World of Darkness Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 - VTMB sequel from The Chinese Room - coming early 2025

[The President]

It hasn’t really changed since then, you get what you pay for. A typical cheap prostitute is low class and skanky looking. If you want a girl who has some level of brains, is actually good looking and takes care of herself you got to pay, except those girls are called escorts.

It reminds me of the time in a college lecture where our class was reading a book involving “women of the night” and a student asked the professor the difference between a prostitute and an escort and his response was about $600 to $1000.

 

[mediocrepoet]

So fantasy then. But the reality of things was that real prostitutes looked like the wicked witch of the west.

Maybe so, but you can't argue with results. I knew a pro back in the day who once cleared $200,000.05 in six months. Which client payed 5 cents you might ask? All of them.

Gotta watch out for the ladies who have callouses down under.

 

[Jenkem]

can't fucking wait 'til release bros... i got all the dlc coming too!

 

[Gahbreeil]

can't fucking wait 'til release bros... i got all the dlc coming too!

Season Pass?

 

[Storyfag]

Seattle by Night season 2 is a direct prelude of Bloodlines 2, and things happening there will be a foundation for the events of the game.

I am still in the process of, ah, sinking my fangs into it.

Please post your impressions here once you're done. I personally can't stand watching these, it's always so cringe.

Only half of the episodes have been released until now, but here's what I could gather:

1. The Prince of Seattle is named Campbell, however the power behind his throne is the former Prince, the spectacular Lou Graham. It is unclear how or why she lost the formal praxis.
2. Ghouls have been going missing in recent nights.
3. The highway underpasses found throughout the city are collectively known as "the Jungle" and are gathering places for the detritus of society, kindred and kine.
4. Thinblood alchemists have discovered a pretty interesting blood-drug that, upon consumption, sates the Hunger as if the imbiber completely drained a mortal, and provides the benefits of the Blush of Life.

The remaining details seem to be specific to the chronicle.

 

[Semiurge]

4. Thinblood alchemists have discovered a pretty interesting blood-drug that, upon consumption, sates the Hunger as if the imbiber completely drained a mortal, and provides the benefits of the Blush of Life.

Sounds a bit like the serum in Blade.

 

[Storyfag]

4. Thinblood alchemists have discovered a pretty interesting blood-drug that, upon consumption, sates the Hunger as if the imbiber completely drained a mortal, and provides the benefits of the Blush of Life.

Sounds a bit like the serum in Blade.

No specifics as to its ingredients or side effects (other than hallucinations) were given. For an effect that powerful, I wouldn't be surprised if the final drop of a mortal's blood was necessary.

 

[Semiurge]

I bet they will announce some of the following clans by using the male-Phyre model which will look like a chad, even as a Toreador dandy. This would be completely in-line with designers being alphabet people. The female characters will be butch or androgynous, the males traditionally masculine and handsome. Trannies and feminists have a common enemy - beautiful natural women, and a certain subset of non-alphabet natural women style their Mary Sues as butch anyway, with the appropriate hairstyles that they would never dare wear themselves.

 

[Tyranicon]

the males traditionally masculine and handsome.

Wishful thinking.

I predict male Fire to have basically the same model.

It's just more efficient/economical when the female model is already androgynous. Wouldn't even be surprised if they announced that the current model is unisex use.

I'd be happy to be proven wrong, but my expectations are below ground at this point.

 

[Semiurge]

the males traditionally masculine and handsome.

Wishful thinking.

I predict male Fire to have basically the same model.

It's just more efficient/economical when the female model is already androgynous. Wouldn't even be surprised if they announced that the current model is unisex use.

I'd be happy to be proven wrong, but my expectations are below ground at this point.

That would make sense, but so far every revealed clan model has followed the published concept art faithfully, even down to the apparel. The males in them looked soyjacked, but still recognizably male.

 

[Tyranicon]

That would make sense, but so far every revealed clan model has followed the published concept art faithfully, even down to the apparel. The males in them looked soyjacked, but still recognizably male.

Yeah I was thinking that too. But in my opinion, the male version in the concept lineup looks a lot like the female version and is noticeably shorter (lol).

Also compare the faces. The first male face is alright, but the second is female phyre with facial hair.

 

[The President]

Remember body positivity and fighting oppressive western-cis-hetero-normative beauty standards is all the rage these days. They actually delude themselves to believing the current Phyre is in fact sexually attractive.

 

[Caim]

White Wolf removed Vicissitude as a stand-alone Discipline because it would allow players to turn ugly characters attractive.

 

[NecroLord]

White Wolf removed Vicissitude as a stand-alone Discipline because it would allow players to turn ugly characters attractive.

Really?
I remember it was a pretty cool discipline, potentially very powerful, but quite tricky to use effectively.
Especially since many of its uses and effects are a blatant breach of the Masquerade.

