@@BloodDragon-rp4xc Hmmm... you're actually giving me a good idea for a future episode here 😈

@@theoldcountry im glad i did. but yeah so many things use edge but forget to add complexity, a lot of things in vtm and wta are especially more edgier than other series, but they have a complexity and depth to them, and the edgy aspects serve to add to them, where as most series today are just kinda like "wouldnt it be cook if like, totally unnecessary gore and vulgarity for no reason" and despite being LESS edgy than things like vtm, it comes off as childish because theres next to no effort to be more than that. look at the og spawn comics which suck, and the even more gothic anime that like literally everyone loves. cause the anime DOES something with the grimness. (sorry im ranting, but yeah i just found your stuff last night and i love it

@@sloppyboy9760 I'm super happy you're enjoying your stay in the Old Country! 🥰 About that House Goratrix... hmmm, let me see what I can do 😉

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Awesome! I'm happy you enjoyed this episode 🥰

@@Miron_Marnic I'm always around, at least to answer comments and hang out with my roleplaying people if nothing else 😁 It's been a weird time, my parents have been sick, a lot of preparations needed to be made for this month and December, so writing and recording became... luxury activities for when nothing urgent is going on. Buuut... I am hoping things get back to normal and I can post every 2 weeks 😌

@@theoldcountry Sure thing, taking care of yourself is much more important than making videos. Also, I hope that your parents are feeling better now!

@@christopherjohnromano3455 Uuuu, I'm not sure I'm familiar with the old version. I'm glad you mentioned the distinction, it's something for me to check out 🥰

@@Morkeoth Yeah, to be honest I'm not sure I 100% support the no Blush rule for Paths, but I guess that's how we've always played it at this point, me and my group/groups. As long as the player can make a valid case for it, not only will I listen, but gladly allow Blush of Life 😁

@@DominusDiabolik Yeeees! Because each Path encourages a distinct perspective, behavior and goal, a Sabbat game is varied in themes and flavors, all supporting the main themes of V:tM. It's so good 🤤 There's so much stuff to explore in a Sabbat chronicle 🥳

Hmmmm... temptation rising... 😆

@@cigman777 Hmmmm, do leave me questions because maybe I can help in some way. I mean, I'll gladly make an episode on this if I know it's of use to someone 😁😇

@@jakedunkin4728 I'm super happy that's the case. I will do my best to keep up the good work 😌

@@mateuscoutinho5260 Hmmm... who was that mysterious Wraith, I wonder 😋

@@theoldcountry🤩 I don't know but he says he was the first victim of murder

@@blights5468 Mwhahahaha, just what the Tzimisce doctor ordered, precisely when it ordered it 😈🥰

@@CrowRavenKavian You are too kind ☺ I'm very happy to hear that 😎

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@@Morkeoth Not 100% Sabbat specific, but I hope you enjoy 😁

@@ΜαρίνοςΛούρος Thank you! Glad you enjoyed 😁

@@ΜαρίνοςΛούρος Nice! Thank you for sharing! Do you know the names of the characters? Any chance you can detail the story a bit? 🥰

@@ΜαρίνοςΛούρος Yup, that's probably safest 🤔 I mean, I for one really can't play with people I don't trust. Given the horror stories I've read online, I've had it easy, really, and I'm very grateful 🙏

I'm very happy you like it 🥳

@@bloodorangeartz Noice! Glad you're enjoying your stay in the Old Country 🥰😉

@@Morkeoth Glad you liked 🥰

Oh yeah, for sure, there is no balance between the individual splats. Mages can absolutely do whatever with very little restriction (if they play it smart and get to at least sphere 4). Demon is actively going for a different vibe, though. It gives you a lot of tools right off the bat, but they cap out in power of effect quite quickly. I wouldn't compare a Fallen to a 13th gen though, because even Elder vampires are vulnerable during the day and can barely stay awake depending on their Path rating. Meanwhile, Malefactor creates a path into your haven at noon, opens your blinds... bye-bye, your Elder is now ash. I guess with WoD games it really is a matter of knowing when and where to take the fight. Always fight when it's in your advantage. If it's not... just run 😂

​@@theoldcountryYou are very skilled in your descriptions of these powers. Have you ever thought of doing a write up of better versions of these powers? I really see them weaker versions of Vampire powers.

