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Its a game I'v also heard alot about via Totalbiscuit on youtube. Bought it on sale from steam. Holy crap did it take me a while to patch.

Once patched though I done the tutorial, entered the hospital then died.... Yea I must have done something wrong(I was a Nosferatu).

Havn't played it since.

Never play nosferatu or malkavian first time...

Nosferatu are hideous monsters... The security guard that patrols the hospital's top floor probably seen you, crapped himself, and emptied his pistol. The Nosferatu clan forces you to play the game more tactically. Instead of trapsing about like a normal human, you need to spend your time hiding from society, learning how to get from location to location without being seen. Stay away from them until you understand how the game works, otherwise you'll be wondering why everyone hates you.

Playing as a Malkavian gives you nothing but spoliers. Of course you probably won't notice this unless you've already played the game though. ...But one of the first conversations you have pretty much spells out the game's major plot twists ...if you can understand what you're screwed up Malkavian vampire's actually thinking. However... um. ...If you happen to play the World of Darkness RPG, do try and watch out for Malkavian players. I had one friend who plays them almost exclusively just to troll the other players. It goes from talking to the fairies that are sitting on other people's shoulders (she doesn't have one on her's, that's be mad), to roleplaying a different game (the powers that vampires have is just an aspect of the Force... ).

The serial killer quest is especially fethed up as a malkavian...

 Corpsesarefun wrote:

 Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:
Hehe, one day corpses I'll set up a WtA game here on Dakka, would have to be in DCM mind.

Oh and aye Bromsy, got two copies of W20 due, one steelback, one leather, just so I could list our silverfang twins (one npc brother, the other Aura's main PC) in the elder section of the thanks part of the book.
Richard was awesome as well as I requested they get moved above/below one another after the first PDF arrived because they where on different pages and they did so for the final release.

Just started reading the rules for Demon: The Fallen and that sounds fun as gak to play.

I've always wanted to get a Demon game going. Never panned out. I don't think it works well with a full sized group - too much personal struggle, backbiting and politicking. But yeah, that was my favorite of the OWoD, setting wise. Weeeeeell, maybe Wraith: The Great War beat it, but that was a one off.

V:TM and D:TF look to be my favourites.

I should be getting my game tonight.

 KingCracker wrote:
I should be getting my game tonight.

Make sure you get the patch online asap, it will not function from downtown onwards with several quests.

Play it as one of the easier clans before you take on nosferatu, playing the same game with a nosferatu is almost another game in it's self due to not being able to interact with mortal society.

Brujah is possibly the easiest to complete it with.

Ventrue also makes it pretty easy...

I don't know if some patch fixed that but Blood Shield in Thaumaturgy (Tremere exclusive discipline) was, simply put, broken.

The game is great. If only they had time to polish the visuals to what the Source engine allowed.

Celerity is awesome.

OK picking it up today rather.



Other then the patch, is there any MUST HAVE mods to put on it? Im talking that actually make the game better, I dont give 2 gaks if it adds boobies

Nah, it's not really the kind of game that you mod...

Well, the patch adds in the only mod I cared about-- Backgrounds.

 KingCracker wrote:
OK picking it up today rather.



Other then the patch, is there any MUST HAVE mods to put on it? Im talking that actually make the game better, I dont give 2 gaks if it adds boobies

If you are a World of Darkness fan, try bloodline : antitribu when it comes out http://www.moddb.com/mods/bloodlines-antitribu

There's quite a few texture packages on that site too, it makes the game look a little bit less aged.

As for tips... There's a lot of Mascarade Redemption occasions, but a lot less Humanity Redemption, so value your Humanity higher than the other. Celerity is golden, so is thaumaturgy. Keep in good terms with the blood dealer in Santa Monica. Load up on SMG bullets before going to the tzimisce mansion, and use the SMG on the giant tri-men ghouls in the sewers, it works very well. Oh and don't side with the Kuei-jin. Just don't.

Edit ; this mod sounds cool too. A bit like Fallout New Vegas on Hardcore ; http://www.moddb.com/mods/vtmb-camarilla-edition/features/what-is-camarilla-edition

I disagree about the blood dealer, he's an donkey-cave.

Also, get in that hospital and help that poor redhead dying on the bed in the examination room... She's very worth it...

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
I disagree about the blood dealer, he's an donkey-cave.

Also, get in that hospital and help that poor redhead dying on the bed in the examination room... She's very worth it...

You can save Lily then pay 200$ to make up for his loss, keeping him ready to sell to you. Blood packs are lifesavers in that game, especially if you take a melee or brawl heavy clan like Gangrel, so it's well worth the expense.

And yes, getting the ghoul is well worth it, especially at the end of the game. But having a lot of bloodpacks on you will save your unlife when fighting a monster, ghouls wont help there.

Oh and also, don't go zombie killing in Hollywood unless you have Celerity.

Or if yo'ure jsut a really good shot, especially with the Anaconda.

 Kovnik Obama wrote:
As for tips... There's a lot of Mascarade Redemption occasions, but a lot less Humanity Redemption, so value your Humanity higher than the other.

I'd like to point out that humanity is all but meaningless, while masquerade is allegedly an instant game over if it hits zero (there is literally no instance I can think of where masquerade can be lost by anything but gross carelessness, so I have no idea what actually happens when it gets low; I never lost any).

