Contents -
Section 1.0 - Welcome
Section 1.1 - Vampire of the month
Section 1.2 - Card of the Month
Section 1.3 - Deck of the Month
Section 1.4 - Conclusion
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Section 1.0
WELCOME
Come, brother, sit by my fire and listen to our tales of old.
We are Gangrel and we are the beast.
Welcome to the first Gangrel newsletter, my favourite clan.
The Gangrel are one of the best clans in VTES. Why? Well,
here are several reasons...
First, the Gangrel have the biggest crypt! 24 vampires to be
exact - only matched by the Toreadors.
Second, their "choice" of disciplines: they have Protean
(which does agg damage by the ton and is also great for
stealth), Fortitude (to prevent nasty blemishes) and Animalism
(great for combat and very useful for intercept through allies
and their own "anti-bleed wakeups" - Rats Warning and Guard Dogs).
Third, they look real pretty! Despite living out in the wild
and sulking a lot, there are loads of babes in the Gangrel
crypt! Raven, Iliana, Katarina, Anastasia Grey - all that
fresh air must be good for the complexion! It would be
almost a pleasure to get bled by them!
Which brings me to the Vampire of the month...
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Section 1.1
VAMPIRE OF THE MONTH
Iliana
Set: Ancient Hearts
Clan: Gangrel
Capacity: 7
Title:
Ability: Contracts cannot be played on Iliana
Superior Dominate
Superior Fortitude
Superior Protean
Inferior Thaumaturgy
Why Iliana? Well, apart from her obvious visual appeal
(see above), she is a little "different" - no animalism,
but superior dominate! Makes her great for power bleeding,
and with Protean, she gets all the benefit of stealth and
a bit of S:CE from Earth Meld... plus great bluffing
potential ("wanna run into some Wolf Claws? I didn’t
think so!"). Also a little bit of Thaumaturgy is great - how
about a Dawn Op / Weather Control / Skin of Night combo?
Very scary (even though not strictly in keeping with the
Gangrel way of things).
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Section 1.2
CARD OF THE MONTH
Song of Serenity
Set: Sabbat
Rarity: Common
Type: Combat
Prerequisite: animalism
Card Text:
Only usable before range is chosen. Opposing minion gets
-1 hand damage for the first round of combat. A vampire
can only play one Song of Serenity each combat.
SUP: As above, but for the duration of combat.
A great card, truly in keeping with the Gangrel spirit of
things - lets get up close and personal and hack things to
shreds! The superior gives just an extra level of comfort
in combat before you have to use all your valuable damage
prevention cards, and it works great with a Trap or Undead
Persistence.
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Section 1.3
Keeping in mind the lovely ladies of the Gangrel and the
card of the month being a SONG of serenity, this leads me
nicely into this months...
DECK OF THE MONTH
It’s a concept deck - based around the Spice Girls!
(*shakes head* oh dear...).
They’ve got GIRL POWER! They know how to PARTY and they’ve got
some REALLY NASTY COMBAT SONGS. You don’t WANNABE in their way
(*shakes head* oh dear oh dear).
Slice Up Your Life!
Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 11, Max: 32, Avg: 5.17]
2 Anastasia Grey (Gangrel, 3, an pt) - Baby Spice!
2 Iliana (Gangrel, 7, DO FO PT th) - Scary Spice!
2 Katarina (Gangrel, 9, AN FO po pt, Prince)
- Posh Spice!(Coz she’s a Prince!)
2 Raven (Gangrel, 5, an FO PT) - Sporty Spice!
And the stupid dancers-
1 Ricki Van Demsi (Gangrel, 3, fo pt)
1 Roman Alexander (Gangrel, 4, an fo pt)
1 Bear Paw (Gangrel, 5, AN fo pr pt)
1 Giuliano Vincenzi (Gangrel, 2, fo)
Library: (90 cards)
Master (18)
2 Animalism
1 Ascen-DANCE - (*groan*)
1 Barrens, The
3 Blood Doll
1 Depravity
1 Evening Star Newspaper - The British press loves these girls
- GRRRRL Power!
1 Gangrel Revel - These girls know how to PARTY!
1 Giant's Blood
1 KRCG News Radio - Blanket media coverage
1 Minion Tap
1 The rumor mill, tabloid newspaper - Never out of the news, eh!
1 Short-Term Investment
2 Sudden Reversal
1 Zoo Hunting Ground
Minion (72)
2 Ablative Skin
2 Ambush
1 Arson
4 Bum's Rush - Suprisingly I am not going to insert a comment
about fast moving posteriors in relation to
these lovely girls.
2 Cats' Guidance
3 Computer Hacking
2 Earth Control
2 Earth Meld
1 Force of Will
4 Freak Drive
1 Guard Dogs
2 Immortal Grapple
1 Incriminating Videotape - They were young, "they needed the money!"
2 Laptop Computer
2 Movement of the Slow Body - Another R and B tinged ballad!
2 Rapid Change - That's their image consultant for you!
1 Rat's Warning
5 Restoration
1 Ritual Challenge
2 Shadow of the Beast
2 Skin of Rock
4 Skin of Steel
2 Song in the Dark - singing that does 2 aggravated damage - fits perfectly, eh!
4 Song of Serenity - More singing, just as annoying!
1 Sport Bike - For Sporty, naturally
1 Tasha Morgan - Their greatest fan!
2 Tier of Souls
2 Torn Signpost
2 Trap
2 Undead Persistence
4 Wake with Evening's Freshness
4 Wolf Claws
Simple Concept - Attack your prey, and either sing them to death
(oh, how true!) or just slash them with claws! There are a few
"concept cards" in there (Song of Serenity, Incriminating Videotape,
Evening Star Newspaper) making this a silly concept deck that is
fun to play.
If you think I’ve missed any themed cards, get in touch! If you
think you can do better / worse (let’s face it, not much of a
challenge) also get in touch!
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Section 1.4
CONCLUSION
Well I enjoyed that, and I hope you all did too.
Any comments or ideas, feel free to post, or mail to me at
davecrazy@hotmail.com. Any abuse, mail to ghoulsbestfriend@hotmail.com.
See y’all
David Hammond
UGPOW