World of Darkness

Stats, Tables, and Charts.

Keith — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:49:53 -0700

I have collected what I hope will be a useful set of in-game resources (charts, tables, etc.) in the hope that the players won't have to constantly refer to the White Wolf books during play.

The idea is that if you need to check a stat for something while working on a post you just pop over to these pages and then you're away again.

Tutorial: How to create a Mage character.

Keith — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:41:28 -0700

There are a number of steps to creating a character. The steps range from the esoteric: "I want to play a doctor", to the pedantic: "he has two dots (an average skill) in computers, but no dots (no ability at all) in medicine". The steps are:

Character merits & flaws

Keith — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:46:58 -0700

Merits & Flaws add depth and detail to a character.

Character backgrounds

Keith — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:45:16 -0700

Backgrounds are things of note that relate to the characters background - things they already have:

Character abilities

Keith — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:37:57 -0700

Abilities are the things your character is able to do, either because of same capability they were "born" with or because of some training they received at some point.

There are three types of ability:

Sample Character Sheet

Keith — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:08:39 -0700

To record the details about a character players use "Character Sheets", much like this one:

What is the World of Darkness?

Keith — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 02:45:47 -0700

Simply put, the world of darkness is a setting for a series of role-playing games and it describes an alternate reality. White Wolf created the setting, and it is huge.