Newsgroups: alt.games.whitewolf Subject: WORLD OF DARKNESS: FAQ 3 of 5 From: [r j kirkpatric] at [ualr.edu] (RJK) Date: 17 Jan 94 09:05:49 CST Date: Sun, 7 Nov 93 20:49:19 -0800 From: [d--r--e] at [efn.org] (Deird'Re Brooks) To: Multiple recipients of list <[vampire l] at [wizards.com]> Subject: WoD FAQ, pt 3 V. Crossing between Games --------------------------- How do Gifts, Disciplines and Magick interact? A Gift that causes damage is resisted by Fortitude. A Gift that involves senses adds the target's level of Obfuscate to the Difficulty Number. Auspex is affected by Blur of the Milky Eye. A case by case basis cannot really be presented here. Do Disciplines or Gifts provide Countermagick? No, unless specifically stated in the description of the ability, only scores in the appropriate Spheres can provide Countermagick. How do you set up Chronicles and/or Stories with multiple character types? Make certain that the characters have a good *reason* to cooperate, or the Mages will raid the Caerns and dissect the Vampires, the Vampires will drain the Mages and kill the Rugs, and the Garou will just kill them all off. The same goes for Mummies and other were-types. There must be a *compelling* reason for them to cooperate. For example, the Ventrue dominated a local representative of Pentex and discovered something nasty enough to shock *him*. Well, he doesn't feel safe taking it to the Prince, because the Prince wants to ensure Pentex's profit margin, so he takes it to the local Garou instead. Meanwhile, it turns out that a Virtual Adept has been looking at Pentex's systems and has uncovered something regarding Nephandi and a plot to despoil the Garou's Caern in the area and naturally, he doesn't want this thing running around. The Garou are naturally interested, and both the Mage and the Vampire have information and resources that can be invaluable in the Story. VI. Clans, Bloodlines, Tribes, and Traditions --------------------------------------------- What are the original Thirteen Clans? Assamite, Brujah, Followers of Set, Gangrel, LaSombra, Malkavian, Nosferatu, Ravnos, Salubri, Toreador, Tzimisce, Ventrue. Of the thirteenth Clan, I'm not certain whether it is the Baali or the Children of Osiris, as both Clans are mentioned as having become defunct in the distant past. And the clan the Giovanni Diablerized is still a mystery. There is also the possibility that the founder of the Assamites diablerized his way into becoming an Antediluvian. What are the Werewolf Tribes? Black Furies, Bone Gnawers, Children of Gaia, Fianna, Get of Fenris, Glass Walkers, Red Talons, Shadow Lords, Silent Striders, Silver Fangs, Uktena, Wendigo. Who are the lost Tribes? The Croatan who were destroyed while fighting the Wyrm, and the White Howlers who danced the Black Spiral Labyrinth. There is a reference to a Tribe called the Bunyip, but no information is given on these lost Garou(?) What other types of the Changing Breeds are out there? Ananasi (Spider), Bastet (Cat), Corax (Raven), Gurahl (Bear), Mokole (Alligator), Nuwisha (Coyote), Ratkin (Rats), Rokea (Shark) These are all presented in the Werewolf Player's Guide. What are the Traditions? Akashic Brotherhood, Celestial Chorus, Cult of Ecstasy, Dreamspeakers, Euthanatos, Hollow Ones, Order of Hermes, Sons of Ether, Verbena, Virtual Adepts. What are the Conventions? The Technocracy's version of Traditions. They are; Iteration X, New World Order, The Progenitors, The Syndicate, Void Engineers. The Virtual Adepts were nominal members and the Sons of Ether left several decades ago. What Bloodlines and Clans have appeared in White Wolf products? Note: Where a Clan has its own