World of Darkness Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 from Hardsuit Labs

[Space Nugget]

that one guy = me, the paid shill/the Paradox plant/the sleeper agent of Decline?

Edit: It's Delterius.

 

[Delterius]

beyond that one guy

 

[Roguey]

The Force Awakens was a remake of Star Wars y'know.

They can't lift the McGuffin though, since the antediluvians are awake and killing high level vampires in the middle east.

 

[Orma]

 

[Space Nugget]

Almost forgot:

Only 3 days now, everybody!

 

[santino27]

It is the gayest thread on the codex. I anticipate the moment when the hype train leaves the track causing you, pathetic shills, an enormous amount of butthurt.

why be a cunt if you can be friendly and non cuntish

Careful now. It sounds like you're trying to proposition a Bulgarian, right fantadomat ? :D

Careful now. It sounds like you are greasing your palms for a threesome.

I went to ask my wife for permission, but she said something about DA2 and 'that bastard Anders betraying her again' so I'm guessing that meant no.

Back on topic, I... actually, I guess this was more or less on topic for this thread already.

 

[Doma]

lol "ran into" :D

 

[Taxnomore]

It's going to be unveiled at the same time as the Google console and will be released to be an exclusive there.

 

[ArchAngel]

It's going to be unveiled at the same time as the Google console and will be released to be an exclusive there.

I heard Paradox likes money so it is more likely it is exclusive to Epic store.

 

[Jenkem]

plot twist: paradox decides to go full bore with paradox plaza and makes it and all further paradox titles exclusive

 

[Doma]

plot twist: paradox decides to go full bore with paradox plaza and makes it and all further paradox titles exclusive

Does it really matter that much what launcher you use? I mean, I dont see the big difference between starting a game from Steam or starting it from Battle.net.

Its still on my computer and can be played.

Been playing Paradox games since HOI2 and would not give 2 shits if they went to another launcher. As long as I could still play it.

 

[fantadomat]

Almost forgot:

Only 3 days now, everybody!

You forgot to put a reference! Please try and bump us to number 1 spot. Take your job more seriously!

 

[Bigg Boss]

So what is the over/under on this?

70 percent chance to be shit? Any modifiers I should know about? Who the fuck is making it and why should we trust them with one of the best franchises in RPG's? I know of the names involved but the actual grunt work seems to be a bunch of nobodies that will launch a buggy piece of shit and kill the series, or release a PC (SJW) version of something that will come out touting the inclusiveness of tranny robot vampire folk.

Also when in the flying flippity fuck are they (whoever it is) going to license out Deadlands?

 

[Latelistener]

Any modifiers I should know about?

Yes. You can't enter the same river twice.

 

[Riddler]

The Force Awakens was a remake of Star Wars y'know.

They can't lift the McGuffin though, since the antediluvians are awake and killing high level vampires in the middle east.

Is it just me or does the new Meta-plot sound hella stupid?

 

[Lacrymas]

It is kinda stupid, but also inevitable. Vampires couldn't hope to remain unseen in the modern world, someone, somewhere would've slipped up and ruined the entire Masquerade. What this means in terms of plot and gameplay, however, remains to be seen. I hope they don't lean too much into the whole "vampires running from the FBI" thing.

 

[fantadomat]

It is kinda stupid, but also inevitable. Vampires couldn't hope to remain unseen in the modern world, someone, somewhere would've slipped up and ruined the entire Masquerade. What this means in terms of plot and gameplay, however, remains to be seen. I hope they don't lean too much into the whole "vampires running from the FBI" thing.

Why,i believe they are not caught on cameras and anyone talking about it will sound like creepy pasta. There is more than enough strange videos out there,yet nobody is going full crusader on it.

 

[Lacrymas]

Pretty sure only vampires with Obfuscation and Technomancy aren't caught on cameras, only in VtRequiem all of them aren't. Perhaps a lot of vampires slipped up, the Camarilla isn't omnipotent, and when the FBI start seeing patterns, they'll get suspicious regardless of whether it appears supernatural.

 

[ArchAngel]

Pretty sure only vampires with Obfuscation and Technomancy aren't caught on cameras, only in VtRequiem all of them aren't. Perhaps a lot of vampires slipped up, the Camarilla isn't omnipotent, and when the FBI start seeing patterns, they'll get suspicious regardless of whether it appears supernatural.

FBI can do shit vs creatures that can mind control you even if paying off your boss didn't work to stop your investigation.

 

[fantadomat]

Pretty sure only vampires with Obfuscation and Technomancy aren't caught on cameras, only in VtRequiem all of them aren't. Perhaps a lot of vampires slipped up, the Camarilla isn't omnipotent, and when the FBI start seeing patterns, they'll get suspicious regardless of whether it appears supernatural.

