Sounds of Silence Roll4It #01 - COTERIE - Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition

[@ExiaQ00]

Ok after catching up on season 3 it’s wild to come back to this first episode. Everyone has definitely upped their game over the years as well as their knowledge of VTM. Mathis has definitely changed up his story telling style and now it’s so profound and powerfully told. 5 years and 3 seasons makes a huge difference. This series should go down as the greatest VTM recorded of all time!!!

[@DADeathinacan]

~7:50 for end of shilling. 2:13:35 for end of break.

[@artski09]

you do gods work my good man

[@LightingEagle418]

DADeathinacan thank you good god

[@tomlaptain646]

Hero

[@Khurzan72]

Thank you

[@itsashane1552]

Thanks

[@willowm3055]

"An opening power move, he's trying to establish dominance." "I don't need to establish dominance, dear boy" "He's trying to consolidate that"

[@TabularConferta]

When the character called "Butcher" seems to be the most Humane. ^_^ Great game. Not sure if you realised this between games, but Messy Criticals only occur if you have another 10. So you need a 10 from a hunger die and a 10 from any other die.

[@Zerakis]

Oliver is like Drax in Infinity War. He has mastered the art of standing so still he becomes invisible.

[@JustSomebody5]

RIP Guardians Of The Galaxy.

[@quenten5770]

That is funy

[@SitoriKanzaki]

Hilarious

[@austinnewby3061]

Thank goodness, ONLY 3 of them introduced themselves as wearing trenchcoats

[@allenwixted1992]

Austin Newby 😂😂😂

[@harvestblades]

That's required gear in the World of Darkness. Hard to hide a sawed off shotgun or stake under your suit coat.

[@poolboy6]

The Union is very clear with regard to workplace attire.

[@CPL.van7]

@@harvestblades I got you: Get a thermal Brazos hoodie. Like the dock/factory workers would use. They're padded well enough, but they're not bulky. You could easily stash stuff in the inner pockets, small pistols, some steaks, a small machete or hatchet. Nobody's gonna notice unless they touch you.

[@jharrington2112]

Natures Natural Pocket @@harvestblades

[@kol_ceridwen]

I'm laughing a bit at how easy Dakota went from "I don't kill women" to "let's stage her suicide"

[@UCFElCarnicero]

And then talking about finishing her. LoL.

[@pitmatix1457]

Dakota clearly has enough issues that they have to be compiled into volumes. Quite a horrible person even for a vampire.

[@Bfdidc]

@@pitmatix1457 But a very interesting character to watch, nonetheless.

[@pitmatix1457]

@@Bfdidc Oh she's a fantastic character and really well played!

[@DCPTF2]

it's almost like the player is a massive Bigot IRL

[@slashermas]

Here are my guesses and why: Dakota: gangel, they mentioned her having wolf like eyes which implies a previous frenzy prior giving her those animal features. Oliver: Nosferatu, uses obfuscate and also has some serious signs of being supernatural in appearance in line with nos curse. Zach: Malkavian, use of obfuscate and dominate (two disciplines they possess) and a mention early on about his paranoia "growing in time" Ava: Toreador, Presence use and her attitude says it all.

[@slashermas]

While the last scene says "Ventrue" to me on Ava's power play, stilling betting Toreador due to photography.

[@evanremillard5640]

TheMadFedora that was my guess as well.

[@BeOtterMyFriend]

Hhhm... What are the Assamite clan disciplines in v5? Some of the lines did have obfuscate in the past editions. (Talking mainly Revised and Dark Age as that was my active time.) Somehow Oliver strikes me as an Assamite... Nos makes sense as well though... Wasn't there something about his eyes as well? Are City Gangrel still a thing?

[@slashermas]

Arno Nym so far the Assamites, now known as Banu Haqim, aren't playable, so we don't know

[@BeOtterMyFriend]

@@slashermas What? More explaination please...

[@ChilluminatiPod]

This hits different today.

