General WoD Discussion #3 Third time's the charm - No wait, that sounds too Exalted

[MugaSofer]

This has never stopped anyone before, but what can catgirls do? Beyond worm their way into an astonishing number of fictional universes, because catgirls?

[Lady Serpentine]

Panther Line:

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Those of the Panther Line are quiet and attuned to the shadows, seeing better than most catgirls in darkness; though they have poor colorvision in such conditions, they may ignore up to a 2-die penalty for poor lighting, and gain the benefit of the 8-again rule on all Stealth checks.

Those of this Line have an affinity for [Contract/Discipline/etc. Equivalent - Name?] of the Hunter, and three main Litters [Placeholder - Again, name?] they may fall under.

[Sir_Mopalot]

Maybe worming themselves into fictional universes is what they do? Maybe a super-expanded version of Changeling's Talecrafting?

[Lady Serpentine]

Maybe worming themselves into fictional universes is what they do? Maybe a super-expanded version of Changeling's Talecrafting?

Hm... Be hard to make a game around that, though. I dunno, might work, but... Still. How would you do that, really?

[Lord Raziere]

maybe they break the laws of physics in various ways?

like defy gravity and do various other stunts that wouldn't work in the real world, like the stuff that science nerds like to point out wouldn't work and thus metaphorically kill a catgirl when they do.

so when scientists point out that a catgirl shouldn't be able to do that…their powers fail? hm, might be too narrow for WoD...

[MugaSofer]

Maybe worming themselves into fictional universes is what they do? Maybe a super-expanded version of Changeling's Talecrafting?

Hm... Be hard to make a game around that, though. I dunno, might work, but... Still. How would you do that, really?

Meta-template? A template that applies over other Major Templates? Someone did mention Catgirl Princesses, after all.

In other news...

Hello, Playground!

Regrettably, our Genius: the Transgression play-by-post game might come to a halt now that our ST left - thanks to him being so sick he can't crawl out of the bed -, and we have no loose players to fill in.

Hence, we are looking for a nWoD Storyteller who could run it for us. In the above link, the precedessor offered the notes to those who ask. Here are the links to our current threads and character sheets.

The group itself is long-going(all the more reason to not let it go to waste), though a large bunch of immigrants from other roleplaying sites joined recently, myself included. Wonders take time to design, so we'd be really dissapointed to scratch the whole shebang... you know, I will stop avoiding the issue. Should someone not come along soon, we'll turn into sad mutant chemo-zombie pandas for all eternity.


He's all gears on the inside. A terrible, fluffy curse.

You don't want that, do you?

Anyone interested?

[darkhunterjag]

Note to self: Start ghouling honey badgers.

Oh dear god...

[Mono Vertigo]

On the list of horrifying things to ghoul, I'd add:
- mosquitoes
- spiders
- chimpanzees
- more spiders crows
- baboons
- spiders spiders spiders scorpions

[The Random NPC]

On the list of horrifying things to ghoul, I'd add:
- mosquitoes
- spiders
- chimpanzees
- more spiders crows
- baboons
- spiders spiders spiders scorpions

Don't forget snakes, they do bashing and and equal amount of Vitae damage to vampires.

[CN the Logos]

Best things to ghoul:

Grizzly bears: They're already pretty tameable compared to other large predators and capable over running thirty miles an hour in addition to their massive strength. One with magical powers is almost hilarious overkill.

Shark (tiger preferred, but any sufficiently large species will work): You're undead, so you can hide underwater indefinitely. Hide a large sarcophagus in an underwater cave or something hard to casually find, then set a ghouled tiger shark or three to guard you while you sleep.

Bearshark: If you can convince your ST to let you convert Vicissitude to NWoD using the V:tM conversion guide, this would probably be the best thing ever. Blame any resulting Masquerade breeches on mad scientists.

...On a quasi-related note, my wife finally saw Jaws for the first time a couple of months ago, and conversation after the movie led us to an epiphany. It's the same shark in all four movies. Bruce somehow acquired the slasher template (given some allowance for homebrew emulating the slasher ability to return for sequels despite being totally killed onscreen), or is possibly bound to an especially confused Geist. He explodes when defeated because the ST is using a Dudes of Legend style hack that causes evil beings to explode when defeated.

(This has been another episode of Random Thoughts with CN the Logos. Tune in next [whenever] to hear me rant about how blood-bathing, harvesting, and maybe being a patchwork (wo)man should really be a merit rather than a template. )

[Lady Serpentine]

...Masquerade breeches...

*giggles*

"Yes, I really am Mr. Secrecy-pants. Your point?"

Ahem.

On a different note... There was actually a surprisingly positive response amongst my friends to making Catgirl as a serious thing. Is anyone else actually interested in that idea?

[Yuki Akuma]

On a different note... There was actually a surprisingly positive response amongst my friends to making Catgirl as a serious thing. Is anyone else actually interested in that idea?

Catgirl: the Meowing would be a hilarious fansplat.

I'm not sure about it being a 'serious' thing, but it should definitely be a thing.

[Lady Serpentine]

Catgirl: the Meowing would be a hilarious fansplat.

I'm not sure about it being a 'serious' thing, but it should definitely be a thing.

Mm. Not entirely serious, no. The Kith-equivalents are Litters, at this point, for instance. On the other hand, it is still a fairly dark thing, in some ways, and we're trying to not just make it a joke-splat.

There's actually a bit of work done at the moment, if you'd like to see it?

[Turalisj]

Catgirl: the Meowing would be a hilarious fansplat.

I'm not sure about it being a 'serious' thing, but it should definitely be a thing.

Like Princess?

