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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Vampire: The Masquerade
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Wraith: The Oblivion
Changeling: The Dreaming

Skin and Bones

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I’ve been in the pelt-mines working on Skinner this weekend. It’s running on some audacious ambitions, I think. I want it to be up to my personal standard of a story in that it needs to be adaptable. I’m a huge believer that a story’s plot should never be a script, and therefore the scenes … Read more

Changing Breeds

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As we wait for Rich to finalize details of the Werewolf20 Kickstarter, it’s time to look to the future. As those of you who’ve read the release schedule are no doubt aware, Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition is just the start. In addition to the Skinner SAS, we’ve got three new books in the … Read more

The Agony of an Invisible Audience

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Let’s put something out on the table. A little confession, if you will. The SAS is the hardest thing I have ever written. I’m not saying this to complain, mind. A challenge is a good thing. It makes you fiercer. But of all the things I’ve ever written, writing a story that someone else is … Read more

WTF Is Happening With Vampire, You Slack Bastard?

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It’s ben a while since I’ve blogged about what’s happening with Vampire, you know. Sorry about that. So, in an attempt to rectify the information flow as we’re just under a month outside Atlanta by Night, here’s where some things stand. V20 Companion After many long months, people are receiving their prestige print copies of … Read more

A Link and a Question

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Apologies for it being so long between updates. Actually, there’s not much to show in development right now: Werewolf is moving from editing to layout, so it’s been quiet on my side. Right now I’m devoting most of my time to working on the Skinner SAS and waiting with dread for layout to move to … Read more

Some Hunters Hunted 2 Redlines

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Good evening, my darlings. I’m hard at work on Hunters Hunted 2 for Vampire: The Masquerade and I wanted to pull back the curtain a bit and show you a draft in development. Click here to download Chapter Three: Tools and Tactics This is Black Hat Matt’s Tools and Tactics chapter. It’s a first draft, meaning … Read more

Lost Tribes: The Bunyip

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One of the chapters of W20 is the Allies chapter: Kinfolk, spirits and totems, and yes, we’re putting some bits of the Lost Tribes in there. This shouldn’t be a surprise, since you’ve already seen the sketches. Well, here’s a stab at the format. We’re not using advanced metaplot to make them show up in … Read more