The Gentleman's Guide to Vampires: Episode One - What's Past is Prologue
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- čas přidán 19. 07. 2018
- Welcome to the Gentleman's Guide to Vampires, in which the gentleman in question (Matthew Dawkins) provides a breakdown of some of the clans present in Vampire: The Masquerade Fifth Edition.
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This may accidentally sound sarcastic, but I love how he delivers every line with almost no emotion. Makes it all sound like dry wit. Favorite so far, "If you ask some scholars, it is because Gahena has be averted; hoorah, let us celebrate, I'll lead the hosannas."
I laughed at the same remark. Brilliant.
i kinda think its too much
“A scholar of our kind named Beckett.”
*Laughs in Gangrel*
The Ventrue within me is Absolutely stunned by this tie and suit combination.
The Gentleman mentions having fought in the War of Prince, which started in the 13th century. So he must be at least a 6th generation elder.
"Once again our feeding stock bites back"
I love it!
I just like to imagine a world where White Wolf hired competent layout editors and rules writers for V5.
Wow! What a performance... My jaw just hit the floor.
I keep coming back to this work of art ❤
I love this, Mr. Dawkins commands so much attention and respect that I do indeed believe him to be a true Ventrue.
this guy is so clearly having a blast filiming this i love it
I keep returning to this video series, so informative and well executed. Really pleasing to watch and listen to.
Tremere over here enraptured by the history, taking notes on his tablet.
I really enjoyed how this was presented. So clever.
I miss Matthew's writing on Masquerade.
i love videos like these, very informative, especially for someone that knows very little about World of Darkness in general, with dry, impeccable delivery and great skill :D
Congratulations on your oration skills, congratulations on your thespian abilities, and congratulations for being a consummate gentleman. A most intriguing video, I look forward to future discourse on this matter and as a neonate, I offer my humble gratitude for your instruction.
This is so useful, I wish I could use this for instructing the people that are playing with me, but neither the DM nor the players will watch anything longer than a tik tok. Or read, for that matter. Theyre so lazy they expect us to explain the short version of anything that makes possible to fill in the skills without having much information on lore or reasons why, my DM even tried to use ChatGPT to summarize the corebook so he wouldnt have to read. I know TTRPG is about having fun and everyone is too tired to invest time, but if thats how little interest they actually have, might as well play a video game where you can just mash buttons and not think about anything. I read the corebook being just a player and having to explain everything even for the person that wants to DM can get annoying sometimes.
This is so great. Wouldn't it be great to get this going for all of our mages and werwolves and Promethean (my favorite) and all of the rest
I'm so happy it's back!
I was completely pulled into the story
I have become an enormous fan of yours. Subbed!
This is incredible
Good Evening Mr.Dawkins. We missed you.
amazing just amazing
what a legend
When I see Ventrue all my mind can twilr about is clobbering, and pocket rustling adventures.
Were these taken down for some time? I am glad they are back.
Oh, it's back!
How have I only now seen this?? Excellent work as usual, @The Gentleman Gamer
So when is Mr. Dawkins guest appearing as Beckett on LA by Night?
That would be hysterical. You'd have Anabelle being like, "This guy sounds like a college professor!"
Spying I was not, marveling in your blueness instead. Wondering to where all this silkiness may lead to silliness, and potatoes.
The greatest suprise was the "anon".
YES! THEY ARE BACK! :D
I've just finished reading through the Fall of London and realized Roger de Camden is also called the Gentleman..
I hope when they finally release the sabbat we see some salubri crusaders
Ventrues may try to spend me, but as a resource I am as slippery as a forgoten memory.
My Toreador this whole time: "God, I love that suit. I wonder who his tailor is."
He was a werewolf in London. Don't reccomend, he ripped my friend Jim's lungs out...
@@bigtastyben5119 his hair was perfect...
Wowwwwwwww I’m so happy this dude is officially doing something with white wolf.😄
he has been for quite some time already. the ol' chap is indulging at this point
Haha nice!
Claylex No, no. He is no "dude". He is a gentleman.
Yep, Matthew Dawkins is a writer on Vampire fifth edition and has been a writer and a developer on V20 for some time!
Claylex For real.
That blue suit is just majestic.
We rather like it!
Amazing how this seems to all have been done in one take. How many people can do that? Just wow...
PlanetVampire.com Yep! I do all my videos in one take. I've never liked the jumping around that comes with fast cuts.
