>>5998202I'm not really experienced enough in the storyteller system to give a real opinion on the matter of converting the mechanics. Moreso, the settings of WoD are already written and created, eliminating a lot of the mystery, and are focused moreso on characters and drama. Instead of exploring the "World of Darkness", much more of the Quest would have to be introspective. This is also further complicated because so much of WoD hinges on the fantasy of "being a monster", meaning controlling your newfound hunger, your mage's quiet, your werewolf rage at the exploitation of nature, and so on. I just think a WoD Quest would need to focus more on the mechanical interpretation on controlling your character. Quest players are generally risk averse and don't like character's having their control taken away, but you literally cannot run a game of Vampire unless your vampires get scared shitless of fire and are controlled by their weird ticks like needing to count up a bunch of beads or asking permission to enter the home and shit like that. This concept is 100% possible for Quests, but requires a bit more confidence in the writer and an audience with the patience for it, instead of just trying to find the next cool supernatural power to unlock or weird monster to battle.
MAGE in particular I think is extremely interesting, but I get the wires crossed with Unknown Armies. I think the writers couldn't decide if they wanted to do the "reality is what we make of it" or they wanted to run a game where you play as the girls from Charmed & Sabrina the Teenage Witch. I'm extremely nitpicky about MAGE in particular because of the Technocracy. Giving the Technocracy special divisions and "exemplary citizens" literally defeats the entire fucking purpose of the faction, which I think is MUCH better if they are boring. The entire point of MAGE is that reality is a battle for consensus and the boring, bean counting, limited, "when the tree falls in the forest it makes a sound because sound travels through waves" types WON. It's a tragic and fallen world, just as much as Cain and the fall of Gaia.
This is my obligatory Souv post.
