Viertes Spiel angekündigt

Chrischie schrieb:

Nur so nebenbei... Promethean wird soeweit ich es aus dem WW-Foren lese !NICHT! das neue Spiel sein, also weder von Namen noch von dem bisher bekannten Inhalt. Das ist alles nur Platzhalter. Was das neue Spiel sein wird, wird erst mit den Chicagobuch nächste Woche bekannt werden, also erst abwarten, dann meckern.

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WoD: Chicago schrieb:

Who shall conceive the HORRORS of my secret toil as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?

Promethean
The Next Storytelling Game in the World of Darkness
Coming to Life in 2006

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Out of Character

Und verdammt, daß ist DIE große Frage

Agroschim schrieb:

Wer von den Nasen hat's denn geschrieben?

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Attend a development meeting, where I get to watch in amazement as the best and brightest of the gaming industry argue over the life goals of hideous monsters sewn together from the flesh of corpses.

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People who haven't read mary shelley's classic tale probably can't tell you the name of frankenstein's monster was "Adam" and he was created to be the first new man of his kind by the arrogant doctor.
Now imagine that you're one of these soulless creations, lonely and hated in the world of humans, fashioned by a creator with a god-complex or a fellow Promethean "Prototype" who was simply looking for companionship or to construct a being more pitiful than itself. In White Wolf's new role-playing game for the world of darkness due late this summer, these lineages of creators and creations are uncommon - only four to six may exist - as the knowledge needed to complete these abominations is rare and forbidden. And there are dire risks.
Promethean creations such as yourself who attempt to produce another in their own likeness gamble with the ver boundaries of life and death and may end up generating a "Pandoran" a monster of chaos that feeds on the fire within all prometheans, a child that seeks to consume its parent. Still the lonliness known by prometheans alone drives you to many aspirations normal men would never consider.

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Marketing Director von WW im WW-Forum schrieb:

Here's a piece of information from one of the authors working on the book. He's included in an article for the summer issue of Games Quarterly Magazine.

“Promethean explores the human condition from a perspective none of the other World of Darkness games do: as something infinitely desireable and a prize to be won, rather than something to manage being lost.

Though it has some particularly horrific elements, it also casts humanity as the fragile wonder that it honestly is.” – Joseph D. Carriker, Jr.

Enjoy...

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(From Our New 'Old Pal' Ned @ WW)
Prometheans live among us. The fire within them provides many powers, one of which allows them the semblance of true life. They can pretend to be one of us, living next door and riding the same bus... until their soulless rages cause them to punish those in whose image they were made.

"It also adds another, more personal element to playing the role of a monster. In Vampire, you get to explore what it means to fight becoming what you already are. In Werewolf, you get to explore coming to terms with being a monster. In Mage, you get to work and being the very best you can be, and maybe even change the world. But in Promethean do you really get the chance to fight to the bitter end and win humanity. And of course, when you've won it, it means that much more." -Howard Ingham, Promethean Author

What did you like about working on Promethean?
"First, being amazed at the rich, fully-realized mythology Bill Bridges composed for the game...anyone who doubts the depth and playability of the Promethean concept will be pleasantly surprised. Second, it gave me a reason to re-read Mary Shelley's book and learn a little about her life. Her novel really is a classic, and it's more than just a horror story." -Rick Chillot, Promethean Author

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Will Hindmarch schrieb:

In general response to the feelings folks (quite rightly) have about Frankenstein-style monsters not working so great in groups: That was a major concern of ours from the earliest days of brainstorming and design on Promethean. We understand that we're making an RPG here, and that RPGs have players.

Let's be clear, Promethean isn't "Frankenstein's Monster: The Roleplaying Game" exactly. Not any more than Vampire is Dracula Worked Alone: The Storytelling Experience or Werewolf is Wolfman Keeps Mostly to Himself: The Game.

Though I can't say much more than that at this point, I can say the following:

1. If anything, Promethean may have the most firmly built-in reasons for monsters working together in little bands.

2. "Black Hat" Matt McFarland knows what he's doing here and Bill Bridges has set up a mean stable of writers for this game. The game's in good hands.

IN OTHER NEWS...
I don't agree 100% that Orpheus is really an example of metaplot in action. As I've said before, Orpheus has a plot that's spread over multiple books -- but that's just plot. The Lord of the Rings had a plot spread over multiple books, too. That's not the same as metaplot.

Orpheus had a plot. That's what people were playing -- the plot. If you're playing it at your table, if it's about your characters, then it's not so meta.

-w
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Will Hindmarch
Vampire: The Requiem Developer
White Wolf Game Studio
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Silvermane schrieb:

Sorry, aber "Frankenstein's Monster - The RPG"?

Klingt ähnlich faszinierend und gruppentauglich wie eingeschlafene Füsse.

-Silver

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