How an Angel Dies, Part 4

Wednesday, we played our fourth and probably penultimate session in How an Angel Dies, the SAS for Demon: The Dysphagia. If you want a refresher, last session is here. So, the first thing we did was spend some experiences. Michelle bought the Fungible Knowledge Embed, and then plugged that into her Cipher (formerly known as Interlock Matrix). Her … Read more

Converted: Thaum Paths and

Now I’m up to the last chapter, all of the material we’re converting to V20 from previous Vampire: The Masquerade books. When completed, this chapter will flow together, but right now it’s in two chunks. This first chunk is by Jason, and covers Thaumaturgy Paths and Rituals. There’s a distinct Tremere slant, and a couple … Read more

As The Devil Drives

After a look at various vampire factions large and small, it’s time to dig into something that all vampires can hate: those that sell their souls to the infernal. This covers infernalism, how vampires make contracts, and the groups in the Sabbat and the Camarilla that hunt them down. Ree did a solid job on … Read more

The Strange and Bizarre

Here we have a short chapter poking at some of the weirder parts of the canon: the True Black Hand, the Inconnu, constructs, and Caitiff “spontaneous magic.” Most of my comments to Ree were suggestions to dig deeper into some of these topics and pull out a few more rituals. As a note, in the … Read more

White Howler Gifts and a Recipe

The sample characters from the White Howlers Tribebook got a great reception, so now I’m throwing out the Gifts for open development. Take a look, see what you think, and comment on the Google doc.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/172d1BV2PVEvC6_M8lqVYPsLTTjgCU2e7QsUqvos3W1k/edit?usp=sharing

And I think this is a good time for me to talk a little about open development. Follow me below the cut for more. To make up for that, I’ve also got another recipe from the W20 Cookbook down there. 🙂

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And Just Like That, It’s June!

How did we get here so fast? So many projects- we need to warp time to cover them all. Like a Time-Lord even. Look at me, the king of segues- so Eddy and I talked about Dr. Who at today’s Monday Lunch Meeting, and as we’ve discussed in the past we’re both kind of “meh” … Read more

Mummy Developer Interview

Over at TheOnyxPath.com we recently posted a two-part interview with Mummy developer CA Suleiman, using fan-submitted questions. 1. Please tell us about the upcoming sourcebooks. Sure. Next up on the docket is Guildhalls of the Deathless, which is the big combo “splatbook” on the five guilds. I wanted the articulation of such concepts that core to the … Read more