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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Now Available: Call to Battle

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Now available on DriveThruFiction: the 1996 novel Call to Battle, inspired by the RAGE CCG, is now available in PDF for the first time! Book One in the Saga of Jay No-Name Life’s tough enough for Jay Caldwell. He’s trapped at military school, estranged from his stepfather, and brutalized by his sadistic headmaster. Things only … Read more

V20 Ghouls: An Outline & Inspirations

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Back in September I shared the V20 Ghouls Outline Panel Recap, and since then I’ve hired a team of writers. This post gives you a quick version of the outline that we hashed out from the Outlining Panel, and what we’ve been working on since then: Prologue: Opening Fiction 5,000 Words – Monica Valentinelli Introduction … Read more

Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition FAQ, Part 2

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Here’s the second and final part of the m20 FAQ, as provided by Satyros Phil Brucato. View part one here. • Why does the physical copy of the rulebook cost more than Vampire and Werewolf 20th Anniversary Editions?  Because it’s bigger. That larger size translates into far higher per-unit costs, higher shipping rates, and larger amounts paid … Read more

Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition FAQ, Part 1

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We’ve been getting a lot of questions about the setting and system of m20. In the first half of our FAQ, Satyros Phil Brucato answers some of the most frequent ones. View the second half here. • What IS Mage: The Ascension? An interactive storytelling game about people whose beliefs can change the world, Mage: … Read more