Post by sullo on Aug 7, 2021 19:38:23 GMT -5
Hello again, it's me your second favorite Keeper WetBlanket and I have a public server announcement for all of ya'll
The Feast of the Annunciation server does give you a pretty solid amount of XP and Freebies so some players build out a martial character that in any other table top game or LARP would be the Baddest Fighter around. You've got some pretty decent Physical Disciplines and you might look at your character sheet and say to your self 'I am going to be the Baddest Fighter in Venice'. You have a solid X dice in melee attacks, X dice of damage with your weapon, fists, claws or bone spurs. That's pretty scary. You might have a moment where you think you can take on anyone, and you are partially right. I want you to hear this right now, from me, who made this same mistake so you can learn from my own cautionary example.
None of this is personal. I don't know you, you don't know me. This is something I have seen in particular moments on the server. So for ease of the discussion I'll give three examples. I won't name character names I'll just give vague descriptions.
Example 1: A new Tough guy came on the server, 3/4/3 in Physical Attributes, 2 Potence with Celerity and Fortitude at 1 each. 2 dots in Melee, Brawl. So 7 dice on attacks, even got a Defense action when using Celerity. First spar: Kinda won, the dice were favorable. Second spar: Got wrecked against a 7th Gen with 6 dots in Fortitude. Had some Potence and still couldn't get any damage thought.
Example 2: Three Cainites head out to the Mainland to deal with some Bandits. Had some troubles early on, one of the Cainites went into the fight with 4 blood. Rush into a forest with archers firing arrows, a couple of hits for lethal, but no damage penalties. Two of the players were experienced, one was fairly new. The fight against the bandits went alright, more wounds got caught. Then a Werewolf came out of the shrubs. 12 dice to hit and 8 base dice of damage. Fight was looking bad. Newish guy revealed they had Celerity 3 and didn't know how to use it. The remainder of fight went much better.
Example 3: A new player shows up. Their knowledge of not only the rules but also the Meta is good. Character got approved and then proceeded to make every social mistake possible. Punching people, telling them to fuck off. Actually carried a couple of good fights. And then the social stuff caught up with them. Vampires are social creatures. Regardless of their skill they became a persona non grata.
However, there are people on the server since the beginning. They may have 100 or 150 or 200 xp more than a base character. Maybe they put it all into Performance or Craft: Underwater Baskets or, that silly Toreador who loves crotcheting might have Celerity 5 and picked up some Potence since they made a Nosferatu some court clothes. You will have no way of knowing who or what you are up against for quite a few months.
And I'm just talking about PC's. The NPCs are a whole different game. 12 dice to attack is the low end of a tough fight. 16 dice to hit has been seen More than once.
I say all that to say this. Be polite, read the #Vampire Primer and make far more friends than enemies.
The Feast of the Annunciation server does give you a pretty solid amount of XP and Freebies so some players build out a martial character that in any other table top game or LARP would be the Baddest Fighter around. You've got some pretty decent Physical Disciplines and you might look at your character sheet and say to your self 'I am going to be the Baddest Fighter in Venice'. You have a solid X dice in melee attacks, X dice of damage with your weapon, fists, claws or bone spurs. That's pretty scary. You might have a moment where you think you can take on anyone, and you are partially right. I want you to hear this right now, from me, who made this same mistake so you can learn from my own cautionary example.
None of this is personal. I don't know you, you don't know me. This is something I have seen in particular moments on the server. So for ease of the discussion I'll give three examples. I won't name character names I'll just give vague descriptions.
Example 1: A new Tough guy came on the server, 3/4/3 in Physical Attributes, 2 Potence with Celerity and Fortitude at 1 each. 2 dots in Melee, Brawl. So 7 dice on attacks, even got a Defense action when using Celerity. First spar: Kinda won, the dice were favorable. Second spar: Got wrecked against a 7th Gen with 6 dots in Fortitude. Had some Potence and still couldn't get any damage thought.
Example 2: Three Cainites head out to the Mainland to deal with some Bandits. Had some troubles early on, one of the Cainites went into the fight with 4 blood. Rush into a forest with archers firing arrows, a couple of hits for lethal, but no damage penalties. Two of the players were experienced, one was fairly new. The fight against the bandits went alright, more wounds got caught. Then a Werewolf came out of the shrubs. 12 dice to hit and 8 base dice of damage. Fight was looking bad. Newish guy revealed they had Celerity 3 and didn't know how to use it. The remainder of fight went much better.
Example 3: A new player shows up. Their knowledge of not only the rules but also the Meta is good. Character got approved and then proceeded to make every social mistake possible. Punching people, telling them to fuck off. Actually carried a couple of good fights. And then the social stuff caught up with them. Vampires are social creatures. Regardless of their skill they became a persona non grata.
However, there are people on the server since the beginning. They may have 100 or 150 or 200 xp more than a base character. Maybe they put it all into Performance or Craft: Underwater Baskets or, that silly Toreador who loves crotcheting might have Celerity 5 and picked up some Potence since they made a Nosferatu some court clothes. You will have no way of knowing who or what you are up against for quite a few months.
And I'm just talking about PC's. The NPCs are a whole different game. 12 dice to attack is the low end of a tough fight. 16 dice to hit has been seen More than once.
I say all that to say this. Be polite, read the #Vampire Primer and make far more friends than enemies.