Yes pre-Internet Everywhere was somewhat xenophobic and close minded about everything outsid their own neighborhood/city/country/etc back then just do to the difficulties of communication. Weirdly enough, I think this sticking point in the meta-plot would falls apart if you try to advance the setting to any time past 1990. And any Mage with an Eastern bent to their magic. So while, within the setting of KoE it's fair to say that Vampire blood contains Chi, it's also a statement that's only relevant too a Kuei-Jin. You're using Actor, because you're effecting the person.' 'No, I'm not effecting the person, just their mind! Actor would be Life.' 'No, life would be Nature.' 'Nature? What kind of generic bullshit is that?! Is there anything that isn't Nature!?' 'Oh, I'm sorry, Mr Pointy Wizard Hat! Is there anything that isn't fucking Matter?' 'Yes! Prime!' 'You mean Glamour!?' 'NO!.

So I'm using the Mind Sphere, right?' 'Well, I see what you're saying, but you're wrong. 'Okay, so, first, I decide that I want to effect the person's mind. If Mages explained their understanding of Spheres to a Fae, the Fae would likely frame it in the form of Arts, Realms and Bunks: Kuei-Jin think of things in term of their Eastern philosophy of Chi and, thus, frame things in term of Chi.Īll the supernatural creatures are insular and secretive. And, likewise, a Kuei-Jin might sense the Chi in a Cainite's blood, but that's only because. Mages might break the supernatural powers of a Kuei-Jin down into the Spheres it works in, but that's because they have an understanding built only around the spheres of magic. Werewolves might sense Wyrm taint in a Mage, but that's because they only think of things in three, very narrow, terms. Fae might detect Glamour in the Gifts of a Werewolf, but that's because they only know how to look for Glamour. But in a grander sense, all of them are isolationist, xenophobic, narcissistic, self centered supernatural idiots and none of them are right. All of them are correct, within the rules of their own setting. That is to say, Kuei-Jin consider all things to be Chi related in the same way Fae consider all things to be Glamour and Banality related, Mages consider all things to be Arete and Sphere related, Werewolves consider all things to be Weaver, Wyld and Wyrm related. I think what you're thinking of is a more generic understanding. I read somewhere that Western Kindred do have Chi flowing through their blood.

Kindred of the east disciplines