The World of Darkness
History (Britain / Ireland) Horror (Supernatural) Modern Fantasy (Modern Urban Fantasy) Horror History (Europe) Adult / Mature Comedy / Satire Modern (Urban) History (Alternative) History (Americas) History (Ancient) Culture (Asian / Far Eastern)
Attribute/Stat Based (STR, CON, PER, etc) Dice (Primarily d10) Dice Pool (Roll multiple dice vs target) Point Based (allocate points to get skills, powers, etc) Progression Tree (Skills, professions, magic abilities, etc.) Race Based (Player Race/Species affects gameplay) Skill Based (buy or gain skills) Trait / Aspect Based (personality affects gameplay)
Chronicles of Darkness, previously World of Darkness
We can’t know when humans first started telling stories, or why. But it’s a safe bet that the first tale tellers used their craft to explain the mysteries going on around them. Indeed, some of the most ancient stories that are still told today grapple with the biggest mysteries of all — life, death, creation, redemption and the ongoing struggle of good versus evil. The World Of Darkness is a Storytelling game, because it’s an opportunity for you to participate in the deeply human endeavor of telling stories.
The stories told in this game are set in the World of Darkness. It’s a place very much like our world, sharing the same history, culture and geography. Superficially, most people in this fictional world live the same lives we do. They eat the same food, wear the same clothes, and waste time watching the same stupid TV shows. And yet, in the World of Darkness, shadows are deeper, nights are darker, fog is thicker. If, in our world, a neighborhood has a rundown house that gives people the creeps, in the World of Darkness, that house emits strange sighs on certain nights of the year, and seems to have a human face when seen from the corner of one’s eye. Or so some neighbors say. In our world, there are urban legends. In the World of Darkness, there are urban legends whispered into the ears of autistic children by invisible spiders.
World of Darkness (nWoD) is the the base game for several settings such as Werewolf: The Forsaken and Vampire: The Requiem. It is different from the original Old World of Darkness (oWoD) Family which is the collection of these games' standalone predessors, such as Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Vampire: The Masquerade.
