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== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Current Timelines''' ==
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<span style="color:#000000;">  '''Brenda, Hayley, Jason & Kyle''' (February - 2033) / '''Jamie & Morgan''' (January 2043) / '''Brian & Bruce''' (May 28, 2042) / '''Kate''' (July 2029) / '''Keith/Brian''' (November 1997)/'''Nathan-Dee''' (February 2013) <br>
 
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Quote''' ==
 
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<span style="color:#000000;">'''"What horror have the Methuselahs wrought? What grotesque affairs of terror and destruction have they birthed upon this planet? Their cruelty and depravity are legendary, and none can match them for atrocities - and then there is the Black Hand."'''<br>
 
 
<span style="color:#000000;">'''"Defender of right, servant of the clan sires and instrument of justice, the Hand plays a central role in the World of Darkness. Far more than the assassins of the Sabbat, the Hand plays its part with all the considerable skill an ancient society can muster."'''<br>
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Arcana''' ==
 
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'''Quote:''' ''The face was no longer bone, but animal - the face of a white wolf. "I forbid you nothing. Nothing," uttered the awful face. "You may go anywhere - you may open any door. But, little bird, remember you must be prepared to accept whatever you find." The long jaws spread in a smile filled with teeth.'' - Peter Straub, ''Shadowland''
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'''Quote:''' ''"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."'' - Albert Einstein<br>
 
 
* -- [[Arcane Objects]]
 
* -- [[The Hidden Library]]
 
  
* -- [[Infernal Sorcery]] (Paths & Rituals)
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== <span style="color:#000000;"> '''Worlds of Darkness''' ==
* -- [[Koldunic Sorcery]] (Paths & Rituals)
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:'''[[World of Darkness: Original]]'''
* -- [[Necromancy]] (Paths & Rituals)
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::* '''[[World of Darkness: XXI]]'''
* -- [[Setite Sorcery]] (Paths & Rituals)
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::* '''[[World of Darkness: 1900]]'''
* -- [[Thaumaturgy]] (Paths & Rituals)
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::* '''[[Monde des ténèbres -- XVIII]]'''
* -- [[Minor Magical Traditions]]
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::* '''[[World of Darkness -- Medieval]]'''
 
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::* '''[[World of Darkness -- Pax Romana]]'''
* -- [[Blood Magic Research]] (All)
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* -- [[Ritual Learning Times]] (All)
 
 
 
* -- [[Infernal Investments]]
 
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Art of Vampire''' ==
 
* -- [[Concept Art: Firearms]] -- ''Artistic Representations of Jason Maier's Firearms Manufacturing''
 
* -- [[The Dark Sight Collection]] -- ''The works found within reflect the world as seen through the eyes of an Abyss Mystic.''
 
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Articles''' ==
 
* -- [[Blood Magic]] (An article by Jamie Wadell)
 
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Bestiary''' ==
 
'''Quote:''' ''"Here's the devil-and-more to pay."'' - Miguel de Cervantes, ''Don Quixote de la Mancha''<br>
 
* -- [[Angelus Lacrimarum]]
 
* -- [[Beasts]]
 
* -- [[Cults]]
 
* -- [[Demons]]
 
* -- [[Divine Host]]
 
* -- [[Doppelgänger]]
 
* -- [[Fae]]
 
* -- [[Familiars]]
 
* -- [[Gallû]]
 
* -- [[Ghosts]]
 
* -- [[Gods]]
 
* -- [[Gypsies]]
 
* -- [[Hunters]]
 
* -- [[Infernalists]]
 
* -- [[Kuei-jin]]
 
* -- [[Mafia]]
 
* -- [[Mummies]]
 
* -- [[Oneira]]
 
* -- [[Revenants]]
 
* -- [[Secret Societies]]
 
* -- [[Strotires]]
 
* -- [[The Changing Breeds]]
 
* -- [[Vampiric Proteges (ghouls)]]
 
* -- [[Wizards & Witches]]
 
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Blogs''' ==
 
[[File:Immortal scrivener.png]]
 
 
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* -- [[Brenda's Website stuff]]
 
* -- [[Brian's Session Notes]]
 
* -- [[Jamie's Notes]]
 
* -- [[Jasons' Journal]]
 
* -- [[Lord Blake's Personal Journal]]
 
* -- [[Mina's Story]]
 
* -- [[Tremens Blog|Torsten's Blog]]
 
 
* -- [[When a Storyteller Fails]] (Bruce's musings of recent storytelling experiences -- open to all to read, but not necessarily for commentary.)
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;"> '''Character Quotes''' ==
 
* <span style="color:#000000;"> -- "Here's my chain, act natural." -Bruce in character as Tiberius in London - 2016 C.E.
 
