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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Originally posted by Justin at the V20 Blog Here in the shadows we find the Keepers, Clan Lasombra. I did them this time around because people wanted to start seeing some of the non-Camarilla clans, but I didn’t want to do the Tzimisce and the Tremere back-to-back. (“These guys are creepy. Oh, and these guys … Read more
Originally posted by Justin at the V20 Blog A quickie as the day winds down. I’m trying to finish the Lasombra writeup, but in the meantime, here’s a portion of the systems chapter. This covers the basics as well as a selection of physically based actions, ready for playtest. https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=13OdkeoicvChlyPcwW-HxdhxHhzaKlH-Re5favuVkh5k Now back to this clan … Read more
Originally posted by Justin on the V20 Blog Good afternoon, class. Today, let’s talk a bit about the themes that characterize V20. They’re not quite as “crunchy” as other playtest material has been, but they shape all of the work that goes into the book, both behind the scenes and in the chronicles you play. … Read more
Originally posted by Justin on the V20 Blog I realize it’s been a few days since my last substantial dev doc post and just wanted to keep you guys apprised of what’s been going on in the interim. First, we had the meeting Monday that many of you have been hoping for, in which we … Read more
Originally posted by Eddy on the V20 Blog. A lot of moving parts have been happening at work recently, between the April Fool’s joke, the discussion about selling the book outside of Grand Masquerade (short answer: Yes, we will, and we’ll tell you more once we have more to share) and a nasty norovirus plague … Read more
Originally posted by Justin on the V20 Blog. Behold the Tremere. https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1O6GmaUSuL3YkhJS70TlNpX3AF2BoRLZJ_jnM_jDw8co Note that the clan weakness is still in flux. I want to see some of this in play. In watching the feedback from the previous discussion (290 posts at present count!), one common thread that kept emerging was the dependency of the Tremere on … Read more
Originally posted by Shane on the V20 Blog. So Im going to take a moment to share something with the community as it was shared with us internally at CCP today. 1991 was the year White Wolf Publishing and Vampire both came into being and today we had a very special anniversary for one of … Read more
Originally posted by Shane on the V20 Blog. While we are on the topic of defining historic moments regarding Vampires’ legacy. It was mentioned in my previous Blog about the excitement in the room at last years Grand Masquerade when we revealed that Vampire: The Masquerade would be the setting of the upcoming World of … Read more
Originally posted by Justin on the V20 Blog I have to duck out for the evening, but as promised, here’s the third part of the character creation chapter, including the pooled Backgrounds rules adapted from Dark Ages (but not lifted whole cloth — be sure to check out the limitations, as modern Vampire chronicles by design don’t span the … Read more
Originally posted by Shane on the V20 Blog So I’ve been trying to sit down and write about the important moment I think a lot of people have been experiencing in the last week since we made the V20 announcement. Its been nothing short of astonishing to watch the Internet explode and the reactions that … Read more