Just What Am I Getting Into!? | Hunter The Parenting: An Intro To World Of Darkness Reaction Part A

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The Roleplayer's Roleplay Game - An Intro To World Of Darkness
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[@marmyeater]

Also: The Golden Goose saved them monetarily after they shut TTS down to avoid problems. The World of Darkness is their Golden Goose.

[@raw6668]

Airer, it's Battletech. Paradox is the parent company. They also did Stellaris.

[@CommissarMitch]

And Alfabusa did an episode using Stellaris retelling the Horus Heresy.

[@tanall5959]

@@CommissarMitch Retelling the Horus Heresy, and poking fun on a meta level at the people who want the storyline for 40k to advance.

[@marmyeater]

@@tanall5959 And the ones that DON'T want it to advance.

[@theanathema3062]

And CK3

[@dacomputernerd4096]

They also did Hearts of Iron 4, and Cities: Skylines, if I recall correctly. Quite a variety.

[@resumethyvideo7631]

“That hand is getting a lot of usage” My favorite quote of yours so far 😳

[@LordPyro25]

Oh boy, your reaction to Sam Haight the “Ultimate Badass” was great. Old Sam’s a weird thing to try and explain to people who don’t know World of Darkness, he actually started out as a legit and serious antagonist before at some point they decided to have him jump between multiple different game lines and steal powers from each of them as a running joke. First he was kinda just a guy, albeit a really in-shape guy who was an expert hunter, he was also related to a werewolf but wasn’t one himself. Then he killed some vampires and drank their blood becoming a ghoul, then he discovered a magic ritual to turn himself into a werewolf and spent years gathering the ingredients before successfully enacting it. Later on through he used a special artifact to kill a mage and steal some of his power, then went around killing more mages and absorbing even more magical power. Eventually Sam discovered the location of an ancient and powerful vampire and entered its tomb wanting to drink its blood and get even stronger. The vampire woke up and Sam was either killed by it, died when the tomb collapsed, or possibly killed by player characters during that whole mess. The epilogue to this is Sam becoming a ghost that gets immediately ganked by more powerful Wraiths and he gets Soulforged, literally hammered and compressed into metal that the dead use to build things. He ends up as an ashtray sitting on the desk of a ghost middle manager. Yeah, this game’s pretty wild huh?

[@setsunatenma9467]

To add on that ancient vampire was a baali

[@gokbay3057]

4:36 Blessed is a name. Remember how at the end of the Hunter the Parenting Audiologs, in the credits they thank Blessed as a joke. (Most of the time, they did genuinely thank him in one episode)

[@gidofter_lukge]

If he watched the credits he'd understand

[@CommissarMitch]

I want to make a note. Hunter The Parenting was released in December 2021. That is a little over 2 years ago now. Time... Time flies.

[@halocrafter300]

Might wanna check your math on that one…

[@Gabe600]

​@@halocrafter300Yep

[@gidofter_lukge]

1 and 1/4 years ago

[@andrew3038]

"First time they've done live action!" Karl the Deranged may want to have some words with you.

[@CommissarMitch]

I think Arier is referring to the main videos.

[@toryumau6798]

@@CommissarMitch … Thou darest suggest lord Karl’s vignettes are *secondary?!* D^B(

[@kingsnakke6888]

@@toryumau6798 N-No milord! H-He would n-never say anything so heretical! *scare-agreeing despite never seeing such glorious vox recordings*

[@kokarorloli]

😢

[@mynameisd2849]

As someone who is DEEP into the lore of WofD belive me this only scrached the surface, Im also sad that the new werewolf the apocalypse 5e doesnt seem to continue the lore from 20th aniversary and the news about some changes they made Im not a fan and others I despise, but Oh well, I can just change it

[@toryumau6798]

… House rules, dear fellow. Anything is possible. AnYtHiNg. >)B^}

[@oldeskul]

Yes! As someone who first started playing V:tM. W:tA and H:tR back in '98-2001, I can say that this isn't scratching the surface, this is the thin slick of oil on the surface.

