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Planescape - It's Back and Still Great
My favorite Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting has returned and I'm pretty excited. Time to rattle my bone-box about it for a bit.
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00:00 - The Planescape Campaign Setting
04:49 - Adventures in the Multiverse
05:16 - Sigil and the Outlands
09:06 - Player Options
10:31 - Morte's Planar Parade
11:49 - Turn of Fortune's Wheel
14:12 - DM Screen
16:00 - Final Recommendation
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Видео

Shadow of the Dragon Queen - A Review
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I take a look at Shadow of the Dragon Queen as an adventure and how it fits into the story of Krynn.
Loresheet Spotlight - Eletria
Просмотров 4172 года назад
One of my favorite parts of V5 Vampire: The Masquerade is loresheets. In this video I look at the Eletria Loresheet, published in Let the Streets Run Red. content 00:00 Introduction 01:04 Loresheet Text 02:15 More Lore 04:40 Muse 06:38 Portrait of a Woman 09:54 This is Sparta 11:16 Ageless Beauty 12:55 Conspicuous Consumption 15:20 Wrap-Up
Top 10 Most Anticipated Games at Gen Con 2022
Просмотров 1262 года назад
My personal ten most anticipated games to buy, play, and check out at @Gen Con 2022. Featuring games from @capstonegames @MagpiegamesRPG @RenegadeGameStudios @CzechGamesEdition @PaizoInc @pegasusspiele @FantasyFlightGames1 Adam's Apple Games, Edge Studio, and North Star Games.
Spoiler-Free Review - Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel
Просмотров 1862 года назад
I take a quick look look at Dungeons & Dragons 5E adventure book Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel from @DNDWizards. Radiant Citadel introduces a lot of new places, and I look at how that shapes the adventures. Find more of our content here or at www.strangeassembly.com.
Breakdown and Review - Hunter: The Reckoning
Просмотров 7 тыс.2 года назад
Hunter: The Reckoning (from @RenegadeGameStudios) joins Vampire: The Masquerade in populating the V5 World of Darkness. I take a look at the game and how its presentation is similar to and distinct from Vampire. Check out more at www.strangeassembly.com.
Avatar Legends The Roleplaying Game - A Review
Просмотров 13 тыс.2 года назад
@MagpiegamesRPG brings the wonder of @TeamAvatar (and The Legend of Korra) to the tabletop with Avatar Legends The Roleplaying Game. As of the time of posting, you can't get the game just yet if you didn't back on Kickstarter, but you can check on the Quickstart: magpiegames.com/pages/avatarrpg More from Strange Assembly at www.strangeassembly.com
Review - Forbidden Religions
Просмотров 7452 года назад
I take a look at Forbidden Religions, the final supplement from the Cults of the Blood Gods Kickstarter from @TheOnyxPath. Forbidden Religions focuses on obscure cults/faiths for Vampire: The Masquerade (V5) and the @worldofdarkness. Is it worth picking up for storytellers or players? You can find a written of this review and other content at www.strangeassembly.com/
Loresheet - Helena - Vampire The Masquerade
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Salutations, vamily! In this video I take a look at the V5 Loresheet for Helena, one of the classic Vampire: The Masquerade characters going all the way back to the original Chicago by Night. Helena is the ancient rival of Menele, who was covered in a previous Loresheet Spotlight - ruclips.net/video/dv-uDWKmvuA/видео.html You can buy a Helena t-shirt from The Onyx Path on RedBubble - www.redbub...
Absalom: City of Lost Omens - A Review
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My take on Absalom: City of Lost Omens, another thick set of content for the Lost Omens setting for the Pathfinder RPG. What's in there and who will be interested?
Playing the Sabbat Reviewed
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Per your request, I'm taking a look at The Black Hand: Playing the Sabbat, one of the offerings in the Storyteller's Vault for bringing the Sabbat in to V5 Vampire: The Masquerade games as protagonists. Contents of this Video 0:00 Intro 1:45 Paths/Humanity 7:35 Vaulderie/Vinculum/Packs 10:30 Other Ritae 11:45 Predator Types 13:40 Discipline Powers 15:15 Loresheets 18:00 Other Content 19:15 Fina...
Review - Second Inquisition
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Second Inquisition is the (wait for it) second antagonist book released for the fifth edition of Vampire: The Masquerade (V5), following closely on the heels of Sabbat: The Black Hand. You can also find this as Strange Assembly podcast episode 311. - Content in this Video - 0:00 Intro 1:20 What is the SI? 4:10 - NPCs 7:36 - Gear 11:20 - Running SI Operations 14:25 - Using the SI in a Chronicle ...
Spoiler-Free Review - Call of the Netherdeep
Просмотров 5132 года назад
Call of the Netherdeep is the second official D&D book spinning out of Critical Role. I take a quick, spoiler-free look at the book so you can see if you want to try it out.
Review - Starfinder Galactic Magic
Просмотров 3252 года назад
Galactic Magic adds a new base class and an expected stack of spells (and magical gear), but the character options are more significant than usual and I the material on faith, deities, and the place of magic in the galaxy adds a lot of value. You can also find a discussion of Galactic Magic in episode 312 of the podcast, or on the Strange Assembly website. Contents of this Video 0:00 Intro 0:54...
Spoiler-Free Review - Strixhaven A Curriculum of Chaos
Просмотров 5602 года назад
Part adventure, part setting, part rules framework - Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos is the latest Dungeons & Dragons x MTG book, and it's a departure from the prior crossovers and pretty much every 5E book so far. And it's great, so long as you've got the right DM to hang together all of the social aspects of attending mage college. Find our written content at www.strangeassembly.com. Note t...
Loresheet Menele - Vampire The Masquerade
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Loresheet Menele - Vampire The Masquerade
Renegade/White Wolf Book of Nod Comparison
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Renegade/White Wolf Book of Nod Comparison
Review - Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Review - Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Sabbat: The Black Hand - A Review
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Sabbat: The Black Hand - A Review
Spoiler-Free Review - The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
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Spoiler-Free Review - The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
GenCon 2021 T10 Anticipated Board & Card Games
Просмотров 1283 года назад
GenCon 2021 T10 Anticipated Board & Card Games
Loresheet Bahari - V5 Vampire the Masquerade
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Loresheet Bahari - V5 Vampire the Masquerade
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms as a Dungeons & Dragons accessory
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Adventures in the Forgotten Realms as a Dungeons & Dragons accessory
Review - Cults of the Blood Gods (Vampire: The Masquerade)
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Review - Cults of the Blood Gods (Vampire: The Masquerade)
Review - Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft
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Review - Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft
Spoiler Free Review - Candlekeep Mysteries
Просмотров 4643 года назад
Spoiler Free Review - Candlekeep Mysteries
Advantages/Disadvantages - V5 Vampire: The Masquerade - Mechanics and Character Creation
Просмотров 6 тыс.3 года назад
Advantages/Disadvantages - V5 Vampire: The Masquerade - Mechanics and Character Creation
Disciplines at Character Creation - Vampire: The Masquerade
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Disciplines at Character Creation - Vampire: The Masquerade
Vampire the Masquerade: Mechanics and Character Creation: Skills
Просмотров 3,9 тыс.4 года назад
Vampire the Masquerade: Mechanics and Character Creation: Skills
Review - Tasha's Cauldron of Everything
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Review - Tasha's Cauldron of Everything

