Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Histories revised v2.1
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Histories revised v2.1
This mod is intended to all who seek better 'replayability' and/or finished histories without major bugs for a great Troika's game ~ Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines ~
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== BLOODLINES HISTORIES&RULES, REVISED2.1 ==
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THIS MOD IS INTENDED TO ALL WHO SEEK BETTER 'REPLAYABILITY'
AND/OR FINISHED HISTORIES WITHOUT MAJOR BUGS FOR A GREAT
TROIKA'S GAME ~ VAMPIRE THE MASQUERADE: BLOODLINES ~
(sad the company is now no more, I really enjoy their games)
by XehutL, 2.4.2005
Edited files are from patched version of the game (v1.2).
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0. WHAT'S NEW
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A. Revised2
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- Sneaking is now harder, esp. in dark places
- Frenzy is now more common, beware
- Potence now temporarily removes limits for Unarmed and Melee Feats
- Celerity now temporarily removes limit for Defense Feat
- Auspex now temporarily removes limits for Ranged, Inspection, Hacking
and Research correspondently to its level
- Obfuscate lasts longer
- Pervert and Slut histories now give more Blood from the opposite sex
- Ghoul history no longer gives one permanent Masquerade breach
- All history descriptions were corrected (thanks to Archybold)
- And few other, minor tweaks
B. Revised2.1
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- Added info on Sneak bug into the tutorial (and how to avoid it)
- Added both Histories_and_Rules and Histories_Only to choose from
- If you had used Revised1 or Revised2 already, just be sure that you
overwrite all listed files
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1. INSTALLATION
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A. Files
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- Check the listed directories below; you may want to backup your current
files there to another place first (or simply to rename to _xx.xx)
- If you are using another Mods - remove them first (rather)
- Extract the zip into your Vampire directory / or extract it in another
place, and then copy (to make sure that all is on the right place)
- Here is the list of inherited files:
..\Vampire\dlg\main characters\
jack_tutorial.dlg
..\Vampire\python\tutorial\
tutorial.py
..\Vampire\vdata\system\
clandoc000.txt
feats.txt
histories000.txt
levelingtemplate_000.txt
stats.txt
traiteffects000.txt
rules.txt [revised2]
stealth.txt [revised2.1]
..\Vampire\vdata\hackterminals\
haven_pc.txt [revised2.1]
..\Vampire\vdata\signs\
tutorial_popup_jump1.txt
[revised2.1]
B. Config
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- Open the in ..\Vampire\cfg\config.cfg with notepad
- Find the line named "vchar_edit_histories" "0"
- Change the value to "vchar_edit_histories" "1"
- Save
C. Character Creation
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- There is one bug with re-changing histories (see the section 3), so
don't abuse it - it's cheating and it kills the fun out of the game
- I would recommend you to select your clan, sex and one history you
will like most (from its description) and only than move to the
NEXT window and assign your starting stats.
- Don't asign any stat points until you are certain with that choosen
history, or (if you did and still want another history) change your
clan to another, then back - and afterwards choose another history.
