u/Historical-Waltz3496

Ok, so, a bit of context from previous editions: from what I've gathered, the only reason Hunter groups did not blow up the Masquerade wholesale is because they didn't have the power nor the influence to do so. Take the Society of St Leopold as an example: while being great vampire hunters and, probably, having a great amount of evidence about vampiric existence, they would surely get wiped out really quick were they going on and about preaching about vampires, considering that would just be exposing your own neck and hunters thrive, also, on the fact that vampires are not aware who they are exactly. Still, they do try to slowly and surely destroy the Camarilla's misinformation campaign (as per Guide to the Camarilla, page 184).

Now, considering in V5, the Inquisition has not only taken the upper hand but also forced vampires to quarantine their own cities and cut most of their contact / influence with human society, how come they have not pulverized the Masquerade wholesale? As to exemplify what I am about to say, consider VtM Bloodlines 2 "bad ending", where they raid Seattle and burn everyone down, including multiple Elders and the Prince.

Wouldn't this event gather a LOT of attention from the public? Considering it did, why would they not seize the chance to break the Masquerade once and for all, right in the era of information? Is it just an issue with lore because, in a metasense, the masquerade still needs to exist for Vampire: the Masquerade to be playable? Is there any actual reasoning given in the books? I don't remember any good explanation for this

Some time ago, I've seen a discussion on why people think the Toreadors are worse than the Tzimisce. It was a discussion centered on the fact that, while the Tzimisce can turn you into an object of suffering, the Toreador can manipulate your emotions to make you skin your own lover alive, or make you feel compelled to remove his balls with a blind razor without even using any disciplines and yadda yadda.

One thing that caught my attention is that, is your average vampire even that cruel, really? Even if you try to remove the "average" from the equation, wouldn't cruel vampires be sent straight to Wassail status in some few days, which means no straight-up-monster vampires at all?

How come people portray their NPCs (or even PCs) as able to consistently keep that cruelty without tanking their humanity level?

I've been thinking about making a Toreador Elder which is reminiscent to Lionel Starkweather from the Manhunt videogame series, but I simply can't think how he'd work out as an Elder. For context, he is a Snuff-producer who jerks off in his room while recording you brutally killing designated victims. Perfect concept for a Toreador, right? Except, if someone like Lionel was embraced, he would go into Wassail real quick due to the repeated breaches of Humanity's number one sin (utter perversion and heinous acts).

Se sim, como foram suas crônicas? Qual era o plot? Como se desenrolou? Foi legal?

Estou aqui para ouvir e discutir tudo sobre essas crônicas, e interessado em qualquer coisa que desejem falar envolvendo vampiros de terceira, quarta ou quinta geração nas suas mesas.

What it says on the tin. I have a group of long time players coming from D&D, Cyberpunk, etc and I want to get them hooked on VtM. They have accepted to play a chronicle as long as I GM'd it.

Now, I need ideas of good chronicle plots for first timers. They won't be researching deeply into the books, only going through surface-level stuff (like looking between the clans to see which they want to play).

Como vocês traduzem Kindred na mesa de vocês? Eu sei que a tradução oficial é Membro, mas eu acho ela meio sem sal e imagino que deve ter outras pessoas que usam termos alternativos.

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A melhor palavra que passa a mesma vibe de Kindred até agora que eu achei foi consanguíneo. Curioso para ouvir os termos "homebrew" de vocês

CLARIFICACAO PQ VI MUITA GENTE SE CONFUNDINDO: O "18" no título sou eu, eu não tô falando dela. Essa é minha idade

Conheci essa menina um tempo atrás, estamos namorando faz um mês e pouco. Vou deixar claro que sou extremamente emocionado e sensível, ent eu desenvolvi sentimentos muito fortes muito rápido. Ela é a msm coisa

A conversa era boa e tudo mais e a gente parecia estar no mesmo nível de maturidade mental, consigo ter conversas e manter um nível legal com ela. Ela sempre foi muito "submissa" e fazia de tudo pra me agradar, mas eu via isso com bons olhos pq eu achava que ela só tava perdidamente apaixonada em mim

Mas recentemente, ela veio me contar q não tinha 18 como me disse inicialmente, e sim 15. Ela tava morrendo de nervosa e com mt medo de eu bloquear ela por isso, mas acalmei ela e disse q ia ficar tudo bem, q eu amo muito ela e tals. Mas ainda, ate agr, to guardando esse sentimento de "culpa" p mim.

Agr, fico lembrando das garotas do meu ensino médio que eram perdidamente apaixonadas pelos mais velhos e n consigo tirar minha cabeça disso

Fica parecendo q eu to aliciando ela, sla. Mas eu gosto mt dela, e n queria que tudo isso tivesse sido falso ou algo do tipo, sei q é bobo mas to me sentindo o proprio epstein sem querer

Algum conselho? Palavras de consolo? Palavras de "toma vergonha na tua cara"? Eu n sei exatamente oq pensar sobre essa situação, minha mente n chega a nenhuma conclusão

Edit: adicionei o paragrafo q fala sobre eu descobrindo kkkkk esqueci completamente de escrever esse detalhe importante, eu achava q ela tinha a mesma idade que a minha mas descobri isso umas horas atrás e fiquei sem reação