Monte Cooks WoD is for 3.5

[theredrobedwizard]

Actually to me it seems pretty apocalyptic... see the destroyed buildings and dead people. World of Darkness is brutal in more subtle way. This seems to be WoD after some catastrophy.

I was hoping this was going to be oWoD, post Time of Judgment. I thought that would be pretty cool. Seems to be going in a slightly different direction, but it's cool too.

I'm picturing a four-man party consisting of a vampire, a werewolf, a mage, and a changeling, Greyhawking their way through a nightclub full of supernatural monsters.

I would play that game in a heartbeat. I call dibs on the Pooka.

-TRRW

 

[Kanegrundar]

I'll at least look at it because it's D20. If it does happen to be Monte's look a modern gaming with WoD draped over it, then I'm certain to check it out and possibly buy it. If it's simply D&D with Vampire PC's, then I'll pass. I've never been that big of a fan of the WoD anyway.

 

[ssampier]

M.c.WoD, 3.5 Served.

 

[Hussar]

Funnily enough, most of the Vampire:TM games that I played years ago were surprisingly close to D&D anyway.

 

[Storyteller01]

Because it's d20?

People who don't want to learn another ruleset can get this. People who want to try another take on the game can get this.

It's not like the first game that has its own rules, but gets a d20 treatment.

Yea, but L5R dropped d20 to go back to its original system. Not sure that helps the cause.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Yea, but L5R dropped d20 to go back to its original system. Not sure that helps the cause.

There's also Traveler and CoC.

 

[Nightchilde-2]

In old world of darkness each of the core games (Vampire, werewolf, and Mage) got a second and a revised edition. Everything was Wold of Darkness and there was a few books that were just Wod. But now the WoD line is a mortal game and it is called a second edition. The other lines (Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, etc) all build of the mortal game.

Except that the WoD line is NOT called a second edition. The new WoD has NOTHING to do with the oWoD, except for a few core concepts and a few names that got carried over. It's simply the World of Darkness; not WoD 2.0 or WoD second edition. It's a complete re-imaging.

(Also, Changeling comes out this year..Changeling: The Lost)

That perhaps pedantic bit aside....

I'm not sure how I feel about a d20 WoD. I'm kind of of the mind of "if it ain't broke don't fix it*" As a retailer, I'll carry the book but I doubt it will be worming its way into my personal library.

*Yes, I know, we can argue whether WoD as it stands is broken or not, but IMO, it's an excellent system.

 

[teitan]

Funnily enough, most of the Vampire:TM games that I played years ago were surprisingly close to D&D anyway.

Kinda sad that that was how most games went in my opinion considering how rich a universe Mark Rein*Hagen created for intensive roleplaying as opposed to bullets and fangs... sigh. I loved Vamp in 1993-1997

 

[Aus_Snow]

The $50 price tag really puts me off (it'll be over $90 AUD despite the better exchange rates dictating that it should really be closer to $65).

I have no idea what your opinion of Amazon is, but - FWIW - you could pre-order it from there for about $55 AUD (shipped. . . slowly), should you feel so inclined.

Just sayin'.


Regarding the book itself, I can see now that it's going to be 'OGL', so yeah, probably quite different from either D&D or d20 Modern. Neat.

I was quite keen on this before. It sounds even better now, what with the apoc setting too.

 

[Scurvy_Platypus]

Wraith and Mummy never got a second edition, as I recall.

Actually Mummy has been around the block several times. It was first printed in 92 (WW2221), got a Second Edition in 97 (WW2224), and then came around yet again as Mummy: The Resurrection in 01 (WW2380)

Regarding the book itself, I can see now that it's going to be 'OGL', so yeah, probably quite different from either D&D or d20 Modern. Neat.

I was quite keen on this before. It sounds even better now, what with the apoc setting too.

I've got the d20 CoC book, and my understanding is that it's pretty close to d20 Modern. I don't have Modern, so I can't really compare it for myself. I'm guessing he'll probably take it another step further than what was done in d20 CoC, at least in terms of what the system looks like. It'll be interesting to see what (if anything) is done in regards to playing non-humans (Vampires/Werewolves/Whatever).

I think it's going to occupy a bit of a niche, much like d20 CoC does/did. I also wouldn't be surprised if it was the only book done. WW seems to be fine with doing limited lines (like Prometheus), and it's hard to imagine there being a huge demand for more books after this one.