Battle Lines: Oslo Epilogue & Raport

In Black Forrest of Germany, Aksinya Daclau had signed a alliance with the Abominations. The pariah of the kindred world just wanted some place to fit in. Neither accepted by the Sabbat or the Camarilla and shunned by their Garou heritage. But now, Aksinya could guide them. Aksinya had sensed that the infamous Baali was after the Bahari knowledge. But somehow Mary the Black seemed to think that she could find what she was looking in the song of the Daughters of Cacophony.

Adonai also was well aware of the Daughters singing. Thou their motive was still concealed, he guessed they where after some sort of feminism idol. This strange clan was only embracing females , so following Lillith was not so far fetched. Adonai knew that the knowledge of the Baharian's would be very dangerous in the hands of the daughters. But the Salubri antitribu clan would much certainly gain alot with this knowledge. The only thing that seemed to be in the Salubri's way was the Loyalist Harbringer of Skulls. These ancient Cappadocians knew they had to fight this new quest for the knowledge of Lillith. Egothha had seen Nicomedes stray from his clan and join Adonai and his Baharian Quest. Egothha wanted non of this. And decided to gather the Harbringers for an assault on the Bahari leader Aksinya Daclau. If they stopped her, they would stop the whole movement.

Mary the Black had found the unnamed. The writings of the Bahari had come in handy. With Striga magic Mary had been guided in the right direction. But, in the rest of Germany, the Salubri Antitribu had encouraged the Anarch Revolt. And now they where revolting. Mary fought these influences but they where steep. During a time of weakness Aksinya and Lorrie Dunsirn made their move. The duo jumped the unnamed and they fought long and hard. All three had to fall to topor. But the unnamed was the first to rise. And it found the sleeping body of Aksinya. Soon his thirst was quenched with her blood. But unfortunately, a reporter from RTL had taken a picture of the unnamed. And soon everybody in Germany had seen the picture of the Beast in the woods. The Salubri saw what had happend to Lorrie. Now Adonai was quite afraid of what the Baali could accomplish, so they found the sleeping body of Lorrie and waked her. Lorrie was furious of what the unnamed had done to her leader. And jumped her. Knowing this would happen, the Furies had called Mary in to meet with the Anarch leaders of Germany. When Mary found out what had happened, she decided she would give up the search for Lillith. Clearly the unnamed was not Lillith. She did not know what the unnamed was.

With the Baali out of the picture. The Daughters found the Anarchs to devastating. And decided to vote for a chance in Germany. A part of the revolt stopped for a while. But this was not enough. So they joined their cause instead. But, again, a reporter from RTL found a great singing talent. And the Daughters Anarch Leader was now the most promising talent in Germany. But after a meeting with Lorrie. This singer stopped showing up to TV-performances . So the Singers decided to flee. Now Adonai called upon Smiling Jack. And Jack was happy to obey. The Skulls thought the Anarchs was nothing to worry about. But suddenly they where tearing down their slaughter houses. And the Harbringers retreated to the shadowlands. Lorrie, being the puppet to Adonai. Soon also had to reside.

......................................Report..................

8 players meet in Oslo NORWAY, to play this tournament. It was some of the sickest decks I've ever meet in a tournament. The finals had a uneasy feeling in the beginning. But after a while it exploded.

Players in the finals.

Martin - Salubri Antitribu Bahari Winner!

Alex - Abominations Bahari

Steinar - Harbringers Loyalist

Håvard - Daughters Bahari

Vegard - Baali Bahari

Martins Deck:

Deck Name : 2 morka ogon och leendet jack gav mig
Author : alexander gyhlesten with some tweaks by martin svenneryd
Description :



Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 1 max: 8 average: 5.5
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3x Azrael 5 AUS VAL for !Salubri:6
2x Uriel 8 AUS FOR VAL ani obe bishop !Salubri:4
2x Ariel 6 AUS FOR VAL !Salubri:6
2x Nicomedes 5 aus for nec vic Harbinger:4
1x Adonai 7 AUS VAL for !Salubri:2
1x Aredhel 5 FOR VAL aus !Salubri:4
1x Anarch Convert 1 Caitiff:0


Library [90 cards]
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Action [1]
1x Abbot

Ally [1]
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)

Combat [23]
8x Aura Reading
12x Blissful Agony (This was really bad. He sent vampires in combat with Lorrie (+1 str and an additional non-optional strike)
3x Death Seeker

Equipment [5]
2x Bowl of Convergence
2x Sniper Rifle
1x Sport Bike

Master [15]
4x Anarch Revolt
1x Erciyes Fragments, The
1x High Museum of Art, Atlanta
1x Marrakesh Codex, The
1x Path of Retribution, The
1x Powerbase: Barranquilla
1x Powerbase: Montreal
1x Rack, The
4x Smiling Jack, The Anarch

Reaction [44]
8x Eagle's Sight
6x Enhanced Senses
15x Eyes of Argus
11x Hide the Heart
4x Telepathic Misdirection

Retainer [1]
1x Mr. Winthrop

Now just for fun (and it's my blogg). My deck!

