User blog:SensibleCenobite/Product Review: Subsidiaries: A Guide to Pentex.

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Year of the Dragon is still a go, but I got a random bug up my ass to read a book yesterday and I couldn't stop, which is perfect since Pentex is a global organization and fits easily into the Chronicle. I'll create some organizations that parody real life ones in the comments below and add them into Year of the Dragon.

I'll finish the product review tomorrow.

Subsidiaries: A Guide to Pentex: Pg 2 says I can do a review, thank you very much White Wolf.

Minor Credits: His Majesty Mr. Russel Hammond for protecting my freedom of speech all the way from Brazil, IanWatson for creating the wiki, StrangerThings for the Year of the Dragon Chronicle, the top contributors for the week [Daroff85, IceCreeper707, Narm00], new contributors [Daroff85, IceCreeper707, Jthanlon, Rappy 4187], FANDOM, and lastly my Chantry for liking the chromatic orbs.

Major Credits: Authors: Justin Achilli (Black Dog), Richard E. Dansky (Endron and King), Deena McKinney (Avalon), Clayton Oliver (Magadon), Ethan Skemp (Tellus) Additional Contributions and Advice: Heather Smith and Rev. Will Van Meter (Magadon); Brian Urbanek, Owen Winkler and Jess Heinig (Tellus) Developer: Ethan Skemp Editor: Aileen E. Miles Art Director: Aileen E. Miles Interior Art: Andrew Bates, Jeff Holt, Steve Prescott, Jeff Rebner Cover Art: Steve Prescott Layout, Typesetting and Cover Design: Aileen E. Miles

'''WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT. IF YOU ARE NOT A STORY TELLER THIS COULD RUIN SOME IMPORTANT SECRETS FOR YOU.'''

TheBeardedDragon's overall opinion of Subsidiaries: A Guide to Pentex: A+, This title is now in my top three which includes: Ananasi: Changing Breed Book 7, World of Darkness: Hong Kong, and Subsidiaries: A Guide to Pentex. This product kept my attention the entire time, and I had to read to this to completion, amused to no end in the last half. White Wolf doesn't hold back on the mockery, always sure to imply that the Chantry and the production team are lazy burn outs, still at mom and dad's, with unkempt hair and bad hygiene, high hopes to become an amateur writer, that doesn't get laid, and is very lonely at table number nine with the freaks. Empirical observations seem to indicate this is true a lot of the time }:)

Introduction: Ground Floor pg 4: A+, A basic introduction to the product.

Chapter One: Endron International pg 8: A+, The meat of the story begins with Hiram Bollingsworth and his wife Hattie who INSISTED Hiram go along to seances, halt... What have I said about Ouija boards and Scooby Doo my fellow Chantry members? DO'T DO IT! Seances are now on that list. Anyway, Hiram happens to be infected with a Bane at one of these seances, and after too much hassle about the new direction he's headed, Hattie has an accident. For the most part, Endron focuses it's efforts on oil extraction, refinement of oil into gas, transportation of oil and gas, mini marts, nuclear power plant acquisitions [ones that are about to melt down that is], oil that breaks down your vehicle, and NASCAR. At the same time Endron wants to pollute the planet it needs to keep it's company profitable, so little to no upkeep is done to keep it's equipment safe, with tanker accidents not only anticipated but welcomed, followed by an overhaul all at once, which pollutes and saves money at the same time. For off shore exploration they have what is called a Menanthol which is as much a mega oil drill as it is designed to awake various Banes at the bottom of the sea floor, some which sound like Cthulhu monsters to me. For their top priority oil exploration missions they send out the EPPS which consists of geologists, mercenaries, and service staff, all armed with state of the art equipment and a little information about the World of Darkness. This company is dirty and then some compared to major companies in the "real world", but their methods are still the same, just more gruesome and covert. Endron has a tendency to set up deals with local governments for the rights to build pipelines, roads in and out of the fields, and to kill anyone on sight no questions asked, all in exchange for Endron to construct hospitals, water filters, and other amenities. If that doesn't work they use finances, law, violence, or the Black Out Switch to get their ends achieved. What's The Black Out switch my fellow Chantry members? It's the hidden switch that forces a six hour black out just to remind people of their dependence on the city life, and how they would suffer without Endron.

Chapter Two: Magadon, Incorporated pg 34: A+,

Chapter Three: King Breweries and Distilleries pg 62: A+,

Chapter Four: Avalon Incorporated pg 82: A+,

Chapter Five: Tellus Enterprises pg 100: A+,

Chapter Six: Black Dog Game Factory pg 118: A+,

Final Grades and Opinions: I bought the pdf version off of DriveThruRPG and I don't own the hard copy. I don't get paid by DriveThruRPG or anyone else for product reviews.

Reading [Was the book a fun read, clarity of text]: A+, the text is nice and crisp and I fell in love with all six companies under Pentex's umbrella. White Wolf made humorous use of it's sarcasm without going over board and brought up some real life topics that plague us more than ever to this day. The disclaimer for chapter six is the funniest though, since it's sincere and aimed at us, the Chantry.

Writing [Spelling errors, typography, Cohesion]: A+, I didn't see any major errors, all chapters flowed well, and the team gave some nice letter head props to hand out to Players.

Characters [Amount, quality, context, immersion]: A+, all major antagonists are introduced with role playing suggestions, which is always nice.

Locations [Amount, quality, context, immersion]: A+, every major location is covered in great detail that is associated with each subsidiary, so you'll be able to keep your creatures of the night busy for months on end.

Artwork [Context immersion, quality, length spent staring at pictures]: A+, crisp, immersive, with much time spent on all pictures, even the ones without nudity ;) Evidently grandpa Leviathan was right, you will commit suicide if you play pen and paper games, and you can look for yourself on pg 118 }:).

Circles are complete; Triangles are immutable. Hallelujah, Hail Cthulhu, Praise Evolution,

TheBeardedDragon