Vampire - The Requiem Core Rulebook (2e)
Note: This was previously published as Blood and Smoke: the Strix Chronicle¸ now retitled with a new cover and an index.
Updated and revised core rule book for Vampire: The Requiem.Tonight¸ you become one of the Kindred¸ the beautiful and the damned who hide behind our ordinary world. Driven by a hunger like fire¸ you will struggle to maintain your humanity while immersed in a vicious society of monsters.
Featuring Blood and Smoke: the Strix Chronicle.The sharks you swim with aren't the only ones out there. Your Kindred are the smart¸ sexy vampires of pop culture¸ but you are haunted by the Strix -- the grisly¸ demon-possessed corpses of folklore. They slaughtered the Night-Senate of Rome¸ drowned the tombs of the Princes of Alexandria¸ and warred with the Plague Lords of Transylvania.
Tonight¸ they're loose on the streets of your city. Time for the sinners to become the saints¸ and the hunters to become the prey.
Vampire: the Requiem 2nd Edition contains:
- A complete guide to playing a vampire in the World of Darkness. No other rulebooks are required¸ and the rules are fully compatible with The God-Machine Chronicle.
- Reimagined clans¸ covenants¸ and supernatural powers to create your perfect monster... and her friends and foes.
- A first-ever look at vampire domains around the world¸ from Tokyo to Berlin.
- Twenty unique Strix¸ as well as complete rules for building your own.
Tonight¸ you become one of the Kindred¸ the beautiful and the damned who hide behind our ordinary world. Driven by a hunger like fire¸ you will struggle to maintain your humanity while immersed in a vicious society of monsters.
"The sharks you swim with aren't the only ones out there. Your Kindred are the smart¸ sexy vampires of pop culture¸ but you are haunted by the Strix - the grisly¸ demon-possessed corpses of folklore. They slaughtered the Night-Senate of Rome¸ drowned the tombs of the Princes of Alexandria¸ and warred with the Plague Lords of Transylvania.
"Tonight¸ they're loose on the streets of your city. Time for the sinners to become the saints¸ and the hunters to become the prey.