Can't increase Firearms from zero

oceanclub · Post by **oceanclub** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:35 am

Odd problem; I'm not sure is it a tech problem, but... I'm playing a Malkavian. Up 'til now, I've purely increased melee/unarmed.

Now I'm in Hollywood, and decided to increase Firearms from zero, except I can't. Click on the first radio button doesn't do anything, and the points needed value shows up as a dash rather than the usual number.

*MINOR SPOILER*

I just did the quest for Romero (http://www.gamebanshee.com/vampireblood ... romero.php) upon which I requested the Firearm stat increase as my reward.

The message "Stats Increased" appeared, but when I subsequently checked my character sheet, my Firearms skills is still at zero.

P.

shift244 · Post by **shift244** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:43 am

Check... are you using Histories? Did you choose Ninja! as your history during character creation? Chances you are, and you have, which explains perfectly well why. Guns are like ducks. They're both anathema.

Judaeus Apella · Post by **Judaeus Apella** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:59 am

Didn't you read the explanation under Ninja? ROFL

oceanclub · Post by **oceanclub** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:04 pm

Thanks - I'd just realised this myself, when I tried starting a new game just to check the histories. Doh! Well done for spotting that anyway.

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Celacena · Post by **Celacena** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:34 am

histories can be interesting. if you check all of them, there are one or two with some advantages over the vanilla category. if you have particular styles of play and rarely use XYZ, then you can choose a history that gives a bonus to A or B and a penalty to something you don't use anyway.

our PCs are the sum of our choices...

oceanclub · Post by **oceanclub** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:06 am

Celacena wrote:histories can be interesting. if you check all of them, there are one or two with some advantages over the vanilla category. if you have particular styles of play and rarely use XYZ, then you can choose a history that gives a bonus to A or B and a penalty to something you don't use anyway.

our PCs are the sum of our choices...

Yep; it's interesting to play the character knowing that that I can never really use firearms effectively. I've just reached Chinatown, with 8 in both Melee and Unarmed and with an Obfuscate level of 3, after having avoided violence for much of the game, it was great fun kicking loose there: sliding invisibly through the massage house there, breaking necks left, right and centre. (Although was is seemingly an engine limitation means you can't attack from behind a character who is sitting down! Oh well, back to the old katana....)

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