General World of Darkness Discussion Thread QQ Edition

[Rivan9000]

Alright... I'm working on the next snippet. Had to do a little research because of some reason I thought it was LaCrox that killed Heather and not Andrei and his Sabbat (I haven't played the game for a few years. Was going to... then I played VTMB 2 and got sad.)

So I had to change up a rant but it's fine in the grand scheme of things. I'm giving the Cab Driver a couple of lines here. Which has me nervous. But it's only three lines. How badly can I fuck up writing the guy with only three lines!
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Don't answer that.

I think the meat and potatoes will be the Fledgling facing down Stig.

Stig is going to be.. tricky. Not even going to try at the bi-lingual thing. At least not beyond a couple of words.

I'm not sure exactly how their personalities will clash. But I'll figure it out when I get there.

 

[Nervaqus987]

I don't know why wouldn't the Leopoldites of all people not use silver weapons against a werewolf though. Either they overused the Delerex and turned their brains to mush or the writers dropped the ball to cause tension in a stupid way.

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There's theories going around that the silver ammo they should have had was tampered with or replaced.

They get a lot of supplies from good old Granddad Foodstuff, aka Pentex who just recently put Door and the family on The List for that Worm Freak line. It wouldn't be surprising for them to go for the sabotage route to get the Family and the Arcannum killed by werewolves.

At about 19:50, you actually see Stig get shot in the back and he has zero reaction to it.

Notably, the only other injury that gets a reaction out of Stig is Remold's phosphorous bullet, with fire being one of the ways to deal Agg damage to a werewolf. Although, Stig was able to regenerate that in good order. Healing Agg isn't easy, though. There are a couple of Gifts that can manage it though and Wyld Resurgence(one of the ones that can) is a Level 1 Gift.

Interestingly, when Kitten stabbed Stig, we see the wound smoking. Stig didn't react to it, but he was also under psychic assault from the Wyrm Christ, so he may have been preoccupied.

Seems like the silver on the melee weapons is legit, but the bullets aren't. Which does fit if the idea is murder by werewolf. Even if you have a way to hurt them, getting in arms reach of a werewolf isn't exactly a winning strategy.

 

[Gedou_Meta]

Looking back at old books.

Michael, a malkavian, is literally just a severely, painfully autistic shy guy with the mind of a child when it comes to derangements and is honestly one of the few times where I look at the humanity rating 10 and go "Yeah you know what I believe it" as if the universe looked at this one particular vampire that was forcibly turned and went "Okay this is depressing enough we aren't touching this" outside of being, well, blood bound. He also lacks Dementation but again, early vampire and I can honestly see him just not being able to figure out that Dementation is a thing and no one telling him how to use it.

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Besides being early Vampire, it's specifically early Vampire from when the Malk (Cam) discipline spread had Dominate instead of Dementation which didn't, IIRC, come about until we got to see the Sabbat Malkavians. Then in edition change, all the Malkavians got Dementation instead of Dominate by default.

 

[gale]

You're not wrong, but being less flippant doesn't really make it less dickmeasure-y.

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Their Mages, Dramatic is their nature

 

[shadowdice]

Besides being early Vampire, it's specifically early Vampire from when the Malk (Cam) discipline spread had Dominate instead of Dementation which didn't, IIRC, come about until we got to see the Sabbat Malkavians. Then in edition change, all the Malkavians got Dementation instead of Dominate by default.

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He didn't have dominate either

 

[Rivan9000]

Alrighty... only have about 600 words right now. I am taking this easy last time I spat the snippet out in 2 hours. Considering that by my guess this thing is going to hit 2.5k easy?

Nope I am going to take my time.

But I'm going to post my progress on occasion. A little experiment to see if it will help me keep the motivation up. So congrats! This thread shall be my testing ground to see if I can trick my brain into writing more!

Spoiler: Renna 3: A stupid thing. (partial)

"The Chapter House was attacked. The red one, taken. Now Garou and Hunter are on a collision course and the blood of sinners and heroes is about to flow. What will you do?"

Those were the Cab Driver's words.

Smug bastard!

Those were people.

My mind went to the red one… Markus and his friends.

As per my agreement with Big-D I kept my nature secret but I also kept an eye out for him. Smart man. Strong convictions.

I think if it had been him I'd faced back at the Sin Bin… that night would have ended very differently.

There was that straight laced fellow… couldn't remember his name. Polite though. When he realized I was American he offered a fair tip for my work.

I denied it but the gesture was well meaning and good.

Then… that girl.

She… was like Heather.

My greatest mistake. A life I should have been able to save.

The Sabbat bled for that.

Not one survived.

And Andrei…

That monstrous face twisted in terror when I was done.

I knew so little of Ghouls. Back then when I saved Heather all I knew was that my blood could make someone stronger. Could heal.

All I saw that night was a young woman, dying as the doctors ignored her.

In the end, I couldn't save her.

When I spoke to that girl. When I realized what she was…

It all came back.

"Oi! What's with the staring luv. Got somethin' on me face?"

I laughed it off then.

Just told her that she reminded me of an old friend.

Wasn't sure on how to approach her. Didn't know her master. I wasn't even sure if she could be freed from the blood in her veins.

Was it even in my place to try?

So, all I could do was watch. Provide a safe place and be ready. There was a lot of joy when she was around her friends…

But there was a name.

A name that had been spoken only once.

Kitten.

The hate that crossed her face… and who it was aimed at chilled my dead heart.

When fury and loathing was aimed at the self?

A dreadful mixture.

Markus' words were telling.

"Hey. We're here Grim! You're not alone. We are here. We don't hate you. I promise."

Gave them a more private corner to grieve and rest. Only soda and water. Their tab for the night forgiven.

Not like I didn't have the money to cover for them.

I was a stranger. So, I could only help as a stranger would. Power beyond mortal kin… and yet it didn't matter in the least. What good was strength that reaved steel? What good was speed that could outstep the wind?

What good was any of this power when it couldn't wipe away tears.

The Cab Driver came by that day. I told him what I thought. About him, about power and about this whole sad world.

It was the first time I ever saw… sorrow in his eyes. He only had two words to offer me.

"I'm sorry."

I think… he meant them. Though I wonder if they were truly meant for me.

Now here I was. Rushing into another den of monsters to save the lives of those would see me burn.

A foolish thing.

I had my knife.

Silver.

I thought it wisdom to carry something of such nature. I fought a Werewolf without the benefit of silver once. Never before or since had I came so close to Final Death.

So just before I took my leave from L.A. I decided that Jack owed me one.

He agreed.

It wasn't good as the sword back at my haven but it could be concealed.

 

[Gedou_Meta]

He didn't have dominate either

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Sounds right. Though at the time, he could in theory have developed Dominate like he could Auspex or Obfuscate, but he'd have to learn Dementation the same as he would have to learn Protean. With a sip of blood and a teacher. I forget if the physical trio had been also excepted out by then or not.