Last nights Vamp game (DoT, not Cam) rant
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!
Why do the STs try to lead us by the nose along their insane plots around their stupid characters?
We are supposed to be trying to stop an escaped demon. A guy in a sparkly aura (visible to normal sight) appears and offers everyone a free magical gift, each witha small downside. The Malk saw him in his true form, a tall creature with horns/tail/hooves. The guy claimed to be a "Fae". As my character has never met a Fae in 1000 years I asked him to prove it as he looked like a demon. They got a bit flustered and I only accepted a gift when another player (not character) asked me to just so that _something_ was happening.
The way it worked was their were some "tarot" cards spread out in a pattern on a table and we had to pick one. He asked who had Occult Lore and 2 of us put our hands up. Rather then tell us quietly he annonced to the room that the cards on the North/South/East/West points were the best. I asked him why shout it as now everyone will now pick those, regardless of lores. It also removes the possibility of me lying about it (if I chose to). He had no answer (again).
My power: you can spend blood and heal others (including Aggravated damage). Downside? I grow a 3rd eye that I "can't" cover and it glows when I heal others. Yeah, I'll be a Salubri in a room with Tremere in it >.<
The Prince's power was to shoot 10Agg fireballs. Cost was 3 blood and temporary blindness. He opened up on the insanely overpowerful/gooby Gangrel which was an STs character. The other STs character got in the way and was almost killed. I would have finished her (even with witnesses) but I was watching the Gangrel take hit after hit as he kept attracting the Prince's attention. He didn't take the hint and leave and I kept asking him how hurt he looked. At this point the STs were trying to call an early time-out as their characters were getting hurt....
He had Fortitude and after about 5 hits of 10Agg he said he was down to 1/4 of his health. We went outside and I thought "this is my best chance...". I kicked in celerity and hit him 10 times for 10Agg before he reacted. That should have made a fine paste of almost anything, especially him in his condition.
His response? A laugh and he said he runs away. WTF? He seemed to think it was a funny rivalry and we'd laugh about it next week. I said no, I want you dead.
"I'll earth-meld"
"That takes time and I'll just attack the earth till you
errupt" (char almost frenzying)
"I'll use my webs to climb over the buildings"
"[Summon, Majesty] Come here..."
"I have 7 blocks"
"Pity you didn't/couldn't use them..."
"Err... We're not allowing Burning Wrath in the system"
"So why did 2 of the 3 STs clear it at character
generation?" He's suddenly not going to allow the one
thing which seems to hurt him? No STs complained when I
used it on NPCs to save the Elysium...
Deb thinks they may not want her back. I can put up with the idiot Toreador surviving as no-one finished her (but she should be crispy for ages. If the idiot Venom survives then it just proves my first impressions: we are playing around the STs monster characters rather than them running a story around the characters.
:/
Bah...
Its made me miss the politics of the Cam, good job I'm getting back into it...
Why do the STs try to lead us by the nose along their insane plots around their stupid characters?
We are supposed to be trying to stop an escaped demon. A guy in a sparkly aura (visible to normal sight) appears and offers everyone a free magical gift, each witha small downside. The Malk saw him in his true form, a tall creature with horns/tail/hooves. The guy claimed to be a "Fae". As my character has never met a Fae in 1000 years I asked him to prove it as he looked like a demon. They got a bit flustered and I only accepted a gift when another player (not character) asked me to just so that _something_ was happening.
The way it worked was their were some "tarot" cards spread out in a pattern on a table and we had to pick one. He asked who had Occult Lore and 2 of us put our hands up. Rather then tell us quietly he annonced to the room that the cards on the North/South/East/West points were the best. I asked him why shout it as now everyone will now pick those, regardless of lores. It also removes the possibility of me lying about it (if I chose to). He had no answer (again).
My power: you can spend blood and heal others (including Aggravated damage). Downside? I grow a 3rd eye that I "can't" cover and it glows when I heal others. Yeah, I'll be a Salubri in a room with Tremere in it >.<
The Prince's power was to shoot 10Agg fireballs. Cost was 3 blood and temporary blindness. He opened up on the insanely overpowerful/gooby Gangrel which was an STs character. The other STs character got in the way and was almost killed. I would have finished her (even with witnesses) but I was watching the Gangrel take hit after hit as he kept attracting the Prince's attention. He didn't take the hint and leave and I kept asking him how hurt he looked. At this point the STs were trying to call an early time-out as their characters were getting hurt....
He had Fortitude and after about 5 hits of 10Agg he said he was down to 1/4 of his health. We went outside and I thought "this is my best chance...". I kicked in celerity and hit him 10 times for 10Agg before he reacted. That should have made a fine paste of almost anything, especially him in his condition.
His response? A laugh and he said he runs away. WTF? He seemed to think it was a funny rivalry and we'd laugh about it next week. I said no, I want you dead.
"I'll earth-meld"
"That takes time and I'll just attack the earth till you
errupt" (char almost frenzying)
"I'll use my webs to climb over the buildings"
"[Summon, Majesty] Come here..."
"I have 7 blocks"
"Pity you didn't/couldn't use them..."
"Err... We're not allowing Burning Wrath in the system"
"So why did 2 of the 3 STs clear it at character
generation?" He's suddenly not going to allow the one
thing which seems to hurt him? No STs complained when I
used it on NPCs to save the Elysium...
Deb thinks they may not want her back. I can put up with the idiot Toreador surviving as no-one finished her (but she should be crispy for ages. If the idiot Venom survives then it just proves my first impressions: we are playing around the STs monster characters rather than them running a story around the characters.
:/
Bah...
Its made me miss the politics of the Cam, good job I'm getting back into it...