Vampire: The Masquerade Games, Warning - Spoilers Ahead! Options

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Oh I don’t know, I laughed my butt off when my Tremere did the Ming Xiao ending.

[mirocu]

Poor guy. All that hard work just to end up spending his eternity strapped to a silly sarcophagus at the bottom of the ocean


I like the Anarch ending cause you get to see what happened to Nines. Nice little trophy he got himself

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I like the Anarch ending cause you get to see what happened to Nines. Nice little trophy he got himself

It’s a good thing vampires don’t scar.

[mirocu]

Well, his face was a little blemished...

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Well, his face was a little blemished...

He’ll be good as new after a few nights…

[mirocu]

One point I find interesting is right after Griffith Park. While I hate the wolf of weres the aftermath is quite good.

Returning to the streets of Santa Monica but nothing is normal; no establishment open, no humans strolling around. Just packs of vampires and a cab at the other end you need to get to. Even the sewers are inaccessable. This is where the game shines imo. Too bad there aren't more moments like that.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

One point I find interesting is right after Griffith Park. While I hate the wolf of weres the aftermath is quite good.

Returning to the streets of Santa Monica but nothing is normal; no establishment open, no humans strolling around. Just packs of vampires and a cab at the other end you need to get to. Even the sewers are inaccessable. This is where the game shines imo. Too bad there aren't more moments like that.

I remember that sounded like it would be daunting, but I never had any issues getting to Cabbie Caine.

[mirocu]

Reason I liked that is because it's a pure Deus Ex moment; stealth galore! Unless you wanna fight your way through of course, but I never did that.


Also, just the fact we return to a place that is now totally different; makes my day

This post has been edited by mirocu: Nov 12 2025, 08:38 PM

[mirocu]

If I got to choose three Disciplines to have in one character, it'd be these:

Obfuscate
Dementation
Thaumaturgy



Only thing about this I don't like is Dementation and Thaumaturgy each have five selectable options, meaning you have ten to cycle through in a fight apart from Bloodbuff (and Bloodheal if modded), which is not optimal. So maybe Obfuscate and Fortitude and then one of the two for the last Discipline. I never had much of a feel for Celerity but maybe at level 5 it's great, and I never got to that with my Toreador. Also Auspex is more useable than I thought, not least for firearms, so there's more to this than what I chose above.


Thoughts?

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I kinda feel like if you have obfuscate you don’t really need many other powers, so maybe then just things that let you fight or flee better when you are out of sneaky options (like Auspex, Celerity, or Fortitude). Also, I would say Dementation and Thaumaturgy together would be overkill, as both give you options for the same jobs.

[mirocu]

I kinda feel like if you have obfuscate you don’t really need many other powers, so maybe then just things that let you fight or flee better when you are out of sneaky options (like Auspex, Celerity, or Fortitude).

Yeah. Basically the only time you need good fighting abilities really is with the bosses and with those above you're in good shape as you can either avoid damage with Celerity or just soak it with Fortitude and then use Auspex together with a good firearm. If there is such a thing in this game. Well, they're better than in Doom 3 at least

Also, I would say Dementation and Thaumaturgy together would be overkill, as both give you options for the same jobs.

Perhaps. They do differ a bit I think as Malks have no Blood Shield equivalent and Blood Boil costs more than Vision of Death, although Blood Boil can damage foes around the initial target. Idk.

But this is why I wanted a second opinion. Sometimes I just don't think all the way through. Shocker; I know


Khajiit's three Disciplines of choice?

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Idk, it really just depends on what I’m going for in a character. I do remember having a lot of fun with Thaumaturgy, Dementation, and Dominate.

[mirocu]

Dominate is one Discipline I've never dabbled in. Think it makes enemy attacks weaker, right?

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Basically, it dominates a targets mind.

https://vtmb.fandom.com/wiki/Dominate

[mirocu]

Basically, it dominates a targets mind.

https://vtmb.fandom.com/wiki/Dominate

Oh, yeah. I was thinking of Presence. D'oh


Looks like Dominate has some good stuff, one equivalent to Vision of Death and something perhaps even better than Bedlam in Mass Suicide. But I guess that can be fun too

I really should have tried that out more when I did the Tremere run but I focused all on Thaumaturgy


Edit: I see on the wiki that normally Fortitude does not need to be activated. But it also shows that it lasts 25 secs It also lists Bloodheal as a Discipline even though it's not in the vanilla game.

This post has been edited by mirocu: Yesterday, 09:04 AM

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Basically, it dominates a targets mind.

https://vtmb.fandom.com/wiki/Dominate

Oh, yeah. I was thinking of Presence. D'oh


Looks like Dominate has some good stuff, one equivalent to Vision of Death and something perhaps even better than Bedlam in Mass Suicide. But I guess that can be fun too

I really should have tried that out more when I did the Tremere run but I focused all on Thaumaturgy


Edit: I see on the wiki that normally Fortitude does not need to be activated. But it also shows that it lasts 25 secs It also lists Bloodheal as a Discipline even though it's not in the vanilla game.

Well,Tremere’s signature power is Thaumaturgy, so it’s understandable that would be your focus on that character. Dominate is perfect for Ventrue.