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2. CHANGES
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A. General Changes
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- Many descriptionary text revised and tweaked
- Added short info on each Clan (taken from VtM 3rd)
- Blood Buff now adds only +1 instead of Max5 and costs 2 blood
- Starting base Humanity is now 6 instead of 7
- Humanity costs now "12 - current_rating" experience to increase
- Every Feat is now limited in its maximum value by one Atrribute
- Intimidate is based on "Manipulation + Intimidation"
- Appearance now decreases the experience cost of Subterfuge to:
Appearance | 0-1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
------------+-----+----+---+---+---|
Subterfuge1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Subterfuge2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Subterfuge3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Subterfuge4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Subterfuge5 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
(there is also one known bug with this reduction, similar to the
one from character creation - so take a look in the section 3
to avoid it during the game)
B. Feats
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- Governing attribute limits the value acording to this table:
Attribute | 0 |1-2| 3 | 4 | 5 |
----------+---+---+---+---+---|
Feat Max | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 |10+|
- Strength governs Intimidate
- Dexterity governs Melee, Defense
- Stamina governs Unarmed
- Charisma governs Seduction
- Manipulation governs Persuasion
- Perception governs Haggle, Sneaking
- Intelligence governs Hacking, Inspection, Lockpicking
- Wits governs Research, Ranged
C. Clans
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GANGREL:
- removed "-1 to Frenzy"
- added (instead) "all Social attributes & Humanity cost more
experience to increase"
MALKAVIAN:
- added "Charisma and Manipulation max 4"
TREMERE:
- added "+1 to Research"
D. Disciplines
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AUSPEX
Level 1: Perception +1
Level 2: Perception and Wits +1
Level 3: Perception +2, Intelligence and Wits +1
Level 4: Perception, Intelligence and Wits +2
Level 5: Perception, Intelligence and Wits +3
PROTEAN
Level 1: Defense and Inspection +1, Hacking -2 (no Wits)
E. Histories
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- Removed all bugged effects (it's more than one third!)
- Added few new and removed some older histories (mainly because of
'minor' or 'mirroring' effects)
- Many changes (for detailed description see the next section)
- Each Clan has 10 Histories (plus none) to choose from
F. Tutorial
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- If you get stuck before the second locked doors with picklocking
only 1, go back to Jack and just speak to him again..
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3. KNOWN BUGS
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A. Character Creation Bugs
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- If you assign starting stats and than go back to change your history,
assigned points are not reset and you will get new starting point
again. To avoid this, just keep in mind it can happened and stick to
the order I just described above (changing of clan helps)
- Ocasionally the game can crash during character creation, however it
is now quite rare (in comparsion to the state of histories left in
the game by developers). If it happen, just start it again and be
faster (many 'swaps' between different histories and clans are not so
good idea - if you want to avoid this crash)
B. Appearance Bug
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- If you have more experience point, and you put first one or more point
into your Appearance, then into your 'reduced' Subtergufe, then you
remove new points from Appearance and lastly from Subterfuge; you get
more experience points. Don't use this, it's cheating!
C. Doomseer Bug
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- Because this history swaps one Discipline to another (and the game
itself doesn't support it), there can arise two possible problems:
First (and more common) is that you will get Dementation of 1 and you
cannot raise it. Second (depending on "last clan") is that you will get
Disciplines from that clan. The First problem only forbids you in assig-
ning starting point into it, but in the game you will get Dominate 1
instead of Dementation 1 (so no real problem here). But the Second can
sometimes crash the game, however, so beter if you avoid it by changing
to another history and than go back to stats again (common Malkavian's
Disciplines should be seen now). By choosing the Doomseer again you
should than get 'only' the First problem.
D. Limits vs. Bonus Bug
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- The limits from governing Attributes on Feats are based on their basic
value, not on extrenal bonuses. So if it happenes that you will have
some of your Attribute blue (i.e. rasied or lowered), don't count on
its displayed value when you count its limit(s) on Feat(s).
E. Tutorial vs. Sneak Bug
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- Because I was unable to find out any way how to change the sight range
of those sabbat wreckers in the tutorial, the worsened stealth is quite
a problem here. I added description inside what to do - you just have to
rename stealth.txt to _stealth.txt whenewer you run into some 'major'
problem with it (and afterwards you can change it back or leave it out).
F. Grammar :)
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- I'm no 'native' english speaker, so don't hesitate to send me an email
when you find some language errors. Give it subject [Bloodlines Errors].
G. Other Bugs
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- If you hit on another, non-mentioned bugs; email them to me please with
subject [Bloodlines Errors].
