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 Episode 50 - Menace to Society We head out to the Society of Leopold and take a rather heavy handed approach to our mission.  Episode 51 - A Historical Perspective We fight our way through the caverns of the Society's base and run into some familiar faces.
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I've always liked the little cardboard targets the hunters use as a shooting range.
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Mar 6, 2017 02:42
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rojogames posted:Does she drop anything of interest? Not unless the plus patch added something. The doctor in this episode is the second character you can spot bluffing if your inspection is high enough. Press him more on how he found the sarcophagus and he'll admit he woke up one day and found a map to it in his room.
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Mar 6, 2017 04:35
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Added Space posted:Not unless the plus patch added something. That's pretty cool! I never put enough points in investigation to find that, even in my Malk playthrough I did awhile back. At least not as far as I remember. rojovision fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Mar 6, 2017 |
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Mar 6, 2017 04:41
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You monster. You left him in there to die. Also, don't kill Pisha. 
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Mar 6, 2017 11:49
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I did find it amusing that Pisha is spot on in pointing out how silly it is trying to claim how one supernatural affliction is more gross than another supernatural affliction. "Ew, you eat flesh? Well we only drink the blood of our enemies. Ew, you drink blood? We gobble up chi, yall nasty." 
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Mar 6, 2017 15:31
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Well to be fair she could've at least like, cut it to little pieces first and eaten with a fork or something, instead of just chowing down on a whole arm. Something something humanity.
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Mar 7, 2017 04:57
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Nordick posted:Well to be fair she could've at least like, cut it to little pieces first and eaten with a fork or something, instead of just chowing down on a whole arm. She's a follower of the Path of Death and the Soul, not the Path of Humanity
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Mar 7, 2017 05:06
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More monsters need to embrace the Gaichu school of cooking.
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Mar 8, 2017 03:42
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 Episode 52 - Hallowbrook Heights We say goodbye to a friend, and discuss our findings with the prince who directs us to destroy a Sabbat stronghold  Episode 53 - Sabbat Slaughter We battle our way through a seemingly never ending supply of Sabbat flunkies, and discover a key piece of information from an unlikely source.
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Mar 9, 2017 05:36
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WoD players: Are we basically a god tier vampire at this point in the game, as far as the tabletop is concerned? Maybe not literally god tier, but you know....up there? Or not even close?
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rojogames posted:WoD players: There's a lot of power creep in the tabletop; the books kept throwing out new options until there was a discipline for pretty much anything. Stop time? Learn Temporis. Remove your heart so no one can stake you? Serpentis. Turn to mist or living stone? Enough Protean gets you that. Some of those were restricted to certain clans, but there's no real limit to the new powers you could learn. So given enough XP and a lenient GM, a high-level tabletop character could take out your Bloodlines character without breaking a (blood)sweat. Esplanade fucked around with this message at 09:22 on Mar 9, 2017 |
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Mar 9, 2017 09:15
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Now that's a humiliating end. The flamethrower really makes that boss fight trivial too. But I think you missed to pick up a torch as a melee weapon. It deals aggravated damage but it's compensated by being fairly crappy.
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Mar 9, 2017 11:42
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I thought there was a magic sword in that boss room, unless the plus patch moved it again. Vampire power tiers have to do with how much blood you can store and how fast you can spend it. Neither map to this game where you can store a huge amount and spend it on demand. You also shouldn't be able to put four pips into a skill unless you have professional training; more powerful tier vampires can go past 5 pips. Added Space fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Mar 9, 2017 |
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Mar 9, 2017 16:07
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The blood also never goes down unless you spend it, which I assume it does intabletop.Added Space posted:the plus patch moved it again. 
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Mar 9, 2017 16:15
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Poil posted:The blood also never goes down unless you spend it, which I assume it does intabletop. 1 blood point per day, out of a maximum store of 10-15 (depending on generation) for a starting character.
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Mar 9, 2017 17:12
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ulmont posted:1 blood point per day, out of a maximum store of 10-15 (depending on generation) for a starting character. I forget, how many days have we been a vampire at this point? Is it possible the game takes place within 2 nights?
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Mar 9, 2017 17:19
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double nine posted:Is it possible the game takes place within 2 nights? That seems incredibly improbable considering how many different things happen.
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Mar 9, 2017 17:33
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It sounds like what I expected: things don't translate perfectly to the tabletop rules so it's hard to say exactly how powerful we are, but in general there's a long way to go to be a total badass. As far as in game time goes, that's one of the reasons I asked about where we might stand. The game isn't very good at showing us how long it's been since we've become a vampire. I was thinking maybe a few weeks tops, which seems like a pretty remarkable rate to gain as much power as we have. It's been suggested that LaCroix gets rid of people at his convenience, even important ones as of late. That makes me wonder if our sire was maybe a little more powerful / important than your average vampire, even though it's never explicitly stated. rojovision fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Mar 9, 2017 |
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Mar 9, 2017 18:58
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The interesting thing about bloodlines is that you have a blood pool that can be quantified. Based on low level power use, you appear to have a 15 blood pool, which makes you 8th gen. That's THE most powerful a starter char can be in the modern setting. It also means your sire was 7th gen, or 4 steps removed from the clan founders and 6 from Caine himself. Vamps of that power level don't generally let themselves get staked and offed for an illicit siring. Something is really off about that. (it also implies that LaCroix is 8th gen or lower, since he can Dominate you if you try to tell him to gently caress off in the first missions) Of course, this all assumes that the PnP system translated directly to the game, when the more likely answer is that they fudged it a bit. With regards to personal attributes/abilities--the five-dot scale is relative to human ability. 1 is a rank novice, 3 is a pro, 5 is the world's best at something. A serious ST/game would require a lot of training/justification for levels 4 and 5; this is an arcadey version of the game in that regard. There's a popular theory that ~something~ is quietly loving with your abilities to enable you to gain strength so fast, but that's about as far as it goes. OAquinas fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Mar 9, 2017 |
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Mar 9, 2017 23:25
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Another thing to consider is the enemies he's successfully taking out. This character is punching WAY above his weight for a new vampire working alone, iirc.