Amazing that you can keep all the information in your head and allow it to flow so well in the video. Would love to play a game you are running someday to experience your storytelling.
If this Is ever a thing, I want to know, I will cross oceans for this.
About to attend my first masquerade ball as a Gangrel Ancillae and your videos are truly helpful. Such skill as a ST.
That's just the Matt Dawkins way. He will forever be the one take king
This is like getting a lecture from a vampire professor, and I mean that in the best way possible.
Pretty goddamn impressive for one take. I loved watching his channel a while back. Glad he's doing something official with White Wolf now.
We call him "one-take" Dawkins.
Wow... The Gentleman Gamer paired up with White Wolf... this is a good day.
He's been working with us on V5 since July last year!
It is a pleasure to be in the presence of The Gentleman once more.
He's glad to be here!
Is he wearing a Harbinger of Skulls pin? Most interesting...
Well spotted!
Ah, a Harbinger pin. Keep up the good fight, brother.
The reemergence of white wolf would be wonderful to The Gaming Community
We're here!
World of Darkness Played the original version back in the 90s. Just ordered 5E and will run it. This edition looks much improved over the original.
I could literally listen to Mister Dawkins all day.
Be careful what you wish for.
The Gentleman is amazing, I love his channel. The Gentleman's Guide videos are some of my favorite things on CZcams. His Toreador video sent shivers down my spine, it made me realize that Toreadors are absolute monsters.
Ah yes, the one with the mask!
Indeed
Could I get a link to that, please?
Krystina Newman just go to The Gentleman Gamer's channel and find his playlist on the clans.
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I should create a Anarch version of this called "The Dude's Guide to Vampires." lol
Gentlemans Guide.
I need no more Info. If he promotes it, its sold to me imediatly.
DSA rgus promotes it? Blood of my blood, Mr Dawkins is a Co-writer on it.
Even better!
Yes, he is promoting Becket's Jihad Diary, which is a book of VtM lore (old and new) that you'll be able to buy.
You can already buy Beckett's Jyhad Diary on DriveThruRPG!
@@worldofdarkness it is diferently from the Jyhad's Diary from the 20th year anniversary?!?
The Gentlemen Gamer and White Wolf. A match made in Gehenna. Raise a flute of blood to a long and prosperous Work.
Can we play on that flute?
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If glasses suit your fancy, be my guest. Don't know how good it'll sound though you are welcome to try.
My Malkavian Neonate sits on a tombstone and eats popcorn. (May throw it up)
Depends on how high their Humanity is.
Damn, this was mesmerizing.
I really believe that you will get hired when a famous producer makes a vampire movie.
This was ''Russell Edgington's TV speech on True Blood'' level of expertise.
So Becketts Diary has been leaked to the world? Poor Beckett :(
Difficult to keep a text that good out of everyone's hands.
@Scott Whatever It really isn't a bad suplement. As it is not even a suplement so to speak. In contrary, i find it sum up particularly well all plot point of contemporary Jyhad, underligne and present many important actors, grant a glimpse of bloodline s and out-of-the-road environement (Laibon, Samedi) while making the metapolot progress (banu Haqim, mithras).
In term of lore adding, i think it's one of the best Vampire Book out there. And many think alike if i'm to trust ratings of the book.
@Scott Whatever I could summarize all plot point in an A4 page if i wanted to. LOTR Plot point could be summarise as such too. if you just want a list of plot point, don't buy a book, go look at a wiki. A narrative book, which Beckett Diary is, is about developping characters, ambiances, themes etc. If you didn't notice, each chapter give you possible playable story parts. Developping the atmosphere, which Vampire is all about, is then necessary to making a good proposition of story.
And about islam, seriously stfu. YOu are playing vampire. If Islam is for you what's evil in there, i think you missed about 95% of stories, characters, themes and issue proposed by this RPG altogether.
and agian, you may dislike it, but the VAST majority of the community consider it one of the best book out there. The amss is not always the best argument but for once i think it is.
@Scott Whatever 1) you need to Outright stop.I mean Stop completely, both assuming you detain complet truth and that evrything must agree with you.Sorry but no, ido'nt consider islam worst than someone kidnaping kids, raping them and skinning them.I think you are the one that should question you perception.
2) As i said, for the first time, the book is not a gaming suplément.It's purely a story book, a lore book. YOu may not like the lore it propose, yet i can assure you that it is far better written than similar suplément realeased previsouly trying to do so.