[@Who-dg9yj]

It was bound to happen after what they did in V5. I'm not sure I even want to see M5 to be honest, good thing MtAs is very setting-agnostic.

[@lanereynolds4567]

How about just using 20th and saying, without respect, we reject... It'll force them to correct or they go under.

[@riverroth3688]

As someone who likes the Sabbat I house ruled that were absolutely playing sabbat campaigns. I don't care to be told I cannot play sabbat vampires so house rules are your and my personal saviors in that regard.

[@L_Monke]

I thought the The Golden Goose is a joke for the Golden throne of the Emperor, he sits on it guiding his sons like the Astronomican.

[@bthsr7113]

I looked up the name of Big E's ship, but no match there.

[@thegloriouswizard5270]

...I figured it was because its Gold. Cause Emperor's favorite color.

[@Gargoyle9000]

Just wanna say that you're my favorite reaction guy because you actually deeply analyze the stuff you watch and you _pause_ when you start talking.

[@thomasfoster4370]

I actually don't know the specifics of the consequences of calling in a bomb threat at an airport, but I have the horse sense not to find out by trying

[@alphashocker7458]

I don’t know about you. But Anton Chigurh running around with a beam katana is now part of my WoD headcanon.

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

Vampire: What are you- Anton: Hold that thought... ... Anton: *blows* *beam blade activates and cuts into vampire heart*

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

Suda51 is Japanese David Lynch for video games(or at least memeticly)

[@boxtank5288]

A surrealist genius really...

[@Trap5656]

Yep, really, anything can happen in the WOD it's just up to how Storyteller and/or the Players want to navigate it. Like for example, my character had a very horrifying introduction to the WOD he went to a college party, and it turned into a feeding frenzy for Sabbats and others. Another example was my group navigating a haunted house by been polite.

[@ch33les99]

You should play Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines at some point

[@kartuliboy9492]

5:00 "I remember when we had to write all our essays in cursive" wait... you mean you don't have to write them in cursive?! I honestly don't remember the last time I wrote something that wasn't in cursive outside of when it was explicitly said I honestly cannot imagine writing essays in anything but cursive just because it's so much faster to write in cursive Am I alone in this?! Please someone tell me I'm not

[@Othermage]

I took a class in writing cursive way back in my childhood days, but I’ve never been forced to write anything in cursive besides my signature.

[@AttilaDToth]

Yeah I never had to write cursive, that writing is so hard for me. Its even hard to read for me after a point.

[@Pylo-ry6ff]

Pretty sure all essays are written on computers now. That's how all of my assignments were and i left college 6 years ago.

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

I had cursive class in like 2nd grade, and then never used it again

[@gokbay3057]

Yeah, when I write I default to cursive, much easier than trying to separate the letters.

[@afqwa423]

9:37 The Hebrew Bible for Beginners joke is taking shots at WoD for dabbling in occult themes and lore in a silly and self-serious gothy way. For example, the entire Vampire mythology is about how Cain was cursed to super-mega-Chad-vampirism for the murder of Able, with his grandchildren being called _Antediluvians._ In Hunter the parenting, Marcus makes fun of the idea of Kue-jin being a poor quilt-work parody of a bunch of different Asian cultures and dismisses it as ridiculous and implausible. It's a meta joke, because that is indeed how Kue-jin are written.

[@marmyeater]

Not exactly what he was cursed to, so disliked.

[@manosbouzoubouzou1386]

LETS GO. I was hyped from the moment I recommended this to you and I love your reactions. Keep up the great work mate!

[@alphaheart9949]

If you're ever interested in learning the lore on the World of Darkness setting, I'd recommended the channel and youtuber Apollo Speaks. Great narration, tightly summarizes the various factions/lore, and overall well-researched.