@@trentking1978 I have considered it, but I don't have enough time or testers to properly test out my versions, nor do I think I have the best ideas for each Evocation. I mean, I know what worked for me and my table (4 people), the fixes that allowed us to really enjoy Demon without the mechanics actively getting in the way, but the changes we made to the game were so minor I can't really say we even changed anything too drastically. Every ST can make these tweaks according to their own taste, and well, I like to think these episodes I'm making might offer some inspiration in that regard without creating a proper digital book product on Storyteller's Vault 🤔 I know what changes I would make or already implement in my Demon games, but I'm aware these are only my takes. On the topic of Demon abilities being weaker - it's very situational. Some Lores are undoubtedly weaker, and some are so powerful, they threaten to break your chronicle before it even begins 😆Now, maybe I've grown too tired of comparing mechanics and power-levels over years of playing WoD, but I don't believe there is a balance, and I don't think there will ever be a balance between different abilities, even within the same game. I mean, can we even compare Dominate to Celerity? Can we even compare a sideways-stepping Werewolf to a Slayer using Lore of the Realms to fly through the Low Umbra? There really is no balance there, there's no balance when it comes to the damage different supernaturals can do, no balance in the way their "resists" are implemented, and no balance between the effects and potency of their superpowers, not to mention the flaws they have to live with. Some combat will happen soon in my current Demon chronicle, and it might involve Cainites, so what I can do on this occasion is let you know how it went 🤔

@@Starborne398 Happy you enjoyed! 😄

@@bloodoftheunicorns2621 Couldn't agree more! You know, in light of your comment, maybe the next Sabbat episode will be about Paths and Book of Nod ethics 😁 Personally, I think Paths are great, they create both pluses and difficulties for protagonists, and the fact that this Sect doesn't use mortal resources/retainers as often as others, or observes bloody Ritus because it has to do it, doesn't mean it wants to murderhobo every mortal in sight 🤔 The rigors of most Paths systematically disallow wanton cruelty or murder/destruction unless clearly necessary, and to be on a Path, at least based on previous editions, you need a willpower rating of 5. Not sure if this was updated too, but I remember reading that most mortals have willpower rating between 1 and 4. Like... just transitioning to a Path requires so much effort of will already. I find it hard to believe someone with a willpower of 5 is just going to act like a child playing GTA 😄

Ok, since my first reply isn't being displayed for some reason, let's try that again: Right you are, Brother! Is freedom not good? Is preventing Gehenna not good? Is destroying the pawns of the Antediluvians not a kindness and liberation of all vampires worldwide? Of course we're the good guys! The only good guys left, sadly, amidst a sea of puppets. Our goals are benevolent, our intentions noble, our means... nocturnal and sanguine, and thought the fight is bitter, its results will be sweet. Raise the silver chalice and drink now, Brother, drink the vitae of your Pack, drink the vitae of the Sabbat. Salve Cain! Let us spend our night before the raid with blood and prayer 🩸🍷🗡️🙏

@@rudolphantler6309 Huh, never thought about that, but I could replay it and see if that's something I could do. I really like that game, I think I replay it every year 😁

@@theoldcountry That would be pretty neat. Like stopping at every sentence or sight of significance and giving insight on it, may it be lore, game mechanics connecting to lore, character backstories as much as possible - even for obscure people like who could Voivode Ordo be -, and your personal stance towards some game solutions, why things happened, why behaviors arose into the outcome we see, tons of questions, tons of details... Cappadocians view of Caine's blessing not curse theory, how much is it in TTRPG lore? Could Cosmas have survived? How was Erik so uniquely transformed instead of previously known methods? Ardan "pretending to go to torpor". The real world examples of places called Vysehrad or similar places, and its etymology. Why the missing Gargoyle Sentinels? Comparing Ahzra and her powerbase to the other Tzimisce around the region. Szlachta being some obscure name for Polish noblemen I think... Why Teutonic Knights were missing from Haus De Hexe? Why did Orsi's special Ventrue antitribu faction capitalize so much on Protean? Cut content like real city-transition highwaymen, proper Lasombra, and medieval werewolf encounter with or without Erik in the group. Or actual Vicissitude! ETC... The last I actually counted how many times I've played through this game was back in like the early 00s and stopped counting at 23 or so. But still replaying it like every 3-5 years, and starting again NOW!

@@HoriaMarchean Barbosaaa 😄

@@Mandrake9to5 I don't know my Requiem almost at all 😔 From nWoD I played Hunter: the Vigil and it was one of the most horrifying and dramatic chronicles I ever played, I absolutely loved it. If I find the time, I can check out the sorcery though 🤔

@@theoldcountry Cruac is fun because it is a blood magic that corrupts the world around the caster, even reality, while Teban sorcery is about elevating your humanity to tap into heavenly powers

​@@Mandrake9to5 I liked what requiem did with sorcery. I liked how they allow to have multiple powers (spells) per level of discipline.

