- See also: Chicago by Night (disambiguation)
Chicago by Night is a sourcebook for the first edition of Vampire: The Masquerade. The book gives a lot of detail on Chicago for Storytellers to build a campaign in one of the main cities of the World of Darkness.
It was updated in 1993 as Chicago by Night Second Edition and in 2019 as Chicago by Night 5th Edition.
Summary[]
- From the White Wolf Catalog:
- Only At Night Do the Dead Come Out
- No other city so dangerously on the edge of chaos. No other city so desperately overcrowded. No other city so divided. No other city so torn by its conflicts. Chicago's streets are coated with the blood of those who have been destroyed in its ancient war, and soon the flames will raze it yet again. The plots and schemes of the Immortals of this metropolis will always enmesh the unwary or the foolish. Trust no one - not even yourself.
- Then the Jyhad Doth Rage
- This supplement includes:
- Descriptions of most of the Kindred inhabitants of Chicago – 70 powerful characters in all.
- A chapter on the "real" history of Chicago.
- Detailed maps of the city and a complete geography chapter.
- A number of innovative "character interaction" charts used to define the relationships between these immortals.
- Over one hundred encounters, organized by theme, which provide you a means to make the setting come alive for your players.
Contents[]
Chapter One: Introduction[]
Written by Mark Rein•Hagen.
Serves as an introduction and explanation of the rest of the book.
- Reference Books
- Chicago for a Day
- Frommer's Chicago
- Fiction
- The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
- Chicago, Studs Terkel
- Chicago: City on the Make, Nelson Algren
- Carl Sandburg poetry
- Movies
- The Untouchables
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- The Blues Brothers
- Risky Business
- Flatliners
- Marked For Death
Chapter Two: History[]
Written by Andrew Greenberg.
Summarizes the city's history, with particular emphasis on the role of the Undead.
Chapter Three: Geography[]
Written by Steve Crow.
Offers a brief geography.
Chapter Four: Characters[]
Written by Andrew Greenberg and Stewart Wieck.
Provides details of many of the city's more prominent Cainties and their dealings with each other.
- New (Knowledge) Traits
- Chicago
- Secrets
- New Rituals
- Calling the Restless Spirit - Level 2
- Eyes of the Past - Level 3
- Illusion of Peaceful Death - Level 3
- Gentle Mind - Level 3
- Innocence of the Child's Heart - Level 4
- Rending Sweet Earth - Level 4
- Protean Curse - Level 4
Chapter Five: Encounters[]
Written by Andrew Greenberg and Chris McDonough.
One of the more innovative sections of the book; it is a series of "encounter charts" organized by theme, describing more than 100 events or scenes which characters can be involved in as they move about Chicago.
- Ritual: Learning the Mind Enslumbered - Level 2
Index[]
Background Information[]
- The book is dedicated to Upton Sinclair.
- The back of the book has an ad for White Wolf Magazine.
- In the Special Thanks for The Succubus Club, it is mentioned that Clark Mitchell was accidently left out of the credits for the cover.
