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<blockquote data-quote="Grendel_Khan" data-source="post: 8594088" data-attributes="member: 7028554">As someone who ran a ton of VtM back in high school, but doesn't want anything to do with it now, I hear you. And I think a FitD hack would be a great fit. It would take some real work, but it could be worth it, since the foundations are all there.-The score/downtime structure is perfect. Characters come together to deal with something, but can then go their separate ways, possibly for long stretches, to deal with their own problems and projects.-The Vice mechanics are practically tailor-made for feeding, including overindulgence rules and the complications/consequences they can generate.-Devil's Bargains line up so well, thematically, I'm kind of mad I never thought of this before.-Racking up Traumas when you become seriously injured is a better way to show a vampire's descent into unrecognizable inhumanity than anything in VtM.-And the general sense of play loops that are about the serious consequences and costs of your actions, where it's not just about whether you can win a given fight, but what you're willing to do or give up...that's what VtM should have been about. The system just wasn't there to make that happen.Very tempted to try to whip up a hack myself now! Except I wouldn't want to playtest it, so...nvm.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grendel_Khan, post: 8594088, member: 7028554"] As someone who ran a [I]ton[/I] of VtM back in high school, but doesn't want anything to do with it now, I hear you. And I think a FitD hack would be a great fit. It would take some real work, but it could be worth it, since the foundations are all there. -The score/downtime structure is perfect. Characters come together to deal with something, but can then go their separate ways, possibly for long stretches, to deal with their own problems and projects. -The Vice mechanics are practically tailor-made for feeding, including overindulgence rules and the complications/consequences they can generate. -Devil's Bargains line up so well, thematically, I'm kind of mad I never thought of this before. -Racking up Traumas when you become seriously injured is a better way to show a vampire's descent into unrecognizable inhumanity than anything in VtM. -And the general sense of play loops that are about the serious consequences and costs of your actions, where it's not just about whether you can win a given fight, but what you're willing to do or give up...that's what VtM [I]should[/I] have been about. The system just wasn't there to make that happen. Very tempted to try to whip up a hack myself now! Except I wouldn't want to playtest it, so...nvm. [/QUOTE]

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