Re: Onyx Oasis Court (OOC Chat)
Oh, we're talking specifically about oWoD right now? Then yeah, yon oVamp was totally better. Not well-read on the rest to really give an opinion, though. <_>
Also Malks are the best, and I was mad when I found out they got shuffled over and crammed under Ventrue of all things. Ventrue suuuck.
My impression of Mage was that it was a lot more... freeformy, the way it worked. The levels don't really have concrete mechanics, like they do with other game's whatsits - there're concrete spells afterwards, but the actual level descriptions not being specifically that one power seems to leave it open to being used creatively. Which I like, but as illustrated it seems to get really weird.
Which I also like. Kinda like that Sidereal Martial Arts thing from yon Exalted, where they can kung-fu so good they fuck the laws of reality and punch you into a duck or duel with abstract concepts and emotions and shit - apparently in a not-debatey, actually-kung-fu-y manner. Haven't read enough Exalted to really wrap my head around that (charms are really fucking shitty and I hate them) but it sounds like good times.
I am also amused that they start shitty and basically level up quadratically, to be pretty much the most powerful out of all them WoDs. Dat D&D parallel.
Alsoalso I am a fan of Hunter, but mostly only because of
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Jesus, this book. It's actually a terrifying speculative commentary about the dangers of power, and the inherent barbarism of children. The moral of this game is that those with power are free to do as they please, and sadistic murder is acceptable vengeance for any slight, no matter how petty or minor.
That said, it's great inspiration for my next Hunter: The Vigil game.