Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines

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**Bromsy**

Wyrmalla wrote:
A pity that despite its name though (I expected a suit of riot armour or at least a vest), its visually identical to the second best outfit in the game. For the effort you need to go to get it I expected more. Then again, developement issues.

Does anything come of the thin bloods? I know that the seer spells out the plot of the game the first time you meet her (though in such a way that you'd have to have completed it first, same as with the Malkavian's PC's dialogue), but I can't recall ever doing anything with them after that. Its been a while since I played, but they seemed to allude to a bigger involvement. If not then I guess they were just there to tell non-rpg players about how everything's apparently falling apart and the Final Nights. =P

suppose we ought to start spoilering some of this stuff

Spoiler:

and nothing else.

**KingCracker**

Bromsy wrote:
The Hospital chick gives you the best armor in the game, that's pretty useful.

Really? The only time I tried that I told her I was a vampire and she freaked out. Im guessing dont tell her that?

**Bromsy**

KingCracker wrote:
Bromsy wrote:
The Hospital chick gives you the best armor in the game, that's pretty useful.

Really? The only time I tried that I told her I was a vampire and she freaked out. Im guessing dont tell her that?

If you gave her your blood, she'll come see you later.

**KingCracker**

Cool Ill have to try that out then.

Also, I restarted as a Nosferatu. I couldnt help myself, the call of sneak kills was to great

**MeanGreenStompa**

KingCracker wrote:
Cool Ill have to try that out then.

Also, I restarted as a Nosferatu. I couldnt help myself, the call of sneak kills was to great

You know you can sneak kill with any class?

Also, you're going to miss out on several missions as the nossie.

**Bromsy**

Yeah, I'd really recommend playing a high social skills character the first time so you can experience all the dialogue. It's not so fun to have most of the few people you can talk to spend half the dialogue calling you ugly.

**KingCracker**

Yea I swapped back to my erm.....truborn? Or whatever the hell it is. Mainly because I got sick of having to hide from EVERYTHING this time around. Cheers

**BrookM**

Oh man, the stealth kills in this game are ace.

Baseball bat? Hooooooome run tune!

Katana? Stereotypical Japanese muzak.

**Corpsesarefun**

KingCracker wrote:
Yea I swapped back to my erm.....truborn? Or whatever the hell it is. Mainly because I got sick of having to hide from EVERYTHING this time around. Cheers

Tremere?

**Bromsy**

Yeah, nozzies are kind of a pain at the beginning. They come into their own later though, once you get to Obfuscate 4-5 you are golden. It's just better to do your first playthrough as something else because you do miss a fair bit of the game playing as one. It just sucks kind of because the later stages you are shoehorned into combat, the stealth and talky options disappear. My first time through I thankfully had celerity, which when used right makes you a combat fiend. I think I finished the game with melee 3, and maybe the same in firearms. Celerity 5 is boss (unless there's a lupine around).

**KingCracker**

Yea the female I made thats a talky seductive type, I made sure to put a few points in firearms at you lots requests. So right now shes a shotgunmama.

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Ventru. Ventrue? However its spelled

**Wyrmalla**

A Ventrue female's probably the easiest build you could take on your first playthrough. Firearms are decent, but a fireaxe is usually better against the more inhuman enemies (though most of your foes wind up being low tier vampires/humans for most of the game, so you can get away with guns for a while). Humans almost exclusively use guns and have poor stats, so you can take them out however you like. Vampires tend to be more close combat orientated, so though you can still use guns (which vampires are resistant to), its better to start moving more towards becoming a melee centric.

**KingCracker**

Yea IVe noticed that as well, and have been now putting stat points into melee. I rarely even use the firearms now....which sucks as I have 3 points wasted in it. Occasionally Ill have to whip out the shotgun with a good ol KABLAMO!! to somethings face

**Wyrmalla**

At one point in an early mission a sabbat vampire out of nowhere crashes through a door in front of you. Naturally I did the normal thing, ie crapped myself and unloaded a shotgun in its face. Come to think of it I don't think it died... =)

**Kovnik Obama**

KingCracker wrote:
Yea IVe noticed that as well, and have been now putting stat points into melee. I rarely even use the firearms now....which sucks as I have 3 points wasted in it. Occasionally Ill have to whip out the shotgun with a good ol KABLAMO!! to somethings face

You'll be happy for those once you arrive at the Society of Leopold part.

Also, stack up on bullets before you take that taxi ride.

