How "Dark" are your World of Darkness games?
Tl;Dr: What are some themes and aspects that you include in your games that make it interesting to you while also making the dark parts impactful rather than just flair.
Fledgling storyteller here, I've been struggling for a bit on how "Dark" my games should be and was looking for some insight from other storytellers and players. I run V5 with some friends and my first game was a 2 year chronicle that ended last year and I've been doing small published stories before my next one to find what works for me and even joining some paid games online to get a feel for what I like and what I may be missing in terms of mechanics. I'm not a very dark or broody person so it's been a challenge to create a game that I find interesting as I try to balance the tone of my game with like 80% Vampire Mafia type shit and 20% Remembrance of humanity. I struggle with adding dark themes to story beats because I don't want to have them as just "Well it's Vampire, dark shit has to happen; moving on." But I have a hard time finding dark themes and aspects to include that are interesting to me despite the fact that I think the world is interesting.