This is probably a dumb question, but please humor me.
I really liked AOR because it included the original Single Player game (sans bugs) playable in multiplayer. The only thing it seems to lack is the ability to lock the exits.
I downloaded and checked out E-mod 1.8 also. Honestly, it confused the heck out of me until I dug into the documentation because I didn't recognize most of it - then I understood it was designed off the PnP GURPS. Okay, got that. I really like some of the things you can do with it, too, like targeting area, jump, carry a body, and of course lock an exit. Don't walk a vampire into a church... nice touch, that. Lots of amazingly cool, useful, and closer to PnP features in there.
My probably dumb question is this - if I use it, will the other player also have to use E-mod so we can play together, or will she be able to use the standard VTR or AoR Mod? I thought normally you had to both be using the exact same thing - patch, mods, etc. as standard to any video game. The documentation for E-mod said something about not having to let the players know you were using the new clan powers, though, so I had to at least ask.
E-mod would confuse her too badly, since we're both almost straight up WOD PnP players and all the new stuff is new. New. Scary. Bad. Gruntscratch.