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Outcasts: A Players Guide to Pariahs is a sourcebook for the World of Darkness that details the supernatural creatures who do not belong, most notably the Caitiff, the Ronin, and the Hollow Ones.

Summary[]

From the White Wolf Catalog:
Far From the Maddening Crowd
The Camarilla, the Garou Nation, and the Council of Nine Traditions each have their own scapegoats, the little guys who are always getting kicked around. Exiled and alone, they haunt the back roads and alleys of the World of Darkness, always looking over their shoulders, watching...waiting. Paranoid? They should be, because something is really out to get them -- hungry for their blood, their rage, or their very souls.
Alone Against the Night
A World of Darkness clan/tribe/Tradition book in one! Includes complete details on the vampire Caitiff, the Garou Ronin, and the mage Hollow Ones. For players and Storytellers.
Outcasts: A Players Guide to Pariahs includes:
  • New Merits & Flaws, Disciplines, Gifts, rotes, etc.
  • The disaffected cultures and histories of the outcasts
  • Ready-to-play character templates


Chapters[]

She-Who-Walks-Alone[]

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Introduction: The One and the Many[]

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Chapter One: Caitiff[]

  • Merits and Flaws
    • Bulimia (4 pt. Mental Flaw)
    • Clan Weakness (2 pt. Supernatural Flaw)
    • Fangless (2 pt. Physical Flaw)
    • Ignorance (2 pt. Mental Flaw)
    • New Bloodline (7 pt. Supernatural Merit)
    • Personal Masquerade (3 pt. Social Merit)
  • Creating New Disciplines

Chapter Two: Ronin[]

  • Optional Trait: Corruption
  • Gifts
    • Hide the Wolf - Level One
    • Buffalo Run - Level Two
    • Vengeance of the Scorned - Level Two
    • Elude the Posse - Level Three
    • Raven's Wings - Level Three
  • Skin-Dancer Gifts
    • See Past the Skin - Level One
    • Mask Taint - Level Five
  • Skin-Dancer Rite
  • Fetishes
    • Growler - Level 4, Gnosis 5
    • War Drum - Level 4, Gnosis 7
    • Wyrm Mirror - Level 2, Gnosis 7

Chapter Three: Hollow Ones[]

  • Rotes
    • Soul Shaping - Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bullet Spirit, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bullet Mind, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Prime
    • Brittle Bones - Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bullet Entropy, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bullet Life
    • Accidental Overdose - Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bullet Life, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bullet Matter
    • Allergic Reaction - Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bullet Life, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Prime
    • Talisman Tattoos - Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bullet Matter, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Life, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Prime
    • Welcoming the Jester - Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bullet Mind (or Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Entropy, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind)
    • Danse Macabre - Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bullet Spirit, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Correspondence, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Matter
    • Apathy - Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Entropy, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind
    • Purging the System - Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Life, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Matter
    • Smoke Screen - Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Matter
    • Burn-Out - Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Forces, Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Prime

Chapter Four: Storytelling[]

Appendix: Character Templates[]

  • Caitiff: Questioner - 13th Gen.
  • Caitiff: Angry Victim - 10th Gen.
  • Ronin Garou: Rebel - Homid Ragabash Stargazer
  • Ronin Garou: Flesh-Eater - Metis Theurge Fianna
  • Hollow One: Goth Wannabe
  • Hollow One: Manipulative Friend

Background Information[]

Ads at the back of the book include: Mage: The Ascension Second Edition (Fall 1995), Wraith Player's Guide (May), Shirts/Pins/Books/Attitude Ad, Werewolf: The Apocalypse/Rage, and Changeling: The Dreaming.

Memorable Quotes[]

I don't really believe the Caitiff are much of a threat. They are too weak to cause any permanent harm. Just the same they should be exterminated whenever possible. They breed like cockroaches and have a monumental disregard for everything that we hold sacred. Do not believe for one moment that they have no connections. They are being manipulated by at least a few of the shrewder Methuselahs.
  — Critias, Elder of Chicago
The clanless are a detrimental side-effect of non-selective Embraces. They are danger that should not be overlooked or ignored. Given a choice between allowing a Caitiff to live or Embracing a cobra, I would choose the snake. Never believe that they are separated from one another. I hold that Camarilla and its foolish followers are responsible for the creation of these pale charlatans.
  — Nefertiti, self-proclaimed "Queen of Europe"
I don't give a flying **** about Caitiff. Survival of the fittest. Sure some of the Caitiff come from our own clan. Poor fools. Teach'em what you can, and send'em on their way. We're all on our own here, each of us fighting the damn rat bastards that run the show. Why should the Clanless get special perks? Way I see it, they're looking reality straight in the eyes, and if they blink... Well, another casualty in the war.
  —  Dr. Raoul King
I like Caitiff. They tend to talk too much, but if you feed them well enough, they can be good companions. Just dan't tell anyone I said that. Did I mention they almost always end up joining our clan?
  — Bloody Mary, Elder of San Francisco
There are no Caitiff among the Sabbat. Join us, and you too can know what real unity is like. You don't have to be alone, my brother. You can join us and be among your own kind. There's strength in numbers.
  — Joseph Pander, nominal head of the Pander "Clan"
The Caitiff are an interesting phenomena. Learning just what makes them different from other kindred is a puzzle I would like to solve someday.
  — Claudius Maximus (deceased sadistic bastard)

Characters[]

Vampires[]

Garou and Kinfolk[]

  • Nancy Madison, "Claw-Of-Gaia," "She-Who-Walks-Alone" - Ronin Garou
  • Alec Walker - Kinfolk
  • Deidre Walker - Kinfolk
  • Alec Marcus Walker Sr., "Red-Mane-Wyrm-Killer - Ronin, Former Silver Fang
  • The First Ronin
  • Sings-To-The-Moon - Ronin, Former Wendigo, Example
  • Elizabeth - Kinfolk, Alec Sr.'s Wife
  • Samuel Haight - Skin Dancer
  • Old-Seer - Black Fury

Mages[]

  • Brent Veer - New World Order Mage
  • Mr. Mistoffeles - Penny's Familiar
  • Penny Dreadful
  • Seraphim - Told Brent about Hollow Ones, From Boston
  • Baron - Hollow One Mage
  • Sascha - Hollow One Mage
  • Blackrose - Hollow One Mage
  • Peter, "Spooky Pete" - Hollow One Mage
  • Aleister Crowley
  • Astria Moonshade - Verbena Mage
  • Aries Michaels - Order of Hermes Mage
  • April - Run's Bryce's Shop when he is away

Terminology[]

Autarkis, Caitiff, Chiminage, Clan Caine, Clique, Cranberry Caern (New Jersey), Crystal Waters Sept, Deep Waters Hive, Dutchman's Caern (Arizona), Erebus, Errants (Orphan from a destroyed Chantry/Cabal), Gaki (Bloodline), Grimm's Occult Specialty Shoppe, Hierarchy of Wyrm Taint, Hollow Ones, House of Usher (Goth Club), Hyenas (Ronin Bounty Hunters), Laws of Haight, Minotaur, Orphans, Panders, Pander Rebellion, Pasdoranitas (Colombian Bloodline), Prides/Shames (Ronin Packs), Rogues (Orphan that left a Tradition), Ronin, Sentinel (Orphan Guard), The Sepulchral (Victorian Age: Hollow Ones), Skin Dancers, Spear of Artemis (Fetish), Steppenwolf (Harano Ronin), That-Which-Howls-In-The-Forests (Skin Dancer Totem), Unbound, Vhrujunka (Australian Bloodline), Waydown, Zhulukall (African Bloodline),

References[]

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