 
* <span style="color:#000000;"> -- "Harden this shaft, please" - Yan to Yakav in London - 2016
 
 
* <span style="color:#000000;"> -- "See, it's harder to use him as an ass-puppet than it looks!" - Bruce to Yan in a London graveyard - 2016
 
 
* <span style="color:#000000;"> -- "At least I'm not Aspen Barbie!" - Jamie's comment on a dream, 2022.
 
 
* <span style="color:#000000;"> -- "If I stand behind you, all I'm going to look like is the back end of the front end of your ass!" - Brian, to Jacob Schumpeter, would be Prince of Ottawa City.  November, 2022
 
 
* <span style="color:#000000;"> -- "Vampire blood is like deep-fried Twinkies, its so bad for you, but it tastes so good." -- Jason on the blood of other vampires -- September of 2031 {Rio de Janeiro}
 
 
* -- "That's what us in the business call... ' ''bad.'' '" -- Brian, on the failure to recall one's own gratuitous display of obscene power.  -- ''January 3, 2032, Beirut''.
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Character Traits'''==
 
'''Quote:''' ''"One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works."'' - Meister Eckhart, ''Work and Being'' <br>
 
 
* -- [[Abilities]]
 
* -- [[Archetypes]]
 
* -- [[Backgrounds]]
 
* -- [[Character Creation]]
 
* -- [[Derangements]]
 
* -- [[Disciplines]]
 
:* --[[Discipline Techniques]]
 
* -- [[Experience]]
 
* -- [[Generation Chart]]
 
* -- [[Linguistics and languages]] (errata)
 
* -- [[Maturation Points]]
 
* -- [[Merits & Flaws]]
 
* -- [[Secondary Abilities]] (errata)
 
* -- [[Specialties]] (errata)
 
* -- [[Remaining Awake]] (errata)
 
* -- [[The Roads]]
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Discussions''' ==
 
* -- [[Jamie's Grievances & Bruce's Responses]]
 
* -- [[Paths v.s. Sendings]]
 
* -- [[What is a Ward?]]
 
* -- [[What is a curse?]]
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Downtime''' ==
 
 
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Geography''' ==
 
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'''Quote:''' ''"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."'' - Albert Einstein<br>
 
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=== <span style="color:#000000;"> '''The World of Darkness''' ===
 
* -- '''[[Africa]]'''
 
* -- '''[[The Americas]]'''
 
* -- '''[[Asia]]'''
 
* -- '''[[Australia]]'''
 
* -- '''[[Europe]]'''
 
* -- '''[[Indonesia]]'''
 
* -- '''[[Middle East]]'''
 
* -- '''[[Pacifica]]'''
 
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=== <span style="color:#000000;"> '''Lands of Darkness''' ===
 
* -- [[Brazil]]
 
* -- [[Caliphate of Daʿesh]] -- Islamic State of Iraq, Syria and the Levant
 
* -- [[England]]
 
* -- [[La République du Québec]]
 
 
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=== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Cities of Darkness''' ===
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== <span style="color:#000000;"> '''Errata''' ==
* -- [[Boston]] -- Bean Town (Federated American States)
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:'''[[Other Gaming Worlds]]'''
* -- [[Chicago]] -- The Windy City (Federated American States)
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:'''[[Wiki Documentation]]'''
* -- [[Denver: Alien Hunger]] -- The Road Less Traveled
 
* -- [[Leeds]] -- Capital of the North {England}
 
* -- [[New York City]] -- The Big Apple (Federated American States)
 
* -- [[Quebec City]] -- The Once and Forever Capital
 
* -- [[Sofia-Grad]] -- City of Wisdom (Capital of Bulgaria)
 
* -- [[Saint Louis| St. Louis]] -- Rome of the West (Capital of the Missouri Free State)
 
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=== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Alternate Realities''' ===
 
* -- [[Ancient Enoch]]
 
* -- [[Limbo]]
 
* -- [[Pandæmonium]]
 
* -- [[The Abyss]]
 
* -- [[The Maya Realms]] - The World of Dreams
 
* -- [[The Reach -- Paradox Realm of Time]]
 
