The name of the system Chronicles of Darkness 2e uses

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Going by this meta post (I can't find a better main site question): the original/classic World of Darkness uses a system called the storyteller system, and Chronicles of Darkness 1e uses the storytelling system. By elimination Chronicles of Darkness 2e uses … neither?

Unless I'm mistaken, CoD 2e is the result of applying the God-Machine Chronicle Rules Update to what was the CoD 1e/storytelling system, but inferring from our tags (and the later core rules book released), it implies the system used for CoD 2e is not the same as the storytelling system (and thus should not be referred to as such)? It's also confusing that a revised Storytelling System Rulebook exists, implying that it does use the storytelling system?

If I want to refer to the rules that underpin the books listed under CoD 2e unambiguously without referencing CoD 1e and the rules update, especially to people not on RPG StackExchange who use our tags, what should I call that system that underpins CoD 2e?

Best Answer

Per this wiki entry, CoD 2e's revisions are known as the Revised Storytelling System (not to be confused with the Revised Storyteller System). It is even how Onyx Path refer to it in the announcement for the CoD 2e corebook.

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