[Holy Shit] Monte Cooke's World of Darkness

Levi Kornelsen · November 18, 2006, 05:44:23 AM

Quote from: fonkaygarryI am salivating at that possibility. Forums will burn; entire servers will collapse from the strain. Scattered cadres of RPG raiders will scour what remains of the online community in search of reviews and photoshop threads.

That's the stuff, baby.

Quote from: fonkaygarryIt'll be more fun than wrassling a greased hog.

Oh.

Why do you hurt me so?

JongWK · November 18, 2006, 06:39:45 AM

Could be a d20 WoD, a computer game, or maybe even a new game. In any case, what Mearls said: interesting times...

Did they give a release date?

RedFox · November 18, 2006, 06:45:47 AM

Quote from: JongWKDid they give a release date?

No, they did the usual WW thing. Gave absolutely nothing other than the title and left the rest up to the hype grind.

I'm sure new information will trickle out at a rate which will keep threads on the front page at rpg.net until release.

The Yann Waters · November 18, 2006, 07:01:00 AM

Quote from: RPGObjects_chuckBest exchange:

"Who's Monte Cook"

Reply "He designed Planescape"

Boy, their hat of d20 really runs deep over in them parts.

It's probably more accurate to call that fondness for a fine setting rather than hatred for d20. I know I'd pick it over Eberron.

Abyssal Maw · November 18, 2006, 07:39:04 AM

Touches fingertips.

Leans back in chair.

"Excellent...."

Dr Rotwang! · November 18, 2006, 08:56:09 AM

Quote from: SettembriniOh, well I forgot, you guys already had a functional CoC. German Cthulhu is special. Here it´s not a regular RPG, it´s a conspicious consumption jeux d´ambiance. Candlelight & lavish Handouts.Rolling dice is poo-poo´d here with most cthulhu fans. D20 Cthulhu was outrightly fought, as being the evil incarnate.

Settembrini:

Please tell Germany that, since they gave us Kraftwerk, Propaganda and Metropolis, I know that they know better so quit jackin' around.

Sincerely,

Rotwang!

RedFox · November 18, 2006, 09:02:59 AM

Ah, Kraftwerk. Now I gotta pull out my old CDs and learn how to program my home computer again.

Dr Rotwang! · November 18, 2006, 09:08:44 AM

As a former Mage and Changeling fan, I'd be interested in seeing how this new stuff goes. Doubt it'll get me playing those games again (my wife is not down with either one so, while I keep my books, they don't get much play), but I'll definitely look upon it with interest.

RPGPundit · November 18, 2006, 09:26:45 AM

Quote from: Levi KornelsenThis is the part where I slap Settembrini silly, right?

Anyone?

You hadn't read up on Settembrini's history with CoC? He talked about it quite a bit on my blog. Apparently in Germany Cthulhu is a seriously "Swiney" game, played by guys who embody all the worst stereotype of the cthulhu-playing nob (the guys who think you're never allowed to carry a gun in the game, that putting skill points into weapon skills is a high crime, that the most important part of the game is ultra-accurate recreation of 1920s society and not silly monster hunting, etc etc.).

So he's been very scarred on account of it, as far as being able to enjoy Cthulhu is concerned.

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RPGPundit · November 18, 2006, 09:27:21 AM

Quote from: mearlsIn any case, this is really, really interesting on a business and creative level, and I mean that in the Chinese proverb sort of interesting.

I get the feeling from this that you're thinking very much along the lines of what I'm thinking.

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RPGPundit · November 18, 2006, 09:30:39 AM

Quote from: GrimGentIt's probably more accurate to call that fondness for a fine setting rather than hatred for d20. I know I'd pick it over Eberron.

Planescape was a butchery of the higher planes into something banal and idiotic.

But that's beside the point.

The point is that if you take, say, George Lucas, and someone were to ask "Who's George Lucas"? and you answered, "he did American Graffiti"; chances are you have a serious issue with Star Wars. Because almost any reasonable person would provide, both out of loyalty to reality and to actually help frame it for the person asking, "he did Star Wars" as the answer.

So if someone asks "Who's Monte Cook?" and you say "He did Planescape", you are implicitly trying to forget that he ever did D&D 3.0.

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jrients · November 18, 2006, 09:33:10 AM

What I Want:

Monte Cook presents d20 Badass Undead SuperNinjas in Trenchcoats Cutting Whole Societies in Half With Awesome Katanas

RedFox · November 18, 2006, 09:58:51 AM

Quote from: jrientsWhat I Want:

Monte Cook presents d20 Badass Undead SuperNinjas in Trenchcoats Cutting Whole Societies in Half With Awesome Katanas

I'd play that in a heartbeat.

Levi Kornelsen · November 18, 2006, 01:34:03 PM

Quote from: RPGPunditplayed by guys who embody all the worst stereotype of the cthulhu-playing nob (the guys who think you're never allowed to carry a gun in the game, that putting skill points into weapon skills is a high crime, that the most important part of the game is ultra-accurate recreation of 1920s society and not silly monster hunting, etc etc.).

Here's what I think of that:

:razz:

Yes, 1920s. A little faith to era, sure, is nice. But only insofar as it brings you closer to the actual fiction of the game. Which, in this case, was codified by a creepy horse-faced letter-writing author named Howard Phillip.

It needs to feel real enough that when it goes wrong, it feels wrong. That's all.

Gah. I've played some great CoC games (though I can't run it to save my life).

RPGPundit · November 18, 2006, 02:06:07 PM

Quote from: Levi KornelsenHere's what I think of that:

:razz:

Yes, 1920s. A little faith to era, sure, is nice. But only insofar as it brings you closer to the actual fiction of the game. Which, in this case, was codified by a creepy horse-faced letter-writing author named Howard Phillip.

It needs to feel real enough that when it goes wrong, it feels wrong. That's all.

Gah. I've played some great CoC games (though I can't run it to save my life).

I've played and run some spectacular CoC game, which is why it saddens me that Settembrini's only experience of the game is through the Swine. Good example of why it DOES matter what the Swine are doing.

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