Buried Secrets is a companion to Wraith: The Oblivion Second Edition. It covers a wide range of topics, ranging from new Artifacts to an introductory setting.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf catalog:
- There are Secrets Not Meant for the Living...
- The secrets of the Angelics and Demonics. The ways in which the Arcanoi of the dead affect vampires and their ilk. Records of potent and mysterious Artifacts. All sorts of good stuff like that.
- But We're Nice So We'll Share Them Anyway.
- So break the rules of the dead. Take a peek inside. From the brand-new fiction to the Harrowings suggestions to the sneak peek inside a Masquer Deathmark Parlor, you'll find things that are equally unexpected and useful between these covers. Got your shovel ready? Start digging!
- What You'll Find Inside:
- Sample Harrowings and storytelling suggestions on creating their own.
- A full-length introductory chronicle and setting for the Little Five Points section of Atlanta.
- Additional information on human antagonists, the Far Shores, Artifacts and much, much more.
Contents[]
Ghost Story: Homecoming[]
Erik arrives in Boston, where an Oracle warns him of the dangers of dealing with a Spectre. Upon visiting his old office, he loses control of his shadow and murders his former boss Joel with the hands of Brigit, the boss' secretary.
Chapter One: Rules[]
The chapter starts off by presenting a host of new Artifacts and Relics. Also detailed were several Spectre Artifacts, cursed items created to spread pain and misery.
- Standard Artifacts:
- Stygian Steel Armor (Level 3)
- Nhudri's Embrace (Variable Level)
- Bell of Summoning (Level 1 Soulsteel Artifact)
- Scribbler's Pen (Level 2 Soulsteel Artifact)
- Living Chains (Level 3 Stygian Steel Artifact)
- Stygian Wall Flies (Level 3 Soulsteel Artifact)
- Soulfire and Souled Weapons (Variable Level)
- Soulfire Lantern (Level 2 Artifact)
- Soulfire Mask (Level 2 Weapon)
- Masks (Level 1 Soulsteel Artifact)
- Candelabra of Souls (Level 3 Artifact)
- Star of the East (Level 2 Artifact)
- Redeyes (Level 2 Artifact)
- eMap (Level 3 Artifact)
- Instant Nihil (Level 2 Artifact)
- Relics:
- Avery's Sweets (Level 1 Relic)
- Sweeney's Pride (Level 4 Relic)
- Emperor's Nightingale (Level 4 Relic)
- Skin Artifacts:
- Bloodwebs (Level 2 Skin Artifact)
- Wail Tongue (Level 4 Skin Artifact)
- Guardian Orb (Level 5 Skin Artifact)
- Spectre Artifacts:
- Memory Net (Level 3 Spectre Artifact)
- Lucky's Mr. Bunny (Level 1 Spectre Relic)
- Maggot Revolver (Level 4 Souled Weapon)
- Bean Nighe Caul (Level 4 Spectre Artifact)
The next section focuses on how Arcanoi affects denizens of the skinlands.
The chapter finishes up with an assortment of frequently asked questions.
Chapter Two: Storytelling[]
The second chapter begins with a handful of sample harrowings.
Following this is a small section on Angelics and Demonics, including sample statistics.
- Other Antagonists
- Angelics and Demonics
- Sample Angelic Statistics
- Sample Demonic Statistics
- Angelics and Demonics
Detailed next are three human groups that often serve as antagonists:
- Human Antagonists
- The Sons of Tertullian
- The Sect of Saint James
- The Agathans
Finally, there is a brief segment on the Far Shores which focuses on the perils of travel to the Shores and the denizens who dwell there. Several sample Shores, such as Sukhavati, are mentioned as well.
Chapter Three: Little Five Points: Weed 'Em and Reap[]
Detailed here is the setting of Little Five Points, Atlanta. Key locations, local personalities, and the politics of the area are presented. A short adventure set in the area is also included. More information on the setting can be found in Necropolis: Atlanta.
Errata[]
The last page of the book holds a bit of errata that pertains to Wraith: The Oblivion Second Edition, regarding regaining pathos through passions.
Background Information[]
Buried Secrets came packaged with a Storyteller's Screen.
The ad at the back of the book is for Oblivion (Winter 1996).
