(Part 2) Top products from r/WhiteWolfRPG

Sideplug, but if you enjoy reading WoD-like stories, we actually have on-going narrative writeups of our V20 campaign, edited for plot smoothness and consistency. I comment often how it makes our game feel like a Dresden novel :P A warning, though, if you check out the beginning sessions first, the structure of this thing has grown organically and my writing has improved A LOT in three years.

Secondary sideplug, but a friend of mine is the author of a book called The Dragons of Heaven which was originally inspired by characters of hers from an Exalted game. Her second book in the series is coming out soon!

Two years ago White Wolf got out of the traditional print industry, because it's not doing so well. Most of the above books are long out of print, although some places continue to have stock.

We've transitioned to a PDF/print-on-demand model. Now older products never go out of print, because when you order one, a new copy is printed for you. We make it easy for people to get books which were previously hard to find, and even better, we can continue to make money off older stock (traditionally, we'd have made pretty much all our money within the first six months).

It's also a lot easier for us to track sales. If Geist: The Sin-Eaters is selling really well, we can see that and have some solid evidence to support creating additional books for the line.

All the books are the pretty much same as the original print run, but now you don't need to pay astronomical prices for them.

As an example: Kithbook: Pooka had a small print run initially, which drove up prices. It's available on Amazon for $100 new or $61 used.

Now you can get your own print copy from our store for $15.99, which was about the original price of the book. Everyone wins.

Scour the web for the Giovanni Saga
http://www.amazon.com/Giovanni-Saga-Supper-Vampire-Masquerade/dp/1565042530/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1F0PATMRZ6KFX88AH216

It is played in the Dark Ages setting and is easily the best premade chronicle for vampire. It contains a lot of information on the different time periods too if that is your main concern

Since they're paraphrasing it anyways (AND WHY ARE THEY SAYING "FIRELIGHT"), here's a great source for running a Dark Ages game:

http://www.amazon.com/World-Lit-Only-Fire-Renaissance/dp/0316545562

It's not the best history, but it makes for FUN games.

Yeah. I mostly read for the characters too. That or for the prose.

You should try Nevernight if you haven't yet.

It kind of has a WoD feel to it and the text is so well crafted it is a pleasure to read. He is becoming my favourite author. 😃

In the excellent novel I Vampire the protagonist is also in a position in which he has to figure things out himself.

He ends up burning himself and learning about sunlight. The same should work for PCs. Finding out sunlight burns you is the “come to Jesus” moment of realizing you are a vampire. I would encourage you to play it up with their group.

This book https://www.amazon.com/King-Whisperers-Behind-Throne-Rasputin/dp/B008SLMBPA breaks down kingmakers into ten different historical categories, and as you suspect, the politics of VTM are another fertile field for all ten types being potentially possible. The prince is resented for stringent policies of control, they are targeted by the ambitious power-seekers within a territory, and, while respected and empowered with the levers of policy, are forced to take a hand in administration: tedious nightly decision-making and social-networking activities that most powerful vampires would potentially find an unpleasant distraction from other ongoing projects.

The challenge in a puppet prince's leadership is that they still need to inspire unquestioning obedience through the cultivation of an image of strength and heroism and Ventrue-favorite 'dignitas' that might be compromised by revelations that they are not the one truly in control of the overarching aims of the court.

I think that my favorite example works based on true historical events on this subject are the film "A Royal Affair" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Royal_Affair, where the lazy, party-happy king of Denmark is battled over by his enlightenment-age personal physician trying to pass progressive anti-religious anti-slavery measures and the king's ultra-religious, ultra-rich privy council of corrupt aristocrats, and Agincourt https://www.amazon.com/Agincourt-Henry-Battle-That-England/dp/0316015040 detailing a brutal French civil war that happens between two wealthy and powerful dukes warring for true supremacy of Paris (even allying for a time with England) while the king on the throne is mentally incapacitated due to a traditional lineage of royal incest. Contrary to this clever maneuvering was the fashion-loving inventor of the modern suit controlling England for a few years because of the way he put on pants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7CRWGPlYfE

Yes, its from Mage The Ascension Revised and its called "Sorcerer"
http://www.amazon.de/Sorcerer-Mage-Ascension-Heather-Grove/dp/1565044398/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421533996&sr=8-1&keywords=mage+the+ascension+sorcerer

I really like the book since it gives you great sources for powers for villains to have. And the Path of Summoning/Binding/Warding offers you a more enhanced ruleset for any Werewolf Theurge.

Yeah, Anazon says it's out of print and goes for $85. There's one edition that's just shy of a grand. I think that's outside my range.

http://www.amazon.com/Mage-Tarot-Deck-Ascension/dp/1565044339/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458637754&sr=8-1&keywords=mage+the+ascension+tarot

http://www.amazon.com/Mage-Tarot-Deck-Revised-2001-04-16/dp/B01A687MRY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1458637754&sr=8-3&keywords=mage+the+ascension+tarot

For books, /r/askhistorians (which has a strong group of indigenous American studies academics) often recommends 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus and downplays Guns Germs and Steel, because Jared Diamond's research process was basically 1. create theory, 2. seek facts to justify theory, and the result is about as flawed as you would expect from that reversal of normal historical analysis. (Mind you, his book blew my mind as much as anyone's when I first read it...)

Or, if you're just asking for rpg books: I don't think White Wolf has anything set in Texas at all. It might be interesting to do 'banes as they lived in Texas before Pentex, and how the arrival of an organizing structure changes them' though. Especially if you take into account the difference in timing between the colonization of the east coast, central america, and texas, there could be repercussions in the spirit world long before your players see human impact. (ex: California didn't have major colonial impact until the 1800s, which is kind of crazy to think about.)

Inspired after I saw this and thought, "Clearly in WoD this is going to either mind control you or cause some other horrible effect."

It’s not very expensive on Amazon for Revised. I don’t know if the V20 screen is available.

Absolutely sure. It was an undersized book, same size as the Book of Nod flavor book, no mechanics in the text, just essays on pursuit of power.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1565042018?pc_redir=1408584953&robot_redir=1

Do you mean Elysium?

Almost all the fiction/ novels are stand alone. There's a bunch on amazon used for very cheap. I bought some for a penny + shipping.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1565048822/ref=tmm_pap_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=1572657867&sr=8-2

Some of the vampire books are now available as a set on kindle or as single books:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RD8PGF2?ref_=dbs_r_series&storeType=ebooks

jan pieterzoon was a pedophile in the ultra-edgy vampire erotica book that old white wolf published.

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https://www.amazon.com/Eternal-Hearts-Lucy-Taylor/dp/1565042050

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it was part of his feeding exclusion

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