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
Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Mage: The Ascension
Wraith: The Oblivion
Changeling: The Dreaming
Okay, friends, let’s take a look at the first vampire to emerge from the fires of the revolution. In this case, we have a Greek general who made his fortune in the wars of the diadochi, after the fall of Alexander the Great, whose empire spanned “the known world” and whose death left a power … Read more
Okay, first things first: wow, what great discussion on that last post. You guys are doing Werewolf proud. Obviously, not every concern there can be addressed (and to point out said obvious, because some of them are diametrically opposed), but it’s a mass of information that our authors have to work with. Care to give … Read more
So the authors are rummaging around in the guts of Werewolf like a bunch of Theurges who just figured out that haruspicy is a pretty fun way to get your divination on. A lot of discussion is flying back and forth about what to change, what is far too legacy to get rid of, and … Read more
We’ve had the outline for Children of the Revolution up for about a week now, and we’re seeing some good submission material. I always expected some good ideas to come from the V20 Open Dev crowd, but I’d like to congratulate you guys on the quality of the writing in the submissions, too! Usually, an … Read more
Children of the Revolution is a rogue’s gallery of those Embraced “in interesting times,” to use a euphemism. In times of upheaval and turmoil those who join the ranks of the Damned can’t help but be shaped by the chaotic events around them. The transformational disruption that occurs in the world remains indelibly with the … Read more
Howdy, my fellow fiends, from Texas in the midst of my vacation. Earlier this week, I turned in art notes for the V20 Companion, and I thought you guys might get a kick out of seeing what those look like. This is how words become picture in the Vampire production pipeline. Follow this link to see how … Read more
So, we’ve had a lot of great feedback from you folks- I really love it when you all start describing what you’re seeing in your mind’s eyes. Ethan and I took the original write-ups, and with very few notes back and forth, came up with these revised descriptions based on the ideas generated by these … Read more
Folks- I’ve contacted Ron Spencer to illustrate the full page pieces for W20- and if you don’t know Ron, then you need to go back through your WtA collection and look for the most bad-ass, characterful, excellently drawn pieces and enjoy the magic that is the madman Ron Spencer. After some discussion, Ethan, Eddy, Bill … Read more
(Crossposted from elsewhere.) I’m not dead! More soon. As in, more on the V20 Companion and the book that comes after it.
A quick update, after a long silence: V20 Companion is about 50% in Eddy’s hands, with the other 50% rolling his way over the next few days and weekend. I’m also due to deliver the outline for the next book in the series to Rich and Eddy on roughly the same day as the rest … Read more