Deck Name : Mary the Strixxx

Author : Baaliprimogen

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 10 average: 5.91667

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5x Horde, The 3 dai obf pre Baali:6

3x unnamed, The 10 CEL DAI OBF PRE PRO Baali:6

3x Mary the Black 7 DAI PRE cel obf pot Baali:2

1x Sargon 5 cel dai obf pre Baali:2

Library [90 cards]

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Action [16]

1x Call the Great Beast

4x Concordance

1x Contagion

5x Flurry of Action

3x Sheepdog

2x Unleash Hell's Fury

Action Modifier [17]

3x As the Crow

3x Elder Impersonation

4x I am Legion

4x Masca

3x True Love's Face

Action Modifier/Combat [8]

4x Resist Earth's Grasp

4x Swallowed by the Night

Combat [11]

3x Flames of the Netherworld

4x Fractura

4x Hexe

Master [23]

1x Carver's Meat Packing and Storage

3x Celerity

2x Dreams of the Sphinx

1x Fame

1x Nocturn Theater

1x Obfuscate

1x Path of Evil Revelations*

1x Ruins of Charizel*

7x Striga

5x Tend the Flock

Reaction [8]

4x Scobax

4x Strix

Reaction/Action Modifier [7]

7x Sense the Sin

*Well, I had misread the rules. I thought the infernal trait was paid for until they became Bahari. So the Path and the Ruins was exchanged with Mistrust and a +1 stealth card. That misreading sucked. Since I made it with that in mind.

Prelude to the Battle Lines in Oslo. Mary's Search

"Lilith took Lucifer's hand. She took him far from that place and crossed with him into the unmade lands. Together they went to the edge of the Endless Sea, and did raise a new Garden there. And there they bore three sons and three daughters, but did not die, for they were as one spirit."
-Revelations of the Dark Mother

Ma-ry had kept her head down for 800 years. But now she could not keep her eyes closed anymore. She was close to discover the secret of the unnamed. The soul of Mi-ka-il flinched inside of her each time she tought about her. For yes, Ma-ry was now certain, the unnamed must be a woman. If gender really matters for a creature that ancient. But for Ma-ry, the gender of the creature not as important as who she is. After spending years following the Baharians. She knew they would have answers for her. Could the unnamed be Lillith herself!?! In Germany, Ma-ry had discovered a small meat packing and storage factory in Düsseldorf. At night, several young nameless baali flocked to this factory. Could the Dark Mother be hiding inside? Could she call out the great beast?

Battle Lines: Strategy guide. Part 2- Superstar!

When making this storyline deck you may take one of the special characters included in the 75% crypt. But who should you choose?

• Ambrogino Giovanni
• Claudio Severino
• Count Germaine
• Dmitra Ilyanova
• Elizabeth Conde
• Eze the Demon Prince
• Helena
• Jan Pieterzoon
• Karsh
• Lambach
• Lucinde
• Lucita
• Menele
• Reverend Adams
• Toby
• Yazid Tamari

I won't go through all of these vampires. Let's take a look at the ones that don't have a advance version. Then the list narrows to Claudio, Dmitra, Elizabeth, Eze, Lucinde, Toby. I'll skip Claudio since he's as new as my little son.

Dmitra Ilyanova
Clan: Brujah (group 5)
Capacity: 9
Disciplines: CEL FOR POT PRE obf
Camarilla Brujah Justicar: Dmitra may call a referendum to distribute 4 blood from the blood bank among one or more ready vampires as a +1 stealth political action.

Dmitra is a great vampire superstar. She'll work great in a Daughter vote deck. I guess I would have used her in that. CEL FOR and POT is also great with Angelo (Blood Brother)





Elizabeth Conde
Clan: Ishtarri (group 4)
Capacity: 5
Disciplines: CEL FOR pre
Laibon.

Another Daughter vamp. But I don't realy see any great use for her in this tournament. Maybe if you make a Cel Harbringer deck.

Eze, The Demon Prince
Clan: Guruhi (group 3)
Capacity: 11
Disciplines: ANI NEC POT PRE THA aus
Laibon magaji: Eze gets 1 additional vote. Once each turn when Eze successfully performs a non-hunt action, he untaps after resolving that action.

Super cool fella! Now he doesn't work as well a part of a bloodline, but he doesn't have to. Use for of him and let him embrace Obamas. But him together with some Trujah or something. And you got a cool deck.