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Mar 9, 2017 23:31
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I remember one theory I read but I can't post it until the endgame. Spoilers. 
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Mar 9, 2017 23:53
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I read one theory that the player character needs a few days to get adjusted to his new powers + physiology, hence his/her ridiculous power curve. They just needed to find their
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Mar 10, 2017 00:01
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One of the Troika guys used to post here, and to this day I regret never asking if there was a reason the cab drivers soundfiles are in a folder with that one very surprising name, or if it was just done to gently caress with people.
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Mar 10, 2017 13:39
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I believe that was the intent but then White Wolf stepped in. Then an alternative (still valid) theory came about, but I have no idea if that fluff piece was introduced before or after Bloodlines.
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 Episode 54 - Hot Spot We return to LaCroix to talk about the Sabbat and Xiao. What could go wrong?
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Just want to chime in to say that Les Assasins de Roulllents are a reference to a terroist group of the same name in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. The name literally translates to The Wheelchair Assassins and all of the members are unable to walk for whatever different reasons. I know it was a few videos back but I really enjoyed seeing the reference. As a terrorist group their actions went mostly unnoticed due to the fact that they were so successful no one was aware that an action had taken place. An example of this is kind of thing would be the time they set up a mirror on a blind curve at the top of mountain pass in the non-radioactive wasteland of lower Quebec. Oncoming cars would see their own reflection and swerve right off the cliff. Ironically, the whole thing was revealed when a suicidal driver accelerated toward his own reflection and smashed the mirror. He was stunned, but survived the ordeal. Zushio fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Mar 11, 2017 |
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Mar 11, 2017 02:13
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Whelp, guess we gotta kill LaCroix now.
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Mar 11, 2017 02:33
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paragon1 posted:Whelp, guess we gotta kill LaCroix now. Well, we were always going to have to kill LaCroix. I mean, come on.
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wiegieman posted:Well, we were always going to have to kill LaCroix. I mean, come on. Yeah, I'm just saying we have to do it now because he probably won't give us money anymore.
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I really don't like how, up until now, you only heard about LaCroix being a scumbag from opposing factions (the anarchs and Kuei-Jin) and the other Camarilla you meet just complain about power politics as usual. Ming-Xiao talks about the alliance and plays like she's warning you about LaCroix and all, but this is after she herself said "we were never anything else" than enemies. And LaCroix gives a perfectly valid reason for her talk of alliance to be a stratagem to weaken the vampires in LA. It was really up to the interpretation and disposition of the player to decide who, if anyone, to trust. But then no, LaCroix calls a blood hunt on you and is obviously a baddie.
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paragon1 posted:Whelp, guess we gotta kill LaCroix now. I imagine some people wanted to kill him straight from the opening cutscene. CirclMastr posted:... I don't want to go into too much detail right now since I'll probably be explaining my thought process in the next video, but I'm generally inclined to agree. rojovision fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Mar 11, 2017 |
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 Episode 55 - Who Can You Trust? We meet up with Jack's driver and decide who to side with.
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Mar 16, 2017 07:11
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If you waffle a bit more the driver will start talking about Enoch and ancient vampire lore. Is it time to drop the big reveal yet?
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Added Space posted:If you waffle a bit more the driver will start talking about Enoch and ancient vampire lore. NO! No no no no no.... *beats head against inside of cab*
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Mar 16, 2017 08:43
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time for jack to come out of the box.
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Mar 16, 2017 10:47
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The Camarilla Strauss path is a bit fun but it lacks the best part of the ending cinematics you get if you side with anyone else, apart from the kuei jin. Which part? That's a secret.
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Added Space posted:If you waffle a bit more the driver will start talking about Enoch and ancient vampire lore. You mean that we've been a Malk all along and sexually identify as a wet bag of spaghetti? Poil posted:The Camarilla Strauss path is a bit fun but it lacks the best part of the ending cinematics you get if you side with anyone else, apart from the kuei jin. Which part? That's a secret. Depending on what happens I may cut in one or more of the other endings after the canonical ending of the playthrough, just to show them off. Or make bonus videos showing the alternate paths. Then again, I might leave them out to encourage people who have watched the series, but never played to try the game out for themselves. Either way we can all shoot the poo poo about endings and stuff pretty soon. We might be done tomorrow depending on how long it takes me to find LaCroix.
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Mar 16, 2017 13:33
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Please show it off in all it's glory. 
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 Episode 56 - LA Kuei-Jinocide Fully equipped, we knock on Ming Xiao's door to politely acquire the key to the sarcophagus.  Episode 57 - To Ding a Ming We sort out the puzzle in the lower temple and unburden ourselves of so, so many bullets. We didn't get done today like I thought we might - I totally forgot we actually had to fight our way through the temple. Looks like we'll definitely be done next week though. Also, I've decided that I'm going to do the alternate endings in separate bonus videos after our playthrough's canonical ending.
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