#hunter the vigil

[beckyblah]

OC Dump- this is my girl Adelaide. She sucks ❤️

[gehennatruther]

Artist: Sam Arraya

Book: "World of Darkness: Slashers" (2009)

Gameline: Chronicles Of Darkness

Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing

[paragonrobits]

Talk to the people that fight the monsters in the dark, skulking in the alleys no one remembers and hiding behind suits and smiling faces in the expensive buildings, they'll tell you stories. They say there's a city block that doesn't belong to the city anymore.

Don't make trouble for the people there. The unspoken statement is that the people there aren't... exactly human anymore. They used to be. But there's worse things in the dark then men with the hearts of wolves or undying monsters that drink the blood of the living; worse than patchwork men that spread disaster in their wake and don't understand why. Sometimes, a terrible mystery ensnares someone, trapping them in promises and story and lies, and drags them away.

What comes back isn't human anymore. It's still a person, though. They reason and understand things, same as the humans they were, once. You leave them alone, the local Union rep says. They're no harm to no one, as long as you don't bring trouble to them.

Don't rat to them, you get warned. If someone who looks too good to be true comes around sniffing for their addresses, you just smile and nod and say you never heard a damn thing. Don't rat them out. Because the people in that place will know, and they'll find you, and your family. You try to throw them back into hell, they'll return the favor three times over.

But it goes both ways; if you watch out for them, mind your business and keep their secrets, they'll help you out.

The Union rep tells you a short little story; he says that most of the time, the people in that city block look the same as you or me. There might be a few signs; a girl with teeth unnaturally sharp and pointy, or a man who knocks on wood and it makes a noise like HE'S made of wood. But if things are going normal, you won't see what they really look like, just a kind of magical mask that hides them. But they got their fancy tricks, and they know all about escaping bad situations.

So if you do your part in the deal, they'll help you out. Pretty much anything; a single mother went down to them after some bad business with her ex came up and her kids went missing. Well, she talked to Pop Hammerfist, the big ol' dude that looks like someone carved a tree into a man. Her ex was on the news in the hospital a few days after, yelling about the trees following him, and her kids were back home safe and sound, and with the ex having already signed a few agreements to pay his damn alimony already.

Or a little boy with a missing cat came up to them and asked for help. If any of the real hunters or Union folk had heard about it, they would have stopped him, but the people in the city block didn't turn him away. They nodded, and listened, a few hours later came back with the little boy's cat, safe and purring up a storm. You help them out, they help you out; I hear that kid tells 'em stuff he heard. 'Spose there's a lesson in that. We're all in this together, long as we don't tear the boat down with us in it.

Reminds me of a story about the lady who brought the cat in, in fact. A big lady; has to go to special shops to get clothes that fit. Weird shiny teeth, too, with the weirdest damn braces I ever saw, if those are braces. You hear some funny stories about her, that when she comes knocking the whole floor shakes, but she couldn't be a sweeter lady. Nice to kids, loves cats, always help out. If she's got the weird habit of speaking in rhyme before she says anything else, well, we all got our promises, I guess.

Well, a while back, we had a Slasher. Yeah; the thing that happens when a Hunter goes bad, or someone just gets too much of a taste for murder. Killing opens up a soul, and some part of us leaks out, or something else gets in. This particular fellow liked to call himself a real genius; a real nasty piece of work that liked making elaborate death traps and leaving people to die. Well, we worked out he was there when they started finding the bodies, and by that point he'd already gotten the Big Lady.

...Yeah, that's the name of that lady I mentioned. Long story.

Well, we found what was left of him, and his death traps. The whole place was smashed to pieces by something big. Big and helliciously strong, I'd say. It was like the set of those torture horror movies got hit by a storm. And they found the guy, or. What was left of him. Looked like a wild animal had bit him up, or a jaguar.

Well, from what we heard, he got her all right. But she might have been a bit more than he bargained for. I'm not sure exactly what she did to him, but they were cleaning his blood and bone off the wall for weeks. They said his skull looked like something real strong had just slugged him, so hard he sorta splashed. Don't make me draw you a picture, pal.