3) You may not like what the game propose, yet i find personnaly far better than waht the gehenna was about before that, mainly just erasing all Vampire world, which i don't find ;..very interesting.And do not assume what i know : i think this is a good interpretation of what the end of the world should be in a prophetic vision. Ergo, some kind of global warning.I'm not a fan of a "End of The world".SO no, idont Know it, i disagree deeply with what was gehenna before this.
4) i find the metaplot interesting : it propose and underline a lot of place and characters,.If you lack the imagination and ability to use them in your game, that's on you buddy. The book present locations, characters, their motives and their behaviour and psychology.It introduce a lot of side plot than lack any add on as of now : Laibon, Caitiffs, THinblood, Bloodline reunions, Vlad, etc. It does a great job to use Beckette as a contact between all those stories that ahve been evocated here and there.
5) I already told you, i said it have been well aclaimed thanks to the sells of the books, the review on different sites and the discussions in the forums.I do'nt say it's universally liked, just that it is globally a liked book, considered well written.I won't give you all links tot hose info, you are a grown up man, go do the search by yourself. GO to DriveTHruRPG and see the review.Do a search on Onyx FOrums.
7) About the horror, you are playing and meeting character that are litterally invocing demons to ravage cities and sacrifice innocent to acquire power. You can play creature that reap the very soul of another being to increase their power, that destroy the will of thousands of mortals in order to feed on them.Tsmice literally make people into chairs. And they are still alive.
8) In the end, you just seem to be overly up your own ass, and having a hate boner against islam ...for whatever reason., in a world where you are presented with inhuman creature that kill, maim and exploit for funs to degree hardly imaginable.
So in the end, i jsut disagree, deeply, with the integrality of what you said, and i could propose hard evidence concerning the rating of the book.
I sincerely advise you to start rethinking how sure oyu are about things. Start some introspection and some self questionement mate, again you are not the bearer of universal truth.
Mathew you are the ultimate vampire TV material. Have my respects sir :P
We like him!
“Everything in here written about me is a lie” [nervous undead sweating intensifies]
New vampire lore, this is going to be so exciting!! White wolf please make the steps to making a new video game when the time comes.
They are doing a Warewolf one... and there is some rumors they might do a Bloodlines 2
There is indeed the Werewolf one in the pipeline. And you never know, there may be more to come...
I would love a new VTM game, and looking forward to the Werewolf one, don't think I will live long enough to see it sadly, but would be awesome. Which just makes me more sad that we never got the World of Darkness MMO that was supposed to happen. :(
Paradox recently bought the rights to White Wolf IP. They distribute some pretty amazing RPGs. Seriously, though, who do I have to stab to get a Bloodlines 2?
@@jennihart1896 That is some good news indeed. I just saw the werewolf game is made by Cyanide/Focus Home Entertainment, so it will be most likely the same garbage quality like the other games from those.
Another terrific performance by Matthew. Love the Jyhad Diary and can't wait for what's to come with V5! Very intrigued about Malkav waking up in modern Jerusalem. Scary shit!
😳 aw is a pity that other playera hace noticed un the last years malkies are not silly buffons, everything was funnier when people overlooked you as cómic relief before drop dead... Mostly /dry
Malkav wants his Malakai.
this dude becoming oficial thats amazing
He's been making videos about this material for so long and with such clarity that it's only fair ;)
Thy could not have picked a BETTER person to do this great to see you you makeing content agin.
An excellent setting of the scene ready for V5 - well worth a look for new comers to the game. Kudos to the Gentlemen.
Thank you for watching it!
World of Darkness Not at all - more like this please :)
Ok best video yet. The Gentleman was the whole reason I even know about the Vampire games and its lore so Im happy he is doing something like this. Great work loved it and cant wait to get my hands on that book.
He got you into it? That's fantastic.
Yep I got the old Vampire book just last month and now Im looking to get the "Becketts Jyhad Diary" soon. The Gentleman is quite persuasive in his way... or maybe its the dominate. I cant tell.
First of all, I have to thank you White Wolf for choosing Gentlemen's Guide to do your lore videos. His videos I consumed (like I consume the blood of mortals) the information and lore in back when I had not outlet to play your game. I now am running a self-written chronicle on a discord server and it's been of excellent use to the players (most of whom are not familiar with World of Darkness or tabletop) in understanding Vampire the Masquerade's lore and giving them a taste of your greater one World of Darkness.
I hope you guy's and Gentlemen's Guide keep this up, this is a fantastic pairing that if I could would want to see forged as a Blood Bond.