[@28OntheRise]

Surprise, surprise, roll4it does it again. There goes another 4hrs/week. Great first episode everyone. Finally EE is playing a character smart enough that his crazy plans don't nearly break character. I can already see that Oliver is going to be a riot, though it must be pointed out that a 7ft tall buff dude who doesn't make noise while moving is just a terrifying concept.

[@lillithyukiutacrow2532]

The embodiment of man sised mountain ^~^

[@IndyMotoRider]

6'5" is nowhere close to 7'

[@Djiehh]

EE: "I'm gonna ..." Me: "Eat the baby! Eat the baby! Eat the baby! Eat the baby!"

[@realRYUxOHKI]

Gregor Meisen “not the mama!” ?

[@MrFantocan]

Sadly the Sabbat gets little love in V5...

[@cmdrwraithe1857]

I think he should've turned the baby....

[@Garsemor]

EE: "That's a very lucky baby right there." Yea lucky. It's only orphaned instead of orphaned and traumatized. Luckiest baby in the world.

[@thedapperlad7148]

If they wanted to be awful and terrible people who would be welcomed with opened arms to the Sabat, they could have Embraced the baby [:

[@coldfiregaming6592]

Or killed it.... Just saying

[@thedapperlad7148]

Eh, babykilling is so Bland, every two bit lasombra and tzimiche has done that

[@ennuideblase7888]

No one remotely in their right mind embraces a baby, not even the sabbat.

[@thedapperlad7148]

Well, right mind when speaking about the sabbat is hard for me to compute, anyways its a joke, in 99% of kindred communities, siring is a reasonably big deal, you usually have to make sure they are atleast physically capable, even when shovelheading people

[@galaxyjumper2734]

Oliver seemed a bit cliche goth beefcake at first, but he actually seems to be much more nuanced. I really like Vampire the Masquerade so I came upon your show by accident. I really enjoyed it, you have quite interesting characters and the Storyteller was able to convey the story interestingly. I've subscribed and hit the bell, I hope you continue this.

[@Roll4It]

Awh thanks! Enjoy!

[@LittleRedDot]

Well I'm glad you stopped in! Thanks for watching the show.

[@lukecaruana8871]

Same here. When he explained that bit with the Capri son juice, it felt like awesome rp.

[@mattgore5125]

@@LittleRedDot hey, i loved your character in the series and i love that game. I want to start a game with my friends but i have 0 idea on where to start or how to get a game started/together. Any tips on to start or where to begin?

[@DisorientatedNumbers]

Rude of that vampire to call the coterie to the meeting at 12am and give them 5ish hours to complete their task or else. It seems more like a cruel game than a reasonable request. I like it.

[@HenriqueErzinger]

That was a weird call to say it was midnight. He also said they had 8+ hours till sun, so I think it was meant to be way earlier and they just assumed wrong.

[@moonreaper83]

welcome to the world of darkness. If you survive this impossible task then you get to live until the next impossible task. Hell shadow run isn't about if a TPK is going to happen it's about how long until that one guy/ company desides your worth taking out. So sounds right to me.

[@doghat1619]

@@moonreaper83 I disagree on your interpretation of shadowrun. I think if you play like a reasonable shadowrunner you shouldn't ever make any real enemies. After all you're simply just a tool for other people to hire, killing your team only means a corporation will hire another team for their jobs in the future, it changes nothing.

[@DiogenesDworkinson]

As a coming-of-age test, it works great... Give them a minor task that is easy to complete and easy to fix if they mess up, something that you have months to work on, and make them handle it under pressure by giving them a sunup deadline. If they succeed, good. If not, no problem. It should all be fine as long as they don't do something too insane, like pointlessly murder someone while breaking the masquerade with forbidden graffiti that would lead a (now vengeful) vampire hunter right to the truth of your existence and motivate her army into fanatics...

[@NinjaDeviant]

I feel like I'm almost watching "what we do in the Shadows" at times. Grown ass vamps fighting over how to have gotten the husband to open the door while Zach picks the lock

[@Katastr0phic_Katicorn]

I clicked on this with, what I assumed was, passing interest. 3 hours later I'm hooked. You're all fantastic!

