• White Wolf Devlog 1: Merits & Flaws

    calendar Oct 8, 2022 · 3 min read · White Wolf

    So I was making a better combat system for World of Darkness games, and eventually started remaking the whole thing.

    Overview

    Merits are stupid. Merits are gone.

    Let's look at the merits, and keep in mind the golden rule when designing a game

    It's not complete when nothing can be added. It's complete when nothing …


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  • Balancing White Wolf

    calendar Sep 5, 2022 · 4 min read · White Wolf

    Character Creation

    While I'm remaking the World of Darkness Combat system , I'm starting to feel that Character Creation could stand to be a lot more balanced.

    But it's more of a Storytelling system. This isn't about killing trolls for gold pieces - it's adult story-crafting.

    ...that's what I hear the books echo …


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  • Highlights from the WoD Contest Game

    calendar Jul 13, 2022 · 6 min read · White Wolf

    I've made an alternative World of Darkness system, where players enter Contests instead of Combat . Here are the highlights from a campaign.

    Setting

    In Belgrade (in Hungary), in the year 1130 AD, four people fell to the Cainite embrace in a church, and were forced to survive the political machinations of the existing …


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  • White Wolf Combat Sucks

    calendar Jun 30, 2022 · 4 min read · Theory White Wolf

    White Wolf games always mentioned how small their system was - roll a number of D10's equal to your Wits + Athletics (or whatever), and count all the dice which land on 6 or more. The player then reads the dice like so many runes, and the final result would yield detailed information.

    • 0 successes means failure, or at …

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