 

[std::namespace]

White Wolf removed Vicissitude as a stand-alone Discipline because it would allow players to turn ugly characters attractive.

you'd think this would be right up a tranny's alley... phrasing!

 

[Storyfag]

White Wolf removed Vicissitude as a stand-alone Discipline because it would allow players to turn ugly characters attractive.

Technically, having it as a combo of Protean and Dominate broadens the amount of Clans that can get easy access to it. Though, of course, only us Fiends get it out of the box.

 

[Storyfag]

White Wolf removed Vicissitude as a stand-alone Discipline because it would allow players to turn ugly characters attractive.

you'd think this would be right up a tranny's alley... phrasing!

Eh, fleshcraft is for trannies. Might I remind my esteemed colleagues that Vykos, the signature Tzimisce character, shed off its own manhood and threw it in the face of the Camarilla's Ventrue founder.

 

[Caim]

White Wolf removed Vicissitude as a stand-alone Discipline because it would allow players to turn ugly characters attractive.

Really?
I remember it was a pretty cool discipline, potentially very powerful, but quite tricky to use effectively.
Especially since many of its uses and effects are a blatant breach of the Masquerade.

If you want the Vicissitude powers, they have been folded into Protean as Dominate powers. So you'll want Dominate 2 on top of Protean 2, 3 and 4 to use the Vicissitude, Fleshcrafting and Horrid Form powers. If you want to meld with the land that's now Animalism 2 on top of Protean 5 as well. Check the Vampire V Companion book for these powers.

 

[Storyfag]

White Wolf removed Vicissitude as a stand-alone Discipline because it would allow players to turn ugly characters attractive.

Really?
I remember it was a pretty cool discipline, potentially very powerful, but quite tricky to use effectively.
Especially since many of its uses and effects are a blatant breach of the Masquerade.

If you want the Vicissitude powers, they have been folded into Protean as Dominate powers. So you'll want Dominate 2 on top of Protean 2, 3 and 4 to use the Vicissitude, Fleshcrafting and Horrid Form powers. If you want to meld with the land that's now Animalism 2 on top of Protean 5 as well. Check the Vampire V Companion book for these powers.

To slightly expand on this V5 Vicissitude is the reshaping of oneself, Fleshcrafting is the reshaping of others, and thus, logically, learning Horrid Form requires only Vicissitude, not Fleshcrafting, allowing one to take a standard Protean power at 3 dots, should one be so inclined (Feral Claws, anyone? To, ah, round out the Horrid Form?). Furthermore, One With The Land, which grants awareness of all that transpires within 5 miles of ones resting place, requires the standard Protean power of Earth Meld. All in all, V5 has been good to us Fiends.

 

[Shaja]

The 3rd clan reveal should happen anytime soon this week.

So while i was taking a shower (Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider style), it came to my mind that the outfit with the hoodie COULD be Banu Haqim. It´s a bit similiar to the disguise Outstar was wearing to explain about this clan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRWLWC6Zleg

Why not Nosferatu nor Gangrel? Because the developers don´t have the time / skill / budget to make Gangrel transformation animations nor changing NPC dialogues/reactions for Nosferatu.

Besides, the Banu Haqim icon was appearing in the Dying Light 2 crossover.

IDK, will see...

 

[Shaja]

New Dev Diary



ZZZZZzzzzz....

 

[Tyranicon]

New Dev Diary



ZZZZZzzzzz....

No joke, I opened this 21-minute video at the exact time the talking head in the upper right said "everything gets boring after a while" and then I closed the window.

 

[Child of Malkav]

New Dev Diary



ZZZZZzzzzz....

TLDR?

 

[Shaja]

New Dev Diary



ZZZZZzzzzz....

TLDR?

-Phyre having much more experience about being a vampire , while Fabian is a rookie, but Fabian is the one up to date of what´s currently happening in modern day

-Between all the smoke they are spitting out of their mouths, looks like there will be different ways to approach the levels/story. (Full stealth confirmed ? )

-Different endings

 

[Infinitron]

New Dev Diary



ZZZZZzzzzz....

https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/...dlines-2/news/video-diary-phyre-and-narrative

Video Diary #2 - Phyre & Narrative​

Good evening Kindred,​

This week, we have another recap diary where The Chinese Room Community Manager Josh Matthews meets Ian Thomas, Sarah Longthorne and Arone Le Bray. In this recap, Sarah recaps parts of her dev diary, and is joined by Ian Thomas and Arone Le Bray to go into more depth on the main character, as well as answering a few fan questions relating to the main character and the dev diary on Narrative Atmosphere and Themes.

What's Next​

Tomorrow, 30th of November, we are revealing the third playable clan, at the PC Gamer Show: Most Wanted, and we’ll be back with a new dev diary in two weeks. This time it will be Andrea Sancio, Associate Technical Director sharing his thoughts on how TCR are working with Unreal 5. After the holidays, we’ll be back with more dev diaries in January.