Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines - Skills Explanation

Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines explained from a Malkavian standpoint.

This is a purely technical character sheet explanation, to explain what RPG elements exist in the game and how they will affect game play.

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[MasterofEternalNight]

I was looking at the histories and I saw ones like this:

Cut-Rate Clown\Gymnast Turned Stripper

Gender: Male\Female

Bonus: Switch Attribute order to: Physical Mental Social

Penalty: N/A

Does switching the order really do anything in game?

[darkchiron]

@MasterofEternalNight This game gives you points to spend on each attribute tree. You get 5 points in one, 4 points in another, and 3 in the last. Malkavians are ordered as 3/4/5 (Physical/Social/Mental). So that history would lead to a more physically powerful character instead of a mentally powerful one.

[Necron214]

no Brujah in new WoD?

[darkchiron]

They're a bloodline from another clan. Bloodlines are branches off the main clans. They have all their abilities, plus (usually) access to another discipline and another flaw/benefit from the bloodline. But Brujah as they exist in Old WoD are gone, along with Malkavians.

[Reven234]

this looks good should i buy it

[darkchiron]

If I'm putting up recordings of me playing it, I feel it's good enough to buy (outside old NES/SNES plays).

[inkedful]

It's kinda weird that you lose humanity when you kill innocent, cause that's part of what we humans to best!

[sartanko]

Indeedm you should loose humanity whenever you do a task for free.

[roundcanary]

Thank you so much for explaining this

[DaydreamNationx24]

Something I didn't realise during my playthrough of this game was just how important stealth is (especially when coupled with obfuscate).

Unfortunately the combat in this game is pretty bad, which means having the ability to stealth kill an entire room full of enemies (or to just walk past right them without them ever knowing you were there) makes the game so much easier. Actually, it feels like the game punishes you for not investing in the stealth skill.

[tiakeravelonna]

I'm using the Camarilla 1.2 mod, and it makes me a sad panda. My Malkavian no longer has Vision of Death or Berserk. :(

[tiakeravelonna]

@shakaama Probably not, but it's available on Steam.

[shakaama]

can i buy this in a box somewhere still?

[Poetabrasileiro]

Very instructive. :D i like it

[RH571987]

u can loose all humanity, u wont loose the game 'cause of that

[Astrolounge]

You put points in the computer skill at character creation? You really are a madman. You get a skill book for that pretty early. Also the skill is worthless if you've played the game before since none of the passwords change.