Комментарии

  • @zugmax
    @zugmax 14 дней назад

    This was a great help, thanks

  • @daniel_redbeard
    @daniel_redbeard 17 дней назад

    I miss my original copy that was embossed. My replacement is not.

  • @AJJ129
    @AJJ129 Месяц назад

    i find sacrifice of the child very thematically resonant, its creation, destruction, love, hate, betrayal, and arguably one of the greatest pains and emotional and sensational highs. and if mechanically it's not super viable you can always change that, the book is just a set of prompts. for pure flavor and thematic and dramatic value i really like that power. imagine the character arc of embracing someone mentoring and teaching them the ways of the bahari and then finally diblarizing them! oof the drama of betrayal is nearly unbearable, delicious, it's almost too much for me, a twisted love, a painful lesson for all parties involved.

    • @AJJ129
      @AJJ129 Месяц назад

      also with the child eating it was said i don't remember where that lilith was feared because it was said she ate children and that some bahari practiced that too, so that's kind of though not quite ok brace with diablarzing childer

  • @uandubh5087
    @uandubh5087 2 месяца назад

    I think H5 is an excellent point of entry into the World of Darkness for new players, as it is more straightforward and lighter on rules and systems while still sharing the basic mechanics and feel of the WoD setting. I also like the chronicle book "Lines drawn in Blood" that released since, which has some interesting stories and antagonists.

  • @RollingSoloRPG
    @RollingSoloRPG 3 месяца назад

    I've watched quite a few videos on how to play this game. But you video is by far the most informative and easy to digest. Thank you, friend! 🙏👍

  • @patrickmulder2450
    @patrickmulder2450 3 месяца назад

    This sounds like a lot more interesting version of the Sabbat then anything witten earlier, which was basically the edgy Camarilla, and therefore boring as fuck. I never liked the Sabbat as "the other superpower" to begin with. This sounds like bringing the vampires from Lost boys or From Dusk Till Dawn to cause some havoc. Which could prove a nice little distraction from the regular vampiric political programming.

