The Tao of Roleplaying: Essay 2

[angelnomoon]

In the continuing series of small to medium essays, this is the second of the series. This time, it reflects on the Invictus in short, a covenant in the game Vampire: the Requiem.

Girls, Money, Blood: The Invictus

Let's get something straight. The Invictus is not the Camerilla. The differences between the first version of the World of Darkness

Comments

[a_new_machine]

I always liked the idea of the Invictus not as a tool to power, but as a tool for keeping your humanity. That's always had more appeal for me than the political aspects of the Invictus. I had an idea for a Gangrel duelist who refused to use Protean, because it was so tied to the Beast. But then I've always sucked as a combat-monkey.

[angelnomoon]

Generally, that is what it is. Beneath all of the pomp and circumstance - it's about Control.

No bigger control than control over your own beast.

How futile.