**KingCracker**

Wyrmalla wrote:
At one point in an early mission a sabbat vampire out of nowhere crashes through a door in front of you. Naturally I did the normal thing, ie crapped myself and unloaded a shotgun in its face. Come to think of it I don't think it died... =)

I saw a begger run Flash style, through a building, across the street, and through the other building across the street. It was rather funny

**Corpsesarefun**

I found that at the start of the game unarmed is king, in the middle use melee (fireaxe bitches) and towards the end you should use firearms.

**KingCracker**

Im hoping I can ignore the guns currently with a heavy dose of Celerity and erm.....the one that makes you wicked strong

So far that clears a room pretty quick

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OH And I just got the flaming torch from some hunter Im guessing. Pretty good weapon so far

**Bromsy**

Celerity is king. Between that and melee, you should be good. Firearms are for suckers when you can dodge bullets.

**Hlaine Larkin mk2**

KingCracker wrote:
Im hoping I can ignore the guns currently with a heavy dose of Celerity and erm.....the one that makes you wicked strong So far that clears a room pretty quick

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OH And I just got the flaming torch from some hunter Im guessing. Pretty good weapon so far

Potence is the strength booster

**MeanGreenStompa**

Bromsy wrote:
Celerity is king. Between that and melee, you should be good. Firearms are for suckers when you can dodge bullets.

*cough*Chiroptean Maurauder + Spotlights + Venture Tower*cough*

I personally think firearms has it's uses...

**KingCracker**

I bought a magnum last night, saved the game, and then emptied the gun into passerbys. WOW I want more ammo. But so far, Im using bullets to blast cameras and the like rather than people

**Bromsy**

MeanGreenStompa wrote:
Bromsy wrote:
Celerity is king. Between that and melee, you should be good. Firearms are for suckers when you can dodge bullets.

*cough*Chiroptean Maurauder + Spotlights + Venture Tower*cough*

I personally think firearms has it's uses...

Well, if you only use melee up til then, you'll have so much ammo saved up you don't need much in the way of firearms.

**Wyrmalla**

Play it like a stealth game where you only use force when you feel you have to. You'll be getting into fights inevitably, but you should be setting them up so you've got the advantage. Shooting out camera's fine, but there's usually ways to get around them. Who wants a magnum when you can have a flamethrower anyway? XD

Off topic. I've managed to blag myself a copy of the Revised Edition of the rpg. There was a compendium edition released after that right?

**Bromsy**

Wyrmalla wrote:
Play it like a stealth game where you only use force when you feel you have to. You'll be getting into fights inevitably, but you should be setting them up so you've got the advantage. Shooting out camera's fine, but there's usually ways to get around them. Who wants a magnum when you can have a flamethrower anyway? XD

Off topic. I've managed to blag myself a copy of the Revised Edition of the rpg. There was a compendium edition released after that right?

There's the 20th Anniversary edition.

**Corpsesarefun**

I wonder how much it'd cost to buy all of the old work of darkness rule books...

**Kovnik Obama**

KingCracker wrote:
Hey thanks for posting those links. Im sure they will be put to good use

I sold all of mine about 3 months ago, when I figured out I'd never be able to coerce my friends into another game. I got about 65$ out of them all, and they were mostly in good shape.

**Wyrmalla**

Corpsesarefun wrote:
I wonder how much it'd cost to buy all of the old work of darkness rule books...

I let a load of the expansions slip through my fingers last year at a show. £20 for the lot, and here's me buying two Rogue Trader Landraiders first instead of heading straight to that stall.

Ok I'd say that wasn't the worst decision I've made. =)

Also, just started reading over the revised edition. I've only ever played second with some third party rules, but its not coming off as too big a difference. ...I've only read the prologue however. XD

**Corpsesarefun**

Wyrmalla wrote:
Corpsesarefun wrote:
I wonder how much it'd cost to buy all of the old work of darkness rule books...

I let a load of the expansions slip through my fingers last year at a show. £20 for the lot, and here's me buying two Rogue Trader Landraiders first instead of heading straight to that stall.

Ok I'd say that wasn't the worst decision I've made. =)

Also, just started reading over the revised edition. I've only ever played second with some third party rules, but its not coming off as too big a difference. ...I've only read the prologue however. XD

Wait, ALL of the OWoD books for £20?!

**Hlaine Larkin mk2**

That would take up a huge space wouldn't it? and £20, that's a huge bargain