  • @ConernicusRex
    @ConernicusRex 5 месяцев назад

    This book cemented my hate for V5. Will not purchase a product, will pirate bloodlines 2. I'm just done.

  • @lordnul1708
    @lordnul1708 5 месяцев назад

    Sigil is officially pronounced with a hard G, and the reason for that is so the locals can recognize outsiders by how they pronounce the City's name.

  • @marcos2492
    @marcos2492 5 месяцев назад

    Great video, very informative Having said that, this is not what I was expecting... Or looking for. I did want the classes to be firebender, waterbender, etc. I did want to reduce opponents hit points to zero. Meh

  • @trevor7861
    @trevor7861 6 месяцев назад

    In terms of what she could do, maybe if she learns that Lodin is alive she can nurse him back to sanity and help him regain the throne

  • @AdmiralShamayam
    @AdmiralShamayam 6 месяцев назад

    Expect mages they refuse her

  • @aradicaldude
    @aradicaldude 7 месяцев назад

    The artwork for Monsterhearts is trash. Look like a bunch of slack-tivists and trans-trenders trying super hard to look bad ass, but have never touched grass let alone picked up something heavy to put it down and pick it up again.

  • @ropuluff2333
    @ropuluff2333 7 месяцев назад

    Great video. Very well explained👍

  • @BarrelsoupChef
    @BarrelsoupChef 8 месяцев назад

    Nice vid ❤

  • @hobo8420
    @hobo8420 9 месяцев назад

    a loresheet mithras would be a cool idea, great vid!

  • @CT_Phipps
    @CT_Phipps 9 месяцев назад

    Its one thing to drink from other kindred, its another to be a diablerie addict.

  • @PK-starstorm1995
    @PK-starstorm1995 10 месяцев назад

    While i like several elements of this game, i dont think it's for me or my table. This game just feels really boxed in. It feels like you don't have much verity when it comes to how you can interact with the game. I'm not really sure who this game is for? Because it seems to be aimed at a younger audience. However, the combat mechanics seem too complicated for them. The game also seems like it doesn’t want you to even fight. I think it's for older fans who want to relive the show through ttrpgs.... Great video, thanks for saving me some cash.

  • @DustySquitoNM
    @DustySquitoNM 10 месяцев назад

    Man, I wish I liked this system as much as I liked the show. My group is much closer to a wargame group than a true RP group, so coming from DnD, Deadlands, and Edge of the Empire, the fact that the system sort of blended and homogenized the way fighting and damage worked just didn’t get our group excited. Still trying it because we love to support local, small devs, but I can’t wait for them to add some more advanced combat mechanics or something.

  • @ADiceySituation
    @ADiceySituation 10 месяцев назад

    Within 10 minutes of reading the starter set rulebook, I started calling this "Character Development: The Roleplaying Game" to my wife. I love that every little action is driven by the question of "How would my character react to this situation".

  • @TrystLyonesse
    @TrystLyonesse 11 месяцев назад

    My take away from the story of Lilith has always been that she is an embodiment of the Wyrm. Adam, an Embodiment of the Weaver, having tried to control both Lilith and Eve in brutal fashion. And Eve, an Embodiment of the Wyld. Jehovah is either a Spirit reflective of Material Reality, or simply a Collective Spirit of Humanity. Maybe both, even. It was said by the Garou that Caine ate of the Flesh of the Wyrm, after he was swallowed whole by it, and that's where his corruption came from. Meanwhile, in Vampiric Folklore, he drank of Lilith's blood...a being who is known to birth monsters of the void, neither Angel nor Demon. The Tree of Life and Knowledge is likely Symbolic of Gaia herself, symbolic of a being of transcendental life, and an epitome of the Spirit World, a High Celestial, possibly trapped by Jehovah for one reason or another, or discoverd by him as a consequence of Material reality (being that the Umbra and the Physical world were one and the same at some point, with no divide.)

  • @LuluTheDuck33
    @LuluTheDuck33 11 месяцев назад

    AT BEST, an ordinary human hunter can only kill Fledgling Vampires. There is NO WAY they can fight a Vampire Elder and win. No F*ing WAY! A Vampire Elder just use Celerity and Potence, the hunters stand no chance!