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4. HISTORIES
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A. Clan Specific
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BRUJAH:
1. Academic
- Priorities are Mental/Physical/Social and Knowledges/Talents/Skills
2. Burglar (M)
- Lockpicking +1, Physical Attributes cost less experience
- Hacking -1, Mental Attributes cost more experience
3. Fixer (M)
- Inimidate +1, Talents cost less experience
- Sneaking -1, Skills cost more experience
4. Cutpurse (F)
- Sneaking +1, Skills cost less experience
- Research -1, Knowledges cost more experience
5. Slut (F)
- More Blood from Men
- Mental Attributes max 4
6. Ex-Cop (M)
- Ranged +2, Intimidate +1, starts with .38 revolver
- Stamina max 3
7. Medium (F)
- Defense, Inspection and Research +1
- Brawl max 0
8. Cadaverous Flesh
- More Health
- Slow healing
9. Quickling (F)
- Sneaking +1, Celerity lasts longer
- Presence costs more experience
10. Anti-Paladin (M)
- Melee +1, Presence lasts longer and costs less experience
- Humanity -2, Celerity duration halved
11. Brute
- Unarmed, Melee and Potence +1
- Potence only lasts almost as Celerity
GANGREL:
1. Eco-Terrorist
- Priorities are Mental/Social/Physical and Knowledges/Skills/Talents
2. Burglar (M)
- Lockpicking +1, Physical Attributes cost less experience
- Hacking -1, Mental Attributes cost more experience
3. Cutpurse (F)
- Sneaking +1, Skills cost less experience
- Research -1, Knowledges cost more experience
4. Agent (F)
- Persuasion +1, Knowledges cost less experience
- Unarmed -1, Talents cost more experience
5. Pervert (M)
- More Blood from Women
- Social Attributes max 4
6. Ex-Cop (M)
- Ranged +2, Intimidate +1, starts with .38 revolver
- Stamina max 3
7. Medium (F)
- Defense, Inspection and Research +1
- Brawl max 0
8. Vigor
- Less Health
- Fast healing
9. Anda Gangrel
- Soak and Fortitude +1
- Animalism costs more Blood
10. Beastmistress (F)
- Animalism more powerful
- Fortitude duration halved
11. Chupacabra (M)
- Protean +1 and has double duration
- Frenzy -1, Social Attributes max 3
MALKAVIAN:
1. Special Forces
- Priorities are Physical/Mental/Social and Skills/Talents/Knowledges
2. Hacker (M)
- Hacking +1, Mental Attributes cost less experience
- Persuasion -1, Social Attributes cost more experience
3. Fixer (M)
- Inimidate +1, Talents cost less experience
- Sneaking -1, Skills cost more experience
4. Agent (F)
- Persuasion +1, Knowledges cost less experience
- Unarmed -1, Talents cost more experience
5. Slut (F)
- More Blood from Men
- Mental Attributes max 4
6. Ex-Cop (M)
- Ranged +2, Intimidate +1, starts with .38 revolver
- Stamina max 3
7. Medium (F)
- Defense, Inspection and Research +1
- Brawl max 0
8. Blunt Fangs
- Less Blood when feeding
- Starting with 9 experience
9. Ninja! (M)
- Unarmed and Melee -1, Obfuscate lasts longer
- Firearms max 0, Dementation costs more Blood
10. Doomseer
- Dominate and Auspex lasts longer
- Dominate instead Dementation, Obfuscate max 3
11. Completely Batshit (F)
- Dementation more powerfull and costs less experience
- Auspex and Obfuscate costs more experience
NOSFERATU:
1. Squatter
- Priorities are Physical/Mental/Social and Talents/Skills/Knowledges
2. Burglar (M)
- Lockpicking +1, Physical Attributes cost less experience
- Hacking -1, Mental Attributes cost more experience
3. Hacker (M)
- Hacking +1, Mental Attributes cost less experience
- Persuasion -1, Social Attributes cost more experience
4. Cutpurse (F)
- Sneaking +1, Skills cost less experience
- Research -1, Knowledges cost more experience
5. Slut (F)
- More Blood from Men
- Mental Attributes max 4
6. Blunt Fangs
- Less Blood when feeding
- Starting with 9 experience
7. Cadaverous Flesh
- More Health
- Slow healing
8. Cleopatra (F)
- Persuasion +1, Obfuscate duration doubled
