Recent content by zhivik

There is a Social Maneuvering system in Chronicles of Darkness, though it is not particularly deep. However, the general game system has enough social skills that are appropriate for a political setting (Politics, Socialize, Streetwise, etc.), as sell as quite a few passive benefits (called...

White Wolf, so by extension - Paradox.

The reason why there are two WoD game lines is White Wolf's decision in the early 2000s to end their original WoD series and start a new one, which launched in 2003 and was called New World of Darkness (nWoD) at the time. The idea was that the original WoD lines were all built on the premise...

Other big publishers that are missing from the list include Catalyst Game Labs (Shadowrun, Battletech), White Wolf (World of Darkness, Exalted), and by extension, Onyx Path. I honestly didn’t expect to see either Catalyst or White Wolf there (even though Catalyst are in dire need of fresh...

I suppose they can always use the term “subspecies“ or “variants”. Shadowrun does this, according to its lore, all metavariants (humans, elves, orcs, dwarves, trolls) are subspecies of Homo Sapiens.

You can, if you have the Warcaster feat :)

I believe this was included only to reinforce the idea that action order is irrelevant. Thus, it doesn’t matter when exactly do you use your bonus action to cast a spell - before or after your main action(s) - you are still limited to cantrips on non-bonus actions if you cast a spell with your...

I, on the other hand, hate that look. It goes against every description of the order in the books. If you need to pick one word to describe a Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother, it would be “subtle”, and Lynch’s film makes them everything but that. A Bene Gesserit would never stand out unless she...

Yeah, how exactly is the Dune universe not diverse, as the Fremen, a prominent ethnic group throughout the series, are based on Bedouin culture, have dark skin and carry Arabic names? Or that one of the main factions in the game, the Bene Gesserit, is an order of highly intelligent and able...

A few more notes on events and timeline. The CCP-White Wolf merger (effectively a buyout by CCP) took place in late 2006. At that time, White Wolf had completed their classic World of Darkness lines, with the final books released in 2003, and had launched New World of Darkness in 2004. While CCP...

Onyx Path are doing what they can afford to. The reality of today’s tabletop RPG market is that only large publishers can afford to release print editions regularly. Everyone else needs to rely on crowdfunding campaigns or they will go broke. This issue has been brought up on Onyx Path’s forums...

It makes sense if you get a pre-order discount. If not, then it is utterly pointless.

Besides, does it matter if you pre-order or purchase it on release date if it is a digital product and there is no pre-order discount? You will get it immediately when released anyway.

I believe "legacy-lite" is used in the meaning used by board games, not tabletop RPGs. The way I read it is that the game will have some mechanics to change how the campaign plays depending on player choice, but it won't be a permanent change - so no destruction of components, putting stickers...

Yes, you can do that. In fact, it is possible to assign lone-of-sight values to objects, like player tokens, for instance, and have FOW revealed automatically. There is also a game master mode where you can see everything that is going on and control who sees what. However, my personal opinion...