Memorable Quotes[]
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Characters[]
- Brujah
- Menele ("Pale Wolf")
- Troile - Menele's Sire
- Altamira
- Critias
- Patricia Bollingbroke
- Robin Leeland - Patricia's Sire
- Joshua Tarnopolski
- Neil Graham
- Hank Cave
- Theodore Dooley
- Anita Wainwright
- Thomas Ewell
- Alexis Blanc - Thomas' Sire, destroyed
- Marc Levesque
- Damien
- Travis Fett
- Belial - Travis' Sire, destroyed
- Gengis
- Ethrica - Gengis' Sire
- Maxwell - Brujah
- Procet - Brujah, faced Final Death
- Sunbeam - Hank Cave's Childe, destroyed
- Louise - Tyler's Childe, destroyed
- Fernando - Belial's Chile, destroyed
- Greta, Hans and Mark - Fernando's Childer, destroyed
- Tony - Brujah from Atlanta
- Juggler
- Evelyn Stephens
- Menele ("Pale Wolf")
- Caitiff
- Gordon Keaton
- Priscilla Gibbs
- Richard Fulcher
- Valerie - Richard's Sire, destroyed
- Carol Davis
- Derrick Stack
- Jimmy Holcomb
- Gangrel
- Inyanga
- The Egyptian - Inyanga's Sire, destroyed
- Doyle Fincher
- Rosa Hernandez
- Malcolm
- Tyrus
- Gareth - Tyrus' Sire
- Anthius
- Keegan - Anthius' Sire
- Randy Zelley
- Jackie Goodman
- Dietric - Malcolm's Sire, destroyed
- Natalie - Anthius' Childe, destroyed
- Lucian
- Inyanga
- Malkavian
- Maureen O'Leary
- Lasker - Maureen's Sire
- Jason Newberry
- Paula Smith
- Ben Smith
- Evan Klein
- Horace Turnbull - Owner of The Cave
- Raleigh - Horace's Sire
- Johann Weltmann
- Morgana - Johann's Sire, destroyed
- Kirkland - Malkavian Anarch
- Lateland - Newberry's Childe, destroyed
- Mon Cheri - Lateland's Childe, destroyed
- Michael
- Maureen O'Leary
- Nosferatu
- Khalid al-Rashid
- Alexius - Khalid's Sire
- Elzbieta Jurofsky
- Jurgis Rudkus
- Peter and Tammy Walenski
- Nathaniel Bordruff
- Virginia - Nathaniel's Sire
- Tommy Walker
- Petrodon
- Danov
- Khalid al-Rashid
- Toreador
- Helena ("Portia")
- Minos - Helena's Sire
- Maria - Helena's Childe, destroyed
- Annabelle Treabelle, aka Ellen Stanley-Greer (mortal pseudonym)
- Sophia Ayes
- Yealmis - Prince of Boston
- Bret Stryker
- Sharon and Michael Payne
- Sir Henry Johnson
- Sondra - Sir's Sire
- Tamoszius Kuszleika
- Natasha - Tamoszius' Sire
- Kathy Glens
- Tarmonay - Annabelle's Childe, destroyed
- McPhee - Tarmonay's Childe, destroyed
- Teri - Sophia's childe, destroyed
- Deforest - Michael's childe, destroyed
- Modius
- Allicia
- Eletria - Prince of Vera Cruz in 1852.
- Helena ("Portia")
- Tremere
- Nicolai
- Stromberg - Nicolai's Sire
- Abraham DuSable
- Garwood Marshall
- Tracy Graves
- Nicolai
- Ventrue
- Others
- Etc.
- deCaligula - Vampire
- Gabrial Hennesey - Ex-Sabbat Vampire
- Fred - Human bartender, The Cave
- Maureen - Human bartender, The Cave
- Jason Sanders - Human, Blood Doll
- Melissa - Human, Blood Doll
- Walter Leipzig - Human, owner of the Prudential Building, blackmailed by Lodin
- Nina - Human
- Paula Magnus - Occult Investigator
- Consuela - Vampire
- Ahmad Momeni - Human, Ghoul courier
- Hal Price - Human, Cop, Officer
- Ken Jones - Human, Cop, Sergeant
- Gloria Schumpeter - Human, Witch-Hunter
- Gregory Stephens
- Brad Hessler - Human, Contact for the players
- Alex Geldman - Opera Ghost
- Eloise Gaughan - Human
- Frank Gaughan - Human, Eloise's Uncle, Organized Crime
- Geoffrey Fushi - Human, Owner of Bein & Fushi
- Anthony Vincenzo - Human, Owner of Spiaggia
- Mike "Doc" Duggan - Human, Tattoo Artist, works at Southwest Tattoo Emporium
- Gary "Snake: Martin - Human, Tattoo Artist, works at Southwest Tattoo Emporium
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill - Human, architects
- Gideon Daniels - Human, Chief administrator of the Medical Center District, ally of Lodin's
- Gordon Spangler - Human, Owner of Spangler Manufacturing
- Tom Cameron - Human, Owner of Creative Workshop
- Berlinski family - Human family, Owns Essence
- Ian Gibson - Human, Doorman to The Blue Velvet, immune to Domination, can identify the undead
- Arnold Kroch - Human, Owner of Kroch & Brentano's
- Anthony Kroch - Human, Arnold's father, died
- Anton Kroch - Human, Anthony's father, died
- John Greer - Human, publisher of the Sentinel Syndicate Newspaper, married to Ellen Stanley-Greer (aka Annabelle Triabelle).