Lucinde, Alastor
Clan: Ventrue (group 3)
Capacity: 10
Disciplines: DOM FOR PRE obf pot tha
Camarilla Ventrue Justicar: Lucinde can enter combat with any ready non-Camarilla vampire controlled by another Methuselah as a (D) action. During your untap phase, you can burn the Edge to give Lucinde 1 blood from the blood bank.

Now Lucinde is one of my favorite vampires in VtM. Now I think it is a shame that I don't see her in action much. I don't think I've ever used her myself. It is also ashame that she's not more of a combat monster, that I think she should have been. I hope she "wins" the tournament and revives a advance version that makes it easier for you to make people redlist.
Lucinde's special is great in this tournament. Almost all of the bloodlines are either Sabbat or Indy. I think she'd be great with the Samedi. Some of them have Pot.

Toby
Clan: Nosferatu (group 4)
Capacity: 5
Disciplines: ani obf pre
Camarilla: Once each action, Toby can burn a blood to give an acting anarch +1 bleed.

Just one word AnarchAhrimanes!

Have fun.

Battle Lines: Strategy guide. Part 1- Taking sides.

Well. It's time for another storyline. And as always, I'm thrilled. But my god is hard to make the deck I want to play.

In this Part 1. I will discuss which faction to play. First of you could play the Loyalists. Then you'll start with the master card Guide and Mentor in play. The card is quite good. You may take a action to gain a Archetype and blood. Quite nice. The Bahari on the other hand get the card Lilith's Blessing. Then you may use a masterphase action to tap LB and make a Non-Bahari get a Master: Discipline card, 3 blood and become Bahari. Now lets take a look on the individually.

Guide and Mentor

Exploits: Well, now you can become Perfectionist, Monster, Cavalier or Dabbler from the beginning.
How to stop it: Well, do you have to. I don't think this is as strong as the LB. I wouldn't concentrate on stopping them more than you should a normal opponent.

Lillith's Blessing

Exploits: If you play lot's of Villeins, LB will be a very strong card. You may also use Heidelberg to move the blood. You may even use Awe and force any vote! If LB is used correctly you may very soon have a pool total of 40!
How to stop it: If your prey plays LB with Villeins you are in big trouble. I think maybe some sort of Blood Deinal tech is a good way to halt a Bahari deck.
These four clans, I think, will have the most to gain from LB

Abomination: With them it would work great! This way they might get some disciplines consistency.
Ahrimanes: Villein + Vulture's Buffet. Now you can use Spirit Claws or other fun stuff.
Baali: Well, if they become Bahari, they don't have to pay to untap. So hey! They must become Bahari!
Blood Brothers: Depending on the circle, this can be good. Hermana Hambrienta Menor (2 cap) comes into play without blood. Now with them you may use any combo of pot + san + anything. Could be quite fun. Other circles might also be fun. With the Thicker than blood card. You may get out any BB at the cost of 2 pool. And hey! Only problem is that you most certainly the Parthenon.
Salubri: Empty you kindred the fill them up again with Renewed Vigor.

I still haven't decided what I want to play. But I probably gonna play Bahari.

Kindred Most Wanted

I think I would like to make a list over my top ten vampires from VtM that is not already a Vtes card. Ok, lets start with

10. Terranda Jackson. 13th generation Toreador from Mombasa, Kenya. Embraced by a New Orleans Vampire. Would be cool with a Toreador-Laibon ability. 2 cap vamp

9. Papa Zombie. Samedi. Just a cool name...

8. Vannevar Thomas. Ventrue Prince of San Fransisco. What do White-Wolf have against San Fran? Why haven't they made a Prince from SF before?

7. Tub of Flesh. A Nosferatu from the Midnight Circus. A he is...A Tub of Flesh. Floating flesh in a bathtub! He could be another Toy. But maybe Tzimisce Slave. He was, after all, discovered by Vycos.

6. J. Benison Hodge. Malkavian Prince of Atlanta. Killed during the fall of Atlanta.

5. Bjorn Garinson. Brujah Primogen of DC. Cool Viking dude.

4. Cripus Attucks.
Brujah Anarch. Allied with the Kuei-jin when the New Promised Mandirate was established.

3. Yorak
This Tzimisce was big in the Middle Ages. Where he had the infamous Cathedral of Flesh.

2. Robbert Pedder
This Ventrue was Prince of Hong Kong. But sadly killed when the Kuei-Jin took over. I would love to see him as the Ventrue Prince of Hong Kong with a special concerning Kuei-jin, which will eventually (hopefully) come.

1. Baba Yaga
I really would like to see her in the game. Always liked her story and her iron grip. I would make her like this

Baba Yaga
Nosferatu
11 cap
ANI, FOR, OBF, POT, THA
Independent 2 Votes. Thaumaturgy cards cost Baba Yaga one less. +2 bleed.

First one. A test

Hi all. This is my first post on this blogg. I hope you'll return later for more info about this great game.