But, yeah. Funny thing is, they said the fist mark was so big you'd need a person the size of an elephant to throw that kind of punch. And we kept seeing cats around the area. Really, really big cats.

..You remember about promises. You keep 'em with the city block folk, because they got all kinds of things keeping promises to them.

What happened to the Big Lady, you ask? Oh, she's still around. Helps out the local Union cell now and then. Good hand if you need brute force.

She don't much like having to handle anything that's got too much iron in it; steel is fine, but not real iron. She saws its an allergy.

...Yeah, I know how it sounds. But we got our funny ways, and she keeps her promises, so keep your nose out of it, yeah?

[thecupsmith]

A friend and me were talking about the idea of Sabbat motivational posters. I liked the one they made over this old one. (source)

[manyworldsofdarkness]

Tumblr Communities anyone?

I forgot they existed in all honesty, but if you are a fan of World of Darkness, Chronicles of Darkness or any of the game between them, then please feel free to join and post to your heart’s content.

We also have a discord

[jimothy-g-brooks]

Hunter "Conspiracy" where their Endowment is, in fact, no such thing. They primarily recruit people who already have at least one Supernatural Merit and one of their factions is dedicated to helping others find their own "gifts" so that they can then recruit them into monster hunting.

I don't have a proper name for them, willing to hear suggestions, but their nickname by other Hunters are "The X-Men". They may be more sympathetic to monsters because they're a bunch of freaks as well and/or they may be dedicated to arming humanity with supernatural powers to put them on even footing with the night folk.

One suggestion I heard was that their core circle is a group with various Unseen Senses to help them find other gifted folk. Kind of a Cerobro Committee type deal. Find people with "gifts" and give them the "Great Responsibility" speech.

[harsh-horrid-screams-of-agony]

Hey all!! I'm doing a school project with Chronicles of Darkness being the topic, and I need to have two interviews on hand for it, and I got permission to take two responses from a general post as my interviews, so here I am! Thank you all who respond in advance!

The questions:

1. What about Chronicles of Darkness drew you in? (I.e. setting, a friend, etc.)

2. What specific challenges, if any, did you encounter when you started out? These can pertain to rules, not understanding some lore, anything at all.

3. How would you describe your experience/interactions with the wider Chronicles of Darkness community?

4. How have these experiences shaped your overall view/enjoyment of the hobby?

5. Have you felt at any point unwelcome by the wider community? If so, would you mind sharing the circumstances?

Sorry for the formatting (mobile). Thanks all who respond!

[candlelight-huntsman]

[triflingshadows]

morgan, age 14 v 24

[sharkrad08222222]

I haven't but I just looked it up. Do you mean the video game or the ttrpg? It looks interesting.

I thought I said hunter the parenting? Or did I say hunter the reckoning

If it’s the latter, then I mean the old TTrpg, not hunter5, stay away form that. If you want to play as mortal hunter with no powers(or be a part of a local org or a bloodline of demon blooded that fight demons, vigils is wide game), Vigil is much better game for that.

for the former, hunter the parenting is a web series about family of monster hunters who travel in Norfolk UK fighting the supernatural, it can be found here.

[beckyblah]

I've been playing a really, really fun Hunter the Vigil game. Have a huge sketchdump of our PCs!

[gehennatruther]

Artist: Sam Arraya

Book: "World of Darkness: Slashers" (2009)

Gameline: Chronicles Of Darkness

Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing

[probablybadrpgideas]

Hunter the Vigil, but you're all rabbits, and the uncanny valley creatures that are almost but not quite your species are hares.

[theonyxpath]

A year ago today we released Tending the Flame (The Hunter: The Vigil Second Edition Companion) in POD and PDF via our partners at DriveThruRPG! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/441676/tending-the-flame-the-hunter-the-vigil-second-edition-companion?affiliate_id=13&src=OPPTumblr contains 8 compacts, 8 conspiracies, new Tactics, Endowments, and more!

[ruderubicante]

Oh, dear hunters...

[paragonrobits]

genuine question to the Slasher fans or people who understand the rules implications; in general, how outmatched would Slashers of the variant sub-types be against a single, relatively inexperienced werewolf/Uratha?

i have some vague character ideas but i want to see how this would usually go