World of Darkness: Month Of Darkness Celebration Highlights

October marked the ‘Month of Darkness’ celebration for World of Darkness. There were quite a few announcements. Here’s a few highlights.

Last month was the Month of Darkness celebration for the WoD franchise. There’s quite a few new products that were announced as well as some new teasers for the upcoming Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. If you’re still dealing with the hangover of spooky season hopefully some of these highlights help to lighten the load.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 – New Trailer

Just a heads up this one has some NSFW language and imagery.

If you’ve been keeping up with the development of this game then you know it’s been a bit. The game is still hoping to release in the first half of 2025. It has a Steam page that’s up with more info as well. Additionally, there was an interesting read from the Dev Diary if you’re interested in checking out some more behind-the-scenes.

Vampire: The Masquerade – ‘In Memoriam’

Coming in May of 2025 another Vampire: The Masquerade sourcebook is coming. In Memoriam is all about creating characters you can call nouveaux elders. These kindred have been dead longer than they’ve been alive and are still kicking.

via Paradox Interactive

“Become a Kindred of 100, 150, or even 200 years. Detail your backstory and relive the formative trials and tribulations that forged you into the monster you are today. Command the night with the power of centuries behind you with In Memoriam for Vampire: The Masquerade. “

Features:

• • Dive into and take part in Kindred history through flashback with expanded Memoriam rules. 

  • Craft Ancilla Characters with enriched rules designed for advanced play. 

  • Consolidated and Streamlined Memoriam Rules featuring new variations and advanced rules for deeper character development. 

  • New Lore, Resources & Plotlines surrounding 11 mortal eras and 8 pivotal Kindred events. 

  • Six New Loresheets that link characters to significant historical moments. 

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  • Learn more about integrating Memoriam rules into your existing stories and how to tie your characters to older events 

This one is perfect for anyone looking to do some more world building through the eyes of the older kindred that might still be active. Or if you just want to take some potent vampires out for a spin!

Vampire: The Masquerade Character Generator

If you want to make a character super quickly, even with no experience with the system, you can with a new Character Generator from  the WoD team. This Link will take you to their page. And, after answering a few quick questions, it can spit you out a brand new Vampire Character sheet for use in Vampire: The Masquerade. I made two sheets in less than 2 minutes just playing around with it. Once you’re done, you can download the PDF and you’re ready to play.

Hunter: The Reckoning – Apostates

If you’re more into punching back against the darkness then the new Hunter: The Reckoning sourcebook might interest you.

Apostates empowers players to repurpose the assets of their former employers — everything from classified intel to cutting-edge gear and clandestine networks. Play as these rogue agents or unleash them as unpredictable rivals in your Hunter: The Reckoning chronicle. Whether as allies or adversaries, the apostates and their former Orgs are bound to shake up your story. 

Features 

• • Org details written for players along with Loresheets in Hunter: The Reckoning for the first time! 

  • Includes many player options with new Perks for your Edges and new Advantages and Flaws! 

  • Storytelling advice for incorporating apostate characters into any Chronicle with a pre-written story to play through as apostates, and 2 Chronicle sketches to jumpstart your chronicles 

  • Organizations gain a new spotlight in your Chronicles including S.A.D., Project Twilight and the new Red Eye Community Watch. 

  • Players have ties to the Orgs and Storytellers may focus games on Orgs as adversaries or rivals that may hunt the Hunters!  

This one is due out in June of 2025. So get your Hunter ready as you set out to face off against the darkness, Apostate style!

For more info, check out the WoD Month of Darkness recap on Paradox Interactive’s page. There’s also an interactive fiction game coming to Steam. Check out the demo for The Beast of Glenkildove and see if it’s your cup of tea!

Seriously, check out the character creator. It’s fast and easy to use for making your next Kindred character!

Author: Adam Harrison

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