@@88Grabarz Good! You must observe the Episode Ritus, Brother. It is your duty to the Sword of Caine 😆😈

@@Morkeoth I do hope you enjoy this one. Didn't detail The Black Hand and the Inquisition much, since those are not proper political factions. The Black Hand is in a league of its own anyway 😁

@@theoldcountry A very good episode indeed !

@@cigman777 I don't think I've found details about Saulot's bond with Samiel anywhere (at this time, at least), but damn, I hope it was just the way you described it here. 🥰 Really nice idea! If you don't mind, I'm putting this one in my own idea vault, to include in future chronicles. See? This is what I'm talking about, this is why the written lore has so many holes in it, details left undescribed and mysterious mentions: so players can make sense of/ fill in the gaps themselves. And how beautifully we try to find missing peaces and make sense of it 🥰 I don't think there have been many instances in which a Sire truly learned something due to observance of a Childe and their struggles. Most are too self-absorbed and arrogant 🙄 Tzimisce, for instance, can absorb or reform inside of its Childer at any time, should it need to, so we know it's watching, but its no less selfish and... unaffected by observing them. Perhaps Samiel's acknowledgement of the need for physical aggression in this conflict snapped some sense into Saulot. Yes, people (and this includes Kindred/Cainites) occasionally need to manifest physical aggression, maybe to prevent greater aggression, maybe to protect the ones they love. But! Said aggression can be controlled, channeled, applied when needed, without warping anyone's personality and ideals. You can USE the Beast without being a slave to it. You can use aggression and then return to peace, tranquility. The power is yours. The Baali War and this entire hell everyone is being put through now... is because Saulot never expressed that agression and anger he felt towards his Dark Father (or anyone, since he'salways been nice, calm etc.), he just represed it to the point that is poured out of him in torrents, uncontrollably, he didn't allow himself to be authentic, since he worshipped and admired Caine. Yeeees, I will agree that the observance of Samiel is probably one of the things that awakened something in Saulot and invited a change 🤔 I really enjoyed reading your comment and I think it makes a lot of sense 😉

@@samuelrodriguez9801 Ha! I remember reading this in a Reddit post 🥰 So that was you! Cool to see you here in the comments section 😉

@@theoldcountry Yeah I've added some bits since then.

@@theoldcountry I detail I've kept forgetting to mention was the slit pupils of her eyes. My favorite part of the character concept was how she merged with her two lovers so they can never leave her.

I have an idea for Evelyn's haven being in an abandoned mall with all the glass (Windows, doors, etc.) having been replaced with wood and sheet metal. While the inside is filled with fleshcrafted architecture and bodies on examination tables in varying states of dismemberment and the floor is covered with her native soil. The haven is guarded by bloodbound Zantosa and Grimaldi Revenants with flamethrowers, maybe some Enrathi or Rafastio, Szlachta, Hellhounds, a Vozhd, zombies, wraiths and a pack of bloodbrothers. For an Elder as experienced and skilled as she is it would make sense to make her haven a Gauntlet.

@@gorthuar Storming Elysium with a Vozhd.. I mean, if it's an option 😈😎 Did your Tzimisce succeed? Toppling the local Prince, I mean

@@theoldcountry Truth be told, that Chronicle has ran out of steam before we reached that stage. But I had since ran a Sabbat Chronicle set some years later in that city, and its ruling Archbishop was my previous character.

@@rudolphantler6309 At first? None! But when the GM has well written, complex characters and every little "show" gradually reveals a certain trait or desire or flaw of said characters, they feel so alive, the game feels so deep and rich and meaningful and exploring the NPCs themselves is just like exploring the game world and its locations. If the GM doesn't really know their NPCs, and treats them like they're just cardboard cut-outs who give quests, no depth, no desires or nothing, any display of emotion will feel shallow, transitory, without depth.

You put a lot of effort into this. Don't you ever feel your energetic enthusiasm isn't reciprocated and character personality strength is one sided?

@@matomi6296 Glad you are enjoying your stay in the Old Country! I'm already working on a Setite Sorcery episode as we speak. I think you're going to love it 🤞

@@DominusDiabolik Regents? Hmmm... Tremere Regents? *face twitches while clenched fist trembles, eyes look around, agitated*

@@theoldcountry I feel ya, Usurpers gotta pay.

@@smuggrog9821 I have a... human-dominant character in my current game. The human soul is still aware and aware that it is sharing the body with... something. It's really cool, albeit a bit difficult to pull of as storyteller, because you don't want to completely play the demon, but share it with the player. I mean the Fallen knows the Lores and can assume Apocalyptic Form, while the mortal doesn't, but if the ST is the only one playing "the Fallen symbiote", then the player doesn't really have control over their protagonist's superpowers. A bit tricky to pull off, but very much fun! 👌