Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition Info
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@Seamus
I needed that giggle. THank you.@Thenomain
The people who've posted about them seemed pleased with what the starting characters could do. Though the one guy did get murdered by tons of gunfire, so... -
@Bobotron said in Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition Info:
Though the one guy did get murdered by tons of gunfire, so...
So ... what, exactly?
I'm currently having a very interesting discussion with @faraday about winning and losing in dice-based RPGs. I believe that a starting character should be capable, but not masterful. From *coughcoughtoomany* years of playing WoD games, I see people including me trying to make characters that cannot do with stats what their concept demands.
Getting killed in a hail of gunfire doesn't break my expectation that a hail of gunfire is not something you should be able to easily survive.
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
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@Thenomain
The guy took on a whole squad of 9 guys armed with assault rifles. He died. So it models failure of one vs. many real well.A lot of people stated they felt the characters were competent and people seemed to have fun. People didn't think the hunger mechanic was difficult in play.
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@Bobotron said in Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition Info:
The guy took on a whole squad of 9 guys armed with assault rifles. He died. So it models failure of one vs. many real well.
Was this ever a question? Was this a problem that VtM needed solved? That is, was this one person's death a surprise?
If so, I'm flabbergasted. If not, I'm confused why you brought this up.
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
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@Thenomain
Mostly just notating that death can come a lot more easily in this than it seems to in standard VtM. At least, based on my experience with multiple attackers vs. a vampire in TT. -
@Thenomain I think it was brought up in the context of the only death during the beta testing.
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@Bobotron said in Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition Info:
@Thenomain
Mostly just notating that death can come a lot more easily in this than it seems to in standard VtM. At least, based on my experience with multiple attackers vs. a vampire in TT.Then I will remain a little flabbergasted. I would be surprised in any RPG not about gods where a starting-level character can take on 9 guys with assault rifles and expect to get out alive, unless it was one at a time via close-quarters stealth methods.
My experience with Vampire in TT is that starting characters are a little squishy. Freaky.
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Thread necro but for good cause.
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/214278/Vampire-the-Masquerade-V5-prealpha-playtest
It is a free product, looks like the scenario included builds on the events of the Berlin LARP.
