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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Testament" data-source="post: 1922884" data-attributes="member: 21833">Apocalypse!Right, Mark Hope provided summaries of Ascencion, so I'll deliver summaries of Apocalypse.The first story is "The Last Battleground" where the battle takes place solely in the Umbra.  First the three scions of the Wyrm are sacrificed, the scion of Eater of Souls was that Antediluvian that woke up and got nuked during the Week of Nightmares.  His death summoned the Red Star.  Then Zyzhak dies fighting King Albrecht, they both drown in blood from the hundreds of people she kills in some small town.  That summons the Second Red Star.  Then BSDs abduct the Perfect Metis, torture/rape/abuse it for a week before killing it.  Defiler joins with "Eater Of Souls" and "Beast of War", and the Wyrm goes on a rampage through the Umbra.  The Garou Nation allies under the banner of Margrave Konietzko to face the Wyrm and its hordes in the Umbra.  Lots of realm hopping trying to find what help you can to try and win this impossible fight.Second is "A Tribe Falls".  This chapter is really a toolkit more than anything else, giving you possible scenarios for each tribe falling to the Wyrm (with a sidebar for Weaver), and what sort of an Apocalypse it could trigger.  A really open scenario that leaves huge amounts up to the ST.Next comes "Weaver Ascendant".  This one is by far my fave, it has the most scope for Changing Breed involvement at any rate (I loves my Corax!).  It starts with some other company BUYING OUT Pentex, and seemingly starting to undo its damage.  Until the purges start, at the hands of Drones (if you've read Posessed, you know how scary these things can be!).  The Gauntlet starts SHOOTING up, several tribes are near exterminated, and the Wyrm's in as much trouble as Wyld and Gaia.  The Perfect Metis reappears, fully grown, announcing itself as the Harbinger of Balance Wyrm.  An unholy alliance is needed to effectively tear the world down to save it from Weaver.  The Wyrm must be free.  It gives the players full liscence to run amok and cause as much mayhem as possible to try and slow the strangulation while others try and find a way to pierce the Gauntlet for one huge trek to Malfeas.Did I mention, the Ananasi are making their move too.  Their Metis are loose, they're going to try and free Ananasa.   <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" /> Last is "Ragnarok".  This one is truly nuts and over the top, I love it almost as much as "Weaver Ascendant"  It starts with Rorg, Incarna of the Asteroid Belt, hurling his Claw at Earth.  The moon shatters, the skies go dark, the Wyrm's hordes run amok.  All hell breaks loose, and things go from bad to worse to OH MY GOD!  If you want to go out with a bang, its hard to top this one.I love this book.  Not only does it give some great ideas, but its full of useful summaries of things, and has lots of great Ron Spencer artwork too.  My only gripe is that it refers frequently to other books, especially "Possessed" and "Rage Across the Heavens".  Too bad if you don't have them.</blockquote>

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