Requiem is older and thus more canon,also the cameras don't see vampires in bloodlines. There was even a quest about that shit,the abandoned hospital one. Also you are not seen on the cameras in the museum or in the hospital,tho you do get them because it will look strange if things just opened on themself.

Why the fuck are you talking FBI?! It is just a interprovincial police in the USA,it have nothing to do with hunting monsters. Also what patterns!? There is hundreds of uncaught serial killers there,but you expect them see a few videos on youtube about creepy pasta and decide to go fairy hunting?! Maybe you should stop watching stupid american tv shows for a while.

 

[Lacrymas]

Requiem is a different setting entirely. The Masquerade is there because vampires can't do shit against all of the humans with their tanks and flamethrowers, that's the whole point of the Masquerade. There was a quest in Bloodlines to retrieve a photo with a vampire on it because it will be a violation of the Masquerade. So, no, even Bloodlines got this right. The metaplot for 5E is that the federal agencies of some countries (including the USA) have realized the existence of vampires and are in contact with the Society of Leopold (i.e. the original vampire hunters). Maybe read up on these things.

 

[Vincente]

Requiem is older and thus more canon,also the cameras don't see vampires in bloodlines.

in the museum, cameras were able to track you and sounded the alarm if you got caught by them.

 

[ArchAngel]

Requiem is a different setting entirely. The Masquerade is there because vampires can't do shit against all of the humans with their tanks and flamethrowers, that's the whole point of the Masquerade. There was a quest in Bloodlines to retrieve a photo with a vampire on it because it will be a violation of the Masquerade. So, no, even Bloodlines got this right. The metaplot for 5E is that the federal agencies of some countries (including the USA) have realized the existence of vampires and are in contact with the Society of Leopold (i.e. the original vampire hunters). Maybe read up on these things.

They could but it would lead to war and chaos and declining supply of blood. They could do like what all end time movies and stories do, start mass producing Vampires to fight humans. Do this in all major cities at same time. Before humans realize what is really happening it would be too late. But the war after that would be too costly for both sides.
Also Vampires are not only supernatural creatures. Going to war vs Humans also means going to war vs Mages, Werewolves and many others.

 

[Roguey]

Why the fuck are you talking FBI?! It is just a interprovincial police in the USA,it have nothing to do with hunting monsters. Also what patterns!? There is hundreds of uncaught serial killers there,but you expect them see a few videos on youtube about creepy pasta and decide to go fairy hunting?! Maybe you should stop watching stupid american tv shows for a while.

https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Second_Inquisition

After 2004, the NSA managed to crack SchreckNet and gained firsthand knowledge of the existence of a race of undead bloodsuckers that were spread in all corners of the world. Sharing their knowledge with other intelligence agencies, the united secret services contacted the Vatican, whom they knew to have experience fighting the undead. The Church accepted, granting them access to its resources as well as the experienced witch-hunters of the Society of Leopold.

After years of careful research, the Second Inquisition had targeted Vienna as the "capital of vampires" and prepared a strike against their headquarters. In 2008, a united USSOCOM and Vatican ESOG force augmented with experienced Brazilian hunter-killer teams stormed the Vienna Chantry of Clan Tremere and destroyed it, blaming it to an ISIS terror attack to the public. London, Las Vegas, Paris, and Marseilles were largely cleared of vampiric activity, with numerous captured vampires being placed in black sites and experimented upon to discover their weaknesses.

The united might of these forces overwhelmed the undead. Domains weakened by the disappearance of elders that were called to the East by the Beckoning fell, with dozens of their number dying. The Anarchs blamed the Camarilla for failing them at a critical moment and a global revolt took place against them, further weakening the sect. Communications between domains has become a dangerous affair, with most vampire domains becoming isolated islands that fall back to using complicated codes to send each other messages. While the Camarilla has banned any form of electronic communication, the Anarchs flout this rule, skirting dangerously close to violating the Masquerade and bringing the Inquisition on their heads, but are better connected with each other as a result. The Sabbat has lost many of their strongholds and has to resort to clandestine terror attacks in other domains. The ones who fare best in this climate are, ironically, the Thin-bloods, who are human enough to throw their hunters off the hook.


The existence of the Second Inquisition is a clandestine secret even among the various secret services they draw from. Most of the common personnel only know of coordinated strikes against "terrorists" and similar acceptable targets. Their operations are guided by an intra agency collaboration called FIRSTLIGHT that strives to keep their activities hidden from the public and even their superiors. This has much to do with paranoia; FIRSTLIGHT believes that any government official could be compromised and be a secret slave to a vampire.

The word "vampire" is not used in official briefings. Instead, the agents speak of "blankbodies", referring to the low body temperature of the undead that marks them as inhuman.

 

[Space Nugget]