[@setsunatenma9467]

There is also lazer of stygia

[@Ilikecatsismychannelname]

I used to play Exalted which was originally launched as a prequel setting to WoD before becoming it's own thing entirely. I have fond memories of adventuring in the Wild as a Lunar Exalt and encountering a man who had a pet Cthulhu. Good times... Also I just love the concept of stunt dice being awarded to your attack roll based on how bat-sh*t overkill and anime extra your description of what your character's action is. Exalted and WoD both operate off of the Rule of Cool at their core as originally envisioned by White Wolf...which is exactly why both settings lend themselves so well to absurdity. It is also why one of my favorite fanfiction stories to read when I'm down is a Mass Effect/ WoD crossover entitled 'Pencils Down, Death-rays Up'. I did not know I needed to read about a universe in which mages had converted the Great Red Spot of Jupiter, and the entire planet itself by extension, into a Reaper gutting death ray until that suddenly became a thing in one chapter...

[@temporaryalien5573]

As a artist… yes hands are indeed freaking hard to draw and do right, as for the Bible game yes that is a real thing

[@Airier]

... I had no idea was an actual game. I literally thought this was just some kind of dumb edit. I'm glad hands are actually hard to draw, makes me feel better about not being able to do them (granted, I can't draw anything else either so... Yeah 😅).

[@CommissarMitch]

I love how far the animation has gotten. Early TTS was good, but compared to this it was very rough. It is like comparing South Park to Simpsons.

[@bthsr7113]

31:22 No, that's 90's dark age of comics right there. Edit: One of the main ways I heard about WOD was from some semi-retired goths online. Of particular note is how they'd ghoul animals. Invisible ghouled rats with web cams for surveillance, ghouled bears for bruiser combatants, and ghouled racoons with lighters and pipe bombs.

[@ConnorSinclairCavin]

These worlds have very little mathematical mechanics, more roleplay and resource counting. What you decide to do and how is far more important than rolls USUALLY… crit fails still make things go poorly. But yet, despite all that, you can definitely break characters too, with a combo of good writing, the right perks, and a bit of stats to fill in the gaps you are good to go.

[@gamingweeb2-842]

Drivethrurpg if you want the books Print on demand if not 5th edition, or the pdfs for cheaper

[@Armoraxis]

I thought the joke behind the Golden Goose was it being the connection to the Golden Throne

[@heliosspecialistarrogant7031]

Suda51 games are fun... the control are a pain though but its part of the experience, its not easy, a lot of minigames who some how feel like work... great games if you take your time and dont rush it , even if the game try to make you rush

[@ToxicMynd]

To that thing about knowing irl stuff for your game, I once played a Vampire the Masqurae game set in New Jersey. I looked up NJ gun laws to work out what weapons my character's gunshop could legally make and what I could legally own if the crew got stopped by the cops.

[@ConnorSinclairCavin]

The art from these games = awesome

[@gokbay3057]

24:26 It really isn't all that complex. Basically, it is like 40K. There are really gritty, completely serious stuff. And also batshit crazy absurdity.

[@Airier]

"It's not that Complex" and "Like 40k" I n the same description. 🤣👍 I get what you mean, but it's also a lot easier if you ease your way into it rather than jumping into the lore deep end. 😁

[@thegloriouswizard5270]

Plz Finish it, Airier ☆

[@SoCHobbit]

This

[@atpsoldat6108]

He'll do it after milking the video out into multiple parts.

[@VieVentar]

UK here, never had a methlab on my street but did have two brothals several drug dens and an arms dealer on my street. We also had several murders, five over a six year period, but generally speaking most of these places either blended in or actively went out to be nicer than their surroundings. The arms dealer liked to put up a Bazzar on his driveway every year, like a tent pavillion frame with decorative carpet walls and roof. The brothals always did their best to blend in, the only ones that gave close to a meth lab vibe were the drug dens after we realised they'd stripped out the staircases for the timber to sell. It's a rough area to be fair.

[@SonikkuXenoHearts3587]

Suda51 is a game developer that makes games like The Silver Case, No more heroes, Killer7, he help make that one fatal frame game for Wii.

[@CRSB00]

30:00 Suda 51 is not company, is a person, a japanese guy, and if you heard of No More Heroes, Lollypop Chainsaw or Killer 7, then you know the type of atmosphere he likes in his works

[@Kroq-gar]

Fun fact: That spider is also know as the Weaver who is an incredibly powerful god of Order, she adopted humans as forces of order. And when I say powerful. I mean *POWERFUL.* All capitals and bold.