[@unswayingpickle638]

Earned a like for that intro alone, let alone the high quality role play. For real, compliments to the person/s behind that (and the music. Simply phenomenal).

[@kingofgar101]

one session in and already a fairly major masquerade violation... this is gonna be fun

[@ChilluminatiPod]

You're tellin me hahaha

[@SleepingGiant77]

41:30 you don't need a Blood Hunt to kill Kindred, these are rarely called except for great criminals. *Right of Destruction* granted by the Prince is what is needed to kill another. This can be granted for any reason, at the whim of the Prince. And the Officers of the Domain can of course kill in the course of their duties, although the Prince may curtail this as well. The *Scourge* is an Officer that kills Unacknowledged Kindred by definition.

[@eunomiac]

Just a tiny addition/clarification: None of what SleepingGiant77 said deviates from the Sixth Tradition, which states that only the Eldest (i.e. the Prince) has the right to destroy another --- it's not that the Scourge is exercising his right to kill unacknowledged Kindred, but rather that the Prince has vested the Scourge with the power to do so. (I just wanted to bring everything back to the Prince and link all of the Camarilla's destruction rules to the Sixth Tradition.)

[@SleepingGiant77]

@@eunomiac - exactly right. All this becomes clear if one understands that the prince is arbiter of all Traditions within their domain, and oversees punishment of their transgressions as well. In fact, their interpretation is also up to the prince. What one considers a breach of Masquerade, another may consider merely risky and unwise- and offer a warning against it, such as unnecessary killing.

[@arielfetters5662]

"Are people out to get you?" "I'm a frickin Vampire. Pretty sure it's a safe bet."

[@Revan_7even]

It's really creepy how in character LRD is, I like it.

[@Castromagno-i3i]

That snarky ghoul at the start, as a hardcore Tzimisce, I'd make him a carpet

[@angrycup8708]

why make his live so easy make him a toilet

[@gamesandplayallnightandday8724]

What a great cast of characters. Good GM too, glad I stumbled on this.

[@jaredkidd1]

0:45 - End of Opening Credits 7:51 - Start of play 2:12:51 - End of break 4:09:32 - End of play

[@MichaelSollienmusic]

Gonna run 5th edition myself next month so this was great for inspiration. The whole cast is great, but Dakota is my favorite for sure.

[@eunomiac]

A few rules notes for people watching (I realize the series has progressed to new episodes): 1) Requiring an invitation has never been a general rule in any edition of Vampire. It's always been a folklore bane, in all editions of Masquerade and Requiem. 2) "Messy criticals" do not happen every time a 10 is rolled on a Hunger Die. A normal critical success happens when two 10's are rolled: Instead of two successes, they count as four (two bonus successes for the critical). A messy critical _only_ happens if a critical success includes a Hunger Die --- i.e. a Hunger Die _and another die_ both come up 10. This means you _can_ spend Willpower to avoid it: Spending Willpower lets you reroll up to three non-Hunger dice. So you can reroll the 10 on the _non_-Hunger die, to avoid the messy critical. 3) A minor terminology point: You confused Touchstones with Convictions. Touchstones are living human beings (always) to whom you're connected in some way, while Convictions are beliefs or maxims, like "Family First." The rules governing how they interact with Humanity and Stains are slightly different. (Aside: How is murdering a father while he's holding his baby defending a "Family First" Conviction? I'd have docked you an _extra_ Stain --- maybe even two! --- for _violating_ it :P ) 4) Setting clarification: The Camarilla "officially" considers all vampires to be members --- there are those in good standing, and then there are criminals. The Sabbat are all Anathema by default, and killing a Sabbat without violating the Masquerade is something any Prince would applaud. Anarchs, on the other hand, are seen by the Camarilla as rebellious teenagers --- as long as they don't overtly violate the Traditions, they're tolerated and even protected by, for example, the Sixth Tradition prohibiting destruction of a vampire except by order of the Prince.

