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See also: Chicago by Night (disambiguation)

Chicago by Night Second Edition is a revision of Chicago by Night, the sourcebook about the city of Chicago in the World of Darkness.

This Second Edition incorporates changes both to the game rules from Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition and to the Chicago setting from the Werewolf crossover story Under a Blood Red Moon. With the death of Lodin in that story, the office of Prince of Chicago is now available to the most qualified – or most cutthroat – candidate. Now, the players' coterie might find themselves in a position to play kingmaker, or even to take the princedom for one of their own.

In 2018, it was updated for 5th edition as Chicago by Night 5th Edition.

Summary[]

From the White Wolf catalog:

At Death's Own Wake...
Chicago, favored city of the Damned, is not as it once was. The streets, which have tasted blood time and time again, feasted as never before during the attack of the savage werewolves. Decades of effort fell in less than a month. That which had been immortal is no more. Crowning this pile of despair is the torn corpse of the prince, the last vestige of immortality ripped out by red-stained claws.
The Dead Can Dance
The city has become a swirling vortex, pulling in fresh victims from every direction. From across the world the undead swarm, drawn in by Chicago's suffering. Who can resist its desperate call? Who can survive its tragic fate?
Chicago by Night, Second Edition includes:
  • A full description of the horror of Chicago, brought on by and compatible with Under a Blood Red Moon
  • Complete information on the Kindred, geography and history
  • A complete reference for adding stories of intrigue to your chronicle.

Contents[]

Chapter One: Introduction[]

Introduces and explains the rest of the book.

  • References
    • 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
      • Backdraft
      • Candyman

Chapter Two: History[]

Summarizes the city's history, with particular emphasis on the role of the undead.

Chapter Three: Geography[]

Offers a brief geography.

Chapter Four: The Kindred[]

Presents many of the city's Kindred.

  • New (Knowledge) Traits
    • Chicago
    • Secrets
  • New (Tremere) Rituals
    • Calling the Restless Spirit - Level 2
    • Eyes of the Past - Level 3
    • Illusion of Peaceful Death - Level 3
    • Gentle Mind - Level 3
    • The Unseen Change - Level 3
    • Innocence of the Child's Heart - Level 4
    • Rending Sweet Earth - Level 4
    • Protean Curse - Level 4
    • Sands of Time - Level 6

Chapter Five: The Coteries[]

Details the alliances, politics and schemes of many of these vampires.

Appendix: Politics[]

Provides an in-depth explanation of vampiric politics, as well as hints to expand this part of any chronicle.

Index[]

Background Information[]

  • The book is dedicated to Thurgood Marshall.
  • Word from the White Wolf Game Studio discusses White Wolf's first work of fiction: Drums around the Fire. And that hopefully there will be more collections of short stories.
  • The ad at the back of the book is for The Masquerade (June 1993).

Memorable Quotes[]

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Characters[]

Characters marked with an asterisk (*) are new to the Second Edition of the book.