    • @richardhanselman2549
      @richardhanselman2549 Месяц назад

      There's a whole reason they cam. Preparation. Knowledge. For instance you could in theory find out oh...maybe that Eldar vamp has a weakness or bane for holy water. Second. Hunter abilities in this book are all considered true faith. Making them all effective vs all supernatural.

  • @jamescagley6248
    @jamescagley6248 11 месяцев назад

    Enjoying this series if videos! Helpful to me for updating a couple key NPC in my world for v5. A Ravnos and a Setite 'power couple' in my world.

  • @TheCourtsOfLove
    @TheCourtsOfLove 11 месяцев назад

    My favorite Loresheet is "Descendent of Roger de Camden" constant flavor everywhere in every dot.

  • @JohnHenry-r1q
    @JohnHenry-r1q 11 месяцев назад

    This just seems to justify not playing this edition compared to V20. I do like some of the mechanics from V5, like Hunger, but the rest of it just seems broken and worse than the previous editions. Odds are, I'd do a hybrid with V5 as the base and incorporate older systems into the new game, like Allies and Domain.

  • @darrenkalkwarf4695
    @darrenkalkwarf4695 11 месяцев назад

    I want to subscribe, but you are 666 subscribers and do not want to change that number.

  • @zombfish5498
    @zombfish5498 Год назад

    I imagine they gave the "projects" to use like the clocks (I think that's what they are called) from blades in the dark. I have a series of rolls that happen in game prep that advance an antagonist in the background story, it shifts depending on PC actions. An example might be say the hunter is out on a prowl and the right number comes out, the hunters know about a place the PCs frequent because they were spotted doing what the characters did. That opens it up to other kindred being spotted, maybe a ghoul getting nabbed if the moment is right

  • @JazzyBassy
    @JazzyBassy Год назад

    I think random tables are by definition one of the more useful tools to add to a setting's DM Screen, since by definition they can actually be used during play and allow the GM to let the world speak for itself and feel lived in, specially in exploration where the characters actively engage and make decisions of how to interact with the world and traverse it. My main problem is that the tables here are much shorter than the ones in the book and aren't divided by adventuring tier or thematics. I also think it'd be a perfect place to put in the planar infusion traits for Morte's planar parade, so that you can use them at a glance with any encounter without having to edit a statblock and when forgetting that they are there. The portals and key tables is thematic and cool, but less used in improvisation and more used in preparation, which is why I don't like it in the DM screen as much. In contrast, I think the condition panel is the worst part of it, it's too big, the art takes up too much space, and it's information that is found everywhere else. Condition Cards make more sense since it's important for the players to know how they work. Taking out this space and using it for tables would be more helpful as a DM toolbox.

    • @strangeassembly5595
      @strangeassembly5595 Год назад

      I do really like condition cards, for same same reason I like them on GM screens. Conditions are something that I find players constantly asking about, and I like not having to go to the book for that. I do like the cards better because I can toss one to the player and they can read it while it’s someone else’s turn.

  • @tanjredshirt
    @tanjredshirt Год назад

    Sigil officially rhymes with "wiggle" but I'll probably always call it Sid-jell.

  • @julianthraxd1
    @julianthraxd1 Год назад

    I'm looking forward to Buying Werewolf book by Renegade. Is it any difference with Whitewolf's version (apart from the cover)

  • @SwankyKitteh82
    @SwankyKitteh82 Год назад

    Yeah, the frenzy break in "Descendant Of Tyler" is far better. It's a "now is not the time for this" all-stop to frenzy. Bond Breaker is honestly a tad OP, imo. That'd give you an easy license for just causing utter chaos in a kindred city, lol.

  • @shallendor
    @shallendor Год назад

    Planescape Torment is my favorite CRPG! Morte was the MVP of the game!

  • @konatelassina5301
    @konatelassina5301 Год назад

    I’d like to see a return to black and white art.

    • @strangeassembly5595
      @strangeassembly5595 Год назад

      I am very fond of the old, low-color art, but I imagine that going that way would have had limited appeal to folks who weren’t playing D&D 25+ years ago.

  • @semtregua
    @semtregua Год назад

    Thanks for the review, well done man. But I need to point something. When U say: "In V5, these difficulties are now 2 (straightforward), 3 (normal), and 4 (challenging) - (...) For a challenging task, you now need to be rolling eight dice to have a 50/50 shot at succeeding (barring a critical)." That's not statistically accurate. to achieve 3 sucess in your roll, you'll need 7 dice in your pool.

  • @kay1057
    @kay1057 Год назад

    This is the thing that I do not understand, if the Sabbat just completely threw away the Pseudo-Masquerade. What's keeping the Sabbat packs from targeting the 2 Inquisition? Like bombing public buildings of the governments and things of that nature. I think it would be a nightmare for any country to control Sabbat going the terror route, and its not like the Sabbat do not have the reason to do that kinda thing.

