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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jester47" data-source="post: 735258" data-attributes="member: 2238">Well, it just seems to me that the really interesting part of the game if it is used stand alone is being able to play a Vampire.  I mean yeah, you can make up other great characters but if you are not using other WoD stuff then your options are somewhat limited mechanicly.  If you have a rockin ST then its all good, he can drag you to the sands of Egypt, the tundras of Russia and all sorts of cities in between.  I think one of the more interesting aspects of Vampire only reveals itself in international travel.  The Vampire politics of whatever city is overdone. And in writing this I have just realised what soooo annoys me about WoD.  Its spread over a bunch of "race" books.  That is I think there should be one book called World of Darkness.  In it is rules for playing Vampires, Wizards, Werewolves, Changelings, Hunters, Mummies, and all sorts of other Karloff/Legousi monsters.  But WW is all about flavor text.  WotC would not be able to get away with a book that was a third flavor text.  Not to mention that Mages, Vampires and Werewolves dont balance well.  If they presented it as one game I think I would be more inclined to play it, but as it stands I feel like I would be playing Elf: the Aloofness, Dwarf: The Mining, Human: The Powerhungy, Gnome: The Illusion, Halfling: The Verticly Challenged, Half Orc: The Big and Ugly. and Half-Elf: The Confused.  They are all published as different games but in the same World of Fantasy...  I think that is why I don't play WoD.  Each game seems too centered on one concept as haracters and plot are concerned.  In D&D, its centered on what the DM wants to center it on.</blockquote>

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