Memorable Quotes[]
"There's a fat dead man in a chair, and I'm responsible, and I find myself praying to God that Joel goes straight to Oblivion so I don't have to face him and tell him what I've done." - Erik
Characters[]
- Erik
- Coldheart
- Joel - Mortal, Erik's Former Boss, Died
- Brigit - Mortal, Joel's Secretary
- Mr. Zog - Wraith
- Zillah Riazi - Masquer for the Painted Pigeon Parlor, Wraith
- Agatha Cabot - Agathan Society Founder, Past
- Hannah Ross - False Medium, Past
- Mr. Beauregard Cabot - Renegade Wraith, Works with the Agathan Society
- Hazel Stowe Weldon - Mortal, Agathan Society Member and President
- Deidre Holcomb-Watts - Mortal, Agathan Society Member
- Wendy Fox - Mortal, Agathan Society Member
- Angra Mainya - Sumerian Masquer
- Azhi Dahaka - Thousands of Wraiths Moliated into a Dragon
- Anubis
- Set - Renegade Wraith
- Wepwawet - Ferryman
- Daffyd - Example Wraith Character
- Little Five Points
- Rockin' Randolph Slay - Renegade Wraith, WBON Radio Station
- "John", "Paul", "George" and "Ringo" - Nicknamed quartet of soulforgers
- François - Mortal, Owner of The Smoking Mirror, Can See Wraiths
- Nejla LaPierre - Mortal, Owner of The Smoking Mirror, Can See Wraiths
- Ray Gunn - Mortal, Medium, Owns Ray Gunn Video
- Emmet Waters - Wraith, Former Doomslayer, Hunts Renegades
- Solomon Stark - Mortal, Owner of Collected Dreams
- Max "Crier" Nowland
- Holly Underwood
- Jomo
- Willie Ardmore
- Arthur Davenport - Wraith, Artificers' Guild
- Effie
- Jack the Magical Cat
Terminology[]
Agathans, Anacreon, Angelic, Angst, Arcanoi, Arcanum, Argos, Artifacts, Artificer, Atlanta, Awakened, Barghests, Baron Samedi, Bass High School (Haunt), Blood Bond, The Blue Crystal (New Age Store), "Boo Street", Boston, The Burning (Heretic Cult), Bush of Ghosts, Byway, Castigate, Caul, Centurion, Changelings, Chanteurs, Charon, Circle, Citadel, Collected Dreams (Pawn Shop), Corpus, Dark Kingdom, Dark Kingdom of Iron, Dark Umbra, Deadlands, Deathlords, Deathmark, Demonic, Dictum Mortuum, Digital Web, Doomslayer, Doppelganger, Dreamscapes, Dreamspeaker, Echoes and Memories (Music Store), Electron Highway, Embodied, Embody, Emerald Lord, Enfants, Euclid Playhouse (Theater), Euthanatos, Far Shores, Fatalism, Fate, Ferrymen, Fetter, Four Humours (Store), Gargoyles (Store), Garou, Ghost, Ghoul, Giovanni, "Gone Fishing" (Artificer Slang), Great Library, Guild, Harbingers, Harrowed, Harrowing, Haunt, Haunter, Heaven, Hierarch, Hierarchy, Inhabit, Isles of Infinite Paradises, Iteration X, Jade Empire, Keening, Labyrinth, Laughing Lady, Legionnaires, Lemure, Lifeweb, Little Five Points, Lord Ember, Maelstrom, Mages, Malkavian Madness Network, Masks, Masquers, Merchants' Guild, Mitnal, Moliate, Moliation, Monitors, Necropolis, Nephwracks, Nhudri, Nihil, Oboli, Oblivion, Oracles, Outrage, Overlord, Pandemonium, Paradise Shore, Passion, Pathos, Phantasm, Plasmic, Proctor, Progenitor, Psyche, Puppeteers, Puppetry, Quick, Rage, Ray Gunn Video (Store), Realm, Relic, Renegade, Restless, Restless Dead, Rome, Samedi, Sandmen, Sect of Saint James, Seventh Stage (Theater), Shades, Shadow, Shadowlands, Shadow Maggot, Shattered Chain (Renegade Group), Shroud, Silent Strider, Skeletal Lord, Skin Artifact, Skinlands, Skinmask, Skinride, Skinriders, Slumber, Smiling Lord, The Smoking Mirror (Store), Sons of Ether, Sons of the Imperial Dragon, Sons of Tertullian, Soul, Soulfire, Soulsteel, Spectre, Spectre Artifacts, Spy's Demise, Spooks, Stygia, Stygian, Stygian Steel, Sukhavati, Sunless Sea, Tempest, Tempest-Weaving, Thousand Hells, Thrall, Transcended, Underworld, Urban Primitive (Store), Usurer, Usury, Vampires, Virtual Adept, Void, Void Engineer, WBON (Radio Station), Werewolves, Whistimmu, Wraith, Yellow Springs,
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