On the last playthrough I did I'd regularly just kill everyone and everything while walking from one part of an area to another (or detour and fatally feed on someone in a back alley, even if I didn't need to), and always killed when feeding. Absolutely zero impact on the game (well, I suspect it gave more psychotic dialogue options, which would be a plus, but I was playing a Malkavian so it was kind of hard to be sure about that). I frenzied exactly once, with no blood and low health: the result was I fed on the nearest person, which was I'd been trying to do anyways.

In contrast, my first playthrough (as a Tremere) I lost neither humanity nor masquerade points. Neither are really something to worry about in practice.


Do not, under any circumstances, side with the Prince or the Kuei-jin, and don't open the sarcophagus.

Sir Pseudonymous wrote:

I'd like to point out that humanity is all but meaningless

The current caracter I've got is at 3 humanity... I usually frenzy one fight on two, and sometimes for no reason at all. I've once attacked the taxi driver simply for being there, which, if it's true that he's Caine as it's implied...

while masquerade is allegedly an instant game over if it hits zero (there is literally no instance I can think of where masquerade can be lost by anything but gross carelessness, so I have no idea what actually happens when it gets low; I never lost any).

It is, but again, it's hard to lose even one or two, while there are quite a few occasions to regain mascarade. Humanity impacts the direct control you have over your caracter, and it's a pain to pay XP to get it back up, so that's why I think i matters a lot more.

On the last playthrough I did I'd regularly just kill everyone and everything while walking from one part of an area to another (or detour and fatally feed on someone in a back alley, even if I didn't need to), and always killed when feeding. Absolutely zero impact on the game (well, I suspect it gave more psychotic dialogue options, which would be a plus, but I was playing a Malkavian so it was kind of hard to be sure about that). I frenzied exactly once, with no blood and low health: the result was I fed on the nearest person, which was I'd been trying to do anyways.

Yeah you can get away with killing a lot. By watching out for Humanity, I mean more stuff like 'don't steal the charity money, it's only 250$ and it'll be more of a pain to gain the humanity point back later on'.

I like the Camarilla mod, it makes frenzy much more likely, and you constantly lose blood, making you stay on your toes more. The only thing that seems to happen with masquerade violations is hunters randomly showing up some times.

 Kovnik Obama wrote:

Sir Pseudonymous wrote:

I'd like to point out that humanity is all but meaningless

The current caracter I've got is at 3 humanity... I usually frenzy one fight on two, and sometimes for no reason at all. I've once attacked the taxi driver simply for being there, which, if it's true that he's Caine as it's implied...

while masquerade is allegedly an instant game over if it hits zero (there is literally no instance I can think of where masquerade can be lost by anything but gross carelessness, so I have no idea what actually happens when it gets low; I never lost any).

It is, but again, it's hard to lose even one or two, while there are quite a few occasions to regain mascarade. Humanity impacts the direct control you have over your caracter, and it's a pain to pay XP to get it back up, so that's why I think i matters a lot more.

On the last playthrough I did I'd regularly just kill everyone and everything while walking from one part of an area to another (or detour and fatally feed on someone in a back alley, even if I didn't need to), and always killed when feeding. Absolutely zero impact on the game (well, I suspect it gave more psychotic dialogue options, which would be a plus, but I was playing a Malkavian so it was kind of hard to be sure about that). I frenzied exactly once, with no blood and low health: the result was I fed on the nearest person, which was I'd been trying to do anyways.

Yeah you can get away with killing a lot. By watching out for Humanity, I mean more stuff like 'don't steal the charity money, it's only 250$ and it'll be more of a pain to gain the humanity point back later on'.

Huh. Are you using a modded version that makes it more likely? Because I hit the minimum level (I can't remember, could you get down to two with the scripted losses? It bottomed out at three for killing random innocents, didn't it?) as early as was possible, and stayed there through the whole game. I was rather disappointed by the lack of frenzy.

Regaining humanity is easy. All you have to do is dance!

Sir Pseudonymous wrote:

Huh. Are you using a modded version that makes it more likely? Because I hit the minimum level (I can't remember, could you get down to two with the scripted losses? It bottomed out at three for killing random innocents, didn't it?) as early as was possible, and stayed there through the whole game. I was rather disappointed by the lack of frenzy.

Nope. I just played, trying to go through the St. Leopold crowd, and I frenzied about 2 times out of 5 try. I'm reloading a bit early to go pick up one point with the serial murderer quest I've forgotten about.

Oh and another useful tip, don't snitch on Mercurio.


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 Macok wrote:
Regaining humanity is easy. All you have to do is dance!

Wut, really? I guess I missed that.

Yep. Every club works only once and it takes a bit (several minutes even IIRC) but it's free and accessible.

 Macok wrote:
Yep. Every club works only once and it takes a bit (several minutes even IIRC) but it's free and accessible.

Nice, that solves my problem!

Well I got the game and played for a LITTLE bit. I made a uh..... Trevor? Something like that. I think. Hell now I dont remember that well Is there a way to customize the Vampire? Or is it just whatever they spit out? I just kindda went with it

 KingCracker wrote:
Well I got the game and played for a LITTLE bit. I made a uh..... Trevor? Something like that. I think. Hell now I dont remember that well Is there a way to customize the Vampire? Or is it just whatever they spit out? I just kindda went with it

Tremere, really powerful. And no, you only have the choice between the male and the female model.

What clans are available?

Baseline its Malkavian, Nozzie, Ventrue, Tremere, Toreador, Brujah and Gangrel I believe.