Chronicles of Darkness

Snowman0147 · December 12, 2015, 01:16:41 PM

Here is a link.

nWoD is going through a brand name change. Instead of nWoD it will now be called CoD. Think on that a bit.

DarcyDettmann · December 13, 2015, 08:46:36 AM

They trying to put a Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Ultra on us?

Piestrio · December 13, 2015, 12:11:38 PM

If it ends the pud-fuckingly stupid naming conventions of the last line it can only be positive.

Consumer, "which book do I need? 'the long dark ally way of tormented souls' or 'staring longingly at rocky Atlantic coasts and contemplating mortality' "

Onyx Path fans, "what are you, fucking stupid? It's obvious"

remial · December 13, 2015, 12:25:50 PM

it won't end the naming conventions, just change them.

joewolz · December 13, 2015, 12:31:13 PM

From what I've seen in Beast, there's some pretty cool stuff in the new edition.

I'm glad they support it, I was worried the old world of Darkness would completely take over. I very much prefer the new edition, and this second edition of nWoD looks neato!

Lynn · December 13, 2015, 01:52:57 PM

When products are going to change hands, or have recently changed hands, or there is clearly some changes happening in the owning company, I step back, wait and see - especially if what I have is working. I feel the same way about the Runequest weirdness.

Mostlyjoe · December 13, 2015, 06:54:50 PM

I've kinda hit a serious meh about it all. It not being called World of Darkness will make WOD nutters less likely to care about it.

Michael Gray · December 14, 2015, 11:47:02 AM

Quote from: joewolz;868749From what I've seen in Beast, there's some pretty cool stuff in the new edition.

I'm glad they support it, I was worried the old world of Darkness would completely take over. I very much prefer the new edition, and this second edition of nWoD looks neato!

Beast makes me want to run a Vampire game where the players are Vampirethings (built using Beast rules with the Dark Mother fluff ripped out) that don't care about your stupid Vampire hierarchy because they aren't standard Vampires (for certain values of standard Vampires).

As to changing the name...good. New World of Darkness was kind of meh, as a name.

trechriron · December 14, 2015, 01:18:16 PM

I just picked up CoD and DtD in PDF. I'm going to give them a read and see what's inside.

Opaopajr · December 14, 2015, 02:23:12 PM

Quote from: Piestrio;868742If it ends the pud-fuckingly stupid naming conventions of the last line it can only be positive.

Consumer, "which book do I need? 'the long dark ally way of tormented souls' or 'staring longingly at rocky Atlantic coasts and contemplating mortality' "

Onyx Path fans, "what are you, fucking stupid? It's obvious"

:rotfl: It's so true!

Mordred Pendragon · December 14, 2015, 04:04:51 PM

I don't mind the name change, though I am still sticking to my 1e nWoD books, as I was a little disappointed by 2e's material with the God-Machine and the over-exposure of the Strix in Vampire. Beast doesn't look good either. Hopefully Deviant and Changeling 2e will be better than the 2e nWoD material I have seen so far.

5 Stone Games · December 14, 2015, 04:41:40 PM

Sounds like bog standard marketing to me "Interest in our brand is a bit lower, rebrand it"

Snowman0147 · December 14, 2015, 05:02:20 PM

More like a command from a new owner. I wouldn't be surprise that paradox just gives CoD to them and cut their ties to them.

Warboss Squee · December 14, 2015, 05:17:51 PM

Quote from: Piestrio;868742If it ends the pud-fuckingly stupid naming conventions of the last line it can only be positive.

Consumer, "which book do I need? 'the long dark ally way of tormented souls' or 'staring longingly at rocky Atlantic coasts and contemplating mortality' "

Onyx Path fans, "what are you, fucking stupid? It's obvious"

This post make me wish we had a like button.

trechriron · December 14, 2015, 05:59:51 PM

So far it reads well. The stories have been intriguing which sets the mood. I have only scratched the surface however.

Some of the stuff that one might consider "fluffy bunny story now please" stuff is actually codified and well explained. It's more like actual game mechanics that help support the genre vs. "ephemeral figure it our yourself" territory. I'm pleasantly impressed at the moment. Of course, I just started reading.