Beyond D&D: Geist The Sin-Eater

Today, I try to discuss how people can transition from playing Dungeons and Dragons to Geist.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:22 What is Geist: The Sin-Eater?
0:00:58 2nd Edition Disclaimer
0:01:08 What is a Geist?
0:01:37 What is a Sin-Eater?
0:02:22 Sin-Eater/Geist Society
0:03:01 Sin-Eater Template
0:03:38 Burden/Sin-Eater Type
0:05:01 Krewe Archetypes
0:06:45 Haunts/Ghost Magic
0:07:34 Tips for Running Geist the Sin-Eater
0:9:21 How I'd start a game.
0:10:33 Example Actual Play Recommendation
0:10:45 Outro
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Before the Gate, Geist the Sin-Eater Actual Play:
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[@Ajaxbreaker]

Thanks for the video! Some minor but important corrections though:
- Geist isn't a port of Wraith from old world. From what I understand the themes of playing the dead are the same but otherwise the splats are very different. (Semantics I guess but worth mentioning)
- The Doom condition you get for using a haunt can be negated by spending a willpower (Pg. 121 of GTSE2E under 'using keys') - this is actually really important to understand and easy to miss - it really changes how haunts work.

[@Ajaxbreaker]

@@AwkwardGMCorbin Under using keys the fifth bullet point:
Doom: Unless the unlocked Haunt rolls an exceptional
success or the Sin-Eater pays 1 Willpower, she gains the Doomed Condition (p. 121).

[@lincr.1988]

@@AwkwardGMCorbin Yeah they're completely different games, I wouldn't even call Geist a spiritual successor because it isn't. I switched WoD to CofD many years ago but I still love Wraith, even more than Geist, for there's nothing like Wraith in the old or the new games.

[@lincr.1988]

I wish I could like Geist more but... There are 2 things that make me kinda dislike this game a bit. One of them is that they don't have anything equivalent to Humanity/Wisdom/Clarity, and I really like that mechanic, it's like a compass for the character.
The second thing is that you can raise your Synergy to 10 and there's almost no downsides to it (as far as I've read), which is different from the other games where you can be stronger, but the stronger you get, the bigger the downside is.
Maybe I haven't read enough about this game, but those 2 things really bug me in this game, and the same goes for Beast the Primordial.

[@nikoazure5235]

@@lincr.1988 Synergy is your "humanity stat" and the reason it has no downside come down to it's actual function making it go up is always putting you the bound at risk because you need to resolve the broken memories of a Geist though remembrance. As you do so you and your Geist under stand each other better. A low synergy is actively bad for you

[@ragabashmoon1551]

Thanks for this! I am running a Geist the Sin-Eaters game, and your video makes for a well-thought out look at the game to help bring those just starting out with Dungeons and Dragons into learning a new system!

[@lkriticos7619]

Really like the Persona 4 reference, I wouldn't have made that connection but it's a good one.

[@warlocksanctumgames]

Nicely done.

[@shadowcatX2000]

I have no idea what type of character I would play, the haunts all seem so much fun. Maybe a Sin Eater version of Ed or Lorraine Warren where I'm gathering anchor objects together to form a singular community of the dead.

[@victorprado9276]

I Found you on Reddit, I really liked the content

[@victorprado9276]

@@AwkwardGMCorbin Nice, I will probably go through all games. I really like Storytelling System, especially nWoD 2nd Edition. It's so rare someone who create good content. So I really appreciate it.

[@lincr.1988]

@@victorprado9276 It is.. and this is so sad... :(

[@Getwright-]

So you could kind of play the crow in this system if you wanted to?

[@AwkwardGMCorbin]

Man, just realized you meant the Crow comic book/movie. I need to see that movie.

[@sciencey2858]

Yo man!