Missions vs Sandbox, What’s Your Preference?

RPGs come in all kinds, but one particular distinction that bears paying attention to is if the game lends itself better towards mission-based play, or a more sandbox style approach. Mission-based games are those that often have the player characters taking on a specific role relating to a group of PC types that are meant [...]

[WoD] Characters are People First

Upon talking to a lot of people about World of Darkness games in general, I’ve noticed that one common stumbling block would be the fact that a lot of people have difficulty comprehending the “classes” of the game.  Whether it’s the 13 Vampire Clans of the old Vampire: the Masquerade or the 5×5 setup of [...]

[Let's Study - C:tL] Contracts, Pledges & Oneiromancy

Now that we’ve taken a look at what the Changeling look like, let’s take a look at what they can do.   Changeling: the Lost gives not just one kind of ability, but three distinct types of powers that the Changelings can use.  These are: Contracts – Wyrd powers manifested by the Changelings by dint of [...]

[Let's Study - C:tL] Wizened

The Wizened could easily be called the wretched, because their abduction at the hands of the Gentry was not because they had anything “special”.  They were not pretty, nor useful, nor strong, nor swift. They were taken because the Gentry needed warm bodies to fill the ranks, nameless, faceless things to do tasks unfit for [...]

[Let's Study - C:tL] Ogre

They say that abuse and violence can only breed more abuse and violence.  None have felt this more keenly than the Changelings collectively known as the Ogres.  Caught and trapped in lives of violence and abuse, where every moment of peace was the long, anxious wait for the next agonizing episode of violence, the Ogres [...]