Nothing to do tonight, and a couple of friends are coming over...
Or you planned that big game and
only a few of your players show up.
What do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO??
Hunters is a page for troupe play in White Wolf's World of Darkness
setting where everyone is trying to discover or destroy the supernatural
creatures. It is a troupe style game so everyone can switch in between
characters and storytellers. The major advantage of HUNTERS is it
can be played anytime, with anyone. Storyteller's don't have to plan
a specific day, or try and get X players to show up on time only to be
disappointed when players do not show up or are late. Basically,
this page is designed to help players and storytellers play an interesting
game without the hassles of preparing a full blown game...
What is troupe play?
Troupe play has two definitions:
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There is no permanent storyteller. Everyone in the game is a possible
storyteller within the campaign. After each adventure the storyteller
switches depending on who is there and who has an idea for an adventure.
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The other definition is that the players do not have a single character
to play. Players can have as many characters as they want (so those
of you who just like making characters for the sake of making characters
could have a blast using this system) and switch off during each adventure
depending on which character is best suited for the adventure.
HUNTERS uses both definitions of troupe play to allow for the best versatility
in the game.
The Setting:
The setting is of course White Wolf's World of Darkness line of
games including: Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage
the Ascension, Wraith: The Oblivion, Changeling: The Dreaming, and
Hunter: The Reckoning. The difference between playing HUNTERS and
one of the above titles is that instead of playing a supernatural creature
you play a human (or lesser supernatural) who is trying to destroy or discover
the supernaturals from the above games, or other mysteries of the World
of Darkness. This means that you'll be playing humans from different
organizations such as the Inquisition, FBI, Arcanum, or other institutions.
Quick Note: This is not page which simply restates the information
presented in the hunters, and allies books from white wolf but helps you
use those books in a troupe style game. You do not necessarily need
those books to play HUNTERS but they are helpful.
What you will find on this page:
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Chapter 1 "Mystery of Darkness" is a story involving a group of hunters
from different organizations working together trying to solve a mystery.
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Chapter
2 Character Creation Tells you how to make a character
for HUNTERS and how to incorporate the hunters and allies books.
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Chapter
3 Storyteller Reference Tells you how to create an adventure
for HUNTERS and gives tips on how to use troupe play.
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Chapter
4 Setting Tells you information on The World of Darkness in a
HUNTERS game. Includes two new organizations.
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Appendix
Tells you how to play alternate games using the Imbued, Eastern Hunters,
and the Technocracy. Plus historical HUNTERS.
Miscellaneous Info:
The Hunters and allies books that might be important for HUNTERS are:
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Hunters Hunted (HH) - first human book giving brief descriptions of the
hunter organizations.
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The Inquisition (TI) - a detailed look at the Inquisition with information
on how they work and detailed look at faith.
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Project Twilight (PT) - the government agencies and how they have reacted
to the supernaturals.
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The Arcanum (TA) - a look at a special organization mostly interested in
the study of the supernatural/occult.
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Quick and the Dead (QatD) - hunters and investigators who are interested
in ghosts.
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Ghouls: Fatal Addiction (G:FA) - detailed look at the vampire servants.
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Kinfolk: Unsung Heroes (K:UH) - detailed look at the Garou's human cousins.
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Ascension's Right Hand (ARH) - detailed look at humans who serve Mages.
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The Enchanted (TE) - detailed look of those who have been enchanted by
Changeling.
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Mediums (M) - detailed look at those who can communicate with ghosts.
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Sorcerer (S) - detailed look at Hedge Magic and those who use it.
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Sorcerer Revised (Sr) - Just like Sorcerer only updated to fit Mage Revised
and includes a complete psychic listing.
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Hunter: The Reckoning (H:tR) - Average humans are gifted with special powers
to fight the supernatural.
It goes with out saying that you will also need one of the core books from
The World of Darkness.
News: Last Updated: 04/20/2001
04/20/2001 Setting organizations & advantages updated.
06/14/2000 Site moved to fortunecity.com
01/29/2000 Hunter organization Oberon added.
12/31/99 Posted and updated HUNTERS Page.
Links and webrings to other hunter related sites for the World of Darkness.
Information on how to hunt vampires from the Society
of Leopold.
A beautiful and complete hunter site complete with a lot of stuff for
player. Hunter's
Haven
Legal Stuff:
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