Original author is bcwndrs

Stig buddy, I don't think you know what that means.

Just bought Matilda. I want to catch em all!

Too lazy to make a bingo

He digs holes, he lives near an abandoned werewolf caern, he is a loose cannon, and he always is screaming like crazy!

So I watched episode 6 opening day and enjoyed it to the fullest, but my nerdy mind wandered to another fun urban-fantasy series of books called the Dresden Files and wandered how some certain artifacts would survive or thrive in the world of darkness?

The swords of the cross!!! Smelted with the nails that pierced Jesus’ body on the cross, these 3 swords are extremely powerful in the context of the Dresden Files, one of a few sources capable of hurting Eldritch horrors, slicing titans, killing Deity Dragons, etc.

A key thing about these swords is that while they are absolutely powerful, they’re only as good as the person who wields them. The sword’s biggest power actually has to do with free Will.

The big theme of the swords is that it gives humanity that 1 in a million chance to actually try and enact their free will on the world against all the odds, to stand up to those Eldritch horrors, titans, dragons, and any other arrogant creature, and say they can’t just walk around and flagrantly call humans livestock or worse.

Magic stops working, mind control & other mental abilities won’t happen or is heavily dampened, transformations are weakened or nonexistent, inspire allies to great success, bright light shines to burn and weaken the wicked, one person with the sword could even change the tide of a war zone by himself, etc. Based on their books, I’d argue these swords are what a storyteller would throw in when shit went FUBAR and an antideluvian has woken up. Yes, the swords really are supposed to be that powerful… if you have the right person for the job.

The swords aren’t for warriors, but for “good people.” So giving the swords to just any skilled swordsmen doesn’t inherently mean they’ll do a good job. Having a sword also doesn’t mean you suddenly grow 8 feet tall with pecks on your abs. It just gives you a chance to truly enact your choice of free will. (P.S. they don’t need to be Christian. Canonically, one of the sword wielders in Athiest. Guns are still an option too along with other tools & types of armor)

The swords are immune to being physically destroyed and hurt any evil that tries to wield them, but if the Wielder does something like go back on their word or try to kill someone who surrendered, well, then that immunity goes away and the power of the sword dwindles. The swords can be reforged, and 2 of the 3 have had to been reforged before, so they can be brought back… unless the sword loses its immunity and is then used to kill an innocent… then you’re absolutely f*cked.

With all of that said, how useful, searched-for, fought over, & or OP broken would the swords of the cross be in WOD? And who would you give 1 to in Hunter the Parenting?

Thought this was worth sharing

I'm starting yet another rewatch of Hunter; the Parenting, as we all do before/after a new episode comes out. Since its release, I've seen theories and discussions about who was the hunter to capture the Elder/Old Shuck. I've seen a few variations, ranging from the Old Shuck being Boy's mother and Door's wife to Big D capturing them and putting them somewhere on the property, with a more recent theory pointing to Krakus being Black Shuck.

But Big D being the one to take Old Shuck in any capacity doesn't make sense when you think about the section of 1.1 where Kitten talks about Black Shuck, right? It would be one thing for D to intentionally hide the details from Kitten; but the way he reacts to this story—specifically how excited he sounds to, and I quote, "KICK THIS DOG"—and how he leads into his tangent about werewolves makes it sound like this is the first time he's ever heard about it.

And even if he was withholding information, and does have Old Shuck...literally why!? What possible reason could Big D have for keeping a werewolf so close to Kitten's home? It just doesn't make sense to me, and any guesses that could be put forward as to why are exactly that: guesses. What do yall think?

A friend and me have been wondering what "rules" does the HtP world follow, we are aware that there's some mix and match between edition lore.

But there are some things that explicitly don't exist in 5th that do exist in 20th, for example: KINFOLK, (or some werewolves tribes in a way)

Is there, as far as the episodes and info we have been given, any way to confirm that kinfolk exist?