* -- [[The Underworld]] - The Lands of the Restless Dead
 
* -- [[Xibalba]] --
 
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* -- '''[[Prototype City]]'''
 
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''History''' ==
 
'''Quote:''' ''"History is written by the victors."'' - Winston Churchill<br>
 
* -- [[Current Stories]]
 
* -- [[Downtime]]
 
* -- [[Iteration I - Original Timeline]]
 
* -- [[Iteration IV - Current Timeline]]
 
* -- [[Past Stories]]
 
* -- [[Personal Histories]]
 
 
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* -- [[December - 2011]]
 
* -- [[July - 2012]]
 
* -- [[September - 2012]]
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''[[Ingame Newspapers]]''' ==
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''[[Lexicon]]''' ==
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''[[Missives: In-Game]]''' ==
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''[[Missives: Out-of-Game]]''' ==
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Night Gallery''' ==
 
'''Quote:''' ''"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts."'' - William Shakespeare, ''As You Like It''<br>
 
* -- [[Antediluvians]]
 
* -- [[Arrayed Alphabetically]]
 
* -- [[Bloodlines]]
 
* -- [[Arrayed by Clan]]
 
* -- [[Arrayed by Sect]]
 
* -- [[Character Creation]]
 
* -- [[Dead Vampires]]
 
* -- [[Methuselah]]
 
* -- [[Mortals and Others]]
 
* -- [[Player Characters]]
 
* -- [http://vampirerpg.free.fr/Genealogy/ Vampire Genealogy]
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Player Schedules''' ==
 
:* [[Brenda's Schedule]]
 
:* [[Brian's Schedule]]
 
:* [[Bruce's Schedule]]
 
:* [[Jamie's Schedule]]
 
:* [[Jason's Schedule]]
 
:* [[Morgan's Schedule]]
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Politics''' ==
 
'''Quote:''' ''"There's a difference between us. You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom."'' - William Wallace'' <br>
 
* -- [[Prestation]]
 
* -- [[The Jyhad]]
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Rules''' ==
 
'''Quote:''' ''"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law."'' - Aleister Crowley<br>
 
* -- [[A Stake Through the Heart]]
 
* -- [[Amaranth]]
 
* -- [[Body Armor]]
 
* -- [[Damage Types]]
 
* -- [[Deterioration]]
 
* -- [[Drugs of the Future World]]
 
* -- [[Electrocution]]
 
* -- [[Final Death]]
 
* -- [[Frenzy & Rötschreck]]
 
* -- [[Movement]]
 
* -- [[Poisons and Drugs]]
 
* -- [[Staking]]
 
* -- [[Strength Chart]]
 
* -- [[The Blood Oath]]
 
* -- [[Torpor]]
 
* -- [[Faith Rating]]
 
* -- [[Weapons]]
 
* -- [[Willpower]]
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Storyteller Support''' ==
 
:* [[http://roll-dice-online.com/ | Computer Generated Dice Rolling]]
 
:* [[http://www.ambient-mixer.com/ | Sound Effects]] 
 
:* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC366ezryJzVHMZeoaXdD3hg |The Gentleman Gamer]]
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''The Modern Traditions''' ==
 
<span style="color:#000000;">'''The First Tradition: The Masquerade'''<br>
 
<span style="color:#000000;">''Thou shall not reveal thy nature to those not of the Blood. Doing so shall renounce thy claims of Blood.''<br>
 
 
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<span style="color:#000000;">'''The Second Tradition: The Domain'''<br>
 
<span style="color:#000000;">''Thy domain is thine own concern. All others owe thee respect while in it. None may challenge thy word while in thy domain.''<br>
 
 
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<span style="color:#000000;">'''The Third Tradition: The Progeny'''<br>
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<span style="color:#000000;">''Thou shall sire another only with the permission of thine elder. If thou createst another without thine elder's leave, both thee and thy progeny shall be slain.''<br>
 
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<span style="color:#000000;">'''The Fourth Tradition: The Accounting'''<br>
 
<span style="color:#000000;">''Those thou create are thine own childer. Until thy progeny shall be released, thou shall command them in all things. Their sins are thine to endure.''<br>
 
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<span style="color:#000000;">'''The Fifth Tradition: Hospitality'''<br>
 
<span style="color:#000000;">''Honor one another's domain. When thou comest to a foreign city, thou shall present thyself to the one who ruleth there. Without the word of acceptance, thou art nothing.''<br>
 