[@AkaAelius]

Ryan West number 4 is not true. V5 has changed the camarilla opinion so you’re incorrect in that regard. Camarilla no longer accept every vampire as members.

[@matasbagdonas6014]

I assume the family first worked because he did it because of there being no other way to make the father forget Ava's face, although you make a fair point!

[@AutobotChick25]

I’m in loooove with Butcher/Oliver’s voice

[@leonardodickinson5415]

Nice to imagine Ava in the middle of the filthy alley WITHOUT her shoes.

[@elmerg7053]

I love how this group is like 'trenchcoat, trenchcoat!'

[@inquisitordragon6827]

elmerg Tactical Trenchcoat Deployed!

[@maddoxio]

It's not a proper Coterie without a few trenches

[@Maeyanie]

Bit late to the party, but for what it's worth, those capacitive gloves have some metal thread mixed into the regular fabric weave in the fingertips. So yeah, you could use them even if your skin was completely dry.

[@WolfOfLegend]

Dakota casually talking to the 7'' tall burley guy about how much she hates manly guys is... strange

[@lukecaruana8871]

Typically of women players. God forbid you play a rapist-piquerism vamp though.

[@ChronoTriggerHappy]

Gangrel, dont take shit from anybody, tend to have bad communication skills, right up there in strength with the nos and the brujah

[@johnjaeger2968]

Yeah, her character is rather cliche and annoying so far. I'm hoping she becomes more nuanced because the whole "penis bad" thing almost makes me hope she meets the sun. So annoying.

[@Mitwadus]

John Jaeger they said this game would be quite.. interesting with adult themes.

[@johnjaeger2968]

Mitch I get that. I am 19 episodes in and I mostly like her character. It's just a couple of times where I rolled my eyes so far back into my head that I could see my brain. Of course, this is a critique of the character and not the player. *spoiler* especially when it came to her test for Mark. Don't get me wrong, dude did wrong but, given the point where she freaked out it makes me wonder whether a woman would have been treated the same. Carnage is cool, given the genre, in some ways it's preferable, but the rationalization is flawed for Dakota.

[@Michael-io3ik]

man i miss this show, hopefully season 3 comes out eventually. crazy to see how much the characters evolved (and the players knowledge of WoD) throughout the series.

[@lutterbrot5839]

You know, I was afraid the character of Oliver "Butcher" Hopkins would be overly cringy and trying to be a badass, but really, over the course of the game session he did become my favorite guy in the group, someone you'd root for. Great video all around!

[@matthewcharles9813]

Thanks for the disclosures at the beginning about being bad people and not heroes. I like these stories but I know these can be sensitive matters for some.

[@NamelesSalutation]

In trying not to fuck up a home invasion. Courtier immediately overthinks and fucks up home invasion.

[@Deathven1482]

But EE.... I like my darkness with a side of heresy

[@williamhealey6158]

Deathven With a sprinkling of Xeno scum on top?

[@theinquisition7]

Your Comments have been noted Heretic, we shall be seeing you soon. Good Day.

[@tzimiscelord8483]

@Spy Crab but his wife might

[@mrl9418]

This silence offends Slaanesh

[@adrianmartinez-rivera651]

Dakota need to watch what she says their is so many times she broke the Masquerade rule

[@tzimiscelord8483]

Auspex before you talk, yes? It's how I remember to make sure I'm not talking to some baseline ass human

[@tzimiscelord8483]

Or hostile

[@Glyff3083]

@@tzimiscelord8483 or the rare amenti who proceeds to rip your lungs out...

[@SleepingGiant77]

34:00 *Regnant* for someone who has bound another being by blood, and *Thrall* for the one being bound. *If* they are mortal (human or beast) then they are also a *Ghoul* with abilities of the Blood, and their master is called a *Domitor* .

