World of Darkness

World of Darkness
The World of Darkness is much like our world, but it is darker, more devious and more conspiratorial — an aesthetic we call “Gothic-Punk”. The dichotomy between the rich and the poor, the influential and the weak, and the powerful and the powerless is much more pronounced than in the real world. Decadence, cynicism, and corruption are common. Humans are unwitting victims or pawns of vast secret organizations of supernatural creatures. Vampires, werewolves, and mages (among others) struggle with internal factionalism and against other species in secret wars of intrigue for control.

The World of Darkness (sometimes “WoD”) was first developed in 1991 with the release of Vampire: The Masquerade. It has reached hundreds of millions of people through thousands of books published in a wide variety of languages, as well as via a prime-time television show, multiple well-regarded video games, and even World of Darkness-focused conventions. Onyx Path Publishing offers dozens of role-playing game, fiction, art, and clothing products for the World of Darkness, as well as helping to re-release hundreds of original books through PDF and print-on-demand.

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Turn Yourself Inside Out: The Malkavians

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FOR LATECOMERS, OPEN DEVELOPMENT ON THIS CLAN IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS! Next on the open development tour for Lore of the Clans is Clan Malkavian, written by Rob Wieland. The link to the Google Doc containing his material is here: Edit: Link removed now that open development is closed. Thank you! Rob’s … Read more

Swallow Darkness: The Lasombra

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FOR LATECOMERS, OPEN DEVELOPMENT ON THIS IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS!

Welcome to the start of open development for Lore of the Clans! First up, we have Clan Lasombra, written by Andrew Peregrine. The link to the Google Doc containing his material is here:

Edit: Link removed now that open development is closed. Thank you!

Andrew’s only a few hundred words over, which is fine — that’s more or less on target. However, it means if I want him to add something, I’ll have to cut something else. I have some ideas on how that will go, but I’m curious to see if your comments reinforce my instincts, or point in a different direction.

Edit: Doing some math, I realized that if I want to get them all wrapped up before Gen Con, I need to keep these open for a limited time. So I’ll close comments on each Clan a week after I put it up, which means I’ll be closing comments on the Lasombra some time on Friday, July 25th. I’ll put a big note on the document when I close it so it’s clear.

A few things to keep in mind (and I’ll be repeating these points a lot):

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Now Available: Mage20 Quickstart

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Now available in PDF and print on DriveThruRPG: This introduction to Mage 20th Anniversary Edition includes a summary of the setting and basic rules. This Quickstart also features descriptions, stats, and story-hooks for playing an unlikely pack of mages: theBridge Troll Cabal, a “family” of gutter mystics whose life in the underside of Seattle contrasts with the … Read more

V20 Dark Ages: Introduction

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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

New Release: Rites of the Blood

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Advance PDF now available from DriveThruRPG! In the deepest crimson depths of their being, raw power waits to be brought to the surface. Through their force of will, Kindred can drag this power kicking and screaming into the open to perform miraculous feats and twisted blasphemies. These rituals have been developed to direct and focus … Read more

V20 Dark Ages: Clever Phrase Using the Word, “Merit”

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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

V20 Dark Ages: Laibon

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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