Quote Originally Posted by Shackled Slayer View Post
I definitely get that feeling, yeah. My main draw to viviscitude though is the flesh and bone sculpting parts. In magic the gathering i love the simic, who grafted mutations on creatures to improve them, and the cobbled together zombies of innistraad called skaabs. When i read the Tzimisce are like that but take an even more artistic and almost religiously scholarly bent to it, i knew who i wanted to play as. And then i realized all the other books i bought were chronicles of darkness, not world of darkness. Sad times. Chronicles does seem to be a bit better constructed though
Yeah, that stuff is completely up the Ordo Dracula's street, I think half the reason there's no mechanics for it is the fact that it's horrifically difficult to balance. There's also a lot of baggage to the Tzimisce, unless you're playing the Old Clan who do not get flesh crafting. There's the inhuman morality, being part of a Sect that is essentially 'Belial's Brood, but less philosophical', the need to ensure your furniture stays alive, the responsibility to tell the shovelheads that yes they are real Sabbat and you'll join them in the radius just after you've finished your chapter...


As a side note, CofD is better constructed because it was all made to work together from the start, although 2e has some minor changes to the base rules based on which gameline you're using (mainly Supernatural Power and Supernatural Tolerance stats). But depending on how W5 comes out WoD might no longer be behind in that area.