[@jamesharoldsen1907]

This series has some of the best roleplaying ive seen so far from Roll4it

[@ashncinder]

AHHHHH! I freaked out when I saw this! I can't wait to follow this series! Mathas being the Dm thoooooo. I keep getting blown away by these people. They are absolutely great oh my god. Maybe this will satisfy my need for Just Around the Corner. And just as a quick nudge, play the song Sound of Silence sometime haha. But thank you for making this, I can't wait to see how this goes. Im thrilled.

[@kalebdaark100]

OK i've just discovered this and i see from the recommendations that these kindred lasted long enough to start a second story. HOW? When it just took them an age of the earth to get into a humans locked apartment! Hilarious, love it! :-)

[@CraveAHaven]

Finally, an evil campaign, I have yet to come across one. Let's give it a go 😎

[@benoni5104]

This isn´t an evil campagin!!! Nobody considers themselves evil! Have you looked at our caps recently? kzbin.info/www/bejne/np-Uh6uXgqqdiLc

[@TheSleepingMongrel]

Sees intro "I'm gonna like this"

[@shadecaster615]

So.... I'm a be honest, I miss the days of EE, Splat, Aavak and Shen, and I stopped watching this channel.... I am currently kicking myself repeatedly for not seeing this sooner! Yes, more yes! I love MAthas as a GM, the characters play off eachother so well, EE is just chilling! And Butcher is just slowly winning me over like only one other RPG character has! Is it Sunday yet?

[@lukecaruana8871]

Oliver has such a voice. I dunno why but I love it.

[@thegreatjackofclubs]

Dang. The characters seem actually pretty cool without being overly edgy. First time I've seen anyone play Vampire that isn't cringy to watch.

[@ien7785]

I know it's a super old comment, but I agree. I like listening to this stuff in the back ground but other people are usually so extraordinarily over the top edgy hot topic employee types it's hard to listen to. Totally different here, for the better

[@teaartist6455]

@@DCPTF2 You do know that one can appreciate character flaws for their (potential) narrative value in a story even when one wouldn't be fine with anything even close to that sort of behaviour IRL, right? Wheather you personally like it or not (and I personally do find that "50s caricature of feminist based around the idea that feminist= hating men" is a character trait/conflict source that was stale before it even began), there's a reason why flawless characters are very much a bad idea and what's a good flaw from a narrative perspective can be highly subjective. Also, you keep claiming the actor is somehow a terrible person up and down the comment section, yet you never provide any evidence or detail beyond "I'm saying she's sexist, racist and horrible all around and I expect everyone to believe me even though at least a cursory glance at her social media suggests the opposite". So, I'm not gonna say that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, but having ANY evidence would be nice.

[@TauShasla]

Break ends at 2:13:35 HYPE

[@landonbrown4341]

Thanks

[@smokingowly3607]

i like the production value of this, nicely done :)

[@Chalvrek]

Everyone else has timestamped already, so I'll just say HYYYYPEEEEEE

[@TauShasla]

;)

[@victorsenaxD]

Just binged stich of fate and youtube recomended me this im like THANK YOU KZbin and you guys aswell

[@graventhered]

about halfway through, really enjoying it

[@XxkristybellxX]

I came across your channel about a week ago and I'm loving everything you guys are doing!

[@esoopthederp7672]

Wow this was really good! These players are really attentive and the dm is really impressive

[@Oregonxsaint]

Sometimes it's nice to relax and crack open a boy with the cold ones.

[@hernemithras]

God damn EE. Those contacts really bring out your features o.O

[@andreykutsyh9581]

they really do make him look like a vampire

[@silentgunshotgonzalez7551]

Haven't finished the video so I'm not sure this is a SPOILER but my theory on player clans : E.E. & MISS Magic : malkavin L.R.D.: Gangrel The Bubberknunt : Gosh I dont know yet but I want to say gangrel or deva based on additude or passion depending ( sorry if I misspelled that)

[@thedapperlad7148]

Are Deva a thing in OWoD?

[@IAmTechnoMaestro]

No. Daeva are a mix of Toreador and Brujah, if I remember correctly. But they are ONLY a Requiem clan, as opposed to Masquerade clan.

[@rossnorris2351]

I love the fact that everyone is cosplaying their character.

