Sources of Inspiration

Short post today, heavy audience participation with luck. Werewolf‘s built on an interesting framework. It incorporates myth, zoology, ecology, and splatter horror into a combination that manages to work as a whole. It’s hard to imagine another game that could be prepped for by consuming Silent Spring, Egil’s Saga, The Mind of the Raven and … Read more

Magic: The Affinity

Hi, gang. Last week, we introduced the concept of the Utterance — the most powerful magic at a mummy’s command. This week, we take a look at a more common, daily-use type of power the Arisen call the Affinity. The radiant Sekhem within mummies anoints them with improbable good fortune and preternatural competence. This is … Read more

The Dishonorable Opposition

Right now I’m deeply involved with Chapter Nine: The Enemy. I understand this is something that will have a lot of you particularly interested, what with Black Spiral Dancers, a number of fomori powers rapidly approaching that of the original Freak Legion itself, Banes and other spirits, other supernaturals, and a treatment of Pentex — … Read more

ChilRev: Lady Willoughby

<1>Lady Margaret Willoughby, Keeper of the Lost Secret <n>On a wicked night in Scotland, five self-styled witches had gathered in a guestroom in the eastern wing of Balmoral Castle. Their coven had convened to ensorcel their hostess, the Queen Victoria, who had become morose after the death of her husband the Prince Consort Albert. Led … Read more

Magic: The Utterance

Hi, gang. Last week, we talked a little about the magical paradigm of the Arisen. This week, we delve even deeper to provide a look at the most powerful magic the Arisen can wield: the Utterance. The dark miracles that are the realm of Utterances could scarcely be considered “natural” by any right-thinking person. It’s … Read more

The Devil’s Darling

Per request, a Lasombra privateer. The tone’s a bit different with this one, allowing for a bit more action-and-adventure-style Vampire chronicles. Esperanza Lucifer, the Devil’s Darling Few Kindred are so renowned as to be known beyond the limits of the city in which they have made their haven. The interests of the Damned are almost … Read more

ChilRev: Clans Introduction

The Introductory chapter for Children of the Revolution is up for review over at Google Docs or Google Drive or Google Donks or whatever it is right now. I’ve turned commenting on so you can leave a remark in-line as opposed to appended to the bottom of the text like you’d have to do here. … Read more

Roderigo al-Dakhil, Lich of the Dead City

Roderigo al-Dakhil, Lich of the Dead City For all the time he has existed, Roderigo al-Dakhil best remembers his few bright shining years as one of the architects of fate. His first touch of magic almost broke him. A Castilian soldier in the army fighting to reclaim Cadiz, he’d drilled for the day when he encountered … Read more

Colm Olliver: Anarch or Autarkis?

Are you ready for some Brujah? Here’s Colm Olliver, a nasty dude who would probably be Clan Honeybadger if such a thing existed. I like that Colm’s history is intertwined with an interesting location in the existing Vampire setting (Carfax Abbey, the gothic Anarch nightclub in London) and that some cornerstone musical elements of the … Read more