Elder Vitae

pip · Post by **pip** » Thu Aug 16, 2001 7:51 am

Does the "elder vitae" that one is able to purchase at golden lane in the gypsies place give you permanent mental stat and skill increases or is it only temporary?

It is very expensive, so I was considering whether to save up money for it.

pip · Post by **pip** » Thu Aug 16, 2001 7:04 pm

Okay, thanks Buck

Any recommendations on what disciplines to invest in? Should I focus my investments for each charactor (i.e have Christof concentrate on prescence discipline while erik concentrates on bestiary disciplines etc or should I invest experience in skills more rather then disciplines? I guess that may depend on playing style.

So i'm looking to see if any one found a good balance for increasing their party's attributes and disciplines with thier earned experience.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Thu Aug 16, 2001 8:44 pm

I found Dominate an indispesible skill to have in the game. High domination, with high feed, and you'll never be short for blood. Also, later in the game when you gain the Path of Blood disciplines, theft of Vitae is a good one.

pip · Post by **pip** » Fri Aug 17, 2001 9:05 am

Thanks Aegis and Buck for the feedback, I mainly use christoff while the computer controls my other NPC's. I gave the dominate tome discipline to Erik because he had descent wits and manipulation stats, and I gave the Blood ritual discipline to serena. I figure I will only have so many experience to allocate for each party member, so I did not want to give every discipline to Christoff who i mainly control in combat.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sat Aug 18, 2001 7:14 pm

@Buck: I never really liked the Sepentis path. It had it's perks and all, but you get it so late in the game, that it's really not worth developing. Usually, by that time I have five points in Theft of Vitae, Five in Dominate, Five in Feed, and Five in Feral Claws (Another indispensible one) For the other things, I usually kept them at about two or three points.

Oh, and for Walk the Abyss, you only one Point in it, same with Awaken. Those are jsut a few EXP. savers I picked up on my thrid run through the game.

One last thing, The Manipulation thing really isn't cheesy, as it takes a while to even reach that high a manipulation, and plus, if someone really is that manipulative, they would use. It's people's call and all, thats just my feelings.

pip · Post by **pip** » Sun Aug 19, 2001 6:00 am

To Aegis

I noticed that you invested five points in feed. why did you max this out? Does haveing more slots in feed give you more blood in return when you feed?

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sun Aug 19, 2001 8:49 am

@Buck: I agree that there is a bit of logic there. But Gold is used very little past Prague, and is doubtful many people would use it much more. Also, if they aren't selling what people want, they people aren't buying, and the only way for the merchant to start selling the more expensize stuff, if to have more money. So, the high manipulation is kind've a dual bonus.

For the feral Claws thing, I too when I first started playing the game, used a lot of celertiy and regular weapon (Sword of Ainkurn) hack'n'slash. But that only goes so far as your only doing lethal damage. As a White Wolf RP'er, Lethal damag doesn't cut it (Get the pun?). Feral claws, with five points in it, does Aggrevated damage, which is basically double that of lethal. It's far more effective.

@Lorsadon: The more points you have in feed, the easier it is to grab people (Like the gaurds in Prague) and feed off them. You also drink less of their blood, but get more for yourself in return. There is also less chance of killing them if you drain them to about 1/4 blood level.

pip · Post by **pip** » Sun Aug 19, 2001 2:41 pm

I see, I'll invest more in feed then. The Ainkurn sword does aggravated damage however (at least in the description in the game I'm playing) I don't know if I'll still have it in 1999.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sun Aug 19, 2001 3:30 pm

Here's a tip. Before you travel to the modern era (The end of Viserade Castle) give anyting that is remotly magical to Christof. With that done, anything he was carrying that was magical will be brought with him, and you'll have access to when in the Society of Leopold, and for the rest of the game. Besure to have the Heart Shield, as it will be invaluable as for the amount of stakes that come your way...

pip · Post by **pip** » Wed Aug 22, 2001 9:50 am

Great, I stashed the ainkurn sword in Christoff's sanctuary safe and when I woke up in the modern era it was lying on the floor for me to pick up. However The full plate that I stashed away in that same safe did not make it through the centuries. I guess it rusted away.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Wed Aug 22, 2001 11:37 am

The reason the full plate didn't make it was because it wasn't enchanted. Like I said, only magical and enchanted weapons go with you to the future.