Wednesday, we played our fourth and probably penultimate session in How an Angel Dies, the SAS for Demon: The Dysphagia. If you want a refresher, last session is here. So, the first thing we did was spend some experiences. Michelle bought the Fungible Knowledge Embed, and then plugged that into her Cipher (formerly known as Interlock Matrix). Her … Read more
Now I’m up to the last chapter, all of the material we’re converting to V20 from previous Vampire: The Masquerade books. When completed, this chapter will flow together, but right now it’s in two chunks. This first chunk is by Jason, and covers Thaumaturgy Paths and Rituals. There’s a distinct Tremere slant, and a couple … Read more
After a look at various vampire factions large and small, it’s time to dig into something that all vampires can hate: those that sell their souls to the infernal. This covers infernalism, how vampires make contracts, and the groups in the Sabbat and the Camarilla that hunt them down. Ree did a solid job on … Read more
Here we have a short chapter poking at some of the weirder parts of the canon: the True Black Hand, the Inconnu, constructs, and Caitiff “spontaneous magic.” Most of my comments to Ree were suggestions to dig deeper into some of these topics and pull out a few more rituals. As a note, in the … Read more
The sample characters from the White Howlers Tribebook got a great reception, so now I’m throwing out the Gifts for open development. Take a look, see what you think, and comment on the Google doc.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/172d1BV2PVEvC6_M8lqVYPsLTTjgCU2e7QsUqvos3W1k/edit?usp=sharing
And I think this is a good time for me to talk a little about open development. Follow me below the cut for more. To make up for that, I’ve also got another recipe from the W20 Cookbook down there. 🙂
Over at TheOnyxPath.com we recently posted a two-part interview with Mummy developer CA Suleiman, using fan-submitted questions. 1. Please tell us about the upcoming sourcebooks. Sure. Next up on the docket is Guildhalls of the Deathless, which is the big combo “splatbook” on the five guilds. I wanted the articulation of such concepts that core to the … Read more
Mummy: The Curse is available on DriveThruRPG in PDF and print (premium and standard color options).
Picking up momentum, here’s Chapter Four, covering the blood magic of the Assamites and the Setites, as well as the various takes on Necromancy of the Giovanni (as well as minor nods to other Necromancers). Matthew turned in a fairly clean draft, although I was more diligent on cleaning up his British English this time … Read more
A lot of interesting and passionate discussion of the chapters thus far! A few quick notes: I want to remind folks reviewing these drafts that these are very early drafts — not only do I generally expect moderate-to-heavy rewrites of entire sections at this stage, but also these chapters are reviewed a number of times … Read more
Well, actually, that’s the title of a song from Rent, which has nothing thematically in common with the concept of Cover from Demon: The Diiiiidontthinkso, but I started thinking about this entry and now it’s in my head. So there. We’ve talked about Cover in a lot of the playtest write-ups, and in some of the other … Read more