[closed]Gothic-Vampires&Werewolves-Underworld Style roleplaying

[Corinthi]

ain't M&M Mutants and Masterminds?

Yup, and Mutants and Masterminds is a great system, but it has some conventions that don't work quite the same way that the movie does. For example, it seems natural for Lycans to have a Vulnerability to silver, but at several points we saw Lycans get shot multiple times and get stabbed by silver throwing stars, and didn't seem all that inconvenienced.

Also, in the movie, Lycans were /supah/ cool. Really fast, really strong, really tough, really fast healing, climb on walls, all sorts of nifty things.

Vampires were a bit stronger than normal, could cling to walls, and could fall really well (actually, werewolves could do that too). Vampires seemed to primarily have an edge in Tech and willingness to shoot people, although they couldn't shoot straight to save thier lives. (Mild movie crititism that I admit is not relevant to this conversation.)

Anyhoo, M&M would work well on a PBP forum. Less rules ambiguity, faster combats, just need to keep an eye on character creation to discourage minmaxing.

 

[Radiant]

Yup, and Mutants and Masterminds is a great system, but it has some conventions that don't work quite the same way that the movie does. For example, it seems natural for Lycans to have a Vulnerability to silver, but at several points we saw Lycans get shot multiple times and get stabbed by silver throwing stars, and didn't seem all that inconvenienced.

Also, in the movie, Lycans were /supah/ cool. Really fast, really strong, really tough, really fast healing, climb on walls, all sorts of nifty things.

Vampires were a bit stronger than normal, could cling to walls, and could fall really well (actually, werewolves could do that too). Vampires seemed to primarily have an edge in Tech and willingness to shoot people, although they couldn't shoot straight to save thier lives. (Mild movie crititism that I admit is not relevant to this conversation.)

Anyhoo, M&M would work well on a PBP forum. Less rules ambiguity, faster combats, just need to keep an eye on character creation to discourage minmaxing.

yep I agree. Perhaps I will go through the book and simply post a list which powers are available for each race. The exact powers in the movie are not really a concern, I just mentioned it to put a one word description on the mood of the game and I didn't want to use WoD. And yes werewolves will deffinatly have weakness for silver while vampires go with the good old fire and sunlight.

edit: the one thing speaking for WoD system is the fact that I can run those rules blindly. But I have to read up on M&M for my Mutant High game all the time anyway so that's not a biggy.

 

[KitanaVorr]

I'm curious about this.

I was thinking of starting something similar to this with my Redemption game, but hey even better if I just play it.

 

[Radiant]

I'm curious about this.

I was thinking of starting something similar to this with my Redemption game, but hey even better if I just play it.

well I can't compare to your writing Kit but since so many screamed for star wars in your thread I didn't think you'd do Redemtion. Anyway I'd be happy to have you around.

 

[Mordane76]

ain't M&M Mutants and Masterminds?

characters will probably be able to do a bit more than in the movies, at least the vampires as it is very likely that some will use mind controlling powers or any other old cliche about them. I have been thinking about how to balance the powers in WoD rules as well and tend to the M&M rules by now. They seem pretty balanced to me.

Thinking M&M, I'd say vampires would have access to...
The Amazing Saves, possibly Astral Projection, Boost, Clinging, Combat Sense, Deflection, Drain, possibly ESP, possibly Gadgets, possibly Illusion, Leaping, possibly Luck, possibly Mental Blast, Mental Protection, possibly Mind Control, Natural Weapon, possibly Obscure, Regeneration, Running, possibly Shape-Shift, possibly Sorcery, Strike, the Super Attributes (Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis, Cha), possibly Super Speed, possibly Super Skill, possibly Telekinesis, and possibly Telepathy. The possible entries depend on just how widely you want to stretch or apply the multitudes of world vampire myths and legends.

Lycans would probably have access to...
The Amazing Saves, Boost, Combat Sense, limited Growth, Leaping, possibly Luck, Natural Weapon, Regeneration, Running, Shape-Shift, Strike, the Super Attributes, possibly Super Speed, and possibly Super-Skill.

 

[Festy_Dog]

I was thinking of starting something similar to this with my Redemption game, but hey even better if I just play it.

I remember voting for that one, liked the idea very muchly. But I know the feeling, I keep trying to put a game together (it never gets to the stage of recruiting people) but the game I'd like to DM is also a game I'd like to play in.

 

[KitanaVorr]

well I can't compare to your writing Kit but since so many screamed for star wars in your thread I didn't think you'd do Redemtion. Anyway I'd be happy to have you around.

Yeah - dang real life. Always gets in the way of some good play time

I think what you've been doing with the Mutant Academy is great stuff so I'm looking forward to seeing what you can do with this.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I'm not sure if I want to expanded into another game as I've added so many of late, and with you taken only I'm not sure if I will make the cut anyway. Though this leaves me rather curious so I shall watch the replies and see if anything stirs in my depleted imagination.

Oh M&M I know well enough Werewolf and Vampire, I know nothing of but I doubt it will come up.

yep I agree. Perhaps I will go through the book and simply post a list which powers are available for each race.

That would proudly be for the best in my opinion.

Also their nocturnal CS that coming out could be of use to you.

 

[Radiant]

ok peope I finally made up my mind and we're going with M&M.

Also their nocturnal CS that coming out could be of use to you.

their description sounds a bit strange but I'll look into it anyway.

 

[Mordane76]

Cool. I definitely want to be a Death-Dealer.


Male, European descent, in the neighborhood of 600 years old. I've noted that there might be a distinction in Underworld between "pure" and "turned" vampires, such that one could be born a vampire instead of made into one: I'd prefer to be turned if such a distinction exists.

Age frame would place him his birth sometime in the very late Dark Ages or the early Renaissance. A noble in life, and a hunter all his days, he found himself on the trail of a number of large, unreasonably intelligent and cunning wolves (read: Lycans) who had taken to killing livestock (and occasionally peasants) in his domain. Putting a number of them down through skill and patience, he (un)fortunately caught the attention of the local vampires, who also dealt in the extermination of these unruly animals. He was brought into darkness, promised a life unending to continue to hunt the biggest and most dangerous of prey... the Lycans.

After several hundred years, though, life is starting to become... cyclic, unchanging, even wearying sometimes. Yet, he continues to hunt them, for it is the only thing that gives his continued existence meaning -- the hope that, should release ever come, it will be in doing what he does best, and at the hands of a foe more cunning and capable than he has proven.