  • @kay1057
    @kay1057 Год назад

    I hope you do this for VtM 20th Ed also!

  • @naumsei6221
    @naumsei6221 Год назад

    10:45, but what about disciplines? A presence 2/3 should auto-win on feeding.

  • @daddystabz
    @daddystabz Год назад

    Lines and veils in games are for wokesters.

    • @johnkfriday
      @johnkfriday Год назад

      Then go to your safe space and have a cry about it maybe.

  • @Ayyavazi13
    @Ayyavazi13 Год назад

    Super well done. About to run the starter box for my group and this is a nice primer. I might make them all watch it.

  • @macdonnie2u2
    @macdonnie2u2 Год назад

    Excellent description! I’ve played a lot of Dnd, but excited about the avatar world. It’s hard for me to comprehend the concept of no hps, but I think I’m finally starting to understand the system. Thanks 🙏

  • @Quirrel
    @Quirrel Год назад

    Hunter: The Wokeness

    • @johnkfriday
      @johnkfriday Год назад

      Grow up.

    • @pessimisticnihilist3691
      @pessimisticnihilist3691 9 месяцев назад

      I cannot tell if this is satire or not.

    • @308enjoyer
      @308enjoyer 5 месяцев назад

      Hunter: the Wokening

    • @bria243
      @bria243 9 дней назад

      All of the old White Wolf stuff was still woke. We get it, you want a reason to hate someone in real life, and want to apply it to a game. But communists like you don't believe in the free market.

  • @Quirrel
    @Quirrel Год назад

    Hecata is so dumb in lore. It makes no sense.

  • @creativeplayandpodcastnetwork

    Well pet and reviewed, weve been loving it since the Kickstarters were delivered. ;) Now to get a streamed game going!

  • @menestersin
    @menestersin Год назад

    Hi, do you know by any chance where I can get the old white wolf hardcover version? I used to have one and lost it in one of my moves, it was my favorite book ever. Still trying to find a copy…

    • @strangeassembly5595
      @strangeassembly5595 Год назад

      There are a couple on eBay when I search for something like Book of Nod White Wolf and choose the hardcover format. But, yeah, not a lot around.

    • @menestersin
      @menestersin Год назад

      @@strangeassembly5595 oh cool I’ll check it out. Ty!

  • @ricoxkiller
    @ricoxkiller Год назад

    This video needs to be higher up in popularity. It's highly informative but succinct. Every new AtlA Legends player should watch this.

  • @irhinohammer
    @irhinohammer Год назад

    So, my take on the 'true story' of Caine and Lilith is that Caine is the 1st Vampire. Lilith, however, is the 0th Generation. The thing is that Adam and Lilith were God's OG couple. Caine was always meant to be insanely powerful. The Awakening was also a blood adoption, so it awakens Caine to his powers. The ones that he maybe always should have had if his mother had been Lilith. The subsequent betrayal is just a bad break up, imo, Caine wanted to leave and explore and deal with his personal curse (which hadn't been fixed by becoming even more powerful) and Lilith wanted to make gardens. Classic 'they want different things' situation made worse because of their natures.

  • @TRainbowPitt
    @TRainbowPitt Год назад

    Ive watched so many videos to prepare for/understan this game and this is definitely the best one by far. Excellent work!!

  • @matthemming9105
    @matthemming9105 Год назад

    Truly an excellent breakdown of the mechanics!

  • @antigrav6004
    @antigrav6004 Год назад

    Nice. i avoided the KS because a, most licensed rpgs only scratch the surface of what the world shows in its media, and b, i had pledged to way too many KS campaigns at the time. Now that i see it on store shelves (friggin target had a copy of the starter set) i'm very pleased with what i'm hearing. it sounds like it understands its origins and plays to its strengths while actually having some mechanical depth and feeling like a ROLE playing game, not a ROLL playing game. my bundle is on the way.

    • @strangeassembly5595
      @strangeassembly5595 Год назад

      I get the feeling of having this weight of past KS pledges hanging over you when you’re looking at a new one. At least it serves as a counterbalance to the fear of missing out that can lead us to purchases we later regret.

  • @mikesands4681
    @mikesands4681 Год назад

    this was very helpful for orienting three of our GMS for approaching this resource.

  • @evanatkins654
    @evanatkins654 Год назад

    Big thumbs up for the Rush lyric!! Good, helpful video, thanks for the easily digestable non spoiler review.