#wtt

that's a really awesome idea, ngl

HOWEVER!!!

I'm not writing chronicles for WtT, only the system and some lore changes I have in mind

Talking about the Nameless City would be a great addition to the setting, but my focus for now is on the game-system side of things. If I mention it, it would be more like a plot hook or as part of the wider metaplot to get people started with their own ideas

I'm trying to keep a focused scope of the project to be able to actually finish it on the future. So for now I'll leave the stories to the Storytellers

Hello again, second devlog, this time I'll be talking about something that may sound familiar to some if you have played necromancers in VtM; Fetters

Again if you don't know what this is here's a quick explanation about Wraith the Transcendence.

I'll be explaining what Fetters are, what are their function, and some changes made to their game mechanics in WtT.

Also, I know a lot of people don't know what are some of the concepts I write about, as most of you have not played wraith, I'll try to explain during the devlogs, so let me know any questions you have.

As always thanks for reading, any comment or feedback is appreciated.

Yet Another Crazy Fangirl Blog, If we're porting Chronicles of Darkness ideas to...

Heeeeeyyy thank you

I'm also very interested in Geist the Sin-eaters (and in porting CofD games into old WoD in general)

I had the idea of doing something similar, but I haven't read Geist yet, and also didn't want to increase the scope of the project

The current plan for the project is:

Revamp base mechanics

Asemble the basic game loop

Adapt character creation

Make adjustments to some Arcanoi

Write some lore for Wraith after the Sixth Great Maelstrom

Rewrite some of the previous lore in regards to Wraith outside of the US/Europe

Write advise for a better game experience

Make steps 1 to 5 for playing risen characters

Same deal for speters

And for Orpheus' proyectors

I'm currently writing the next devlog, I have drafted up to step 3, but the devlogs are just starting step 1

After that would be testing, making corrections, and compiling the final Sourcebook

Depending of how things go I could get into Geist adapt it as an additional step, but we'll see

I got sidetracked from the ask, but I wanted to give a little update

Hello, this is the first devlog about my project Wraith the Transcendence, if you don't know what I'm talking about here's an explanation.

As the title says I'll be talking about Logos, a new character trait I plan to add into WtT. First I'll be talking about the original design of Wraith to explain the precedents of this idea. Then I'll explain this new addition, what is its purpose and how it works.

If you want to read about the new thing you can skip the design background and go directly to the section Explaining Logos.

Also thank you for reading, I post these to get feedback, so any opinion, suggestion, or comment is well received. Again, again the objective of to people to like this and get interested in Wraith.

Design Background

One thing that caught my attention while playing Wraith is the lack of a character trait to indicate general rank or power. Players of other WoD games will familiar with concepts like Generation/Blood Potency for vampires, Renown for werewolves, and Arete for mages. Yet an equivalent for wraiths is not present.

From a game design perspective this is not an oversight, the creators of Wraith stated that characters in the game are meant to be the weakest type of supernatural creature in WoD, so removing the power-scaling trait makes sense to keep characters at low power.

However, this conflicts with the own internal setting of Wraith, there's a hierarchy of power in the Shadowlands, much like the ranks of the Camarilla in VtM, wraith society is stratified by age and power, there's a clear stratified scale between the helpless newcomer wraiths, and the rulers of the underworld.

The game somewhat addresses this issue, first by just giving the important SPCs higher stats over the normal maximum a playable character can reach, and also by giving important characters Artifacts, that is special powerful items with a value of Background points.

Explaining Logos

Between the objectives I set myself for WtT is making the game more familiar for WoD players, and facilitate different styles of game without diminishing the original vision of Wraith. So I identified the following points I wanted to tackle:

Give an easy way of denoting a scale of power through game mechanics

Make powerful characters rely less on Artifacts

Define a method to give special characters traits over the normal limit

Tie this new mechanic into other game systems for cohesion

Make this trait a useful meaning for roleplaying

So this is what I came with: The new Logos trait

All wraiths posses a trait called Logos, it indicates the power of a restless' soul. It is slowly strengthened by thriving in the Shadowlands throughout the years and by the wraith's own resolution, allowing them to even surpass the limits imposed by mortality. It is what dictates the Hierarchy and what sets apart the helpless spirits of the dead from the rulers of the underworld.

Logos is a special trait that dictates a lot of aspects of a wraith, it ranges from 1 to 10 and it naturally grows in value the longer the time a wraith have existed in the Shadowlands. Logos can also be increased when a wraith completes an important milestone such as the resolution of one of their Fetters or Passions, forging their soul in preparation for Transcendence.

The maximum limit of a wraith's Pathos point pool is dictated by their Logos. If a character reaches Logos over 5 it also indicates the maximum dot rating they can achieve in traits such as Attributes, Abilities, and Corpus.

Increasing Logos has one major downside, as it reaches higher values the wraith has to spend more energy to interact with the Skinlands, each time a wraith travels to the land of the living they have to spend an amount of Pathos per scene according to their Logos. If the character has Logos over 5 dots this also affects any kind of action that requires spending Pathos while on the Skinlands, increasing their normal cost.

As characters increase their Logos they have less ties to world of living, this marks preparation for leaving it all behind and achieve Transcendence. However, some wraiths see this as a signal to stop worrying about their past, and instead look for a new future in the Shadowlands, where their power will reign supreme.