  • Others mentioned in Text
    • deCaligula - Vampire
    • Lady Anne
    • Modius
    • Procet
    • Karla K. Ruby - Human, Baby Chorus Band Member
    • Juggler
    • Allicia
    • Michael
    • Evelyn
    • Danov
    • Lucian
    • Bartholemew - Human, owner of Bartholemew's Silver Crafts
    • Arnold Daley - Human, owner of Daley's
    • Anthony Vincenzo - Human, owner of Spiaggia
    • Mike "Doc " Duggan - Human Tattoo Artist, Southwest Tattoo Emporium
    • Gary "Snake" Martin - Human Tattoo Artist, Southwest Tattoo Emporium
    • Gideon Daniels - Human, Chief administrator of the Medical Center District, consultant to Developmental Neogenetics Amalgamated
    • 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
    • Jason Sanders - Human, Blood Doll
    • Melisaa - Human, Blood Doll
    • Walter Leipzig - Human, owner of the Prudential Building
    • Ms. Juliet Praxton - Pentex, Midwestern division
    • Elliot Meiche
    • Arnold Kroch - Human, Owner of Kroch & Brentano's
    • Anthony Kroch - Human, Arnold's father, died
    • Anton Kroch - Human, Anthony's father, died
    • Lo Pan - Chinese Sorcerer
    • Troile - Menele's Sire
    • Altamira
    • Robin Leeland - Patricia's Sire
    • Lambach Ruthven
    • Alexis Blanc - Thomas' Sire, destroyed
    • Ethrica - Gengis' Sire
    • Salvador - Carlyle's Sire
    • Sigfried - Andrei's Sire, destroyed by Baba Yaga
    • Baba Yaga
    • Louise - Tyler's Childe, destroyed
    • Sunbeam - Hank Cave's Childe, destroyed
    • Ramone and Dezi - Hank Cave's childer
    • Valerie - Richard's Sire, destroyed
    • Donny - Jasper's Sire
    • Susan - Raymond's Sire
    • Torrence - Victoria's Sire
    • The Egyptian - Inyanga's Sire, destroyed
    • Malcolm
    • Gareth - Tyrus' Sire
    • Keegan - Anthius' Sire
    • Dietric - Maclom's Sire, destroyed
    • Natalie - Anthius' Childe, destroyed
    • Lasker - Maureen's Sire
    • Lateland - Newberry's Childe, destroyed
    • Mocheri - Lateland's Childe, destroyed
    • Alexius - Khalid's Sire
    • Virginia - Nathaniel's Sire
    • Tommy - Cedrick's Sire, destroyed
    • Minos - Helena's Sire
    • Maria - Helena's Childe, destroyed
    • Datura - Lodin's Sire
    • Tarmonay - Annabelle's Childe, destroyed
    • McPhee - Tarmonay's Childe, destroyed
    • Teri - Sophia's childe, destroyed
    • Deforest - Michael's childe, destroyed
    • Stromberg - Nicolai's Sire
    • Harlequin - Ublo-Satha's Sire
    • Amanda Cersey - Human, Bank Officer, aware that Bobby Weatherbottom is a vampire
    • Henri - Phillipe's Sire
    • Carl - Wendy's Sire
    • Molita - Cameron's Sire
    • Charles - Lolita's Sire
    • Jerry - Samson's Sire
    • Demian - Bill Butler's Sire
    • Smith - Margarite's Sire
    • Elihu - Rebekah's Sire, diablerized
    • Clear Rock - Yaryan's Sire
    • Goolooboo - Marcel's Sire
    • Lucretia - Oliver's Sire
    • Vladislav - Shejana's Sire
    • Oswald
    • Kary Lumas - IRS Accountant

A number of characters from the First Edition of the book are confirmed to have been destroyed or are simply missing:

Terminology[]

Arcanum, 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, Bartholemew's Silver Crafts, BattleMonstertm Center (Black Dog), Black Dog Game Factory, 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), Cauchemar Praxis, Chicago, Chicago Chantry, 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), Developmental Neogenetics Amalgamated, Essence (Cosmetic store), Fanum, The Flood, Garou, Gary Exports Co. and the Williams Auction, 'Gary, Indiana', Ginglass Formalwear Center, Griffins & Gargoyles (Antiques), The Hive (Nickname given to the Downtown area), Hotels: The Drake, Mayfair Regent; Illinois, Kundera Covenant, Libraries: Central Library, Cultural Center; Lodin's Laws, Lupine, Lupus, 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, Parkwest, 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, The Cave; Opera: Chicago Opera Theater, Civic Opera House; Operation Incubator, Orchestral: Orchestra Hall, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall; Orthodox Temple of Akhenaton, Pack, Pentex, Places of Note: The Blue Velvet; The Ponytail Club (Club that Bret manages), The Pranksters, Prudential Building, Restaurants: Daley's, Spiaggia, Athens; Society of Leopold, Southwest Tattoo Emporium, Spangler Manufacturing (Coffins), Spirits, Tellurian, 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; Trinity, Umbra, University of Chicago, Urban Sprawl (Anarch Band), Werewolf, Wing Kong (Tong Gang formed by Lo Pan), Witch-Hunter, Wolf Pack, Wraith,

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