- Animalism costs more Blood and experience
9. Leatherface (M)
- Melee and Potence +1, Potence lasts longer
- Humanity and Persuasion -2, Humanity costs more experience
10. Shepher of Vermin
- Animalism more powerfull and costs less experience
- Potence max 3 and its duration is halved
TOREADOR:
1. Rejected Actor
- Priorities are Physical/Social/Mental and Knowledges/Talents/Skills
2. Representative (F)
- Seduction and Haggle +1, Social Attributes cost less experience
- Melee -1, Physical Attributes cost more experience
3. Fixer (M)
- Inimidate +1, Talents cost less experience
- Sneaking -1, Skills cost more experience
4. Pervert (M)
- More Blood from Women
- Social Attributes max 4
5. Slut (F)
- More Blood from Men
- Mental Attributes max 4
6. Blunt Fangs
- Less Blood when feeding
- Starting with 9 experience
7. Eerie Presence
- Frenzy +2
- Haggle, Persuasion and Seduction -1
8. Decadent Enchantress (F)
- Seduction and Intimidate +1, Presence lasts longer
- Celerity cost more experience and it has reduced duration
9. Uncanny Awareness (M)
- Defense +2, Auspex duration doubled
- Celerity and Presence max 3
10. Faelike
- Persuasion and Seduction +2, Celerity +1
- Strength, Stamina and Intimidation costs more experience
TREMERE:
1. Expert
- Priorities are Social/Mental/Physical and Skills/Knowledges/Talents
2. Representative (F)
- Seduction and Haggle +1, Social Attributes cost less experience
- Melee -1, Physical Attributes cost more experience
3. Hacker (M)
- Hacking +1, Mental Attributes cost less experience
- Persuasion -1, Social Attributes cost more experience
4. Agent (F)
- Persuasion +1, Knowledges cost less experience
- Unarmed -1, Talents cost more experience
5. Pervert (M)
- More Blood from Women
- Social Attributes max 4
6. Eerie Presence
- Intimidate +1, Frenzy +2
- Haggle, Persuasion and Seduction -1
7. Vigor
- Less Health
- Fast healing
8. Affinity for Magic
- Thaumaturgy more powerfull
- Experience penalty
9. Infernal (M)
- Dominate and Thamaturgy costs less experience
- Physical Attributes max 3, Auspex duration is halved
10. Eldritch Prodigy (F)
- Inspection and Auspex +1, Auspex lasts longer
- Social Attributes costs more experience
VENTRUE:
1. Mortician
- Priorities are Mental/Physical/Social and Skills/Knowledges/Talents
2. Representative (F)
- Seduction and Haggle +1, Social Attributes cost less experience
- Melee -1, Physical Attributes cost more experience
3. Fixer (M)
- Inimidate +1, Talents cost less experience
- Sneaking -1, Skills cost more experience
4. Agent (F)
- Persuasion +1, Knowledges cost less experience
- Unarmed -1, Talents cost more experience
5. Pervert (M)
- More Blood from Women
- Social Attributes max 4
6. Eerie Presence
- Frenzy +2
- Haggle, Persuasion and Seduction -1
7. Cadaverous Flesh
- More Health
- Slow healing
8. Dominatrix (F)
- Intimidate +1, Dominate is more powerfull
- Skills cost more experience
9. Diabolic
- Presence +1 and it lasts longer
- Frenzy -1
10. Cleaner (M)
- Fortitude lasts longer
- Presence costs more experience
B. General
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11/12. Ghoul:
- Blood Buff gives +2 and costs 3 Blood
- Masquerade -2
12/13. Higher Generation:
- Experience bonus
- Lower BloodPool
13/14. Lower Generation:
- Higher BloodPool
- Frenzy and Humanity -1, Humanity max 6
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5. THANKS TO..
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- Troika Games
- Autors of VampEd and VampTool
- Offkorn, Narfith, Archybold
- Vampireheaven Comunity (and esp. to Mordred ;))
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6. WISHLIST for next version
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- Caitiff as start clan-selection (but it needs quite a lot of
changes and I don't have that time now)
-XehutL-