Discipline, it appears next to the Clan. Vampire: The Masquerade: Brujah Gangrel Malkavian Nosferatu Toreador Tremere Ventrue Player's Guide, 1st Edition: Assamites Quietus Followers of Set Serpentis Giovanni Necromancy Ravnos Chimerstry Salubri Obeah Player's Guide, 2nd Edition: Above list, plus: Daughters of Cacophony Melpominee Samedi Thanatosis Storyteller's Handbook, 1st Edition: Baali Daimoinen Blood Brothers Sanguinus Gargoyles Visceratika Player's Guide to the Sabbat: (Listed clans are different from Camarilla versions) Lasombra Obtenebration Tzimisce Vicissitudes City Gangrel Antitribu Different Discipline mix Malkavian Antitribu Dementation Panders Organized Caitiff Ventrue Antitribu Different Discipline mix Storyteller's Handbook to the Sabbat: Ahrimanes Spiritus Kiasyd Mytherceria A World of Darkness: Gaki Rift Hunter's Hunted: Children of Osiris Bardo Dark Alliance: Vancouver Bushi Kai World of Future Darkness (WW#36) Cyberpunks Technica VII. General Background Questions ------------------------------------------------------------ The Botch system is broken. What to do? Ignore rolled 1s equal to half the dice pool, *then* start counting. Ignore a number of Botches equal to the lowest of the two Traits used, plus one. Decide it isn't broken (perfectly valid!). By pursuing your task to the utmost you are opening yourself up to greater failures when you do make a *bad* mistake. A 10 cancels a 1 while remaining a success. Pregnant Vampires No, blood is not shared between the mother and infant. This whole idea is sicksicksick. Go play Spawn of Fashan or something. ;-) A brief discussion of Magick: The magic of the Mummies, the Thaumaturgy of the Tremere, the hedge magic of Hunters Hunted is all Hedge Magic of varying degrees and is simply a simplified means of achieving effects similar to the Magick of Mage. It might be noted that House Tremere never used Magick, nor did the remainder of the Order of Hermes, with the probable exceptions of the founders. This isnot to say they weren't potent. On the contrary, they were quite powerful. Which famous people appear in the World of Darkness? Message 16/111 From [n p b 41275] at [sumter.cso.uiuc.edu] Nov 5, 93 Famous People/Characters in White Wolf Products: *Name *As *From *Supplement Aine "Black Annis" 6th Gen. Nosferatu Scottish Legend WoD Anubis Mage Egyptian Legend WoD:M Crispus Attucks 8th Gen. Brujah Real C:B Brunhilde, Valkyrie leader 6th Gen. Gangrel Norse Legend WoD Al Capone 8th Gen. Ventrue Real CbN1&2 Alistair Crowley Malkavian Real WoD John Dee 5th Gen. Tremere Real WoD Ezuli Setite Haitian Legend WoD Helen of Troy, "Helena" 4th Gen. Toreador Greek Legend CbN1&2 Isis Mage Egyptian Legend WoD:M Robin Leeland 7th Gen. Brujah (Robin Hood) CB: Brujah, CbN 1&2 Louhi 5th Gen. Malkavian Finnish Legend WoD Meneleus, "Menele" 4th Gen. Brujah Greek Legend CbN1&2 Mictantecle 4th Gen. Gangrel Central American Legend Awakening: Diablerie Mexico Mithras 4th Gen. Ventrue Persian God WoD Osiris Vampire Egyptian Legend WoD:M, Hunter's Hunted Louis Pasteur 13th Gen. Caitiff Real AH Prias Ghoul, now deceased Greek Legend (Priam or Paris?) CbN1 Rasputin Malkavian Real C:M Jurgis Rudkus, Elzbieta Nosferatu (mostly 7th) The Jungle, Upton Sinclair CbN1 Lambach Ruthven Tzimice Polidori's The Vampire CotI Set 3rd Gen. Setite Egyptian Legend WoD:M Subotai 6th Gen. Nosferatu Real (Mongol Leader) WoD Francis Villon 5th Gen. Toreador WoD Vlad Tepes, "Dracula" 6th Gen. Tzimice Real CotI Thoth Unknown Egyptian Legend WoD:M Erich Weiss, "Harry Houdini" Tremere Real Ashes to Ashes, Succubus Oscar Wilde Toreador Real WoD Baba Yaga 4th Gen. Nosferatu Russian Legend WoD, CotI NOAH