The Vampire office has been a busy place lately. I’ve been developing our Dark Eras chapter, which takes place in Elizabethan London. I’ve also been hammering on the outlines for Secrets of the Covenants, for which I’m now mobilizing the writing team, and the next book after that, which we’ll be announcing soon. Against that backdrop, I’d like to … Read more
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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Guildhalls of the Deathless is now available from DriveThruRPG! When you come to this guildhall, you come to learn the value of value. We walk in the flesh divine. Born of gold, we stride among the basest metals of man, learning the unfixed worth of each thing… apprehending the Dedwen of the living world. We do this … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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