[@KudaDM]

Another thing about Obscuration: if you activate it when someone turns around and then turns back, they will still see you. You have to activate when you are alone, when others don't know you're there, or the thing will not work. If they know you where there one second ago, you can not fool them. Then, if you talk to somebody, even whispering, the obscuration goes off (again, because they will know you are there).

[@ChilluminatiPod]

Not in 5e actually. It's vague, but they specifically state that whispering doesn't actually break it. As per the rule book "The Discipline does have limits: the illusion fails if the observer cannot ignore the user or if the user backs the observer into a corner. A vampire blocking a doorway cannot be ignored by someone trying to move through it. Likewise violent action jeopardizes the facade, as does actions like raised voices, failed pickpocket attempts, and weapons raised to strike. Whispering without breaking Obfuscate is still possible". I'm not clear on how it worked in VTM prior, but in 5e it's more adjustable. Unless I'm missing it, you no longer need to be alone to activate it, just able to be ignored. But as with most of VTM 5e, it's vague enough for each ST to interpret as needed :)

[@KudaDM]

Oh, so it's a V5 thing. I'm looking forward to buy the V5 book, but I already know that I'm going to take just what I like from there and mix it with what I like from the V20 version. I like the new Hunger thing a lot!

[@aurathedoof3037]

I didn't even notice that Ava and Zach are related until I three hours in. Wow I'm dumb

[@Cicinhodc]

You guys are so great! Thank you for this. Great GM and roleplayers. Loved Dakota.

[@bjornthorgudmundsson2781]

2:16:55 you put away the spray paint and make the bloods gang symbol in his blood

[@jessih.6593]

Wow! The first episode has so many views in comparison to others. Totally deserved I must say!!! It's worth it to watch on this show only gets better :)

[@tmirred1945]

Oh Another wholesome show. I mean by roll4it standarts

[@ndalby187]

Well played by Zach in that last scene.

[@Blacktempest69]

I can tell I am going to like this one as much as the last game. I love the warning at the begining "We are not going to be the heros" I hope this wonderful cast has fun. Vampire the Masquerade is a wonderful game. Also I just have to add TheBubbernaut impressed me the most with his cosplay. Previous game, friendly, cheerful author; this game terrifying brute. So excited to see how this game goes. Awesome job guys!!

[@Metalmenace_]

Just stumbled upon this. Very nice.

[@Metalmenace_]

fyi point blank shot lol damn

[@AutobotChick25]

Im curious to know the backstory of the twins. Given how differently Zach acts, I don’t see them being of the same clan- how did two siblings get embraced by two different sires, let alone two different clans?

[@LittleRedDot]

All good questions. Dakota has been pondering that herself.

[@lazyvipurr4698]

Isn't the whole not entering a place of residence without permission a folklore flaw? They are treating it like it is a core rule...

[@Razorwire882]

later in the episode they correct it

[@llKirosll]

Loved Dakota from the very beginning, her hissing bit deep in my heart :) But by the end of the episode, really, everybody was awesome. Malkavians being one of my favourites clans was incredibly well played.

[@nateperkins9860]

Finding this now, Dakota is such a train wreck, then again the coterie is baby. Hearing them trying to find the correct rules

[@donaldrusk7257]

I think Dakota might be an Ahrimane, Butcher is a Nosferatu or Brujah, Zach is either a Malkavian or Tremere, and Ava is either Toreador or Tremere.

[@TrystLyonesse]

Just came here off of Stitch of Fate, and while I'm gonna miss Max and Duke...I'm excited to listen to more of what you have to offer~

[@DarkAvatar1313]

Vampires should be able to use touch screens; it's not based on heat but electric capacitance or resistance and even dead flesh has capacitance or resistance. Now if one of them was a Lasombra vampire then that is different.

[@Crushanator1]

Mechanically you have to Rouse The Blood

[@Smaakakor]

Oh... To restart again... I will refuse to end this most awesome of shows. Also now I can miss the only proper wizard again

[@Smaakakor]

Me again. Still miss EE

[@mikejv1019]

Very nice, I like the characters and have an idea of what clan each is, looking forward to next session.

