. Ever.


Quote from: tenbones;933376It looks like a Pentex footsoldier shoved a chainsaw in my guts.

Now that's a flesh wound!!

crkrueger

#552
December 01, 2016, 08:48:13 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;933408Said no one in New Jersey. Ever.
Yeah the "Good Life" being New Jersey, what kind of unspeakable hell hole do you have to come from to get that idea?

BTW, it's not the Guidos you watch out for, it's the Goombas and the Vor. :D
Even the the "cutting edge" storygamers for all their talk of narrative, plot, and drama are fucking obsessed with the god damned rules they use. - Estar

Yes, Sean Connery\'s thumb does indeed do megadamage. - Spinachcat

Isuldur is a badass because he stopped Sauron with a broken sword, but Iluvatar is the badass because he stopped Sauron with a hobbit. -Malleus Arianorum

"Tangency Edition" D&D would have no classes or races, but 17 genders to choose from. -TristramEvans

Mordred Pendragon

#553
December 02, 2016, 07:35:48 AM
Quote from: CRKrueger;933411Yeah the "Good Life" being New Jersey, what kind of unspeakable hell hole do you have to come from to get that idea?

I no longer fear Hell, because I've lived in Roanoke, Virginia for the past nine years.
Sic Semper Tyrannis

tenbones

#554
December 02, 2016, 12:42:07 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;933405What the fuck happened?

I had a small umbilical hernia. P90X made it a softball sized hernia filled with noodles. Never knew you could squeeze that much intestine through a half-inch hole. As I'm a ball-spiking overachiever, I went for the fucking gold and came up platinum, only I didn't realize I was competing in the event called - "How to overdo it".

I'd had the hernia for some time it was tiny, but it wasn't until I started getting in shape I really aggravated it. It finally went kablooooey. They had to split me open and re-noodle my guttywuts.

In celebration of my survival my brother now has me signed up for a Spartan race next autumn... I might be a dumbass.

Edit: I'm convinced this is part of my real life WoD prelude. <---see? I'm on topic!
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