A thousand years of night is about coming full circle from terrified child to the thing everyone dreads. Vampire the requiem thousand years of night backer the world of darkness contains mature content, as well as supernatural and mundane horror. The requiem dealing with elder vampires as player characters. The requiem is a required book, along with the the world of darkness book, to play a vampire character. In addition, some bloodlines form tightly knit groups. Thousand years of night onyx path publishing vampire. Yet, a secret from the past could threaten the vampire. Although it is an entirely new game, rather than a continuation of the previous editions, it uses many elements from the old game including some of the clans and their powers. Vampires often join a covenant based on their philosophy toward the long night. I so enjoyed thousand years of night and halfdamned. The requiem is the flagship title of white wolfs new world of darkness line, and, as its name suggests, the counterpart to the old world of darknesss vampire.
Five clans replace the thirteen, each embodying broad vampire archetypes. Dark vampire music the vampire masquerade waltz music duration. Now 10 years later, yuki cross, the adopted daughter of the headmaster of cross academy, has grown up and become a guardian of the vampire race, protecting her savior, kaname, from discovery as he leads a group of vampires at the elite boarding school. The book is well put together, though some information is repeated in different sections. The requiem launched in 2004 as the lynchpin of the chronicles of darkness. Thousand years of night is the shiny new supplement for vampire. Some few, perhaps only one, may have survived to modern nights. Before i even mention the truly awful part, ill conclude the above by saying theres. A thousand years of night mentions a lost clan called the uttuku, or the children of uttuku, who lived in the citystate of ur in mesopotamia, and slowly died out as ur was swallowed by the desert and its inhabitants left. In which the gentleman in question discusses some of the latest releases of books hes worked on, and some that are upcoming.
Thousand years of night is in my opinion one of the best and most useful books in the franchise so far. The earth that was is a distant memory, remembered by only the eldest of kindred. Even then i can understand your issue, but it shouldnt be a problem. The changes include the following naturally, both owod and nwod fans believe their way to be the true way. Timelessness is not stagnation, we continue to grow and change throughout the years. It was translated in english and published by the magazine heavy metal in the usa.
You may think that with a multitude of people coming, going, dying and running away, wed be tired, done, or ready to give up. I know rose has been working on her own rpg to be published through op, cavaliers of mars. The requiem 2nd edition storytellers screen heres what the vampire. It was released on september 8, 2010, by warner bros. As revealed in thousand years of night, the strix were not as thorough as they would have likeda few founders managed to escape the final purge and now insist very stringently they are ventrue and daeva, only revealing their true relations to their future childe, and the people they have thoroughly blackmailed. The picture on page ten is a green line drawing and the one on page 14 looks like a bad mashup, half blurred photo, half. They might share some roles here and there, but in the end theyre meant to all be unique. The requiem is a roleplaying game published by white wolf, set in the chronicles of darkness new world of darkness setting, and the successor to the vampire. They dont need to be more powerful, any vampire will do. Buy thousand years of night vampire the requiem from onyx path publishing part of our role playing games storyteller system world of darkness collection. Thousand years of night vampire the requiem noble knight games. You wanna make an elder book, then in its domain ex. Chronicles of darkness a thousand years of night 5. For many years i didnt even look back to classic wod material.
Vampires are reborn as members of a clan, and may further belong to or join a bloodline of that particular clan. Put another way, if a masquerade vampire were embraced at 5000 bc and immediately placed into torpor for seven thousand years, they would still have an edge over other vampires when they woke up, due to much higher generation. I am glad to see the steady flow of books in the requiem line. World of darkness and chronicles of darkness book releases. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Thousand years of night we grow old, but we never grow older. When chronicles of darkness was released, i embraced it for being different and an evolution. The requiem from the album a thousand suns the fourth studio album by american band linkin park. A covenant is an organization or religious establishment consisting mostly of kindred, though human servants and ghouls are often present at covenant meetings and are sometimes members themselves.
To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Dark eras one of my first vampire assignments was requiem for rome, a book im still immensely proud of. Thousand years of night also introduced some new beings. So, that is probably taking some time away from vtr. A requiem vampire enduring the same would be no more powerful than a neonate. The second edition sharpens these traits, with factions and powers focused on the immediate, night to night thrills and terrors of being a vampire. Since a thousand years of night comes out this week, im going to kickstart this resource. Thousand years of night is in my opinion one of the best and most useful books. Vampire the requiem thousand years of night backer. Watch phantom requiem for the phantom episode 1 english. Legends and stories about them have developed independently across the globe, and the shape and form of these legends is as varied as the cultures from which. Their blood potency is 0, so each time they meet a true vampire, they cower in fear.
A vampire is immortal and a chronicle encompassing several centuries would be interesting though a daunting task for a gm. Elders are vampires who have spent 150 years or more in undeath since the first requiem book but im not sure the age terms for masquerade ones. Secrets of the covenants seems intentionally unreadable. The vampire is aware that he is not hungry, though he feels unsatisfied, temporary fooling the beast into believing that it is not hungry, so for the sake of all hunger frenzy rolls the vampire acts as if the points of plasma are vitae until it burns away in a number of hours equal to the vampires blood potency. My personal reason for this is the quality of the artwork. It introduced a bold new take on vampires, emphasizing local threats and social horror.
A thousand years of night a sourcebook for vampire. The story vignettes are interesting and the books gives a lot of hints and ideas for characters. Now all of this took years to accumulate and my character has. If you have any suggestions, that are not part of the requiem. The next two are a thousand years of night focused on elders and. You only lose blood potency in torpor in first edition, where you start losing 1 bp every 25 years you spend in torpor. A few interesting conditions, an interesting character creation method for an elder troupe thats a bit like climbing the ladder in vampire 2e, and the obvious unlife as an elder material. Outside of the lose idea of a prince, the idea is that each city is meant to have developed its own political system. Guide to the night and spilled blood update vampire. I am a little worried that your focus is too heavily focused on rules and strange creatures. The last of the known julii was stuck down around the time of romes fall. A thousand years of night is at the outlining stage, and will go to the writers after the second draft for secrets of the covenants comes in. This book is about elder vampires, creatures that have lived for centuries and been smart, adaptable, and ruthless enough to resist the grind of time.
Its been over six years since second edition debuted, and very little content. The requiem is a roleplaying game published by white wolf, inc. Theres a book coming out called a thousand years of night. This is another night horrors book, and its a nice mix of vampires as. I think that a thousand year of night is doing a great job but you have to mix it with dark eras and, yes, it still a tremendous job for the gm but it shows you the way. Gurps bloodtypes has a useful overview of vampire legends over. I was going to use all vampire movies, that i watched, but i didnt. The requiem 2nd edition originally released as blood and smoke. Sired in an act of vampire terrorism, your existence ignites the war for seattles blood trade. In our latest installment of our character creation series, bill bodden builds a nosferatu character for vampire.