[@lordinquisitor6233]

I’m rather curious what bloodline each is, Dakota is a Gangrel but I suspect the twins are toreador, not sure what Hopkins is

[@jhoxha]

nosferatu maybe?

[@caad5258]

Lasombra maybe? Though having a sabbat bloodline in camarilla territory would be dangerous... Edit: Obfuscation actually isn't a lasombra discipline, so never mind.

[@chriswolfe351]

I'm pretty sure Hopkins is an Assamite, because unless the disciplines are radically changed, that silence power he's been using is part of the unique discipline that they get. Also, Zach is definitely a Malkavian. If I'm wrong, and Hopkins actually is one of the three clans that he mentioned (which he probably listed as a deflection), then my guess is Nosferatu.

[@lordinquisitor6233]

Chris Wolfe ah right, sorry not as familiar with vampire the masquerade. I thought zach was toreador because of the way he looked and the fact Ava didn’t seem to act Malkavian.

[@VampyrMygg]

Dakota probably, if I'm to guess... City Gangrel. Hopkins... Unless they changed, Assamites have dark skin, he described his character as looking frozen or opaque, which fits with Lasombra, they are meant to look pale... but do they exist in modern? I seem to remember them getting killed off pretty much. Maybe a Tzimice... they're sadistic and could fit with the Butcher moniker, but if I was to make a bet, maybe Brujah?. Zach... fairly Malkavian in behavior, could be a ruse. :P Ava has all the hallmarks of a Toreador.

[@nonchip]

by the way dead bodies still have an electrical capacity to their skin (which is the most common way of touch screen sensors), so there should be nothing preventing a kindred from utilizing a touch screen unless we're talking e.g. some kind of fancy biometric handprint sensor that measures body temperature and/or pulse. then again the corebook clearly states they don't work because of "the skin moisture and conductivity", but i mean most kindred shouldn't be mummified right? so unless it's actually measuring surface conductivity (which most screens wouldn't) you don't need skin moisture, you just need some kind of water content (such as vitae) to your fingers.

[@darrenng1548]

why did ava try to do intimate contact with the target's husband/boyfriend when she could have just gotten him to open it from a normal human's methods of opening the door.....

[@Ladytasya]

Darren Ng sometimes we forget the easy way of doing thing if we are used to it being complex.

[@CartesianDuelist]

When you have a hammer...

[@NinjaDeviant]

I was really confused about that too, but thinking on it. If she's a good player, that could have been completely in character as a lick. She seems to have been train to be the social seductress and being that she isnt even a neo-nate yet I could see this being a in character moment of "the character would do this, because they dont have the experience that shows them another way."

[@matthewmitchell9491]

Zach has a robe of useful things

[@Ghostneedle1]

I'd like to think that Critical Role paved the way for these kinds of shows to become successful.

[@billyd-fr7fl]

Ghostneedle1 somehow i literally just discovered it 2 days ago, and I can say it 100 percent did. It obviously a level above due to the familiarity the players have with their characters and the fact that they are all amazing voice actors

[@Ghostneedle1]

I almost envy you. You've got months and months of great entertainment to watch assuming you're also going to watch campaign 1

[@billyd-fr7fl]

Ghostneedle1 of course, only way to do it. I’m a bit annoyed because I’ve already stumbled upon kinda spoiler comments and stuff. A lot of stuff about Orion which was a downer because I really enjoy his character

[@unintentionallydramatic]

Ghostneedle1 No, CR simply used the foundation established by others. This show is also far less of a slapstick romp so I'd say it is aimed at a fundamentally different demographic.

[@Ghostneedle1]

If you think CR is purely a slapstick romp then you're misinformed.

