Halloween Blood and Smoke update
I handed Blood and Smoke: The Strix Chronicle over to the art director today. Based on current estimates for when art’s coming in and the CCP approval process, the PDF should be out in December.
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The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
One year, one month, and one day from the day the writer mailing list for Blood and Smoke opened, the book’s text was locked down and sent for editing. That was Friday the 20th. For those of you keeping track, that means we’re still on target for PDF release in November. The two places we … Read more
Preview: Mysteries of the Dragon
The Ordo Dracul work tirelessly to improve the Kindred condition. Or at least, their Kindred condition. They pursue the Mysteries of the Dragon, ways to understand and reshape basic elements of what it means to be a vampire. In building them, we wanted to show that not only does the Order succeed at beginning to transcend … Read more
Rules of the Night
Vampires don’t play by the rules, but we do. As a standalone book, Blood and Smoke is going to feature the core Storytelling system rules, with the God-Machine Chronicle updates baked right in. The chapter’s designed to be lean and mean, providing the basics you need to play Vampire, with pointers to the other books for more detailed subsystems. (And, … Read more
A Dread Names, Red List Update
Kindred Most Wanted was one of those cool, but a little strange, original Vampire supplements that everyone liked, but didn’t actually get a lot of use at the table. It had these terrifying “bad guys” that made for dangerous villains so bad the entire Camarilla wanted them dead. Admittedly they had pretty good reason because … Read more
Preview: The First Estate (plus other news)
The First Estate It’s a lot of money, isn’t it? More than you’ve ever had, I think. And it’s all yours if only you won’t tell. Part manorial lords, part men in black, the Invictus safeguard the Masquerade. Vampiric secrecy is the absolute highest of all concerns. In order to protect it, the Invictus must … Read more
Preview: The Order of the Dragon
You have in you the seeds of something great. Of meaning and power beyond imagining. All you have to do to unlock it is transcend your curse. The Ordo Dracul follow in the footsteps of Dracula, the smartest and most dangerous vampire who ever unlived. Dracula knew that he had been cursed by God. Rather … Read more
Preview: Human Touch
Nobody wants to be alone. We don’t just need food and warmth to live… we need companionship. We need people and things that remind us who we are, that there’s a reason for survival beyond survival’s sake. True for us… and just as true for the dead. Over on the White Wolf forums, we’ve had … Read more
Preview: The Friends of Jenny Redteeth
They want your freedom in exchange for safety. They want your soul in exchange for blessing. They want your body so they can “improve” you. They want to you to show up for coffee and donuts and talk about revolution. They want all that. But they’re getting your middle finger. Because you’re free. Your secrets … Read more
Preview: The Chapel and the Spear
“When something’s right, then something is worth to die for. When I feel that something is wrong, then something is worth to fight for.” –The Sounds, “Something to Die For” (Bottom line at the top: <Click here for the working draft of the Lancea et Sanctum>.) A vampire always, always has something to do. But the problem … Read more