Please post a link to the Discord server here! We'll check it out if we can.
Well idk your guy's NSFW policy server over there, but it's Something Wicked, which I'd describe more as a community with hentai then a hentai community. However it's an 18+ server I'll heads up you on that! Very large 5,000+ community founded by really awesome lady who does ASMR work, has been a wonderful LGBT ally to me, and is a badass mother of 3 kids. I wanted to bring tabletop as a feature to help promote the growth of our community and well there just is no contest to the seductively dark allure of your goth-punk vampire rpg for me, or I think as a perfect game to play on SW. I will assure you I have written a chronicle that while a little lighthearted and fun is a serious, badass WoD Gehenna chronicle. If you'd like, I'd actually like to share the plot with you on Discord (Sucia#5247). I think you'll quite enjoy it! I'm putting the final touches on the typed up version of my hand-written notes to send to my co-ST sista and release as a guide to our chronicle "Los Diablos After Dark" so we can begin our first session with our 10 players we capped out at.
If you guy's feel fine with the anime community and it being 18+ we'd love to have you over here to check it out, the tabletop channels are full of content already!
discord.gg/CvcFF9
Thank you for the link! I've noted it down and shall give it a look :)
Had to pop on here after seeing the VTMB2 trailer: GET THIS GUY A ROLE IN THE GAME FOR THE LOVE OF CAIN!
It was a clever choice from WW to hire you to be part of the team. Congratulations, you really do a great work with VtM lore, it gives us storytellers many useful tips, advices and grips to run the game.
My friend, would you mind to tell me what is going to happen with the Sabbat? Do they still haunt the nights like they used to in VtM in this modern nights?
We are anxious to put the hands in V5! Hope you guys gonna sell it here in Brazil.
Please keep doing this, we love it.
The Sabbat should receive a book release next year!
As a faithful Keeper this knowledge makes me happy.
@@worldofdarkness non-pc sourcebook. Sabbat have been removed as far as a player is concerned. Oh my. oh dear. If not obvious, it should be, that v5 is a hodgepodge mix of accepted new merit but an easy and almost expected fall back to previous sourcebooks for "official lore" when v5 "merit-lore"(this is the term coined with respects Ive heard) falls short. Sabbat being the biggest example current. I do hope W;TA avoids this, but now have started to purchase all old versions(2nd to be exact) due to expectations. Currently I'm even writing a "transition/transplant guidebook" on how to bring old to new. Feel not embarrassed for this is a testament to the original concepts, thank you to jason and other OGs for naming such an amazing setting.
A Harbingers pin, makes me wonder, has "The Gentleman" been Roger de Camden this whole time? Yes, technically de Camden is Cappadocian but he does like to show solidarity with the Harbingers, doesn't he?
Caffeinated Conquests I was at last year's convention of thorns in Poland and the gentleman gamer did indeed play Camden so...perhaps.
That is tremendously awesome!
Add to that Camden somehow survived the assassination and is of course, mentioned in the Jyhad Diary. Yeah, you might be right on the money. And it's a pretty good theory.
Heh, I don't know if it qualifies as a theory lol, I suppose it doesn't really matter one way or another, I'm just a nerd haha
Oh it's a damn good theory.
Fascinating video, brilliant intro to draw us in, and that classic WoD lore that is so rich it spontaneously creates more hooks then a hellraiser cenobite. Thought I was out, but this world might be worth returning to
Lovely metaphor. We do have such sights to show you...
This is a helluva monologue
He's damn good at delivering them.
We "avoided" Gehenna?! Hell yeah!
Or maybe it's still ongoing...
World of Darkness Hopefully! Gehenna is my favourite topic anyway. I just like that there is more mystery surrounding this now. Did we avoid it? How? Do we think we did? All good stuff to explore!
This introduction kicks ass. I haven't been this much into anything WOD related for a long while, quality work!
We're very pleased you like it!
You are my favorite vampire mr.Gentleman.
We like him a lot as well.
Wow, this is awesome. The Gentleman has been my favorite WoD youtube channel for years, and to see his love and dedication paying off and being given part of the enterprise is great! Also, such good acting, a whole half hour take with no cuts and no break off character. I wonder how many takes did it took, if more than one.
Gentleman and White Wolf, keep being awesome!
Joswwar This was my second attempt. The first one was the night before, but the location wasn't nearly as good, so we re-recorded in front of a church.