[@marmyeater]

That's a good hand job they did. Very handy info on the setting.

[@DragoSonicMile]

Suda51? The game with royalty-free light sabers (beam katana is a silly word replacement) "No More Heroes" where the main character is an assassin called Travis Touchdown.

[@thecosmic8248]

Actually Afterlife isn’t a Wraith game, it’s a Orpheus game. Don’t worry you’ve definitely never heard of it before, most WoD fans haven’t either. It’s like Wraiths ignored middle sibling.

[@superdude681]

Suda 51 is pseudonym for the game developer Goichi Suda.

[@Aliulo]

I vouch for the channel Burgerkrieg's World of Darkness content. He does a wrap up of the different games in the world (Vampire, Mage, and Wraith so far). It's a good way to get a decent grasp on what's happening.

[@maciejas2471]

Hunter joined the list pretty recently

[@notreallyalec]

Gonna run a mega chronicle for Chronicles of Darkness. Each arch will feature a new Supernatural group with arch one being Vampire the Requiem! Each story will be connected to the last and considered cannon.

[@Gauldame]

Pentex Sons of Aether "This is a hollow earth world?" Yes, and no at the same time. "It's like all the conspiracies are true" Yes. The Wyld / Weaver/ Wyrm The world is dungie and grimy for most, they're too tired and beaten down to look up. The players have a slight peek behind the curtain.

[@CommissarMitch]

I DID NOT NEED TO SEE THE LIGHT FACE THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@tuomastall5836]

19:00 Genius The Transgression* is more canon compliant then I thought. *the fan made book for playing mad scientists

[@TitaniumKoopa]

The bible on steam is real and it costs $15.

[@ALJ9000]

CSI Miami is the show you’re thinking of with the sunglasses and the puns

[@LunarFoxfyre]

honestly, when I play a WOD game I love playing the mage. and to step it up from there I play as a hollow one aka the character doesn't train under a tradition of magic or in vampire playing as a clanless vampire. They are both fun to play.

[@SoCHobbit]

Glad to see this...wondering where SWv40k is?

[@Boromir16]

Just remember; Taco Tuesday is on Friday and CHOAS RULEZ!!

[@CommissarMitch]

Hebrew Bible for Beginners... Why did I not get that until now?! CAIN was the first vampire AAAA

[@southanime]

Yes, Old testament God punish him for killing his brother (But mostly for lying to his creator) by making him see for all eternity how his children kill each other.

[@gokbay3057]

Thought iirc he got most of the Vampire powers (other than the immortality he got from God) from Lilith.

[@marmyeater]

@@gokbay3057 You are correct. Specifically: He had Lilith try to do the Mage Awakening Ritual (a now lost art) on him, then God looked down and said: NO, and the varied powers of mages were warped into the specific powers of Disciplines. That is why vampire/mage hybrids aren't allowed: because God Himself forbade it, and even the most powerful monster on Earth can't do anything to change it (apart from maybe genuinely apologize and let his soul pass on to judgement, but he doesn't really want to do that, sooo...).

[@southanime]

@@marmyeater huh, I thought it was like the Gilgamesh legend, the records are contradictory but believes in the version of the story that is convenient (vampires believe he was a cainite, werewolves believe he was a child of gaia, mages believe he was an exarch and so forth)

[@marmyeater]

@@southanime The vampires are the ones that got it right. Everything told by the mage, werewolves, and so on is meant to represent how little other factions know about each other.

[@Sanguimaru]

“If it’s not just regular DnD,” he says. Which setting? There’s more than one, and they get into some pretty wild lore in various editions.

[@cobraglatiator]

if it makes ya feel any better airier, i have absolutely no clue what you're talking about with the whole golden egg/goose thing. so i didn't even know there WAS a joke to get. (this also may or may not be the first video of his-theirs? i've seen? idk, character seems kinda familiar now that i'm watching but, i don't really remember.

