Requiem 2015

[West]

Well, all right. You can set Baldwin's base at zero and he can have 1 for each dot in Herd.

[West]

The question is still relevant to everyone else, and is intended to be serious.

Errr, ok, then the answer is "because i said so" ? Mathematically, with the change in base value, most characters will see a net gain.

So from what I'm seeing there, feeding rights have no value now save for preventing someone from suffering a Barrens penalty. Is that correct?

Ah. I did forget to mention that Herd development will be moved under the umbrella of Feeding Rights rather than Tenancy.

So, essentially, you'll have three Hunting states:

No Hunting:
- Base value with Barrens penalty
- Not allowed IC to develop Herd beyond 2 dots

Hunting, Good Standing:
- Base value
- Permission to develop Herd

Hunting, Banished to Barrens
- Base value with Barrens penalty
- Permission to develop Herd

So there are a few options now for carrots a sticks to play with.

In the same vein, Tenancy states are:

No Tenancy:
- No permission to develop Haven past 2 dots
- No permission for Site

Tenancy:
- Permission to develop Haven past 2 dots
- Permission for Site

[West]

Another Big Change.

Blood & Smoke's rules on Heightened Senses and Auspex 1 are being partially merged into our game with significant modifications.

- All Vampires will now have Heightened Senses as part of the default Vampire template. This is the Requiem version of HS, not the Blood & Smoke version.

- Auspex 1 is being replaced by Beasts Hackles. Read this carefully. It is not the Blood & Smoke version.

Announcement merged into first post. Questions for clarification welcome.

Note: Any character who learned Auspex 1 for HS can request a refund for a limited time on their character sheet.

[Cabochard]

Woo! I do have a question though.

In Heightened Senses, it says that you can add your Auspex dots to a surprise roll. Since everyone has it, not everyone who uses it is going to have Auspex. Does that mean if you don't have Auspex you just don't add those dots?

[West]

Excellent question! And, correct. Adding Auspex dots remains the cool shiny of people who actually have Auspex.

[West]

I should also add that the rules of Elysium have been modified to allow Aspect of the Predator.


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