The Clever Geek

What are the improvements over the d20 system?

the system white wolf uses is much more open ended.
d20 relies heavily on combat, where as a WoD game can go an entire campaign with little to no combat.

that and world of darkness is made to be more of a social game.

The groups I've always played with have all leaned more heavily towards the hack'n'slash game play, where the D20 rocks!

That does take a lot less talent. In any game you should always encounter someone who is better, faster, stronger and harder and hacking and slashing said person would result in death. You'll have to use some social skills to tell him to look over there and then some stealing skills to steal his lucky charms.

If you don't have conflicts that can't be solved by violence it's going to be really, really lame.