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Post by akavidar on Jan 3, 2016 17:08:35 GMT -8
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Post by sovereigncitizenkane on Feb 7, 2017 14:39:23 GMT -8
I have it, thought I got my money's worth.
Haven't seen any reviews from the sites I normally visit, yet. What would you like to know?
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Post by akavidar on Feb 7, 2017 17:18:06 GMT -8
The description on DriveThru was kinda vague, what sort of info is in there. Background fluff about the clans, new history that hasn't been released elsewhere, NPC's, Characters? Just not sure what type of stuff is in there.
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Post by sovereigncitizenkane on Feb 16, 2017 15:05:51 GMT -8
The description on DriveThru was kinda vague, what sort of info is in there. Background fluff about the clans, new history that hasn't been released elsewhere, NPC's, Characters? Just not sure what type of stuff is in there. The book is divided into Four parts: Clan Chapters, Appendix 1: Caitiff, Appendix 2: Antitribu, Appendix 3: Kindred of Note Clan ChaptersA lot of it is a rehash of older information, from previous editions, but cleaned up and updated to the Modern Nights, so past 2004. Even the new mechanics are ones from various supplement books, such as Clan Books that are fixed for the new edition. Each clan gets it's own chapter that starts off with their history, then moves into the various subgroups within the clans, which deals a lot with why they embrace various people, such as Nosferatu Cleopatras (beautiful people embraced by Nos to bring them down a peg). Some Clans get information about things that are unique to their clan such as Nosferatu's Shreknet and Warrens, or Malkavians Madness Network (which I'm glad has been changed to its own mechanic rather than relying on Auspex). The clan chapters move into Each clan in the modern nights, and how they've each adapted, or not in some cases. The final part of each Clan chapter is additional powers from various Disciplines that are mostly clan specific, combination disciplines (mixing two different disciplines for an effect that doesn't quite fit into either) that are mostly clan specific, Merits and Flaws that are mostly Clan specific, and character concepts. Again, these extra mechanics seem to be mostly Clan specific but only a few things seem like they can't be taken by others if they have a teacher. CaitiffCaitiff get a pretty good run down. In fact, I can't remember them ever getting this good of a treatment in the past. It's done much like a clan chapter though Caitiff don't exactly have a long or shared history so its mostly in generalities. They don't get alternate discipline levels, but they do get a few Caitiff themed combination disciplines and some of their own Merits and flaws. I could be wrong but most of the Caitiff stuff is brand new. AntitribuThe Antritbu part is the weakest in my opinion. Each clan might get possibly a page or more, and it's closer to fiction than lore. Kindred of NoteKindred of Note is one NPC from each Clan. Slightly more interesting than Antitribu section.
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Post by akavidar on Feb 16, 2017 17:13:38 GMT -8
Thanks for the info, I may pick it up.
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Post by sovereigncitizenkane on Feb 16, 2017 17:27:19 GMT -8
I'd say it's decently worth it. Granted, if you have older books, it's not as useful, but I like having it all in one place and some of the stuff from the Clanbooks cleaned up. I didn't notice a mention of the weird creatures in the earth that elder Nos can use to make Warrens, etc.
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1d4cast_James
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Preferred Game Systems: GUMSHOE, Fate, Cortex Plus, Dread, Mythender, Savage Worlds, L5R, and Shadowrun
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Post by 1d4cast_James on Feb 28, 2017 21:01:04 GMT -8
I just picked this up. It has a wealth of info and worth the price.
sovereigncitizenkane is right though. While some of it is new info, most can be found in the older clan books
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Post by akavidar on Mar 1, 2017 19:00:19 GMT -8
Since I don't have the older stuff, I am going to get it. (In pdf, the printed books are just too much for a game that I'm not actually in right now.)
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Post by sovereigncitizenkane on Mar 1, 2017 19:17:28 GMT -8
I don't think I've bought a physical book in forever. No one I game with is here anyway, so I just get PDFs and use a second monitor while I play, or occasionally have print offs.
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clanhanna
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Preferred Game Systems: Storyteller, O.R.E, Mongoose Traveller
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Post by clanhanna on Mar 14, 2017 10:33:42 GMT -8
I backed it on Kickstarter (as I did with V:DA20, Mage20, WW20...). I think it's worth it.
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