[@Airier]

There's an old Grimm fairy tale about a goose that lays golden eggs. I thought it was funny Bid D is dressed in gold and comes out of a golden goose.

[@cobraglatiator]

@@Airier ah.

[@shmee123ful]

at last we witness speaker d's true form a maluable pink man sized blob , is it not glorious?

[@aboveaveragegaming5503]

weird thought at 3am but imagine airier reacting to umami's interface

[@Desiremademanifest]

Nine months late but I can attest: 18:33- NOT A JOKE. All that happened. Welcome to the World of Darkness, which tries to be Interview with a Vampire, but ends up What We Do In the Shadows. 21:32- the "demon" is a vampire. My favorite clan to be precise... think... Dark Eldar levels of "oh dear god why did you make a chair out of Jimmy". 39:04 - That's the Mage book for the 20th Anniversary. The book itself is also so full of a lot of stuff that they had to make a side book to fit in all the crap they ran out of room for... and the book is STILL as thick a a dictionary. I do recommend the 20th Anniversary books myself, not a fan of their 5th Edition but to each their own, not going to kink shame. 39:35 - Y-yeah... this is true. Not as much emphasis on combat (it does exist but it's not usually the main focus). This has been your random dump of stuffs :D

[@EzekialRagel]

I remember larping wot in the past. So fun.

[@steelgreyed]

Personal irony, I never played VtM Bloodlines, I did however play its literal precursor, VtM: Redemption, which was a story of a Brujah losing then regaining his faith in Crusades. :) The Game mechanics of Bloodlines were taken directly from Redemption and given a much broader story line.

[@AvaByNight]

nope? they were both taken from the tabletop rpg...

[@ShadowoftheMask]

What, vampires in Dermark is too odd? ;D

[@cylesteasunrise3199]

I'm about to start playing in wod: demon the fallen game.

[@fernandocervantes6074]

If you thought that was crazy, watch Gigguk's review of the Eminence of Shadow next

[@Airier]

I actually have that tabbed because it seemed interesting.

[@sugarjumper45]

Wait you’re from Florida as well???

[@bthsr7113]

You forgot Karl's live action bits.

[@ConnorSinclairCavin]

What went over your head? Its JUST the tip of the iceberg, and each era of WoD is completely different and just as huge…

[@Kingjder02]

You should look up solar punk

[@sahidyubero8325]

Hey airer if you know something about tf2 lore i recommend a recent sfm film called emesis blue. Its a 2 hour full horror movie. It is awesome👍👍👍

[@onerxowns2202]

Vampires: The Masquerade

[@mandyogilvie686]

500 like

[@kape2978]

Is it just me or is there like a vibrating sound when you speak? I thought it was my phone.

[@kape2978]

About the bomb threat thing, not an airport but in the 2010s we had to evacuate a mall because someone actually called for a bomb threat. It was a hoax in the end but the sheer panic was real. I won't call it a bad example.

[@Airier]

I've checked it out I think that might be my PC fan coming through which is normally noise gated out. I'll have to try and find a way to dampen the sound more.

[@voydcat8089]

40:19 _yaranai ka?~_

[@mickyflint]

The ridiculous vs har setting is the same thing warhammer has.

[@Airier]

Yup. And probably one of the biggest draws for me. 😁

[@Enterprisers0045]

Can you react to honkai impact 3 because of you and graduation trip. Honkai impact Ended

[@Airier]

Wait, it's over!? Well now, know what I'm doing this Sunday. 😯

[@Enterprisers0045]

@@Airier yes....

[@oskarhansson879]

Jesus christ 2 3rds of the video is you stoping to talk PLZ just watch For a mineute

[@gerrardrosales6996]

Could you please stop rambling

[@samiirai]

Sure they know the lore, but its so much deeper, words have many faces. The whole thing is a metaphor for unspeakable acts of kindness. If you stopped your brain for like two seconds and listened up, not talkietalkie like girliegirlie, then you might get an idea of whats goin on. If you do, proceed without caution.