[MugaSofer]

You know what this conversation needs? Another random quasi-humorous fansplat idea!

In Voice: The Temptation (title needs work) you play a split personality/not!goetic demon. Maybe you were put into an artifact via magic, maybe you're the shattered remains of someone who saw a little too much of the WoD. Maybe you're the poor sod who ended up carrying all the other PCs around in his head.

In other words, you play Gollum. All of you.

(The requisite party-name would be a "body" or "collective", with a vague note that they tend to band together in the same unfortunate individual for company, since generally nobody else can hear them and they get lonely. And maybe try to evoke a sense of unlocking pre-existing potential for the powers, somehow?)

Shamelessly ripped off - I mean, inspired by this, which is copyrighted, so I guess that could possibly be an issue.

[Sir_Mopalot]

Mm. Not entirely serious, no. The Kith-equivalents are Litters, at this point, for instance. On the other hand, it is still a fairly dark thing, in some ways, and we're trying to not just make it a joke-splat.

There's actually a bit of work done at the moment, if you'd like to see it?

I'd take a look, dunno if I have any good ideas.

[illyahr]

Bastet. No seriously, cat-folk werecreatures in WoD are called Basted.

You could also read the Hengeyokai book. It has Kitsune (were-foxes) and those would be pretty easy to mod into cat-girls.

[Lady Serpentine]

Bastet. No seriously, cat-folk werecreatures in WoD are called Basted.

You could also read the Hengeyokai book. It has Kitsune (were-foxes) and those would be pretty easy to mod into cat-girls.

Beat you to it. There's already a Bastet Litter.

As for the Hengeyokai book, bit harder. That takes acquiring it, you see.

[lightningcat]

Bastet. No seriously, cat-folk werecreatures in WoD are called Basted.

You could also read the Hengeyokai book. It has Kitsune (were-foxes) and those would be pretty easy to mod into cat-girls.

Bastet
Not Basted. Important difference

[Lady Serpentine]

Bastet
Not Basted. Important difference

You mean the difference between the guy talking about that 'Cat basted' that just broke his jaw and a reference to the Egyptian goddess of warfare?

[Amechra]

Does anyone know if there is a God Machine hack for the Dark Hero template? I've been looking for one, and I've not been able to find one.

[illyahr]

Bastet
Not Basted. Important difference

I got it right the first time I typed it.

Kitsune are actually pretty cool. They don't regenerate like werewolves do (all damage is aggravated) but they are immune to silver and they don't cause chaos when they transform in public. Most people just assume they are cosplayers.

[SaurOps]

I got it right the first time I typed it.

Kitsune are actually pretty cool. They don't regenerate like werewolves do (all damage is aggravated) but they are immune to silver and they don't cause chaos when they transform in public. Most people just assume they are cosplayers.

Actually, non-bashing damage is lethal for the foxes, and they make sure to never transform in public because of the lack of Delirium induction. So speaketh the production text of the W20 Changing Breeds book.

[The Random NPC]

Actually, non-bashing damage is lethal for the foxes, and they make sure to never transform in public because of the lack of Delirium induction. So speaketh the production text of the W20 Changing Breeds book.

Wait, aren't there only 3 types of damage, bashing, lethal, and aggravated?

[The Glyphstone]

Wait, aren't there only 3 types of damage, bashing, lethal, and aggravated?

Yeah. I think, if I parsed it right, he's saying that Kitsune simply don't take Aggravated damage at all no matter the source - if it's Bashing, it's Bashing, otherwise it counts as Lethal.

[illyahr]

Yeah. I think, if I parsed it right, he's saying that Kitsune simply don't take Aggravated damage at all no matter the source - if it's Bashing, it's Bashing, otherwise it counts as Lethal.

I must've remembered that wrong. Ok, they don't take aggravated damage (unless the souce normally deals aggravated, such as crushing), but they can't regenerate wounds so they take damage like humans.

As for the Delerium thing, it depends on the ST. My wife ran a Kitsune who left her ears and tail out for comfort. She wore a hairband with holes in it for the ears so everyone she met just assumed she was dressed up.

[Leliel]

Hey, Guildhalls of the Deathless, the first sourcebook for Mummy, is out on PDF.

If you're a fan of Mummy, you should probably get it. Gives the guilds much-needed depth and character, and then some.

[SaurOps]

I must've remembered that wrong. Ok, they don't take aggravated damage (unless the souce normally deals aggravated, such as crushing), but they can't regenerate wounds so they take damage like humans.

Aggravated is non-bashing. It gets shunted to lethal for the foxes, because it wouldn't matter anyway. The only time this setup changes is when a fox activates that Gift that allows them to regenerate like a Garou.

As for the Delerium thing, it depends on the ST. My wife ran a Kitsune who left her ears and tail out for comfort. She wore a hairband with holes in it for the ears so everyone she met just assumed she was dressed up.

There are too many ways for that to go wrong for it to be commonplace. Such as if the wind blows past and reveals that you have no human ears under your hair and/or that your tail is actually growing out of your spine, for example.

[illyahr]

Aggravated is non-bashing. It gets shunted to lethal for the foxes, because it wouldn't matter anyway. The only time this setup changes is when a fox activates that Gift that allows them to regenerate like a Garou.

No, lethal is non-bashing. Aggravated is damage that is un-soakable. It is so full-body painful that it can't be ignored. Werewolves take aggravated damage from silver as it is extremely toxic to them, a vampire can't resist damage from sunlight because it burns them to ash, etc.

[Lady Serpentine]

No, lethal is non-bashing.

All damage that is not bashing is non-bashing damage. That is, in fact, what 'non-bashing', as a term, would mean. Where are you getting that only Lethal counts...?