- For the Twentieth Anniversary edition, see V20 Dark Ages Companion
Authors: | Andrew Bates, Jackie Cassada, Ken Cliffe, Richard Dansky, Robert Hatch, Michael Lee, Nicky Rea, Sion Rodriguez y Gibson, Ethan Skemp, Cynthia Summers, Fred Yelk |
Additional Material: | Phil Brucato |
Developer: | Justin Achilli |
Additional Development: | Robert Hatch |
Editors: | Ken Cliffe, Cary Goff, Ronni Radner |
Art Director: | Lawrence Snelly |
Comic Book Art Directed by: | Richard Thomas |
Comic Book Written and Illustrated by: | Guy Davis |
Layout & Typsesetting: | Matt Milberger |
Interior Art: | Jason Felix, Darren Frydendall, Leif Jones, David Leri, Robert MacNeil, Chuck Regan, Andrew Ritchie, Andrew Trabbold |
Front Cover Art: | Leif Jones |
Publisher: | White Wolf Publishing, Inc. |
Imprint: | White Wolf Game Studio |
Published: | 1997 |
Pages: | 192 |
Years Covered: | 1197 CE |
Publication #: | WW02804 |
Reference #: | ISBN 1-56504-279-4 |
Online: | DriveThruRPG |
Price: | PDF: $12.00 |
Dark Ages Companion was the first major supplement for the original historical World of Darkness game, Vampire: The Dark Ages.
Summary
From the White Wolf catalog:
- Welcome to the Long Night, childe. Come and learn the secrets of an ancient race that comes alive after the last rays of sun have fled the sky and that hides in the darkness at the foot of the children's beds. A whole new world lies within, just waiting for to unfold before your unbelieving eyes. Run with the Children of Caine through the moonless nights of Dark Medieval Europe, learn their lore and solve their mysteries – for you have become one of them.
- The Dark Ages Companion includes:
- New bloodlines that met their ends at the hands of the Inquisition and their mystical Disciplines;
- Expanded information on the Roads all Cainites follow;
- A plethora of information on Dark Medieval Europe, including paganism, Kabbalah and dread infernalism.
Chapters
A Fool's Embrace
A comic which tells the tale of Wert, a young page who is Embraced by the midget Malkavian jester, Muddlegump.
Introduction
Chapter One: Combat
Chapter Two: Cainite Roads
Chapter Three: Bloodlines
Chapter Four: Disciplines
Chapter Five: Matters of Faith
Chapter Six: Dark Medieval Europe
Chapter Seven: Infernalism
Appendix: Bestiary
Background Information
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Memorable Quotes
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Characters
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Terminology
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