David A Hill Jr Hi everyone! Happy Thursday. I’ve been down periscope a bit. I’m doing some last-minute tweaks to the text before I send it over to layout. This is something I wanted to share to you a bit, partly because I did it myself and it’s good to get feedback, and partly because it shows off a … Read more
Hi everyone following Dark Ages and its development. I wanted to stop by briefly, poking my head up from the final development pass, and share something I thought was super cool. This is V20 Dark Ages’s answer to Koldunism. It’s one of the few truly unique additions to V20 Dark Ages. I felt it hit … Read more
I know I just posted the intro chapter. But I’m feeling really generous this afternoon. Here’s clans. You might be saying, gosh David, that’s a lot of text. It is. The Tzimisce clan writeup isn’t through editing. Neither is the bumper (the opening segment). I can’t make sweeping changes here, but I’m in favor of showing … Read more
Hi all, I’ve been sharing a lot of clan, bloodline, discipline, blood magic, rules, et cetera. But today, I wanted to take a slightly different direction, and share the last thing I usually write for a book: the introduction. I feel these sections are very important, because they set the tone for the rest of … Read more
Developing, editing, improving upon drafts based on input, developing, editing, improving, blah, blah, so on, so forth. Right now, I’m focusing heavily on polishing “bumper text” which is the lead-in text before every chapter gets into its meat. That takes a little more work than you might expect, because you’re often trying to blend styles, … Read more
Hi everyone! I wanted to share something a little more substantial today, since I’ve been hard at work in the word mines, trying to get this book wrapped up and sent over to art/layout. The Laibon are a weird bit of Vampire: The Masquerade history. The various editions have had conflicting versions, stories, and treatments … Read more
Hi everyone. As we started development, one thing we kept hearing was, “we want more information on the clans!” However, we wanted to stay pretty close to the V20 model, with 2-page spreads for ease of access and reference. So, we did those spreads, and gave what we felt were iconic representations of our clans. … Read more
Last time, I had a few requests for the character creation chapter. It’s not through editing yet, but it does what it’s supposed to do. Here’s almost 8,000 words of character creation. This doesn’t have the extended traits section afterward, explaining every Attribute, Ability, Background, et cetera. But, it’s got all your basic creation rules. … Read more
Another preview today, V20 Dark Ages fans. Here’s the combat rules, along with Celerity, Fortitude, and Potence. Again, we’re really looking at offering new options for play, and emphasizing the feel we want to see in the Dark Ages. For example, some of the higher level Disciplines are similar, but not exactly the same as … Read more
Last week, I shared Necromancy and Thaumaturgy’s Path magic. This week, I wanted to show some of Necromancy’s rituals. We’re still not 100% sure how high we’re going with Disciplines in the book, because of space constraints. Turns out, it takes a lot of words to make a ton of vampire clans and bloodlines happen. … Read more