Learn Aegis

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Vampires of One World by Night

Learn Aegis

If I can offer you only one tip from the future, aegis would be it. The long-term benefits of aegis have been proven by elders, Whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my Own meandering experience.

I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and originality of your neonate. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and originality of your neonate until they've died. But trust me, in 20 games, you'll look back at a copy of Your neonate and recall in a way you can't grasp now How much possibility lay before him and how fabulous he really was.

Celerity is not as fast as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as Trying to solve a mystery with "the bomb".

The real troubles in your game are apt to be things that Never cross your mind, the kind the ST Blindsides you with while you are not paying attention.

Do one thing every game that makes one person laugh.

Retest

Don't be reckless with other people's characters. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Overbid

Don't waste time with experience hoarding. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with the ST.

Remember the success you receive Forget the rest. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old character sheets.

Throw away your old notes.

Obfuscate

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what your character's goals are. The most interesting characters I know of didn't know at the first game What they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the longest lasting ones still don't.

Get plenty of influence. Be kind to your coterie. You'll miss them when they are gone.

Maybe you win on ties, maybe you don't Maybe you'll become diab'd, maybe you won't Maybe you'll retire at the end of the year, Maybe you'll become a legend in OWBN lore.

Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much Or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So is everybody else's.

Enjoy your willpower. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it. It's the greatest power you will ever own.

Free escape, even if you have nowhere to do it but in your haven.

Listen to your ST's, even if you would rather ignore them.

Do not read the ST's notes It will only ruin your enjoyment of the game.

Get to know your ghouls You never know when he will be gone for good.

Be nice to the Primogen, They are your best link to power in the city Even though they will most likely use you to their own ends.

Understand that villains come and go So smoke them when you get the chance.

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and chronicle Because the longer you've been around, the more you need the People who knew you before you were wanted.

Live in Chicago once, But leave before it makes you hard. Live in Oswego once, But leave before your head gets soft.

Entrance

Accept certain unalienable truths: The Threat level will rise The ST is not out to get you. You, too, will get killed. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when your PC was active Threats were reasonable and the ST treated you fairly.

Respect the Justicars

Don't expect the archons to ignore you. Maybe it will be Wessex Maybe it will be Stigmata But you'll never know when any of them might show up.

Don't mess too much with your character or by the time You're done, you will be a munchkin.

Be careful whose advice you buy Be patient with those that supply it. Information is a form of currency And once spent - is nearly impossible to refund.

But trust me on the Aegis.