The Gentleman Gamer hahaha, well it certainly was worth it. Always excited for new content, from White Wolf and you, só when both are going simultaneously, skies the limit. The lore of V5 seems to be taking a really nice direction, and we are all eager to hear it
We're glad you're loving the current direction! The big release is this week!
I know! I just wish it was released in Brazil...So i will only be able to buy the pdf
Well done sir! And it’s lovely to see another fan of the cappado..... I’m sorry I meant to say Harbingers
Oh I don't know if he's a fan, but he can't deny his nature.
i could be wrong, but is that a Harbingers pin? As a Cappadocian at heart im very excited to see what their doing now (and just to see the gentleman wearing it alone is ace!) and if the true Clan of Death will be rising fully from their grave? Fingers crossed they will be playable at some point i couldnt in good conscious betray my Clan by playing a Giovanni in V5 or any edition XD
Always a Gentleman.
We've never known him to be anything less.
Congrats to gentleman gamer, well deserved
Thank you!
All hail the gentleman gamer!
Praise him!
Ha! Glad to see you here, Mr. Dawkins!
He's glad to be here!
Absolutely wonderful video. To think that you did that in one take really does attest to your ability as a storyteller.
I greatly look forward to watching more of this series as it comes out. I am also looking forward to running my own Chronicle for V5 when I finally get my hands on the PDF next month. This series will greatly help immerse my friends before the beginning of our Chronicle.
Matthew's style is to do it all in one go!
I SQUEALED. Today it's my 10th anniversary since I started playing Vampire :D I'm so excited!
@11:55 He admits to committing Diablerie!
Yes this beautiful voice is back ♡♡ Awesome seeing your videos now on the official canal.
Thank you! He doesn't like his voice overmuch, but we think it does the job!
Wow this guy is Great! Also I WANT THAT SUIT! Lol Very close resemblance to Kenneth Branagh. Now with a new Bloodlines game announced, these videos should skyrocket in views.
This is going to be great, gotta say, as someone who's been following your work since the early days on CZcams it's really gratifying to see all your skill, dedication and hard work pay off in work right in that field you seem to have such an aptitude for. White Wolf seems to know talent when it sees it...
Matthew has been working with Onyx Path for several years, and we got him on V5 as of last year!
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Very Smarmy. Nice outfit. Well done. Made me feel like a kid again.
Excellent stuff! Can't wait for episode 2
It's up!
World of Darkness seen it :) now I’m eagerly waiting for episode three
All one take. Amazing.
If Matthew gets 20 minutes in and makes a mistake he just starts over. Perfectionist or obsessive? You decide.
Thank you Matthew and thank you WoD. This is awesome. Definitely want more of these
Check the channel every Tuesday and Thursday!
Harbingers Pin? Interesting choice.
He's playing a Harbingers character, after all. I haven't read Beckett's journal yet, but from some searching online he could be playing Kurshid. Don't quote me on that.
FUCK, he's playing Camden, never-mind XD.
In his old series he was mostly playing a Harbinger with some Malk & (presumably) Tremere guests here and there.
Yep, in the old Gentleman's Guide to Vampires series he gradually revealed his clan to be Cappadocian or Harbingers of Skulls. In the Pentex Guide to Werewolves he was playing a Malkavian antitribu.
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T'was definitely nice seeing it again.
Thank you for making it happen.
Though I thought he worked for OP not you guys. Or did he just finish his obligations then move over?
Anyways. Please don't ever use greenscreen again.
PS: Gentleman's Guide To The Traditions? Y/N/Maybe?
Great segment...super long shot...excellent work.
Matthew doesn't do edits.
Now this guy is a natural storyteller!
Im so happy to know that you are still doing this videos 👍
We're happy to have him with us!
This guy has the perfect persona and voice for vampire lore...i particularly enjoyed his pentex guide to werewolves...its fitting he work with whitewolf promoting the brand.
You never know, he may do more of them too.
Good to see new Gentleman's Guide content. Very happy you are part of the V5 team! Please do a Sabbat controlled City video!
Thank you for your time, elder. And thank you for sharing your knowledge; I am hungry for more.
WHOA best crossover ever!
He's writing V5 too!
Your charisma is insane and the info I got for the game was spot on. Great writing, great delivery, loved this.
This is super dorky and I love every second of it.
He somehow reminds me of Sebastian Lacroix from VtM Bloodlines ...
oh my, im so happy to see this. The sound could be MUCH better, not loud enough at the start, and the wind blows time-to-time, yet it is a nice work. Well done Mr. Gentleman Gamer.