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I've tried to use "Oblique Strategies" to encourage creativity before without much success. But on this project, I found they were really helpful. Visiting Other CitiesIdeally, you know how to contact the leadership of the other city to ask permission. This is usually friend-of-a-friend transmission, susceptible to misinformation and leaks, but securing an invitation can save your unlife.If reaching out to a praxis you have no established connection to, roll etiquette+status, plus any kindred-specific contacts or fame, vs a difficulty the DM chooses based on distance and insularity. You can owe a favor to a better-connected or higher-ranked willing vampire to use their status dice as well. Mawla should do this for free, if they approve of whatever you’re doing. Elders, powerful kindred, and members of rival groups should get a bit penalty to this roll— no one wants an unfamiliar methuselah showing up, even with an invitation. Generally they will send a less powerful envoy instead.On a…

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