[@coldfiregaming6592]

EE blackberry didn't go out of business they just switched to the Android operating system they still make phones XD

[@rossnorris2351]

The proper term for a Vampire who has created or bonded a ghoul is or at least used to be Domitor (as of V:TM revised, not sure if it changed for V5)

[@geridionarus]

EE is playing evil aint that his usual charming self only amplefied ? XD

[@nvfury13]

geridionarus He finally has a character able to unleash the DM side....

[@Feramin666]

Nice stuff, really enjoyed listening to it.

[@moridin7632]

Wow, this was great. Loved it and can' t wait to keep watching.

[@adamapkarian8555]

19:14 Dakota will remember that.

[@dougwilliams7187]

Dope video! Yall are great love the whole cast 1000%

[@Crit_Cat_82]

Anyone else notice the similarities between the opening premise and the one Mathas used in the VtR Bloodlust game? Powerful vamp using the PCs with permission of their sires to do some task to earn their release from their sires’ control. Apparently it’s Mathas’ version of “you all meet in a tavern” for Vampire games.

[@ChilluminatiPod]

It definitely is my goto for new Vtm players haha. Without a great understanding of the lore, walking the players through it at a steadier pace this way is my fall back.

[@ronaldcarlson1815]

I hope that it runs longer than blood lust

[@XxkristybellxX]

I think it’s VtM version of “you all meet at a tavern” I’ve seen a few campaigns use it. 😜

[@dirkschwartz1689]

Great roleplaying, like it! The storyteller should be up to date with V5 rules and basic mechanics, though: 1. Vampires don't need to be invited into residential homes (was corrected later by EnterElysium), 2. If I'm not mistaken, critical success (10) counts as 2 successes (at least according to quickstart rules) - Enter Elysium stated differently, though, so please cross-check, 3. Licking the wound will in fact heal it even if the victim has just died: This is a feature of the vampiric "saliva", not a healing property of the victim's body.

[@MrBonc8017]

Yea, I was worried the must be invited rule was me and I missed it in 5e

[@cypher9166]

I haven't even started the actual campaign yet, but I think Zach is probably my favorite due mostly to his design. I'm probably going to eat my words later, but for now, I can't wait to see where this goes!

[@ravenshotred]

I didn't think it would be as trippy to hear my name, as a character, as it was

[@trbry.]

Hello Butcher!

[@Impoxdragon]

7 month old video I know but 2:54:20 That's the description of the Clan Brujah symbol, not Anarch Movement symbol. Anarch looks almost like the symbol of Venus.

[@Crushanator1]

I know this is old but i just finished season one, and these are some of the most interesting characters ive ever seen in an AP. Dakota in particular is a bit one dimensional the first ~3 episodes, I think that's before LRD really found the character. There's stuff that happens later which makes me put Dakota as one of the most interesting characters from any AP I've ever seen. Easily top 3. Fantastic RP from LRD and the rest of the cast throughout

[@MarkATorres1989]

This serves to remind me to put coin on the homeless ones during my nightly walks... just to avoid becoming lunch for a night walker.

[@stpacheco01]

I saw this series and was like hell yeah 5th edition new series but I didn't know MATHAS was the STORYTELLER!! CAN I GET A HELL YEAH!

[@calenradwill4656]

11:10 "A retainer is a ghoul". Not so. A retainer CAN be a ghoul, and a ghoul CAN be a retainer, but this is not always the case. You may have non-ghoul retainers, and not all ghouls are retainers

[@devBadgerJ]

Glad to see ya'll got right onto the V5. Butcher is the best.

[@samtheactualkenku6205]

So since this came out 4 months ago the four are, from my guess, Nosferatu, Gangrel, Malkavian, and Toreador. Since the sourcebook only has the base 7 clans I can only assume these as none of them seem like Followers of Set or Tremer or Ventrue

[@Vasquez2150]

Thanks for this video... I have to say, that GM is very good, but you also have great players. It was pleasure to watch.

[@thesilverlining1237]

This is good storyline. I like it. I know next to nothing about vampire the masquerade but I think I like it.

[@Browncoyote]

@41:00 it gets real. Like is this going to be Camarilla, Anarch or Sabbat? Killing sires, oh yeah!