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<span style="color:#000000;">'''The Sixth Tradition: Destruction'''<br>
 
<span style="color:#000000;">''Thou art forbidden to destroy another of thy kind. The right of destruction belongeth only to thine elder. Only the eldest among thee shall call the blood hunt.''<br>
 
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''The Medieval Traditions of Caine''' ==
 
 
 
:* <span style="color:#000000;">'''The First Tradition: Covenant'''
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"Thy blood makes thee my brood, crafted in my image."''<br>
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"My curse thine, my salvation thine."''<br>
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"I stand before and above thee, as god-regent."''<br>
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"I am the way, my Traditions covenant."''<br>
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"Renounce me and renounce all hope."''<br>
 
 
 
:* <span style="color:#000000;">'''The Second Tradition: Domain'''
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"As I am master of Nod, thy domain is thine own concern."''<br>
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"Thou art its master, and all will respect this or suffer thy wrath."''<br>
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"All will present themselves when entering, and thou shalt protect them in turn."''<br>
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"By right, thou art allowed to hunt within the bounds of thy domain, its blood thine own."''<br>
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"Accept its responsibilities, minister thy domain and pay others the same respect accorded you."''<br>
 
 
 
:* <span style="color:#000000;">'''The Third Tradition: Progeny'''
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"Thou shalt only sire another with the permission of thine elder."''<br>
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"To create is the providence of those closest to me, for they shall be accountable."''<br>
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"Break this, and both thee and thy progeny shall be slain."''<br>
 
 
 
:* <span style="color:#000000;">'''The Fourth Tradition: Accounting'''
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"Those thou create are thine own blood until released from thy charge."''<br>
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"Until that moment, their sins, their blood and their punishments are thine."''<br>
 
 
 
:* <span style="color:#000000;">'''The Fifth Tradition: Destruction'''
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"Forbidden art thou to spill the blood of another of thy kind who is elder."''<br>
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"This right belongs only to the closest to me and none other."''<br>
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"It is forbidden for those of weaker blood to rise against their elders."''<br>
 
 
 
:* <span style="color:#000000;">'''The Sixth Tradition: Silence'''
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"Never shalt thou reveal thy true nature to those not of the blood."''<br>
 
- <span style="color:#000000;">''"Doing so shall renounce thy claims to my covenant."''<br>
 
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Television Shows''' ==
 
http://www.penny-dreadful.com/ --{'''''New & Quite Good'''''}--  http://www.sho.com/sho/penny-dreadful/home -- {'''''The World of Darkness as it Should be.'''''}<br>
 
 
 
http://www.bbcamerica.com/orphan-black/ {'''''A Fairly good look at Doppelgangers'''''}
 
 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemlock_Grove_%28TV_series%29 {'''''Slow - but very World of Darkness'''''}
 
 
 
http://www.fxnetworks.com/thestrain/ {'''''A Grade B horror - action thriller about vampires the way the medieval mind probably saw them.'''''}
 
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Vampire Music''' ==
 
http://rock.rapgenius.com/albums/The-clash/London-calling  {During the First Edition, The Clash were a very popular sound by which to play Vampire.}
 
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Vampire Websites''' ==
 
http://enoch.wikidot.com/start
 
 
 
http://www.vtm.kismetrose.com/VampireSite.html
 
 
 
http://mypage.iu.edu/~adashiel/wod/
 
 
 
[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/worldofdarkness/index.php?title=Main_Page WoD Wiki]
 
 
 
[http://vampirerpg.free.fr/Genealogy/ Vampire Genealogy]
 
 
 
http://www.planetware.com/
 
 
 
https://thealbanyfiles.obsidianportal.com/
 
 
 
http://reference.l2fury.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
 
 
 
http://theonyxpath.com/  {'''''Highly Recommended'''''}
 
 
 
http://www.white-wolf.com/  {'''''Useful'''''}
 
 
 
== <span style="color:#000000;">'''Wiki Documentation''' ==
 
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
 
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
 
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
 
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide]
 
 
 
== <span style="color:#DAA520;">'''Other Gaming Worlds''' ==
 
 
 
* -- [[Faerun]]: <span style="color:#ff0000;"> -- ''AD&D homeworld''
 
* -- [[Ravenloft: The Demiplane of Dread]] <span style="color:#ff0000;"> -- ''AD&D Nightmare Lands''
 

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Quote: "The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

Worlds of Darkness

World of Darkness: Original



Errata

Other Gaming Worlds
Wiki Documentation