- Roarke - Menele's Ghoul
- Charles Waterstone - Tyrus' Ghoul
- Amanda Cersey - Human, Bank Officer, aware that Bobby Weatherbottom is a vampire
- Karla K. Ruby - Human, Baby Chorus
- Ishmael - Anarch Vampire killed in the Night of Rage, former Baby Chorus member
- Sullivan Dane
Terminology[]
Art/Galleries: Wally Findlay Galleries, Richard Gray Gallery, R.S. Johnson Fine Arts, Arts Club of Chicago, Linda Enfield Inc., R.S. Johnson International, St. Albus Fine Arts; Baby Chorus, Ballard, Anderson & Baitman (Law Firm), Barrens, Blood Dolls, Blue Moon (Coffee House owned by Hank Cave), Bookstores: Kroch's & Brentano's, The I Love A Mystery Bookstore, The London Bookshop & Gallery, 'Kenneth Nebenzahl, Inc.', J. Stephen Lawrence Rare Books, The Modern Bookstore, Powell's Book Warehouse, The Occult Bookstore; Broadway Costumes, Capper & Capper (Department Store), The Cave, Comedy Clubs: Zanies, Second City Comedy Review; Council Wars, Creative Workshop (Leather), Dance & Ballet: American Dance Center School and Ballet Co., Chicago City Ballet; Denham Investments (Lodin's Fictional Business), Chicago, Essence (Cosmetic store), Faerie, Gary Exports Co. and the Williams Auction, 'Gary, Indiana', Ghost, Ginglass Formalwear Center, Griffins & Gargoyles (Antiques), The Hive (Nickname given to the Downtown area), Hotels: The Drake, Mayfair Regent; Illinois, Libraries: Central Library, Cultural Center; Lodin's Laws, Lupine, Magus, Marshall Fields Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (Department Store), Museums: Art Institute of Chicago, Block Gallery, Chicago Academy of Science, Chicago Historical Society, Freeport Art Museum, Marin D'Arcy Gallery of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oriental Institute Museum, Smart Gallery, Terra Museum of American Art; Music Stores: Bein & Fushi, Eugene S. Gordon, Schilke Music Products, Chicago Guitar Gallery, Sherman Musical Instrument Co., Drums Ltd.; Night of Rage, Night Spots/Clubs/Bars: Succubus Club, John Barleycorn Memorial Pub, Park West, Wise Fools Pub, Orphans, Ratso's, Andy's, The Backroom, Rick's Cafe Americain, Billy's, Mother's, Skokie, Miomir's Serbian Club, The Piano Man Bar, She-Nannigans; Opera: Chicago Opera Theater, Civic Opera House; Operation Incubator, Orchestral: Orchestra Hall, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall; Orthodox Temple of Akhenaton (Fanum), Places of Note: The Blue Velvet; The Ponytail Club (Club that Bret manages), Prudential Building, Restaurants: Daley's, Spiaggia; Ritual, Southwest Tattoo Emporium, Spangler Manufacturing (Coffins), Spirits, Theater: Arie Crown Theatre, Civic Theater, Biograph Theatre; Miscellaneous: Auditorium Theatre, Fine Arts/World Playhouse, Petrillo Music Shell, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Tribe, University of Chicago, Werewolf, Witch-Hunter, Wolf Pack (Gangrel Biker Gang),
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